Seeing that Yao Lie had already settled everything, the monkey stopped trying to hold on.
"Brother Cheng, let's go back and rest first. We can talk about it tomorrow. We've been on edge the whole way, and it's really hard to relax all of a sudden."
"Go back and rest early. We'll talk again when you're rested." Si Cheng understood him well. Monkey was leading the team this time and had a responsibility on his shoulders. He must have been tense the whole way and dared not relax at all.
Seeing that everyone had left the village, Si Cheng made a point of checking the village gate before turning around and going home to rest.
The next day, while the Yun family was having breakfast, several groups of people came over and asked Si Cheng to go to the square to tell their story.
"These people are too enthusiastic. They didn't rest until so late last night, and they're already full of energy this morning." Yun Zhiming couldn't even remember how many times he had put down his bowl and chopsticks during this meal. He simply ate a couple of bites and then stopped eating.
"Let's go check it out. Maybe something really happened. And judging from their hesitant expressions, something must have happened on the way." Si Cheng had guessed this from Monkey's hesitant expression when he left last night, but since they've all returned safely, it means it wasn't anything too bad.
Sure enough, as soon as we arrived at the square, we heard many people gesturing wildly as they recounted their experiences along the way.
"You didn't see it. If there hadn't been barbs on the ground, they might have actually made it to our camp."
"Later, I heard from Brother Hou and the others that it was fortunate that there was no wind at the moment, otherwise if they had just thrown some sleeping pills at us in the windy spot, we would have been in big trouble."
"When we heard their analysis later, we were horrified. Thinking back to how they treated those refugees, we wanted to go back and kick them a few more times."
"But I really enjoyed throwing that arrow back then. Although it didn't hit a vital spot, it still knocked the person down."
“Although we don’t have bows and crossbows, we’re no worse than you. I pounced on one of them and took him down.”
"I wonder what happened to those people afterward?"
"You're still worried about them? What if they escape? Be careful they don't come after us later."
"We shouldn't have been soft-hearted back then. If we had moved them to a more remote place, they definitely wouldn't have let us off easily if they had come back."
"They probably don't even know where we live, right? We don't go out often."
He spoke with a lack of confidence, after all, there were only a few villages along this road, and such a large group could easily find out by asking around.
"Someone must have passed by and rescued them, but we don't know who rescued them. We hope it wasn't the same people who attacked Yaojia Village, or we'll be in real trouble."
"It's too late to say all this now. All we can do is raise our guard and try to stay out of the village as much as possible."
After hearing this, Si Cheng roughly understood the situation. It turned out that these people had left behind a potential problem for him.
"Brother, over here." Yun Tao spotted Si Cheng immediately.
Si Cheng lifted his foot and walked in that direction, and the others quickly gathered around.
After the monkeys recounted everything that had happened along the way and voiced their doubts, the monkeys finally arrived.
“Originally, we wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine. We led them forward, thinking of finding a secluded place to drop them off. But we couldn’t bear to do it, so we just left them at the foot of the mountain and left. But when we came back, we found that there were only some ropes left, and they were all untied.”
"When we arrived at Yaojia Village, we heard some bad news. The pregnant woman who was originally the only one left in the downstream village was also killed in that wooden house some time ago. The people of Yaojia Village suspect that the group that robbed and killed their village before has returned. Now, their village has started to raise the wall at the entrance of this village, and they are not leaving the village from this side unless absolutely necessary."
"I never imagined they were so ruthless, not even sparing a pregnant woman. It's said that when the people of Yaojia Village found the body, it was already rotting."
"An entire village was wiped out by them so innocently, it's simply inhumane."
This time, when they passed through that downstream village, they felt a chill run down their spines and didn't dare to linger, quickly leaving.
“We suspect that it was that group of people who took them away, because the place where we dropped them off was not far from Yaojia Village, and it was so remote that villagers would never normally go there.”
"I'm afraid these people will seek revenge and will definitely come after us."
"By the way, we also found two big bags of anesthetic and a bottle of diluent on them. They're with Feng Ya, but why hasn't he come over today?"
"No need to look anymore. I saw him taking Yao Lie to find Uncle Nan Yao early this morning. He was holding that medicine box tightly the whole way. He must have gone to Uncle Yao to study the effects of the medicine."
Everyone chimed in with their stories, and Si Cheng was somewhat worried that they might guess which group had taken him away. But since it had already happened, he figured it was better to take better precautions in the future.
"Did you bring back all the parts this time? Did you replace some of the pig iron?"
"We brought them back, and they said Yao Lie is coming here to study medicine, so they even gave us a few extra pieces of pig iron." Monkey smiled as he spoke of the purpose of the trip, the mission having been accomplished better than expected.
"Moreover, they put a lot of effort into this batch of parts, making them even more refined than the previous ones. They also made the necessary modifications overnight."
"That's good. While we're at it, let's all help Uncle Sanman make everything and try to get more for our village. We'll also teach the weaker and older villagers how to use bows and crossbows. Once our village's fighting strength is up, we won't be afraid of people coming to cause trouble." Si Cheng knew that things would get more chaotic as time went on, so now that they had exchanged everything back, they definitely needed to prepare properly.
"Don't worry, leave the rest to us. We'll definitely do our best to assist Uncle Sanman." Yun Tao and the others had been looking forward to the finished product ever since they brought back the parts. They had been waiting for a long time without getting their hands on it, and they were extremely envious.
"We can't neglect our own affairs. We need to finish what we need to do before we go help others." Si Cheng was afraid that these young men would take advantage of his position and end up setting up camp at Uncle Sanman's place.
"Don't worry, at worst we can get up earlier, finish our chores at home, and then go over. It definitely won't cause any delays."
"When it's finished, can we have a taste of it first?"
Although I brought back a lot of accessories this time, it's still far from enough to meet my needs.
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