nycdaug Chapter 136 Removal
Chapter 136 Removal
Wu Qingfeng finished his bowl of meatballs, and Zhou Hai arrived in a flurry.
Upon entering, without even taking a sip of water, he said, "Chang'er, Li'er said you wanted to see me. Did the Lin family come to bother you again?"
Lin Chang'er smiled and shook her head, "No, Uncle, I have something else to discuss with you. Let's sit down in the main room and talk."
Xu Gun'er very sensibly took the bowl from Wu Qingfeng's hand, saying, "Go talk to Sister Chang'er, I'll wash it for you."
Wu Qingfeng was somewhat surprised, but he didn't stand on ceremony. He thanked them and went to the main room with Lin Chang'er and Zhou Hai.
The other children sat down to study by the Sha Tin River. When Lao Liang and his friends came earlier, they bought them several sets of primers. Although it wasn't enough for each child to have one, there were enough for two or three children to have one.
Upon entering the main room, Lin Chang'er poured Zhou Hai some water. After he drank about half a bowl, she spoke, "Uncle, the reason I called you here today is to ask you about the matter in the fishing village in the south. What are your thoughts on that?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Hai's face turned cold. After a moment, he cursed, "Those beasts, Chang girl, actually, Dahe only gave a rough outline during dinner. What those people did was far more vicious than you heard."
Clenching his fists tightly, he thought, "They steal money when they want money, they steal food when they want food, why do they have to take lives? And what will happen to those girls who were taken away?"
Dahe was the man who talked about the robbery of the fishing village in the Sihai Restaurant. Zhou Hai, being the village head, had a broader understanding than many others.
Hearing him say that, Lin Chang'er felt that there was hope. She said, "Uncle Hai, to be honest, ever since I heard Brother Dahe talk about that matter, I've been feeling very uneasy."
"It's not that I'm jinxing it, it's just that we're both in Ninghai Prefecture and on the coast, so I'm afraid..."
She only touched on the point briefly; there was no need to say more, Zhou Hai understood.
Zhou Hai was also worried. After looting one place, the wealth was always limited. Once those people had squandered it all, they would definitely go and loot the next place.
Although their village, Linshui, is poor, it still has some foundation.
But he was just a farmer after all, and he didn't know what he could do or how to protect his home.
He said with a bitter face, "Chang'er, I haven't had much schooling, so I really can't think of a solution. But you, your father has seen the world, and you know more than I do. Do you have any ideas?"
Lin Chang'er glanced at Wu Qingfeng. Wu Qingfeng knew she meant what she said, but he didn't expect her to be so decisive.
However, it's always good to have a sense of crisis.
He nodded to her, and Lin Chang'er said, "Uncle, I'm just a woman, how could I be as powerful as you say?"
"On this matter, I do have some thoughts. Ninghai Prefecture is only so big. It takes less than a day to travel from the south to our north by sea. Who knows when those damned devils will set their sights on us."
“We’ve lived here for generations, and we can’t leave our homes for something that hasn’t even happened yet. But if we’re already being watched, even if we wanted to, we wouldn’t have time to escape…”
Zhou Hai nodded in agreement, and then said, "Chang'er, if you have any ideas, just tell your uncle."
Seeing that the time was right, Lin Chang'er said, "Uncle, there are many strong men in our village, and many fast-running teenagers. I was thinking, why don't we build our own coastal defense team and take turns patrolling the coast? That way, if anything goes wrong, we can detect it immediately."
"Also, are there any spacious caves on the mountain? If so, let's plan a route up the mountain in advance and store some food nearby. If things really turn out badly, the younger ones can go first, while the women and elderly take the children up the mountain to take shelter."
"In this way, we will have no worries about the rear, and if we are defeated, we will have a way to retreat. Of course, these are the worst-case scenarios. If we can remain safe and sound, that would be the best outcome, and we can just consider it an unnecessary worry."
As Zhou Hai listened, he nodded repeatedly. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he said, "Chang'er, you bought grain today, is it because..."
"Shh..." Lin Chang'er made a shushing gesture. "Uncle, all of this is just our speculation for now, just to be on the safe side."
Zhou Hai nodded, recalling her advice when they were at the grain and oil shop, and inexplicably felt that stockpiling grain was necessary.
Lin Chang'er added, "As for finding a shelter on the mountain, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Let's do it quietly."
"The most important thing right now is the coastal defense force."
Zhou Hai agreed and immediately stood up, saying, "I will summon the clan elders to the ancestral hall to discuss this."
Lin Chang'er nodded and personally saw Zhou Hai out.
Right now, Aunt Zhou, Sister-in-law Xiaohua, and the Gu family are all studying with the children by the sandy field.
Lin Chang'er didn't say anything, and they all behaved themselves, with no one touching the map on the sandy field.
Aunt Zhou, seeing her husband come and go in such a hurry, was a little worried and asked Lin Chang'er, "Chang'er, has something happened?"
Since nothing was actually going to happen, Lin Chang'er naturally wouldn't make any promises, and simply said that nothing was wrong.
They taught them some new characters, still concerned about Zhou Hai. Just then, the grain and oil shop delivered some grain, so after unloading, they simply let them study on their own.
Wu Qingfeng shook his head, "Since you're so concerned, why don't you go and see for yourself?"
Lin Chang'er laughed again, "This isn't that easy." Actually, she knew it in her heart.
Wu Qingfeng said "Oh," and then asked, "What do you mean?"
Lin Chang'er said, "Not everyone understands the importance of being prepared for danger in times of peace. Besides, the knife hasn't been used yet! There might even be people who think Uncle Hai is worrying unnecessarily."
Wu Qingfeng lowered his eyes, "That's not how it works. Then why..."
In fact, she is fully capable of buying property in the town or even the city and settling the Gu family there.
As for seafood, her preservation method is unique, and she can find people to buy the goods.
There's no need to struggle in this rural area.
But then he glanced at the young and old alike, who were studying and occasionally exchanging a few words. How easy it is to live alone, but once you have ties to others…
As he thought this, a faint sense of melancholy settled over him.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Lin Chang'er said, "I just want to fight a few pirates..."
She spoke quite seriously; it was hard to tell she was joking.
Wu Qingfeng: "..." Her reaction to the pirates was a bit strange.
He couldn't understand it.
Wu Qingfeng said, "I understand."
He paused for a moment, then asked, "What if we can't get the coastal defense team's matter sorted out?"
Lin Chang'er said, "If it doesn't work..."
Before he could finish speaking, a commotion came from outside, "Chang'er..."
It was Zhou Hai's voice. He walked in through the courtyard gate, his face full of anger, cursing under his breath, "You worthless wretch! You've taken my kindness for granted. If you want to be the head of this place so badly, then go ahead and be the head..."