Lin Xiao's expression turned serious instantly upon hearing Lin Qixia's words. "It seems the mountain is getting more and more dangerous."
“That’s right.” Lin Qixia responded to them, then calmly reassured them, “But don’t worry, I had my senior brother escort me yesterday, and I didn’t run into them head-on, so nothing happened.”
"That's good." He Zhilan breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Qixia continued to explain to them: "Those people should be from the neighboring county, and Lijia Gou is also far from here, so they may not pose a threat to us for the time being."
Even so, we still need to be careful and try not to travel far alone these days.
Those people who kill and rob are risking their lives.
If you encounter them, being unarmed might not be a good idea.
Lin Qixia has already decided to get some weapons for self-defense.
Alternatively, you can purchase some through the system's trading platform.
When she told him about her encounter with bandits, Lin Jiudong's reaction was indifferent. It wasn't until she mentioned Lijia Gou that Lin Jiudong frowned slightly and lost his temper to mock her.
Li Peiyuan, the second brother of the Li family, originally lived in Lijia Gou, but moved to Xiahe Village in recent years.
Even so, he often visits relatives there, and sometimes he passes by the back mountain. I wonder if he's alright now...
After explaining the situation, Lin Qixia originally planned to bury herself in her food.
Lin Qixia glanced at Lin Jiudong out of the corner of her eye and, seeing her reaction, guessed what she was thinking and gave a cold laugh.
Something happened to Li Pei's relatives.
Lin Qixia only remembered this now.
In the original story, there is a scene where a relative of Li Pei's family gets into trouble, but this is all for the purpose of developing the romantic relationship between the male and female leads.
Li Pei was heartbroken by this incident, and Gu Ciyu went to comfort him, and their relationship progressed smoothly.
However, none of this has anything to do with Lin Jiudong.
Even if she eagerly goes to them now, she'll only be met with indifference.
After finishing the meal, it was already past 7 PM.
Lin Qixia was exhausted after running around in the mountains all day; her muscles were screaming with fatigue.
So she went back inside, blew out the lamp, and went to sleep.
Click—
In the middle of the night, Lin Qixia was awakened by the sound of a pottery jar breaking in the courtyard, and then she vaguely heard some voices.
She got up and groggily looked out the window, only to find the yard completely silent.
Lin Qixia relaxed and went back to sleep.
Night fell silent once more, and time slipped away quietly.
...
"Who stole the pheasants and rabbits that Xia'er hunted!"
The next morning, Lin Qixia was awakened by He Zhilan's exclamation.
"Who stole our meat?" This alarmed Lin Jiudong, who was even angrier than He Zhilan.
Even if Lin Qixia hunted and brought back this meat, it is still their family's meat!
"Outrageous! What kind of beast dares to steal from us?!"
Lin Xiao was also alarmed and came out of the house, cursing angrily.
Hearing their shouts, Lin Qixia suddenly sat up. "I knew something was wrong last night!"
The courtyard was in chaos. Lin Qixia quickly got dressed and went out as well.
"Sister-in-law, what happened?" Lin Qixia asked as she walked out of the room and into the kitchen.
He Zhilan forced a smile and said to Lin Qixia, "Xia'er, don't worry. You work hard enough hunting every day. Let us handle this!"
At this moment, even the usually gentle He Zhilan became firm in her stance.
"We must teach them a lesson," Lin Xiao said with a grim expression.
Lin Jiudong chimed in, "Exactly! If we find out who stole it, we'll chop off their hand!"
"Chop off my hands! Chop off my hands!" Lin Yi shouted repeatedly in her childish voice.
Lin Qixia: "..."
Good grief, they really are a family of villains.
"System, can't you detect the surrounding situation? Why didn't you tell me last night?" She thought for a moment, then asked the system in her mind.
System: [Reporting to the host, someone did break into the yard last night, but no aggressive or threatening behavior was detected, which is why we did not alert the host.]
Lin Qixia was speechless for a moment: "Aren't you afraid that they will steal all the food stored in the Lin family and I, the host, will starve to death?"
[The system's storage space still contains some food stored by the host. The host's current account balance is 105 gold coins, enough to buy food for a month.]
"Alright!" Lin Qixia was unable to refute the system's reasonable and well-founded words, and compromised.
Lin Qixia was quite experienced; this system wasn't always reliable.
Many times, she still has to rely on her own vigilance.
When famine came, many families in the village would have no harvest and no rice or grain, so they would inevitably have the idea of stealing from others.
Therefore, things like this will only happen more frequently.
However, this matter cannot be left unresolved today. At the very least, the villagers need to know that the Lin family's belongings are not something that can be stolen at will.
Those who reach out to them will pay the price.
Thinking about it, Lin Qixia's expression also became sharp.
“Last night, when I was half asleep, I heard some noises in the yard.” While the others were still confused, Lin Qixia suddenly spoke up to remind them.
Lin Xiao looked at her because of what she said and nodded, "Then it seems that someone did break into the yard and steal it."
“That’s right.” Lin Qixia said, turning around and going to the corner next to the kitchen door where the ceramic jars were usually kept.
Sure enough, I saw that one of the jars was broken, so it seems I remembered correctly last night.
The person accidentally kicked the jar when they came in, causing it to break.
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