After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 4 The Solution

At the critical moment, a man stood in front of Su Tai.

"A bunch of men beating up a woman, shameless! Who taught you that?" Shen Yi glared at Xiong Dao and the others with a stern face.

He was tall and had a cold and stern face. He exuded an imposing aura without being angry, which immediately intimidated Xiong Dao and his group.

Su Tai was furious. Relying on the fact that someone was standing up for her, she raised a wooden stick and started hitting the men who had hit Su Zhan, even though she didn't know who they were. "I'll beat you bunch of bastards to death! Let's see how you bully my brother!"

Shen Yi never expected Su Tai to be so fierce, and his expression began to falter.

"Aaaaaah, cousin, help me!" Xiong Dao and his companions were forced to scatter and dodge in all directions by Su Tai's wild blows, and in the chaos, they were also accidentally injured by other people in the melee.

In particular, Xiong Dao, who was desperately seeking help from Xiong Kai, was struck solidly on the back and immediately collapsed to the ground.

Su Zhan was startled, fearing that someone might die, and quickly pulled the crazed Su Tai back.

Shen Yi turned around and found that the siblings had disappeared. When he turned back, he saw that the township head, Su Changfu, was arriving with his men, so he quietly left.

"What's all this commotion!" Su Changfu shouted, and the fighters gradually stopped. Some were still unwilling to give up and shouted insults back, but no one dared to continue swinging their wooden sticks.

Uncle Xiong Kai only then noticed his son lying on the ground and screamed frantically, "Son! My son!"

Xiong Kai's expression changed, and he immediately rushed over to pick up Xiong Kai, glaring fiercely at the people around Xiong Dao, "Who did this?"

Everyone stepped back, looking at each other in bewilderment, and no one spoke.

Su Changfu jogged forward and angrily said, "Why aren't you taking him to the town clinic right now! Causing trouble and bringing a child along, do you have a death wish?"

The Xiong family's relatives were so humiliated by Su Changfu's scolding that they couldn't even lift their heads. Today, Xiong Dao and his children came mainly to take the opportunity to vent their anger on Xiong Kai's behalf. There were too many teenagers, which was indeed hard to explain.

Uncle Xiong Kai, with tears streaming down his face, urged Xiong Kai to quickly take Xiong Dao to see a doctor.

Xiong Kai hesitated, but seeing that his uncle was on the verge of collapse, he could only grit his teeth and lead his men away first.

With the Xiong family gone, Su Changfu finally turned his attention to Gao Zhi, the village chief of Ximen Village, his face full of displeasure. "They're causing trouble and you're not going to do anything about it? Or did you take the initiative to lead people to start trouble?"

Gao Zhi's face twitched a couple of times. He was furious inside, but he still had to put on a fawning smile. "Township Chief! This really has nothing to do with me! When I caught up with them, they were already locked in a fierce fight. I wanted to get them to stop, but I'm just a nobody, and nobody listened to me! Besides, this is Dongmen Village's territory. Su Changxi must have arrived before me. Why don't you ask him why he didn't stop them?"

"Hey! Didn't I stop you? You were the ones who started this unreasonable attack, you shameless old man!" Su Changxi cursed without any politeness.

The villagers of Ximen Village were furious, shouting all at once, "You were the ones who secretly stole water and caused our village to run dry! You have to give us an explanation!"

"Who saw it? Who saw it?" Su Changxi started acting like a rogue.

The group from Ximen Village were once again enraged and were itching to cause trouble.

Su Changfu glared at his troublesome younger brother and said in a deep voice, "Alright! Shut up, both of you. Things have come to this point, it's more practical to find a way to get water as soon as possible. Judging from the situation, regardless of whether Dongmen Village has been secretly stealing water, Xiaoshizi River will dry up completely in the next two days."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent, their stern expressions turning into worry. Many looked around and whispered among themselves, "We've searched every place we could find water; from now on, we'll probably have to walk all day to the Canglan River to fetch water."

Many people thought this way, but few agreed. The Canglan River was extremely far from them, and a round trip would take three days. They couldn't carry much water each time, and they might encounter other dangers along the way, so it wasn't a good solution.

Zhongmen Village Chief Zeng Kuan finally showed himself and said slowly, "If all else fails, we can go into the mountains and find a relatively humid place to dig a well. Maybe we can get some water."

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhi frowned in displeasure. "You make it sound so easy. Digging a well costs a lot of money! Who can afford that much these days? Besides, what if only one village finds water?"

Su Changxi's eyes widened, and he said matter-of-factly, "Naturally, it belongs to the village where it was unearthed."

Gao Zhi sneered, "That's not worth it! What if we spend money and effort but find nothing, and the villagers' water reserves run out? Wouldn't we be left with no way to survive? In my opinion, it's more practical to go to the Canglan River to fetch water and boil it."

Su Changxi pouted, "Go if you want, no one's stopping you."

Gao Zhiqi was speechless and let out a heavy snort.

Seeing that everyone had a plan, Su Changfu slowly spoke up, "Since that's the case, go about your business and stop causing trouble! Gao Zhi, the child who was just injured is from your village, right? If someone dies, you can forget about being the village chief."

Gao Zhi's expression changed, and he quickly abandoned everyone and rushed into the town.

The village chief had run away, and the villagers of Ximen Village also left one after another, muttering nasty curses.

With those troublemakers gone, everyone's expressions improved considerably.

Zeng Kuan looked at Su Changxi with concern, "Do you really agree with what I'm doing?"

Su Changxi sighed helplessly, looking gloomy. "What else can I do if I disagree? I can't say anything about that old bastard Gao Zhi, but now that it's just the two of our villages, I have nothing to hide. I've been measuring the Xiaoshizi River every day for the past few days, and the water level is dropping faster and faster. At this rate, our area will run dry today. That's why I had the villagers drain the remaining water overnight, to save as much as possible."

"I knew you were being sneaky!" Zeng Kuan was speechless, but he could understand Su Changxi's actions; he would have done the same if he were in Su Changxi's shoes.

Because they decided to dig a well, the two men got together to discuss the cheapest and most labor-saving method.

Su Tai had already been dragged home by Su Zhan and was hiding away.

"Big sister, are you alright?" Su Zhan asked, panting heavily, his eyes filled with worry as he looked at Su Tai.

Su Tai shook her head. "Don't worry, they didn't even touch a hair on my head. It was those bastards who got hit by my sticks several times. I've avenged you, big sister."

Su Zhan said helplessly, "Big sister, I don't need you to stand up for me. Just take good care of yourself. I don't know what the situation is over there, or if Xiong Dao has been killed. I have to sneak over to check. You stay at home and don't run around, okay?"

Su Tai nodded obediently, glanced at the sky outside, and guessed that once Su Zhan arrived, they would have calmed down and nothing would have gone wrong.

The most urgent task is to find a way to unlock the portal, otherwise the entire village will face a survival crisis.

With that thought in mind, she immediately took her wicker basket and went to the stream after Su Zhan left. Since the small stream stones didn't fetch a good price, she could only turn her attention to the large stream stones weighing dozens of kilograms, which might be more valuable.

(End of this chapter)