Chapter 123 Crops Destroyed, Raging Fury

Xie Jianshe turned around in surprise!

Zhou Ye lowered his voice: "Let me take a look!"

Xie Jianshe immediately understood Zhou Ye's meaning. If the tiger skin were given to Zhou Ye, it would be most appropriate!

However, he didn't want to ask Zhou for money.

But... now is the crucial moment!

Xie Jianshe was in a dilemma!

He couldn't bring himself to speak!

Zhou Ye took the bundle, carefully opened it, and glanced at it. Just one glance, and he was shocked! This was a tiger skin.

Of course, she knew Xie Jianshe was in urgent need of the money, but she wouldn't take advantage of him!

But she didn't know the price, so she looked at Xie Jianshe and asked, "I'll take this. How much?"

Xie Jianshe pondered for a moment: "Just pay Hei Zi's medical expenses, that'll be fine!"

Saying those words was difficult for him, but he had no choice; he was forced to by circumstances!

Zhou sighed, stood up, and said, "You watch over it for now, I'll go pay the medical bills!"

Actually, the medical expenses are not much, only ten yuan!

If Xie Jianshe exchanges it for ten yuan, he'll lose a fortune! If he takes it outside, even with deliberate price-cutting, he should be able to sell it for five hundred yuan, right?

She didn't know.

After paying, he returned with two hundred yuan in his hand: "Here's two hundred yuan for you, I'll pay you back when we get back..."

"No way!" Xie Jianshe stood up abruptly.

He tried to hand Zhou Ye two hundred yuan, but Zhou Ye absolutely refused to accept it!

Zhou Ye's face immediately darkened, and he looked at Xie Jianshe seriously: "Xie Jianshe, we are making an exchange."

What are you trying to tell me by doing this?

Or are you plotting something?

"No...it's me..."

"You do! If you don't, then tell me, what are you doing right now? What about your awareness?"

Xie Jianshe looked at Zhou Ye, knowing that Zhou Ye was trying to distance himself from him.

Looking at Zhou Ye, her eyes were filled with heartache. She numbly accepted the two hundred yuan and said bitterly, "Okay!"

His voice was so hoarse that it was unpleasant to listen to.

The two hundred yuan was like the straw that broke the camel's back, causing him great suffering.

It's impossible to have no hope, but at this moment, it tells him that it's impossible!

"I don't know the price of tiger skins, do you?"

Zhou asked earnestly.

Xie Jianshe nodded. "Average quality would sell for three hundred yuan on the black market. If you find a good buyer, it might be a little over three hundred but less than four hundred!"

If it's of high quality, it can sell for at least five hundred yuan on the black market, or even seven or eight hundred!

The price would be even higher in Beijing!

But he didn't say it aloud, just casually remarked, "A good quality one only costs three hundred yuan; it won't fetch a high price in a small place."

What he said was half true and half false!

Zhou nodded: "Okay, I'll give you another hundred yuan when we get back! Cash on delivery!"

"good!"

This voice is as weathered as it can be...

Night fell quickly, and Kuroko was still asleep. The good news was that she didn't have a fever, which meant that Kuroko was in good health.

If it weren't for his good physical condition and timely treatment, he would probably be a corpse by now.

Xie Jianshe said he had to go out for a bit, but Zhou didn't take it seriously.

An hour later, Xie Jianshe returned carrying a basket.

"Zhou Ye, I bought some food, let's eat!"

Because he was worried that Hei Zi might encounter something in the middle of the night, Zhou Ye planned to stay another night and return to Hongqi Village early tomorrow morning.

Of course, we have to eat dinner in the evening.

Zhou didn't stand on ceremony. He opened the basket and was shocked to find it contained hot and sour soup. He stared at Xie Jianshe in astonishment.

"This... a state-run restaurant actually has this?"

Xie Jianshe blushed slightly. The hot and sour soup was served in a porcelain bowl, and when the lid was opened, a fragrant aroma wafted out.

Next to the hot and sour soup are steaming hot white steamed buns!

It looked especially tempting, and Zhou felt his mouth watering.

Hot and sour soup, I haven't had it since my rebirth.

Just as Zhou was wondering how to drink it, Xie Jianshe actually took out two more small bowls. This... he was quite well-prepared.

"Where...did you get this?"

Zhou Ye looked on with surprise.

Xie Jianshe smiled and said, "I gave a local resident a dollar to buy this. Try it and see if you like it."

As she spoke, she ladled a bowl of hot and sour soup for Zhou Ye.

"Snoring..."

Taking a sip of hot soup is like living the life of a god.

"It tastes so good! Did you buy it from a local resident?"

Xie Jianshe paused for a moment: "Yes, state-run restaurants only have steamed buns left!"

Zhou Ye smiled, contentedly sipping her soup, utterly delighted. Seeing Zhou Ye's upturned smile, Xie Jianshe's smile softened considerably...

If only things could stay like this forever!

Xie Jianshe lowered his head and focused on eating.

After finishing his meal, Xie Jianshe took the food to clean up.

Nights on watch are always hard to endure. Zhou Ye leaned back in his chair and slowly fell asleep, while Xie Jianshe stared blankly at the sleeping Zhou Ye.

Perhaps he was thinking that even taking one more look was a bonus.

midnight……

Zhou Ye suddenly woke up and saw Xie Jianshe running out of the ward in a panic to call the doctor. Zhou Ye's heart skipped a beat.

I ran inside as fast as I could to see...

Sure enough, Kuroko had a fever... At this moment, Kuroko's face was flushed, his lips were chapped, and a thin layer of white smoke could be seen on the top of his head...

In short, it's burning and smoking!

Zhou Ye immediately took his pulse and found that it was just a normal fever, which put him at ease. After such a serious injury, a fever was to be expected.

The doctor came over quickly and saw that Zhou was taking his pulse. He didn't disturb him but stood aside and waited.

Zhou also saw this and immediately stopped, signaling to the doctor to treat him.

Perhaps this is what mutual respect is all about.

Zhou also had a very good impression of this doctor.

"I asked the nurse to take the patient's temperature. I estimated it to be around 40 degrees Celsius, but it was still within a manageable range."

If the temperature really reaches 40 degrees Celsius, I will arrange for an antipyretic injection.

It may not go down completely, but having a fever isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The patient's physical condition is quite good, so the family can be somewhat relieved, but they must not let their guard down! They still need to keep a close eye on the patient at night.

Am I being clear?"

Xie Jianshe nodded: "Okay, I'll keep watch!"

The doctor nodded and smiled, glanced at Zhou Ye, and left with a gentle demeanor!

Sure enough, Hei Zi's temperature reached 39.9 degrees Celsius. A fever-reducing injection was arranged. Xie Jianshe didn't dare to say anything all night, and Zhou Ye didn't sleep either!

The two chatted casually, and Zhou didn't know when she fell asleep, but when she woke up she felt that she was quite irresponsible.

Seeing that Xie Jianshe was still very lucid, I couldn't help but sigh, he's in really good health!

He yawned, and Xie Jianshe noticed...

Just as I was about to say something, Kuroko's finger moved!

Xie Jianshe practically lunged forward, nervously watching Hei Zi.

Opening his blurry eyes, the first thing he saw was Xie Jianshe. He grinned and said, "Brother Jianshe, when did you die?"

Xie Jianshe frowned: "You're alive, so why would it be so easy for you to die?"

Hei Zi was taken aback. I'm still alive? Not dead? That's impossible!

At that time, the wild boar was so close to him that he felt his intestines being ripped out, yet he didn't die?

How is that possible?

Hearing the noise, I looked to the other side and was startled; my pupils dilated! If I hadn't been unable to move, I would have jumped up in fright!

"Oh my god!"

Zhou Ye's forehead creased with annoyance...

Xie Jianshe laughed speechlessly, "I believe you're not dead this time, right?"

Hei Zi nodded decisively. Surely Zhou Zhiqing couldn't die along with them, could he? That's unrealistic!

Xie Jianshe continued, "You were injured by a wild boar and were carried down the mountain by everyone. You were on the verge of death at that time. If it weren't for Zhou Zhiqing saving you..."

You won't even make it to the county hospital alive!

Hei Zi looked at Zhou Ye gratefully: "Zhou Zhiqing, I don't know how to thank you enough! You are truly my savior!"

"Once I'm healed, I'll go hunting wild boar in the mountains and bring you one! How about that?"

"Smack!"

"oops!"

Hei Zi was mercilessly smacked on the forehead by Xie Jianshe!

"Brother Jianshe, why did you hit me?"

"They say you forget the pain once the wound heals, but you just woke up and you're already thinking about hunting wild boars? Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Hei Zi curled his lip and said angrily, "Brother Jianshe, you don't know, those wild boars are not honest!"

I absolutely have to go and tear down its lair!

I let them go, but they still attacked me! I have to get revenge!

"Kuroko..."

Looking at Xie Jianshe's serious warning, Hei Zi felt a little guilty.

I was just about to say I didn't dare go, but then...

"Of course I'll get revenge! I'll go with you!"

Xie Jianshe and Hei Zi stared at her in shock, while Zhou Ye laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure everything goes perfectly when I go!"

I have medicine!

Hei Zi's eyes lit up, and he almost blurted out "Sister-in-law!"

But reason brought him back to his senses, and he excitedly said, "Zhou Zhiqing, there are a lot of wild boars in that den, and I've figured out the whole area around their den!"

There are twelve adult pigs, eight semi-adult pigs, and more than a dozen piglets!

The quantity is astonishing!

We wiped them all out! How about that?

"Okay, I'll drug them until they're weak, then I'll smash their heads with a stick!"

Zhou spoke with great conviction.

Xie Jianshe was at his wits' end. Hei Zi was easy to talk to; a scolding would make him listen. But this week too, what was he going to do?

He sighed and said, "I'll go with you when you're better!"

"No, brother, my injury isn't serious. I won't die anyway. We need to get up the mountain quickly, in case I escape."

"Bang!" Another one!

Hei Zi glared resentfully at Xie Jianshe, not daring to speak.

Zhou didn't eat breakfast either. After seeing that Hei Zi was out of danger, he said goodbye to Xie Jianshe.

Seeing Xie Jianshe's eager expression, Hei Zi grinned and said, "Brother Jianshe, you haven't made a move yet?"

"What action? Am I worthy?" Then he slumped down in dejection.

This was the first time Hei Zi had ever seen Xie Jianshe so insecure. Even though Xie Jianshe had retired due to injury, it wasn't like he didn't have girls who liked him.

He just kept refusing!

He said he didn't want to be a burden to her, but he actually didn't like her!

His brother has always had high standards!

Kuroko sighed as well...

As soon as Zhou Ye arrived at Hongqi Village, he saw the village chief, Xie Youfu, pacing anxiously at the village entrance. Upon seeing Zhou Ye, Xie Youfu practically ran over.

"How is it? How is it?"

"It's alright, Uncle Village Chief, don't worry! I'll be discharged in a few days!"

Xie Youfu breathed a huge sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good! I was really scared to death. Jianshe was so badly injured back then, and you didn't even suggest sending him to the hospital."

It's clear that Kuroko's injury is more serious!

Zhou Ye raised an eyebrow slightly, "Actually, that's not the case... Xie Jianshe's injury was also serious, but the nature of it is different."

I fed the wound the spiritual spring water for free back then, so of course it healed quickly as it grew from the inside out!

"Don't worry, I'll head back now!"

"Okay, okay, you should go back and rest now. You've worked hard!"

The village chief was very grateful to Zhou Ye, and felt that she was different from ordinary girls!

However, what happened next made him feel even more that having Zhou Ye in Hongqi Village was a blessing from eight lifetimes ago.

On his way back to the educated youth settlement, Zhou Ye looked at the endless fields of crops and felt a rare sense of peace in his heart!

The seeds from this space are no ordinary seeds. It is estimated that Hongqi Village will have an overproduction of grain this year, and they will not have to pay grain taxes this year. It is conceivable that this is a good year for Hongqi Village.

"Zhou Ye?"

Zhou Ye looked at the people coming from the opposite direction; it was a group of girls around his age. And right in the middle was the village chief's youngest daughter, Xie Meili!

Xie Meili glanced at Zhou Ye, her face flushed as if she had thought of something, and she snorted.

"Wow... Beautiful, is this one of the educated youth from your village? She's so beautiful!"

"Yes, she's like a fairy!"

"That's right, there aren't any educated youth this good-looking in our village!"

Seeing her friends all captivated by Zhou Ye's good looks, Xie Meili said with dissatisfaction, "Whose friends are you anyway?"

So what if it looks good?

Can it be eaten as a meal?

Let's go!

"Oh...beautiful!"

"Beautiful, wait for us!"

Some of the girls smiled at Zhou, while others waved and quickly followed her.

Zhou didn't really care, but he felt it was a bit strange that Xie Meili's friend came at this time!

Does this mean no one is going to work?

They even come in twos and threes to make friends?

Maybe I'm overthinking it?

Zhou shook his head and went back to the educated youth settlement!

"Hey, Meili, what's wrong with you? Didn't you just say that a female educated youth in your village was both beautiful and capable?"

"Yeah, didn't they say they saved a seriously injured person yesterday?"

"Yeah, you didn't seem to get along well with that girl from earlier!"

"Xie Meili, what's going on? Who was that person just now?"

"How many good-looking people are there in your village?"

Xie Meili was extremely annoyed by their nagging. These friends were all her classmates from school, and they insisted on coming to her house to visit as soon as her vacation started. It had happened several times already, and she only agreed this time.

They keep asking, it's so annoying!

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Perhaps realizing his tone wasn't quite right, he explained in a low voice, "The girl from earlier is the Zhou educated youth I was telling you about."

They must have just come back from the hospital!

"Oh my god, is that Zhou Zhiqing, who is both beautiful and capable? Oh my god, I can't believe I didn't talk to her just now, I regret it so much!"

"Yeah, yeah... Xie Meili, we were only focused on chasing after you!"

"Waaah... I regret it so much..."

Seeing her friends' frustrated expressions one by one, Xie Meili was speechless.

"I thought you only cared about the crops!"

Xie Meili complained.

"Hehe... We're not really concerned, it's just that the crops in your village are growing so well!"

"Yes...he's taller than the kids in other villages!"

"We're so envious!"

Xie Meili's complexion improved a little.

After seeing all her friends off, Xie Meili returned to the educated youth settlement.

"Tap tap tap..."

"What is it?" Zhou Ye opened the door and saw Xie Meili. His face was stiff and indifferent.

Xie Meili had never been treated like this before, and her face immediately changed: "Zhou Ye, what do you mean?"

Don't think you can treat me badly just because my brother likes you.

"You called me here to get yelled at?" The words uttered by her red lips made Xie Meili extremely embarrassed.

Xie Meili blushed, took an egg out of her pocket and stuffed it into Zhou Ye's hand: "Brother Heizi is also my brother. This is to thank you for saving him!"

Then, glancing at Zhou Ye's expression, she whispered, "Don't... don't try to take advantage of my kindness!"

Zhou smiled, took the egg, and slowly approached Xie Meili, a slight smile playing on his lips. Xie Meili was immediately thrown into a panic!

"What...what do you want? I...I'm a woman!"

"you……"

Zhou didn't say anything, but Xie Meili panicked!

"I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted to see just how much this stubborn little girl really hates me?"

He lifted Xie Meili's hair with his hand, and Xie Meili immediately froze.

With a sob in her voice, she said, "Zhou Ye, I...I'm not afraid of you!"

"Oh, you're not afraid? That's good! Don't forget, I know medicine, and if I know medicine, I know poison..."

If she can't control her little mouth next time, I'm going to poison her until she's mute...

Zhou Ye spoke each word carefully and seriously, which terrified Xie Meili.

She pouted, wanting to cry but daring not to!

"I...I..."

"Shut up, you little mouth! I won't be in a good mood next time!"

"roll!"

"Okay...okay!"

Xie Meili was so frightened that she ran away as fast as she could!

"Heh... little girl, trying to challenge me!" Zhou Ye sneered, looking at the egg in his hand. She really doesn't know how to talk; she was clearly expressing gratitude.

Zhou Ye's sixth sense has always been very accurate. During the day, she just felt something was slightly off, and then something bad happened at night.

"Someone is damaging the crops! Come out quickly!"

"Help! Someone is destroying the crops!"

"Someone come quick!"

There was chaos outside. Zhou frowned, stood up, looked at the patrolling people outside, and called out urgently...

Destroy crops

This is a major incident!

Zhou quickly dressed and came out. Su Da was right outside the door. Zhou didn't have time to pay attention to him and hurried to the front yard!

"Zhou Ye, you're up too?"

"Okay, let's go take a look!"

"Um!"

When everyone ran out, they found that the patrolmen had caught about ten people from other villages. Xie Youfu also rushed over in a hurry.

"Who are you? Why are you destroying our crops?"

Xie Youfu shouted angrily.

"Hey, aren't these people from the neighboring mountain village?"

"Yes, they're from the village next door too!"

"This is from Xiashan Village..."

"This is……"

The more he talked, the angrier he became. Almost all of these people who came were from villages that had previously asked him for crop seeds.

The patrolmen were almost in tears.

“We were very careful, but they outnumbered us and still destroyed some of our crops!”

Waaah...

There are too many of them!

The patrolmen were completely distraught!

That's their life...

Only a small number of people were arrested; most of them escaped.

Xie Youfu looked at the people from the other village with a face full of anger and shouted incredulously, "What exactly are you after?"

Didn't we agree that after the autumn harvest, we would exchange produce?

What exactly are you trying to achieve by doing this?

"Ha... Bah! What's the point? Why can you grow wheat seeds, but we can't? Huh?"

"It's just...we're all next-door neighbors. When I asked you for a loan, you guys didn't show any kindness at all!"

"Now you deserve it! If you can't afford to eat, then we'll all be unable to afford to eat!"

"Exactly, they deserved it! All the food should have been destroyed!"

"Why should the people of Hongqi Village, who have been poor their whole lives, eat white flour?"

"Yes, we disagree!"

Xie Youfu felt his head buzzing...

When Xie Youfu saw Zhou Ye, he felt a pang of guilt. Yes, the seeds that Zhou Ye had spent money and connections to find for their village had been destroyed.

"Why are you arresting us? If you're so capable, release us!"

"That's right, we didn't do anything wrong! Let us go!"

The men of Hongqi Village were so angry they were gritting their teeth...

"Kill them!"

"That's right, destroying crops is murder! Kill them!"

"Kill him..."

Zhou Ye walked over to the group, his wrist twitching slightly...

"Take him to the police station!"

Zhou Ye slowly uttered a few words!

Those who were arrested were startled and cried out in panic, "Heh...who are you, you little wench? Do you even have the right to speak here?"

"That's right... who listens to you!"

Looking at the shouting group, Xie Youfu snorted: "You guys from the second team, take all these people to the police station!"

We, Hongqi Village, will pursue this to the end!

Destroying our crops is tantamount to taking our lives; it's no different from murder!

I'll go with you!

"yes!"

"Good! Village Chief is awesome!"

"Let's go, everyone, let's go now..."

The people from other villages panicked!

"No...no...we only damaged a little, it won't affect you at all! You've defended it like an iron barrel, how could we possibly destroy it?"

"We're all neighbors, why bother?"

"That's right, we know we were wrong! We'll definitely come to apologize another day! Okay? Please don't send us to the police station."

"That's right, you'll offend several villages in the end!"

"You can't afford to offend them!"

"It can't be that bad! It can't be that bad..."

Was Xie Youfu afraid? Of course he wasn't. They'd already come so close; if he hesitated, he'd never have peace again!

When it comes to fighting, you can lose, but you must never back down!

"Whether it's that bad or not, we'll see! Let's go..."

"Walk……"

Seeing everyone's high spirits, Zhou Ye finally felt a little relieved.

There are always people who like to do things that harm others without benefiting themselves. They destroyed the crops in Hongqi Village. What good does it do them?

However, there are always people who, out of a sense of imbalance, harm others!

In the end, it harms both others and oneself!

The next day, early in the morning, everyone came to see the damaged crops.

It looks like more than an acre of land has been destroyed. The total amount destroyed in the whole village is probably small, but imagine how much grain that acre of land could have produced…

People felt so sorry for them, and some even shed tears!

Some people even sat on the ground, clutching wheat seedlings and crying!

Zhou Ye felt saddened by what she saw, so she got up and went back.

"Sister Zhou...look, a car is coming from the village entrance. Is that Su Zhiqing coming back?"

Bai Xue pointed to a car not far away and asked curiously.