During my escape from famine, I survived by eavesdropping on the whispers of food.

At this moment, Qin Shuangshuang realized that something was wrong. She knew the homeless man they were talking about.

Those brothers were all big and burly, not easy to deal with. Judging from her tone, she probably instructed them to bully their mother.

Qin Shuangshuang then turned to Lu Jun and said, "We need Gao Jie, otherwise I'm really worried. My mother might be in danger tonight."

The two quickly left.

……

Zhou, who had been waiting for her son and daughter to return, kept looking outside.

Seeing that this moment would come from time to time, aside from Liu Liuming fleeing in this direction, he did not see anyone who could fill his eyes with expectation.

Mrs. Zhou kept pacing back and forth at the door.

Just then, Zhou suddenly noticed several suspicious figures approaching her. She saw the men rubbing their greasy fingers together with ill intent as they walked towards her.

Qin Shuangshuang and Zhou Shi sensed something was wrong and looked panicked, as if they wanted to escape.

However, when she turned around, she found that someone was already blocking her way, and she had nowhere to escape.

Zhou was nervous and frightened, and said to them, "What do you want to do!"

Zhou Shi's face was already quite beautiful, so it was impossible for a bad man like me not to drool when I looked at her.

At this moment, one of the homeless men said to her, "It seems that the guy introduced by others is indeed very good-looking. I like him very much."

Immediately afterward, the skinny guy next to him chimed in, "Brother, please stop talking. If you keep going like this, I might just start groping her right here."

The men burst into laughter.

Zhou opened her mouth and shouted inside, but no one came out.

Zhou subconsciously felt that she probably wouldn't be able to escape from their grasp today. Several men were about to strip her clothes off, and the pink bodice straps were about to be exposed to the air.

Just then, Qin Shuangshuang and her companion rushed back. Seeing the scene at the door, she quickly stepped forward and blocked Zhou Shi behind her. Seeing that the burly men still wanted to come over, and one of them even said arrogantly, "Do you think you two women can beat us men?"

Just then, Lu Jun put Qin Shuangshuang's younger brother, whom he had been carrying on his back, aside. He rushed over and kicked each of them in the heel without hesitation.

The men turned around in pain, looked at the young man in front of them, and said, "You brat, don't cause trouble, or your big brother here will break all your bones and stew you! Get lost! Get lost now. But looking at your fair complexion, you should taste pretty good, right?"

Their eyes were fixed on him, and Lu Jun felt utterly disgusted. He went up to them and punched them one after another, saying, "Then let's try it!"

The men exchanged a glance, and then rushed forward, trying to tackle Lu Jun to the ground. However, Lu Jun grabbed their hands quickly, and the men, seemingly caught off guard, all fell to the ground on the steps.

One by one, they fell and got bruised and battered.

Qin Shuangshuang shielded her Zhou Shi behind her, and Zhou Shi tightly grasped Qin Shuangshuang's hand, holding it firmly.

Uncle Li hadn't seen Zhou Shi by then, so he took his bow and went out.

Upon emerging and observing the situation on the other side, they sensed something was amiss and began firing several shots at the group.

Several men had an arrow stuck in their heads. Uncle Li said rudely, "If you don't get out of here, it's hard to say who will eat whom next!"

Several homeless men looked at Uncle Li across the street, who seemed like someone not to be trifled with, and quickly left.

Uncle Li quickly came over and apologized to Qin Shuangshuang, "I'm so sorry, I didn't hear anything outside while I was inside, and I'm not sure when your mother came out either."

There was an elderly person who was sick inside, so I helped the doctor check on them. I never expected something like this to happen outside. It was my fault, Shuangshuang, it was all my fault.

Seeing his sincere attitude and his apology, Qin Shuangshuang said without hesitation, "Uncle Li, this has nothing to do with you. Nobody would have expected that these punks would cause trouble at this time."

Thankfully, we overheard their plot on the way here. Thankfully, it turned out those two wicked women were plotting something, so we rushed back.

Uncle Li asked him curiously, "What do you mean?"

Zhou grabbed her arm and said, "Are you saying someone hired them to make things difficult for us?"

Qin Shuangshuang nodded and said, "Isn't it just my disgusting grandparents? They went too far. I didn't expect them to actually lay a hand on you, Mother. I won't let them get away with this."

Uncle Li, standing by Qin Shuangshuang, said indignantly, "Look at what kind of people they are doing! They're even bullying their own granddaughter and daughter-in-law like this. If your father finds out, he probably won't let them get away with it."

Mentioning Qin Shuangshuang's father, Zhou couldn't help but feel sad. Her face, revealing genuine emotion, looked instantly much more haggard.

Qin Shuangshuang told her, "Mom, don't worry, Dad will come back to see us sooner or later."

Qin Shuangshuang didn't know where the original owner's father had gone. She only knew that he had gone to fight for her good-for-nothing uncle and had never returned.

While her father is still away, she must protect her mother and her younger brother.

……

After the farce that night, since everyone was now living in the county government office, Qin Shuangshuang still insisted that the government office be properly renovated the next day.

Last night, a light rain started falling for no apparent reason. To prevent everyone from catching a cold, Qin Shuangshuang thoughtfully offered to go out and find some herbs to brew and prepare for them.

As soon as she stepped out the door, Lu Jun noticed her and hurriedly caught up with her, saying, "You cooked soup for everyone so early in the morning, and now you're going out? What are you going to do? Are you looking for food again?"

Qin Shuangshuang said to him, "Although we have a doctor, the doctor doesn't have any medicine and can't treat everyone, so we need to go out and find some medicinal herbs."

Lu Jun laughed and said, "Do you know that for more than ten years, no medicinal herbs have grown in this area? Now it's all barren and overgrown with weeds. The fresh herbs have all been picked and eaten. Where are we supposed to find any?"

Qin Shuangshuang's gaze immediately fell upon the long-dried-up grove of trees opposite, and she said to Lu Jun, "Let's go there!"