Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

Yun Zhenzhen looked at the villagers behind her who were about to retreat and shouted, "If we don't fight back, once the bandits enter the village, all the wheat and potatoes we've recently harvested will surely be taken away by them."

"We worked so hard to get this life-saving food, are we going to just give it away to those bandits for free?"

"There are three or four hundred able-bodied men in the village, and there are only a dozen or so bandits in front of us." She spoke each word with a resounding voice: "Are you just going to watch them enter the village to rob food and slaughter women? They are your relatives, parents, and children. Once the bandits really enter the village, you will have no chance at all and will be slaughtered at their mercy."

After the words fell, there was silence all around. The villagers were still a little hesitant, after all, it was the first time they had faced such a thing.

"Village Chief, Sister Yun, my elder brother and I are willing to fight against the bandits together!"

"I'm going too! I don't want to be a wimp and watch him steal my life-saving food!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd became indignant, and some inappropriate voices were also heard.

"But each of them has a machete in their hands. How can we defeat them?"

The village chief looked at the man who was speaking coldly and said, "They have swords, and some of us have hoes and axe. We are all hot-blooded men. Bring all your weapons. Even a spit from each of us can drown them."

After saying that, many men who didn't take anything ran back to grab weapons. Those who were timid and fearful had no choice but to go back to get things to protect themselves.

The two groups of people collided head-on at the entrance of the village.

There were many men in the village, and they surrounded the dozen or so people.

The other party should have come to find out the situation, but he was caught red-handed before he could do anything, and immediately prepared to resist.

Yun Zhenzhen was the first to take action. She kicked one of the bandits two meters away while he wasn't paying attention, picked up the machete he dropped, and pointed it at the center.

Being strong in the original body has its advantages!

No one else noticed how she moved, they only saw a shadow passing by.

The moon is very round tonight. Under the cold moonlight, the two groups are on the verge of a fight.

Seeing that they were outnumbered and powerful, the leading bandit wanted to find a breakthrough point, so he went back to report to the boss, picked up a machete, called a few of his brothers, and rushed towards Yun Zhenzhen.

The village chief reacted quickly, picked up the hoe in his hand and threw it at the back of the man's head.

Perhaps because he had been farming for decades and had gained some accuracy in applying manure, the hoe hit the man squarely on the head, and he fainted without even a scream.

When the others saw that the village chief could knock someone down at such an old age, they immediately became energized and rushed forward with their weapons.

More than three hundred people surrounded the bandits, but on average there was not one bandit for every ten people.

"Come over here. I haven't hit him yet. Let me vent my anger. You actually want to steal our food."

"Can't you wait for me for a while? I just gave him two hoes and he hasn't hit me enough yet."

The damn bandits never thought that there were people patrolling in a remote village. They were discovered as soon as they came out to investigate the situation.

After the villagers vented their anger, they tied up the dozen or so bandits like dumplings.

The leader of the bandits was knocked unconscious by a hoe from the village chief and lay straight on the ground. The remaining dozen or so people were also beaten with their heads tilted and their eyes squinting, and their faces were swollen beyond recognition.

The bandits sat on the ground, feeling like they were crying but unable to shed tears. They had been robbing from the south to the north, and every village they passed by was robbed by them. They had never encountered such a powerful village, as if they were the bandits.

Originally, we were just sending a dozen of them out today to investigate the situation, but we didn't expect...

"Village chief, this matter must not be made public." Yun Zhenzhen walked over and said, "There should be more bandits than just these people. If the bandits who haven't appeared knew that these people were kidnapped by us, they will definitely come to retaliate. We have to find a way to solve this problem once and for all."

When the others present heard these words, they nodded repeatedly.

The night was very long and many people in the village did not sleep well, fearing that the bandits would get the news and take revenge on them.

At dawn the next day, the village chief borrowed another ox cart in the village and headed to the county.

We walked in a hurry and when we entered the city, the street vendors had just opened their doors to do business. There were no extra pedestrians on the road, only the squeaking sound of the ox cart wheels turning.

After explaining the situation at the county government gate, the yamen runner immediately went to the back hall of the county government office and reported: "Your Excellency, the head of Qinjia Village is here!"

After the previous incidents, the chief clerk informed everyone in the county government that anyone coming to Qinjia Village must be reported in a timely manner, so the village chief was able to see the county magistrate early in the morning.

"I greet the County Magistrate!"

The village chief knelt down and saluted: "I have come here to report an important matter to the county magistrate!"

County Magistrate Wang looked at the huge pile of things outside the door, the shapes of which were unclear, and thought they were some local specialties. He immediately refused with a warm smile, "It's enough for you to come. If you bring anything else, keep it for yourselves. The county government doesn't need it. There's no need to kneel. Hurry and get up."

The village chief didn't explain much and asked Qin Zheng to untie the bag, revealing a person tied up like a dumpling inside.

He only brought one of the dozen or so bandits with him, and placed the rest in the village ancestral hall. More than fifty men volunteered to take turns guarding them to ensure that they could not escape.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The zongzi man below kept whimpering.

All his brothers were taken to the ancestral hall, but he was the only one locked up in this old man's pigsty.

He was tied up all over and couldn't move at all. The pigs in the pigsty were still pushing against him, and the ground was dirty with feces as if it hadn't been cleaned for eight hundred years. He really couldn't stand it anymore and looked at the county magistrate frantically for help.

County Magistrate Wang felt that the man looked familiar, and when he got closer he discovered that it was the bandit on the list.

A long time ago, a wealthy family in Liuye Town was robbed. According to an insider's description, the portrait drawn looked like this.

Magistrate Wang realized the urgency of the matter and immediately went to court to interrogate the suspect.

They became bandits because of food shortage and the inability to make a living. How could they be so devoted to shielding the bandit leader? They had already revealed the truth even without being tortured.

After the interrogation, County Magistrate Wang immediately summoned people.

Because the case involved a bandit who occupied the mountain and acted as a king, County Magistrate Wang rode his horse at full speed to the governor's mansion, borrowed two hundred soldiers from the governor's mansion, and then went to the mountain where the bandit leader was.

Including the county government officials, there were nearly 250 people in total.

There were less than a hundred able-bodied male bandits on this hill. County Magistrate Wang was worried about heavy casualties, so he gathered so many people.

Wearing armor and holding a spear, he felt no pressure at all when facing the bandits organized by refugees. In less than half a day, he wiped out the entire bandit nest.

County Magistrate Wang was grinning from ear to ear: "Village Chief Qin, Qinjia Village, you are truly my lucky stars!"