[Liar! Go and expose this big liar!]
Upon hearing this, Madam Liu immediately picked up Zhu Xixi and stepped forward, loudly refuting her statement.
"Really? Why don't you take us to see if you really have no food left in your car?"
After hearing her sister-in-law speak, Sun also stood up, looked at the clansmen, raised her hand, and cheered, "That's right, we can all go to the cart and see if what she said is true or false."
Most of the clansmen had lost a lot of their belongings during their escape. After hearing Sun's clamor, they all nodded in agreement and raised their hands to shout.
Seeing that the clamor was growing louder, the two escorts had no choice but to lead everyone back to the camp and stand in front of Zhu Yanyan's carriage.
Sun, as the representative, stepped forward first. Under Zhu Yanyan's angry glare, she went to the carriage and turned over all the jars and pots inside.
Half an hour later, Sun searched through all the jars and pots in the carriage, but couldn't find anything.
Finally, he had no choice but to get off the carriage dejectedly and go to report to Old Lady Zhu.
"Mother, we couldn't find it."
"Impossible. The luggage in his carriage was neatly arranged, without a trace of anyone having rummaged through it. How could it be?"
When Zhu Haotian saw his sister-in-law return, he felt something was wrong and said excitedly.
Zhu Yanyan, with a smug look on her face and arms crossed, walked up to Old Lady Zhu and said arrogantly, "I told you there wasn't any, but you insisted on looking for it. Now you've proven me wrong."
"Wait a minute, I'll go take a look."
Grandma Zhu always felt that things were not so simple. While observing the carriage, she unexpectedly discovered that something seemed to be hidden under the quilt.
Seeing that Old Lady Zhu was still making a fuss, Zhu Borong angrily stopped her, saying, "Haven't we already checked and found nothing? Do you still want to check? Do you really think we have no temper?"
"Why are you feeling guilty? If there's nothing wrong, what are you afraid of?" Grandma Zhu was not afraid of Zhu Borong's threat at all. She strode forward, raised her head and puffed out her chest as she approached Zhu Borong.
Not wanting to escalate the situation, Zhu Yanyan quickly pulled her father over and looked at Old Madam Zhu with a gloomy face.
"Fine, you can check, but if you don't find anything, you'll have to kneel down and apologize to my father."
"Zhu Yanyan, do you have any shame? Making someone so old apologize to you?"
The blanket was hidden under the blanket; Xixi saw it all.
[Trying to hide? Dream on! You can't escape Xixi's sharp eyes.]
[How dare you bully Grandma Xixi! I'll kick your big bad butt!]
Zhu Xixi grew angrier and angrier as she listened, kicking her feet outwards in frustration.
Liu was shocked that Zhu Yanyan had gone to such lengths and angrily stepped forward to quietly remind her mother-in-law.
"Mother, go check those blankets, under the cart, and the more hidden the place, the more you need to check."
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Zhu immediately understood and nodded confidently.
"No problem. If we find food, we'll have to share it with everyone. Are you okay with that?"
Faced with Old Mrs. Zhu's aggressive questioning, Zhu Yanyan hesitated, swallowed nervously, and made a decision after a long delay.
The guards had already lost the food they were carrying on their escape, but after hearing that Old Lady Zhu was looking for food to share with everyone...
The two looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and made the decision on his own, agreeing to Old Lady Zhu's request.
"Okay, go find it quickly."
Zhu Yanyan was surprised that the escort would make a decision for her without her consent, and angrily turned around to glare at the escort.
The escorts, however, paid no attention to Zhu Yanyan's anger and watched expectantly as Old Lady Zhu made her move.
After receiving permission from the escort, Old Lady Zhu, with Zhu Haotian's help, climbed onto the carriage, went directly to the quilt, and vigorously shook it to turn it inside out.
Under her manipulation, all the food hidden under the quilt, including rice, flour, eggs, meat, and fruit, fell onto the carriage and the ground.
Upon seeing the food on the vehicle, everyone instantly erupted into chaos, rushing towards it and scrambling to grab the food from the ground.
When Wen Xiuying saw her family's food being taken away, she jumped up and down in agitation, shouting, "What are you doing? This food is ours!"
"Stop! Stop right now!" Zhu Borong was also worried that these people would steal all his food, so he rushed forward in a panic to try to snatch it from his clansmen.
Unfortunately, he was too obese, and before he could take more than a few steps, he was knocked to the ground by his tribesmen who were frantically snatching his food.
Seeing the scene growing increasingly chaotic, the escort swung his long whip and lashed the tribesmen who were looting the food.
"Stop it, all of you! You dare to steal food from us? You're asking for trouble!"
The tribesmen were so hungry that they clung tightly to the food in their arms, enduring the whipping of the guards. Some even stuffed all the edible food into their mouths.
Worried that his mother might be harmed, Zhu Haotian quickly helped her down from the carriage and helped her away from the carriage area.
Just then, after settling the cart, Tao hurriedly came up behind Zhu Haotian and whispered a report.
"Haotian, everything is arranged."
Hearing the sound, Old Lady Zhu turned around and saw that Tao was covered in sweat. Feeling sorry for her, she took out a handkerchief from her bosom and handed it to her.
"Second son's wife, thank you for your hard work."
"It's alright, Mother, I'm used to it."
Tao took her mother-in-law's handkerchief and looked curiously at the messy scene before her, muttering to herself with lingering fear.
"Luckily we hid well, otherwise we would have been in big trouble."
Upon hearing Tao's words, Old Lady Zhu hurriedly turned around and gestured for her to remain silent and wait quietly for the escort to speak.
Knowing the situation was unusual, Tao dared not contradict her mother-in-law's hint. She covered her mouth, lowered her head, and looked at the escort.
The chaotic scene gradually quieted down under the control of the guards.
The escort, whip in hand, approached Zhu Yanyan's carriage, glanced at the food inside, and glared angrily at Zhu Yanyan.
"Didn't you say there was no food left in the carriage? What are these?"
“These are what I hid, sir. My daughter knows nothing. Please calm down. We don’t need this food. You can have it all.”
Just as Zhu Yanyan was wondering how to answer, Zhu Borong stepped forward, cupped his hands to the escorts, and tried to curry favor with them.
The escort was not satisfied with Zhu Borong's answer, so he kicked him in the stomach and swung his long whip forcefully.
"You only give it to us because you don't want it anymore? What do you take us for? Your pet dog?"
The long whip rained down on Zhu Borong, causing him to grimace in pain, clutch his head, and lie on the ground, begging for mercy.
Not wanting to waste any more time, Old Lady Zhu looked at her son and daughter-in-law, then turned and walked towards her cart.
The cart was parked where Grandma Zhu's family had camped the night before, and Zhu Chenfeng stood anxiously beside the cart waiting for Grandma Zhu.
Upon seeing Old Lady Zhu arrive, they hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Mother, how is she?"
"Have you hidden the food properly? Have you hidden the goat properly?" Old Mrs. Zhu became anxious when she thought of the rice, flour, cured meat, and other food in the car.
Zhu Chenfeng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head repeatedly, "The food wasn't hidden, but the goat was hidden, Mom, what happened?"
"Quick, hide the things under the cart. The line is in disarray, and Mother is afraid these people will focus their attention on us."
The more Old Lady Zhu thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She hurriedly signaled her sons to take action and turned to look in the direction of the escorts.
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