Jiang Qinyu was about to take her two children home when she heard hurried footsteps approaching rapidly.
In an instant, a familiar figure appeared on the small hill at the end of the road, followed by a group of villagers.
"Eldest daughter-in-law? You caught him? How's Pan'er? Are you hurt?" The leader's face lit up when he saw them. He ran over in a few steps and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the three of them, aunt and niece, were alright.
The speaker was Old Man Lu, the original owner's father-in-law.
The others were shocked to see Jiang Qinyu and her two nieces standing unharmed before them, and were filled with admiration.
"I didn't expect Lu Yanzheng's family to be so powerful; they actually managed to save someone all by themselves!"
"Yeah, I thought we'd have to fight the slave traders to save them, but I didn't expect..."
Jiang Qinyu ignored the conversation in the crowd and said coldly to Old Man Lu, "We are fine, but Pan'er was frightened."
Although the two elders of the Lu family treated the original owner of the body and her two nieces well, she couldn't bring herself to speak kindly to the Lu family at this moment; she admitted that she was taking her anger out on them.
Jiang Qinyu turned her gaze and saw Lu Yancai and Madam Ma at the back of the crowd. She was immediately furious. She put down Pan'er and quickly walked up to the two of them.
With a "smack," Jiang Qinyu slapped Ma Shi across the face. "Who gave you the audacity to sell the child?"
The thought that if she had arrived even a moment later, Pan'er would have been taken away filled her with lingering fear.
Lu Yancai and the Ma family must pay the price!
Everyone was stunned by Jiang Qinyu's slap.
In their minds, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family had always been quiet and gentle, and the scene before them was a stark contrast to their perception.
Mrs. Ma was the first to react, and immediately exploded, "Ah...you bitch, how dare you hit me? I'll fight you to the death!"
Jiang Qinyu snorted inwardly, fearing that she wouldn't fight back!
In modern times, Jiang Qinyu trained in mixed martial arts for three years for self-defense, and could easily take on three or four ordinary men on her own.
The two quickly got into a fight, and upon closer inspection, it became clear that it was Ma who was being beaten all at once.
"Stop hitting her! Stop hitting her! Dad, please talk to my sister-in-law!" Lu Yancai shouted as soon as he saw this.
But when Old Man Lu came over, he didn't try to stop the fight at all. Instead, he kicked Lu Yancai in the knee, yelling, "You unfilial son! Kneel down!"
"How did I teach you? Shufan and Pan'er are our family now that they've come to live with us! How dare you sell your children? I'll beat you to death today!"
Old Man Lu was also furious. He hadn't had time to save the child earlier, so he showed no mercy to Lu Yancai and quickly beat him until his face was bruised and swollen.
Meanwhile, Jiang Qinyu was also beaten until Madam Ma begged for mercy, "Sister-in-law, please stop! I won't do it again, I won't do it again..."
Seeing that Ma's eyes were still darting around, Jiang Qinyu showed no intention of stopping.
The villagers were outraged by Lu Yancai and his wife's act of selling other people's children, but no one stepped forward to stop them. Instead, they pointed and gossiped about the couple.
For a moment, only the sounds of Jiang Qinyu and Old Man Lu beating people and the pleas for mercy from Lu Yancai and his wife could be heard at the foot of the hill.
Finally, the village chief spoke up: "Old Lu, Lu Yanzheng's family, please stop fighting."
Jiang Qinyu was also tired of hitting him, and stopped when she heard this, but her eyes were still fixed on Madam Ma.
Lu Yancai is all bark and no bite; he's a complete coward inside. The whole thing about selling the child was definitely instigated by Ma Shi!
Ma shrank back and rolled behind her mother-in-law, Chen. Chen, still shaken, kicked her, yelling, "Look at what you've done! I'm not protecting you!"
When Ma looked up and saw so many people, not a single one of them pleaded for them, she didn't even dare to cry out loud. She just felt a burning hatred in her heart and glared at Jiang Qinyu with gritted teeth.
Although Old Man Lu was still furious, seeing how badly Lu Yan had been beaten, he snorted coldly and stopped, saying, "I'll deal with you when we get back!"
“Yes, you can go back and talk about it,” the village chief waved his hand, then looked at Jiang Qinyu and asked somewhat anxiously, “Lu Yanzheng’s family, do you really think we don’t need to flee the famine?”
Jiang Qinyu knew he was wavering, so she quickly said, "Village chief, the slave trader just said that there is no water or food outside, and bandits are committing crimes everywhere. We really can't go and flee the famine!"
It's not that we don't use it, it's that we can't.
The village chief, recalling how she had just brutally beaten Ma, guessed that she had been just as reckless in snatching the child back from the slave trader. He couldn't help but admire Jiang Qinyu and began to seriously consider her suggestion not to flee the famine.
"You always tell us not to flee the famine, but if we stay, can we really survive?"
Someone asked loudly, but their tone was less questioning and more uncertain.
Jiang Qinyu looked at the person who spoke, "Uncle Zhang, everything is uncertain if we go to escape the famine, but if we stay, at least we still have Yunshan behind us to rely on."
She pointed to the mountains behind the village, glanced at everyone, and continued, "As long as the mountains aren't barren and the trees aren't withered, we'll definitely survive!"
"What? You don't expect us to stay and eat grass roots and tree bark, do you?"
"Yeah, I heard some people even eat dirt. If staying here means living like this, then I'd rather go flee the famine!"
"You guys are so stupid! They're telling us to live off the land!"
The village chief frowned upon hearing their words. "We understand the principle of living off the land, but the outer areas of Yunshan have already been thoroughly searched, and no one dares to go into the deeper parts of the mountains!"
Jiang Qinyu immediately retorted, "If one person doesn't dare to go, what about three people, five people, or even dozens of people?"
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