The family discussed it and decided to see how things went that evening before taking any action.

But Li Lao Er felt uneasy, and another thought popped into his mind: Why his daughter?

The thought only flashed through my mind for a moment.

He shook off this idea and convinced himself that they were the ones who owed him, the Li family.

It seems that only by telling myself this can I alleviate the guilt in my heart.

As night fell, Dahe Village was forced to camp in the wilderness. This time, there was no village or shop in sight, so everyone could only rest by leaning against their carts or tree trunks.

Widow Zhang took out a dark-colored wild vegetable pancake, broke off a quarter for her son, and ate the remaining quarter herself.

Using well water, it could barely be considered a meal.

On the surface, Su Yan and her daughter were still eating wild vegetable pancakes, but at midnight Su Yan would give the children an extra half steamed bun.

At midnight, around 3 AM, Su Yan would give each of the children half a steamed bun.

Tonight, however, the crowd is unusually restless, and many families are still awake at midnight.

999 helped Su Yan monitor her surroundings, and she knew exactly who made any unusual movements.

999: "Li Hai, Li Shan, and Li Hu are coming this way."

Su Yan: "Okay, just keep an eye on the kids for me for a bit."

999: "Okay."

Su Yan could detect a hint of excitement in its tone, guessing that 999 had long wanted her to teach them a lesson.

The three Li brothers, each carrying a wooden stick, crept into the vicinity of the area where Su Yan and Widow Zhang were located.

It was during the time that Widow Zhang was on night watch. She heard the noise and quickly threw a stone at Su Yan.

Su Yan also pretended to be startled awake by her.

He gripped his wood-chopping knife tightly, waiting for the three Li brothers to come and die.

Li Hai had just reached out and hadn't figured out which one was Daya and which one was Erya, but he didn't care about that now. He grabbed one of them and prepared to run.

With a bang.

"what!"

Li Hai immediately fell to the ground, but Su Yan quickly grabbed Er Ya back to prevent him from falling on top of the child.

Li Hai's shinbone was broken, and he was in so much pain that he rolled on the ground.

Li Shan did not snatch the child, but instead went to help Li Hai first.

Li Hu then disregarded everything and attacked Sanya directly.

"what!"

His arm was slashed; if he hadn't pulled back quickly, his left hand would probably be gone.

The three brothers never expected Su Yan to be so ruthless, showing no mercy whatsoever.

I heard before that she killed those six men, and some people doubted that it was true.

Now that the Li family has personally experienced Su Yan's ruthlessness, they are terrified.

"Su Yan, how can you be so heartless? These are my eldest brother and third brother."

Su Yan sneered, "You said it yourself, it's your eldest brother and third brother, what does it have to do with me? You don't even know how to be human, and you expect me to treat you like human beings?"

Li Shan dared not make any rash moves and hurriedly helped Li Hai back, fearing that Su Yan might rush up and stab him in a fit of anger.

"I have broken my leg."

"Ouch, my hand is bleeding so much!"

Li Hai and Li Hu kept groaning, and although the people around them didn't say anything, they all silently watched them.

“DaYa and the others are my daughters. I can make them do whatever I want. What right do you have to take them away?”

"Because their father is inhuman, because your Li family are all beasts, and because I'm not afraid of death, anyone who dares to take them away will die!"

Su Yan's words were cold and ruthless, and Li Shan couldn't help but shiver.

"You shrew, you...you..." After stammering for a while, Li Shan was so frightened that he grabbed Li Hai and Li Hu and ran away as if fleeing.

This time they finally realized that Su Yan no longer had any affection for them.

When the Li family saw that the three Li brothers had returned empty-handed, with Li Hai's leg broken and Li Hu's left hand slashed, Li Shan was left as the only able-bodied man in the family.

If someone else were to try and harm their family, they, a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people, would have virtually no chance of resistance.

When Cui Yan and Zhang Xiu saw their husbands injured, they were terrified and looked as if they had lost their parents.

Old Man Li also stayed up all night, but he certainly wouldn't dare to seek revenge on Su Yan.

Even his sons didn't get away with it, so wouldn't it be suicide for him to go?

But what will the Li family do without those three money-losing brats?

He turned his gaze to the third son's daughter, and Zhang Xiu seemed to sense something and couldn't help but turn around to look.

When she saw her father-in-law's eyes, shining like those of a hungry wolf in the darkness, her heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition arose within her.

Could it be that her father-in-law is after her daughter?

To prevent her father-in-law from exchanging her daughter for grain, Zhang Xiu quickly hugged her husband and sobbed softly, "Husband, what are we going to do? We only have one son and one daughter. Even if we're going to exchange, we should exchange them for my elder brother's child. They have three children, which is one more than us."

Li Hu was also very troubled. Now that his arm was injured and there was no food, if he really had to exchange his child for food, he would have to choose one of his two children from his brother and his elder brother.

He only has a son and a daughter, so of course he wouldn't be willing to trade his own children for them.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to Dad."

Li Shan overheard his third brother and sister-in-law's conversation and felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

The third brother couldn't bear to exchange his own children for food, not even his daughters.

I didn't say that when I was urging myself to trade my daughter for food a couple of days ago.

He said, "Second brother, I know you're reluctant, but what can you do when you have so many daughters? Daughters will belong to other families sooner or later. It's more worthwhile to exchange them for some food so that the whole family can survive."

Now that it's his turn, why doesn't he console himself in the same way?

At this moment, he seemed to finally realize that although they were family, he only wanted the second wife's family to make sacrifices.

When it's your turn to give, you become reluctant to do it; it's true what they say, you don't know the pain until you've experienced it yourself.

Li Shan felt some regret, but it was too late to change anything. Su Yan wouldn't turn back, and the children wouldn't recognize him.

The next morning, the Li family had a fierce argument over which child to exchange for food. Su Yan didn't care about any of that; as long as her child wasn't harmed, she didn't care if the whole family died.

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