Chapter 171 Run Fast
"What's that smell? I only smell the stench of feces!" Lu Yun covered his nose.
He yelled at the villagers, "Don't poop or pee around here! Can't you be a little cleaner?"
A woman grinned and said, "The child is young, he couldn't hold it in. Next time, I'll definitely stay further away."
Xiao Zhang said, "It's not the stench of excrement, it's a fishy stench! The smell of a ferocious beast!"
Fu and Leng jumped down from the tree and shook their heads.
There's nothing there.
"The wind blowing in has a smell," Xiao Zhang insisted.
But he couldn't determine which direction the sound came from.
The wind direction is a bit erratic.
"This shouldn't smell like this. It's not a badger, it's not a bear."
At this moment, Xiao Zhang's eyes were sharp and his expression was cold, a far cry from his usual simple and foolish appearance.
He seemed to be the master of this mountain forest, very perceptive of any intruders.
Everyone sniffed hard, but couldn't smell anything fishy or foul; only the stench of feces.
“I trust Xiao Zhang, we need to leave here immediately!” Lu Qingqing said.
Xiao Zhang has lived in the mountains for many years and has dealt with wild animals quite a bit, so his sense of smell and intuition are definitely more acute than those of these people.
There are already more than a hundred villagers here, including children and women, so we can't be careless.
Xiao Zhang suddenly looked at Lu Qingqing, his brows furrowing even more.
Lu Qingqing tensed up. "What's wrong?"
"You call Xiaomeng 'sister' but me 'Xiao Zhang'? You should call me 'brother-in-law'!"
Lu Qingqing was dumbfounded. No, at this moment...
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, is that enough?!"
"Hehe, okay."
Li Meng blushed and tugged at his sleeve, "Then where are we going?"
Xiao Zhang looked at Li Meng's hands, and his ears suddenly turned as red as ripe tomatoes.
Oh my god...
When Lu Qingqing wanted to roll her eyes, she saw that everyone had the same expression.
"Well, let's go to the thatched hut I used to live in first. It's backed by a mountain wall, so it's easy to defend."
"Okay, let's quickly call everyone to go over together."
The villagers were already exhausted from carrying their belongings up the mountain, and many didn't want to keep going back and forth.
They didn't believe there were any wild animals in the mountains.
There used to be wolves and badgers, but since Xiao Zhang and his son came, even rats have become rare.
Women and children go up the mountain every day, and nothing has happened in the past few years. Now they're saying it's dangerous.
Who would believe that!
"Xiao Zhang, I know you mean well, but there are so many of us here, all armed with hoes and sickles. We could take down a tiger even if we encountered one. What are we afraid of?"
An old man in the village said dismissively.
Then many people echoed this sentiment.
Seeing that everyone looked like they couldn't be led, Lu Qingqing stepped forward and said, "Of course, so many people can take down a tiger, but the tiger can't just obediently let you catch it."
Who can be sure how many people will be injured at this time?
"I don't care if the men don't want to leave, but the women and children had better come with us."
As she spoke, she and her family began packing their things.
After Lu Qingqing said that, many people started packing their things.
In some cases, the men of the family would stay behind to watch over the belongings, while the women and children would go with them.
"It's getting closer, and it's moving so fast!" Xiao Zhang said.
Fu Leng and his brother also noticed the unusual atmosphere in the air.
"Run!"
"Big brother, don't take anything, grab Xibao and run!" Lu Qingqing shouted.
Lu Feng was a man of his word; he snatched Xi Bao from Feng Xiaowan's hands and ran.
He ran a couple of steps before remembering his wife, then turned back, grabbed Feng Xiaowan's hand, and ran.
"Dad, don't lead the sheep anymore, come back and look for it later!"
Old Man Lu was hunched over, pulling hard on the sheep that wouldn't move, his face turning red.
Upon hearing this, he immediately let go.
The sheep were all jolted off balance.
Fu Leng and his younger brother, who had originally planned to help him carry the sheep, were speechless.
"Brother..."
Lu Yun: "No! I can't abandon Congcong!"
Lu Qingqing was speechless: "I meant you don't need to hold it; it will run behind us."
"Fu Leng, you help Si Xi carry the bundle!"
Si Xi didn't want his grandmother to get tired, so he carried a large bundle on his back, so heavy that people couldn't see him.
Lu Qingqing kept looking back to check the situation as she ran.
“Hey you…you’re carrying Granny Liu on your back!” she called out to the young man next to Fu Leng.
Grandma Liu and her family had been following behind the Lu family for a while, but she was panting heavily. Her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson were all carrying the children's belongings, and they had to take a hand out from time to time to help her.
That guy... obediently carried Granny Liu on his back.
Grandma Liu: "Young man, thank you so much... Do you have a wife?"
"Tall and handsome, with a sturdy build."
"Whose is this? I've never seen it before."
"Have you taken a fancy to Qingqing?"
That guy... his body seemed to tremble.
"No! I have a wife!"
Why does this old lady talk so much!
He didn't want to die!
Fu Leng once said that he had only offended Miss Lu in the slightest way, and he was paralyzed in bed for a month.
Mo Lang was sent away after he got a little too close to Miss Lu.
The young master kept calling out Miss Lu's name even in his sleep!
How dare he try to steal the young master's woman!
That guy... afraid that Granny Liu would talk nonsense again, he took off running and rushed to the front with the person on his back.
"Wow! That's fast!" Sixi exclaimed enviously.
Fu Leng: Alright, showing off your skills here, huh? Let's see who's faster!
Xiao Zhang: Hey, do you guys even know where my thatched hut is before you run away!
"Honey, get on my back!"
He bent down and carried the person on his back in one smooth motion, then chased after Fu Leng and the other person!
Everyone: Oh my god, is that beast coming at us soon?
Run!
Run!
Everyone mustered their strength and disappeared in a flash.
Those who remained standing were startled and stood up.
Look left and look right.
Why do I have this feeling that I'm being watched by something?
It's eerie.
"I think I should go over there!"
Don't let laziness cost you your life.
Many more people left, picking and choosing their items.
When there are fewer people, it feels unsafe, especially since the rest are mostly old folks!
In the end, only a dozen or so remained.
"It's nothing, who are you trying to scare!" Dog Egg's father reassured himself.
Let's discuss this: "If a tiger really comes, I'll shoot its head, you shoot its belly, and you chop off its legs..."
He also brought over the sheep that Old Man Lu had left behind.
They don't need a bowl to express milk; they just lie down and suckle.
When others saw this, they all rushed to drink it too.
After I finished drinking, the unease in my heart disappeared.
The group started discussing killing and roasting the sheep, thinking it would be a waste not to eat it, since the Lu family would come looking for them later and there wouldn't be any left for them.
Just as they were sharpening their knives, one of them suddenly stood up in terror.
"Dalin, why do I also smell a fishy stench?"
There was a patting sound coming from the woods.
It seems the wind has picked up.
The trees were all swaying.
"No, I want to leave, I have to leave..."
A group of people hurriedly picked up the loads, but it was too late.
"Whoosh—whoosh—"
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