The Xu family is now one of the largest landowners in the village, and the older generation always feels more secure when they own land.

So when the family had spare money, the first thing they did was to buy a lot of land.

Not only in Dashi Village, but also in the surrounding villages, if there is suitable land, Old Man Xu will buy it.

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With land comes the need for people to farm it. So the Xu family either rented out the land or hired day laborers to farm it.

The rented-out workers are not taken care of, but the short-term workers will receive a share of the grain every quarter. In this way, these short-term workers will not cheat or shirk their responsibilities.

The incident occurred in the neighboring Wuxi Village.

Wuxi Village, like Dashi Village, had barren land and fewer people, but was even poorer than Dashi Village.

The first reason is that there are few people in the village, and the second is that the villagers are too united.

It's not that unity is a bad thing, but when everyone in a village is striving for a better future, that's not a good thing.

When they first heard that the Xu family was going to buy up a lot of land, the villagers of Wuxi Village sold the most land because they had too much idle land at home.

Since it's just sitting there anyway, I might as well sell it and get a few coins to keep in my pocket.

Generally, when buying land in a particular village, people from that village will be hired as temporary laborers.

However, based on the situation in Wuxi Village, Old Man Xu found some villagers to go and farm the land.

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This leads to constant conflicts. The people in Wuxi Village always feel that the money should be earned by the people in their own village, and it doesn't make sense for other villages to earn it.

The village chief of Wuxi Village even came to the Xu family specifically, hoping that the villagers could earn this money.

Old Xu understood that if you don't give people face in someone else's village, they won't do you any favors.

So from then on, the people of Wuxi Village were allowed to do farm work together, and they didn't receive any less treatment.

However, this good intention did not bring good results. Whenever the people of Dashi Village returned, they would always talk about how Wuxi Village was cunning and deceitful.

The work is something everyone is supposed to do, but some people still get paid even if they do less work.

Unable to defy public anger, the Xu family once again refused to let the people of Wuxi Village work, which caused a disturbance in the fields.

The Xu family ignored it, thinking the matter was over, but now trouble has arisen again.

Rice-fish farming has become a local specialty, producing rice grains that are plump and full.

Now that the fish in the rice paddies and the rice have grown tall, if someone tries to do something bad to the crops at this time, it will be disastrous.

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Old Xu and Xu Mao were in charge of the family's fields. Upon hearing the news, Xu Mao immediately went with them.

As the eldest brother, and since he was at home, Xu Yi naturally had to go along as well.

Just as the two mounted their horses, they saw Fu Man'er rubbing her eyes and walking out in a daze.

"Brother, second brother, I want to go too." She didn't know what the two of them were going to do.

But judging from their appearance, they're bound to go out eventually.

Just as Xu Yi was about to refuse, Fu Man'er was already standing beside him, extending her hand.

He always found it hard to refuse this face, and so Fu Man'er joined the group.

She's reckless in everything she does, except for riding a horse. She usually travels by carriage, and it was only today, with Xu Yi taking her, that she was able to ride a horse.

Even so, her back was ramrod straight. Xu Yi noticed her discomfort and slowed down the horse.

"Don't be afraid, your brother is here." Xu Yi moved closer to her, and Fu Man'er could feel the pounding of his heart on her slender back.

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The horse was fast, and after passing two villages, we arrived at Wuxi Village.

The people who came to the Xu family to deliver the news were from Dashi Village, and they went directly to the place where the incident occurred.

The rice in the paddy field was not yet visible, but the fish were already floating belly up on the water.

This huge expanse of white is quite frightening to look at.

As soon as the horse stopped, Xu Mao hurriedly jumped off. He was not good at studying, nor could he learn martial arts. The only thing he was good at was managing the crops at home.

He always kept these crops in mind, and he was either at the Xu family's house or checking on the various fields.

Seeing this large group of dead fish, he couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.

A large crowd had already gathered around the rice paddy; besides the people from Wuxi Village, there were also short-term laborers from the Xu family.

Upon seeing the guests arrive, they all made way for them.

This wasn't the first time Fu Man'er had come to the fields with Xu Mao, and she habitually wanted to follow him.

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"That's right, you're talking nonsense, we didn't hurt anyone."

They tried their best to explain to the owner that the man lying on the ground was called Zhao Laowu, a notorious scoundrel in Wuxi Village.

If he really latches onto me, not only will I suffer huge financial losses, but I'll probably lose my current job.

The people of Wuxi Village also chimed in, speaking up for Zhao Laowu.

"Bullshit! You people are slandering the people of Wuxi Village. We couldn't stand it, so we came to reason with you."

"You couldn't argue with us, so you resorted to violence. Which bastard hit me with a hoe just now?"

The Xu family's day laborers were naturally unwilling to take the blame.

"You fucking lie through your teeth! I only said two sentences, and you from Wuxi Village are feeling guilty, so you came over with hoes to beat people up."

"We're not going to just stand here and let you beat us, you bastards! I should have used more force just now and beaten you heartless bastards to death."

"Come on, come on, come and hit me!" the people of Wuxi Village shouted defiantly.

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The two sides argued more and more fiercely, baring their teeth and brandishing their arms, and it looked like they were about to start fighting again.

Xu Mao shouted, "Quiet down, everyone!"

He spends most of his time among these villagers and day laborers. Although he looks gentle and harmless, he is ruthless when it comes to getting things done.

The Xu family's day laborers all respected him, and the people of Wuxi Village were still counting on him to make decisions.

So after that shout, the two groups of people who were about to attack slowly retreated.

"What happened?" Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, and Xu Mao asked the person closest to him.

In the morning, Xu's day laborer went to work at his usual time, only to find the fish dead and belly up when he arrived at the field.

Everyone was terrified, so they sent people to find the owner while simultaneously investigating what had happened.

After all, the crops in these fields are related to their own livelihood.

Just then, Lao Wu came over. He used to be one of these day laborers, but because he was lazy, he wasn't allowed to come in this time.

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He made a few sarcastic remarks as soon as he arrived.

"Old Zhao said that the fish in our fields dying is retribution, and that people from Wuxi Village can't live well without them."

At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with what he said, but how did Zhao Laowu know that the fish in the field had died?

After all, he wasn't even at the edge of the field when he made those sarcastic remarks.

Someone quickly realized what was happening, and because of that sentence, the two sides started arguing.

The Xu family's day laborers all agreed that Zhao Laowu was the one who did it.

We were all hot-blooded farmers, and if we said the wrong thing, we'd have no choice but to fight.

People suddenly huddled together, and no one noticed until Zhao Laowu lay on the ground groaning and started crying out, at which point everyone stopped.

After listening, Xu Mao looked at Zhao Laowu, who was sitting on the ground with a swagger. He had met this man a few times; he was glib and liked to scheming.

He was a troublemaker in the village, but Xu Mao had given him a lot of favors when he worked as a day laborer for the Xu family.

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But greed knows no bounds, and Zhao Laowu clearly wanted more than just that little bit of benefit.