Li Lanzhen's shout woke up the men, women, and children of Hanjiacun. They raised their weapons, their eyes blazing with fury, and with all their might, they began to beat the big men.
Han Mingjiang first ran over and used a large knife to cut the ropes binding the men in the village one by one, including the village chief's eldest son, Han Shunde, and his eldest grandson, Han Zhaoxiong.
The two men patted him on the shoulder gratefully, then picked up a stick and rushed into the crowd, beating several burly men.
Li Lanzhen saw that the villagers were no match for the other side in the crowd, so she went to help them. Suddenly, she heard her granddaughter Miaomiao calling her.
"Grandma, save me! Please help Miaomiao!"
"Grandma, save Miaomiao~~"
She turned to look at the place where her family was waiting, and saw a tall man with his granddaughter Miaomiao tucked under his arm, wielding a large knife and fighting with Tonghua.
Two more men ran down the main road and rushed in that direction. Li Lanzhen saw that they were following Han Shulan, who was being held by Han Mingxiang.
Wu, Zhang Deshui, and Li Sanya gathered the children together and blocked the way with their car. They gripped kitchen knives tightly and watched the men nervously.
"Han Mingjiang, Han Minghai, hurry and protect your family!"
After saying that, she chased after the man who had kidnapped Miaomiao.
Unexpectedly, a person suddenly rushed out from the side and knocked the running man off balance, causing him to kneel on the ground. However, he still held Miao Miao tightly in his hand and refused to let go.
Li Lanzhen looked closely and realized it was Miaomiao's maternal grandmother. She saw that the sickly, thin woman who would pant for half a mile was now bursting with amazing strength. She rushed up to the man and used a pestle to smash his eyes hard.
The guy yelled and covered his eyes with his hands. Miao Miao was caught off guard and rolled down, landing right at her grandmother's feet. Li immediately bent down, picked up Miao Miao, and ran back.
When the man saw her trying to run away, he angrily stood up and chased after her. Just as he was about to catch up, Han Minghai kicked him to the ground.
"You bastard, you dare to kidnap my daughter! I'll beat you to death!" A moment later, the man lay motionless on the ground.
He turned around and saw his mother-in-law sitting on the ground, trembling and with her lips turning purple, holding her daughter. He ran a few steps to help Li up and took the daughter from her arms.
Miao Miao clung tightly to Han Minghai's arm, trembling. Han Minghai patted her tenderly, saying, "Don't be afraid, Dad's here. Don't be afraid."
"Miaomiao, my Miaomiao~" Zhang Yueniang, heavily pregnant, stumbled over, hugged Miaomiao tightly, and burst into tears.
"Alright, Yue Niang, let's check on your mother. She seems to be having trouble breathing," Han Minghai said, putting his arm around his wife.
Zhang Yueniang rushed to Li Shi's side, hugged her tightly, and gently soothed her chest, saying, "Mother, don't be afraid anymore, Mother, thank you, Mother, don't be afraid anymore. Walk slowly, let's go lie down for a while, Mother, walk slowly."
Zhang Yueniang felt very guilty. She was so worried about her daughter who had been taken away that she forgot about her mother. Li Lanzhen felt that Zhang Lishi had been suffering from a cold for a long time without a proper cure, and had some asthma symptoms. Her lumbar spine was also probably injured and not fully cured.
He was still thinking about searching the store to see if he could find the medicine.
After another short while, the people of Hanjia Village killed these men. Because the weapons used by the people of Hanjia Village were mostly farm tools, their deaths were gruesome, and several of them were unrecognizable.
Of course, almost everyone in Hanjiacun was injured and had blood on them, although some only had superficial wounds. Two of them had their arms slashed and were bleeding heavily, lying on the ground.
Zhang Yueniang's elder brother was also injured. He had been slashed twice on the arm, one of the wounds being quite deep. His face was pale, and he was helped back to their home by Li Sanya to get it bandaged.
The village chief looked at the men who had robbed them, who were lying on the ground, and called out to Han Deshun, asking him to count the numbers.
As a result, Han Deshun said that two people were missing: one was their leader, and the other was the skinny guy who was with the leader.
Everyone tensed up upon hearing this. The village chief reached out and said to everyone, "Give it your all and drag these animals into the ditch and bury them."
Li Lanzhen saw that the large knives they were holding were snatched away by the villagers and her own family members, but she didn't say anything. When she saw everyone dragging the corpses to bury them, she called out to Han Mingjiang: "Second brother, search their bodies. If their clothes are intact, take them off."
Upon hearing this, the women of Hanjiacun rushed over and began to grope the corpses. Before long, the corpses were naked, and Li Lanzhen wanted to laugh.
The village chief stamped his foot, glared at Li Lanzhen, opened his mouth but didn't say anything, then turned and left.
About half an hour later, everyone in Hanjia Village packed up their own vehicles, whose cows and donkeys were whose, and got them harnessed, loaded their belongings, and got themselves ready.
At this moment, Wu Laosan, the only son of Wu Laotai, ran up to Han Mingjiang, raised a hoe in his hand and tried to hit him, but Han Mingjiang kicked him away, then straddled him and began to punch him.
"You damn Wu Laosan, I haven't even gotten my revenge yet and you've already come looking for a beating. Your mother chased me down the mountain and knocked me unconscious with a rock, then quietly went down the mountain and told the villagers that our family wasn't going to flee the famine. My mother's head wound still hasn't healed. You owe me compensation! Otherwise, I'll beat you to death."
Only then did the villagers realize that the wicked Old Lady Li had been injured and knocked unconscious on the mountain by the rogue Old Lady Wu. No wonder Old Lady Wu was spreading rumors everywhere that the wicked Old Lady Li wouldn't go with them to escape the famine.
Han Shunde pulled the two fighters apart, and Wu Laosan lay on the ground acting like a rogue, saying, "Han Mingjiang, you hurt me, you have to compensate me."
Han Mingjiang raised his broadsword high and shouted, "Get up! Otherwise, I'll cut you and show you what it means to be injured."
Just as Han Mingjiang's knife was about to fall on him, Wu Laosan scrambled to his feet and ran away.
The village chief stood up, looked at Li Lanzhen and her two in-laws, and asked them, "Li, are you here to pursue us?"
"Yes, village chief, the day after you left, we relatives came after you. Village chief, you left before us, how come you're behind us? And where did you encounter these bastards? Are they soldiers or bandits?"
Upon hearing Li Lanzhen's question, the village chief hunched over and sighed deeply. "Alas, two days ago, we encountered soldiers conscripting soldiers in the afternoon. We desperately fled into the mountains, hiding here and there, and only managed to escape those soldiers at night."
After hiding in the mountains for two days, De Shun and a few others went out to scout ahead early this morning. They saw that the soldiers had all retreated back to the prefectural city, so we left the mountains. When we got to a place about two miles away from here, it was hot, so we decided to rest for a while before continuing.
Unexpectedly, after we had rested and reached the main road, we encountered these beasts.
Seeing the village chief's angry expression, Han Deshun helped his father sit down to rest. He continued, "These beasts came and brandished their big knives. First, they robbed our grain. Then, a man muttered to his leader that they should arrest all the men in the village and take them to the government office to exchange for silver from the King of Gold. Each man could be exchanged for 10 copper coins, and that would make them rich."
Judging from their conversation, they must have come out to escape famine, but they've been away for a long time and only make a living by robbing others.
They tied us up, and when we resisted, they slashed us several times. My father then shouted that we shouldn't resist and should wait and see what happened.
Having learned the details about these people, Li Lanzhen frowned. As long as they weren't government soldiers, it was fine. However, the escaped leader would probably come looking for trouble again.
Thinking of this, she said, "Village chief, let's hurry up and go. The farther we go, the safer we'll be."
Before the words were even finished, a shrill voice shouted, "I disagree!"
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