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Shi Dayou hurriedly stepped forward to block the crowd. “Everyone, calm down! Young Master Xu is right, he has no obligation to help all of us! We can’t force him!”
Shi Dayou’s voice was loud, but it failed to intimidate the people of Xiaoxi Village.
Not only did they ignore him, they began mocking him instead:
“Of course you’d say that—all the benefits went to your Shitou Village!”
“Exactly! If you’re so righteous, why don’t you give us the rice seedlings from your own fields and see if you still talk like that!”
“Shi Dayou, you can’t be so selfish! You can’t just think about what’s good for Shitou Village and ignore whether the rest of us live or die!”
“That’s right! You people surnamed Shi are living comfortably—have you even looked at us? Look how skinny my child has gotten from hunger!”
“……”
One accusation followed another. Shi Dayou didn’t know how to respond for a moment, but he stood firmly in front of Wei Ruo, refusing to let the villagers of Xiaoxi Village approach her.
However, there were simply too many of them. Though willing, he was powerless.
Just as they were about to rush up to Wei Ruo, the villagers of Shitou Village arrived in force.
They came to Wei Ruo’s side and surrounded her protectively.
The Shitou Village villagers who had just arrived didn’t yet know what had happened, but seeing the people of Xiaoxi Village crowding around their benefactor, Young Master Xu, and sensing danger, they hurried forward to shield her.
For a time, the two villages stood facing off against each other, shouting back and forth, with occasional minor physical jostling.
After a prolonged standoff, the people of Xiaoxi Village, outnumbered, were forced to retreat and put some distance between themselves and the villagers of Shitou Village, not daring to make another move.
But they were still unwilling to leave just like that. Instead, they continued accusing Shi Dayou and the people of Shitou Village:
“You people from Shitou Village are too selfish! You only care about yourselves and won’t help anyone else!”
“Exactly! You’ve gone too far! If people in our village starve to death, we’ll carry their corpses and dump them at your village entrance!”
“And to think Xiaoxi Village has had such good relations with Shitou Village all these years! Yet you’re standing by and watching us die!”
“……”
Facing the accusations from Xiaoxi Village, Shi Dayou and the other villagers of Shitou Village had no good solution. They couldn’t really start a full-blown fight either. The two villages were close neighbors, if things escalated beyond control, it would only make matters worse.
Wei Ruo turned to Xiumei. “Meimei, watch and see who’s shouting the loudest. Drag that one out for me.”
“Got it!” Xiumei nodded.
She scanned the crowd from Xiaoxi Village, then locked onto a burly man. In a flash, she lunged forward, yanked him out of the crowd, and pinned him to the ground. Her fingers moved swiftly, tapping several acupoints on his back. Instantly, the man went limp all over and let out a groan.
At that instant, the previously clamorous villagers of Xiaoxi Village fell completely silent, staring in shock at Erniu, who was pinned to the ground without the slightest ability to fight back.
Erniu was the strongest man in their village—he could usually match three men by himself.
Yet now he was immobilized on the ground by a thin, seemingly frail attendant at Young Master Xu’s side.
Those who had still been muttering under their breath moments ago didn’t dare make another sound.
It wasn’t only the people of Xiaoxi Village who were stunned—even the villagers of Shitou Village looked astonished at the sight.
So the skinny attendant beside Young Master Xu was actually this formidable! Truly, you can’t judge a person by appearances!
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