Seeing that they didn't answer, Yun Zhizhong became a little anxious, thinking it might be bad news.

Looking at Yun Zhizhong in his military uniform, Xiaoyuer and the others felt a little uneasy. "Are you asking about Pinghe Village? You have relatives there, right?"

"Yes, I'm from Pinghe Village, and my family is there. If you know anything about that place, please let me know."

"Do you know someone named Si Cheng?"

"I know him, he's my niece's husband."

"That's your nephew-in-law. With him around, your family will be fine and safe."

This answer left Yun Zhizhong completely bewildered. "You know Sicheng?"

The group then told Yun Zhizhong everything they knew, including the series of tragedies that had occurred in the county town and why they had come to the county town.

Even if they don't say anything now, he will find out when he goes back. Besides, none of them have ever done anything to harm others. They are just helping to guard the supplies. Even if they are guilty, they don't deserve to die.

After listening to their story, Yun Zhizhong felt conflicted. Had other unmanaged areas become so chaotic? Such a large county town, and now only a handful of people remained. And could these be his own family members? From Xiao Yu's description, he could roughly guess that some of his children were among them.

Yun Zhizhong briefly explained the precautions to them before taking his leave and returning home.

On the way back, he felt completely bewildered. How could Ming's son-in-law be so amazing? He could even twist a steel knife into a pretzel. How much strength must that take!

Then he remembered how many supplies his villagers had brought back, and he didn't know what to say. Although the supplies were unclaimed, he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that they had divided them up so directly.

Thinking about all this gave him a headache. Instead of going straight back to his office, he turned around and headed towards his brother's camp.

When Yun Zhixin heard that his younger brother had come looking for him, he quickly went out!

"Why are you coming at this time? Aren't you supposed to be incredibly busy over there?"

"Brother, there's news from our hometown."

Seeing his younger brother's hesitant expression, Yun Zhixin became anxious: "What happened back home? Is there some bad news?"

"Everything's fine at home, but there are some things I don't know how to say."

“These are brothers, what can’t be said to each other? Come on, let’s go over there and talk.” He pulled him to a temporary rest room and poured his brother a cup of hot water from the kettle.

Yun Zhizhong took a few sips of water, organized his thoughts, and then recounted what he had heard from Xiao Yu and the others.

"Isn't everything fine? Why did you look like that just now? I thought something bad had happened."

"I just feel that it's not good that they distributed all those supplies and took them back with them."

Yun Zhixin was so angry he wanted to crack open his younger brother's head. What was he thinking about all day long?

"There's nothing wrong with that. If they don't take them back, and leave them all to the thousands of people in the county, are we going to let them form another gang? Besides, judging from their stories, it's possible that a new gang has already been formed."

"How come Ming's son-in-law is so amazing? I've never heard them mention it before."

Yun Zhixin was quite optimistic about this: "Does their family need to announce everything everywhere if something happens to them? Besides, with someone as capable as Si Cheng in the village, their family will be more secure, and we can feel more at ease."

"As for that batch of supplies, don't worry. Several nearby villages participated. Isn't there a rule that the law doesn't punish everyone? Besides, they didn't steal it."

At this point, Yun Zhixin was genuinely unaware that it had indeed been stolen, and that several villages had wiped out an entire gang. As for why Xiaoyu and the others didn't mention it, it was because they didn't believe the villagers would dare to kill anyone; they assumed that Wolf Boss and his gang were imprisoned.

"This way, I don't have to worry about home anymore. Judging from the little fish's description, our village must be one of the better-off in the area." Yun Zhizhong had been worried about his family for a while, and this news was finally good. Now he could finally get a good night's sleep.

Meanwhile, the Lian family was having a much harder time.

"I really can't live like this anymore. We're stuck here all day, surviving on just two steamed buns a day. How did I end up with such a good-for-nothing? Your own wife is starving to death, and your Lian family still has the leisure to support someone else." Zhang Xiaohan launched into a tirade against her husband.

Hearing Zhang the child throwing another tantrum, the Lian father and son remained silent.

Gao Shuzhen, however, would not tolerate her. "Look how funny this is. Who is taking advantage of whom now? Food is distributed according to the number of people. Who is supporting others? If you're so capable, make your husband not eat, then he can support you."

“Aunt Gao, if we’re going to calculate it this way, then you and Gao Dongxing are also enjoying the firewood they collect. Shouldn’t you contribute more? Let Dongxing go out and find some firewood too. Don’t act like a young master all day, waiting for us to serve you.” Zhang Xiaohan had long been fed up with Gao Dongxing’s lazy attitude.

Gao Dongxing wrapped the blanket tighter around himself and said to Zhang Xiaohan resentfully, "Why don't you ask Brother Jianpeng to take off his down jacket and give it back to me? That way, I can go out and find firewood."

Zhang Xiaohan then remembered that her husband had used the excuse of going out to find firewood to get Gao Dongxing to lend him the thick down jacket he had brought. Of course, it had never been returned since. They had both completely forgotten about it for so long.

“What do you mean your clothes? These clothes were all bought with Dad's money, so they belong to everyone.” Zhang Xiaohan said confidently after a moment of surprise.

"Old Lian, is that what you think too?" Gao Shuzhen nudged Lian Qingfeng.

"Xiao Han didn't say anything. We're all family, why be so particular? Dongxing also needs to go out and help out. After all, we're all family, we can't just rely on me and Jianpeng." Lian Qingfeng didn't care what Gao Dongxing's reason for not going out was. In his opinion, Gao Dongxing was just being lazy.

“Okay,” Gao Shuzhen immediately took off one of the two down jackets that Lian Qingfeng was wearing and handed it to Gao Dongxing before he could react. “Dongxing, since your Uncle Lian has said so, you should go out more often. It’s not good for your health to always sit in the house.”

Gao Dongxing quickly took the down jacket his mother handed him and put it on. To be honest, he had wanted to go out for a while. He zipped it up and said to Lian Qingfeng, "Thank you, Uncle Lian. From now on, you can stay in the house. Let us do anything you need."