Uncle Zhong looked somewhat serious.

"Ten thousand catties of grain is not a small amount. Let's wait for the chief to come back before we talk about it."

In terms of the time spent by the chief's side, Uncle Zhong had been a little longer than Uncle Luo. Uncle Luo always advocated that harmony brings wealth, and said with a smile, "Miss Li is not an outsider. She is the chief's sworn sister whom he is going to become sworn sisters with."

Li Ruo raised an eyebrow slightly. "Sister-in-law."

Okay, so now she's a god-sister?

So, was what Xie Mu Niao said to her while he was holding her that night just a joke?

Uncle Zhong's face remained tense. "Not to mention that the girl hasn't even become sworn sisters yet, it's not appropriate even if she were a younger sister. Nowadays, food is the foundation of life, how can we just give it away so easily?"

Li Ru sneered, "This was originally my grain, it's just temporarily stored here with you, how does that mean it's being given away?"

Uncle Zhong looked at her and said, "Young lady, please don't make things difficult for this old man."

Li Ruo didn't even glance at him. When reading, the person she hated most was this old scoundrel who relied on his age to act superior.

In pursuit of his so-called status, he has done his share of sabotage for the female lead and Xie Xiao's other capable assistants.

She said bluntly, "Are you older than Uncle Luo here? I heard you're just a farmer now."

Uncle Zhong's expression changed upon hearing this. Being punished by his boss to work in the fields was the greatest humiliation he could ever endure, especially since it was all thanks to this woman.

"Miss Li, don't spout nonsense just because you have some connections with the chief."

As he spoke, a chilling wind blew from the hand beneath his sleeve.

Li Ruo knew that this person knew martial arts, but she was fearless and said, "I'm determined to take him away."

Uncle Zhong's hands were itching to move, and his eyes were very gloomy. "Brothers, I'm only thinking about our Black Wind Stronghold. Look at Ziyang Peak, if it continues to develop like this, it will start to take our territory."

"Take over territory?" Li Ruo raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't that right?" Uncle Zhong said, his purpose wasn't just a few bags of rice.

Instead, he used the rice as a pretext to sow discord between the woman and the head of the gang.

Secondly... this is truly a golden opportunity that has come knocking on our door.

"Are you worried I'll take your territory? Is this your idea or Xie Xiao's?" Li Ruo smiled, but her eyes were cold.

Uncle Zhong was determined to marry Ye Ling'er to Xie Xiao and felt that Li Ruo was an obstacle. "That's right, this is also what the boss wants."

Li Ruo paused for a moment, then said, "Okay."

So that's why Xie Mu Niao suddenly disappeared halfway through confessing his feelings?

Sun Ergou panicked, "Sister, don't listen to his nonsense."

Just when Uncle Zhong thought she would give up, she said, "Then today I will take back all the 50,000 catties I robbed of Song Zhijing and the 30,000 catties I robbed of the Prince of Runan."

Uncle Zhong was stunned. "What did you say? It's gone up to 80,000 jin? That's just wishful thinking. You should ask me and the brothers from Zixia Mountain first."

Li Ruo stepped forward, slightly raising her chin, "I'd like to know how you're going to ask, you old farmer."

Uncle Zhong's eyes suddenly darkened, and in the next instant, his fist was already in front of Li Ruo.

Sun Ergou pounced on him suddenly.

Uncle Zhong was faster than him.

Uncle Luo and the others gasped, because everyone knew that Uncle Zhong was highly skilled, and no one in the village except the eldest brother could handle him.

Li Ruo's gaze was cold. She reached out and caught the fist. Before anyone could see how she made her move, she grabbed Uncle Zhong's fist and took a step back as if to cushion the impact. Instead of moving forward, she pulled him back and the next second, her left fist struck his philtrum.

Fast and ruthless!

Uncle Zhong never expected her to have such speed and strength. He took two steps back, saw stars in pain, and could barely stand. He was then grabbed tightly by Sun Ergou, who rushed up to him.

Li Ruoruo smiled nonchalantly, "You all saw it, he struck first."

Everyone was stunned.

The Zixia Mountain brothers, realizing what was happening, tried to rush forward.

Uncle Luo blocked their way and said sternly, "You're all brothers from Black Wind Stronghold, do you want to rebel?"

Uncle Zhong had intended to cause trouble, but Sun Ergou held him tightly with all his might, and his head was so dizzy from being beaten that he couldn't break free for a moment.

Uncle Luo spoke first, "Someone, tie Uncle Zhong up first."

Uncle Zhong's expression changed. "Old Luo, how dare you!"

Things didn't go as he expected!

Uncle Zhong felt a sense of foreboding. It was all that damned Li Ruo's fault; he had beaten him senseless. Otherwise, how could the few of them have caught him?

The fourth leader strode over, shouting, "What are you afraid of? Count me in!"

Upon receiving the order, Sun Ergou immediately summoned several of his men to tie up Uncle Zhong.

Uncle Zhong's face turned grim. What kind of spell had this woman cast on them? They were all siding with her. Was his plan about to fail?

"Fourth Master, how could you treat Uncle Zhong like this?"

The speaker was Wu Lin, Zhong Shu's apprentice and a capable henchman of Zixia Mountain, who was standing next to Zhong Shu. "Brothers of Zixia Mountain, charge! Anyway, there's no one else in the stronghold, so it's our turn to be in charge of Zixia Mountain."

"Nobody here?" The fourth leader laughed.

Suddenly, thousands of brothers appeared and surrounded the people from Zixia Mountain.

"What are you doing—" Wu Lin realized what was happening, panicked, and tried to run away, but was kicked in the back of the knee by the fourth leader and fell to the ground.

The fourth leader sneered, "Do you really think there's no one left in the village? Arrest them all."

In less than fifteen minutes, all of the more than one hundred brothers of Zixia Mountain who obeyed Uncle Zhong's orders were tied up and taken to the prison.

Li Ruo's eyes darted around.

At first, she was just itching to fight, using words to provoke Uncle Zhong into making a move so she could take the opportunity to beat him up. But now she couldn't quite understand what was going on.

"Thank you very much, Miss Li."

"Thank me?" Li Ruo was a little confused.

Uncle Luo didn't explain much, saying, "Just move the grain, I, Uncle Luo, will take care of it all."

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