"Xiao Pei is gone!"
Before Pei Sining could even speak, Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian helped her leave the camp.
Worried about her mother-in-law's safety, Liu picked up a sickle, grabbed her daughter, and followed.
Sun, Tao, and Zhu Dabao stayed at the camp to protect the remaining food supplies.
Led by her son, Old Lady Zhu finally saw the bandits who had ambushed them earlier.
She instinctively backed away, feeling a bit resistant to these people.
The bandits hadn't expected to meet Grandma Zhu and her group in this way, and greeted Grandma Zhu with smiles.
“Grandma Zhu, I am Boss Niu. I hope you will forgive the previous misunderstanding. We were just following orders.”
"Acting under orders? Whose orders?"
These words made Old Lady Zhu instinctively become alert, her eyes flashing with malice as she squinted at Boss Niu.
Boss Niu scratched the back of his head awkwardly and stammered, touching his nose. "Sorry, I can't say. In short, we are your guards now. We'll fight wherever you want us to."
"Mother, time is of the essence and the task is heavy. Let's put aside the previous matters and get down to business first."
Worried that Old Lady Zhu might settle scores with the bandits, Zhu Chenfeng quickly came to her side and whispered a reminder.
Old Mrs. Zhu, suppressing her irritation, nodded with a stern face. "Yes, go and get the weapons and distribute them to them, then set off immediately."
"Okay, second brother, let's go, let's get to work." Zhu Chenfeng listened attentively to his mother's instructions with his head down. After hearing that it was time to move, he hurriedly waved his hand to signal Zhu Haotian to enter the bushes.
As the two entered the bushes, Boss Niu followed closely behind, standing outside the bushes and staring intently into them.
"Don't bother looking. We've buried animal traps inside. If you dare go in, you might not even come out alive."
Old Mrs. Zhu noticed Niu Laoda's cautiousness and instantly lost her temper, staring at him sternly as if to warn him.
Niu Laoda understood the meaning behind Zhu Laotai's words and turned around with a smile, "Zhu Laotai, don't worry, although we are mountain bandits, we also have principles. Since we promised you, we won't go back on our word."
"You even promised Zhu Yanyan you'd hunt us down! But in the end you betrayed us." Upon hearing the bandits' words, Madam Liu lowered her head and snorted coldly, muttering under her breath.
Although the voice was soft, it was eventually heard by Boss Niu. His face darkened instantly, and he suppressed his humiliation and gave an angry explanation.
“We took her money, and we will handle our own breach of trust. We took your job this time not for anything else, but for the food and medicine.”
“If you hadn’t provided us with food and medicine, we wouldn’t have gone against our principles.”
Just as Liu was about to say something, Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng came out pushing a cart full of weapons.
The two hid all the food and medicine in the car, leaving only a car full of weapons.
It was the first time the bandits had used a crossbow, and they all curiously gathered around the cart. In order to help the bandits get the hang of it as soon as possible, Zhu Haotian took a crossbow and taught them how to use it step by step.
These crossbows are extremely powerful weapons, and since the group is mostly female, they can also join the battle!
[In the future, if there is danger, people won't be afraid of being bullied by others.]
[Ha! Xixi is sleepy and wants to go to sleep. Mommy, take good care of yourself.]
Ms. Liu carefully considered her daughter's suggestion, glanced down at her yawning daughter, and quickly rocked her to sleep.
Only after her daughter fell asleep did she step forward and whisper to Grandma Zhu, "Mother, there are so many crossbows, why don't we take a few back for self-defense?"
“I had the same idea. There are more and more refugees now, and most of the women in our family are women. These crossbows can be used by women for self-defense.”
Grandma Zhu was also thinking about the arrangement of crossbows. With the current number of people, there were more than enough crossbows, and even some left over. The extra crossbows could be taken back to the camp.
Under Zhu Haotian's tutelage, the bandits quickly learned how to use crossbows and happily carried them on their backs.
Seeing this, Old Lady Zhu quickly waved for her son to come over and told him about her idea of bringing the crossbow bolts back to the camp.
Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian agreed with their mother's idea and handed over three crossbows to Old Lady Zhu without saying a word.
Because Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng were leading the bandits, they were to turn out of the woods on the other side and head towards Jiangyang City.
So they didn't go back to the camp with Grandma Zhu. As the two were leaving, Grandma Zhu once again explained the location of Shiqu in detail and repeatedly told her two sons to be careful.
Under Old Lady Zhu's instructions, Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng confidently led the bandits to the other side of the forest and left.
Pei Sining leaned against a tree, watching the two figures leave, and sighed, "The Turks are not so easy to deal with. This time, the outcome is hard to predict."
With mixed feelings, Old Lady Zhu frowned, picked up her crossbow, and turned to head towards the camp.
Zhu Xixi, now asleep, was in her little courtyard, comfortably soaking in a hot spring bath, holding the freshest milk in her hand, enjoying herself leisurely.
But for some reason, her eyelids kept twitching, and she became irritable and restless.
Left with no other choice, she left the hot spring and tried to reach the hidden door through the gate in the courtyard.
As she peeked out, she unexpectedly saw Zhu Yanyan enter the space looking unwell, dragging her tired body into the pharmacy, taking out several boxes of anti-inflammatory and cold medicine, and weakly taking them.
After taking cold medicine, she stared blankly at the mountain of goods in front of her, her face paling even more with anger, and she roared angrily.
"Why doesn't it automatically recover? How am I supposed to find food and supplies like this?"
No matter how loudly she shouted, the goods on the ground remained piled up like a small mountain and did not move.
Having no strength left to struggle, she had no choice but to give up, grab a box of instant noodles and ham from the edge of the merchandise, and drag her weak legs away from the space.
After Zhu Yanyan left, Zhu Xixi went through the small gate in the yard and came to the shelf space, tilting her little head in confusion.
She waved her little hand curiously, and the merchandise instantly came to life, following her hand back to its original position.
"Why is Zhu Yanyan angry when she could just move her little hand? It's so strange."
Ignoring the strange events before her, she didn't continue putting the mountain of goods back in place, but quickly swam towards the hidden door.
She came to the gate and waved her little hand at the white, empty space.
The gate slowly rose from the ground with a whoosh, and before she could speak, one of the gates suddenly opened.
With great interest and curiosity, he went over and stared at the scene that was gradually becoming clearer in front of the gate.
Outside the door was a gloomy and eerie forest, where a man dressed in black, wielding a large knife, roamed freely.
Xi Xi counted and found there were ten men wandering in the woods, judging from their skills.
They were all highly skilled warriors, and they quickly hid in the grass, seemingly waiting for someone.
Before Xixi could figure out what was happening, another large door suddenly opened, and Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng walked towards the gloomy woods. The direction they were heading was right past the bushes where the men in black were hiding.
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