Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 502 - 476: The Mysterious Li Family (1)

Chapter 0476 The Mysteriously Skilled Li Family

Li Xing’an slapped his thigh, "As a member of the family, it’s not right if he doesn’t help out."

Li Xingsheng glanced at him indifferently, "Ha, who was the one always keeping an eye on Mu Yuanxiu before, saying he was a thief? Now he’s considered family?"

Li Xing’an glared, "Er, didn’t you treat him as a thief?"

Li Xingsheng sneered coldly, "I stopped thinking of him as a thief long ago."

"Ha, can the matter of considering him a thief before be wiped clean?" Li Xing’an smirked coldly.

"Alright, stop fighting, let’s talk business." Li Xingmao reprimanded the two younger brothers.

"What are you discussing as business?" Outside, Mu Yuanxiu’s voice suddenly chimed in.

Li Xing’an and Li Xingsheng exchanged a glance, then shut their mouths together.

Li Xingmao walked to the door and smiled, "Yuanxiu is here?"

Mu Yuanxiu walked into the room, "I’ve settled into my place, nothing much these days, just came to ask the brothers if there’s anything I can help with?"

Li Xing’an warmly ushered him inside, "Yes, yes, yes, there happens to be something you can help with recently."

Li Xingsheng moved a chair and helped Mu Yuanxiu sit down, "Yuanxiu, here’s the matter."

Li Xing’an jumped in to explain, "The Lou Family has come from afar, and our family wants to arrange a lively event for them. We brothers discussed having a martial arts competition with the Lou Family. But we’re short on hands, the Lou Family has the Lou brothers, plus four guards, two aides, and our family only has the three of us, Li Lixing, Qin Hu, and the Liu brothers, no one else. If you join, we’ll be even in numbers with them - eight against eight."

"Just show your best skills." Li Xingsheng patted Mu Yuanxiu’s shoulder.

"When’s the competition?" Mu Yuanxiu agreed readily.

"Tomorrow. The day after, we need to prepare a feast; the day after that is the wedding day, so we won’t be free." Li Xing’an said.

Mu Yuanxiu replied, "Alright, I’ll go prepare a bit."

After sending Mu Yuanxiu off, Li Xing’an went to find Mr. Lou and mentioned the idea of competing with the Lou Family.

Mr. Lou readily agreed, "Tomorrow morning? No problem."

After Li Xing’an left, Lady Lou emerged from behind the screen, chuckling, "The Li Family is full of scholars, yet he wants to compete with our family?"

Aside from Prince Luling, who is short and stout, the other Li Family men are all skinny and weak-looking.

It’s uncertain if they can withstand two punches from the Lou Family guards.

Lady Lou couldn’t help but laugh more as she spoke.

"Anyway, it’s all in good fun, just a game, no need to take it seriously." Mr. Lou indeed didn’t take it seriously.

Lady Lou disagreed, calling her maid and instructing her to find the guards and Lou Chengye who came with them, telling them to rest well tonight and be prepared for the martial competition with the Li family in the morning.

Lou Chengye stayed in the house next to the two Li brothers.

The six guards and aides from the Lou Family, along with Qin Hu and the four guards from the county government, stayed in the room Qin Hu used every visit.

This house was larger, Li Xingmao set up beds inside, making it spacious even for the eleven people sleeping there.

The maid stood outside the house, called out the guards, and quietly conveyed Lady Lou’s instructions.

The guards were secretly surprised, a competition? With the Li Family?

Can the Li Family even hit them?

They were elite experts selected by the Prefecture Government Office.

"Got it, we’ll compete seriously tomorrow morning." The guards replied.

The Li Family isn’t their match, why prepare?

Just sleep well.

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Early the next morning, despite the cold weather and the frost covering the wild grass outside the Li Family’s house like little snow, the weather was nice, and the sun was already up.

As the sun came out, the fog gradually dispersed, and the frost quickly melted away.

Knowing the Li Family was having a wedding soon, children from the nearby two villages came early to watch the excitement.

Some kids already started playing on the small road in front of the Li Family’s house.

Liu Er and his two sons carried some sweet potatoes and charcoal from their home, gifting them to the Li Family to roast sweet potatoes by the fire.

Uncle Gui happily ushered them inside.

Learning about the upcoming competition excited Li Lixing the most, and when Uncle Gui opened the main gate of the house, he ran over to the school yard to check the venue.

The kids from the village watching the excitement immediately followed him to see as well.

Li Lixing beckoned the children, "In a bit, when the Li Family competes with the Lou Family, remember to cheer for the Li Family!"

These kids, some were students from the school, and for those whose families were well-off, they didn’t need to work, so they sneaked out to play.