Chapter 262 An Old Friend's Unwelcome Request

Li Yaoguang sighed after listening to Xiaoyao's retelling.

As she instructed, they had gathered the fainted Dayao and the others together. Uncle Yin, who came back and heard this, was also very sad.

Hu Zi stomped his feet in anger, "Damn it, it's all because of this damned world, damned Hu Di, and damned old emperor!"

"Tiger, be careful with your words!"

Common people are naturally afraid of the imperial power. Hu Zi spoke wildly and even older people like Uncle Yin could not help but scold him.

But after the scolding, what rose in my heart was indeed infinite recognition.

Therefore, when they heard Xiaoyao grinning and supporting Huzi, and cursing at the same enemy, Uncle Yin and the others fell silent.

Yes, if it weren’t for the emperor’s incompetence and the court’s inaction, they wouldn’t have been so displaced…

The atmosphere was too depressing, making Li Yaoguang feel suffocated. Li Yaoguang quickly took out the antidote and quickly changed the subject.

"Okay, stop talking, Uncle Yin. We are all family. They didn't hurt anyone from our clan. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, do you think you can wake them up first? And we can't let Uncle Clan Leader and the others faint like this. The ground is very cold. Uncle Nine and the others who came from the other side might also faint. What do you think?"

Uncle Yin nodded and took the antidote quickly. "Don't worry, Brother Guang, we all understand the truth, and your friends didn't harm anyone. I will save them now."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Yin."

"fine."

Seeing Uncle Yin waving his hand and turning to leave, Xiaoyao was afraid that there would be another misunderstanding when rescuing someone, and that his elder brothers would get too aggressive and hurt someone. Xiaoyao didn't care about the numbness in his body, and quickly struggled to his feet and shouted repeatedly, "Hey, uncle, I'm with you."

Just like that, Xiaoyao followed Uncle Yin and the others to rescue people, and a group of people holding torches to attract attention happened to arrive. Li Yaoguang hurriedly went up to them and told them what happened. Only then did the tense people let down their guard and work together to help.

As people from both sides were rescued one after another and fires were lit, everyone cleared up their misunderstandings and all ended well. Only the tribe leader's face turned red with shame, feeling aggrieved and resentful.

If he had known that Xiao Fuxing himself didn't care about the water source and even made it public, why would he have insisted on doing so and caused the whole clan to suffer from a false alarm?

All in all, it was all because he was scared by the previous robbery. Besides, water is so precious in the current situation, so you really can't blame him!

"Uncle clan leader, you are a great guy, a real person. This misunderstanding is not your fault."

Li Yaoguang was very smart. Seeing a good middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples and wrinkles like an old man on his honest face, Li Yaoguang felt very uncomfortable and hurried to comfort him.

When the clan leader heard this, he was delighted and looked at the new mountain king with a comforting look. Oh no, no, it’s the eldest and youngest brothers who have something to say to Little Lucky Star, the clan leader laughed.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Guang. I see that you two old friends must have a lot to talk about after meeting again, so I won't bother you any more. You guys can continue talking while I ask everyone to start cooking. If there's nothing else, just have some dried wild vegetable porridge to keep you full."

The clan leader was very generous. He waved his hand and was about to go and make arrangements. The eldest and the youngest, as well as Xie Chatou and Li Yaoguang all stood up and thanked him. They watched the clan leader walk away with his arms behind his back. Then they sat around the fire and reminisced about the past.

Seeing an old friend again, he was inadvertently happy. Even if he didn't like to show his emotions, seeing that his old friend and benefactor was alive and well, Xie Chatou was both excited and fortunate. But when he spoke out, it all turned into one sentence: "Good boy, it's been a long time since we last met. Are you okay?"

Li Yaoguang held the kitten and nodded with a smile, "Okay, okay, thank you, I'm fine. How are you? Are you all okay? How are your families?"

"Thank you for your concern. We are all fine." The calm eldest son took over the conversation before Xie Chatou smiled and looked at the child who left the city in the middle of the night. He sighed and said, "How about you? Are you okay? Why are you the only one here now? I think these villagers are your family members. Weren't you in a hurry to leave the city to find your family that day? What's wrong?"

"Hehe, big brother, I found my family and successfully brought them to Yuhang to settle down there."

"Huh? Since you have settled down in Yuhang, why are you here?" Xiaoyao was surprised and couldn't help but show concern.

Li Yaoguang explained hurriedly: "No, little brother. I went to the north again because my uncle was ordered to transport grain and grass to General Shen in the north, but something happened. Later, I experienced the Battle of Pengcheng, and was entrusted by General Shen to transport grain and grass to reinforce Fengzhou. Everything was fine, and the battle was a great victory. However, the Hu Di people went crazy and dug the embankment of the Zhuo River to flood Fengzhou City. In the panic that day, I was ambushed and fell into the water. Unfortunately, I ended up here. I was preparing to find a way to return south, and happened to be accompanied by Uncle Yin and the others and walked here." The eldest brother, Xie Chatou, listened and nodded.

"That's it."

“No wonder.”

When Xiaoyao heard this, he got anxious. He jumped up excitedly and shouted, "What?" He was quite angry. "Someone actually harmed you? Who? Who is so bad? Don't let me meet such a black-hearted person, otherwise I, Xiaoyao, will definitely teach him (her) a lesson!"

The little brother is still the same little brother as before.

Seeing her friend worried about her and filled with indignation, Li Yaoguang felt a little warmed in his heart and hurried to explain and comfort her.

"It's okay, little brother. I'm fine. I'm not someone who will suffer any loss. I will definitely settle the score with them later. Let's not talk about this now. Let's talk about you..."

Not wanting to talk about this anymore, Li Yaoguang quickly changed the subject and looked at Da Yao and the others, "Big Yao, thank you, Chief. Xiao Yao told me earlier that you guys are short of water and food and want to return south, right?"

When asked about this, the two guys who were causing trouble in the mountains, especially the eldest, had very bad expressions, with shame flashing in their eyes.

Da Yao: "To be honest, my friend, it is true. There are many people in the mountains, and the food supply has long been insufficient. This year, there is a drought, and only one tenth of the income from land reclamation can be saved. Now you brothers are out, one is to explore the way, and the other is to get water. For this reason, we robbed the people of Hejia Village earlier. I am sorry to make you laugh."

"Hey~ We are all from Dajing, and it's not easy for us. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the clan leaders don't mind. Don't take it to heart, big brother. You are all trying to survive. It's just that the world is difficult. I don't know what your plans are right now?"

What are your plans?

"No matter how much I thought about it, I had made up my mind to take the risk and return to the south. But the dam of the Zhuo River was dug, and the flood was raging. There were no boats or ferries in the north, so it was impossible to leave."

"That you……"

The eldest brother and his companions all smiled bitterly, "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by your friends, we don't know either."

Seeing this, Xiao Yao couldn't stand it anymore. He didn't want to be pretentious either, so he just ignored his elder brother and pulled Li Yaoguang to talk straight.

"Forget it, young sir. If they don't tell me, I will tell you that Big Brother and I have an unwelcome favor to ask of you."

"You said."

"That's right. Didn't we know from the tribe leader that you can find water? Although there is water here now, Uncle Yin said that the amount of water is not large. You have waited for a day and two nights to accumulate this. And now that we are all family, we don't have anything to carry water with us..."

They can't rob again, right? What can they use to store water?

Xiaoyao was very worried!
"This place is still far away from the mountains, and distant water cannot quench nearby thirst. So we were thinking, can you go back to the mountains with us to see if we can help find a new water source? Don't worry, young sir, we are in a much better place in the mountains than here. There are many streams and rivers in the past, so it must not be difficult to find water..."

Li Yaoguang: "Okay."

Xiaoyao: "I know you're in a hurry to get back. This request is too much and very embarrassing, but, but... Eh? What? You actually agreed? What you just said was okay, right?"

Seeing Xiaoyao's surprised expression after talking to himself, Li Yaoguang nodded again to confirm, "Yes, yes, I agree."

As soon as the voice fell, the little one jumped three feet high with joy.

"Hahaha, that's great, that's great! Big brother, boss, did you hear that? The young master agreed, he agreed. I said it, how could a young master who can tell such a righteous story just watch someone die without helping? You are all hesitating in vain..." blah blah.

Li Yaoguang looked at the interaction between his old friends and smiled with squinted eyes, but what he was thinking in his heart was that even if there was no water in the mountains, the water he had stored in the space could solve the urgent problem, and there were still several thousand kilograms of food left in it. It might be a drop in the bucket for the thousands of people including his eldest brother, but it could be used as an emergency solution for now. With these food and water, everyone could hold on, and it would give them time to think of other ways.