When the group had eaten and drunk their fill and were about to start burping...

Su Ruobai finally remembered that there was an angry old man waiting for her.

After putting down her chopsticks, Su Ruobai spoke directly: "Dad, you don't need to worry. Are you still thinking about our Mushroom Team's situation, thinking that if Houshantun can cause trouble, other villages will definitely follow suit?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Aimin disregarded the unease he had sensed earlier.

Is he worried about the Mushroom Team?

Isn't he worried about this living ancestor?

But in front of two outsiders, he couldn't say much.

So he continued, "Yes, this is a difficult situation. Our mushroom team has just finished building the greenhouses, and now the villagers from the back mountain village are trying to cut off our source of income. What if other villages follow suit? We have to be careful!"

As he spoke, the old man lowered his hand from the pipe.

What I just said seems to actually be possible.

If these mushrooms really grow, they can really be sold at the price of meat.

There must be quite a few people who want a piece of the pie.

Conjunctivitis has been a common disease since ancient times.

It's easy for him to manage if it's just one household, but what if it's a group of people?

What will we do then?

Su Ruobai picked up the porcelain bowl and took a sip of the dumpling soup. The dumplings were filled with chives and eggs.

The chives are homegrown, and the eggs are laid by our own free-range chickens.

The flavors are all rich and pure.

They added wheat grown on their own land and milled it three times to make flour.

The taste... well, let me describe it. It's like chives, eggs, and wheat.

It's completely different from the artificially ripened and preservative-treated products of later generations.

It's incredibly delicious.

Even the dumpling soup was rich in flavor.

It has a pleasant fragrance.

Anyway, Su Ruobai loves this soup.

After putting down the bowl, Su Ruobai glanced at the old man and was dumbfounded to find that he seemed to be only now realizing the intricacies of the matter.

Could this old man have been confused by his boss, Xiao Yijing?

Actually, no, there's also herself, but she doesn't know it.

"Dad, it's alright, I just came up with a solution for you!"

Xiao Aimin lifted his eyelids, glanced at his third daughter-in-law, and said disdainfully, "What can you do? We can only go to the commune to resolve this matter later."

"I'm afraid the commune will implement a 'common prosperity' policy, requiring us to help other villages. Then, with so many people growing mushrooms, will our mushrooms still be worth anything?"

"Why isn't it worth anything? Dad, you still haven't listened to my advice!"

Su Ruobai took another sip of soup.

If those people obeyed, she would let them drink the soup.

Otherwise, she would let them go hungry.

That's something she can do.

Xiao Aimin remained pessimistic: "What can you do?"

He had a disdainful look on his face.

Aunt Xiao's face fell, and she secretly gave her husband a slap: "Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you listen to what our precious child has to say?"

Xiao Su hasn't even said anything yet, why is this old man throwing cold water on things?

Then, turning her head, she smiled broadly at Su Ruobai: "Su, tell me, Mom knows you're smart, what you say will definitely work!"

Su Ruobai had gotten used to her mother-in-law's unpredictable mood swings.

Tian Tian and Wang Wu are not used to it.

This auntie is so cute!

Su Ruobai: "Mom, it's not that Dad doesn't believe me, he's just worried about me. Dad, here's what happened. Didn't I just tell you about these two? They're both educated youth from Houshantun."

Xiao Aimin nodded indifferently.

Su Ruobai continued: "This is Tian Tian. She is Yang Dazhuang's third daughter-in-law. She was forced into marriage back then. Moreover, Yang Sanmai told her personally that he killed his ex-wife."

Xiao Aimin and Aunt Xiao were stunned when they heard this.

Is it really that scary?

Then Su Ruobai continued telling the horror story: "Today I went up the mountain to dig for ginseng and ran into Captain Zhang from the county public security bureau. He was with a lot of people in the village behind the mountain. Dad, guess what they were doing?"

Xiao Aimin has at least weathered many storms.

Hearing his third daughter-in-law being coy, he suddenly thought of the carnage he witnessed when his period came.

He blurted out, "Are you looking for a corpse?"

I myself find it hard to believe.

Unexpectedly, Su Ruobai nodded seriously: "Yes, and they dug out a total of five people today, all in Houshan Village, near Yang Sanmai's burial site. Dad, what do you think this means?"

For a moment, the room was eerily quiet.

Everyone seemed to be able to hear each other's breathing.

Aunt Xiao was so frightened that she covered her mouth with her hand.

I had to use all my strength to keep from crying out.

Five people? Good heavens, has Houshantun gone mad?

Xiao Aimin was also a little excited. He struck the match with trembling hands and tried several times before succeeding.

Light the tobacco.

The familiar smell of tobacco helped him escape the menacing aura.

He took a deep breath, then said in a trembling voice, "You mean, there might still be..."

He couldn't continue after that.

Those aren't just cold, hard numbers; they're living, breathing human lives!

Su Ruobai closed her eyes and nodded solemnly.

"I think that if so many have been discovered in just one day, there might be others in other parts of Houshan Village as well."

In addition, I went to Houshantun today. Its geographical location is very special. There is only one road in and out.

Once that tunnel is blocked, unless someone fearlessly ventures into the mountains to fight tigers and bears, they will be trapped and die in the back mountain village for the rest of their lives.

So I thought, why don't we make a big fuss about this? Of course, it's not our business, it's Tian Tian and Wang Wu's business, and it's also about the persecuted educated youth and the oppressed people of Houshantun.

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