“Or what? Do you want to taste the feeling of my stick?” Zhang Zixuan squinted his eyes at Old Man Zhang and asked.

“You…”

“You don’t need to say anything else. If you don’t leave now, I won’t hesitate to go straight to the county office again.” Zhang Zixuan interrupted Old Man Zhang once more.

With people like this family, there was no need to be polite.

The more polite he was, the more they would take advantage of it.

Hearing Zhang Zixuan’s words, Old Man Zhang and Old Lady Liu trembled instinctively.

Thinking about what happened at the county office last time, even though it had been several days, they still felt lingering fear—especially Chen Sihxi.

Her husband was still in jail, and she had no idea whether he was alive or dead.

If she ended up in prison too, what would happen to her two children?

Thinking of this, Chen Sixi immediately scrambled over to Old Lady Liu and pleaded anxiously:

“Mother, let’s go back first! There are too many people here, and we won’t gain anything from this anyway.”

As soon as she said this, before Old Lady Liu could respond, Zhang Zirong and Fang Miaojun quickly nodded in agreement.

“That’s right, Mother, let’s go back for now!”

Originally, Old Lady Liu had already been considering retreating since they weren’t gaining any benefits today.

Hearing their words, she naturally went along with it.

However, since Old Man Zhang had come along today, she hesitated for a moment, unsure whether they should leave or stay.

Just as she was about to ask for his opinion, she saw him give her a cold, piercing glare.

Then, with a snort, he turned and strode toward the old house without another word.

Once their entire group had left, Zhang Zhiyong and the others finally had a chance to speak with Zhang Zixuan.

“Zixuan, in my opinion, you should always handle them like you just did. Otherwise, they’ll only keep coming back, demanding more from you.”

“That’s right! Last time, when you got injured, it caused such a big scene, yet they still aren’t afraid,” Old Li added in agreement.

Li Village was right next to Zhang Village.

Any small incident in one village would quickly spread to the other.

“Brother Zixuan, if you ask me, you should’ve split from them a long time ago!”

Hearing these words, Zhang Zixuan could only shake his head helplessly without saying much.

With so many people talking, rumors could spread in unexpected ways.

“But Old Li, I must say, you’re working like you’ve been injected with chicken blood! At this speed, the wall should be fully built in less than half a month,” Zhang Zhiyong said with a grin.

Whenever there was work to be done, Zhang Zixuan liked to hire Old Li.

The man was efficient, didn’t complain, and was willing to take on any task as long as there was payment.

Most importantly, he was hardworking.

“Well, didn’t Brother Zixuan say it himself? If you eat well, you’ll have the strength to work!” Old Li laughed.

In fact, it wasn’t just him—everyone else was the same.

The work efficiency today was not just slightly better—it was almost doubled.

Zhang Zixuan could only shake his head in amazement.

There was no doubt that when it came to motivating people, Jianxiu was truly talented.

Look at them—even though it was almost dark, they were still working as if they had endless energy.

When Jianxiu returned, the first thing she saw was everyone busy at work.

“Why haven’t you stopped yet? It’s already getting dark!” she asked as she walked up to Zhang Zixuan.

“I told them to stop two hours ago, but they insisted on finishing up just a little more. And once they started, they couldn’t stop,” Zhang Zixuan replied helplessly.

Hearing this, Jianxiu immediately understood.

“Have you cooked yet?”

“Not yet. Why? Are you hungry?”

“No, but since they’re still working, we might as well have dinner together before they go home.”

“That works. I’ll go cook, then,” Zhang Zixuan said with a smile.

After saying that, he naturally took the basket off Jianxiu’s back and carried it toward the courtyard.

Once Zhang Zixuan had gone inside, Jianxiu took advantage of the moonlight to walk around the seven-room compound.

She had to admit—the workers here were incredibly strong.

In just a single day, the wall had already been built this high.

It wasn’t much slower than the machines in the post-apocalyptic world.

“Jianxiu! Jianxiu!”

Just as she was about to go back inside, she heard someone calling her from nearby—it was Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao was Zhang Xuemei’s mother, so she was probably here to look for her daughter.

“Aunt Zhao, what’s the matter?”

Seeing Jianxiu approaching, Aunt Zhao glanced around nervously.

After making sure there was no one else around, she leaned in and told Jianxiu everything that had happened earlier in the day.

“You mean the people from the old house came here to cause trouble again today?” Jianxiu asked in disbelief after listening to the story.

She wasn’t surprised for no reason.

It hadn’t been long since their last incident, yet they were already at it again.

They really never changed.

She had originally thought that if they behaved themselves, she would let them be.

But she didn’t expect them to become even more shameless.

“That’s right! But they didn’t get anything out of it this time. I’m just worried that if they keep coming back to make trouble, they’ll ruin the peace we finally have,” Aunt Zhao said anxiously.

“Don’t worry, Aunt Zhao. Nothing will happen—I have a plan for this,” Jianxiu reassured her.

With that, she took Aunt Zhao’s hand and led her toward the courtyard.

When they arrived, Zhang Zixuan was still busy cooking.

“Aunt Zhao, sit for a while. Xuemei should be back soon.”

“Alright, I’ll just wait here a bit longer.”

In the kitchen, Jianxiu grabbed a two-pound piece of wild boar meat and held it in her hand.

Seeing this, Zhang Zixuan didn’t ask any questions—he could guess that it was meant for Aunt Zhao.

Sure enough, a moment later, sounds of polite refusal came from outside.

“You child, I didn’t help much at all!” Aunt Zhao hurriedly protested.

After seeing Jianxiu’s home earlier, she realized that their living conditions weren’t very good either.

The courtyard was practically empty.

Everything was old and worn out, and they only had the bare necessities.

So how could she accept this meat?

“Aunt Zhao, don’t worry. I have an entire wild boar! If we don’t eat it soon, it’ll go bad in a few days.”

Jianxiu spoke casually, not thinking much of it.

But as soon as she said this, Aunt Zhao’s expression changed completely.

“You child! How are you going to live like this? If you have extra wild boar meat, you should sell it! You don’t know how popular wild boar is at the county’s restaurants!”