Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 924 - 922_1

Chapter 924: Chapter 922_1

After the carriage carrying Xiao’er had traveled some distance from the village, Xiao’er asked Zhao Yong to stop.

Then she instructed Zhao Yong to sneak back and have a few words with the village chief.

That night, under the high and refreshing autumn sky, all the stars had disappeared. Only a cold star twinkled in the northern sky. The bright moon hung high in the ink-blue night, quietly sprinkling silver light.

On the village path, under the mottled tree shadows, two figures sneaked around, each carrying two wooden barrels, running towards the bamboo forest of the village.

"Why not just burn these barrels to get rid of them once and for all? Why do you need to throw them so far away?"

"Dad, you don’t understand. I’m just worried that the old witch won’t be able to figure out whom it was, and then she might suspect me, right? If I leave the barrels in the neighboring village, there will surely be people who love a bargain picking them up, right?"

As long as anyone picks them up, if the wolfdogs trace them there, the village people can throw enough accusations to leave the person speechless! This way, it won’t involve him!

So the better method than covering up the crime is to frame others!

"You’re so clever, my son! But why are we wrapping our hands in cloth?"

"I heard that these dogs have excellent noses. We wrap our hands in cloth to avoid leaving our scent on the barrels."

"My son, you are so smart to think of such a method!"

"That’s right! Unfortunately, that old witch has figured out the cause so quickly. And from the look of her, she should be able to plant a new batch of saplings. It won’t work to try to sabotage this way in the future."

Seeing all their neighbors getting rich while they don’t have their chance, how could they swallow this indignation!

"Why not? If they plant again, we will find another way to kill those plants!" Being the only family in the village unable to plant is utterly unacceptable! This will definitely upset his balance! Anyway, if they are going to be poor, let’s be poor together. There’s no way they will be the only poor ones!

"After this incident, do you think the villagers are fools? Won’t they take turns guarding?"

The two whispered as they walked into the bamboo forest.

Suddenly a bunch of dark figures appeared in front of them, frightening Baozi’s grandfather to the point of almost wetting his pants.

Baozi’s father, under the moonlight, saw the village chief emerge from the crowd and his heart skipped a beat.

The village chief stared at them with murdering eyes: "Do you have any good explanation for this!"

Seeing them slightly panicked, Baozi’s father quickly calmed down and asked with a grinning face:

"What are you talking about, village chief? I don’t understand. Explain what?"

"Humph! Caught red-handed and still have the audacity to deny! Isn’t this just asking a question when you already know the answer?" The village chief was almost pissed to death by his shamelessness!

"I really can’t understand what the village chief is talking about. What caught red-handed? What outrageous thing have I done?"

"What are you doing taking these two loads of water to the fields in the middle of the night? It’s clear you’ve heard that the young lady will bring the wolfdogs over tomorrow. You’re afraid of being exposed, so you’re trying to clean up the evidence while people are asleep!" After the young lady left, she sent someone back to remind him to watch out for any unusual activities in the village at night.

With just this sentence, he understood the young lady’s meaning.

Although he didn’t want to believe it, Baozi’s father, a fellow villager, had done such a selfish thing.

But the fact is, he really did it!

Intentionally killing the crops, equivalent to cutting off other villagers’ livelihood in the villagers’ eyes!

The households all rely on produce from the fields for food. Killing other people’s crops is like cutting off their source of food, don’t people have a right to live?!

Not only the village chief, but the entire village is extremely angry!

"Baozi’s father, there’s no need to continue pretending. I’ve heard all of your conversation. You said, ’why not, let them plant again and we’ll find a way to kill it!’ You also said, ’do you think the villagers are fools after this incident? Will they not take turns to guard?’ Did I get it wrong?" Someone came out from behind Baozi’s father and repeated their covert conversation.

"My father didn’t specify what we were going to kill! You misunderstood!" Baozi’s father was determined to deny it, he could swear they never mentioned the yellow dragon fruit!

Except for denying it vehemently, he had no other choice. If he admitted it, he would become the public enemy, and he could even be driven out of the village at that time!

After all, he used to sabotage the whole village’s saplings one by one to make it look like they had withered due to the unsuitable local environment, rather than being sabotaged intentionally.

Each household had dozens or even more saplings watered with the saltwater. He had to water these saplings every night and was half dead of exhaustion!

"That’s right! I didn’t talk about killing yellow dragon fruits. I was talking about killing the bamboos from the neighboring village planted in our bamboo garden! Didn’t everyone say they wanted to cut down that bunch of bamboos that had grown over the boundary?" Baozi’s grandfather was desperate to come up with this excuse.

There was a person in the neighboring village who planted bamboos, those bamboos had grown into their village’s territory. The villagers were always complaining and wanted to cut those bamboos down, so Baozi’s Grandpa tried to use this as an excuse.

After hearing this, Baozi’s father also chimed in: "Yeah! What my father was talking about was the bamboos of the neighboring village, not the yellow dragon fruits. Don’t misunderstand us!"

"Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not, hand over these barrels. Tomorrow we’ll know once we ask the wolfdogs!" The village chief doesn’t buy their story.

He’s seen Baozi’s father grow up and knew what kind of person he was.

The hopes of so many people, just because he was jealous, he destroyed! How can the villagers let this go without demanding justice, without giving him a lesson?!

"That’s right, hand over these barrels!"

...

"Hand them over!" The other villagers chimed in with anger.

Baozi’s father shrunk back: "Why should I hand over the barrels! I don’t want to bother with you. I still have to water the crops!"

"Who are you trying to fool! Who would water the crops in the middle of the night! If you don’t hand them over, don’t blame us for grabbing them!"

"Stop the nonsense, seize those barrels first!" Some villagers were so angry that they couldn’t help but step forward to grab them.

Baozi’s father and grandfather were frightened and turned to run away immediately.

All they had in mind was that these barrels must not fall into their hands.

"Catch them! Don’t let them escape!"

"You want to escape? No way!"

"Catch them quickly!"

"Don’t run away!"

...

Seeing them turn and run; the villagers began to chase after them.

However, both were carrying wooden barrels, how could they compete with the villagers? They were instantly caught by two strong young men from the village.

Everyone quickly gathered around, and the wooden barrels in their hands were easily confiscated by the villagers.

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