"But... on the Zhou family side, will..."
"Mom, please don't worry about it."
Chen Changyuan spoke in a cheerful tone to comfort his mother.
"This time, we can not only hunt in the back mountains, but also collect wild herbs. I'm thinking, once we really start doing this, the Zhou family will have no time to cause trouble."
"But what about Dazhu? He's careless and wicked. What if he continues to cause trouble?"
"He's nothing but a paper tiger!"
Chen Changyuan raised his voice and spoke in a firm tone.
"Not to mention, this time I'm back to work, I won't let anyone bully me again!"
Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard outside the door, followed by the old man shouting anxiously: "Changyuan! Something bad has happened. The Zhou family..."
Chen Changyuan quickly put down the firewood and welcomed the man into the yard: "Old Yuan, please tell me slowly, what happened?"
Old Yuan was panting like a broken bellows, he supported himself on his knees and wiped the sweat from his head, speaking rapidly.
"Just now, I walked past the village chief's house and saw the Zhou family rush in, causing chaos! Zhou Dazhu was standing in front, shouting that you were bullying others and stealing his opportunity. Zhou Changhe and Wang Cuifen even added fuel to the fire, saying that you deliberately set fire to the mountain just to drive Zhou Dazhu away!"
"fart!"
Chen Changyuan couldn't help but curse: "It was clearly that son of a bitch who accidentally provoked the anger, and now he's blaming me?"
Fang Suxia's face was filled with worry. She held her son's hand and said, "Changyuan, don't rush into it. The Zhou family is so powerful. How can you handle them alone?"
Chen Changyuan patted his mother's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, mother. I have my own way."
He turned around and asked Lao Yuantou: "Lao Yuantou, what else did you see?"
The old man shook his head. "I was afraid they would find out, so I didn't dare to look any further. But it looked like the village chief was about to give up."
Chen Changyuan nodded and walked quickly into the house.
He took out a cloth bag from under the bed, opened it and saw a few pieces of paper and a small bottle.
"Changyuan, what is this?"
Old Yuantou asked curiously.
Chen Changyuan sneered: "This is my life-saving talisman, and the evidence that Zhou Dazhu set the fire."
He turned around and said to his mother, "Mom, don't worry about me. I'll be back soon."
Fang Suxia opened her mouth, but finally just sighed: "Be careful."
Chen Changyuan nodded and strode towards the village chief's house.
The old man followed closely behind him.
Before I reached the village chief's house, I heard a noise coming from the yard.
Chen Changyuan quickened his pace, pushed open the gate and rushed in.
There was a lot of noise in the room.
Several members of the Zhou family surrounded Wang Fugui, shouting non-stop.
Zhou Dazhu stood at the front, pointing at Wang Fugui and cursing, "Village Chief Wang, aren't you giving my Zhou family face? I was the one who set my eyes on that back mountain first, why would you give it to that bastard Chen Changyuan?"
Wang Cuifen started to jeer from the side: "Yeah, that little bastard must have set the fire on purpose to drive our Dazhu away! Village chief, you have to help us!"
Wang Fugui was surrounded by the crowd, sweat was already on his forehead, his eyes were rolling around, obviously thinking of a way to escape.
Just at this moment, Chen Changyuan pushed open the door and walked in carelessly.
The noise in the room stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes were on him.
Zhou Dazhu's eyes flashed with panic, and then he regained his fierce expression: "Chen Changyuan, do you still have the courage to come?"
Chen Changyuan looked at Zhou Dazhu coldly, with a sarcastic smile on his face.
"Zhou Dazhu, you say I'm bullying others by taking advantage of my power? Hey, let me ask you, who is taking advantage of being a member of the Zhou family to do whatever they want in the back mountain?"
Zhou Dazhu was stunned by this harsh question, and his face instantly turned panic-stricken.
"You...what are you talking about?"
Chen Changyuan ignored him and turned to Wang Fugui: "Village Chief, I have evidence to prove that the fire in the back mountain was not accidental, but was set by someone."
When these words were spoken, the whole room was filled with surprise.
Wang Fugui frowned, a glint in his eyes: "Oh? What evidence?"
Chen Changyuan slowly took out a small cloth bag from his arms.
Inside the bag was a small glass bottle.
He took out a glass bottle and handed it to Wang Fugui: "I found this near the fire scene. I also mentioned it in front of everyone this afternoon. Does it look familiar?"
Wang Fugui took the glass bottle and looked at it carefully, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Seeing this, Zhou Dazhu couldn't help but come over to take a look, and his face turned pale in an instant.
"This...this is impossible!"
Zhou Dazhu stammered, "You must be framing me!"
Chen Changyuan sneered and took out the small glass bottle again: "I found this at the fire scene. It still smells like kerosene. Village chief, smell it."
Wang Fugui took the bottle, sniffed it carefully, and his expression suddenly became solemn.
He turned to Zhou Dazhu, a flash of anger in his eyes: "Dazhu, how do you explain it?"
Zhou Dazhu was as panicked as an ant on a hot pan, stammering and unable to speak.
Seeing this, Zhou Changhe and Wang Cuifen hurried forward to defend their son.
At this moment, a childish voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Brother Dazhu really set the fire! I saw it with my own eyes!"
Everyone's eyes turned to the door.
I saw a little girl of five or six years old standing there timidly, followed by her mother.
Chen Changyuan's eyes lit up, and he quickly invited the little girl into the house: "Little sister, what did you see? Can you tell everyone?"
The little girl nodded and narrated in a childish voice, "Today I secretly ran to the back mountain to play, and saw Brother Dazhu holding a bottle and pouring something on the tree. Then...then he took out a match and lit it..."
Before the little girl could finish her words, Zhou Dazhu rushed forward like a madman and tried to cover her mouth.
Chen Changyuan was quick to act and protected the little girl behind him.
"Zhou Dazhu!"
Wang Fugui shouted, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Dazhu was shocked, his eyes panicking: "I... I didn't... No, I didn't mean it..."
Even before he finished speaking, his expression clearly looked like a child in a dilemma.
Chen Changyuan stood not far away, not approaching. His voice was as cold as the surface of a lake in winter: "It has come to this, why are you still making up stories?"
The words were like a whip lashing at him.
Zhou Dazhu was so frightened that he fell to his knees, his legs shaking like sieves. He sniffed and tears streamed down his face. "Yes... I'm the one who got angry...! It's just that I'm jealous of Chen Changyuan's wealth! How can he, an outsider, earn more than our Zhou family?"
The tone reveals the humility of human nature.
"You thing!"
A man stood up from the village, his voice exploding like a firecracker: "The mountain behind our village is where everyone makes their living! How could you be so cruel as to set it on fire?"
The anger revealed in his words was so strong that he wanted to hit Dazhu with a hoe on the spot.
For a moment, everyone started cursing at the same time.
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