When it comes to fighting, Mr. Xu is an expert.
In a group fight, whether before or during the fight, if you want to gain the upper hand quickly, you must be ruthless.
And once a ruthless attack is made, it is impossible not to kill someone.
But under such circumstances, Mr. Xu had no reason to kill him.
When there is a drought and we are fighting for water, everyone is trying to survive.
But in order to fight for water, they put their lives on the line, but they put the cart before the horse.
A fight twenty years ago caused pain to both villages that can never be erased or forgotten.
"Brother Xu!"
Guan Laoqi looked at Mr. Xu with pleading eyes.
Mr. Xu looked at Guan Laoqi, who was looking at him with pleading eyes. He sighed quietly, reached out and pressed his shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Old Qi, I know you feel uncomfortable."
"But if I make a move today, several people on the other side will die. Have you ever thought about it?"
"They are all fathers, husbands, and sons."
"If anyone dies, the family will not be complete!"
"Also, if the people on the other side go crazy and I can't stop everyone by myself, and a melee breaks out between the two sides, how many people will die, have you ever thought about it?"
There may still be marriage relationships between villagers in the countryside and between villages.
"I feel bad!"
Thinking that his father ended up lame and died of depression because of the fight with Xicun, Guan Laoqi couldn't calm down.
"Brother, what are you waiting for?"
"The time has come to avenge our father!"
Guan Laojiu suddenly jumped out, raised his arms and shouted, "It belongs to men, follow me!"
"Everyone, stop!"
Seeing the crowd being mobilized by Guan Laojiu, Mr. Xu roared like thunder and shouted to stop the crowd that was about to charge upward.
The next moment, Mr. Xu stepped forward and walked out of the crowd alone, facing only the villagers of Shangxi Village and several other villages.
"Who is the talker? Come out and have a chat!"
In this situation, both sides will suffer losses.
As for retreating, the people of Lingshui Village and Yinghe Village will definitely not be willing to do so.
So, there is only one way left, and that is to talk.
Mr. Xu still has some credibility when he comes forward.
After all, Mr. Xu is a seventh-grade Xiaoyilang bestowed by the emperor. Although he has no real power, the seventh-grade rank is the same as that of the county magistrate.
"Brother Xu!"
A man walked out of the crowd opposite. He was about the same age as Mr. Xu. He had bronze skin and a strong body. He looked like he was a good fighter.
"It is you!"
Mr. Xu looked at the man who stood up and really didn't know what to say.
Lin Zhenshan.
The friendship with Mr. Xu can be regarded as a stranger, and the reason is still because of the prey in the mountains. But compared with Niu Dali, Lin Zhenshan obviously has more thoughtfulness.
"Brother Xu, it's not that my younger brother doesn't give you face, it's just that we, the people of Shangxi Village, also want to survive."
"It's getting hotter and hotter today, and it hasn't rained yet. There has been a lot less game in the mountains since the beginning of spring."
"Without water, people like us in the village will not be able to survive."
As the village leader of Shangxi Village, Lin Zhenshan must also consider the villagers. What's more, several villages upstream of them also found him and were willing to guard the cutoff of Taohua River with their Shangxi Village.
"Yes, we cut off the Taohua River and you all survived. Then who will solve the water problem of the villages below the Taohua River?"
"Do all the people in the downstream villages deserve to die?"
"Come on, answer me!"
"I… "
Lin Zhenshan was stunned for a moment, unable to answer this question.
Human nature is selfish.
He really wanted to say that he couldn't control whether the people in the downstream villages deserved death.
But Lin Zhenshan knew that he couldn't say this.
He knew that Mr. Xu had dealt with him before.
He had seen Mr. Xu's methods with his own eyes and admired them in his heart. Similarly, he was also very afraid that Mr. Xu would get angry, because he might really die.
"And you!"
Mr. Xu raised his hand and pointed at the villagers standing behind Lin Zhenshan opposite.
"Do you think it's none of your business whether the people in the village below die or not?"
"right!"
"That's right!"
"Whether the people in the village below die or not is none of your business!"
"But think about it carefully. You can cut off the Peach Blossom River in order to survive. Then, what can those of us living in the villages below do in order to survive?"
"You have parents, wives and children, and so do the people below!"
"If it doesn't rain, this is a natural disaster!"
"During natural disasters, we should have worked together to tide over the difficulties, but you blocked the Peach Blossom River!"
"We want to live!"
Mr. Xu stretched his hand behind him and said, "Here, there are only people from Lingshui Village and Yinghe Village."
"In Jingkou Village, Caishi Village, Shiqiao Village, Baniu Village below... Just because they don't come now, doesn't mean they won't come later!"
"Twenty years ago, it was our Linshui Village who fought with your Shangxi Village!"
"How many people died and how many people were injured in that scene, think about it for yourself in Shangxi Village!"
Mr. Xu paused for a moment, looking at the crowd opposite who had begun to whisper, and felt a little relieved.
"It's useless to talk too much about the truth. The key is that it's going to rain!"
"But now, if it doesn't rain, what will we do?"
As soon as Mr. Xu said these words, someone from the opposite side immediately started talking.
"Yes, what will we do if it doesn't rain? We can't survive, what can we do?"
"What to do?"
Mr. Xu snorted, "Of course it's digging a well!"
"There is water underground!"
"Peach Blossom River has been flowing for so many years. How much water has seeped into the ground? Let's dig a well!"
Mr. Xu had an idea and thought of a solution.
“Although it’s a little late to dig a well now, it’s never too late to save lives!”
"If you want to cut off this Peach Blossom River, then cut it off!"
"We in Lingshui Village are not going to cooperate!"
"We're going to attack the villages downstream. Let's see how many lives you are willing to fill in!"
"And you, Lin Zhenshan, the matter of cutting off the Peach Blossom River has reached the ears of the county magistrate. How can you, the leaders, please?"
After Mr. Xu finished speaking, he stopped talking and turned around to greet the young and old men in Lingshui Village.
"Let's go back and dig the well!"
"The sooner we dig out water, the sooner we can live a better life!"
"Yes, yes, dig a well, dig a well!"
Xu Laoer immediately shouted in the crowd, he was always impressed by his father's behavior of verbally quarreling with the crowd just now.
Well, there's a fly in the ointment, the group of people on the opposite side, forget it, let's just call them the heroes!
"go back!"
Guan Laoqi also thought a lot when Mr. Xu came forward to negotiate with the other party.
As Mr. Xu said, if a fight breaks out, how many families will cry
Forget it, God is watching what people do. If you do something that is unscrupulous, God will take care of it sooner or later. (End of chapter)