AWB Chapter 321 Please
Chapter 321 Please
Having arranged everything, Chen Wenfang turned to go back; she needed some peace and quiet!
"Madam!"
Chen Wenfang's skirt was pulled down, and Tian Qi knelt on the ground, his dark little face covered in tears and snot. "Please, let us learn martial arts too! I want revenge! I want revenge for my parents!" He watched the others practice every day and wanted to go too, but his father wouldn't allow it. He said they were working for the employer, and the employer was good and paid them wages. They couldn't let this interfere with their work in the fields, so none of them went.
Tian Ba and Tian Jiu also knelt down. Tian Qi was already twelve years old. Older children are always more precocious. The three children cried until their faces were covered in tears.
Chen Wenfang squatted down, took out a handkerchief, and tenderly wiped away their tears, comforting them, "Alright, alright, you can go whenever you want in the future. We are sorry for not protecting your parents. We are so sorry."
Tian Qi, however, said with a sense of responsibility, "Madam, this is not your fault. My parents worked for you, and we only agreed that we would be given food. You paid them wages, gave us a house to live in, and provided us with clothes. You treated us very well. It was just that my parents were unlucky. You can't blame us."
“Good child, we also bear responsibility. Your parents were affected because of us. Don’t worry, just grow up here in peace. I will take good care of you and help you get married and have children.” Chen Wenfang was very sad. She really hadn’t protected her family. Where would she find their parents in the future? Sigh! Chen Wenfang felt very guilty.
Zhang Liang's wife, who was standing to the side, seemed to suddenly realize what was happening. She looked at her husband and knelt down before Chen Wenfang, pleading, "Madam, thank you for bringing us in. Our mother gave us a message a few days ago telling us to go back. We want to leave at dawn. We won't reveal a single word about what happened here. Please, Madam, let us leave!"
"You!" Aunt Hu exclaimed angrily, "You are utterly ungrateful! Back then, you were in such a state, yet we took you in, fed you, and even paid you wages. What employer could be so kind! You, you, you are truly ungrateful!"
“We are just ordinary people. We have no martial arts skills and we can’t beat those people. We just want to live a normal life. We are really scared. Please, Madam, let us in.” Zhang Liang also knelt down and begged.
Everyone was a little angry when they heard this, but it's probably only natural that they didn't have any feelings for Zhuangzi.
"You!" Aunt Hu wanted to say something more...
"Aunt Hu, stop talking!" Chen Wenfang sighed. "What you said is not wrong. Everyone has their own choices. It is understandable that you are afraid. Sister Nie, pay them their wages later. As for the clothes they wore, just give them to them."
"Okay! Let's go!" Sister-in-law Nie led the group away.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Lan, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, stopped her parents, knelt down and explained, "Father! Mother! No, please, we don't want to leave. It's not good outside either. I don't want to freeze and starve."
"Silly child, at least you won't lose your life that way. Let's go!" Zhang's wife dragged them away.
No one said anything. They cleaned up the mess and watched the family leave the village at dawn. Brother Nie also moved all the children to a place closer to the main house so they could live with Da Xiong and the others. It seemed that they would not be safe in the future, so living close by would be better for them to look after each other.
Li Huanqiu led Uncle Hu up the back mountain and searched for a long time. Deep in the mountain, they found traces of the assassins' past life. He went back and told Brother Nie that they planned to dig traps in the back mountain and also check the walls of the manor to see if they could install some mechanisms to prevent people from climbing over the walls.
Exhausted, Chen Wenfang returned to the village and sat in the courtyard staring blankly at the burned-out house. Sister-in-law Nie cooked breakfast for her, but she had no appetite.
The group didn't react much. After breakfast, they packed up their things. Li Huanqiu went to report to the authorities and also informed Wang Erniu that a sign had been hung at the entrance of the manor saying it would be closed for three days. The children were all frightened, except for Chen Xuanyu and his three companions. They were criticized by the two Taoist priests for being too murderous and were taken away for a long talk.
The other children were more or less frightened, so a doctor was called over to examine them one by one. Those who were injured were bandaged up and allowed to rest and recover. Tian Shi was lucky; after the doctor came, prescribed medicine, and re-bandaged him, he was fine except for a slight fever, which was a good thing.
When Aunt Liu and her family arrived, they were stunned to see the assassins covered in white sheets on the ground. Ye Peining, having also been through a lot of fighting, didn't care and simply lifted the white sheets to take a look.
"My goodness! Professional assassins... Sister-in-law, who did you offend to go to such lengths to kill you!" Ye Peining examined the hands of several assassins, confirming them repeatedly. "Oh dear, what a pity, it's not easy to train these people. Who was so skilled that they killed them all?"
Aunt Liu was also surprised when she saw it, and then she felt sorry for Chen Wenfang and went straight to the kitchen.
Uncle Liu sighed silently, said nothing, and went to find Brother Nie to help with the work.
Stone wasn't afraid. When he heard that Big Bear was injured, he went to see him himself.
Chen Wenfang rarely saw Ye Peining so excited, so she roused herself and replied, "A crazy woman, probably has a serious illness, trying to crush me, an ant..."
"You've had a tough time!" Ye Peining patted her shoulder to comfort her.
Chahua and her group also arrived. Sister-in-law Nie told them to go back and rest, but Chahua didn't go and instead helped clean the floor.
The girl and the other girls stared dumbfounded at the courtyard. Aunt Hu, afraid they would be frightened, rushed them all to the workshop.
Aunt Liu brought out a bowl of noodles with an egg and braised meat on top. "Fang'er, at least eat some, or your body won't be able to handle it."
"I don't want to eat!" Chen Wenfang said softly.
"Good child!" Aunt Liu didn't say anything, put down her bowl, and hugged her head. Chen Wenfang silently rested her head on Aunt Liu's waist. Aunt Hu watched from afar, feeling a pang of sadness. She felt that the girl was her own daughter, but there was nothing she could do! Sigh!
Finally, Chen Wenfang's house was almost cleaned up. Brother Nie came out and asked, "Can we go in and take a look? See if anything is burned!"
"Okay!" Chen Wenfang knew what he meant. She went into the room, and everything inside was burned. The cotton quilt on the kang, the cabinets, dressing table, tables and chairs, etc., were all turned into charcoal, but they had been mostly moved away.
Chen Wenfang lifted her foot, walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), tapped on the earthen wall below the kang, pulled out four bricks, revealing a hole inside, and took out an intact iron box. Apart from the burned house, there was actually no other damage.
Brother Nie watched from the side and breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Wenfang took the box and sat down on the recliner in the yard, rocking back and forth, seemingly lost in thought. No one dared to disturb her.