The stew in the pot was ready, but Mo Qianshang kept saying that she should hurry up and finish building the house, otherwise, without a stove, she was so hungry that she was getting anxious just thinking about stir-fries.
Halfway through the meal, Mo Qianshang suddenly became alert, frowning as she looked down the mountain. Little Yao also heard footsteps: "It sounds like someone is coming?"
Xiao Yao was wondering if the workers had gone to retrieve something or forgotten to do something, but unexpectedly, the people from Fushou Village appeared in front of them.
"You bitch surnamed Mo, come out here!"
Mo Qianshang put down her rice bowl and saw a group of people, including adults and children, walking over. However, when they came up aggressively, they were stunned when they saw Mo Qianshang and her group.
Although Mo Qianshang couldn't quite place these people, when she saw a woman among them pulling Zhao Jincai, she naturally recognized her as Xiao Liu Shi.
However, the mother and son were standing at the back, with the woman walking at the front and the boy who had been pushed down and cried by Qianya that afternoon beside her.
These people originally came to confront and demand an explanation, but when they saw the house that was clearly under construction behind Mo Qianshang, their attention was drawn to it. In the end, it was the woman in the lead who spoke first.
"You bunch of shrewish brats, you beat my son so badly! How dare you even eat here!"
Mo Qianshang was taken aback, but she did remember this woman; she was Guihua from the village.
Guihua's voice was really loud. She had naturally seen the house that was taking shape and even smelled the delicious aroma coming from the pot. Her anger from the journey had now been amplified by a belly full of sour taste.
Ever since the day someone in the village encountered Mo Qianshang and Xiao Yaoshi on the mountain, rumors have been circulating in the village that they were covered in dust and eating wild vegetables on the mountain, and people are guessing that they can only sleep under the trees every day, or at most make a small cave for themselves.
A few days ago, when it rained heavily, many people secretly gloated, thinking that it was no use living there anymore. Two women, plus the rest of the children, would be lucky not to die from the rain!
To their surprise, this was the scene they found when they came up today!
None of those people thought about it; they just watched as these people lived a very comfortable life!
Guihua immediately noticed that there were rice bags and uncooked meat and vegetables next to Xiao Yaoshi. The workers had just left, and Mo Qianshang and the others had planned to set up the tent after eating, but now these things were clearly visible to them.
Her eyes were practically green with envy.
"How dare you run out of the village on your own? You're being raised by someone, eating rice here!"
As Guihua was talking, she tried to get her hands on Xiao Yaoshi, but Xiao Yaoshi blocked her with her body, saying, "What are you all doing here?!"
Even if Xiao Yao had suffered mistreatment in the past, she had no reason to let these women manipulate her.
When she suffered in the village, no one spoke up for her. Liu Dashan forbade others to talk to her, so they really treated her as if she didn't exist.
Although we've been from the same village for many years, we have no affection for each other.
Guihua failed to grab the grain sack, and then, seeing that it was Little Yao who was blocking her way, she was furious: "What's going on?! Look what you've done to my child! He's missing a tooth! And look, his clothes are all torn!"
As soon as she said this, the others echoed her sentiments, pulling their own children out to chatter like a bustling market.
"You unlucky bastards, nothing good ever comes from being associated with you. You've beaten perfectly healthy children up like this, and you have no shame at all!"
"That's right, you think you can bully others just because you have more kids? You have to give us an explanation today, or you're getting out of Qingping Mountain!"
"Who hit my son? Hand him over!"
Mo Qianshang was afraid of scaring the children, so she looked back. Of the four younger children, only Qianya was holding her brother's arm. The other three sons were calm and showed no fear at all.
She couldn't help but glance at the children across the way again, wondering if her own children were a little too precocious.
Other children, no matter what the fight was about, would always feel guilty when someone came to their door. But these three of hers, if you look closely, they weren't exactly righteous, but they were all calm and composed. Qin Zixuan was even clearly still angry.
Mo Qianshang thought that if she hadn't been standing there, this kid probably would have rushed over to the other side and given that brat a beating.
"Ah Cai, tell me, who laid a hand on you? Who hit you?"
At this moment, Xiao Liu couldn't hold back any longer and pushed her own son forward. Soon, everyone else was also asking him questions.
Zhao Jincai was timid and felt a little guilty when questioned by these loud voices, but when he glanced at his mother, he wasn't so afraid anymore.
He knew very well how powerful his mother was. Even if he did something wrong, as long as his mother was there, he would definitely be fine in the end!
Zhao Jincai thought about it and wasn't so scared anymore. They had only taken the little brat's snacks; they hadn't started the fight. "Mother, it was them! They all attacked!"
Children's logic is not rigorous. What they meant to say was that several children had taken action, but the others deliberately misinterpreted it: "Oh, so this is just children's business, and you adults are taking advantage of our mothers' absence to get involved? Have you no shame!"
After Zhao Jincai finished speaking, he looked at the pot on the fire and swallowed hard.
Qin Zixuan couldn't hold back any longer and took a step forward: "You were the ones who snatched my sister's snacks first and even stomped on them! We were about to leave after our mother arrived, and you were still cursing at us, so I hit you. My mother didn't lay a hand on us at all!"
"Swearing? My son doesn't swear at all. No matter what, you were the ones who started it!"
Just as Mo Qianchang had predicted, it turned into a wrangling match between the two sides, with neither side able to convince the other and neither trusting the other.
These people didn't come to ask for an explanation; they just wanted to cause trouble and extort money from people.
When Mo Qianshang turned around, she saw that some people had even taken advantage of the chaos to sneak into her new house. Although it was only one-fifth complete, the foundation gave it a rough shape.
Mo Qianshang's temples throbbed. She got up and, using the cover of her basket, took out a wood-chopping knife directly from it.
She got this machete from the system; she had redeemed it before and used it for self-defense while hiking, and also to cut some tangled branches.
This was the first time she had ever used it to scare people.
"Let's see who dares to come closer, do they have a death wish?!"
Logically speaking, this is her mountain, and it's only natural for her to want to drive people away. But saying anything now is useless; these people are not the kind to listen, they are the legendary "troublemakers."
Many people were startled to see Mo Qianshang actually draw a long knife. Little Liu even pulled her son behind her, saying, "What are you going to do? Are you going to commit violence again?"
Mo Qianshang rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky: "You broke into my place, tried to steal my things, and even accused me of trying to commit violence?"
She brandished her long sword, and everyone present was terrified, especially since they all had children with them. What if something happened?!
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