Chapter 52: How the Weak Survive
When they were almost at the Liu family's old house, they encountered the two brothers Liu Bo and Liu Fei who were fighting with horse thieves. They rushed forward, swung the back of their swords, and hit them with great force. The three horse bandits who were trying to steal things were forced to retreat several steps.
The bags of grain that were being pulled by both sides fell to the ground. Qin Yao kicked them aside, raised his knife and quickly killed the three horse bandits.
Each cut was made to the neck, and because the cotton clothes on the body would provide resistance, the cut would not necessarily be fatal.
The exposed neck is the most convenient place to stab.
Qin Yao dealt with the horse bandits and looked back to see Liu Bo and Liu Fei staring at her in amazement. They forgot to take action and shouted,
"Take the food and go home!"
The two of them responded with an "oh" in a daze, then went to pick up the grain bags and entered the yard under Qin Yao's escort.
The gate to the courtyard had been broken down, and Old Man Liu and Liu Zhong were holding the bed board against the door frame.
The women hid in the house holding their children. They were so frightened that tears unconsciously flowed down their faces. Jinbao and Jinhua covered their mouths, huddled in their mothers' arms, trembling, and dared not make a sound.
When Qin Yao appeared with weapons, Liu Bo and Liu Fei, the whole family was excited as if they had seen a savior.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here? How are the children at home? Are you all okay?" Mrs. Qiu asked anxiously, worriedly.
Qin Yao shook her head. "We are fine. We live far away and there is a new wall."
Qin Yao looked around. The yard was in a mess. The New Year's Eve dinner that had just been set out in the main room had fallen to the ground. The few hens that were kept in cages were gone, leaving only broken cages.
Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound. Some of them had minor skin injuries, but nothing serious.
There were many people at home, so the bandits came in and just robbed things without fighting.
The main reason was that Old Man Liu had experienced this before and had some experience, so he just protected his own family and did not stop the knife-wielding bandits from taking things.
As for why Liu Bo and Liu Fei chased him out the door, it was because the young men were hot-tempered and refused to listen to advice, and almost angered Old Man Liu to death.
But now the food has been taken back, and the two bags of coarse grains are the only two bags of food left.
"Has everything else been stolen?" Qin Yao asked with a frown.
Zhang nodded solemnly, and even her new outer clothes were taken away.
It sounded even scarier in the next room, with women and children screaming for a long time.
Qin Yao looked at Old Man Liu and the others who were blocking the bed. "The village chief and the clan leader have rung the bell for the assembly. Leave two men at home to protect the women and children. The rest of you should take the weapons you can use and follow me."
"If we let the bandits go like this, they will come back again next time!"
"It will get worse!"
Qin Yao's next words frightened everyone in the room.
Liu Bo and Liu Fei immediately stepped forward and decided to go with Qin Yao.
He was anxious and whispered, "We can't beat them. Now that the whole family is fine, why don't we hide at home and wait for them to leave on their own? Why do we have to fight the bandits?"
What she said made sense, and Old Man Liu agreed in his heart, but he still looked at Qin Yao, wanting to hear what she had to say.
Qin Yao said: "We are the weaker party. If we endure it now, the stronger party will think it is easy to bully us. Then they will definitely come after us next time when there is a shortage of food. Because the people of Liujia Village have too much food and don't know how to resist, they just take whatever they want."
"But if we resist this time, even if we still can't get our things back, it will let the bandits know that Liujia Village is a tough nut to crack. If they touch it, they will grit their teeth. Then before the next robbery, they will seriously consider avoiding our village and choose a weaker one instead of continuing to come after us!"
It's just such a simple truth.
The truth of how a weak person survives in the face of a strong force!
He stopped talking. She felt despair at the thought of the next disaster like this.
Seeing that no one had any objection, Qin Yao nodded to Liu Zhong and Old Man Liu, and the two of them opened a crack in the bed to let the three people out.
There was still a hatchet and an axe left at home. Liu Bo and Liu Fei took them, followed Qin Yao nervously, and trotted all the way to Liu Dafu's house.
There were suddenly fewer bandits on the road, but at the doorsteps of the farmers they passed by, there was a tragic scene.
When someone saw the three of them, Liu Fei said that they were summoned to kill the horse bandits.
A dangerous thing, once someone takes the lead, will inspire courage in people's hearts.
Afterwards, more people followed them spontaneously with farm tools in their hands. When they arrived near Liu Dafu's house, Qin Yao and the other two were already followed by more than 20 young people from the village.
The horse bandits were gathering at the doorstep of Liu Dafu's house, carrying out food in a steady stream. All the manpower was concentrated here, which made it seem that there were fewer horse bandits on the road.
These horse bandits had no fear of resistance from the villagers and they openly transported goods on horseback in front of Liu Dafu's house.
When they suddenly saw Qin Yao and others appear, the tall thief leader with a fox fur hat on his head was stunned for a moment, very surprised.
Liu Dafu's wife and daughter were tied up and placed on the Eight Immortals Table in front of the altar. Surrounding them were the bodies of Liu Dafu's father and mother, and his three sons with broken legs.
Under the threat and coercion of the thieves, Liu Dafu took out all the money and grain hidden in his home, just to pray for the safety of his wife and daughter.
The moment Qin Yao and the bandit leader's eyes met, the sharp arrow in her hand shot out immediately!
This arrow was the signal to take action. The villagers around her immediately wielded their hoes, sickles, and axes and chopped at the bandits who were delivering food at the door.
The shouts and cries of killing instantly resounded throughout the village.
Qin Yao's arrow shot off the bandit leader's hat. He was angry and shocked. He didn't expect that a woman could be so powerful.
But she was just a woman after all. He sneered and quickly called on the bandits on horseback to kill Qin Yao.
Qin Yao sank his body, gathering strength on the spot, and then his body shot out like a cannonball, leaping high, and slashed at the bandit leader's head!
The thief leader raised his eyebrows, but still underestimated his enemy. He just raised his hand and swung his ape arm to knock Qin Yao down.
But he didn't expect that his arm was not facing more than 100 pounds, but a force of ten thousand pounds!
With a "crack" sound of bone fracture, Qin Yao stepped on his ape arm, used the force to jump in the air, and quickly did a roundhouse kick, and slammed his leather boots hard on the head of the thief.
She was extremely strong, and with this kick, she actually knocked a 170-180 kg man to the ground.
Qin Yao never held back when killing people, and he immediately chopped down with his knife.
Under the horrified gazes of the bandits and villagers in the yard, an arm flew down.
In an emergency, the bandit leader chose to sacrifice an arm to save his head.
"withdraw!!!"
The thief leader tried his best, roared, grabbed a villager nearby, pushed him towards Qin Yao, and stopped her.
Damn it!
There is such a terrifying woman in this small mountain village. If I had known, I would not have come here!
The severe pain from the broken arm aroused the thief's desire to survive. He ran out desperately and jumped on his horse to escape.
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(End of this chapter)