Gu Lili was instantly jolted awake from her drowsiness.
She had originally planned to wake Gu Erniu, but she was afraid that if he suddenly spoke, it would alert the people outside.
She's not sure how many people are outside.
If we scare the people outside away, that's fine. But what if we anger them and they rush in and attack us?
Gu Lili sat up and quickly searched the trading space for items to protect herself.
She wanted to buy a stun gun, but it was too big. She only had one room, and there was nowhere to hide it after the incident was resolved.
What if the three children accidentally bump into it and get hurt?
Gu Lili ultimately chose a bottle of chili water!
She gripped the pepper spray tightly, feeling her palms sweating. She slowly moved to the door, waiting for someone to come in so she could deal with them.
Her heart was pounding faster and faster; she could almost hear it. She didn't know if she could do it, but she knew she had to try.
The footsteps outside grew closer, and Gu Lili's heart pounded faster. She closed her eyes tightly and prayed silently.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a dark figure walked in. Without hesitation, Gu Lili sprayed pepper spray into his face. A scream rang out, and the man collapsed to the ground, clutching his face.
The screams woke the three children, and because of the moonlight outside, they could see clearly what had happened.
But for some reason, the thief kept screaming with his head covered.
"Was this a thief?" Gu Erniu asked as he scrambled to his feet.
"Erniu, go get the rope you used to tie up the firewood and tie him up!" Gu Lili said coldly.
Erniu hurriedly walked into the yard, while the two little ones huddled together in fear.
They had never seen anything like this before.
The thief on the ground panicked when he heard Gu Lili say she was going to tie him up.
If he were tied up and sent to the county government, even if he hadn't succeeded in stealing, he would still be punished with a beating.
He hurriedly stood up, unable to see the situation clearly, only knowing that he had to escape.
This action terrified Gu Lili, who thought the pepper spray had lost its effectiveness.
He raised the pepper spray again, mustered his courage, approached the thief, and sprayed him several more times.
The man felt a sharp pain in his eye and hurriedly fled in all directions.
"Bang"
With a loud crash, the thief slammed into Gu Lili's doorknob, fell straight to the ground, and passed out.
This left Gu Erniu, who had just found the rope, completely bewildered.
"Sister, he seems to have fainted. Should we still tie him up?" Gu Erniu asked.
Gu Lili said in a deep voice, "Tie him up, then go find Grandpa Village Head."
Gu Lili felt that the thief tonight was probably not simple.
She had a gut feeling that this matter was definitely related to the second branch of the Gu family!
The brother and sister worked together to tie up the thief, and then Gu Erniu went to the village head's house to call for help.
Gu Lili looked at Gu Sigou and Gu Huanhuan, who were cowering on the bed, and said, "Don't be afraid, your sister is here, you'll be fine."
Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou looked at their sister outside the door by the moonlight; she was clearly so thin and frail.
At that moment, for some reason, he seemed so great in their hearts.
With Gu Lili's comfort, the two were no longer afraid.
Gu Sigou was worried about Gu Lili, and even mustered up his courage to grope his way off the bed.
He went to the yard, found a wood-chopping knife, and stood next to Gu Lili.
Now that my second brother is not home, I am the man of the house, so naturally I have to protect the girls in the family.
Gu Lili patted his head with satisfaction.
The village head's house wasn't far away, and soon the village head and Uncle Dazhu arrived.
Zhang's husband, Zhang Dali, also came along.
Since Uncle Dali and the village head's family live next door, they probably heard the commotion and came to check it out.
"Lili, are you all alright?" Uncle Li asked worriedly.
Gu Lili smiled and said, "It's alright, Grandpa Village Head. This thief has already fainted. Come and take a look. Do you recognize him?"
Grandpa Village Head was somewhat annoyed. Five taels of silver was a huge sum of money, and it was normal for people to be eyeing it. Why did he forget to remind the four siblings?
However, he also had doubts. Almost everyone who knew about this that day was a neighbor, someone he knew very well.
No one would be so poor as to mistreat four children.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the key point, so he simply asked Uncle Dazhu to find some firewood and light a torch to see what would happen.
Even with the moonlight, I still can't see faces clearly.
He wanted to see which audacious bastard had dared to steal from our Gu Village!
Upon closer inspection, the torch revealed only a man.
Gu Lili's chili water was so potent that it turned the man's face bright red, making him unrecognizable.
However, it's almost dawn now, and it will be easier to distinguish things once it gets light.
As dawn broke, the villagers of Gu Village, who had just gotten up, perhaps having heard rumors from somewhere, began to rush to Gu Lili's house to see what was going on.
Before long, Gu Lili's courtyard was surrounded by people. Gu Lili, with her sharp eyes, noticed that her second aunt was looking anxiously into the courtyard, but dared not approach.
She immediately had a general idea in her mind that this matter was definitely related to Aunt Gu.
The thief's flushed face had faded considerably, and everyone gathered around to try and identify him.
After looking for a long time, no one recognized who it was.
“Shuwen’s mother, that man looks like your brother!” Tie Dan’s mother, who was standing next to Aunt Gu, said.
Tie Dan's mother and Aunt Gu's second wife were from the same village and both married into Gu Village.
As soon as Tie Dan's mother said this, the villagers who were originally looking at the men on the ground all turned to look at Aunt Gu.
This made Aunt Gu, who was just about to escape, pause, and she couldn't leave any longer.
Aunt Gu was clearly flustered. "Tiedan's mother, stop spouting nonsense! I have things to do at home, I'll go back first."
Tie Dan's mother stopped Gu Ershen, saying, "Whether I sprayed feces or not, we'll know once we wake up the person on the ground!"
Tie Dan's mother and Aunt Gu didn't get along even when they were young girls, and they still didn't get along even after they married into the same village.
The person on the ground was clearly Aunt Gu's younger brother, Niu Dali.
We've lived in the same village since we were little, how could we not know each other?
Everyone clearly trusted Tie Dan's mother, so those who were strong pushed Aunt Gu into the center of the courtyard to prevent her from escaping.
The village head also thought that Tie Dan's mother made sense, and that water could be used to wake up the thieves on the ground.
Anyway, he's tied up now, and there are many of them, so they're not afraid of him resisting.
"Splash him with water to wake him up!" the village headman shouted angrily.
After saying that, he glared at Aunt Gu. If this person really was Niu Cuihua's brother, then both of them had to be sent to the authorities.
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