Chapter 165 - 159: Return Defeated
""Huzi, what on earth is going on? Come on, let’s walk and talk." Shitou had already stepped outside, walking with a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy who’d come running to deliver the message.
"Some old man and woman turned up out of nowhere. As soon as they entered our village, they started to wail and cry at the entrance, claiming to be Brother Aiguo’s uncle and aunt. More and more people gathered around, and Brother Aiguo was fetched too. When those two saw Brother Aiguo, they went up to him and their crying was just heartbreaking... they even accused him of being ungrateful..."
The boy known as Huzi spoke with righteous indignation, while Lu Yun glanced at the two figures walking away, hurriedly shut the door, and chased after them, catching just in time Shitou saying to Huzi, "You run and notify Uncle Lu Er as well, I’ll go and have a look."
"Alright." The boy was about to run off.
"Wait a moment." Lu Yun quickly called out to him, handed over a bag of pork jerky, and said, "Come over to play another day."
Hearing the call, Huzi instinctively stopped, and his eyes lit up at the sight of the full bag of pork jerky, involuntarily looking at Shitou.
"Take it. Bring those guys with you tomorrow afternoon, and let your sister-in-law cook something delicious for you." Shitou nodded.
"Sure thing." Huzi happily took the bag of pork jerky, flashed a bright smile at Lu Yun, then sprinted away.
"How many boys are there in total?" Lu Yun asked Shitou curiously as they made their way to the village entrance.
"Four." Shitou thought of those "eyes" and "ears" he and Lu Aiguo had intentionally recruited and couldn’t help but smile, "When they’re a bit older, they’ll be able to help us too."
"Still young, eh? Then let’s start by supporting a bunch of kids in the village to go to school. It’s only with education that they can be truly useful. Who can’t hire manual labor?"