The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension-Chapter 968 - 944: A Visit

They set out on the road once more.

One hundred people, with about fifty left in the village.

They were prepared to travel light.

Even though they used more salt this time, they had wagons with them.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's three wagons, plus three from the villagers of the Li Family Village, could easily carry four to five thousand pounds without any problem.

Of course, if they carried a bit more, it wouldn't be an issue, but then the strong men would have to push the carts directly.

These strong men were very confident, having formed a group of over fifty people against more than two hundred bandits with just 18 of their own alongside 38 others.

Could it really be that now, with a hundred people, they wouldn't be able to defeat the bandits? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

They knew the bandits around the area best; even the largest bandit nest only had about three to four hundred people.

Three to four hundred people weren't enough to scare them.

Besides, Mr. Jiang had told them to travel quietly this time, not to give any outsiders information, lest anyone target their families.

With the Lin family's village as a precedent, now who wasn't keeping a low profile?

The day before departure, people from their village came.

Lin Dawang was carried in.

A group of strong men from the Lin family's village came in droves.

Many still bore their wounds.

The sight of these dozens of people at the village entrance was really quite concerning.

What did the people from the Lin family's village intend to do?

Could they really be looking for trouble?

Li Tieniu received the news and immediately led the village's strong men out.

Lin Dawang and his group couldn't enter the village.

The village gates were still closed.

Lin Dawang stood there with support; it had been seven or eight days, and his wounds were mostly healed.

When he opened his eyes and woke up, he was told by villagers that Li Tieniu and Mr. Jiang had led ten or more people from the Li Family Village to rescue them, including himself.

If Mr. Jiang hadn't used special medical techniques to treat him, he would probably have already met King Yan.

The moment he regained consciousness, he regretted it.

He remembered what Mr. Jiang said when he instructed them: not to tell others where they were from, to travel quietly, to use disguises, and take alternative routes.

Who knew he completely misunderstood Mr. Jiang's good intentions, thinking Mr. Jiang and Li Tieniu wanted to manipulate the Lin family's village.

That they couldn't find a way to do business with the others, and so, they were willing to do the hard labor, only to now understand that Mr. Jiang was truly a good man.

Thinking ahead, planning everything clearly, including considering a retreat.

Now standing in front of the high walls of the Li Family Village, seeing the tall walls and the sturdy gate, they couldn't get in at all; the people on the wall had already sounded the alarm, and all the strong men in the village had gathered on the wall.

With various weapons in hand, at the slightest move, these people would act.

Moreover, the Li Family Village clearly had far more people than before.

Back when he heard the Li Family Village was building a wall, he thought the Li family people were restless with a bit of Silver, questioning why they didn't use it to build houses for everyone, why they didn't eat or drink well?

Why build this shabby wall?

A wall that couldn't be eaten, couldn't be drunk, and couldn't protect the villagers from the wind and rain.

Spending Silver here, that was what wasn't worthwhile.

Now he immediately understood, the wall obviously had its advantages.

Even if bandits came, they couldn't get in for a while; once the strong men got on the wall, nothing needed to be said about what would happen afterward.

The bandits couldn't do anything against them.

If their village had such a wall, how could those bandits have stormed in at midnight?

Reflecting on what he had done, he truly felt ashamed and deeply embarrassed.

Li Tieniu climbed up the wall and saw it was Lin Dawang.

"Village Chief Lin, what are you doing here with so many people?"

Lin Dawang heard Li Tieniu no longer called him Brother Lin, but directly addressed him as Village Chief Lin.

The words were distant, knowing Li Tieniu had long been angry with him.

Back then, after learning their method of making snowflake salt, he led the villagers in betraying Li Tieniu, and now he came here with people, no wonder Li Tieniu would be wary of him; he might indeed think these people had ill intentions.

"Brother Tieniu, back then I was worse than a pig or dog, doing something worse than an animal, betraying the Li Family Village, betraying Mr. Jiang, and also betraying your trust. Yet you still saved us without holding grudges.

If it weren't for you and Mr. Jiang, who knows how many of us might have died; today I bring these people specifically to thank Brother Tieniu and Mr. Jiang, and to thank the brothers from the Li Family Village for saving us."

As he spoke, three more wagons approached, filled with various items.

There were home-grown eggs, grain, vegetables, and fruits — everything from their village, but after being plundered by bandits, this was all they could gather.

The Silver was long gone, much grain was taken, and what was brought was the little each family had hidden in their cellars.

Always welcome a good gesture.

Li Tieniu quickly led his people down the wall, opened the gates, and welcomed Lin Dawang and his group in.

People were there to show their gratitude, after all.

The two groups didn't have a deep-seated hatred, not a matter of life and death, they were all ordinary folks, everyone had a hard life.

Although Lin Dawang acted dishonorably, there was no need to harbor enmity.

Lin Dawang sat in the main room with the Lin family's village elders, facing Mr. Jiang at the head, and endured his wounds to kneel and kowtow to Mr. Jiang, to show his gratitude for saving his life.

Li Tieniu helped him up.

"Mr. Jiang, my mind was clouded with pig fat, doing something worse than an animal. Whatever punishment you have, I'll take it myself; I'll redeem my crime with my life. The villagers of the Lin family were led astray by my instigation.

All this misfortune came from me stealing from you, not following your advice, and bringing disaster upon myself and the villagers. Mr. Jiang, your lifesaving grace, we will never forget, just ask you to trust us once more, we promise from now on we'll be of one heart with Mr. Jiang, Brother Tieniu, and the villagers of the Li Family Village."

These days Lin Dawang had been discussing with the village elders; after this calamity, the village was greatly weakened, each household suffered severe losses, homes were burned, the previously built houses mostly destroyed, and after being robbed, the village now was worse than ever before.

If they didn't join forces with the Li Family Village to continue trading salt clandestinely, their days would be too hard; countless lives were lost in the village this time.

There were thirty to forty wounded, not to mention more than ten lives lost in the village this time.

Lin Dawang deeply regretted, had he known it would end like this, he would never have disobeyed Mr. Jiang's words.