Two Possibilities

After the bearded man finished dividing his subordinate into teams, Xiao Houzi took ten men and brought the women back to their fort. After Xiao Houzi left, the bearded man led eighteen people back to the village. Five minutes later, they arrived at the dried river.

"You two, go and keep watch." The bearded man said calmly.

The two men nodded to him, and then walked to the left and right sides of the kitchen building. The bearded man motioned for the others to follow him and walked towards the locked building door.

Looking at the strange handle on the door, he thought, 'Why is everything so strange in this village?'

While he was deep in thought, one of his subordinates asked, "Lao Da, what are you doing? Shall we go in or not?"

The bearded man was displeased with his questioning, and scolded him in a low voice: "Am I the boss or are you the boss?!"