Everyone in the room was stunned.

"Slow down, slow down, catch your breath first. The sky won't fall! Come and have a drink of water first!" Li Yunlong was very calm when he looked at the two people who were panting.

Ermao also saw Li Xuewu at this time: "Uncle Li, you are here!"

Li Xuewu nodded: "Well, what happened to Ermao?"

"When Juanzi and I were walking back, we met people from the work team in the county. From what they said, they were coming to Zhaojiayu. They said that someone had reported that Grandpa Li and Grandpa Zhao were here, and they were coming to take them back for investigation! It didn't sound right, so Juanzi and I ran back in advance!" After taking a sip of water, Ermao narrated the story in a halting manner.

When the old village chief heard this, he immediately jumped up and said, "Which bastard reported it? Don't let me find out. If I find out, I will skin him alive!"

Zhao Gang quickly pulled the old village chief to sit down: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, it's just an inspection, Lao Li and I are no longer worried about this!"

"That won't work either. Anyone who wants to check on the guests of Zhaojiayu can do it! Ermangzi!" the old village chief shouted loudly to the outside.

"Hey!" A deep voice sounded outside, and soon a tall and burly man walked in from outside.

"Uncle Lao Zhong, you called me?"

"Well, go now, gather all the militiamen in the village, bring your weapons, and block the work team at the entrance of the village. Don't let anyone in without my order!" The old village chief was really domineering at this time.

"Okay, what if they force their way in? Can I beat them up?" Er Mangzi asked in a muffled voice.

"Okay, if you really think we mountain people are easy to bully, then beat you to death. There is no piece of yellow earth in the mountains that is not used to bury people!" The old village chief who had experienced the war years exuded murderous aura.

"No, no, no, don't do this. This is a new society. Why are you still shouting for war and killing? Ermang, listen to me. If you really can't stop them, let them in!" Even a hot-tempered man like Li Yunlong stood up and hurried to stop the old village chief. They couldn't let anyone die because of their two families.

"Ermao, how far are those people from us?" Li Xuewu asked at this time.

"We both ran back here. If we calculate based on the walking speed, they would be here in about 20 minutes!"

Li Xuewu nodded and said to Zhao Gang and the others, "Uncle Zhao, Uncle Li, I think we should find a place to hide first. Although we are not afraid, we should not cause trouble to the people in the village. We happen to have a car, so let's drive out for a day and come back after they leave."

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Gang nodded and said, "Okay, let's go out and hide!" Then he said to the old village chief, "Brother, don't be angry. It's a good opportunity for our two families to go out and relax. You can deal with them first."

"Okay, just go out and take a look around. You are familiar with the area anyway!" Since there was a way to avoid conflict, the old village chief did not insist. However, he knew in his heart that it must be that bastard in the village who went to report it. He would deal with those people later.

Let Er Mangzi go to the village entrance to block the people, Li Xuewu and the others quickly packed up their things, and the two families got in the car and left from the back of the village.

As soon as they left, the work team arrived.

Er Mangzi and his men blocked the entrance to the village: "What are you doing? What are you doing in our village?"

A man in his twenties who looked like a cadre in the work team stood up and said, "What do you want to do? Are you going to point guns at cadres in public? Are you planning to rebel?"

"Oh, you are such a Toad with such a big tone! This is our village, and you want to break in with a glare on your face. What do you want to do? Do you think yourselves are Japanese soldiers? Now the people are in charge!" Er Mangzi will not tolerate him.

"We received a report from someone saying that your village took in someone who had committed a serious mistake. Why didn't you report it? We want to take him back for investigation!"

"Report, who reported it? Call the person out to me. Our village has never taken in anyone!" At this time, the old village chief walked out of the village.

"Hehe, we wouldn't have come without substantial evidence. You are the head of this village, right? You'd better let those two people come out and go with us. Otherwise, your village will lose all its work points and food rations this year!" the cadre threatened directly.

"Young man, our food rations are distributed to us according to regulations after we have worked hard for a year. They cannot be deducted by anyone just because they want to!"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be so naive at your age. What are the rules? What I say are the rules. Without our consent, who dares to distribute food rations to you? If you don't want to starve, hand over those two bad guys quickly." The man was so arrogant and used to playing tricks on others that he thought he was in the city and didn't even notice the increasingly cold eyes of the opposite person.

The old village chief was furious, with a sneer on his face, and he gave the cadre a big scolding: "You bastard, you dare to deduct our work points and rations? Who gave you the courage? Who do you think you are, a damn devil or a local emperor? Beat him up!"

With the old village chief's order, Er Mangzi and his men rushed forward and beat up the dozen or so people from the work team. In the end, they were dragged up with bruised faces and noses. The old village chief walked up to the man and patted him on the face: "Little bastard, you think I am old and don't understand the policies. You want to scare me? How dare you use the people's life-saving food as a threat and want to starve our entire village to death? How dare you destroy the prestige of an old man like this? Shooting you eight hundred times is enough! We have plenty of witnesses for what you just said. I am not afraid of you even if the lawsuit is taken to the capital."

The man now realized that this was in the countryside, and the entire village was a clan. It was not the kind of family in the city with only a few or a dozen people. Hundreds or thousands of people gathered together, and everyone would have to think twice. However, he was still very tough: "You dare to beat up the cadres. I think you really don't want to live a good life. When I go back, I will report to my superiors and punish you!"

"Oh, you scared me to death!" The old village chief came up and started to challenge again: "Back then, the Japanese soldiers with bayonets couldn't scare me. You, a little kid, want to threaten me? I think you really don't know your own weight. Mangzi, take them to the back mountain and dig a few holes to bury them. There are always some people in this mountain who are taken away by wolves every year!"

Er Mangzi grinned and said, "Uncle, why bother? I know where a wolf den is nearby. I'll just take some people to tie them up and throw them into the den. If the higher-ups find out, they've been taken away by wolves. What can we say?"

"That's fine! Then throw them into the wolf's den!"

The others were so scared that their legs were shaking, but the leader was the only one who was still making a final struggle, shouting, "I don't think you dare! Do you know who my father is?"

"I don't care who your father is! When the time comes, let your father go to Old Wolf to reason with him!" Er Mangzi directly grabbed a handful of grass and stuffed it into the man's mouth.

He then signaled to the person next to him to tie the rope more tightly.

Just as he was carrying them towards the back mountain, this man realized that the villagers might not really be scaring him. A stream of light yellow liquid flowed down his trouser legs and his body became as soft as noodles.

The militiamen holding him threw him to the ground in disgust: "Old village chief, captain, this guy is a coward, I'm scared to death!"

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