My parents are both dead, I rely on fishing and farming to support my younger siblings

Gu Lili, who was looking sleepy, was instantly awakened.

She originally planned to wake up Gu Erniu, but was afraid that he would speak suddenly and alarm the people outside.

She wasn't sure how many people were outside.

It would be fine if the people outside were scared away, but what if they were angered and rushed in to attack them?

Gu Lili sat up and quickly searched for something in the trading space to protect herself.

She wanted to buy an electric baton, but it was too big and there was only one room in her house, so she had no place to hide it after she was done.

What if the three children accidentally bump into me and get hurt?

Gu Lili finally chose a bottle of pepper water!

She held the pepper spray tightly, feeling her palms sweating. She slowly moved to the door, waiting for someone to come in and deal with him.

Her heart was beating faster and faster, and she could almost hear it. She didn't know if she could do it, but she knew she had to try.

The footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and Gu Lili's heartbeat was getting faster and faster. She closed her eyes tightly and prayed silently.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open and a dark figure walked in. Gu Lili sprayed pepper spray on his face without hesitation. With a scream, the man fell to the ground, covering his face.

The screams woke up the three children. Because there was moonlight outside, they could see clearly what had happened.

But, for some reason, the thief kept covering his head and screaming.

"Did we get robbed?" Gu Erniu asked as he jumped up.

"Erniu, go get the rope you use to tie up firewood and tie him up!" Gu Lili said coldly.

Erniu was busy walking into the yard, while the two little ones were so scared that they huddled together.

They had never seen such a scene before.

The thief on the ground panicked when he heard Gu Lili was going to tie him up.

If he was tied up and sent to the county government office, he would be beaten with a stick even if he failed to steal.

He stood up in a hurry, unable to see the situation clearly, and only knew to run away.

This action scared Gu Lili, and she thought the pepper spray was ineffective.

He raised the pepper spray again, walked closer to the thief bravely, and sprayed him a few more times.

The man felt pain in his eyes and ran away in panic.

"boom"

With a loud bang, the thief bumped into the door handle of Gu Lili's house, fell straight to the ground and fainted.

This made Gu Erniu, who had just found the rope, look confused.

"Sister, he seems to have fainted. Do you still want to tie him up?" Gu Erniu asked.

Gu Lili said in a deep voice, "Tie him up and go find the village head."

Gu Lili felt that the thief tonight might be no simple person.

She had a hunch that this matter must be related to the second branch of the Gu family!

The brother and sister worked together to tie up the thief, and Gu Erniu went to the village head's grandfather's house to call for help.

Gu Lili looked at Gu Sigou and Gu Huanhuan who were huddled on the bed and said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here, so you'll be fine."

Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou looked at their sister outside the door in the moonlight. She was so thin.

At this moment, I don’t know why, but he is so great in their hearts.

With Gu Lili's comfort, the two were no longer afraid.

Gu Sigou was worried about Gu Lili, and even mustered up the courage to grope his way down from the bed.

He went to the yard to find an axe and stood beside Gu Lili.

Now that my second brother is not at home, I am the man of the family and naturally I have to protect the girls in the family.

Gu Lili touched his head with relief.

The village head's house was not far away, and soon the village head and Uncle Dazhu arrived.

Also coming was Aunt Zhang’s husband, Zhang Dali.

Because Uncle Dali's house and the village head's house are next door to each other, he probably heard the noise and came to check it out.

"Lili, are you all okay?" asked the village head worriedly.

Gu Lili smiled and said, "It's okay, Grandpa Lizheng, the thief has fainted. Come and take a look. Do you recognize him?"

The village head was a little annoyed at the moment. Those five taels of silver were a huge sum of money, and it was normal for someone to target them. Why did he forget to remind the four siblings?

However, he also had doubts in his mind. The people who knew about this incident that day were almost all neighbors and knew each other well.

No one would be so poor that he would have to live with four children.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the key point, so he simply called Uncle Dazhu to find firewood and light a torch to see what happened.

Even though there is moonlight now, I can't see her face clearly.

He wanted to see who was the bold enough to steal things from our Gu Village!

When the torch got closer, it could only be seen that it was a man.

Because Gu Lili's chili water was so strong, the man's face turned red and he couldn't recognize who he was.

However, it is almost dawn now, and when it gets light, it will be easier to distinguish.

The sky gradually brightened. The people of Gu Village, who had just got up, perhaps heard the news from somewhere, and rushed to Gu Lili's house one after another, wanting to see what was going on.

After a while, Gu Lili's yard was surrounded by people. Gu Lili noticed that Second Aunt Gu was looking at the yard anxiously, but she didn't dare to get close.

She immediately had an idea in her mind that this matter must be related to Second Aunt Gu.

The blush on the thief's face faded a lot, and everyone gathered around to see who it was.

After looking for a long time, no one recognized who this was.

"Shuwen's mother, I think that man looks like your brother!" Tiedan's mother, who was standing next to Aunt Gu, said.

Tiedan's mother and Aunt Gu are from the same village and both married into Gu Village.

As soon as Tiedan's mother said this, the men in the village who were originally looking at the ground turned around to look at Second Aunt.

This paused Second Aunt Gu, who was about to escape, and she couldn't leave anymore.

Second Aunt Gu was obviously a little flustered, "Tiedan's mother, stop spewing shit! I have something else to do at home, I'll go back first."

Tiedan's mother stopped Aunt Gu and said, "We'll know whether I sprayed manure or not after we wake up the person on the ground!"

Tiedan's mother and Aunt Gu didn't get along when they were still girls, and they still didn't get along even after they married into the same village.

The person on the ground was clearly Second Aunt Gu's younger brother, Niu Dali.

How could we not know each other since we have lived in the same village since childhood?

Obviously everyone believed Tiedan's mother, so those who were strong pushed Aunt Gu directly into the center of the yard to prevent her from running away.

The village head also felt that what Tiedan's mother said made sense, and that the thief on the ground could be woken up by pouring water on him.

Anyway, he is tied up now, and they are in large numbers, so they are not afraid of him resisting.

"Wake him up with water!" the head of the village shouted angrily.

After saying that, he glared at Aunt Gu fiercely. If this man was really Niu Cuihua's brother, then both of them must be sent to the government.