When Old Man Xiao saw that Xie Yushu had gone to visit her brothers, he took off his straw hat and leaned against a tree to rest.
Boss Xiao hesitated for a moment, then said
"I'll go and take a look! After all, they're in-laws. My second son's wife is just a woman; it would be pointless for her to go!"
Old Man Xiao raised his eyelids slightly.
"Don't go. If a fight breaks out, it'll be pointless for you to go. There are only a few of us old, weak, women and children, and you're the only strong one. Just stay away from us!"
"But aren't we counting on the second son's wife to find a water source? This mountain is so big, and it's connected to another mountain. If it weren't for the second son's wife leading the way, we wouldn't be able to find our way."
Normally, we could just take a longer detour, but now, taking a longer detour means expending more energy. If we can't find water, we might not even make it out!
Aside from a few hunters, only herb gatherers have come into these mountains. I heard that the second son's wife went into the mountains with her grandfather to collect herbs, and judging from the way she led the way, she clearly has a good sense of direction!
Upon hearing this, Old Man Xiao nodded with difficulty.
"Then go ahead! Don't lay a hand on her, just bring the second son's wife back!"
Xiao Yong responded and was about to leave.
When Li saw her husband leave, she also said...
"I'll go check it out too. If anything happens, I'll try to talk to my second son's wife!"
Seeing that the eldest son and his wife were about to go over, Xie Yujiao retorted with dissatisfaction.
"I say, brother and sister-in-law, you want to be helpful but don't you even know what time it is?"
If they really fight over water, people are fiercer than wolves!
This place is all scorched yellow. Even if there were water, how much could there be? Who knows how many lives would be lost! Are you all going to your deaths too?
If you ask me, let's just go our own way. Who knows what the situation is over there? Whether Xie Yushu will even come back is another matter! If we waste time, the cave with dripping water will probably be taken by someone else. We're not the only ones risking our lives to go into the mountains to find water!
Li frowned when she heard her say that.
"Then you go first. Look around, it's all the same mountains and trees. Tell me, which direction leads to the mountains? Which direction is our way home? If you can tell, we'll listen to you!"
Xie Yujiao choked on her words, stood up defiantly, and turned around several times, still unsure which direction they had come from. Afraid of dying of thirst here if she chose the wrong path, she reluctantly sat back down on the ground.
"If you don't mind the hardship, then go ahead. I don't have the energy to keep up with you!"
Xie Yujiao patted her bottom and sat back down on the ground.
Li rolled her eyes at her and followed Xiao Yong to chase after Xie Yushu!
Let's talk about Xie Yushu.
Passing through a small grove of trees, Xie Yushu saw a group of people surrounding two teenagers, punching and kicking them. Nearby lay a person covered in blood; Xie Yushu recognized him immediately as her older brother, Xie Tianlin. The ones being beaten were her younger brother, Xie Tianqi, and her cousin from her second uncle's family, Xie Tianming! Also present were her father, Xie Baotian, and her second uncle, Xie Baoshu, wrestling with someone. Good heavens, all the men in the family were there!
They were all being humiliated by a group of people! Even if the father could tolerate it, the daughter couldn't! Xie Yushu took a few quick steps forward, kicked the two people surrounding her father to the ground with a flying kick, and then kicked away the pickaxe that was about to smash into her second uncle with a spinning kick in mid-air.
Xie Baoshu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stammered...
"My niece?" Then, with a yell, she picked up a shovel and swung it at the person who had just been hacking at her with a pickaxe.
Good heavens! He almost got his head blown off!
Xie Yushu's arrival did not stop the battle. The two groups paused for a moment and then fought again. Soon, blood was drawn. It seemed that they could not let the matter rest without some ruthlessness. They had to take a different approach and finish the battle quickly to minimize the damage.
Xie Yushu glanced at them and recognized the people on the other side. They were Liu Qiang and his brothers, the local bully of Liu Family Village, along with his two brothers-in-law and three young men. They seemed to be relatives of the Liu family as well.
The original owner's maternal home, Xiejia Village, and her husband's home, Fenghuangzui, were separated by two villages: Liujia Village and Mawopu Village. They lived in close proximity and knew each other quite well. The Liu brothers were notorious for their arrogance and bullying in the area.
There were nine brothers and three sisters in the family, totaling twelve children. Although they had more than twenty acres of land, they couldn't keep up with the large number of able-bodied men, and each of them was a big eater. So, they would rob the east neighbor and the west neighbor. If anyone disagreed, the nine brothers would all gang up on them. They were the kind of men that even dogs would avoid!
Although Xie Yushu knew some martial arts, the original body was weak. She was not confident that she could fight against more than a dozen people who were willing to fight to the death. Unless she used a knife, she did not want to kill anyone unless absolutely necessary!
However, the people they beat up were the original owner's closest relatives, so they couldn't just ignore it.
In the original owner's memory, the Liu brothers followed Liu Qiang's lead. To catch the thief, you must first catch the king. It seems that we have to start with Liu Qiang.
Xie Yushu searched around and soon spotted Liu Qiang in the crowd.
With his regular features, narrow phoenix eyes with slightly drooping corners, and thin lips slightly pursed, he exuded a fierce aura and looked like someone not to be trifled with!
At that moment, he was beating her younger brother Xie Tianqi when Xie Yushu suddenly jumped up, leaped behind Liu Qiang, and kicked him so hard that he rolled over. Then she pounced on him, and as Liu Qiang was about to fight back, she seized the opportunity to grab his arm and throw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
Just as Liu Qiang was angrily trying to get up, a sharp hairpin was pressed against his eye. Every time he moved his eyelid, a sharp pain shot through him, and he was instantly frozen in place!
"Liu Qiang, we're all from the same village. I don't want to fall out with you. If you want your eyes back, make them stop. Otherwise, I won't show any mercy!"
In that short time, Liu Qiang also saw clearly the person who had pressed the hairpin against his eyeball.
"Xie Yushu? What are you doing here, a young girl?"
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