"Since you won't tell me, I'll tell you."

"My family has few descendants. I think everyone knows this. Of course, you are aware of this. After all, you have privately mocked my family for not having many children."

"I ignored you before because I thought we were all neighbors and relatives. Besides, it's true that my family is not prosperous. But it's better not to worry about it. What does my family's prosperity have to do with you? You should know that some of you are not as good as me."

"I'm a very tolerant person, and I won't bother with you about these things, but you absolutely shouldn't believe everything you hear and come to attack my Du family based on the words of that unruly person. Yes, the pig farming job was assigned to the educated youth Du, but that was decided by your vote. It was you who disliked the dirty and messy pig house, and even the low work points. Why are you finding fault now that the busy farming season is over and you have some free time?"

"Now that Du Zhiqing has made the pigsty peaceful and quiet, you all have evil intentions and are ostracizing a little girl. A little girl has come all the way to our remote place to support the construction, and instead of helping each other, you all want to step on each other. Who gave you the courage? Are you shameless or do you have a black heart?"

"You want to take the pig farming job back from Du Zhiqing. I tell you, not only do my Du disagree, I won't agree either. Now that the job is done, you're trying to steal it away. Don't you think about how skinny these two pigs were back then? If Du Zhiqing hadn't come and fed them several times a day, they wouldn't have gotten fat. I'm afraid they would still be skinny and bony, not even heavy enough to be handed over."

"After talking about Du Zhiqing, let's talk about my daughter. Who the hell said that my daughter could get nine work points a day without working? If you have your eyes, go and look at that notebook. Which entry and page has my daughter's name written on it? I don't know which bastard spread the words that my daughter and I used to say to our daughter at home. If I catch him saying that, I will tear his mouth apart."

"You are slandering my Lao Du for having a bad character, but you don't even think about the time when people from outside came to the village to cause trouble. If it weren't for my Lao Du standing in front and telling those young people not to enter the village, you would have a peaceful life. Wouldn't everyone have forgotten about the temple in the ravine behind the mountain that hasn't been demolished yet?"

Aunt Cui's sarcastic remarks left the women speechless, and the scene became extremely quiet.

After a while, Qiuhua's mother in the crowd spoke weakly, "Sister Cui, I just heard it from others. Your Lao Du is sincerely working for the village. Everyone knows this. I was just confused for a moment. Don't worry, I'll prove it to you when I get back. Who is so worthless as to say bad things about Yingying? Isn't this ruining the child?"

"Yes, Sister Cui, don't worry, we will tell our family members not to say anything when we get back."

"Aunt Cui, me too, me too"

"Yes, and me..."

The scene became lively again, but this time they were not judging but persuading Aunt Cui and Village Chief Du to calm down. Du Jiang, who was squeezed out of the crowd, touched the tip of her nose, feeling innocent and speechless. It turned out that she was the one implicated. After listening for so long, she finally understood that the other party's goal was to discredit Village Chief Du and Du Yingying. Although she didn't know who hated Du Yingying so much, Du Jiang felt that this was an unprovoked disaster.

Across the crowd, Du Jiang and Aunt Cui's eyes met. Seeing the apology in each other's eyes, Du Jiang understood everything. He immediately raised his hand and shouted, "Village Chief Du, I want to quit my job raising pigs. You should assign me to the fields."

Du Jiang's voice was particularly loud in the noise, attracting countless eyes.

"No need, just keep doing your thing. I want to see which bastard dares to plot against me." Village Chief Du was the first to object to Du Jiang's resignation, and the reason he gave was irrefutable to everyone present. "Du Jiang, I've asked the people at your educated youth camp. You know a little about Chinese medicine. Last time during the Great Heat, the pigs couldn't eat, and it was you who fed them some herbs that got them to eat. Don't worry, as long as I'm village chief for one day, you'll be the pig raiser for one day. I want to see what that bastard behind the scenes is up to."

Village Chief Du gritted his teeth and showed a determination to fight the mastermind behind the scenes to the end, and others followed suit.

"Yes, Du Zhiqing, you take good care of your pigs, and we will definitely not say anything bad about you in the future. We are still looking forward to eating pork during the Chinese New Year."

"That's right, Du Zhiqing, don't worry, we all trust you. I have some wheat bran to feed the chickens at home, I'll send some to you later."

"My family has some rotten cabbage leaves. Although there are not many, they can still be used as a meal for the pigs."

"I don't know when your rotten leaves came from. I'll go home and get a big pumpkin."

“My family has…”

“…”

The mixed shouting was so lively, so the scene changed from the initial criticism to persuading Du Jiang to continue being the pig farmer. Not only that, they also added food to the pigs in the pig house. The shouting looked so passionate that Du Jiang was worried that this group of people would leave the house empty-handed.

When the crowd finally dispersed, Du Jiang was still a little dazed. This group of people was really too enthusiastic. One family brought a handful of cabbage leaves and another family brought a pumpkin, one after another, as if they were competing with each other.

Aunt Cui stepped forward and patted Du Jiang on the shoulder. "I'm sorry, Du Jiang, this time it's my family who has implicated you. Don't feel any burden in your heart. It's time to raise pigs. You are my uncle Du and have accepted your fate. If you resign now, it will mean that my uncle Du is showing weakness. That's why your uncle Du didn't let you resign just now. Just do your job with peace of mind. I'll cover everything for you." After that, Aunt Cui nudged Village Chief Du with her elbow and said, "Say a few words too, don't let the child feel cold."

Village Chief Du scratched his head and said, "Well, you just do your work well. Just pay the money when you're done building the house. He Jiefang and Qian Meili have already told me the style you want. You can move in when it's done. Coincidentally, the village also wants to build a pig house, so we'll build one for you." After saying that, Village Chief Du was about to leave. Just as he turned around, he seemed to think of something and turned back. "Go back and ask who else in your educated youth camp needs to build a house. After the pig house is finished, I'm going to the town. I think there will be quite a few people coming this time, so you should have an idea."

After saying that, Village Chief Du walked away swayingly with his hands behind his back. It was impossible to tell from his back whether he was in a good or bad mood, but Du Jiang thought that if he were to be told such a thing, he would definitely be in a bad mood.

"I'm sorry for getting you into trouble, girl. I apologize to you for what happened to Yingying today. That girl has always liked that kind of drama and is a little obsessed with it. If she said anything unpleasant, I apologize to you on her behalf."

Seeing Aunt Cui about to bow and apologize, Du Jiang quickly reached out to stop her, "No, Aunt, Sister Yingying didn't say anything, she just got my name wrong. I guess it's because I look like the person she was looking for. There's nothing else to it."

"Alas, that girl is still thinking about that person called Hongniang. To be honest, I have never seen her, and I don't know where Yingying saw her. When she was little, she kept making a fuss and wanted to find someone. I finally managed to calm her down, but who would have thought that she would mistake you for the other person again," Aunt Cui said with a look of helplessness and frustration.