"I…"
The woman immediately shrank back and kept quiet.
Her man was important to her, but her life was even more important. It wasn't as if she didn't hear what he had said just now—he didn't care if she and her children were dead or alive.
She had two children. She couldn't go back.
Just like that, An Jiuyue made a few rounds around the village. She first rescued the elderly and the children and sent them to the foot of the mountain, making several trips back and forth. She instructed them to make their way up the mountain by themselves and wait.
Before the sky turned dark, she rescued all the villagers she found and brought them to the mountain.
Although many were saved, there were also many complaints. Most of them were men who were upset that An Jiuyue rescued the women and young first. They felt that she should have saved the men first.
After all, they were strong laborers. The strength of a man was comparable to three women.
An Jiuyue was completely unbothered by these complaints. She was most concerned with how her two precious children had been doing this whole day. I have to rush home immediately.
"Hey, An Jiuyue! Why are you leaving? Come back!"
Someone noticed her leaving and was instantly unhappy. He began chasing after her, but his clothes were too wet and caused him to fall to his face after running for a bit, mud smeared all over his mouth.
"Let me help you up, Brother Dog."
A man, who often hung out with him, saw that he fell and rushed over to help him up.
"Who do you think you are? Did you think you're so great because you rescued us? Don't expect us to be grateful to you! If you hadn't saved us first, we wouldn't have to stay in the water for so long! A widow like you sure is cheap!"
The man referred to as 'Brother Dog' cursed An Jiuyue repeatedly as he got up with the help of the other man.
He spoke of An Jiuyue as if she was an unpardonable sinner for not saving him first. His words resonated with many of the men who had stood in the water in fear the entire day.
If An Jiuyue had saved us earlier, would we have to be so mad?
However, before anyone could say anything, 'Brother Dog' was slapped hard in the face by someone. He was stunned and almost pounced on the person in anger.
"Which bastard… uh, uhm… Chief…"
He was about to curse when he found himself face to face with the Chief, whose expression had darkened and was glaring at him with anger in his eyes. His hands remained ready to strike him anytime.
He was just an ordinary villager and dared not go against the Chief. He did not want to be chased out of the village, after all.
"Why don't you continue cursing!"
The Chief glared at him coldly and took a step towards him.
"I… I…"
The Chief was addressing him directly and he dared not talk back. He took a step back weakly.
He could do whatever he wanted in the village but he had to behave himself in front of the Chief. The Chief could remove him from the pedigree of the clan.
"Jiuyue has been incredibly kind to build a raft and rescue all of you. What else do you want? Will you only be satisfied and happy if you allow your parents, sons, and daughters to submerge in the water and be swept away by the currents?"
The Chief raised his hand and pointed at those who were complaining. He was furious.
To be honest, when the Chief was lying on the roof of his house, watching the water levels rise continuously, he felt incredibly hopeless.
He was so grateful when he saw An Jiuyue and was secretly excited to be finally rescued.
However, when he noticed how all the people in An Jiuyue's raft were the old, the women, and the young, he thought that it was important to rescue them first. The children were the future of the village.
Meanwhile, the women and the elderly did not know how to swim, so they had to be saved first.
"All of you talked about how you are the pillar of your family, with many family members relying on you for food. But in the end, all of you want to be the first to escape when there is danger. Many of you are sons, fathers, and husbands. How can you act like this?"
He was infuriated. None of these grown men could compare to a young woman like An Jiuyue. He was so speechless that he could only chastise them.
"You b*stards still have the cheek to complain about Jiuyue? Jiuyue left her two children behind and came to save you! That's already good enough! What else do you want?
"Did you all think that you're so important to Jiuyue that she is obliged to save you? What are you going to do about it if Jiuyue didn't come to save you and you're swept away by the flood instead?"
That's right. The treehouse that An Jiuyue lived in was far from the village. If she had not been paying attention to the situation in the village, she would not have been able to come down in time to rescue them.
The only reason why An Jiuyue noticed the flood in time and rescued them was because she genuinely cared for them.
"Husband, how can you say such things? It's only right for An Jiuyue to come and save all of us! The people in our village have been taking care of her all these years.
"She would be an ingrate if she didn't save us! Look at how you're speaking of her so highly. You'll let it get to her head!"
Aunt Kang was clearly unhappy to see her husband praise An Jiuyue highly.
She immediately exclaimed sourly, putting An Jiuyue down with her words. I'm not going to let that young widow have it easy. Otherwise, that lass might even demand to stay inside our village.
An Jiuyue, that little b*tch, has the face of a vixen. If she moves into our village, she will taint countless men, especially my second son.
She's living on the mountain now, yet he's already awfully charmed by her. I'm not going to let her leave the mountain and live in our village!
"Shut up!"
The Chief did not spare his wife either.
"Can you explain why I heard that Jiuyue came to our house to look for me yesterday? Hm?"
He was not aware of this at first. He found out from the village's Junior Officer when they were on the raft together just now. He had sighed over the fact that they had been unable to transport all the village's grain into the cave in the mountain.
"I…"
Aunt Kang's face paled when she heard the Chief's words.
"Why would you hear that? No, there's no such thing."
There was no way she was going to admit it. She denied it but guilt was written all over her face. She was determined to keep this from him. Unfortunately, she was unaware that the more desperate one wanted to hide something, the more likely it would be exposed.
"Chief, I know about this."
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