In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 257 Panic

Most of Li Gang's men were seasoned veterans who had seen blood and were far more capable than the honest, simple villagers who only knew how to use hoes and sticks.

Li Gang even felt that those villagers might not have the courage to lay a hand on him!

Of course, under normal circumstances, Li Gang would not easily take action against these villages, because these villages are often extremely poor and cannot be squeezed out of them. They might even attract the attention of the government. Taking action against these villages would only be counterproductive.

But this Chenjia Village is different!

Li Gang, who had observed Wu Han's caravan for a long time, knew that Wu Han had transported large quantities of grain and supplies into Chenjia Village many times. In addition, every time Wu Han left the village, he would take out a large number of poultry such as chickens and ducks.

what does this mean?

This means that Chenjia Village not only has a large amount of grain, but also meat such as chickens and ducks...

These two things alone are enough to make Li Gang's heart flutter!

Not to mention, they can also snatch quite a few women from the village!

"Brothers, do you want to eat meat and sleep with women?" Li Gang suddenly shouted.

"miss you!"

The crowd responded loudly, their emotions running high. Some of the men even had bloodshot eyes, looking like hungry wolves, as if they wanted to devour the village in front of them!

"If you're so determined, then grip your weapons and follow me into battle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Gang took the lead, gripping his knife and charging into Chenjia Village. His men also gripped their weapons tightly and surged into Chenjia Village like a tidal wave.

…………

…………

"Thieves are coming!"

Inside Chenjia Village, as Chen Shi's loud shout rang out, the villagers who were working were all startled. Whether they were women or young men, they gripped their tools tightly and hurried toward the direction from which Chen Shi had run.

"what happened!"

Chen He, who reacted the fastest, quickly went to meet Chen Mu and asked nervously.

"village head."

Chen Shi, panting heavily, rushed over and said, "Thieves are here! There are over a hundred thieves outside the village, all armed!"

"what?"

Chen He was startled, and the villagers also looked frightened.

With over a hundred thieves, each armed with weapons, this was not something Chenjia Village alone could handle!

Chen He forced himself to calm down and asked, "Are you sure there are really that many thieves?"

"I absolutely cannot be mistaken!"

Chen Shi said, "That gang of thieves, even if there weren't 150, there were at least 100. They were all fierce and menacing, very frightening."

Upon hearing this, the villagers were immediately filled with fear.

"What do we do? There are so many thieves, should we run away?"

"How can there be so many thieves? What are the government officials doing?"

"What...what should we do?!"

"..."

The villagers were completely bewildered, and some were even considering running away to the mountains to hide.

"grandfather."

Su Qiaoxi grabbed Su Shihua's arm and said nervously, "Thieves have entered the village!"

"do not be afraid!"

Su Shihua frowned, vaguely recalling the incident of refugees entering Taiping County last time. Whether they were thieves or refugees, their nature was similar. If they were allowed to rush into the villages, I'm afraid...

The scene of every household in the county wearing white mourning clothes will be repeated once again.

"What happened?"

Just as everyone was at a loss, Chen Dao came out of his house and asked.

"Brother Dao is here!"

For some reason, the villagers felt relieved upon seeing Chen Dao.

In their eyes, Chen Dao was not an omnipotent god, but he was almost one. Whenever Chen Dao appeared, they had a pillar of support and were no longer afraid.

"Brother Dao, thieves are attacking!"

Chen Shi hurriedly replied.

In fact, at this point, he didn't need to answer.

Because Chen Dao had already heard the shouts of battle coming from the direction of the village entrance.

"Brother Chen Dao."

Wu Han gestured for Zhang Ming and the others to move the donkey cart aside, then walked over to Chen Dao and said with some guilt, "I'm sorry! The thief must have followed me."

By this time, Wu Han had realized what was happening. His caravan had just arrived at Chenjia Village when bandits attacked. Clearly, these bandits had followed them.

"nothing!"

Chen Dao waved his hand and said, "Everyone just stay put, I'll handle the thieves!"

After saying that, Chen Dao whistled, and immediately a dozen or so large chickens came running out of Chen Dao's house, clucking.

Then, Chen Dao gave Chen Cheng a look and then led Chen Cheng and the chickens toward the village entrance.

"This...is it really appropriate to let Daoge'er and Chengge'er face the thieves on their own? Should we go and help them?"

"It's too dangerous for Daoge to go alone!"

"No, we can't leave Daoge alone. We'll all go help!"

"..."

Although Chen Dao told everyone to stay where they were, how could anyone stand it?

Upon seeing Chen Dao's intention to face the thieves alone, the villagers suppressed their fear and, armed with their weapons, prepared to help him.

Fortunately, at that moment, village chief Chen He stopped them: "Stop right there!"

After sternly stopping everyone, Chen He said, "If Brother Dao tells you to stay, then stay. Don't cause any trouble for Brother Dao!"

Chen He knew that the villagers were just worried and wanted to help because they were concerned about Chen Dao's safety. However, Chen He knew that Chen Dao didn't need their help, and that they would only cause trouble for Chen Dao if they went there. Therefore, he had to stop them.

"But... it's too dangerous for Daoge to go alone!"

"We can't let Daoge'er face the thieves alone, Village Chief!"

"Yes! Dao-ge'er is so good to us, how can we let him go and fight the bandits by himself?"

"..."

Although the villagers stopped, their faces were still full of worry. Not many people knew that Chen Dao was a seventh-rank martial artist, so they were naturally concerned about his safety.

Not to mention the villagers, even Su Qiaoxi, who knew Chen Dao's strength as a seventh-grade martial artist, couldn't help but tug at Su Shihua's sleeve, her pretty face full of worry: "Grandpa, can Young Master Chen handle this alone?"

"Do not worry!"

Su Shihua gently stroked Su Qiaoxi's soft hair and said, "Young friend Chen is a seventh-rank martial artist. No matter how many thieves there are, they can't hurt him. Besides, young friend Chen has Cheng-ge'er and those... huge chickens by his side!"

While others were preoccupied with their concerns, Su Shihua noticed the chickens following Chen Dao. These chickens were all about half a person's height and enormous in size, clearly indicating that they were extraordinary!

Having lived most of his life and seen a great deal, Su Shihua guessed that those chickens were probably a different species, like the kitten Chen Dao often carried on his shoulder. Their fighting power must have been extremely strong, otherwise...

Chen Dao wouldn't bring them along on purpose.