Seeing that Du Yinan was sleeping soundly on the kang (a heated brick bed), Hu Sanqiang tiptoed out of the house.

After he left, Du Yinan quickly put on her clothes, got off the kang (a heated brick bed), went out the door, and quietly followed behind him.

But as she followed, she noticed something was amiss. She had thought Hu Sanqiang would go to some widow's house, but he was heading towards the winery instead.

Why would he go to the distillery so late at night?

Thinking of the distillery reminded her of Luo Jingyan, who worked there, and how Hu Sanqiang had once had a crush on her.

Did Luo Jingyan stay at the winery that night, and Hu Sanqiang came to the winery specifically to find her? Was it consensual between them? Or did Hu Sanqiang come over in the middle of the night to commit harassment?

Regardless of the reason, she was determined to stop Hu Sanqiang.

She ran a few steps quickly and caught up with Hu Sanqiang.

"Sanqiang, you're going to find that guy surnamed Luo, right? I won't let you go."

Hearing her voice, Hu Sanqiang quickly covered her mouth: "Keep your voice down."

Then they pulled her to a secluded corner.

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm not here to see anyone; I'm here to take care of something."

"Get things done? What kind of things?" Du Yinan thought even more in that direction.

Hu Sanqiang had Luo Jingyan in his heart, but he had the desire but not the courage to act on it.

He felt that he could no longer keep the matter of preparing to openly discuss the distillery a secret, so he simply told Du Yinan.

"Yi Nan, I'm here at the distillery, not to look for someone."

"A distillery? Why?"

Hu Sanqiang knew he was slow-witted, but he didn't expect Du Yinan to be even slower-witted than him.

"Why? It's because of this distillery. Others have made so much money, but our family hasn't gotten a single penny. Haven't you seen how angry Mother is every day? Anyway, we won't get a share of the money the distillery makes, so I might as well burn it down. That way, no one will get rich, and Mother won't have to be angry about this anymore."

Du Yinan thought it was a good idea.

This time, Hu Sanqiang wasn't on Luo Jingyan's side; instead, he wanted to destroy everything Luo Jingyan had built. She wholeheartedly supported him.

"Sanqiang, I support you in doing this. I... I want to help you do it too."

“Okay, two people would be even better. Let’s gather more firewood, carry it over, and burn this distillery to the ground.”

"Okay, let's go burn it right away."

"Yes, be careful not to disturb anyone else."

"walk."

Brewing wine in the distillery requires firewood, so there is a special place to store firewood 20 meters away from the distillery.

Hu Sanqiang and Du Yinan walked to the pile of firewood, and Hu Sanqiang gave the order to Du Yinan: "Yinan, let's begin."

"good."

The two of them went to the woodpile to collect firewood and then piled it around the distillery.

The doors and windows of the distillery were made of wood and were located at the front of the distillery. They chose to set fire to the front of the distillery first.

The two men each carried a bundle of firewood, but when they reached the entrance of the distillery, Hu Sanqiang immediately yelled "Ah!", casually threw down the firewood in his hands, and squatted down on the ground.

Du Yinan was startled and instinctively turned her head, but it was too dark for her to see anything clearly, nor could she see what Hu Sanqiang's current situation was.

"Sanqiang, what's wrong?"

"My leg is trapped, please come quickly and help me take a look."

"It's stuck? What's stuck it?"

"Okay, it looks like a bear trap."

Du Yinan quickly dropped the firewood in her hand and walked towards Hu Sanqiang. However, before she had taken two steps, she also stepped on something. With a snap, she felt her ankle get caught and instinctively cried out.

Hu Sanqiang realized that he and Du Yinan had both stepped on animal traps. Why were there so many animal traps here? Did the people from the distillery set them here on purpose?

Before long, the door of the distillery was opened, and Uncle Li walked out holding a lamp that used alcohol as fuel and looked just like an ordinary kerosene lamp.

He was fast asleep in the distillery when he heard shouting outside. He figured someone might be trying to steal wine. Luckily, he had set up an animal trap outside, and it seemed the thief had been caught.

He put on his clothes, lit a lamp, and went out to investigate.

I don't know if they're from another village or from this village.

He thought to himself that it was more likely that the person was from another village, since most of the villagers participated in the collective winery and it was unlikely that they would steal from their own family members.

Then, when he shone the light on the two people, he realized he was surprised.

It turned out to be Du Yinan and Hu Sanqiang.

Both Du Yinan and Hu Sanqiang had their ankles caught in animal traps; Du Yinan was caught in one, while Hu Sanqiang was caught in two.

Next to Du Yinan and Hu Sanqiang, there were two piles of firewood used for making liquor.

Uncle Li immediately understood when he saw the firewood. Du Yinan and Hu Sanqiang probably weren't there to steal wine; they wanted to burn down the distillery. How ruthless! They were even more despicable than the wine thieves.

Not only in front of the distillery, but also around it, Uncle Li would set up a certain number of animal traps when it was time to sleep. These animal traps were not particularly powerful, but they were not small either; at least they could imprison people who wanted to do bad things for a period of time.

The decision to place animal traps around the distillery was made after discussion among the team leader, Luo Jingyan, and Uncle Li.

The main purpose was to prevent people from stealing wine from the distillery at night, and also to prevent other valuables in the distillery from being stolen.

As for whether someone might deliberately burn the distillery, they think the possibility is very small, but with animal traps, such behavior can be prevented.

"Sanqiang, Sanqiang's wife, I didn't expect you to come to the distillery so late at night."

"Uncle, we...we didn't come to the distillery," Hu Sanqiang argued.

"Hmph, it's late at night, everyone else is asleep, and you're sneaking around with firewood. If you're not here to distillery, then what are you here for? Are you here to burn my old man's ashes?"

Uncle Li Jiu wasn't scared at all. If those two had really succeeded, he would be a pile of steaming roasted meat right now.

"No, I, we are not," Du Yinan also denied.

"It's no use trying to argue. I'll tie you up with rope first, and the captain will come to punish you tomorrow."

"Punishment?"