Chapter 6 Yamato

In Xiaohuang Village, the sun sets in the west and smoke curls up from the cooking pots, giving it an idyllic scenery.

Xu Yang carried the basket on his back and returned to the village based on his memory.

"this……"

"Qingshan?"

"Is he that boy from Mr. Li's house?"

"You've been missing for so many days and you're still alive?"

"What a lucky fate..."

"It's exciting now!"

As soon as we entered the village, we saw many surprised and strange looks.

A tall, honest-looking young man came quickly: "Qingshan, where have you been?"

Xu Yang glanced at the other party and made an excuse at random: "I lost my way in the mountains and finally got out. What's wrong?"

"Also, do you know that Qinghe Hongyu is going crazy with anxiety, and..."

I don't know what he remembered, but the young man's expression changed again, and he grabbed Xu Yang's hand: "Go home quickly and have a look. A large group of people are having a feast at your house. I heard that your house will be divided. Those acres of land..."

"Um!"

Xu Yang's eyes narrowed, and then he took action, leaving the young man behind and running towards home.

There is a saying that goes well: Poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people. The people in the countryside and mountains are not actually the simple and kind people imagined by those romantic poets. They are more vicious, ugly and cruel calculations forced by hard life and poverty.

It's like eating to death!

The so-called "eating out the household" means that in a family, after the man who is the head of the family dies, various relatives and friends come to his home to arrange the funeral arrangements, and then divide or sell the land, house, acres and property left behind. They eat on a flowing table for ten days and a half until all the family's savings are gone.

As for the wives, sons and daughters of this family, women in ancient times were not considered human beings. If they did not have a reliable husband's family or an old enough son, they would have to be at the mercy of others. Not to mention the family's savings, it would be difficult even for themselves. It is common to keep someone and be sold and remarried.

Only some lucky widows can establish themselves in the village with their shrewdness and clan care, but the prerequisite is that they have children. If you have no children and no clan care, then no matter how shrewd you are, you will not be able to withstand those Ruffians, cannibalism.

Xu Yang's parents died young and he didn't have time to marry and have children. He only has a pair of young siblings at home. How can he stop those sinister people, tigers, leopards and wolves?

so……

Xu Yang hurried to his home and saw a dilapidated courtyard in the distance, with the sound of gongs and drums and it was very lively.

Xu Yang's expression remained unchanged, and he strode forward to the door of his house. He saw several tables of banquets had been set up in the courtyard, and a large group of people were changing glasses, eating and drinking to their heart's content.

Most of them were men, but there were also many women, with their children and daughters in tow, sitting in the yard, grabbing bowls and grabbing food with their hands and feet.

Among the crowd, there were two other children, a boy and a girl, two and a half years old. They were huddled at the door of the back room, looking helplessly at the people eating and drinking in the courtyard.

Xu Yang saw them, and they also saw Xu Yang, and tears suddenly filled their red and swollen eyes.

"elder brother!"

"You're back!"

The two of them ran to the door in surprise, and the slightly younger girl threw herself directly into Xu Yang's arms and burst into tears: "Brother, he, they put the rice at home, the vegetables in the field, and those The meat was all taken away, but I didn’t give it to them, and they beat me..."

The little girl threw herself into Xu Yang's arms, crying aggrievedly about her experience. The slightly taller boy stood aside, with red eyes and gritted teeth, trying not to cry loudly.

Such a scene made the atmosphere in the courtyard instantly stagnant. The people gathered around the wine table looked at the three Xu Yang brothers, their expressions changed from shock to weirdness, weirdness turned into embarrassment, and they felt ashamed for a moment.

"that……"

"Qingshan, are you back?"

"Where have you been for so many days?"

"Everyone thought something happened to you."

Several people wanted to defend themselves, but as soon as they met Xu Yang's cold eyes, their words were stuck in their throats. They couldn't sit down or stand up. They were extremely embarrassed for a while.

At this moment...

"Yo!"

"Isn't this Qingshan?"

At this moment, a loud laugh rang out, and everyone turned around and saw a bare-chested, hairy man holding a wine bowl on the largest table in the center. He laughed and said, "Why haven't we seen each other in so many days? I thought you were dead, but now I’ve come to your house to help with the funeral arrangements.”

"elder brother!"

Seeing this, before Xu Yang could say anything, the little boy next to him grabbed him and said in a low voice: "He, he took our field deed!"

Xu Yang glanced at him, then turned his gaze back to the big man.

This man's name was Li Laojiu, and he was their brother and sister's uncle in terms of seniority. He was a well-known idler in Xiaohuang Village. He was lazy and lazy all day long, cheated and cheated, and never did anything serious.

Facing Xu Yang's cold gaze, Li Laojiu didn't care at all. He threw a piece of meaty bone on the ground. A black dog immediately stood up at his feet, grabbed the bone and started to chew it vigorously.

In this way, Li Laojiu sneered: "Qingshan, although we are relatives, brothers also have to settle accounts clearly. You guys have come to your house to help you so much, and I pay for all the expenses here and outside." Damn it, now that you are back, should we calculate it carefully and make it clear?"

"this……"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They were shocked by Li Laojiu's shameless domineering attitude, but also felt inexplicably relieved and relieved their embarrassment.

As Li Laojiu said, how could the Xu Yang brothers and sisters afford the dining tables inside and outside this place? It was Li Laojiu who came forward and advanced the money so that the big guys could eat at such a few tables.

But who is he, Li Laojiu, how could he be so kind? The reason why he paid for the banquet was just to take over the few acres of thin farmland in Xu Yang's family, which was equivalent to giving a share of money to silence other people's mouths.

Now that Xu Yang is back alive, the matter of seizing the land will definitely not work out, but Li Laojiu has paid for it and laid out the wine, so he naturally refuses to waste his money, so he has to settle the score with Xu Yang.

Clearly a scoundrel!

But he is such a rogue idler.

With this person taking the lead, everyone was less embarrassed and looked at Xu Yang to see how he would solve the problem.

Are you admitting that you are unlucky and spending money to deal with this Li Laojiu?

Or should I make a big fuss and go to the ancestral hall to be judged by the clan leader?

Facing the gazes of everyone, Xu Yang was speechless. He directly took out a short ax for chopping firewood from his backpack and strode towards Li Laojiu.

"elder brother!"

"this……"

Seeing Xu Yang taking out the ax directly, everyone's expressions changed and they hurriedly stood up and retreated.

Li Laojiu's face also twitched, but he quickly suppressed it and said with a sneer: "Hey, I haven't seen you for a few days. I'm so brave. I dare to fight with my elders. I, Li Laojiu, am scared. What's happened to me after all these years? I’ve never seen it before, if you have the ability to chop it here..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Yang walking over with a cold face. His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt something was not good.

"Woo!!!"

Seeing the stranger approaching, the black dog at his feet also bared its teeth at Xu Yang, ready to pounce.

But Xu Yang didn't stop. Not only did he not stop, he also accelerated violently and rushed directly in front of Li Laojiu.

"Roar!"

Upon seeing this, the black dog immediately pounced and bit Xu Yang.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yang moved faster, grabbed the short ax with both hands and struck in front of his face...

"puff!!!"

There was a muffled sound and blood splattered everywhere. The black dog was hit in the face by Xu Yang's axe, and fell to the ground, wailing miserably, twisting and twitching.

Xu Yang ignored it and rushed forward, slashing and smashing at the black dog on the ground. After a while, the vicious dog disappeared.

At this time, Li Laojiu came back to his senses. He looked at the bloody dead dog on the ground, and then at the bloody Xu Yang who was holding a hatchet. A chill rushed from his tailbone to the back of his head, and his legs swayed involuntarily. :"you……"

"boom!!!"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud sound. Xu Yang stepped forward and kicked him hard in the crotch.

"!!!"

Li Laojiu was kicked so unexpectedly that his vitals were severely injured, his legs were brought together in pain, tears were streaming down his face, and he couldn't scream in pain.

So, Xu Yang didn't give up. Instead, he kicked him out and knocked him to the ground. He picked up the short ax with both hands, turned the back of the ax and struck again, hitting his shoulder blade cartilage hard.

"Crack!"

There was a crisp sound, a howl rose, and the scene was instantly chaotic.

"Qingshan, what are you doing!"

"Killing, killing!"

"Quick, go find the clan leader!"

"Hold him, hold him quickly!"

Everyone was panicking and screaming.

Xu Yang still ignored it, turned the back of the ax, and pressed the broad and rough blade against Li Laojiu's neck: "Where's the Tianqi!"

Li Laojiu suffered critical injuries to his lower body, and his shoulder blade bones were smashed. He was almost losing his mind in pain, but the ax blade pressed against his neck and Xu Yang's cold words still jolted him to wake up, and he shouted repeatedly: "In my pocket, in my pocket, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

Xu Yang then stood up, turned to his younger siblings and said, "Bring his clothes here."

"oh!"

The two people who were equally frightened suddenly woke up. The younger brother Li Qinghe ran quickly, took Li Laojiu's clothes and handed them to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang took the clothes, took out his family's land deed and a small bunch of copper coins from the bag, put them away without politeness, then turned to everyone and said, "It's okay to come to the banquet, but do you also have to pay the share money?" First hand?"

"this……"

After hearing this, everyone who was so frightened came to their senses and looked at each other in shock and confusion.

Finally, a few old men came forward bravely: "Qingshan, this matter..."

"boom!"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Yang struck the table with an axe: "Hand it over or not!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Several old guys froze in place, speechless as they looked at Xu Yang, who was covered in blood and filled with evil spirits.

Since ancient times, the imperial power has not been in the countryside. The villages and wild areas are all governed by self-governance. Clan, landlords, powerful and aristocratic families are the local emperors.

Therefore, the control is extremely loose, and it is common for villagers to fight with each other. The word is ruthless, who is strong and who is fierce, and whoever is ruthless is strong.

Is Xu Yang ruthless enough?

It is enough.

Over the decades on Dongting Lake, he had sent away dozens of street hustlers like the Zhang family and his son. Murder was a common occurrence for him.

Therefore, he is not only cruel enough, but also fast and accurate!

Now that Zhuang Zhou Mengdie has no worries about his life and death, he is nothing more than a piece of meat on a hob. Except for the local emperors in the high gate compound, there is no one in this village that he dare not mess with or fight against.

"Share the money, of course, it should, it should!"

The old ghosts stammered for a while, then tremblingly took out a few copper coins, put them on the table, and looked at Xu Yang again.

Xu Yang also turned his attention to others.

When he glanced at him, everyone's hair stood on end, and they could only pick up their pockets with trembling hands.

After searching like this for a while, most of the people paid their dues and left the place as if they were running away.

There were only a few women who couldn't afford the money, so they could only look at Xu Yang with grimaces and pleading eyes: "Qingshan, we..."

"roll!"

Collecting money was not the original intention, but establishing prestige was the purpose, so Xu Yang did not mess around with these bastards for too long, drove them all out, and then looked down at Li Laojiu, who was shivering on the ground.

"Qingshan, no, Brother Qingshan, Grandpa Qingshan, I was wrong, don't, don't kill me..."

Feeling Xu Yang's gaze, Li Laojiu ignored the severe pain and begged for mercy.

Xu Yang held the hatchet and looked at him coldly for a while, then said: "Get out!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

As if he had received an amnesty, Li Laojiu struggled to his feet and ran out as if fleeing.

Xu Yang was behind and watched coldly.

He knew that this bastard would never give up.

But there is no way. The imperial power does not go to the countryside, which does not mean that people can kill people at will. There are rules and order under the rule of powerful clans. Fighting is okay on weekdays, but the nature of killing people is different.

Therefore, he could only let Li Laojiu go.

"elder brother!"

After Li Laojiu left, the lively courtyard became completely deserted. The younger brother Li Qinghe looked at the bloody Xu Yang with some fear and some excitement. The younger sister Li Hongyu didn't think so much and collected the copper coins on the surrounding tables with a smile on her face. He came to Xu Yang happily: "A lot of money!"

Xu Yang wiped the blood from his face and said to the two of them, "Go get a basin of water."

"oh oh!"

After a while, Xu Yang, who had cleaned up, sat at the wine table, while Li Qinghe and Li Hongyu brought all the food and wine from several tables over.

Although it was said to be food and wine, it was actually very shabby. Several tables were piled together and there were not many meat dishes to be found. The rice was also made from brown rice.

Xu Yang didn't care, he held a large bowl, picked up his chopsticks and said to Li Qinghe and Li Hongyu who were already drooling: "Eat!"

"oh oh!"

The two little guys who had been suffering from hunger had never seen such a battle. With Xu Yang's permission, they immediately picked up the dishes.

Xu Yang didn't correct their eating habits, because his eating habits weren't much better. He took the big bowl and started eating haise.

As the only support for the main body at present, the effect of eating skills goes without saying, especially for a body that has become more nutritious in the long run. Eating a lot can quickly fill the deficit and strengthen the body.

With this, Xu Yang's body's appetite increased surprisingly, and most of the food and wine on the table went into his stomach, which shocked Li Qinghe and Li Hongyu, who were also bloated.

"Brother, you..."

"Why did you eat so much?"

The two of them looked at Xu Yang worriedly, feeling that this brother seemed a little strange, even a little scary.

Xu Yang glanced at the two of them and didn't explain, but just asked: "Do you believe me?"

"this……"

Children of poor people have long been in charge, and the two of them are mature beyond their years. Now when they hear Xu Yang say this, they are a little worried: "Brother, what's wrong?"

Xu Yang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Li Laojiu will not let it go after suffering such a big loss. I heard that he still has some relationship with the Li family. We can't bear revenge."

"What should we do?"

When the two of them heard this, they also panicked.

Xu Yang took out the previous field deed and said to the two of them: "If you believe in me, this big brother, then follow me."