As expected, anyone who can become a village chief must have his own strengths.

No one is more familiar with the situation in the mountains near "Taotao Village" than him.

A person who can pass through the mountain is not a simple person.

That’s right, although most of what Li Jie said was true, there were still many things he didn’t explain.

And these unspoken things are naturally related to his identity.

When Li Jie heard what Village Chief Liu said, a trace of panic appeared on his face, but he quickly concealed it.

When Yu Qingshu heard what Village Chief Liu said, he still had some confusion in his mind. This man really only spoke half of the words and did not say them all.

At the same time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. When he thought about how his family almost took him in, Yu Qingshu felt a pang of fear in his heart.

As far as Village Chief Liu knows, it is definitely not just ordinary people who can pass through the mountain.

There are all kinds of jackals, tigers, leopards, snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains. If ordinary people go in and encounter them, even if they escape by chance, they will be half skinned alive.

The man in front of him, named Li Jie, although he looks very miserable and pitiful, he is not injured at all. This is what makes people feel strange.

Just to avoid alarming Li Jie, Village Chief Liu added, "He's probably lucky. It's really not easy. Qingshu, since you're here, come in and sit for a while. They're cooking, come in and eat together."

Yu Qingshu knew that Village Chief Liu was not going to break up with him right away, and that he said this to reassure the man in front of him. He naturally knew about the food in the Village Chief's home, so eating was not the ultimate goal.

Li Jie saw that there was nothing wrong and didn't take it to heart. He really thought that Village Chief Liu wanted to treat him to a meal. After all, he was really hungry.

Yu Qingshu nodded in agreement and said happily, "Thank you so much, Village Chief. I'll just come over with a smug look on my face to have a meal this time. Let's go. I think the meal is ready. Don't keep others waiting too long."

Yu Qingshu walked up and grabbed Li Jie's arm. Li Jie did not resist, but followed him into the house.

Perhaps it was the long-term hunger that made Li Jie almost forget everything, and he seemed insignificant in the face of hunger.

Village chief Liu led his men into the house and closed the door directly.

Seeing her wife giving her a look, the village chief's wife went out through the back door to look for someone.

The moment Village Chief Liu closed the door, Li Jie began to feel uneasy.

He hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Why don't we not bother the village chief and go back first. I'm really dirty, I want to go to the river and wash it first."

In fact, Li Jie wanted to go out, but when he saw Village Chief Liu close the door, he felt a little nervous.

Maybe he feels guilty, so he behaves like this.

Yu Qingshu naturally knew that Li Jie was really panicked at this time.

Yu Qingshu pulled him to sit on a stool and said enthusiastically: "It's okay, the village chief is a very nice person. We won't bankrupt him even if we eat his meal, right, village chief?"

After Yu Qingshu finished speaking, he looked at Village Chief Liu. He said this naturally to calm Li Jie down.

On the table in Village Chief Liu's house, there was a plate of cold wild vegetables and a bowl of thin brown rice porridge. This was their dinner tonight.

Village chief Liu went into the house early and asked his children to stay inside and not come out.

Village chief Liu’s son was only ten years old, but he was able to understand what adults meant, so he stayed in the house obediently.

Village Chief Liu immediately responded enthusiastically, "Yes! It doesn't matter. People in our village are quite hospitable, so it's just a meal, so it's nothing."

In fact, when saying this, Village Chief Liu felt very distressed. If he gave the food to Yu Qingshu, he would think it was nothing, but giving it to a person of unknown origin, he felt that it was really a waste of food.

But there was no other way. Since he knew that there was something wrong with the person in front of him, he could only deal with it according to the circumstances.

When Li Jie saw the food on the table, he felt even hungrier.

He hadn't had a decent meal for a long time.

Perhaps the food was too tempting, Li Jie didn't think much about it and directly took the bowl of porridge handed to him by Village Chief Liu and started drinking it.

When Village Chief Liu saw how he was eating so voraciously, he felt sorry for him and stopped looking at him.

He estimated that the time was almost up, so he walked to the door and opened it. As expected, as soon as he opened the door, the dozen or so men standing outside immediately rushed in, found their target, and quickly surrounded him.

After Li Jie was surrounded, he didn't have time to react before his arm was grabbed by someone.

He shouted anxiously: "What are you doing? Why are you arresting me? Village Chief Liu, what do you mean by this? Why are you arresting me? I didn't do anything wrong. What are you doing?"

Li Jie was also pretending to be calm at this moment, pretending to be pitiful.

It was just that because there were so many of them and I was so hungry that I had no strength left, it was a little difficult to resist.

Maybe Li Jie also wanted to use a self-torture tactic to conceal the truth.

Village chief Liu regained his confidence at this time. Now that they have more people on their side, he is naturally confident.

He slowly walked around the people nearby and came straight to Li Jie. He asked calmly:

"Then tell me in detail how you got down the mountain. If you can explain it clearly, we won't make things difficult for you.

If you can't tell us, we'll send you straight to the official. When we asked you just now, you evaded us, so you must have been lying to us."

Village chief Liu was certain that he had not told the truth just now, so he had to ask clearly.

"Yes, tell me! If you explain clearly, we won't make things difficult for you." The others also echoed, thinking that the man in front of them must be interrogated clearly.

Li Jie looked at Yu Qingshu for help and pleaded, "Brother Yu, didn't we agree that I would sign a contract with your family to sell myself? From now on, I will do whatever you ask me to do. What are they going to do? I already told you what they are going to do."

Li Jie probably wanted to play the emotional card, hoping to continue to get away with it.

Yu Qingshu didn't buy his story because he knew in his heart that the man in front of him was not trustworthy.

It’s just that my daughter is still too young and trusts others easily.

"Just follow their instructions and make it clear first. We can talk about other things later!" Yu Qingshu didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he just said a few words casually.

Seeing that Yu Qingshu was not fooled, Li Jie completely gave up the idea of ​​playing the victim.

It was at this time that something unexpected happened.