Chapter 130 Pull up all the crops!

Brother Luo nodded immediately and said respectfully, "Comrade Zhou, please speak."

Village chief Xie Youfu immediately had a very bad feeling.

He sensed that something big was about to happen.

They wanted to stop Zhou Ye, but had no reason or excuse.

As Zhou Ye looked at Miao Zhaodi and the others causing trouble, his words slipped out, sending chills down the spines of everyone present.

"Uproot all the crops in Hongqi Village!"

"Not a single one will be left!"

Xie Youfu's eyes widened. This...this...how can this be allowed?

Miao Zhaodi stared wide-eyed, momentarily realizing she was doomed. If it really was because of her that the crops in the field were uprooted, then... could she possibly survive?

No...no, Zhou wouldn't dare.

She wouldn't dare!

Miao Zhaodi still harbored a sliver of greed, and with a glimmer of hope, she shouted, "Haha... This is Hongqi Village, do you dare?"

Little girl, you're still too green.

Did you know?

The entire village of Hongqi could trample you to death.

Do you dare? Give it a try!

Uncle Xie was so frightened that he trembled all over. He grabbed Miao Zhaodi and said in a trembling voice, "Please stop talking!"

"Stop talking!"

Miao Zhaodi: "Oh dear, she wouldn't dare!"

Zhou Ye smiled faintly, looking at Brother Luo: "Pull!"

Brother Luo bowed his head and accepted the order: "Yes!"

"Brothers, today's a good day! Uproot all these crops! Anyone who dares to mess with Comrade Zhou, let them see what happens!"

"Haha...Let's go!"

Brother Luo and the others acted immediately, taking a few big strides to the door, which terrified Xie Youfu!

"No...no...brother, we can't be in this situation!"

"Stop them! Don't you want to eat? Stop them!"

Xie Youfu had the villagers stop Brother Luo, while he ran to Zhou Ye and comforted him, "Xiao Ye, it's their fault. Uncle will stand up for you! None of them can escape, okay?"

"Is it alright to leave the crops untouched?"

Zhou looked at Xie Youfu and said without any emotion, "Uncle Village Chief, it's not that I'm being unreasonable, it's just that they don't know what's good for them."

Since you're so greedy, then you might as well not ask for any gratitude at all!

I've uprooted the crops I planted out of wishful thinking! You'll have to figure out your own future.

But it's only been a year, so not many people should starve, right?

Zhou also looked at everyone.

Everyone panicked!

How could so few people not starve to death? The two floods almost destroyed all the belongings in the houses!

If it weren't for Su Yunzhou and Zhou Ye's help, who knows how many people would have died.

Not to mention the crops are gone, and we won't be able to plant grain again until May of next year. How many people will starve to death in that year?

How many more people will starve and freeze to death in this cold winter?

Is the hope that we've been waiting for so long just gone like that?

Zhao Cuihua looked at Zhou Ye: "Are you crazy? If you uproot everyone's crops, everyone will die!"

Are you just going to watch everyone die?

Are you crazy?

"Ha... Am I crazy? Aren't you the ones who are crazy? I'll get you seeds, for free."

We will exchange you for equivalent grain, without asking for a single penny in return.

Are you still not satisfied?

I ate well, so what? Did it cost you a penny? Haven't I done enough for you?

"However, an ingrate is an ingrate. If you can't get anything in return for your efforts, you'll only get your retribution!"

I begged for these seeds; since they're ungrateful and ungrateful, then I don't want them anymore!

Xie Youfu angrily rebuked his third uncle, "Third brother, what are you good for? Can't you even take care of your wife?"

Apologize to Zhou, the educated youth!

Zhou also sneered: "That won't be necessary! Brother Luo, pull it out!"

"yes!"

With a "thump," Uncle Xie knelt down.

"Zhou Zhiqing, please! Please, don't pull it out!"

Uncle Xie pulled Miao Zhaodi down and made her kneel: "Apologize to me! Look at what you've done!"

Are you going to destroy the entire Hongqi Village for fifty yuan?

"What? Fifty yuan?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Who gave you the money?"

The villagers were buzzing with discussion, and the troublemakers all looked on with trepidation. Oh no, they were about to be discovered!

We're doomed!

Zhou Ye then sneered: "Oh, so someone is deliberately targeting Hongqi Village! Is her goal to starve everyone in Hongqi Village to death?"

Or is it just targeting me?

No, she should know my temper best. Since she knows this and still insists on doing it, it can only mean one thing: she wants to create a rift between you and me, and also harm Hongqi Village.

That's quite a tactic!

After the crops are destroyed, you still have the mind to take the money?

Or after it's all over, you'll be imprisoned as the culprits, where will you get the money then?

Um? "

Zhao Cuihua and Wang Haiying exchanged a glance. Yes, they had made a mistake and were locked up. Who would get the money?

so……

We were being used as pawns.

Thinking of this, he glared angrily at Miao Zhaodi. It was all her fault. If she hadn't stirred things up, he wouldn't have come along to cause trouble.

What does what the educated youth ate have to do with them?

If it weren't for Zhou Zhiqing, they would all have starved to death...

"Who? Who gave you the money!" Zhou Ye looked at Zhao Cuihua and the others; their expressions had already softened...

Miao Zhaodi still refused to admit her mistake, firmly believing that the person would give her money.

It definitely will.

That's fifty yuan!

Even if the crops in Hongqi Village are gone, she can buy some grain, which should be enough for her family to get through this!

"You are not allowed to say it!"

"Slap!" However, Xie Laosan slapped him hard across the face.

"Shut up! I'll kill you if you say another word!"

Miao Zhaodi glared fiercely at her man!

How could Zhao Cuihua not speak up? She didn't want to be a sinner! A sinner in Hongqi Village not only couldn't live, but his family couldn't live either.

And the children—she couldn't bear to watch them starve to death!

"I was wrong, I admit it! It was one of the girls from your educated youth settlement who said it, the girl in the backyard!"

"Su Lanlan?"

Zhou asked indifferently.

"Yes! It's that Su Lanlan. She told us to make trouble for you until you hand over your money and food."

Ideally, you would be criticized and denounced, then sent to a reformatory to completely ruin your life!

You have no background, no support, you're easy to cause trouble!

"After it's all done, give each of us twenty yuan."

Twenty?

"Oh……"

Zhou laughed out loud, realizing he'd really gotten a bargain!

"And what about you? How much did you give me to make me so devoted?"

Zhou also approached Miao Zhaodi and asked.

Miao Zhaodi refused to say a word.

"thirty?"

Miao Zhaodi remained silent.

"Oh, so that's fifty?"

Miao Zhaodi immediately looked up: "You're talking nonsense! I'm just like them, not fifty!"

"Heh... Miao Zhaodi, you are indeed more favored and valued by that person! Even though we are both from Hongqi Village, he gave you fifty yuan."

This differential treatment is really quite interesting!

Zhao Cuihua and Wang Haiying then realized that they had also been tricked.

She cursed loudly, "Miao Zhaodi, we treated you like an aunt, how could you be such a person? You even lied to us about something like this?"

Are you taking advantage of us because we're uneducated and older than you?

ah? "

"Miao Zhaodi, you are so hateful!"

"It's all your fault! Are you trying to kill us? Are you trying to kill our Red Flag Village? You're a devil!"

"You're the one who should be criticized and denounced!"

"Miao Zhaodi, kowtow to Zhou Zhiqing and apologize!"

Everyone was talking at once, which scared Miao Zhaodi so much that she wet herself.

She is not a sinner, she is not!

She just wants money. Everyone looks out for themselves, so what's wrong with that?

No, she did nothing wrong!

Xie Youfu looked at Zhou Ye pleadingly: "Xiao Ye, I'll make them apologize to you, apologize in front of the whole village!"

Is it okay?

"How about we punish them by making them haul the village's excrement again, without giving them work points?"

He was about to kneel down when he said that, but that person was the hope of the whole village... He couldn't pull it out, he absolutely couldn't pull it out...

Zhou Ye quickly pushed Xie Jianshe over, and Xie Jianshe managed to catch Xie Youfu.

"Uncle Village Chief, there's no need for that. After all, it wasn't your fault!"

Zhou Ye said leisurely.

Looking towards the corner of the backyard, he said to Brother Luo, "Do you dare to drag that woman out?"

Brother Luo was also a tiger; of course he knew who that woman was—Mr. Su's nominal sister, but not actually his sister.

I've met him twice.

He was someone Mr. Su had trained, but he wasn't one of hers.

"Comrade Zhou, please wait a moment!"

Brother Luo walked to a corner and kicked Su Lanlan, who was secretly watching the commotion, out of there.

"ah!"

Su Lanlan glared at Brother Luo with resentment: "You dare? You dare to lay a hand on me?"

Brother Luo gave a mocking smile: "I'm the master's man, not yours. Why wouldn't you dare?"

"You...you wait, Brother Yunzhou won't let you get away with this! He'll be here soon! He'll definitely kill you!"

"Shut up, Su Lanlan. This is a society governed by law. You can't just kill whoever you want."

These words actually made Zhou Ye laugh out loud in the atmosphere.

Brother Luo realized it too, and awkwardly scratched his head.

Zhao Cuihua said angrily, "If anyone should apologize, it should be her. She was the one who gave us the idea that if we caused trouble for Zhou Ye, we would get money!"

"Give me the money now!"

"That's right, give us money! We're just uneducated common people, what do we know? We've all been misled."

Give us the money!

"Give me the money!"

Su Lanlan had no intention of giving any money at all. In order to gain Miao Zhaodi's trust in the early stages, she did give Miao Zhaodi twenty yuan first.

At this moment, she looked at Miao Zhaodi and said, "Aren't you going to say anything? What are you waiting for?"

Miao Zhaodi knew this, of course, but it was not her time to speak. Was she stupid?

Hmph! I'm not saying a word.

"Miao Zhaodi? Speak up! Are you dead? Did I give you money for nothing?"

Su Lanlan betrayed Miao Zhaodi with just one sentence.

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Miao Zhaodi.

"Miao Zhaodi, what do you mean? Didn't you say you'd get paid after the job was done? Why do you have money?"

"Yeah, Miao Zhaodi, you tricked us?"

"Miao Zhaodi, we're from the same village, are you even human? You only care about money, not people?"

You bastard!

Those who caused trouble knew that there was no chance of getting the money now, and they might even be punished.

But if they can't get it, why should Miao Zhaodi be able to?

With a "thump",

Zhao Cuihua stepped forward and kicked him. Once the first person made a move, a second one followed suit!

A group of people surrounded Miao Zhaodi and beat her, kicking and punching her.

From the crowd came Miao Zhaodi's cries and pleas for mercy: "Ah... Help! Someone's been killed! I was wrong!"

I was wrong, I won't do it again!

Help!

Ahh... I was wrong...

Wrong...

Cough cough... Stop hitting me!

Cough cough..."

Uncle Xie stepped forward to stop them, but he was also pulled in and beaten up!

If you can't control your own wife, then beat her up too!

Xie Youfu wanted to stop him, but Xie Jianshe held him back.

“Those are your third uncle and third aunt…”

"Dad, do you want the whole village to starve to death?"

Xie Jianshe's single sentence stopped all of Xie Youfu's ideas.

Go ahead and fight, fight until you can vent your anger, then you're done!

Just don't kill them!

When Su Lanlan saw this, she was terrified and turned to run to the backyard.

But Brother Luo stopped him.

"Where would Miss Su like to go? This matter isn't finished yet."

Su Lanlan glared at Brother Luo: "You dare to stop me? You're just a dog under my brother's command, and you're my dog ​​too!"

Beat that bitch to death!

Don't you understand?

You dare to stop me?

Do you want to die?

Brother Luo grinned lewdly: "Do I want to die? Of course I don't! But miss, you're not in the right here."

I don't care if you're in the right or not.

Su Lanlan thought that with Su Yunzhou around, no one would dare to mess with her.

That's right, Brother Luo wouldn't dare to really do anything to her, but Zhou would!

"Stop fighting!" With just one sentence, the troublemakers stopped as if a pause button had been pressed.

Su Lanlan panicked when she saw Zhou Ye looking at her.

"What do you want to do? You bitch, you dare hit me? I'll kill you! I won't let you get away with this, Brother Yunzhou!"

No way!

"Zhou Ye, if you don't want to die, don't touch me!"

"But what can I do? I'm really not afraid..."

Zhou said with a smile, "Don't you want the money anymore? Miss Su has plenty of money. Since you promised, how can you go back on your word?"

Yes or no? "

The troublemaker's eyes lit up.

Could he still get the money? He pounced on Su Lanlan like a madman.

"Miss Su, you promised to pay me, where's the money? Give it to me."

"We're searching..."

"Ahhh... Don't touch me, don't touch me! Brother... Brother Yunzhou! Help me! Help me!"

"Give me the money, or I'll kill you!"

"Ah... Help! I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you! Don't hit me!"

"ah……"

Pleading for mercy, shouting...

Oh……

What a lively scene!

It was several minutes later when Su Lanlan finally managed to break free from the crowd, looking at Zhou Ye and the others with a disheveled expression.

"I'll pay, I'll pay..."

His hair was disheveled, and his nose was bleeding...

Her face was covered in scratches; this was probably the most disheveled moment of her life!

Zhao Cuihua and the others stretched out their hands: "Give us the money!"

"Give me the money!"

For the first time, Su Lanlan felt the terror of humanity.

He stammered and said, "I... my money is still in the backyard, I'll go get it..."

"No way! Don't you know what you mean? Give it to me now, you have it on you! Hand over the money!"

"I really didn't!"

"You have!"

Su Lanlan was about to cry! Zhou Ye, on the other hand, looked towards the backyard with a strange expression.

Su Yunzhou couldn't possibly have missed the sound; he simply wasn't going to bother with Su Lanlan anymore.

What she didn't know was:

Su Da reported in a low voice: "Sir, Miss has been beaten!"

"You reap what you sow! As long as you're not dead, that's good enough!"

Su Yunzhou said indifferently.

Su Yunzhou looked ahead: "Where is she? Is she injured?"

"No, sir, Brother Luo and the others have arrived!"

Su Yunzhou pondered for a moment: "He is indeed loyal! Ha..."

Su Da didn't know what the teacher meant, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to reply.

Having no other choice, Su Lanlan from the front yard took out the hundred yuan she had hidden on her person, intending to share it with everyone.

But as soon as I took it out, it was snatched away by the troublemakers!

"Ah... what are you doing? What are you stealing?"

"Don't steal my money!"

"ah!"

However, due to the overwhelming numbers, she was powerless to stop them.

He said angrily, "You haven't done anything I asked for, so why should I pay so much money?"

"Ah! You are a bunch of troublemakers!"

"You troublemaker!"

Su Lanlan screamed...

He yelled angrily at Zhou Ye: "Zhou Ye, you're a slut! You encouraged them to treat me like this, my brother will kill you!"

"You bitch!"

With a "smack," Brother Luo slapped Su Lanlan hard across the face.

"Stop yelling! I never said I wouldn't hit women!"

Brother Luo glared fiercely at Su Lanlan.

Su Lanlan looked at Brother Luo in horror. She didn't understand why this man, who was clearly Brother Yunzhou's man, wasn't on her side.

"You're going to be in trouble, you're definitely going to be in trouble. I'm a member of the Su family, how dare you hit me? Have you betrayed Brother Yunzhou? Have you?"

Su Lanlan shouted.

Brother Luo narrowed his eyes, his killing intent instantly revealed.

Betrayal? I have never betrayed you, sir.

Xie Youfu sighed deeply and said to Su Lanlan, "You should go back first!"

Since the village chief had spoken, no one stopped Su Lanlan.

She fled in a disheveled state...

Miao Zhaodi and the other troublemakers were overjoyed to have received their money.

But suddenly I sensed something was off.

The villagers and Xie Youfu were watching them intently.

"Um... Village Chief, we... we've admitted our mistake, is everything alright now?"

"Yes, we know we were wrong, and we've punished the culprit, so will you let us off the hook?"

Seeing their anxious looks, Xie Youfu said firmly, "It's alright? I can't say for sure!"

Then he looked at Zhou Ye: "Xiao Ye, it's up to you to decide!"

Zhou Ye looked at the crowd, and they panicked!

Zhao Cuihua stammered, "Zhou Zhiqing, we were all deceived, deceived by Miao Zhaodi."

We are truly grateful to you! Really!

"Yes, we know how to be grateful, we are so grateful! I'll make you a bowl of our family's stir-fried pickled vegetables later, they're so delicious!"

Okay?

"You forgive your aunt?"

"Yes, we know we were wrong! We really do!"

Everyone was apologizing, except for Miao Zhaodi, who was still stubbornly refusing to admit her mistakes.

Zhou Ye looked at everyone and said with a smile, "An apology is all it takes? The cost of your mistakes is too low, isn't it?"

"How about I try uprooting all the crops and then apologize to you properly later?"

No! Those were the seeds I bought, so there's no need to apologize!

"Right?"

Zhou spoke with an air of seriousness.

The troublemakers were deathly pale; what could they say...?

They were all trembling with fear. If their crops were really uprooted, they truly wouldn't be able to survive in the village...

If we get kicked out of the village, then... that's really the end for us!

"We're sorry, we really know we were wrong! We apologize!"

I'm so sorry!

"I was wrong, I was really wrong!"

An apology? No matter how sincere it is, I won't accept it!

Zhou remained silent, but Xie Jianshe suddenly said, "If you're going to apologize, you have to be sincere! Shouldn't you use the money you have to compensate Zhou, the educated youth?"

Or do you think the money in your hands is more important than the crops in the village?

Zhao Cuihua clutched the money in her hand tightly; that was a considerable sum of money…

Seeing Xie Jianshe staring at her, she didn't dare...

He swallowed hard and handed over the money: "I...I'll pay!"

Zhou didn't refuse at all, and Zhao Cuihua's heart died completely!

Resigned to his fate, he handed over the money, and the hundred yuan he had been given out ended up in Zhou Ye's hands.

Xie Jianshe collected the money on her behalf, and when he got to Miao Zhaodi, he said, "Third Aunt, you have to pay me back!"

"You're siding with outsiders!"

Miao Zhaodi said with a heavy heart.

"Ha... Third Aunt, you're really going against the collective!"

Miao Zhaodi dared not speak anymore. She could feel everyone glaring at her, and the beating she had just received had hurt too much!

He shakily took out the money he had hidden.

But she burst into tears: "Oh God, my fate! Why am I so unlucky! All the money I worked so hard for..."

Wow…

But the real punishment is yet to come.

Xie Youfu snorted: "You guys have really had it too easy. You don't know how other people live their lives."

"Fine, since you don't know what's good for you, then the whole families of all those involved will be banned from eating at the communal pot for three days!"

"If anyone dares to give you any money, then none of you will get to eat!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Cuihua thought, "How come this involves the whole family again? I'll be beaten to death when I get back!"

"No, no, village chief, you can punish only me, but I have children at home!"

"Yes, village chief, my mother is eighty years old. How can she not eat?"

"No, village chief, this is going to kill us!"

The troublemakers were terrified!

Three days without food? That's deadly!

"Dead people? You knew people would die? Let me tell you, you almost caused the whole village to starve to death!"

You deserve it!

"As the village chief, I have to think about everyone's well-being! Not only are we not allowed to eat, but we also have to carry manure!"

We absolutely have to go!

The village chief glanced at Zhou Ye, whose expression had softened, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Remember this: anyone who causes trouble for Zhou Zhiqing again will be kicked out of the village and removed from the family register. Hongqi Village doesn't need troublemakers like this!"

"Do you understand?"

"yes!"

"knew!"

"We understand!"

Of course they knew; they expected Zhou Zhiqing to get angry, but they didn't expect him to directly order the crops to be uprooted.

That's too ruthless!

The livelihood of the entire village... they dare not...

That was the end of it. The troublemakers slunk away, and the others realized Zhou Ye's methods!

I dare not even entertain such thoughts in the future.

After everyone left, the female educated youth surrounded Zhou Ye. They exclaimed excitedly, "Zhou Ye, you're amazing!"

"Yeah, they just pulled up the seedlings without a second thought, haha...that's satisfying!"

"Exactly, will those people dare to mess with you again?"

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Ye's gaze, however, was fixed on another person in the courtyard.

Deng Jie!

Deng Jie swallowed hard: "I...I didn't say anything!"

Zhou also glanced at Brother Luo, who then led his men to surround Deng Jie!

Deng Jie was so scared that his legs went weak!

"I...I was wrong...I shouldn't have said so much, I was wrong...ah..."

"ah!"