My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 427: Please Everyone, Stand Up for Justice for Youxi

Chapter 427: Chapter 427: Please Everyone, Stand Up for Justice for Youxi

If one were to explain the origins and development, the term "Hexing Rice" is unavoidable.

It indeed served two purposes.

The village chief returned home, set down his luggage, and hurriedly said to the Village Chief’s Wife, "There are specialties from the Imperial Capital in the bag, please take them out. I’m heading to the broadcasting station first."

After saying this, he quickly left again.

Not long after, the village broadcast system started loudspeaking with the voice of the village chief, asking everyone to gather at the central square in the village.

The villagers went to the square and saw the village chief setting up a video camera, they asked in surprise, "Village chief, what is this for?"

"Everyone has gathered!" the village chief counted the heads.

Ge Guifen hadn’t come.

It was just as well that she hadn’t.

The village chief turned on the video camera and said loudly to the villagers, "I came back this time because of a particularly important matter, I would like everyone to join me in seeking justice for Youxi."

"What happened to Youxi?" Aunt Liu quickly asked.

The village chief then explained, "I don’t know whose bad side Youxi has gotten on! We, Hexing Village, just want to develop properly. Why is it so difficult!"

"Youxi went around contacting department store and supermarket leaders to get our Hexing Rice on the shelves! Unfortunately, Youxi had bad luck and met a scoundrel. Thankfully, I was there, and both the hotel’s owner and the leaders, who are good people, stopped the bad guy and even vouched for Youxi."

"Youxi is clearly an honest person, working so hard for our village’s Hexing Rice, putting so much effort into doing business cleanly and struggling hard. Why should she be slandered like this!"

"They don’t know about our village’s situation, nor do they care about our poverty. After all, the poverty isn’t affecting them. If they bring Youxi down, then who else will stand up and work hard for our village!"

"These kinds of people are too awful!" Aunt Lin exclaimed loudly. "They harm others without benefiting themselves and cannot stand to see others succeed!"

"Village chief, who did this?" someone asked.

"We are still investigating," the village chief said. "After I went to the Imperial Capital, I heard that Youxi was quite popular at school. She gave her classmates some stock trading advice which made them a nice amount of pocket money. The truth is, the people who have a problem with Youxi are really just that one person. But I can’t speak of it, we have no evidence and we cannot suspect without cause."

"So for now, don’t take my words to heart. Let the school handle it, Youxi will investigate, and those who slandered her will certainly be found."

"But despite the investigation, I still feel very upset deep inside. Now that this issue has blown up, journalists have even contacted me, asking if I am really the village chief of Hexing Village," the village chief said sarcastically, "Some people, unable to see others do well, harbor disgusting thoughts, and even concoct such vile rumors!"

"Youxi has dedicated herself to us. She really didn’t need to go through this trouble, didn’t need to expend such effort— she could have just focused on her own company. Her company is busy enough, yet she still busies herself for the prosperity of our village. We can’t let her be bullied like this."

"There are quite a few of our villagers working outside, unable to contribute much to us, and we understand that. Two college graduates left, Lu Youbang and Lu Youxi. Once Lu Youbang left, there was no further news. Although Youxi had her own issues, she never forgot us."

"Youxi has done so much for us, we can’t let her be bullied!" the village chief shouted loudly. "Such a young girl, it is not easy for her, she works so hard, relying on her true ability to do business, yet she is unfairly tarnished, burying her efforts, which is not fair, nor is it right!"

"Yes, Youxi did the Hexing Rice business for our sake—she didn’t need to exert herself so much. She has a company, already earning plenty, wouldn’t it be better if she focused on her company instead? Which company owner isn’t incredibly busy? Don’t say Youxi’s company has no work. Her company is extremely busy, with a pile of matters waiting. Yet, she still finds time to help us, to take care of selling Hexing Rice," Aunt Lin said loudly.

"We can’t let Youxi continue helping us and still get bullied," Aunt Liu spoke up.

"Yes!" Aunt Fan echoed, "Youxi is a good child, conscientious. She made her fortune in the Imperial Capital but didn’t forget about us. We can’t let her reputation be ruined like this."

"Village chief, tell us, how can we help Youxi?" Ge Qiangzhuang asked.

"Let everyone see our village’s situation, let them see how valuable the work Youxi does for us is! If it were them, could they do what Youxi does? It’s easy to talk standing, yet they frame Youxi, absolutely heartless!" the village chief said loudly.

The village chief took the camera down from the stand and gestured to everyone, "Come on, let’s start at my house, show them what poor condition our village homes are in. How rare it is for Youxi to be able to help us!"

"I also hope the rest of society can see, just like our village, there are many others, all needing development and assistance," the village chief said while walking. "It’s not necessary for them to donate money; we can earn it with our own capability. Our Hexing Rice is delicious, we strive to make the Hexing Rice business succeed, make it bigger."

"And currently, what Youxi is doing is exactly this, she is helping us enrich ourselves and become self-reliant. The saying goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, we understand."

"Also let everyone see how the previous factory exploited us, how they bullied us, ignorant as we were, just pressing down prices, wasting our good rice."

"Yes, yes!" the villagers following the village chief chimed in agreement.

The village chief first visited the homes of villagers along the path.

Hexing Village isn’t large; one glance could take in the entire village’s house facades, all of which looked quite ramshackle.

They barely offered protection from wind and rain, the walls blotchy, the roofs repaired over and over again, in patches like a quilt.

A few randomly entered villagers’ homes were also very humble, the furniture showing decades of use, the wood paint peeling and patchy.

"This is what we usually eat, thankfully we can grow our own rice and vegetables, so we don’t spend much on rice and vegetables, but meat is a different story. The livestock we rear is saved for selling; we ourselves hardly dare to consume it."

"At festivals or during family birthdays, we do splurge a little."

The village chief held the camera, filmed one house after another, and then moved to their farmlands.

The rice paddies and vegetable gardens.

"This is the rice produced by our village. We take great care in growing it."

"This is our village’s mill, where our rice is processed."