Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 925 - 923_1

Chapter 925: Chapter 923_1

Someone sharp-eyed saw the bottom of the barrel still stained with a bit of salt, exclaimed: "Everyone, look! There’s still a bit of undissolved salt in this barrel!"

Having said that, he quickly reached into the wooden barrel, wiping a bit from the bottom with his hand. His fingers were then full of salt. He put it in his mouth and tasted it. It tasted salty with a hint of bitterness, which was the taste of salt brine: "It is indeed salt brine! Our fruit trees were killed by them using this brine!"

"This is unbearable, folks, let’s give them a sound beating." Someone roared after this confirmation.

"Yes, beat them, they deserve it!"

Everyone raised their fists, swinging at the two.

At this moment they were finally frightened and put their hands over their heads, running in all directions: "Stop it! We didn’t do it! This barrel isn’t ours. We picked it up this morning in the bamboo forest. After hearing what the lady said, we were scared and planned to sneak it back into the bamboo forest tonight!"

"Tell those lies to the ghosts!" The villagers’ fists ruthlessly landed on the pair.

A chorus of screams and howls rose up: "Help! Murder!..."

The village chief, too, was furious. He reminded everyone: "Beat them hard, but no one can beat them to death, okay?"

"Understood!" The villagers shouted in unison.

Baozi’s father and grandfather almost choked on their rage when they heard this.

Most of the villagers were enraged, so someone said: "Those who’ve had their turn, make way for those who haven’t, to vent their anger! I wonder if they will dare to do such vile things in the future!"

So, the villager would withdraw after a few punches to allow those who hadn’t had their turn to vent.

At this time, two figures came running out from behind them, holding a hoe high in the air and charging at the villagers: "You dare hit my husband, I’ll kill all of you!"

"I will kill you! You dare hit my son and my old man! I’m prepared to lose my life over this!"

"Quick, move away, they are wielding hoes!"

Baozi’s mother struck one of the villagers on the back with her hoe, causing him to stumble forward. Luckily he was held up by a person next to him.

Then Baozi’s mother brandished her hoe wildly, striking at everyone.

The villagers were scared and moved away, revealing the bloody faces of Baozi’s father and grandfather, teeming with bruises.

When Baozi’s grandmother and mother saw this, they became even more furious. They followed the villagers with their hoes, striking crazy blows.

Huzi’s father, worried about his own mother, couldn’t help but limp forward with his crutch to stop her.

Huzi’s mother, catching sight of this, tightly held him back and stopped him from being foolish: "Your foot injury hasn’t fully healed, don’t get into trouble! If you get injured again, you will never recover!"

Huzi’s father couldn’t get past her, so he could only shout loudly: "Mother, stop! What if someone dies!"

"You unfilial son don’t care about me! You arm turner! Shut your mouth! Or I will kill you."

Huzi’s mother, seething with hatred for Huzi’s father! Watching her own brother being beaten by so many village people and not helping, now even stopping them from taking revenge! This was the epitome of an ungrateful person, she would kill him!

Baozi’s mother, eyes red with rage, took advantage of the chaos to strike Huzi’s father’s head with her hoe.

There was a loud "Bang".

Blood poured from Huzi’s father’s head instantly, blurring his eyes, and then he fell straight to the ground.

"Ah! My child’s father!" Huzi’s mother shrieked, quickly dropping to a crouch, her hands flustered, uncertain of what to do.

Everyone turned to look, and were scared out of their wits!

Time seemed to freeze for a moment, as if the scene had been paused.

One of them then shrieked: "Someone is dead!"

The crowd snapped out of it and rushed over: "Huzi’s father!"

The village chief had not expected someone to die. He quickly rushed over with a clean cloth to cover Huzi’s father’s wound and asked someone to prepare a carriage: "Quick, someone get the carriage. We need to go to town and find a doctor immediately."

Baozi’s mother was also scared out of her wits, she didn’t exactly plan to kill someone! Killing people was a one-way ticket to jail, she did not want to go to jail!

Wei Zhuang sprinted home with all his might, he needed to get the carriage ready as quickly as possible to take his good brother to the clinic.

Seeing Wei Zhuang rush to prepare the carriage, the village chief pointed out several strong young men: "You all, arrest Baozi’s family and send them off to the Government Office."

A few men quickly ran to apprehend the four of them after listening to the village chief.

Baozi’s father, coming to his senses, began to struggle: "What are you arresting me for? I didn’t hit anyone!"

Baozi’s mother began to struggle too: "It was nothing to do with me! I didn’t do it on purpose, I didn’t use much force! Who knew his head was so fragile! And I don’t know if he’s just pretending!"

Baozi’s grandparents also struggled with all their might: "Let us go! I didn’t kill anyone! Even if I did, it was my own flesh and blood! What crime could I have committed!"

The villagers almost died of rage upon hearing their words! And Huzi’s mother too, she jumped up and began to slap Baozi’s mother back and forth. She had slapped her more than a dozen times before she stopped and angrily shouted, "If my husband is badly hurt, I will never let you go!"

You dare hit me, you stinking woman!" Baozi’s mother was almost stunned from the beating. She struggled again, swearing colorfully.

Huzi’s mother glared at her with hatred, and with a voice louder and fiercer than her’s, cursed: "Not only do I dare hit you, I dare to kill you too!"

With that, she ran over to grab the hoe that had fallen to the ground at some point, lifted it and ran towards Baozi’s mother furiously.

Baozi’s mother was so scared that her face turned pale and her legs began trembling.

The villagers quickly intercepted Huzi’s mother: "Huzi’s mother, don’t be impulsive. Think about your two children! If anything happens to Huzi’s father and you end up killing someone, what will become of Huzi and them?"

Huzi’s mother only dropped the hoe when she heard this. She ran over to Huzi’s father and began to sob softly: "Don’t leave me... What sins have we committed, to have such parents and such a brother and sister-in-law!"

The villagers all shook their heads.

At this time, Wei Zhuang drove over with the carriage: "Quick! Get Huzi’s father in the carriage!"

The village chief held Huzi’s father’s head tight, while another villager, the strongest in the village, lifted him into the carriage.

Huzi’s mother also got into the carriage, and then the carriage sped out of the village.

The village chief’s wife brought out several ropes from the house: "Quick, tie these evil people up and take them straight to the Government Office!"

Baozi’s father, mother, grandfather and grandmother started struggling again upon hearing this, crying and cursing. But no one paid any attention to them anymore. They were tied up and were taken into the city overnight.

Only a few strong men, some old folks, and women were left in the village. These people were responsible for taking care of the children and keeping an eye on the village.

After all, it was late at night and the children were still sleeping. There had to be some adults left in the village.