Qi Guze got up and walked out of the cave.
On the other side, Tie Xiong had already gone inside. The groaning man seemed to understand that he was about to die. He also understood that it wasn't that people didn't want to help him, but that in his condition, he had already made a pact with death.
"Kill me."
Tie Xiong sighed deeply, a hint of indescribable desolation appearing in his arrogant eyes.
The man barely uttered a sound; he had already died a violent death.
Seeing Tie Xiong come out, Qi Guze said, "Let's start tracking them and make sure we catch them all in one fell swoop."
The two went far away.
Meanwhile, Zhou Qionghua returned home in tears.
Xu Yuehuai was used to Zhou Qionghua's crocodile tears, so what could she do even though Zhou Qionghua cried so hard this time? Xu Yuehuai completely ignored her.
On the contrary, she was teaching Jiang Qianqian martial arts.
"What is the most important thing in the way of martial arts?" Xu Yuehuai asked as he watched Jiang Qianqian practice her horse stance.
Although Jiang Qianqian's small frame was already struggling and she was sweating profusely, she never gave up and stubbornly stood still.
"It means not to give up."
"That's one thing. But remember this, even more important are the other eight words: perseverance and never give up."
"yes!"
"Straighten your legs, you still have to study later, is that even possible?"
"able!"
As for Jiang Shixu, he was actually someone Xu Yuehuai was planning to cultivate, but unfortunately, Jiang Shixu completely inherited his mother's laziness and his father's cunning.
Xu Yuehuai understood that even the most skilled master could not necessarily teach him.
“Second son’s wife,” Zhou Qionghua said, her face still showing lingering fear, as she leaned closer to Xu Yuehuai, “My husband went out to scout ahead and hasn’t returned yet. You should think of a solution.”
In fact, Xu Yuehuai had already gone to search and had obtained some clues.
But now there is no way to save him that satisfies both desires.
"Are you sure you went to scout ahead? Before I left, I told you all to listen to Zhou Wan. Did you listen to my good daughter-in-law?"
"this……"
Zhou Qionghua glanced awkwardly at the ground, but her mind worked faster than her mouth. "We listened to him, but we can't just sit here in these ruins and wait to die, can we? He's hungry, he needs to find something to eat too."
Have you found any clues?
Just as the two were talking, Liu Cuiming spoke up, "What clues? He's been arrested by the soldiers, and I'm afraid... nine times out of ten he's in grave danger."
"Soldiers?"
Xu Yuehuai turned around and said, "Tell me more about it."
Liu Cuiming recounted everything she had seen.
After hearing Liu Cuiming's account, Zhou Qionghua stepped forward and began to tear at her. "You watched my husband being deceived and taken away by the soldiers without saying a word. Now that he's gone, you finally speak? You bastard, I'll tear you to pieces!"
"Then you go tear it somewhere else, I'll figure something out."
Xu Yuehuai began to think deeply.
Along the way, she and Ah Qi saw quite a few corpses.
Now she is ready to help those convicts, but she needs to find the safest and best way to get close to the soldiers so that she can find out where the so-called mine is, how to successfully rescue the hostages, and then leave. After that, how can she make this unknown secret known to everyone?
As for Zhou Qionghua, she vented her anger on Liu Cuiming.
Clearly, Liu Cuiming was no pushover either, and the two began punching and kicking each other, creating quite a scene.
When Zhou Wan saw that Xu Yuehuai had returned, she hurriedly went to prepare food.
Xu Yuehuai also admired Zhou Wan. The wild mountain dishes were nothing special, but Zhou Wan brought them to life under her cooking.
Zhou Wan found some mushrooms to make soup and is currently making steamed buns.
Watching Zhou Qionghua and Liu Cuiming fight back and forth, Zhou Wan felt a surge of anger.
"Stop fighting, are you going to eat or not?"
But the two were so engrossed in their fight that they paid no attention to her.
Soon, Zhou Qionghua stepped on the dough that Zhou Wan had kneaded. As for Liu Cuiming, she was kicked in the chest by Zhou Qionghua. She staggered and almost sat on the iron pot.
Surprisingly, the water in the iron pot, which was about to boil, did not scald Liu Cuiming.
Jiang Qianqian was startled and shrank back.
Jiang Shichen, however, played the role of the older brother, pulling Jiang Qianqian behind him.
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
"It seems that neither my sister-in-law nor my aunt are planning to eat."
Zhou Qionghua then realized she had caused trouble, and she could also see the clues in Zhou Wan's fierce eyes.
Zhou Wan has been extremely kind to them throughout their journey.
But her good temper and kindness were always misunderstood by the Party.
People only saw her as a virtuous wife and loving mother, and Zhou Wan's cowardly side. Because of this, Zhou Qionghua and Liu Cuiming would often make sarcastic remarks. Now, seeing the dough ruined and the wild vegetables in the pot completely wasted, Zhou Qionghua was even angrier than Zhou Wan.
"Zhou Wan, did you get bitten by a poisonous snake? Look at you, you can't even hold your food properly."
Seeing Zhou Qionghua scolding Zhou Wan, Liu Cuiming quickly joined forces with her, saying, "Zhou Wan, this is our dinner! What are we going to do now?"
Zhou Wan remained silent.
She only had one intact nest in her hand.
She got up and presented it to Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai looked at her with a meaningful gaze, "The more gentle and generous you are, the more people will take advantage of you. You should understand the saying that a kind person is often bullied. Also, we don't need to think that whoever is older has to listen to us."
She didn't say much.
But for Zhou Wan, it was an extreme hint.
Zhou Wan gave the only steamed bun to Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai said, "You've worked the hardest, so you eat."
"But Mother hasn't eaten yet..."
"Eat quickly, stop being so fussy!"
Zhou Wan ate some cornbread.
Starving, she suddenly perked up. She slowly picked up the mushy cornbread, pointed at Zhou Qionghua, and said, "Eat!"
"Are you kidding me? This is something a human can eat?"
"Eat quickly, or I won't be polite to you." Zhou Wan was always gentle and tender, which made Zhou Qionghua and Liu Cuiming think that Zhou Wan would not lose her temper.
They even thought that Zhou Wan, who was in a rage, was just a paper tiger with a strong exterior but a weak interior. But at this moment, Zhou Wan's elbow hit Zhou Qionghua's lower abdomen. Zhou Qionghua screamed and looked down. Then Zhou Wan's other elbow hit her chin.
Zhou Qionghua screamed in agony, and Zhou Wan seized the opportunity to stuff the mushy cornbread into Zhou Qionghua's mouth.
The series of movements were so fluid and graceful that everyone watched in stunned silence.
Afterwards, Xu Yuehuai asked Zhou Wan, "Do you know martial arts?"
Zhou Wan blinked innocently. "What martial arts? Women are inherently weak, but mothers are strong. Over the years, I, an orphan and widow, have often been disliked and bullied. I don't know any martial arts. This is the Three-Hit Kill that the butcher outside the South Gate taught me. That's all I know."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com