So Xiaoshan, along with her grandparents, started filling the bottle with gasoline. Xiaoshan's mother and Lu's mother then found dry towels to wipe the gasoline off and handed them to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan took the glass bottles filled with gasoline and placed them in a row. Then he pulled down the curtains, cut them into long strips with a knife, and stuffed them into the bottle openings.
The cloth strip became completely wet after being soaked in gasoline. Lu Yuan took out a lighter, stood shakily in front of the windowsill, lit the lighter, and gently touched the cloth strip.
A fire broke out immediately. Lu Yuan had never seen the power of a gasoline bottle before, nor did he know how it was made. He originally thought that he could deal with some refugees with guns or crossbows, but he did not expect that there would be so many people on the other side who were not afraid of death and advanced wave after wave, not caring about their lives. This was a bit terrifying.
So Lu Yuan suddenly threw the burning gasoline bottle away.
With a loud crash, the gasoline bottle smashed into the crowd outside the door. No one knows which unlucky person got hit on the head, but the bottle shattered instantly, and the gasoline inside was ignited and sprayed in all directions.
The fire suddenly flared up, causing chaos in the crowd! They screamed and tried to put out the fire, but burning gasoline was not so easy to extinguish, especially when there was no water. To put out gasoline, they basically had to roll on the ground, but with so many people outside, lying on the ground was impossible.
The fire immediately began to spread, and people's hair and clothes became flammable, burning one after another, and the crowd immediately began to panic.
Then Lu's father and Xiaoshan's father followed suit and started throwing gasoline bottles. Soon, people on all four walls were set on fire, causing a series of shrill screams.
The fire subdued the people in an instant, and they began to flee, no longer daring to approach the house.
Watching the crowd slowly disperse, the family finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Shan's mother and Lu's mother hugged each other and cried bitterly. The scene just now was too frightening. The family almost became the target of these starving people's venting.
Lu Yuan's hands were still trembling. This was not the first time he had killed someone, but it was the most he had ever killed. Although he did not know how many people had perished in the fire, the stench of burning protein told him that there must have been quite a few dead this time.
With trembling hands, Lu Yuan pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, but failed to light it after several attempts.
At this moment, Xiaoshan took his lighter and lit her cigarette, her eyes filled with tears.
The three grown men sat on the ground, looking at each other in silence. At this moment, even Lu's mother and Xiaoshan's mother, who originally disliked the smell of smoke, did not object. After all, they had risked their lives for this family this time, and this was a reward.
After finishing his cigarette, Grandpa frowned and looked at the people outside, saying, "They haven't left! Looks like they're planning to keep us hanging on!"
Lu Yuan coldly stared at the people outside the window.
"Alright! Since you want to wear us down, let's see who gives up first!"
So the family made a detailed schedule again. Since they didn't know when these people would launch another attack, the family took turns on duty. Including the grandparents, there were eight people in total. One person was at each window, and they took turns for four hours. If they spotted someone again, they would immediately sound the alarm.
After agreeing on the plan, Lu's mother and Xiaoshan's mother went downstairs to prepare food for everyone. They didn't know if it was mealtime, but Lu Yuan felt extremely hungry, the kind of hunger that made him feel like he was starving.
Holding his rice bowl, he looked out the window. Without the curtains, people outside could see Lu Yuan.
Especially when they saw Lu Yuan eating, everyone seemed to be swallowing hard, but no one had any other thoughts.
Lu Yuan wasn't afraid of wasting time with them. His family had enough food to feed them for many years. As long as he protected his home, they couldn't do anything to him.
Having made up his mind, Lu Yuan ate with even greater relish.
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It's unclear how much time passed, but the people outside seemed too hungry to move. They lay or sat, just circling the tall wall and staring inside, neither saying they wanted to rush in nor that they wanted to leave. They just kept waiting there.
Finally, a few people couldn't hold out any longer. They led a group of men to rob several nearby houses, but because they were outnumbered, they were met with a fierce counterattack. It's unclear which house was broken into, but after a series of horrific screams, what happened next can only be described as hell on earth.
Lu Yuan checked the time. Several hours had passed since they arrived, and it was now midnight, though it was still bright outside at that hour.
The next morning around 10 a.m., Lu Yuan saw the water delivery truck arrive from a distance. However, the deliveryman seemed to have noticed the situation and immediately turned around and left without any manners, as if he had never been there at all.
So Lu Yuan quickly sent a message in the group to inquire about the situation of each family and which other families had been attacked by this mob. He finally learned that a total of three families had been attacked because their walls were too low and there were no men in the house. One mother and daughter were brutally attacked and their belongings were stolen.
"Damn it! This can't go on! We have to think of something!"
Lu Yuan isn't worried about the people in front of his door right now. What he's afraid of is that these people will bring more refugees. If a few more waves come, even though his house is as solid as a rock, it will eventually be worn down by persistent dripping water. Moreover, the surrounding neighbors certainly won't be able to hold out for long either.
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