Old Liu and his son had just walked over when they heard this and immediately realized that Liu Dafei and his brother had come looking for them.
Old Liu was immediately annoyed, but when he saw the wound on the boy's neck, he exclaimed in surprise, "Young man, did those beasts attack you? I see your neck is injured."
Those bastards are really strange. They're as cowardly as mice. At most, they'd do things like bullying the weak and fearing the strong. But now they actually dare to come into the deep mountains and even start a fight.
Lu Cijian was taken aback. He touched the scabbed wound on his neck with his slender fingers, glanced at Jiang Yimian, and said, "This wasn't left by those people. It was scratched by a stray cat."
Old Liu then noticed that the wound had scabbed over, and nodded in surprise, saying, "What kind of wild cat is this? It's really fierce. The wound is so big. Cats in the mountains are really strong."
Lu Cijian curved the corners of her lips and said lightly, "Yes, she is quite fierce."
Jiang Yimian nearly choked on her own saliva. Looking at the familiar wound, it was clearly the one she'd made with the dagger last time. What nonsense was this person spouting!
What a wildcat! It's quite fierce. She should have scratched it to death last time.
Fortunately, Old Liu didn't dwell on his wound and quickly asked, "How many people came? How did they find your place?"
I just heard Yi Mian say that she knows this boy, so this person must also live deep in the mountains. It is highly likely that Liu Dafei and his group were looking for them and stumbled upon this boy's house by accident.
Jiang Yimian thought of Wang Zhuzi.
That guy sent people to follow them last time; he must be keeping an eye on them.
They hadn't been able to find any trace of them these past few days, so they probably guessed that they were also from nearby villages. Liu Dafei and his group were the same, so they wanted to see if these people could find them.
What a clever scheme! And Liu Dafei and his friends stumbled upon it by sheer luck, even though they chose the wrong one.
Lu Cijian only said, "Four people came, two men and one woman, and a child. As for how they found my place, I really don't know."
Old Liu had basically confirmed that it was the Liu brothers, Dafei and Dafei, and immediately said, "I'll go with you to take a look."
Lu Cijian nodded, and finally led Jiang Yimian and Old Man Liu and his son out of the small depression.
When the group arrived at the wooden house, Li Xiaofang and Liu Xiaofei were hurling insults at each other.
"What nonsense about finding a cave! Bah! What a terrible path you led us down! Now look what's happened, you've dragged my husband and me down with you."
"Who found this house? It was my eldest brother. It was clearly you who made me and Heiwa suffer for this. Ever since you married into the family, there hasn't been a single day of peace. Father was also angered to death by you."
"Stop talking nonsense. If you hadn't insisted on having your father-in-law's money for his funeral, would he have died? He was clearly angered to death by you."
Just as they were blaming each other, Liu Xiaofei saw Lu Cijian return and immediately pleaded, "Young brother, please let me go. It's all a misunderstanding. I didn't mean to search your room. It was all his fault."
They said the room was too small to fit many people, and told me to just go and get it.
Li Xiaofang was so angry she wanted to hit someone, but she was tied to a tree and couldn't move at all. When she looked up, she saw the group of people behind Lu Cijian.
His gaze swept over Jiang Yimian and landed directly on Old Man Liu.
She was startled, then became excited and shouted, "Second Uncle, please save us! We didn't do anything and this young man tied us up. Please untie us!"
Old Liu snorted coldly, not believing his nephew's words at all. However, seeing that the group was all dressed in rags and had sallow complexions, especially seeing the bruises on the faces of Liu Dafei and his brother, he was momentarily stunned, and his resentment and anger subsided considerably.
He had come today intending to teach the two brothers a lesson, but seeing their miserable state, he knew they had suffered a lot, and he didn't have much to say about it.
Instead, they thought about sharing some food with the two brothers. Life was tough; the boys' cheeks were sunken from hunger, and they probably hadn't had a proper meal in a long time.
Adults are like this, let alone Heiwa. He's already ten years old, but he's not even as tall as Xiaoye. He's so thin and pitiful.
Just then, Liu Xiaofei suddenly sneered and said in a sarcastic tone, "I was wondering why Brother Dayong didn't come with us to escape the famine back then. Turns out he found a good place early on. It's a waste that we were worried about whether Uncle was doing well the whole way."
Looking at my second uncle's robust health now, I know his family must be doing very well, unlike us who have struggled all the way, narrowly escaped death several times, and are often hungry and sleepless.
This shameless family doesn't tell them about good places to go, they hide away and live a life of luxury while they let them suffer.
Li Xiaofang and Liu Dafei then took a closer look at Old Man Liu and his son.
Although the two were still wearing coarse linen clothes covered in patches, they looked clean and energetic, especially Da Yong, who seemed to have grown stronger.
Unlike them, who were so hungry they were skin and bones, looking almost like beggars.
Li Xiaofang immediately scoffed and said irritably, "No wonder you didn't flee the famine. You were hiding in the mountains, living a life of luxury. We just wanted to come and see you, and you let this man tie us up here and even lay a hand on us."
Second Uncle, you're being far too cruel. If my father-in-law knew this in the afterlife, he would surely come to you in the middle of the night to keep him company.
That old man has always looked down on them. I thought he would still have some family ties, but now it's clear he's in cahoots with that little rascal.
Jiang Yimian frowned upon hearing this.
Liu Dayong was furious. He stepped forward and slapped Liu Dafei across the face, saying angrily, "Dafei, if you don't let them talk properly, I'm not going to take care of you anymore."
Although he was angry, he couldn't bring himself to hit a woman, so he could only lash out at Liu Dafei.
The slap was so hard that Liu Dafei grimaced in pain, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
He shouted angrily, "What's wrong with what my wife said? You all live in the mountains, how could you not recognize this little rascal? Look at how badly Xiao Fei's hands are injured."
"Untie me right now, I'm going to teach that little bastard a lesson today."
Although he knew his wife had gone a bit too far, he was still unhappy to see Liu Dayong and Old Man Liu living such a good life, especially since the two of them knew the little rascal who had kidnapped them.
I just felt that it was Old Man Liu who made the little rascal do this.
Liu Da was incredibly brave. He had even thought of checking on the group to see how they were doing and offering to help them out. But now it turned out these people were ungrateful and there was no need to help them at all.
The little bit of family affection I had left had completely vanished.
Old Liu was so angry that he glared and cursed them, not wanting to pay any attention to them.
Jiang Yimian knew it was time for her to make her appearance just by glancing at the two of them.
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