A peasant girl with a special ability uses herself and two wolves to escape famine!

Old Man Xia scoffed, "Welcome them, Boss is getting more and more shameless."

"Yaozu, what's wrong with you?"

The old woman was shocked to see her eldest grandson's dangling right calf.

"Grandma, those old bastards in the village broke my leg!" Xia Yaozu cried out in pain, his body covered in cold sweat.

"Broken?" The old man stared in astonishment at his eldest grandson's leg. Breaking someone's leg at this time was more immoral than taking their life. He didn't care and let them steal, confident that even if these old fogies caught someone, they wouldn't dare do anything to his family.

At most, he'd just get a beating; he also wanted to teach them a lesson.

"Those damned bastards, damn it! Does it hurt? Old man, what should we do?" The old woman climbed off the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at her eldest grandson with heartache, tears streaming down her face.

The village doctor has all left, and there's not a single person left in the city.

Looking at his eldest grandson's broken leg, Old Man Xia felt a deep sense of despair.

"Boss, carry him back inside, find some planks to immobilize his legs. We'll settle accounts with them after dawn!"

This matter cannot be left unresolved!

The Xia family is not one to be bullied!

When Xia Laoda heard that they were going to come and cause trouble, he immediately perked up.

"Dad, they've stored up a lot of water; all the water jars in the yard are full."

A calculating glint flashed in the old man's eyes.

He never dreamed that before he could even settle accounts with them, those people would storm his doorstep.

"Xia Erhu, you get the hell out here!"

Old Man Xia was momentarily stunned. Xia Erhu? It had been so many years since anyone had called him by his full name that he had forgotten it himself. So his name was Xia Erhu!

What are you doing?

"They look like they've come with ill intentions," Old Man Xia asked warily, taking the initiative to strike first.

"Xia Laosan, what was the reason for you beating my family yesterday? Are you saying we're the only ones in the village who can bully you?"

"Xia Erhu, stop trying to play the victim and accuse me first. Don't you know what your son did last night? In a year of natural disasters, you came to our yard to steal water?"

"He's a grown man, he can't even fetch water from the well himself, how dare he steal from us old folks!"

Old Man Xia: ...They are indeed in the wrong.

"The child is young and doesn't understand, can't you teach him properly?"

"He's young?"

The people around were laughing hysterically. It wasn't a year of famine; someone who could have grandchildren by now was being called young.

Old Man Xia was very embarrassed when the villagers laughed at him.

"Even if you want to teach him a lesson, you can't break my grandson's legs, can you? In this chaotic world, there are no doctors and no herbs. How is he going to live the rest of his life?"

Xia Laosan and the others exchanged glances. It's over? Are they really that useless? They didn't even try!

"You just break it off like that? With your family's character, how are we supposed to know if you're trying to extort us? Besides, so what if you do break it off? If he dares to steal, he should be prepared to be beaten to death!"

Old Man Xia was furious. Was this even human language? This was going too far! It was truly going too far!

"Tell me, what are we going to do? My grandson's leg can't have been broken for nothing!"

"So what if it's broken? What more do you want? We're being merciful by not killing him!"

"You think you can just decide the price for a leg? Is there such a cheap deal in the world?"

"So what do you want? Xia Erhu, put away your schemes and don't try to extort us."

Everyone was watching him like he was a thief, and Old Man Xia was so angry that his chest ached.

"Bullshit! Why would I extort you? Don't say anything else, just heal my grandson's leg, and I won't ask for anything else!" Old Man Xia looked like he only cared about his grandson.

"Alright, enough of this nonsense. We're not here for your grandson, just to tell you about what happened last night when they stole things."

"We've already taught them a lesson, and they still didn't steal anything. What more do you want?"

Old Man Xia was truly enraged this time. These bastards had gone too far!

"There's no one in the village right now. We can't let such dangerous individuals stay. You should move out!"

Five thunder strikes!

Old Man Xia was so shocked he almost fainted!

It's one thing for him to leave on his own, but it's quite another for him to be driven away.

Old Mrs. Xia was furious. She was constantly being pulled back by the old women, and she wanted to go up and scratch them.

Old Man Xia was trembling with rage. He pointed at Xia Laosan and the others and roared, "Why should we move out? This village doesn't belong to you!"

Xia Laosan was not to be outdone, and retorted defiantly, "Just because your family has a water thief! In this world, who knows what he'll steal next? We don't want to live in constant fear."

"My grandson was just confused for a moment, he definitely won't do it again," Old Man Xia tried his best to defend his grandson.

“Who would believe you? If it happens once, it will happen again. We can’t take that risk.” The people around him chimed in.

Xia Laoda was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet, but he didn't dare to step forward easily. He knew in his heart that these people were determined to drive them away.

Old Mrs. Xia broke free from the pull of the other old women and rushed forward, ready to fight Xia Laosan and the others: "You heartless bastards! We've lived in this village our whole lives, why should we leave?"

Xia Laosan and the others quickly took a few steps back, afraid of being scratched by Xia Laotai. "You have no choice but to leave. We're making this clear today: if you don't move, don't blame us for being impolite."

Looking at the menacing group before him, Old Man Xia felt nothing but despair. He knew that at this moment, they had no power to resist.

"We're giving you two days. If you don't move out, we won't be polite!"

"You are deliberately trying to drive my family to their deaths."

"How is this forcing you to your death, Xia Erhu? Everyone knows how capable you are. There's no food or water in the village right now. If you stay here, you'll just be waiting to die. You might as well go outside and find a way to survive."

Xia Laosan truly believed this. They stayed behind to avoid burdening their children and grandchildren, and had no intention of enduring the hardship; they were simply taking it one day at a time.

Old Man Xia lowered his head; he knew perfectly well what these old bastards were planning. He feared their revenge and wanted to seek peace. But what they said was true: staying in this village meant certain death.

Seeing that he was wavering, Xia Jiang pressed his advantage: "Look at your grandson and son, they're still young. You'll definitely have a better chance of making a living than we do."

"Okay, we'll leave, and you can give us three buckets of water."

What the hell!

That old bastard is taking advantage of the chaos!

"No."

Are you crazy? Water isn't something you can just give out randomly! The well's about to dry up. Who knows when it'll rain again?

"Whether you leave or not is up to you. If you don't leave, we can keep each other company, and the road to the underworld won't be too lonely."

Old Man Xia, his eyes red, looked at them pleadingly: "We've been friends for a lifetime, please have pity on us. Yaozu's leg was broken by you, our journey must have been very difficult. After all, you were the ones who broke the child's leg, please spare his life, he's only 17!"

The elderly people couldn't help but think of their grandsons on the road of fleeing famine, and they all fell into deep thought.

Seeing that things were looking promising, Old Man Xia pressed on: "Once we have water, we'll leave right away, really, I promise!"