After saying that, she pulled Lin Yaozu over and pushed the woman who was about to enter the cellar, trying to squeeze directly into the cellar entrance.
The woman was caught off guard and was pushed squarely. If Xu Jinhuan hadn't pulled her back in time, the woman would have fallen directly into the cellar.
Even if she doesn't die, she'll be left with a disability. That old lady Lin is truly wicked.
"You old fool, you actually tried to harm me? Did you think I was an easy target?"
The woman who was pushed was not one to be bullied. She first touched her still wildly beating chest, and then smiled gratefully at Xu Jinhuan.
Finally, he reached out and forcefully grabbed Old Madam Lin's sparse hair, and began to shake it vigorously.
Old Madam Lin, who had always been pampered and waited on by her daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law, was now dazed and confused by the shaking. She reached out her hand to her beloved grandson as if pleading for help.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yaozu quickly took two steps back, clearly disgusted that his grandmother had embarrassed him.
While the woman was tormenting Old Madam Lin, Xu Jinhuan didn't forget to tell the onlookers to hurry up and line up to go down into the cellar.
After the woman vented her anger, many more people went into the cellar, and the area was no longer so crowded.
"Go down quickly, the child must be getting impatient," Xu Jinhuan said with a smile.
The woman smiled gratefully at Xu Jinhuan again and quickly went down into the cellar.
As the old lady Lin touched the few hairs left on her head, and vaguely saw the woman go down into the cellar, she instantly regained her senses.
"I want to go down into the cellar too! She's already gone down, I want to go down now!"
As he spoke, he staggered toward the cellar.
But Xu Jinhuan stopped him directly.
"Excuse me, this cellar is almost full. I need to make room for someone who needs it more. You look energetic and not afraid of bandits, so find a place to hide yourself."
After saying that, Xu Jinhuan continued to arrange for the others to go down into the cellar.
Madam Lin looked at Xu Jinhuan in disbelief. "You little brat, do you even have a place to speak here? Quickly get the steward here."
Xu Jinhuan said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, but here my words carry the most weight. If I say you can't go down into the cellar, no one will dare to let you."
Madam Lin was almost fainting from anger at these words, and she cursed at Lin Yaozu who was standing to the side.
"Yaozu, are you just going to stand by and watch others bully your grandmother? Aren't you going to help your grandmother teach this disobedient girl a lesson!"
Lin Yaozu already felt somewhat ashamed, and now hearing his grandmother shouting and yelling made him feel even more embarrassed.
Therefore, after glancing at Xu Jinhuan a few times and seeing her slender figure, he suddenly felt that he had found a place to vent his anger.
"I may not hit women, but since you dared to hurt my grandmother, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After saying that, Lin Yaozu reached out and tried to shove Xu Jinhuan.
Looking at Lin Yaozu's body, which had been ravaged by wine and women, Xu Jinhuan couldn't understand how he could have the audacity to say such a thing.
She quickly grabbed Lin Yaozu's outstretched hand, gave it a gentle twist, and heard the familiar "click" sound.
"Ah! You bitch!" Lin Yaozu was in so much pain that cold sweat instantly slid down his forehead.
Xu Jinhuan kicked him hard in the knee again, instantly making him kneel on the ground.
"You, you dare to hit my Yaozu! I'll fight you to the death!" Old Madam Lin rushed towards Xu Jinhuan like a madwoman.
Xu Jinhuan had no respect for elders or children when it came to her. She was so annoyed by her nagging that she kicked her. Old Madam Lin clutched her stomach, screamed, and fell to the ground.
Seeing the fate of the Lin family grandfather and grandson, the people in line dared not speak loudly and waited quietly.
Once Xu Jinhuan and the others had mostly gone downstairs, they closed the cellar door.
They threw the Lin family grandfather and grandson out of the kitchen like they were throwing away trash.
The Lin family grandfather and grandson ignored their pain and ran away as if they had seen a demon.
Xu Jinhuan stood at the kitchen door, preparing to wait for the last group of people to arrive so she could lead them directly to the cellar in the corner room. After doing that, she would join Xie Datou and the others to fight the enemy.
"Mom, hurry up! It's all your fault for packing so slowly. What will we do if there's no room left in the cellar?"
A little girl arrived late, pulling along a woman carrying a large bundle.
Xu Jinhuan glanced behind them and asked, "Were there any other people in the house when you came this way?"
The little girl shook her head. "There probably aren't any left. After the men took off their shackles, they went to the temple gate. My mother and I were probably the slowest; we didn't hear anything."
Xu Jinhuan nodded, "There's no room left in the kitchen cellar. Go to the room around the corner; there's a small cellar there."
The little girl smiled and thanked her, but just as she was about to leave, she seemed to suddenly remember something and stopped.
"Sister, is your name Xu Jinhuan?"
Xu Jinhuan nodded, looking at the little girl with a questioning look in her eyes.
The little girl explained, "Our neighbors are the Xu family. They left before us, muttering curses as if they wanted to settle scores with you."
However, judging from the current state of things here, you probably haven't encountered them yet, sister. You need to be careful.
Xu Jinhuan smiled and thanked him. It seemed that the Xu family members weren't completely stupid; they must have heard rumors that bandits were coming and hurriedly found a place to hide.
As for those who didn't come to the kitchen, they probably knew Xu Jinhuan's current temper; even if they had come, Xu Jinhuan wouldn't have let them into the cellar.
Just as Xu Jinhuan had predicted, the Xu family quietly left the dilapidated temple in the rain.
"Are they stupid? They've taken off their shackles, when else are they going to run if not now? They've really gone stupid from studying." Xu Tiankuo, the second son of the Xu family, muttered as he pulled his younger brother along.
Xu Tian nodded in agreement, "Second brother, you're the smartest. I was originally thinking of hiding in the cellar."
Xu Tiankuo straightened his back. "My silly brother, if it were just our family in the cellar, it would be a good place. But now there's a whole bunch of people in the cellar. If the bandits break in, we'll all die together."
Xu Tianlei agreed, saying, "What the second brother said makes sense. We are on the only way to survive now. I don't believe those weak scholars can withstand the attack of the bandits."
Mrs. Xu looked back with some worry, "Are we really not taking Youyou with us?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Xu frowned. "I've said it several times already, Youyou lives too far from us. What if we go to find her and get caught by the constables?"
Xu's mother still couldn't bear it and wanted to say a few more words of persuasion.
"Da da da"
Suddenly, the group heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from ahead.
The Xu family's expressions changed instantly. Could it be? They had deliberately chosen this route on the official road because they thought the bandits wouldn't dare to launch a large-scale attack.
Who would have thought these bandits would act so unpredictably!
"Get down quickly!" Xu Tianlei reminded everyone in a low voice.
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