Spirit banner?
A group of people dressed in mourning clothes?
A heavy, black lacquered coffin?
What's going on here?!
They just slept in, and then something bad happened to their host family?!
Old Hei, with his sharp eyes, was the first to notice that the funeral procession was full of unfamiliar faces, and he started shouting.
"Something's wrong! Something's not right!"
If the family is having a funeral, the body should be sent out, not inside!
At this point, everyone else also felt something was strange.
"Stop them and quickly ask them what happened!"
"Grab your weapons and stop them! Something's not right!"
"Why isn't anyone stopping them on the small bridge? They've even thrown the fence into the river. These people are here to cause trouble!"
Everyone here has experience in the outside world, so they are quick to act when it matters.
In the blink of an eye, they all found a handy stick, tucked a saber into their belts, and then took off chasing after them.
In that short time, the Chen family's funeral procession was only a few dozen feet away from the new village.
Chen Lao Er urged the band to play their funeral music louder and louder.
The sound of suona horns shattered the tranquility of the entire Broken Gold Beach.
Old Hei was furious. He didn't care about politeness before resorting to force anymore. Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, he charged into the funeral procession and kicked over the two suona players.
The other veterans weren't idle either; they followed behind Lao Hei, beating people and smashing things in their path!
In an instant, the funeral procession was scattered and disorganized.
Chen Chuan and his two older brothers were not about to suffer a loss, especially since they already harbored a lot of resentment and hatred.
At this moment, Chen Chuan shouted, "Where did this lackey come from? Beat him! Even if the Heavenly King himself came, I would still bury my son in front of the Li family's door!"
The old soldiers, servants, and guards of the Chen family who were following behind the group caught up at this moment. Upon hearing this, they all picked up their weapons and started fighting with Lao Hei and the others.
Old Hei and his men were all formidable, but even a mighty tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves.
Thirty people against a hundred or so, it's clear they're about to suffer a loss.
Old Hei suddenly remembered something and called out to one of his brothers, "Go ring the bell, ring the bell quickly!"
In the workshop on the back street, everyone was busy making noodles when they could vaguely hear a commotion outside.
One of the veterans shouted, "Can someone go check what's going on outside? Is the village slaughtering a pig? Why is it so noisy?"
Others laughed and said, "You're just dreaming. Pigs are slaughtered on the eve of the Lunar New Year, and there are still more than ten days to go!"
Before the words had even finished, a clear and resonant bell rang throughout the entire Second Village.
Everyone was stunned, exchanging glances with disbelief in their eyes.
The bronze bell was tied to a large tree outside the village, not far from the small bridge.
The brothers who are on standby to guard the bridge are ready to notify the villagers to lend a hand in case of an emergency.
But this wasn't Jiangbei. Normally, with the Marquis's reputation protecting them, and the Li family acting prudently and kindly, they got along very well with the surrounding villages. There was no danger at all, so the bronze bell became just an ornament.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, such an urgent bell tolls!
"What are you thinking about? Grab your weapons!" An old soldier jumped up, grabbed a rolling pin, and rushed out.
"Quick, grab your weapons!" Everyone yelled, not caring what was at hand, grabbing whatever was available and running, as long as they could hurt someone.
In the blink of an eye, the workshop was completely empty.
Xiao Cui and the other women followed suit, not lagging behind at all.
Running to the front street, without needing directions, the funeral procession of about a hundred people was the most eye-catching sight.
When everyone looked at the person on the far right, the one with the mourning band around his waist who had been kicked to the ground by the group, it was the brother they had been drinking with the night before. At that moment, everyone's eyes turned red.
"Damn it, smash them to death!"
"Charge! Fight them to the death!"
Anyone who isn't blind or stupid can see right now that this funeral procession is no good!
Why would someone bring such an unlucky event as a funeral to Broken Gold Beach?!
Even if someone meant well, they wouldn't hit someone!
Especially last night when we were drinking, everyone was talking about how a son of the Chen family died and the blame was placed on the Fourth Master.
This is clearly the Chen family coming to cause trouble!
In the second village, every single man, young and old, was a wounded veteran who had been discharged from the battlefield.
They might even be a little intimidated by the beast-like barbarians.
But now, how could they possibly take the Chen family's guards and servants, who are like watchdogs, seriously?
Almost in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred veterans rushed in.
With reinforcements, Lao Hei and his men turned the tide of the battle in an instant.
Chen family guards and servants were repeatedly beaten down.
Needless to say, the drum and music band had long since rolled into the roadside ditch to save their lives, and their trumpets were all crushed.
When Xiao Cui and the other women couldn't fight alone, they formed groups to gang up on each other.
They followed behind the men, and whenever any of the Chen family guards or servants were knocked down, they would rush forward, swinging wooden basins, rolling pins, or even carrying poles and door bolts, and smash them with their eyes closed.
They wouldn't move on to the next person until the victim was bleeding profusely from their head and could no longer get up!
The Chen family did have some confidence; while their guards and servants weren't very skilled, the dozens of veterans who followed them down the back street were quite capable.
They were also Lao Hei's main opponents. After just one encounter, both sides knew that they were evenly matched.
But now that everyone is on their own side, they can't care about that anymore!
Meanwhile, the four veterans who were guarding the fence carried Sister Kong all the way to the entrance of the new village. Before they could even turn into the back of the village, they heard the bell ringing.
The four of them were nearly scared out of their wits and quickly looked towards the bridgehead in the distance.
Where are the wooden fences at the bridgehead now? Instead, the funeral procession is blatantly blocking the main road!
They subconsciously looked down at Sister Kong, only to see her craning her neck to look at the main road, watching the commotion with a smile.
Is there anything they don't understand?!
A diversionary tactic!
The four men gritted their teeth in hatred, and with a sudden burst of strength, they threw Sister Kong and the door panel away, then turned and ran back.
Kong's sister-in-law was gloating when she was suddenly thrown into the air. Before she could even cry out, she crashed hard onto a pile of stones by the roadside.
Her front teeth fell out, her mouth was full of blood, and her leg was stuck on a large rock, causing her excruciating pain.
She hugged her legs and cried, but no one paid any attention!
Early in the morning, Li Lao Er went to Guo Jia Zhuang with Mr. Wen in the Li family courtyard.
Guo Wenhao brought back the remains of his parents and elders yesterday, and will hold a funeral today.
Firstly, people tend to forget their relatives once they've passed away; Mr. Guo has been gone for a long time, and there aren't many relatives in the Guo family who still keep in touch with him.
Secondly, as the saying goes, "A teacher for a day is a father for life," and Mr. Wen, as Guo Wenhao's teacher, should be there to help oversee things at this time.
Jiaren is Guo Wenhao's senior, so he should be helping out and taking care of things as well.
When Ke Jiaren is away from home, his biological father, Li Lao Er, will go over and visit him to help his son.
Li Laosi had been drinking last night, so today he was unusually lazy and stayed in bed in the backyard room.
Grandma Li and Tao Hongying didn't call him. After breakfast, they opened the kitchen door, washed the sticky rice, soaked it, and prepared to grind more sticky rice flour.
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