A scream rang out, and everyone standing looked over to see an old man lying on the ground clutching his wrist, with a hunting rifle lying on the ground beside him.
It was obvious what was going on at a glance. Qian Xiao glanced at Sun Kaicheng and knew that this guy had discovered it. He wondered if his mental strength could ever reach that level. It was so easy to show off.
Sun Kaicheng quickly went over and picked up the shotgun that had fallen to the ground, and then untied the old man's belt and tied his hands together.
While everyone's attention was focused on that side, Qian Xiao quickly attacked Captain Zhu. Sure enough, the man who had seemed so timid just moments before instantly dodged Qian Xiao's attack. However, Qian Xiao's goal was no longer to hit this person.
As the two figures passed each other, Qian Xiao pulled a pistol from Captain Zhu's waist, put on the safety, and pointed the muzzle at Captain Zhu. Captain Zhu immediately froze.
All the onlookers quickly retreated, gasping in surprise; even the most timid among them trembled. No one had expected there to be a gun. Could it be that the girl was right—that Zhu Family Village really was a bandit's den?
Many of the villagers in Zhujia Village who were still awake were also confused. Their village chief was just a bit domineering, but could he really be some kind of bandit? What would they do if he were?
Sun Kaicheng quickly came over and tied up Captain Zhu as well. He then gathered all the conscious villagers of Zhujia Village together to examine them. As Erdan had guessed, Zhujia Village was indeed no ordinary place.
Qian Xiao appeared completely calm on the surface, but her inner thoughts were quite complex.
"Double Egg, Double Egg, isn't your host handsome? My god, I admire myself now, I just said a few random things and he actually guessed it right."
"You and Sun Kaicheng are both certain that there's something here that shouldn't be here?" Qian Xiao wanted to confirm whether her guess was correct.
"Yes, yes, yes, that's it. My host is so cool! Even without anything else, that gun alone is enough to give this guy a hard time." Double Egg immediately showered him with compliments; its host loved hearing that.
"Mom, thank goodness you and Sun Kaicheng reminded me, otherwise I might not have made it back safely today. That guy is scary enough. Zhu Family Village is so close to our village, how could I have imagined there were bad people there?"
Qian Xiao didn't notice any dangerous weapons on the village chief. It was Shuangdan who reminded her, which is why she thought of disarming him first.
"Host, don't relax yet. There are still several guns in this village, and a few old men in the village have hidden them. Be careful that someone doesn't let them fire cold guns."
"Ah! Is it a pistol or a hunting rifle?" At this time, it was not unusual for every village to have a few hunting rifles, but pistols were absolutely not allowed.
"There are also two guns and three shotguns. Anyway, be careful. Sun Kaicheng told me to tell you that he's going over there to see if he can catch the man. Keep an eye on this place."
"Okay, I understand. Tell Sun Kaicheng to be careful not to get hurt." She was the one who brought him out; if he got injured, how would she explain it to Grandpa Zhou and the others?
"You should take care of yourself first. Sun Kaicheng is much more skilled than you."
"No, are you my system or Sun Kaicheng's? How can you look down on me like that? If I were to go to the apocalypse, do you believe I'd be even more powerful than Sun Kaicheng?"
"Believe it, believe it, you're the best."
Qian Xiao looked at Niu Feifeng's calm and collected demeanor, but in reality, he was fully focused, afraid that he might be caught off guard and have a hole punched in his body. How painful that would be!
Time passed minute by minute. Sun Kaicheng brought back three more old men. Before the police arrived, people from Qianjiatun came. This time, Qian Baozhu brought all the able-bodied men from the village.
It was only when Xiao Hua, a former educated youth, realized something was wrong that he rushed back to the village to find someone. Although Zhujia Village wasn't a large village, it still had quite a few people. Not many people from their village had come over, so they didn't want to suffer any more losses.
“Grandpa, it’s just in time that you’ve come. Keep an eye on these people. There are a few who have slipped through the net. Sun Kaicheng and I will go and bring them over.”
Qian Baozhu carefully examined Qian Xiao and Sun Kaicheng, and seeing that the two children only had slightly disheveled clothes and no wounds, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Should we bring someone with us?"
These two kids are not ordinary people. Although he was worried, he did not object to them acting alone. If they were to bring someone along, it might just be a hindrance to them.
"No need, there are only two of us left, the two of us are just enough." Those two still have guns, what if they hurt the villagers?
Seeing Qian Xiao and Sun Kaicheng leave, Captain Zhu felt his opportunity had come: "Old Qian, look at the mess this has made. It's not a big deal. Why don't we just talk it out?"
Qian Baozhu looked down at Captain Zhu, who was sitting on the ground: "Do you think we want to meddle in other people's business? You were so nice to us at first, why didn't you just return the grain to us? Who wants to meddle in your affairs?"
Captain Zhu forced a fawning smile: "Hehe, I misunderstood. You see, we don't have any major conflicts. How about we just let it go and I'll have them send all the grain back to you later?"
As he spoke, his eyes darted around. He shouldn't have come to check on things; he should have just taken the stuff and gone into the mountains. Once he was in the mountains, who could find him? Damn it, he'd fallen right into the hands of a little girl. He can take his revenge once he's free.
"Do you really think I, Qian Baozhu, am stupid? Putting everything else aside, this wooden gun is not something an old farmer like us should have. I used to think you were bad at managing the villagers and that you were a bit too harsh on those educated youth."
"I always thought you were a bit wicked, but I never imagined you harbored such rebellious intentions."
Before Captain Zhu could open his mouth again, Qian Baozhu waved his hand and said, "It's no use talking to me. If you don't have any problems, shut up. Our country won't wrong an innocent person, nor will it let a bad person go free. If you haven't done anything wrong, what are you feeling guilty about?"
Although the young educated youth who went back to report the news didn't explain things clearly, he could roughly guess some of the details. He had heard the old people talk about it before, saying that quite a few people from Zhu Family Village used to go up the mountain and become bandits.
Those were tough times, and there were quite a few bandits. Not all of them were bad people; many bandits contributed a lot to the war effort, but there were also quite a few scoundrels.
It was last year when the educated youth started going to the countryside that I heard from others that Zhujia Village treated the educated youth badly, that they withheld their belongings, and didn't allow them to leave the village freely, and so on.
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