Aunt Li screamed, "What are you saying?!"
Old Mrs. Shen slapped him: "What, can't you hear me? Can't you hear me now?"
Aunt Li covered her face in shock, staring at her: "You, you!"
Liu's mother glared venomously at Old Lady Shen. Upon seeing this, Old Lady Shen slapped her again: "You too! My son has such a joyous occasion, and we haven't even settled accounts with you yet, but you're already here making false accusations?"
Liu's mother: "Ah!"
Lili:! ! !
That's so exciting!
The Shen family felt very relieved. Liu was afraid that the two men would start fighting with Old Lady Shen after they realized what was happening, so she and Chen rushed forward and carried Old Lady Shen to the back, hiding her behind the men.
Old Mrs. Shen didn't linger in the fight, nor did she lose her temper; she fought and then left.
The troupe leader was stunned: "Aunt Liu, aren't we leaving yet...?"
Liu's mother sneered, "Leave? Leave what? All of you, get on them!"
In an instant, the people who had been holding gongs and drums at the back of the procession suddenly dropped them, drew swords from their waists, and pulled daggers from their shoes, rushing towards the Shen family.
Aunt Li's expression changed. She thought it was just a little trouble, but she didn't expect that Liu's mother would have such a big guts to do something so serious.
She's fine with a few insults and making a fuss, but she wouldn't dare get involved in anything that involves life or death!
Aunt Li was so frightened that she lost her shoes and let Li Dacheng pull her back.
The band leader was dumbfounded. How come he didn't know that so many people had infiltrated the group?
The Shen family reacted extremely quickly. Almost the instant they saw the swords, the eldest Shen had already called for the villagers to scatter, and had several women lead a few elderly people to escape.
"Everyone, run!"
"Wife, you should take your parents and the Yang family and leave quickly. We'll hold them off here!"
There were at least twenty of them, all armed with real knives and guns. Judging from their well-trained appearance, they were definitely highly skilled thugs. They simply couldn't beat them.
But they have to persevere, otherwise their elderly, weak, women and children will be harmed!
The villagers screamed and ran away. Village Chief Ma and a dozen men quickly picked up a few large tree branches from the ground and stood in front of them to let the others run away from the riverbank.
Shen Jiahao swiftly snatched the knife from Yang's hand; it was the knife she had been using to kill fish in the kitchen when she came out, and hadn't had time to put it down yet.
Shen Jiahao was already seething with anger. He grabbed the knife and charged straight ahead, saying to his younger brothers, "Second brother, watch over our younger siblings and get them away quickly!"
Having said that, he kicked one of the people in front of him to the ground and swiftly slashed down with his knife, blood splattering everywhere.
The scene quickly descended into chaos. The three men of the Shen family grabbed stools and wine jars, while the third brother even picked up the small dishes on the table and threw them at the intruders' faces.
Lili was held in Shen Jialu's arms and they ran towards the river, with Lili constantly peeking out to look in that direction.
The enemy has swords and blades; how can they win with just a tree branch?
"Second Brother, let's go deliver weapons to them!"
Lili anxiously grabbed Shen Jialu.
"No, Lili, it's dangerous there!"
"It's precisely because it's dangerous that Lili has to go; they can't hurt Lili!"
Lili struggled to jump down, making her way through the chaotic crowd. She noticed that the men from Xinghua Village were already in retreat. Lili quickly darted into the backyard of her house and found the big axe that Shen Jiahao usually used to chop down trees.
"This is it!"
Lili struggled to drag the big axe out: "Big brother!"
Shen Jiahao's eyes lit up.
Although he was strong and had brute force, his opponent was trained and wielded a sword. He couldn't attack like his opponent with a kitchen knife.
The sword was two or three times the length of a kitchen knife. He had barely swung his knife when the sword was already at his face, forcing him to defend himself the whole time.
This big axe is different; its handle is long, almost like a sword.
Shen Jiahao dodged the attack and ran over quickly: "Thanks, Lili!"
Seeing the Shen family members forced to retreat and defend, Shen Jiahao raised his axe and charged forward, shouting, "Ah—!"
"Go, big brother!"
Lili was thrilled watching it.
Shen Jiahao changed his weapon, and his attack power was indeed significantly improved. He killed one on this side and one on that side. He killed one who was chasing Ma Cunchang on the left and one who was fighting with Shen Lao Er on the right.
As a teenager who was "on the battlefield" for the first time, Shen Jiahao's performance was actually the best among everyone.
Lili calls it the "newbie protection period".
Pear ran to the kitchen and took everything she saw.
Because the Shen family was holding a grand banquet to celebrate Shen Laosan's passing the imperial examination, they had already taken a lot of vegetables and fruits from the grain storage yard in Liucheng.
There were piles of radishes and potatoes in the kitchen, and a whole bucket of mung beans, which were used to make mung bean soup, a dessert after meals.
Lili slung two small baskets over her shoulder, one filled with mung beans and the other with potatoes, and dashed off with high spirits.
Lili took a deep breath and ran into the crowd.
"Hey—look at the potatoes!"
Lili used the speed of someone who'd been single for thirty years to throw potatoes out one by one, each one hitting the group of people in white with pinpoint accuracy.
"ah!"
The person who was hit didn't know what happened. It was a tiny potato, no bigger than half an adult's hand, but it hit him like he was hit by a horse.
The person who was hit was struck by the sudden force, and his body twisted. The men of Xinghua Village seized the opportunity and smashed the arm-thick tree branch down on the person's head.
After smashing the potatoes, Lili scattered mung beans everywhere, scattering them haphazardly. Finally, not satisfied with that, she simply poured out a whole basketful.
It's really strange. It's as if these mung beans have eyes. Whenever the people from Xinghua Village get close to the beans, they just roll away on their own.
If it were that group of people in white, they would very enthusiastically crawl under people's feet.
What's even more noteworthy is that stepping on these mung beans is like having your shoes oiled, causing you to slip and fall flat on your face.
The situation has been completely turned upside down.
Liu's mother was dumbfounded. How could so many people be no match for some country bumpkins?
Liu's mother was extremely anxious and shouted, "Catch the younger one! Catch the younger one!"
A man who appeared to be the leader stood up and took a breath, clearly having discovered who was behind the potatoes and mung beans.
The man exhaled, spat on the ground, picked up his sword, and rushed past by circling around the edge.
The Shen family members were all locked in a fierce battle in the center when Shen Laosan spotted a figure rushing rapidly towards Lili. His eyes widened in fury as he cried out, "Lili!"
Lili turned around and saw a ferocious-looking person approaching her with a sword raised high, right in front of her.
Lili didn't move an inch and said, "Fall down!"
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