Chapter 271: The Village
After waiting in the shed for almost two hours, Li Yu'e finally came back with the twins and Chen Ya.
Wen Ling and Wen Xu were very happy to see Xia Xiaoman, and rushed over like little rockets. Mao Dan was not familiar with the twins, and when he saw them rushing over, he immediately stood up and blocked Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman patted Maodan and signaled him to lie down. Maodan stared at the twins for a while, and when he saw that they had no ill intentions, he lay back on the ground.
Without Maodan, the roadblock, Wen Ling and Wen Xu immediately ran to Xia Xiaoman and shouted excitedly, "Sister Xiaoman, my brother and I miss you so much. The last time you came to help Lingxu, you left without even looking at us."
Wen Ling was talking about Xia Xiaoman going to Lingxu to help after the last earthquake. Last time, Wen Ling and Wen Xu took people out to dig for supplies, and Xia Xiaoman saw that they were so busy, so he didn't stay for long.
"Isn't it the same for me to come and see you now? Where did you go today and why did you go out for so long?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Wen Ling didn't say anything, but turned to look at Li Yu'e. Seeing Li Yu'e nod slightly, she said, "Today, we went to the foot of the nearby mountain with Aunt Yu'e to take a look. We plan to dig a cave at the foot of the mountain and move into the cave in the future."
Wen Xu continued his sister's words and said, "Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Living in the greenhouse will be too hot to sleep. We have no water, so we can't make mud bricks. If we can't make mud bricks, we can't build a house. So we want to go to the foot of the mountain to dig a cave and move into the cave to live."
Upon hearing this, Xia Xiaoman inexplicably recalled the scene he saw through the telescope on the first day he entered the mountains: people from Ji Ming's village gathered together to make mud bricks.
It had been a long time since the last rain. The fact that Ji Ming and his village were able to make mud bricks in such dry weather meant that there was a water source in their village or near their village.
Xia Xiaoman thought about it and told Li Yu'e what he saw that day when he entered the mountains.
Li Yu'e heard this and said, "Your guess is very likely true. This village is halfway up the mountain. If there is no water source in or near the village, they will definitely move away soon, otherwise they will die of thirst."
As she spoke, she looked up at Xia Xiaoman and said, "You told me this, aren't you asking me to take over that village?"
Xia Xiaoman curled the corners of her lips and said with a smile, "I have this plan. You guys just need to find a place to live, and that village just happens to have water and mud bricks. If you take it, you can live in a mud brick house. Isn't a mud brick house better than a cave?"
Living in a cave is not so convenient. Apart from other things, the main concern is that the cave will collapse. However...
Li Yu'e said, "Xiao Man, we in the Lingxu Gang are not good people, but we are not vicious people either. We can't and won't rob villagers' houses and land."
Seeing that she had misunderstood, Xia Xiaoman hurriedly explained: "Sister Yu'e, if it were ordinary villagers, I certainly wouldn't let you rob the village." She told Li Yu'e about her encounter with the villagers and her speculation about the villagers' behavior of capturing people and eating meat.
Li Yu'e's first reaction was also disbelief. Although the world was a little difficult, as long as she was willing to work, she would not starve to the point of eating human flesh.
"Xiao Man, did you hear it wrong? Maybe they just saw that there's a wolf following you and thought you have enough oil and water, so they compared you to a fat sheep?"
Xia Xiaoman said helplessly: "Even if I heard it wrong, what's the matter with the people missing in the planting area? If they are alive, we need to see the people, if they are dead, we need to see the bodies. So many people are missing, and there is not even a body. There must be something wrong."
Chen Ya, who had been silent, saw Li Yu'e's entangled expression and said, "Why think so much? Just try it out and you'll know. I'll go out for a walk later to see if the villagers were responsible for the disappearances."
"No, it's too dangerous!" Li Yu'e refused. "The nearby mountains are bare, with no shelter at all. It's difficult for us to ambush you even if we want to. If something happens to you, how can I explain it to Ayang?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man suddenly ran in and shouted, "Sister Yu'e, something happened! Brother Yang and his men are fighting with the villagers living nearby!"
Li Yu'e stood up immediately after hearing this and asked, "How many people are there on the other side?"
"Seven or eight of them, all strong young men."
Li Yu'e walked out and said, "Chen Ya, pick 20 people to follow me!"
Chen Ya responded and ran out quickly to call for people. In less than a minute, 20 people gathered, all holding weapons and following Li Yu'e.
Li Yu'e asked the boy to lead the way. As she trotted towards Zhou Qiuyang and his group, she asked, "Why did Zhou Qiuyang and his group fight with the villagers? Tell me what happened at that time."
The boy said quickly, "Brother Yang and Brother Yu took us to the nearby area to see if we could find some food buried in the ground. After searching for a while, we didn't find any food, but we found a few pokes of steel-toothed rabbit hair instead."
"Brother Yang and Brother Yu wanted to try to catch the steel-toothed rabbit. Unexpectedly, just after they caught one, seven or eight villagers showed up and said that we had trespassed into their territory. They asked us to put the steel-toothed rabbit down, otherwise they would not let us leave."
"Brother Yu didn't want to, so he started arguing with them, and then they started fighting. Brother Yu and Brother Yang took Zhang Mu and me with them. Brother Yang saw that the situation was not right, so he asked me to come back and report to you."
"Hmph, their territory? The entire floating city belongs to the Xia Kingdom, where does their territory come from! Run faster, today I will let these villagers see who owns this territory!" Li Yu'e's face was gloomy and she ran forward faster.
After running for more than ten minutes, Li Yu'e saw Zhou Qiuyang running back with the bloody Zhang Mu. Zhou Qiuyang saw Li Yu'e and pointed behind her and shouted, "Sister Yu'e, go help, Xiao Zheyu is in front!"
Li Yu'e's eyes were slightly cold, and she said to Chen Ya: "Leave two people to take care of the wounded, and the rest of you continue to run forward!"
After running for another five or six minutes, Li Yu'e saw Xiao Zheyu fighting alone.
Xiao Zheyu was surrounded by eight villagers. These villagers were like a cat playing with mouse. They hacked at Xiao Zheyu with their knives but did not kill him. They just watched Xiao Zheyu struggle.
Li Yu'e was immediately furious, and pulled out the dagger from her waist and threw it out. This flying knife skill was taught to her by Wen Jianfeng, and now she has mastered it to perfection. The flying knife was thrown out and pierced one of the men's back in the blink of an eye.
The man screamed, and the other seven people saw this and looked at Li Yu'e and others.
Seeing Li Yu'e bringing so many people over, he immediately ran away.
At this moment, Maodan appeared from nowhere, ran to the front like lightning and stopped the villagers.
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