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Chapter 23 Chaos

Xiaoli and Xiaoju, the two girls who rushed over, were completely terrified when they heard Wang Guifen's scream.

"Quick, quick, get help!" shouted an elderly villager, then turned to Xiaoli and Xiaoju urgently, "Girls, don't just stand there! One of you go to the team leader, Shi Qiang, for help, and the other of you hurry to the barefoot doctor and ask him to come and save the person! Go now!"

The two little girls were startled awake by the shout. They looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.

Xiaoli was older, and she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet.

"I'm going to find a barefoot doctor!"

Xiaoju also realized what was happening and turned to rush towards Captain Shi Qiang's house.

The two little girls had barely run a short distance out of the yard when another unexpected event occurred.

When Zhang Jianguo saw his father, who was being held by the villagers, lying on the ground, blood streaming down his forehead and staining the white towel red, his eyes instantly turned red.

He turned his head and stared intently at his third uncle, Zhang Dequan, who was still holding the blood-stained carrying pole. He roared, grabbed the shovel from the ground, and pounced on him.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhang Dequan was still in shock and fear from accidentally killing his older brother, and his reaction was a beat slow.

Zhang Jianguo was young and strong, and he attacked in anger. His shovel came crashing down with a whoosh, and Zhang Dequan hurriedly raised his carrying pole to block it.

With a loud "bang," his hand went numb, and he staggered backward.

"Jianguo! Listen to me..."

"Speak to your mother!" Zhang Jianguo ignored him and swung his shovel again.

"Stop!" Several villagers rushed forward and grabbed the enraged Zhang Jianguo. "Jianguo! You can't fight anymore! What if someone gets killed!"

The courtyard was thrown into chaos, with people trying to break up the fight, shouting, cursing, and crying all mixed together.

On the other side, Zhang Xiaoli ran desperately to the barefoot doctor's house.

She was filled with fear and panic, her mind filled with images of her uncle lying motionless on the ground, his face covered in blood, and the blood-stained carrying pole.

She dared not think about it too much, only remembering the old woman's scream of "Murder!" and tears blurred her vision.

After finally reaching the barefoot doctor's house, they found several people gathered at the door.

Her mother, Lan Xiuying, was holding her younger sister, Cuicui, while a barefoot doctor was giving Cuicui a quick rinse of the wound on the back of her head.

The stinging sensation from the alcohol cleaning made Cui Cui cry even harder.

"Waaaaah...it hurts..."

"Mom! Mom!" the little girl cried as she rushed over. "Something terrible has happened! Dad... Dad, Dad killed someone!"

Lan Xiuying was focused on comforting her daughter when she heard these words, and her face turned pale instantly.

"What did you say?" Her voice trembled, and for a moment she felt as if the sky had fallen. The thought of "a life for a life" rose from the bottom of her heart, and her legs went weak, causing her to slump off the stool and fall to the ground.

The barefoot doctor who was disinfecting Cui Cui was also dumbfounded, not even noticing that he had finished pouring out a bottle of alcohol.

"Mom! Mom... Uncle is bleeding a lot! Uncle Zhao and the others told me to call Dr. Liu to come and take a look..."

As if struck by lightning, Lan Xiuying looked at her youngest child in her arms, then at her eldest child whose face was filled with terror, and felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.

The barefoot doctor Liu Tianshui, seeing that Lan Xiuying was completely panicked and then looking at Cuicui's wound, immediately made a judgment.

"Xiuying, Cuicui's wound is too deep. I can only disinfect it and bandage it to stop the bleeding. It would be best to take her to the county hospital for stitches."

Dr. Liu quickly found some gauze and made a simple bandage on the back of Cuicui's head.

Lan Xiuying struggled to her feet, her body trembling.

"Okay...okay..." She grabbed the barefoot doctor's arm urgently. "Dr. Liu! Please, quick! Come with me to see! My husband...my husband might have done something terrible!"

Dr. Liu, being a doctor, had seen far too many situations. He figured that since the team had sent the girl to find him, the person had probably just fainted.

"Okay, give me a few minutes."

After bandaging the wound, Dr. Liu quickly packed up his medicine kit.

"Let's go, lead the way!"

Lan Xiuying picked up Cuicui and staggered ahead, leading the way as they ran wildly toward Zhang Dezhong's house.

Xiaoju, her voice trembling with tears, ran to Captain Shi Qiang's house and stammered out a rough account of what had happened.

"Captain Shi... I... my dad beat up my uncle... he bled a lot..." Xiaoju stamped her feet anxiously, her words incoherent. "Uncle Zhao... Uncle Zhao told me to come and get you, to quickly find someone to help... my... my sister went to find Doctor Liu..."

A few days ago, his wife Chen Lirong went to Zhang Dequan's house to demand an explanation, but was instead publicly humiliated by Zhang Beichuan, who had just returned, causing him to lose face in front of the villagers.

I was just thinking about how to turn the tables these past few days when the opportunity presented itself.

Shi Qiang quickly calculated in his mind that since the villagers had sent someone to find a doctor, it meant that Zhang Dezhong was definitely still breathing.

Zhang Dezhong is Zhang Dequan's older brother. The brothers' fight resulted in injuries, which can be described as a family dispute at best, and intentional assault at worst.

But no matter what, Zhang Dequan did hit someone, and that's leverage against him.

Moreover, the brothers Zhang Dequan and Zhang Dezhong were already at odds. If Zhang Dezhong's injuries were minor, he could easily have secretly instigated Wang Guifen and her husband to bankrupt Zhang Dequan!

When the time comes, let's see how arrogant Zhang Dequan's family will act, with their few dilapidated thatched huts, their meager farmland, and that arrogant Zhang Beichuan who just returned from the provincial capital!

If Zhang Dezhong is seriously injured, Zhang Dequan will have to go to jail!

As for helping? Of course I'll help.

As the team leader, he has to put on a good show, but how to help and to what extent requires careful consideration.

"Xiaoju, don't worry, I'll arrange it right away!"

Shi Qiang put down the bowl in his hand and quickly went to call some familiar villagers surnamed Shi to go to the brigade headquarters to invite the Party Secretary Shi Tiezhu over, and also to bring the brigade's tractor over.

At this moment, Zhang Beichuan, carrying several bottles of Jiannanchun liquor and humming a tune, had just entered Shihe Village when he saw Lan Xiuying holding Cuicui, whose head was wrapped in gauze, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with Cuicui?"

Lan Xiuying, who was only focused on running to Zhang Dezhong's house, was in a state of confusion and did not notice Zhang Beichuan at first. She only stopped when she was called to.

As if she had found her pillar of support, she quickly told Zhang Beichuan what had happened at home.

"Xiao Chuan... Xiao Chuan, I'm begging you, please save your third brother! You must find a way to save him!"

"Sister-in-law, don't panic! Don't panic..." Zhang Beichuan's voice trembled slightly as he also dealt with this kind of situation for the first time. "I'm here, it's alright, it's alright..."

He glanced at the blood seeping from the gauze on Cui Cui's head and suppressed the tension in his heart.

"Sister-in-law, listen to me, hurry to the brigade headquarters and find a car! Go now!"

According to Lan Xiuying's description, Zhang Dequan acted impulsively because Cuicui was injured after being pushed by Zhang Jianjun and Shi Lei, which was not without reason.

But if Zhang Dezhong is seriously injured or even killed, then it will be a huge problem—intentional injury or even murder is enough to destroy a family.

Now, he must do everything in his power to control the situation and prevent it from escalating further; everything else can wait until later!

"Okay...okay, I'll go right now!"

After making the arrangements, Zhang Beichuan, along with the barefoot doctor Liu, turned around and ran towards Zhang Dezhong's house!