Chapter 30 Chaos

Lianhua Village, east of the village.

A group of people with carrying poles blocked the well, forcing those who approached back little by little.

"Don't come any closer, leave now, don't infect us!" The leader was carrying a carrying pole, and as soon as someone got close, he would swing it at them, not caring whether it hurt or not.

"Wu Gousheng, we just wanted to get some water, what do you mean by blocking us with your men?" Chen Ergou's face was full of displeasure, holding the carrying pole in his hand, looking like he was about to fight.

"Get out! Don't come near us. The people living at the village entrance are all infected with the plague. Don't you dare harm the people in the east of our village!" Wu Gousheng said without any politeness, and even swung his hand to hit another person.

"We're just fetching water, and besides, we're not infected!" Chen Yongxing was a little unhappy. They had wasted most of the day here, hadn't gotten any water, and had even been hit several times by Wu Gousheng with a carrying pole.

Wu Gousheng shouted, "I don't care if you're infected or not, people from your village are not allowed to come here to fetch water!"

"On what grounds?"

"Yes, on what grounds?"

"People in your village are going to die from the plague!"

"We'll die of thirst if we don't drink water!"

"Since you're all going to die anyway, don't infect us!"

The two groups argued more and more fiercely, and the two teams, which were originally separated by carrying poles, started fighting, with neither side giving way.

Some women could only hide, watching with worry.

They felt that before the plague had even killed anyone, internal strife would kill people first!

Wang watched her son mingling among them, her hands trembling. She wanted to step forward and help him up, but was immediately forced back.

Upon seeing this, Yunniang immediately pulled Wang Shi aside, saying, "Aunt, don't go over there!"

“But…but Yongxing is inside!” Wang said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I know, but you couldn't stop him!" Yunniang was also worried. Her husband, Chen Ergou, was inside and had been hit several times. She felt sorry for him too!

But what could they do? They were powerless to even kill a chicken!

Just then, Chen Yongliang and Chen Yong saw Chen Yongxing being beaten and joined the brawl.

"..." Before Wan Qiqi could stop them, she saw them rush inside.

She turned her head and immediately saw Wang Shi and the people standing next to her.

Wan Qiqi remembered that the person was Yunniang, the wife of Chen Yongnian's cousin, Chen Ergou.

Wang's husband was the eldest son of the Chen family, while Chen Ergou's father was the second son of the Chen family.

She stepped forward and asked what had happened.

Although Chen Lizheng did not announce the plague, someone overheard his conversation with Sun Langzhong today and truly heard about the plague.

Later, Wu Gousheng led the people from the east of the village to block the well, refusing to let the people from the village entrance draw water. Eventually, the two sides started arguing and then fighting.

Wan Qiqi was helpless. With the plague right in front of them, these people still had the mind to fight over water. She wondered if they really valued their lives.

Just then, Chen Lizheng returned from the county town. As soon as he entered the village, he heard that a fight had broken out in the east of the village!

He had just been criticized in the county town, and now he was furious to hear these people still making trouble.

Without saying a word, he led his men to the village entrance.

During their fight, Wan Qiqi quickly pulled Chen Yongnian out and made him pull Chen Yongliang, Chen Yongxing, and Chen Ergou out as well.

"Sister-in-law, don't pull me back! I'm going to teach Wu Gousheng a lesson today! He's been a tyrant in the village for so long, and now he's bullying us!" Chen Yongxing tried to rush forward, but was held back by Chen Yongnian and Chen Yongliang.

Wan Qiqi retorted, "So what do you want to do to beat him down?"

She also had some memories of Wu Gousheng. He was a very domineering person, and many people in the village followed him around doing nothing but bullying others.

Wan Qiqi suddenly realized that this person also had the surname Wu. Wu Laizi and Wu Gou Dan also had the surname Wu. Could it be that the Chen family and the Wu family had a feud?

"Of course, I won't hit him—"

With a "smack," Chen Yongxing felt a burning pain on his face.

He covered his face and stared at Wang in disbelief, forgetting to even blink.

"Is this how I've always taught you? To go and fight with others?" Wang's hand was still in mid-air, trembling uncontrollably.

Her husband died young, and she raised her three sons alone. She endured a lot of hardship and suffering, but she had no regrets. She raised her three sons steadily and taught them to value harmony and that suffering is a blessing.

But who would have thought that the son I raised would now be learning to fight!

"No... Mother, he went too far!" Chen Yongxing felt wronged; it was clearly Wu Gousheng who went too far!

Everyone in the village knew that the well water at the village entrance was faulty and undrinkable, so they moved to another place far away to fetch water.

But Wu Gousheng and his men blocked the way, not only preventing people from fetching water, but also hitting them. How could he not be angry?

"If a dog bites you, are you going to bite it back?" Wang asked rhetorically.

Chen Yongxing fell silent.

Wan Qiqi thought Wang's example was good; if you bite a dog and bite back, you'll become a mad dog yourself, which is unacceptable.

But letting people like Wu Gousheng go is also unacceptable!

However, Wang Shi's actions today surprised Wan Qiqi; it was the first time she had ever seen Wang Shi hit someone!

Even in his memory, Wang Shi was always tolerant and never laid a hand on him.

“He has been too arbitrary in letting the village head make decisions. It’s wrong for you to take action on your own!” Wang’s voice trembled.

You're right!

As the male voice fell, everyone's eyes, except for those who were fighting, fell on Chen Lizheng.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Stop fighting! Stop fighting! Village Chief Chen is here!"

Wu Gousheng paused upon hearing the sound, received a blow from the board, and, enraged, jumped up and started punching the man.

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