Unable to bear the disgusted look, Xu Baoxing threw down a word and turned and ran away.

Xia Ming ignored the woman and searched for the little girl. He saw her running over.

At night, Xu Baoxing waited under the dead tree for two hours, but no one showed up. She was so angry that she cursed loudly. When she heard footsteps, she quickly shut up and pulled down her clothes at her shoulders. When she saw the person coming, her pupils were shocked. "Why is it you?"

The response was a few branches, and the person who was hit screamed and ran away in fear.

Xu Tao chased the man and beat him hard. The bastard still wanted to think about her. It seemed that she had been living too comfortably during this period.

Beat the guy half to death and kick him all the way back to the cave.

When they arrived in front of the Xu family's main house, they took a branch and beat Xu Baodan. If anyone tried to stop him or came forward, they would be beaten back. No one dared to stop him.

Even Old Lady Wu, who loved her grandson the most, didn't dare to go any further. She had thought she could control her adopted son, but ended up being slapped in the face.

The woman in the cave, who had become interested in Xia Ming's hunting prowess, was as quiet as a chicken, quietly reducing her presence.

Xu Tao looked around at everyone and pulled the branch back to his own territory.

"A Tao, thank you for your hard work."

Xia Ming looked at the little girl with pity. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let A Tao get so tired.

Xu Tao shook his head with a serious face. At the beginning, everyone was united, but as the water supply became scarce and the food supply decreased, many people's faces became ugly.

Some people think that since we are all from the same village, what's wrong with helping each other? Those who have more food should help those who have less.

There are also some families who clearly have some food stored, but still push their daughters out just to exchange for ten kilograms of rice and flour.

"Three Bulls."

"Brother Chang, sit down."

Xu Sanniu's home was on the outskirts of Shandong, far away from the people inside, so Xu Chang had no worries. He sat down and sighed deeply.

The job of village chief was becoming increasingly tiring. The Xu family was easier to manage, as the clan leader and elders held a certain level of authority. However, the individual investors, relying on their large population and a subtle tendency to seize power, refused to obey his orders.

He didn't care about the position of village chief, but he needed someone with real ability. Otherwise, if the village collapsed from within, how could he rush to the South City?

"Brother Chang, there's nothing I can do about this."

Xu Sanniu thought that he didn't need to care about those ungrateful people; it was their choice to do what they wanted, and the village chief only needed to take care of the villagers who were willing to obey. However, he knew Chang Ge's sense of responsibility, and he would not abandon any villager unless they were really unreasonable.

"Uncle Chang, let me be frank. If you can help once, can you always help? After you lent out grain last time, how many people came to borrow from you? With the current grain reserves, can you make it all the way to Nancheng?"

Xu Tao felt angry and respectful when she saw the obviously thinner man. In her opinion, he was just giving those people too much face and was just trying to bring out the authority he had in the village.

Xu Chang felt extremely guilty. If it weren't for him, his wife and others wouldn't have suffered with him. But seeing those old people and children kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy, he couldn't remain indifferent.

After all the talk, it was a dead end, so Xu Chang went back with his head hung.

When Xu Dajin and the other three saw their father, they could only feel relieved. Fortunately, they had separated from their father, otherwise they would not be able to eat now.

After another half a month of traveling, the divisions in the team became more and more obvious. As long as there was an opportunity, those people would extend their evil hands to their companions.

Xu Tao sneered. Sure enough, it was those few people who were causing the trouble. In two days, that group of people would not be able to get any more.

Xu Baoxing stared at the bitch with resentment. If it weren't for her, her life wouldn't be so hard now. Just wait, one day the bitch would kneel in front of her and beg for mercy.

"Uncle Chang, what do you think about this matter?"

Last night, Xu Tao, unbeknownst to everyone, had sneaked into the bandit base camp, which contained over forty adult men. Even with caution, she'd still made some noise. Fortunately, she had a place to hide and escaped.

She didn't tell anyone about this except the village chief, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to keep her ears open for the next two days.

"Peach girl, are you telling the truth?"

"It's true. I went a little further because I was looking for wild vegetables. Luckily there was a small hole I could crawl into, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see me now. Those two are vicious bandits from the hill ahead. If we pass by there, we will definitely be ambushed."

"Okay, let's have a good rest here for the night, and then we'll attack at midnight tomorrow."

"Uncle Chang, we agreed that if anyone is unwilling before departure, you will not care about them anymore."

"Okay." Xu Chang agreed readily. He had seen through the true faces of those guys in these days.

"Let's rest here for a day from now on and set off at twilight hour tomorrow."

The Xu and Fang families had been prepared for this and were ready to move forward. Some villagers stayed put, resting where they were, while others protested and demanded to continue moving forward.

"Then you can go on your own."

"No, Xu Chang, you really think you have the final say, don't you? You can do whatever you want. Before, we wanted to rest but you refused to let us. Now we want to arrive as soon as possible, and you want to rest again?"

Zhang Ludan came out to retort, he had long been fed up with those hypocritical people.

Last time, he had clearly obtained the Liu family's consent to borrow fifty kilograms of grain. Why did he come out to stop them when they were both willing to do so, as if to show how powerful he was?

The Liu family... Fuck you, that bastard family, relying on the fact that they have more sons than daughters, often harasses their daughters. Suddenly, they approach in the middle of the night and ask for food or the daughter. With a kitchen knife held across the old man's neck, what can they do but give him food?

Fortunately, the village chief was in charge. He told them the next day and asked for the four bags of grain back. There was no other way, as the animals only made one bag in one night. He also arranged for the Xu family to take special care of the Zhang family, so the Zhang family did not cause any trouble.

However, they no longer took young girls out to pick wild vegetables, for fear of being ambushed.

"Zhang Donkey Egg, if you Zhang family want to leave, I won't stop you."

"Hey~ Are you scared? It seems you are just a softie with a strong exterior but a weak heart, what a coward."

Zhang Ludan's eyes were wide open, but when he saw the adult men from the Xu and Zhang families, he immediately shrank his neck.

Some villagers couldn't help but laugh out loud, and some children even spoke frankly, their blood boiling with anger as they raised their arms and shouted, "Anyone who wants to go with our Zhang family? Don't worry, as long as you are willing to go with us, we will share the food we find in the future, and we will share the good and the bad together."

The villagers are not stupid. Those who have stored food are willing to follow him.

Zhang Lvdan's face turned the color of liver, and he gnashed his teeth in anger. He continued, "We don't have those rules in our team. If I have a bite to eat, you guys will definitely have a bite too. If there's a woman I like..."

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