Chapter 21 Bandits are coming
"Old man, do you think those people from Zhangjia Village will really come to steal food?" Yang asked hesitantly.

The people of Zhangjia Village are all black-hearted and rotten-hearted, but they are also extremely united. Originally, Yougen was a peddler, and there were also people from Zhangjia Village who were peddlers. Originally, they had nothing to do with each other, but they insisted that Yougen had stolen his business. They brought people to his house to do chores, and threatened that as long as Yougen continued to sell goods, they would continue to come to his house to smash and destroy things.

Old Man Wang raised his eyelids and said, "Given their greed, they will definitely come."

Yang's eyelids twitched and she began to fidget. "What should we do? There are only a few of us. How can we defeat them?"

Wang Youcai's eldest son, Wang Li, slapped the hatchet on his waist. The young man was full of vigor and was not afraid of anything. "Grandma, what are you afraid of? I'm here to avenge my second uncle!"

Yang was so angry that she slapped him and said, "You are not going to seek revenge. If those people come, just protect your two sisters!"

The Wang family did not split up. They had two ox carts, one for loading rice and grain, and the other for carrying people. At this moment, Wang Yougen and his wife were driving the cart carrying rice and grain in the front, and Wang Youcai was driving the cart carrying people at the end.

Wang Youcai is married to Liu Guihua and has a son and a daughter. His eldest son, Wang Li, is 16 years old this year, and his youngest daughter, Wang Bing'er, is 14 years old this year.

Wang Yougen is married to Yang Juanzi and has a daughter named Wang Xueer, who is 12 years old this year.

The two girls in the Wang family are both of marriageable age. Since those people dare to come and rob food, there is no guarantee that they will not do something like robbing women. In this chaotic world, anything can happen.

Wang Youcai pondered for a moment, then lowered his voice and told his son, "If the people from Zhangjia Village really come, you should take your brothers and sisters to your cousin's place."

When several girls stay together, it is easier for adults to protect them.

Wang Bing'er nodded, thinking that he was asking her to go over and protect her two cousins. She waved the wooden stick in her hand that was more than one meter long and as thick as her arm, "Don't worry, Dad. I will definitely protect my three sisters."

Liu Guihua held her forehead helplessly and glared at her man with reproach.

This girl doesn't act like a girl at all. I don't know who she takes after.

The Wang family was having a great time here, but the Pan family's ox cart ahead was filled with gloom and sorrow.

In the third room, Pan Zhong and Pan Xiao snuggled in Zhao Meixiang's arms. The two children had candies in their mouths and fiddled with their little bows in their hands.

Pan Datie held it in for a long time and decided to comfort his wife.

"Don't blame Big Brother..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was kicked in the butt.

Zhao Meixiang: "Shut up! Get your car!"

Pan Datie shut up in dismay, and after a while he said, "I have saved some money..."

Before he could finish his words, he was kicked again.

Pan Datie: ...

Okay, okay, he should just shut up. Can't he just shut up?
In the second house, Pan Lian and Pan Dayin were driving the cart in the front, while Liu Juhua was sharpening the hatchet with gritted teeth. The father and son trembled in fear as they listened to the sound of the hatchet being sharpened again and again, fearing that they would be chopped by their own wife/mother if they said something wrong.

A furious woman is scarier than a tiger and should not be provoked.

The more Liu Juhua nagged, the angrier and more furious she became. She wasn't worried about those people coming to steal the food; she was just afraid that they wouldn't come.

Stealing her money is like killing her parents. She wants to chop to death that bitch Zhang who killed her parents!
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Fifty miles outside Yulin County, at Luoxia Mountain, Zhang Xiaoye jumped off the ox cart and followed Zhang Huai up the mountainside.

There is a mountain village here, where the people of Zhangjia Village live now.

A burly man heard the message and came out from the largest room.

This man was the leader of the stronghold and also a minor official in the Anping County government. His name was Zhang Qiang. He was from Zhangjia Village and was childhood sweetheart of Zhang Xiaoye.

Zhang Qiang's father died young, leaving the orphan and his widowed mother to depend on each other for survival. Zhang Qiang wanted to marry Zhang Xiaoye, but his mother refused to agree because Zhang Xiaoye had five younger brothers and the family was extremely poor. If he married Zhang Xiaoye, it would mean supporting her five younger brothers.

Later, Zhang Xiaoye married into the wealthy Pan family, and Zhang Qiang worked as a waiter in a restaurant in Yulin County and married the daughter of the owner of a tofu stall in the county.

Two years later, his wife had an affair with the chief clerk of the county government. In order to compensate him, the chief clerk arranged a job for him as a minor clerk in the county government.

Zhang Qiang was doing very well in the county government office. By chance, he learned that the chief clerk was in contact with the bandits of Luoxia Mountain. He was bold and ruthless, so he caught the chief clerk's attention and was arranged by him to secretly control the mountain stronghold.

On the surface, Zhang Qiang is a minor official in the Yulin County government, but in fact he is the second in command of the Luoxiashan stronghold.

Upon learning that Anping County had been breached and the chief clerk was preparing to pack up and flee, Zhang Qiang decided to go all out and killed the chief clerk and his wife. He then took the chief clerk's wealth and took the people from Zhangjia Village up the mountain.

When she saw Zhang Qiang, Zhang Xiaoye threw herself into his arms and sobbed.

"Brother Qiang... Xiaoyi doesn't want to go with me..."

Zhang Qiang patted her back to calm her down, "Okay, okay, don't be sad, I will pick up our son myself later."

That brat, did he really think that he had become a member of the Pan family just because he had been in the family for 14 years?

There is no reason for Zhang Qiang's offspring to stay in the Pan family. He will bring him back even if he has to!
Zhang Xiaoye nodded with tears in her eyes. After receiving the look from Zhang Huai, she softened her voice and said, "Brother Qiang, don't forget about Ah Huai."

Zhang Qiang nodded, "Of course, your brother is my brother. It's just a woman. As her brother-in-law, I will definitely make him have his wish."

Zhang Xiaoye finally smiled and said, "I'm waiting for good news from Brother Qiang."

Zhang Huai was overjoyed after getting Zhang Qiang's approval.

Three years ago, he went to visit his sister at the Pan family and fell in love with Pan Yingying at first sight. He asked his sister to mention her to the old hag Zhao, but he didn't expect that his sister would be scolded by the old hag.

I thought the Pan family was holding Pan Yingying hostage for sale and that she would marry a very extraordinary man, but in the end she married Yu Chaosheng, a bastard who was not even as good as him!

Brother Qiang is rich now, with money in his hands and connections under him. Sister can finally get rid of the Pan family and be with Brother Qiang openly. Their family no longer needs to rely on sister to secretly get money from the Pan family for support, and they no longer have to look at the Pan family's faces.

And he was finally able to marry the woman he loved, which was worth his waiting until he was 21 to get married.

He and Yingying will definitely get married.

Zhang Huai was struggling over whether he and Pan Yingying would have a son or a daughter in the future, when Zhang Qiang threw a long knife into his arms and said, "A Huai, lead the way."

"Let's go!" Zhang Huai raised the long knife with a smug smile on his face. When the time comes, he will stab the long knife into Yu Chaosheng's chest with his own hands.

Anyone who dares to touch his woman shall die!
The bandits from Luoxia Mountain and the young and strong men from Zhangjia Village came out in full force, all armed with knives, guns, sticks and clubs. This time they were not only going to rob the Pan family, but also those wealthy families who had fled from Yulin County.

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