Chapter 440 Burning the House

"You are so much like me, Liu the Lame, with your appearance that everyone wants to kill you. It seems that they all live only for their own interests, and no one cares about others."

Liu Guizi sneered and dragged his limping leg away. Up to now, he didn't think he had done anything wrong. When Village Chief Wang saw this scene, he also smiled bitterly to the sky, but still clenched his fists. He didn't want it to end like this. There must be another way.

Village Chief Wang thought as he chased after Xu Miaomiao's carriage: "Madam Xu, wait a minute, wait a minute."

The man behind him kept shouting, but unfortunately the carriage was moving very fast. How could his two legs catch up with the four-legged horse?

Xu Miaomiao vaguely heard a voice behind her and lifted the curtain, only to see Village Chief Wang stumbling towards her. He was old and his strength was not as good as before, but he still tried his best to walk towards Xu Miaomiao. Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao sighed, waved her hand, and signaled the servant to stop the carriage.

"Madam Xu, we will follow you. If he wants to do something bad to you, I can protect you."

Yu Zhen on the side spoke immediately.

Xu Miaomiao patted his shoulder but shook her head: "Anyone in this village may bully me, but Village Chief Wang won't. He is devoted to this village. Now I am the only hope of this village. How could he treat me like that? Your kindness is great, but you should wait for me in the carriage. He is asking for help, and if you are there, it will be embarrassing for him and he will feel bad."

When Yu Jie and Yu Zhen heard this, they smiled at each other and nodded. However, they never expected that even at this point, Xu Miaomiao was still thinking about someone else. They couldn't help but admire Xu Miaomiao's broad mind.

Xu Miaomiao disagreed and got off the carriage.

Seeing the carriage slowly stop, Village Chief Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief, supported his knees, and walked towards Xu Miaomiao tremblingly. Xu Miaomiao subconsciously frowned and walked towards Village Chief Wang. Perhaps because of the intense exercise just now, Village Chief Wang was still gasping for air and was unable to speak. He took a deep breath and then continued to talk to Xu Miaomiao.

"I know that we are sorry for what happened today. I still have some silver on me, which can be regarded as our compensation to you."

As Village Chief Wang spoke, he took out some silver from his pocket and handed it to Xu Miaomiao.

Village chief Wang took out a piece of old cloth, spread it out carefully, took out the silver inside, and gave it to Xu Miaomiao tremblingly.

Seeing this scene, Xu Miaomiao took a deep breath and frowned, subconsciously hiding the pain in her eyes, and waved to Village Chief Wang: "You don't have to be like this, I'm not short of money, you should take these silver coins yourself."

Hearing Xu Miaomiao say this, Village Chief Wang was a little embarrassed. He clenched his fists and said, "I know this money is nothing to you, Madam Xu, but it is my fault for not being able to control those people. I am really sorry for you. Please accept these things. It will comfort my conscience a little."

Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao was stunned, and then she took the things from Village Chief Wang. The food was not very nutritious, but Xu Miaomiao knew that for Village Chief Wang, this was already three months' worth of food for them, so she clenched the silver in her hand.

Xu Miaomiao sighed slowly and said, "In fact, I never blame you. If you want to blame someone, blame me. I thought everything was too simple at the beginning. I thought that trust between people was the most important thing, but I didn't think about the interests. Village Chief Wang, you don't have to feel sad. Let's end this matter here."

As soon as Xu Miaomiao finished speaking, he turned around and was about to get on the carriage, but just as he was about to leave, Village Chief Wang seemed to suddenly remember something important, and immediately pulled Xu Miaomiao and said, "Madam Xu, there is something I must tell you."

Seeing that Village Chief Wang seemed to be hesitant to speak, Xu Miaomiao nodded and said, "You also want to say something, but you can say it."

Village Chief Wang then took a deep breath and said to Xu Miaomiao, "I really didn't stop them just now. They were very angry for a while. After being rejected by you, I don't know what extreme situation they would do, but most of them went to your old house."

Xu Miaomiao didn't take it seriously when she heard this. She laughed and said, "Why are they going to burn our house down just because I didn't help them?"

The village chief remained silent, but Xu Miaomiao already knew the whole story and nodded to Village Chief Wang: "Okay, since you don't want to end this matter, I'll go over and take a look."

Xu Miaomiao looked indifferent. She no longer had the sadness and grief she had just felt. She only had a cold look on her face. “Village chief, please go first. If they see you and I together, I’m afraid they will embarrass you again.”

Village chief Wang wanted to say something but stopped himself, then shook his head and turned away alone. After all, he was still a member of this village and would be the head of this village in the future. If those people thought that he and Xu Miaomiao were in cahoots, then he would have no choice but to leave alone.

Xu Miaomiao turned back to the carriage, whispered a few words into Yu Zhen's ear, and then turned and left. Yu Jie was a little stunned as he listened, and just looked at Xu Miaomiao in silence.

He said, "Madam Xu, do we really have to do this?"

Xu Miaomiao nodded. She was afraid that this was the only way. Since they were willing to do this, they would have to pay a price for what they did.

After Xu Miaomiao finished speaking, he turned and left. Fortunately, they did not leave far enough, and groups of Xu Miaomiao came to the village in groups of three or five. After returning to the home he was familiar with, he saw a large group of people surrounding the village. When they saw Xu Miaomiao coming, the leader laughed and held a torch in his hand. The men next to him were carrying oil drums and pouring oil towards Xu Miaomiao's house.

"You, the real boss, are here, but it doesn't matter whether you come or not. We must burn your house today. Since you have left our Wangjia Village, the things here can no longer stay."

Xu Miaomiao did not respond to the man's words. Instead, she walked straight to the side, found a big rock, wiped the dust off it with her hand, and sat down with a calm expression.

Watching this scene, everyone was confused by Xu Miaomiao's actions and thought she was demonstrating deliberately. They became even more angry and picked up torches to set Xu Miaomiao's house on fire.

(End of this chapter)