Chapter 15

Now that the two men couldn’t get up, Taohua didn’t hesitate and swung the carrying pole to strike them.

It wasn’t until they were scared that Taohua stopped and turned towards the back mountain.

She was thinking to herself that she had to run fast, hoping to find Qin Big Brother as soon as possible.

But when she looked up, Qin Feng appeared in front of her, holding an axe.

Seeing the man suddenly appear, Taohua was stunned. She felt like today was a day where everything she wished for came true—everything she thought about seemed to happen!

Qin Feng saw that Taohua looked both flustered and surprised, immediately frowning. “What happened?”

“We were robbed!” As soon as Taohua saw her husband, she threw the carrying pole aside and dove into his strong, broad arms.

Qin Feng was still holding the axe in his hand, and for a moment, he didn’t know whether to hold her or not.

However, Taohua didn’t stay in Qin Feng’s arms for long. She quickly grabbed his other hand and started walking towards the front yard while saying:

“It’s the two brothers from the Wang family. They came banging on the door, and I was too scared to answer. Then they kicked the door down. Qin Big Brother, the new door we just put up has been broken by them.”

The two brothers from the Wang family?

Qin Feng immediately furrowed his brows. “Was it the taller one and the shorter one?”

“Yes, those two.”

Now Qin Feng had a clear idea.

He had seen them earlier when he was returning from setting traps in the mountains.

At the time, he had assumed the two brothers were just going up the mountain and hadn’t thought much of it.

He didn’t expect that they had been waiting for him to leave before they came looking for trouble.

How daring they were!

Qin Feng tightened his grip on Taohua’s hand, slightly turning his head to instruct her, “You stay in the house for now. I’ll take care of them.”

Taohua responded softly.

But when Qin Feng reached the front yard…

There was no need for him to do anything.

The Wang brothers were already lying on the ground, unable to get up.

Qin Feng then remembered the carrying pole Taohua had been holding earlier and couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

“Did you do this?”

Taohua’s large, black-and-white eyes were filled with innocence. She nodded and softly said:

“Yes, but I don’t know what happened. It seemed like they purposely bumped into my carrying pole, and then they fell by themselves. Actually, I was really scared at that time too.”

Lying on the ground, unable to get up, Wang Da and Wang Er were thinking: “… Damn, it should have been them, the brothers, who were scared to death at that moment.”

With her husband standing in front of her, Taohua didn’t want to return to the house. She also wanted to know why the Wang brothers had come looking for trouble and had even broken the bamboo door her husband had just put up the day before.

“Tell me, what were you two doing at my house while I wasn’t around?” Qin Feng questioned as he threw the axe from his hand.

The axe landed precisely between the space between Wang Da and Wang Er’s heads.

If Qin Feng had been just half an inch off, one of them would have immediately met the King of Hell.

The two brothers, scared out of their wits, dared not even breathe. After confirming that their heads were still intact, Wang Er finally said with a mournful face:

“It’s my big brother. He told me to come find Chen Taohua to settle the score.”

“Settle what score?”

“Just a few days ago, a group of women were washing clothes by the river. At the time, my mother and Chen Taohua were both there, and then…”

“Eh? Did you just call her by her name?” Qin Feng’s brows furrowed, a dark aura spreading across his face. “Is it your place to call my wife by her name?”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Wang Er hurriedly slapped his own face. “I mean, that day, my mother and your wife were both there washing clothes. Then, this group of women started arguing. Later, your wife threw my mother’s washing basin into the water. It was winter, so my mother had to take off her shoes and socks, roll up her pants, and go into the river to fetch the basin. My mother is old, and the river was cold. After she went in, she caught a cold and has been burning with fever ever since. Look, this trouble was caused by your wife. We brothers had no choice but to come find your wife to settle this!”

“You’re talking nonsense!” Taohua finally understood what was going on.

At that time, she had argued with Wang Pozi, but it was Xiao Lan who had kicked Wang Pozi’s basin, not her.

As for whether Wang Pozi had gotten sick later after returning home, she hadn’t seen it herself, so she couldn’t be sure.

The brothers were just afraid to confront Xiao Lan because she was the village chief’s granddaughter. So, they decided to come to her family instead.

However, Xiao Lan had been helping out of loyalty, and her kicking the basin was to help relieve some frustration for Wang Pozi. Taohua wouldn’t drag Xiao Lan into this mess.

She then questioned Wang Er, “Aren’t you from Baiyun Village? Don’t you know that the water in the river where we wash our clothes is warm? It flows from the mountains, and the elders say that there’s a hot spring up there, and the warm water comes from there. We all know how warm it is to wash clothes there in winter. Everyone is fine, so why did your mother get sick? If she really caught a cold, it could have happened anywhere, but definitely not in that river!”

“Also, if your mother was really sick that day, why didn’t you come to me right away? Why wait four days to come here? Don’t tell me she caught a cold elsewhere, didn’t want to pay for medical treatment, and is trying to blackmail my family?”