"Village chief, you're finally here! I was so scared! The knife almost hit someone's head.

Luckily, these chickens know how to protect their owners, otherwise you would have seen my head on the ground."

Xiangnan looked at Zhang Mingdao with a frightened face, his little face pale, as if he had suffered a great shock.

The three brothers of the Huo family: "..."

You weren't like that just now. You told us calmly that you were very confident when you threw the chicken.

This look of the little white lotus being bullied really looks like that.

Zhang Ming didn't dare to say anything else, and quickly comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here and I won't let them do anything wrong. Stand behind me, and I'll see if they dare to chop me down too."

Zhang Ming is very intimidating to the Zhang family, so he is not afraid of Zhang Cai and the others. Even if they have knives in their hands, he is sure that they dare not attack him.

Xiangnan immediately pulled the three brothers to hide behind him: "Village chief, you are a bodhisattva who saves people from suffering. It's great to have you in Daxiang Village."

Yang Shengli was helped up and said, "Brother, it's better that you're here. She's just pretending! She stole my chicken and pretended to be innocent.

It was clearly her who beat us up like this, she was the one who did it, and she's still afraid?"

Yang Shengli was so angry that she almost vomited blood. Her back hurt and her heart ached. Her chickens were gone just like that!

Zhang Ming asked in confusion, "You said Xiangnan stole your chickens? How many did he steal?"

"Thirteen! She stole thirteen chickens from my house!" Yang Shengli became even more angry when he mentioned this.

Xiangnan has always been weak and gentle, so how could he become such a scoundrel?

He clearly stole her chickens, but he said he didn't steal them and even talked about mutual help and mutual benefit!

The villagers looked at each other and asked, "Did Xiangnan steal thirteen chickens from Aunt Yang's house?"

Stealing these thirteen chickens would have been quite a commotion. How did she manage to steal them?

If I really want to steal, at least I won’t be discovered if I steal one or two. But if I steal thirteen, isn’t that telling you clearly, did I steal your chickens?

"Aunt Yang, please speak honestly. How could I have stolen these thirteen chickens?

Would I be so blatant if I wanted to steal? If I stole something, I would immediately hide it somewhere and you wouldn't be able to find it.

These thirteen chickens were clearly exchanged between you and me. You yourself said that we are a family from the same village and we should help each other and benefit from each other.

I gave you cakes to eat and skirts to wear, and you helped me raise chickens. I gave you all my chicks and put them in your chicken coop. How could I be considered a thief?

"Bah! Listen to what she said, Village Chief. She took away my thirteen laying hens for thirteen chicks. Isn't this stealing?"

Xiangnan frowned and said, "But you agreed to it yourself. If you hadn't agreed, I wouldn't have taken it.

You said that we are fellow villagers who help each other, benefit each other, and love each other, so I was not unhappy when you took my cake, and I also promised to let you pick any skirt you want to wear.

How can you go back on your word and even accuse me of stealing it!"

"Stop talking nonsense. I only promised to raise chicks for you." Yang Shengli yelled, looking very angry.

"That's it, you promised to help me raise the chicks, big and small. When they grow up, won't there be thirteen hens?

I took the grown-up hen away in advance. Anyway, the chicks will be yours when they grow up, so you won't suffer any loss.

Could it be that Aunt Yang is planning to raise the chicks and not return them to me? Otherwise, why would you be so angry when I took away thirteen big chickens?

"Bah! That's not fair. I'm helping you raise chicks, and you're going to take my big chickens in exchange!"

"Yes, my family is in urgent need of hens that lay eggs. Aunt Yang and my family can help each other and benefit from each other. Please give the big chicken to our family first.

You can raise the chicks and not return them to me. That would save you a lot of trouble."

Xiangnan looked innocent and spoke as if it were the truth.

It seems to make sense at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it makes no sense at all.

Isn't this just exchanging chicks for someone else's egg-laying hen?

Those thirteen hens can lay thirteen eggs a day, so that’s a lot of eggs in two or three months.

Zhang Liang rubbed his head and said to his wife, "It seems this is fine. We have to raise those chicks anyway..."

His wife slapped him on the shoulder and said, "You're a fool, aren't you? How can you trade our big hen for someone else's chicks?"

"But we can go to her house every day to get cakes, and Mom can get a skirt to wear. Isn't that great?"

It’s not a disadvantage.

His wife held her forehead and wondered how her mother-in-law and father-in-law, who were such smart people, could have given birth to such a stupid son.

Going to someone's house to get cake every day is a dream. It's like begging for food if you go there every day.

It would be good if I could get a decent skirt.

The eggs laid by their thirteen chickens are enough to make so many cakes!

Besides, if anyone really helps her raise chicks, they will definitely be her own.

In this way, it really became like helping her raise thirteen little chicks.

Raising chickens requires a lot of chicken feed, and thirteen is not a small number.

Among the villagers, there are some who think the same as Zhang Liang, and even more who think the same as his wife. They are all smart. Once they do the math, they know they will suffer a huge loss.

"Bah, what do your hens that are eager to lay eggs have to do with me? I promised to raise chickens for you, but you still want to exchange my big chicken for mine. How shameless of you to be so shameless.

You've come to me, Yang Shengli, with your evil intentions. You're still naive, you little bitch. Give the chicken back to me. You have to pay for these dead chickens!"

After hearing what she said, Yang Shengli was so angry that he started cursing.

Xiangnan didn't quite understand. She pulled Zhang Ming's sleeve and said, "Village chief, Aunt Yang said we should help each other and benefit each other, so I thought of asking her to raise the chicks for me. I thought she would be happy to do so.

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