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However, danger lurks in the mountains at night!
Erlaizi lost his footing and tripped on a stone, falling to the ground.
"Snake King, can you interrogate them about why they destroyed Mom and Dad's peach orchard?" He Tiantian asked, eager to know.
When my parents first arrived in Qijia Village, they didn't offend anyone!
Even if she offends someone, it's He Tiantian who's at fault.
However, those who offended her are now either injured or have broken bones, and they simply don't have the energy to retaliate against her.
After three days of being struck by the Xuan Lei (a type of lightning), the Snake King's supernatural powers had increased, making it easy for him to read human memories.
The Snake King did not reply, but directly read the memory and then lost to He Tiantian.
A flood of information rushed into He Tiantian's mind!
As He Tiantian walked, she slowly filtered through the memories transmitted by the Snake King.
As for those two people, they've already fainted. Their parents will bring people to cover the area and build a shelter at dawn, and they'll naturally find out. She's a girl; she won't go forward. Safety is the most important thing.
Erlaizi's memory is a mess.
However, He Tiantian also found some useful information: this Er Laizi was from Hujia Village. He was a petty thief who had no parents. The villagers didn't punish him too harshly because he was an orphan.
Erlaizi has never done anything particularly heinous, which is why he has been able to live peacefully until now.
In his memory, a woman with her face covered gave him ten yuan and asked him to sabotage the peach orchard in the back mountain of Qijia Village. The ten yuan was a deposit, and he would receive another ten yuan after the job was done.
Although Erlaizi is a scoundrel, he still knows his bottom line.
In Hujia Village, out of consideration for the villagers, they wouldn't make things difficult for him.
But if they caused trouble in Qijia Village and got caught, that would be bad. So they demanded more money: a 20 yuan deposit, and another 10 yuan after it was done, otherwise they wouldn't do it.
The woman was very generous and immediately took out another ten yuan.
Money makes the world go round, so Er Laizi agreed.
However, the back mountain of Qijia Village was rumored to be haunted by evil spirits, with rumors of a mountain god village. So Erlaizi called on Gou Dan, a fellow villager, to accompany him on the journey for courage.
However, he didn't see the mountain god, but he saw a female ghost!
He Tiantian repeatedly examined the image of the masked woman, but found nothing.
In Erlaizi's memory, there was only that small fragment!
Although the mastermind was not identified, He Tiantian realized that this was not ordinary sabotage, but premeditated.
Who could it be?
He Tiantian returned home and couldn't sleep, constantly thinking about this matter!
When He Tiantian woke up this morning, she felt a little dizzy and lightheaded! It seemed like she had caught a cold!
He Jingyu went to the back mountain early in the morning without having breakfast, along with Secretary Qi and others.
Upon arriving at the back of the mountain, we strolled around the peach orchard and discovered that the fence had been damaged.
“Secretary Qi, this is a newly built fence. It couldn’t have broken so quickly. Someone must have sabotaged it,” He Jingyu said. “It seems we need to finish building this shack as soon as possible. I’ll come and keep an eye on it every day from now on.”
He Jingyu valued these peach trees even more than Secretary Qi.
Firstly, he had made a promise to the city leaders that he would not fail to achieve results.
Secondly, these were all treasures he had acquired from Nanshi, the fruits of his labor, and he couldn't afford to lose them.
Secretary Qi looked grave, examined the damage carefully, and nodded, saying, "This was vandalism. I never thought someone would actually cause trouble for our Qi Family Village! We can't ignore this. Let's not build any shacks; let's just build two rooms and arrange for villagers to take turns coming here to look after the forest."
He Jingyu was overjoyed. He had just examined the footprints; they belonged to two men. If he had been alone in the forest, he would have been at a disadvantage in this situation.
"That would be perfect, thank you very much, Secretary Qi," He Jingyu said gratefully. If it were a shack, it would be alright in the summer, but it would be miserable in the winter. Two rooms would be much better, providing a place to keep warm in the winter.
There are plenty of trees on the back mountain, so we can use local materials. Because there are many people, we can get things done quickly.
In just three days, a two-room wooden cabin was built. One room was used for meals, and the other room had two wooden plank beds. Outside, Secretary Qi also had a shed built as a temporary kitchen for cooking.
These past few days, people from the livestock team have been coming up to keep He Jingyu company every night.
Later, Secretary Qi directly arranged for several able-bodied members of the livestock team to take turns accompanying He Jingyu to the peach orchard on the mountain.
He Tiantian has been preoccupied these past few days, and she's not as cheerful as before when she's working with the livestock team.
Seeing this, Zuo Li asked, "Sweetie, what's on your mind?"
He Tiantian looked up, smiled, and didn't hide anything from Zuo Li, saying, "My dad and mom's hearts are all in that Peach Garden. Now that someone is causing trouble, I'm a little worried."
"Don't worry, Xiang Rong, Lao Qian, Lao Sun, and I will go there tonight to see the peach orchard with your father. You don't need to worry," Zuo Li said. "If those people dare to cause trouble, we will definitely catch them."
"I hope so," He Tiantian said. "Ugh, I wonder who they are! They're absolutely awful!"
Although He Tiantian knew that it was Er Laizi who did it, she couldn't say it because she couldn't explain where the clue came from.
However, she had already read Erlaizi's memories, but apart from the masked woman, she did not obtain any more useful information.
After the wooden house was finished, He Jingyu took the straw mat and pillow to the back mountain.
Wang Shuping originally wanted to come along, but He Tiantian and He Jingyu stopped her.
The humidity on the mountain was high, and my mother's health was already weak. Even if she hadn't encountered any bad people, her body still couldn't withstand it.
He Jingyu and Zuo Li formed one group, Xiang Rong and Qian Shikun formed another, and Sun Sihao and the second team leader Qi Shuming formed a third, taking turns to watch over the mountain.
During the day, He Jingyu and Wang Shuping stayed in the peach orchard, even taking some pots and pans with them, and ate lunch directly on the mountain. With He Tiantian around, they could always get fish, chicken, and rabbit meat.
After half a month, He Jingyu had gained even more weight than before.
Since the last act of vandalism, no one has come to cause trouble again because someone was watching over them.
However, He Tiantian could not rest easy until the mastermind behind it was found.
So, instead of going to the cave behind the mountain at night, He Tiantian went to Hujia Village to investigate Er Laizi's memories.
When the Snake King awoke from his cultivation, he looked around through the barrier and realized it wasn't his usual surroundings. He Tiantian was walking along a path, and he asked, "Where are you going?"
"I need to investigate who that masked woman who ordered Er Laizi is. I won't feel at ease until I find the mastermind," He Tiantian thought to herself. If that person fails once, they'll try again, and He Tiantian didn't want that to happen. (To be continued.)
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