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Lin Cuicui wiped away her tears, looked down at Tang Yue, exchanged a glance with Old Li, and finally gritted her teeth, took a few steps forward, and bowed to everyone.
"Thank you all for coming to help us today, but this has nothing to do with you. You should all go home now. We can handle this ourselves."
Aunt Miao was anxious and angrily slapped Lin Cuicui's arm lightly, "Cuicui, why are you so stubborn? Look at the family, old and young, you're the only strong laborer, and you're pregnant. What if something really happens to you?"
We're all from the same village, and your family has been kind to everyone in our village, so it's only right that we help you.
"Just tell me what's wrong, and we can all work together to figure it out. It's much better than you all struggling on your own, isn't it?"
Lin Cuicui shook her head again. They hadn't been in Daobei Village for long and hadn't had any contact with the villagers. Those spies were ruthless; she couldn't implicate all the villagers of Daobei.
"I know about the kindness of Sister Miao and all the villagers, and my whole family is grateful to everyone."
But things aren't that simple. We've already packed up our things at home and won't be in the village for a while.
"Captain, thank you for rearranging my and my father's duties. We can discuss it further if you can return in a while."
Li Qingyang's expression was serious. "What exactly is going on? Can't the people of our village handle this?"
Lin Cuicui simply shook her head. Old Li also stepped forward and bowed to everyone.
"Thank you all, I, Old Li, would like to express my gratitude. But you should all go back quickly, there's nothing serious at home, we can handle it ourselves."
If anyone asks about our family recently, just say we just arrived and don't know everyone very well yet.
Someone in the crowd tapped the ground with a shovel. "Why are you being so hesitant? Just say what's on your mind. We're all here, why can't we help?"
On the other hand, some people echoed, "That's right. What serious problem has happened? No one family can solve it as quickly as our whole village working together. Just tell us what you need to say."
Seeing that no one was going to leave, Tang Yue stepped forward and said, "Dear grandpas, grandmas, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, thank you very much."
The reason my grandfather and mother didn't want everyone to know was because this matter was very dangerous.
Today I can see that everyone genuinely wants to help us. Actually, everyone knows that my father went to the army and that we came from the north.
The reason we came from the far north to the far south to join the army is because my father helped others kill two local spies while hunting in the mountains.
I don't know what kind of background that spy had, but ever since then, small-time spies have been constantly coming to our house to assassinate us. That's what forced my family to leave our hometown.
Gasps rose and fell from the crowd; none of them had imagined that the Tang family had been forced to come to the South Island in this way.
They said they'd heard the North was a major granary, and that people there would have more to eat than they did here. Yet these people had traveled all the way from the far North to the far South. It turned out this family had such a story behind them.
Li Qingyang understood better: "Are those spies coming again?"
Lin Cuicui nodded. She sighed. "Today, Yueyue and I went to the border town and were kidnapped by a group of bandits. After we were rescued by the army, we were secretly shot by secret agents. If we hadn't dodged in time, we wouldn't be standing here today."
At this point, Lin Cuicui looked up at all the villagers and said, "Fellow villagers, I know you all mean well, but these spies are all treacherous and cunning. Once you get involved, you can't get rid of them."
"We have no choice; everyone has their own life to live, so please don't let our family's affairs cause you trouble."
Some people were already considering leaving, but now that they were standing in this courtyard, they wondered if they had already been spotted by spies. They couldn't help but feel a little resentful.
"Since you know your family is a menace, how dare you settle in our Daobei Village? Aren't you deliberately bringing trouble to our village?"
Some people agreed, while others disagreed.
Old Li's initial gratitude faded considerably after hearing those words, but he could understand their feelings and offered an explanation.
"Don't worry, everyone. This isn't like the old days when we were fighting. Those spies don't dare to kill people indiscriminately now."
They only target our family. When we were in Qiligou, the spies didn't harm the villagers.
So everyone can rest assured, this is why we didn't want to tell you all and implicate you.
The villagers were now in a dilemma. If they didn't help, they wouldn't be able to live with themselves. But if they did help, they were afraid of getting themselves into trouble. Li Qingyang could also see the villagers' conflict.
Looking at the determined eyes of Lin Cuicui and her family, he knew they didn't want their help.
"Since Uncle Li and his family have said so, then everyone should disperse and go back to rest."
Some of the more righteous young men spoke up, asking, "Captain, are we just going to abandon them? What will happen to their family?"
Li Qingyang was also making plans in his mind, but he still waved to the villagers, "If there's nothing else, everyone can go home first. I'll figure out a solution."
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