However, Liu the Cripple clearly underestimated Qin San Niang's prowess. When he lifted the tent flap, he discovered she wasn't there at all. He rushed out to look for her, only to find a knife pressed against his neck when he turned back! He had indeed seen the woman inside the tent! What kind of martial arts was this?! Was it some kind of sorcery?!

Qin San Niang thought to herself, "Would I tell you that I have a spatial ability?"

Before he could even utter a sound, he felt a numbness in both legs and fainted! Now he was truly a cripple, a cripple in name only!

I didn't expect this guy to be so easily scared, even trying to rob someone like that. I casually tossed him aside and turned to ask the other men who were tied up by Gu Qingshan.

"Speak, what happened?!" Qin Sanniang held a cleaver, the cold light shining on her face instilling fear in those who saw it!

"We couldn't sleep, so we came out to hang out with Brother Gu."

"Yes, this road isn't owned by you. We just wanted to take a stroll here!"

...

Qin San Niang gave a cold laugh; as expected, she wouldn't shed a tear until she saw the coffin.

Upon receiving the signal, Gu Qingshan swiftly brought down his knife. The man who had spoken first felt a cold breeze on his head, and when he touched it, he found that he had no hair left!

When Lu Dingtian and his wife arrived, they witnessed the scene before them. The old man's eyes widened in anger, and he slapped the man across the face.

"Shanzi, you have some nerve!! Tell me, what exactly happened?! Whose idea was this?!"

He intended to save the boy's life, but a woman grabbed his sleeve.

"Village head, what right do you have to attack our Shanzi?! That Qin family has so much grain, and you won't even lend us some. What's wrong with us trying to find a way ourselves?! What use are you as a village head? Now you're even siding with outsiders, talking about our own people!"

The old woman was supporting Shanzi, who had been slapped, with heartache. She must be Shanzi's mother!

“Shanzi’s mother, we have to be honest. If it weren’t for my old man, would you have been able to travel this far safely? Without Madam Qin’s family, what would you eat and drink? You would probably have become filthy food in the wolf’s belly long ago!”

Seeing her old man being insulted, Old Mrs. Chen refused to back down and stepped forward to argue with the old woman.

The mothers and wives of the other men who were caught, seeing their husbands' disheveled appearance and hearing what Shanzi's mother had said earlier, felt that she was right and joined in the cursing!

Lu Dingtian ignored these people, walked up to Qin Sanniang, bowed and said, "Qin Niangzi, elder sister-in-law, this is my fault for not disciplining them properly! These clansmen are at your disposal!"

He turned back to the people of Lujia Village and said loudly, "From today onwards, all of us Lujia people shall go our separate ways! I, Lu Dingtian, have failed our ancestors. Even if I reach the other side, I will go and apologize to them! From now on, I am no longer the village head or clan chief of Lujia Village! Old woman, let's go!"

Old Mrs. Chen and her sons and daughters-in-law's faces darkened, and they followed her there!

The crowd fell silent instantly. Although they were dissatisfied with the old village head's handling of the situation, they had indeed benefited from his strategic planning along the way. Without the village head, it was as if they had lost their backbone! For a moment, there was complete silence.

It was Liu the Cripple's mother who started screaming. She hadn't seen her son at all, and now that she saw him lying unconscious on the ground, she felt like her heart, liver, and lungs were about to burst!

What is Liu the Cripple trying to do? What else doesn't Liu understand! If he wanted to steal grain, he could have gone directly to the carriage; why would he need to sneak into the tent?

Before anyone could react, Liu Shi stepped forward and slapped Liu the Cripple and his mother across the face!

"You old hag! You still dare to spout nonsense here! What, besides stealing grain, you also do those despicable things! Do you really think I'm a dead woman?! You haven't seen how powerful I am yet!"

He then grabbed her hair, slammed her to the ground, and began to beat her violently. This action completely shocked the women! They had all thought that Madam Qin was a kind-hearted old lady, but they never expected her to be so violent!

Liu the Cripple's mother was not young either, and she had been doing farm work for a long time, so how could she not be strong? She just hadn't reacted in time and was pushed to the ground by Liu, but now that she had reacted, she got up and started fighting with Liu!

Wu Chunhua wasn't going to let Liu Shi suffer a loss. The two had built a deep friendship along the way, so she immediately joined the fight. Taking advantage of her agility, she pinched the lame woman's body repeatedly, making her scream in pain. Liu Shi took the opportunity to hit her a few more times. The two worked together quite well!

Seeing how formidable Mother and Wu were, Qin San Niang abandoned her plan to attack! Da Wa'er and the others were not to be trifled with either; he and Pang Ya stood on either side of Shan Zi Niang and the other women, each holding a machete! They wanted to protect Mother! I forbade them to join the fight on Liu Shi's side.

The women thought to themselves, "This family is terrifying! They're all like wolves and tigers, even the child is carrying a machete!" They weren't afraid of the older child, but the machete was truly frightening!

Shanzi was a coward. Gu Qingshan's knife had terrified him, and he thought that Gu Qingshan could really kill him easily! He didn't care about anyone else and stammered out the whole story.

It turned out that everyone was running low on food! Even if they reached a city, they might not have the money to buy more! Shanzi and Liu the Cripple secretly plotted to steal Qin Sanniang's food while everyone was asleep under the cover of darkness. However, Liu the Cripple unexpectedly turned around and attacked the tent, waking Qin Sanniang and causing their plan to fail.

The crippled mother was now beaten beyond recognition, her face swollen on one side as she cried out, "You heartless bastards, how dare you instigate my Liu Gen'er! My Gen'er wouldn't even step on an ant! And now you're framing him! Oh my, is there no justice in this world?!"

Upon hearing this, Shanzi's mother and the other old women's tempers flared up. "Lady Cripple, don't you know what kind of person your cripple is? Not to mention that it was your cripple who instigated this whole thing, with his lecherous looks, who knows what kind of wicked thoughts he has towards that Lady Qin? A few days ago, I overheard you two talking about bringing Lady Qin home as your wife!"

"Yes! Yes! Cripple was supposed to come with me to the cart to move the grain today, but he went to Madam Qin's tent first..." A commotion arose in the crowd, clearly these men believed that Cripple Liu was the culprit for their failed operation!

Upon hearing this, the eldest son was furious! He immediately kicked Liu the Cripple! And yet he still wants to be their father!

Qin San Niang snorted coldly. This group of people didn't think that their theft was wrong at all. Instead, they were fighting like dogs because they failed to steal.

“Normally, theft would get you handed over to the authorities, but things aren’t so lenient on the road of escape,” Qin San Niang said coldly.

"Yes, yes, Madam Qin, it's just a small misunderstanding. We're all fleeing together, and besides, the government is too busy taking care of itself!"