Ignoring his pain, Jiang Tiezhu said anxiously, "Father, Mother, our family has been... has been kept out!"
"What's being kept out? Explain yourself," Jiang Dali asked impatiently.
"Oh dear, why don't you go out and see for yourself!" Jiang Tongzhu stomped his foot and dragged Jiang Dali and Liu Sanniang out of the courtyard.
Seeing this, Jiang Yinzhu also went out.
By the dim light of the candle, Jiang Dali, Liu Sanniang, and Jiang Yinzhu were stunned when they saw the stone wall in their yard.
Two raging fires seemed to burn in Liu San Niang's eyes, as if she wanted to burn the entire Da Shui Village to the ground. "Outrageous! This is simply too much! All we did was not send anyone to help build the wall, and they showed absolutely no kindness, just bypassing our house and building their own wall!"
“We’re all neighbors, how could they treat our family like this! By isolating us like this, aren’t we becoming easy targets? When the refugees arrive, our family will be the first to suffer. What should we do?” Jiang Yinzhu also became anxious.
He had heard that those refugees were terrifying; if they couldn't get anything, they would kill people!
Jiang Dali gritted his teeth and sneered, "Fine, very well! Since they are heartless, don't blame us for being cold-blooded!"
"Brother Dali, why don't we go and lure the refugees here tomorrow? Since they won't give our family a way to survive, let's just fight to the death!" A wicked glint flashed in Liu San Niang's eyes.
"Father, Mother is right. If we're going to die, we'll take everyone down with us!" Jiang Tongzhu shouted fiercely.
“Father, let’s do as Mother says,” Jiang Yinzhu echoed.
Anyway, we have no food at home and will starve to death sooner or later. If we're going to die, we'll die together, so we won't be alone on the road to the underworld.
"Then let's do it this way! Tomorrow we'll find a way to spread the word that the village has food and its location. Let's see how they survive!"
Jiang Dali and his family of four stood by the stone wall, cursing and swearing for a while before angrily returning to their own yard.
However, the four had only taken a few steps into the courtyard when suddenly several men in black jumped out from nowhere in front of them.
Under the moonlight, a gleaming knife stood before the four men. Jiang Dali and his family of four were terrified, their faces turning deathly pale, their legs trembling uncontrollably.
"Good, good man, spare me, spare my life!" Jiang Dali knelt down on the ground with a thud.
Seeing this, Liu Sanniang, Jiang Yinzhu, and Jiang Tongzhu also knelt on the ground, begging for mercy in trembling voices. "Good sir, spare us, spare our lives!"
The masked man in black remained unmoved, pointing his knife at Jiang Dali and the other three, and coldly asked, "Speak, where is Qi Zhao! If you don't speak, you can wait to die."
"Qi, Qi Zhao? What is this? Can you eat it?" Jiang Yinzhu blurted out reflexively.
"Eat? I think you want to die!" The masked man in black, feeling mocked, raised his leg and kicked Jiang Yinzhu viciously.
"Ah!" Jiang Yinzhu was kicked to the ground, clutching his stomach and sweating profusely.
"Yinzhu, my son, are you alright?" Liu Sanniang knelt down and rushed over, anxiously checking her son's injuries.
“Alright, sir, we don’t know what this Qi Zhao you’re talking about is, but if you’re looking to rob grain, you’ve come to the wrong place. We’re out of grain. If you want to rob grain, you should go rob the village. Every family there has plenty of surplus grain, especially Jiang Wanwan’s family.” Jiang Dali said, sweating profusely and trembling with fear.
"Hmph, stop playing dumb with me. If you don't reveal Qi Zhao's whereabouts, none of you will live!"
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