Chapter 695 - 695 Inquiring
695 Inquiring
When the team passed by the village, Su Dalang and Su Erlang came out to take a look. Madam Li, Madam Zhou, and the others also looked up. When they saw Su Xiaolu and Hu Changshou in the crowd, they were all silent.
Afraid of being noticed, they hurriedly retreated to the house and closed the door.
Madam Li said timidly, “Sanlang, Hu Changshou is out. If he finds out about Xiaozhi, will he find trouble with us?”
Madam Li was very worried. He might have a superpower after coming out of the foreign land. If Hu Changshou came to cause trouble, how could ordinary people like them withstand it?
Su Dalang was also silent. He was equally worried.
Su Erlang and Madam Zhou were silent. Their sons and daughters-in-law did not speak.
Madam Zhou whispered, “Why don’t we get Lei’s wife and Chao’s wife to go and take a look? If they didn’t stay at the village chief’s house, this matter should be fine. Xiaozhi has already returned to Xiaohu Village. It has nothing to do with us.”
Madam Zhou sighed. Why were even Su Xiaozhi’s sons so promising? She looked at her two sons. If only her sons were so promising.
Madam Zhou looked over, and Su Lei and Su Qing silently avoided her gaze. It wasn’t like they didn’t know how dangerous the foreign land was. Seriously, their mother actually wanted them to enter and take the risk. What if they died inside?
Besides, there were as many ordinary people as there were hairs on an ox in the world. So what if their family was ordinary too?
“Alright, let’s do that.”
Su Dalang and Su Erlang had no objections to Madam Zhou’s suggestion. One from each family, and no one had an advantage over the other.
Su Lei’s wife and Su Chao’s wife also agreed. They went out together.
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Su Xiaolu and the others had no intention of stopping.
However, when they passed by the village chief’s house, Old Master Wang was already waiting outside. He smiled kindly and nodded at everyone.
After seeing Su Xiaolu, Old Master Wang took two steps forward and said to Su Xiaolu, “Xiaolu, come here. I have something to ask you.”
A while ago, they could hear wolves howling at night. They had never felt at ease.
They watched as so many people went in and came out with more than half of them gone. It was obvious how dangerous it was inside.
Old Master Wang was also worried. The foundation of the ancestral houses were here, but what if the things inside came out?
Even with the protection of the government, accidents were inevitable. Ordinary people like them really lived in the cracks.
Su Xiaolu exchanged glances with Old Wu and Gui You before leaving the group.
“Village Chief, what’s the matter?”
Su Xiaolu smiled at Old Master Wang and asked.
Old Master Wang looked at Su Xiaolu’s energetic appearance and sighed endlessly in his heart. He remembered what he wanted to ask and did not delay. He asked directly, “Xiaolu, I just want to ask if those things inside will come out. A while ago, there was an earthquake inside and our village was also shaken. There were also many beast roars. It was very scary.”
Su Xiaolu looked at the elderly Old Master Wang and replied seriously, “Based on the current situation, those ferocious beasts won’t come out. After the earthquake, they all returned to the depths of the foreign land. Now that winter is coming, under normal circumstances, they won’t come out. However, I can’t say for sure after that.”
“I see.”
Old Master Wang was a little disappointed, but he didn’t know what answer he wanted.
Su Xiaolu nodded. “Yes, if the situation changes, the government will send troops.”
As ordinary people, it was normal for Old Master Wang to be anxious when the foreign land suddenly changed.
In this new world, everyone wanted to seek protection, but no one knew what changes would happen. She would not carry others on her back. It was already good enough that she could protect her family.
“Okay, thank you, Xiaolu.”
Old Master Wang sighed. He didn’t know if this change was a blessing or a curse for commoners like them.
He was old and had lived long enough. His death was not worth pitying. It was just that the younger generation was still young. What he was worried about was that the younger generation would not survive.
“Then I’ll go back first.”
Su Xiaolu smiled politely and left.
Old Master Wang looked at Su Xiaolu’s back and sighed again.
Every time he saw the Su family, he felt as if a lifetime had passed. He could not help but think that if the villagers had not been so cold back then, perhaps the Su family would have missed the village.
Unfortunately, he could not have known earlier.
Even if they had given him a few catties of food and some vegetables back then, it would not be difficult for him to talk to them today.
He wanted to seek the protection of the Su family and say that they were from the same village after all. However, he could not bring himself to say this. In the end, he only sighed.
Perhaps after that winter, Southern Mountain Village was no longer home for the Su family.
It had been 14 years since that winter.
Old Master Wang prepared to return to his room.
Su Chao’s wife and Su Lei’s wife came out of the dark. The two of them smiled and greeted Old Master Wang, “Hello, Grand Duke Wang.”
Old Master Wang glanced at the two of them and said calmly, “What do you need? Just say it.”
“Grand Duke, our sisters-in-law want to ask what our little niece asked you about just now. You also know what’s going on in our family. We juniors can’t make the decision. Sigh…”
Su Lei’s wife asked with a fawning smile, revealing their difficulties.
Old Master Wang had lived for decades and could understand everything. He didn’t argue with the two women and only said calmly, “Xiaolu didn’t ask anything. I was the one who was uneasy and asked her about something. As long as your two families don’t provoke them, they won’t have the time to deal with you.”
They were no longer on the same level. They couldn’t be bothered to take a second look.
As for what the women said about not being able to make the decision, Old Master Wang only smiled.
The two of them had different thoughts when they heard this.
Old Master Wang didn’t have the time to say anything else. He waved his hand. “Go back, go back.”
With that, he returned to the house.
When the two of them saw this, they turned around and went home to reply.
When they returned home, they told their parents-in-law everything.
Su Dalang and Su Erlang were much more at ease when they heard this. Su Dalang said, “Then let’s stay in the village for a while. We’ll go to town after she leaves. We can only hide if we can’t afford to offend her.”
Su Erlang nodded. “That’s it. We’ll avoid her.”
Madam Li and Madam Zhou were silent. Until today, they were very depressed. Their lives were coming to an end. Knowing that they would never be able to catch up to Madam Zhao, there would always be a thorn in their hearts.
However, there was only one good thing, and that was that their families were about the same. Thinking of this, they felt better.
Su Xiaolu and the others returned to the town directly. The gathered martial world people dispersed when they arrived at the town.
Hu Changshou did not enter the town. Instead, he returned to Xiaohu Village. After being away from home for a few months, his grandmother and brother must be very worried. It was good that he was home safely.