Chapter 96 Helper

"ah--!"

Lei Shan let out a scream even louder than his wife's when she was thrown out. He covered his face, which was almost twisted by the beating, in disbelief and glared at him: "You dare to hit me——!?"

The surrounding villagers/disaster victims were muttering in their hearts, wasn't it you who ordered the beating?

They had never seen anyone make such an outrageous request.

Lei Yan is just satisfying your perverted demands.

"Thunder, Rock!!!"

Lei Shan spat a mouthful of blood foam on the ground, climbed up from the ground with a ferocious expression, and rushed towards Lei Yan in anger.

After Lei Yan awakened his special powers, he became much stronger and was not afraid of not being able to defeat Lei Shan.

Unexpectedly, before Lei Yan could throw another punch, the aggressive Lei Shan suddenly staggered and fell flat on his face with a bang, as everyone looked puzzled.

Villagers: What are you doing here to scam people?

Lei Yan was also startled. He looked towards the foot of Leishan Mountain with suspicion, and then he noticed that there was a small protruding vine there.

Lei Shan must have been tripped by the vine just now...

wrong.

Lei Yan walked over and tried to help Lei Shan, only to find that he had fallen unconscious.

Lei Yan: “…”

Is it so crispy?

Zhao, who was still clutching her buttocks and groaning, realized something was wrong and nervously yelled at Lei Shan, "Boss, what's wrong with you? Get up!"

After Lei Yan confirmed that Lei Shan was not pretending to be unconscious, he dragged him out and threw him in front of Zhao Shi, warning him coldly: "Take him away before I make a move! Don't bother us again."

"How dare you talk like that—" Zhao raised her head and cursed angrily, but shrank back when she met Lei Yan's cold gaze.

Suddenly remembering that no one would support her after Lei Shan fainted, Zhao's voice suddenly weakened.

"Your brother is so heavy, there's no way I can carry him. He fainted at your house. Why don't you help him inside to rest, and we can leave after he wakes up..."

Lei Yan looked at Zhao's eyes flickering more and more as he spoke, and he couldn't help feeling annoyed.

Looking up, he saw a man among the disaster victims who was about the same size as Leishan. He pulled a similar radish from the vegetable garden and handed it to him.

"Take him back to your cave, and the turnip will be yours."

The man's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the carrot and patted his chest, assuring: "Leave it to me."

He stuffed the muddy radish into his arms without caring about the dirt and tied his belt tightly. Amid Zhao's exclamation, he picked up Leishan and turned around to walk away.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Zhao looked back at the sullen-faced Lei Yan and his wife, and Lu Chen who was making faces behind them. She stamped her feet anxiously, and left a sentence "Wait for me" before hurriedly chasing after them.

Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally left.

·

At the same time, while everyone else's attention was drawn to the Leishan couple, Zhou quietly sneaked to the Giant Tree Square.

When she arrived, little Fangyuan was playing with other children at the entrance of the big cave.

When Zhou saw her grandson, her eyes lit up and she rushed towards the cave while calling out "Yuanyuan".

The women who were preparing breakfast heard the noise and quickly became alert, "What are you doing?"

The person who recognized Zhou shouted, "Sister-in-law of the Liu family! Liu Yu! Come quickly, someone is trying to steal your Fang Yuan!"

The Liu family hurried out of the cave and saw that Zhou was stopped by other women in the village and kept shouting Fang Yuan's name, and they were so angry that their faces turned blue.

After letting Liu Yu take Fang Yuan back, Aunt Liu and Zhou started fighting again.

Liu family's daughter-in-law Zhu Qiaoer has been married for almost two years and has not given birth to a child. Their family now only has a grandson, Fang Yuan. When the Liu family found out that Fang's family actually wanted to snatch the child away, they wanted to eat Zhou alive.

But for the Fang family today, Fang Yuan is also their last hope for continuing the family line, and also their bargaining chip to contain the Liu family.

For this reason, even though Zhou was scratched all over her face, she still insisted on taking Fang Yuan away. If she was not allowed to take him away, she would become unreasonable and act like a scoundrel.

When Li Tie received the news and came to mediate, he was annoyed.

The two sides quarreled for almost an hour before Zhou was forcibly driven away by the villagers.

Even so, the Liu family was still angry and scared.

Liu Daxi said with a serious face, "From today on, Yuanyuan must not be left alone, and it's best not to leave the cave, lest the Fang family still refuse to give up."

Aunt Liu was filled with hatred, but she still tried to comfort her daughter, who was nervously hugging the frightened Fang Yuan, saying, "Take good care of the child! Don't worry, I will never let the Fang family take Yuan Yuan away!"

Liu Yuqiang smiled and said, "Thank you, mother."

She was originally feeling a little complicated after learning about Fang Hu's situation, but now she no longer cares about that man at all.

She must not lose Yuanyuan.

Liu Yu gritted her teeth and decided to fight them if the Fang family came again!

·

Li Tie asked Lei Yan and the others with a worried look on his face, "Have you contacted Lu Xuan? Did you tell him about the people coming into the mountains?"

The two shook their heads.

Lei Yan said, "It's not easy for Xuan to collect supplies alone outside. We don't want him to worry about these trivial matters."

Li Tie frowned and said, "I wanted to contact him before, but he didn't answer my call. I thought he was in trouble."

Lei Yan and Lu Qing looked at each other with subtle expressions.

Lu Qing said tactfully, "With Xuan's ability, nothing will happen."

Li Tie: “…” So you’re deliberately not answering his calls?

Li Tie was speechless, but at the same time he seemed to vaguely understand what Lu Xuan meant.

After all, he is the village chief.

It would be fine if we encountered a natural disaster that we couldn't handle, but what good would it do to find Lu Xuan if it was a "man-made disaster" brought about by the victims?

These are not Lu Xuan's responsibility.

Li Tie sighed deeply.

He understood the logic, but in his heart he couldn't help but hope that Lu Xuan would come back soon.

It would be best to show the vampire vine just like it did to scare the villagers. If it could scare the victims into being obedient, he would have less trouble.

…

The victims who had been making a fuss in the morning did not come back in the evening because they went to the big waterfall to catch fish.

Li Tie was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he learned the next morning that the victims had arrived again.

Li Tie felt a black screen before his eyes and almost cursed.

Fortunately, the relatively vulnerable middle-aged and elderly people and the teenagers who have no elders to rely on have returned.

They were not here to take advantage, they just hoped to find some work and earn some food.

Li Tie finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were not the same kind of people as Lei Shan and his men. He did not make things difficult for them and took them in as agreed before.

The hired disaster victims were mentally prepared to be worked hard, but when they really started working, they found that the situation was much better than they had expected.

No, it should be too good!

Watering can be directly obtained from the bamboo water pipes next to the fields;

When weeding, there is dry ice smoke around to cool down;

You can take a break when you are tired, and there is even iced mung bean soup or sour plum soup to drink during the break!

The villagers also provided them with a meal. The meal was not as good as what the villagers ate themselves, but it had rice, vegetables, and soup. The soup was meat broth, which could provide oil and water!

They thought that since the treatment was so good, there would definitely be no additional compensation.

But when they left after a busy day, everyone received a pound of coarse grain and a big apple/pear.

The fruits in the villagers' hands tasted excellent. The apples and pears were quite large, and those with smaller appetites could be almost full after eating one. Moreover, these two kinds of fruits could be preserved longer than other fruits. Although they were called fruits, they could be used as life-saving food at critical moments.

When they returned to the cave, the helpers all looked dazed.

When others saw this, they thought they were being cheated by the people from Yunlu Village.

Until the disaster victims who were helping told each other about their experiences of the day and showed them their wages.

Other victims: “!!!”

Aren’t we meant to be slaves? Why are we eating better than before the disaster?

The victims, who had been frugal all the way and were reluctant to eat too much even after temporarily settling down, were a little frustrated.

Uncle Xu pressed on, "Besides food? Have you uncovered any other important secrets?"

The victims who were working looked at each other in confusion.

They are going to work, it's so annoying to pry into other people's secrets.

but……

There are many things that actually don’t need to be inquired about, and the people of Yunlu Village have no intention of hiding them. Perhaps it’s because there’s no way to hide them?

Therefore, the disaster victims could easily understand why the people of Yunlu Village could still work outside with high spirits in such hot weather.

Biological clothing that can cool down, ice patches!

There is also a magical refrigerator that can freeze ice cubes!

Air conditioning that can make the entire cave as cool as spring!

They even have amazing spaces to put supplies away!

"How is that possible!" Fang Dahe, Uncle Xu and others were shocked and disdainful when they heard this.

Uncle Xu scoffed, "You're getting more and more ridiculous. We did have that ice patch when we met the people from Yunlu Village, but how could they possibly have such a good thing as a refrigerator, air conditioner, or even the magical power of the hidden world? Are they taking us for granted?"

Even if there is, why do the people of Yunlu Village own it?

The helpers and the victims said unhappily, "We saw Zhang Chengming and Xiong Mao use their space rings to collect things with our own eyes. It can't be fake."

Aunt Xu said, "Maybe it's just some kind of deception."

"Can a trick hide buckets of iced mung bean soup? We're not stupid, how can we not tell the difference?"

The helpers knew that Uncle Xu and his men were at odds with the people of Yunlu Village, and they didn't want to get entangled with them. They just continued to talk with the others who didn't pay much attention, "Didn't you wonder why those crops seemed to have grown for two months? It is said that Lu Xuan used his magic to accelerate the growth of crops."

"It's a pity that Lu Xuan went out alone. When he comes back, maybe we can see him using magic to make crops grow."

The helper sighed and said, "It's hard for us to even survive, but they dare to venture into the mountains alone. We really can't compare."

Zhou covered the wound on her face and spat, cursing, "What kind of magic is this? I think it's just a trick!"

Aunt Xu and Zhao showed the same disdain on the surface as Zhou, but they couldn't help but feel uneasy in their hearts.

They would definitely not be happy if they were asked to work for the people of Yunlu Village and only get a meager reward based on their looks.

But what if they could farm themselves?

If the people in Yunlu Village can grow it, there’s no reason why they can’t, right?

As for how to cultivate the fields without farm tools and where to get seeds, of course they have to borrow from people in Yunlu Village!

The people in Yunlu Village don't want them to take advantage of them for nothing. They just want to farm their own land, right?

At worst, they can just return the seeds lent to them by Yunlu Village at double the price when the harvest comes.

…

The idea was good, but when they couldn't wait to find Li Tie, the latter flatly refused to lend the tools.

Uncle Xu and the others angrily said, "We've already decided to be self-reliant. Doesn't Village Chief Li want to lend us a hand? Are you going to wait until we starve to death before you're satisfied?"

Li Tie said coldly, "You can tell these tools we use are not ordinary. We exchanged them for supplies, so we can't lend them out without his permission."

These engineer shovels can not only be used as farm tools, but when they are disassembled, they can be used as knives or even small flashlights. They have many functions.

What if these disaster victims break something? Can they afford to pay for it?

He even doubted whether he could get such a good thing back after lending it out.

Besides, now we are borrowing tools and seeds, but will we need Lu Xuan to help us induce labor later?

If the seeds are not induced to grow, they will not grow at all. But if Lu Xuan is asked to induce growth, they are not from Yunlu Village, so why should he do so?

Fang Dahe said impatiently: "Who knows when Lu Xuan will come back? What's the harm in lending us the tools first? We won't run away. We can just tell him when he comes back."

"No." Li Tie said firmly, "We have to wait for Lu Xuan to come back and make the decision."

Uncle Xu was angry, "What's the harm in being flexible on such a small matter?"

Li Tie still said the same thing, "Wait until he comes back."

"What are you waiting for me to come back for?" Lu Xuan's voice suddenly came from above their heads, and the people on both sides were immediately startled.