After standing still at the door, before she could even react, Chun Tao pointed to Beishan and said urgently:

"Auntie Little Fish, look at the North Mountain! It's smoking in broad daylight!"

I initially thought it might be because someone was cooking and burning wet firewood, which caused this.

After observing for a long time, I realized that it probably wasn't that simple.

Something must have happened over there!

Chi Yu's first thought was that a second wave of people must have arrived from Wuning Prefecture.

Realizing this possibility, she immediately called into the house, "Amu, elder brother, Scholar Song, come out quickly!"

Qin Mu remembered Chi Yu's words and didn't drink much alcohol at lunch.

Not only him, but also the three Chi brothers.

The task of persuading her in-laws to drink naturally fell to Chi Ye, who knew about her sister-in-law's special opportunity.

He was the eldest son and grandson of the Chi family, and no one would say anything if he accompanied them.

Sure enough, as soon as Chi Yu shouted, Qin Mu came out immediately.

As the head of Wuning Prefecture, Song Chongjin was always alert, so he drank very little.

He came out quickly as well, along with Chi Dahu, but lagging behind Qin Mu.

As soon as Chi Yu saw him come out, he asked, "Scholar Song, why don't you take a look at the situation over there?"

Following the direction the fish in the pond pointed, Song Chongjin knew that it was Beishan.

Upon seeing the thick smoke, his expression changed drastically: "Something's happened!"

He shouted this and, without waiting for a second time, hurriedly ran towards the North Mountain.

Of course, he was originally slightly tipsy, but he was now completely sober.

He had specifically instructed his wife before he went down the mountain.

If there is anything of great importance concerning the entire Xiechi'ao, light a fire and then pile wet firewood on top.

The thick smoke was visible even from Chijia'ao.

In this way, they don't need to go down the mountain to inform them.

Judging from the density of the smoke, something big must have happened in the village!

Yes, after the two villages agreed to the marriage alliance, Song Chongjin no longer considered them to be from Wuning Prefecture.

They identified themselves as people from Xiechi'ao in Anping County.

This is also what their group of people tacitly agrees with.

Sure enough, as soon as he shouted that something had happened, the Qiu and Huang family members, who were so drunk they could barely keep their eyes open, suddenly perked up considerably.

Regardless of age or gender, they all ran towards the door.

Upon seeing smoke rising from their homes, they all ran towards the north mountain.

When they came down the mountain earlier, Song Xiucai—no, their village chief—had told them about using thick smoke as a beacon.

So they knew what was going on.

That was their home, a home they had finally managed to build, a home they were preparing to settle down in.

If their home is destroyed, they will become homeless again.

As the weather grew hotter, they didn't want to leave easily.

The Chi family reacted quickly. Seeing this, apart from Liu Mei who was pregnant, everyone including Chi Yu and the Wang siblings ran towards the North Mountain.

However, after running two steps, Chiyu immediately realized what was happening and grabbed Chiyu, who was a bit drunk and running slowly.

"Ah Ye, your dad and the others didn't bring any weapons, we need to grab some."

Chi Ye nodded blankly: "Okay, I'll go get it!"

Chi Yu didn't let go, but simply said, "Wait here, I'll go get it."

After saying this, he addressed Chi Dongyi and the others, who had drunk quite a bit but had already come out:

"Clan leader, something has happened in Beishan. I guess it's the second wave of people from Wuning Prefecture."

Send someone to ring the copper bell and call all the young men still in the village to go help at the North Mountain.

Chi Dongyi and the two clan elders hadn't even left the old Chi family gate, so naturally they couldn't see what was happening outside.