"Cao Shufen! Stop making such a fuss. A few years ago, they said on TV that earthquakes are caused by the release of energy from the earth's crust. It's a natural phenomenon. How could one person do that? If Miss Qin really had that ability, why would she still be staying in Wanxi Village?... She would have been invited to another country by the government long ago!"
A middle-aged man nearby chuckled twice, a playful expression on his dark face. "Send Miss Qin to any country you dislike... In a few years, our country will be number one in the world! How can it be your turn, Cao Shufen? Do you really think others have nothing better to do than you?!"
"That's right! What's the point of fighting this war? Isn't it enough to just let Sister Qin be a human weapon?" Several villagers around also sneered and agreed, looking at Cao Shufen with a slightly unfriendly look.
Because of the earthquake, every household suffered losses. Several households lost people directly due to the collapse of their homes. There were also five or six people who went up the mountain to chop firewood with Cao Shufen's son and husband and never returned.
In recent months, several families in the village have married and had children. If everyone were like Cao Shufen, who bites everyone she meets, how would they be able to live?
"You, you, you Zhou Changgui! She was the one who killed my son and my man! Why can't I say anything about her?!"
Cao Shufen was speechless after being told off by the group, but she refused to give in to Qin Suyun. She rolled on the ground and cried, "Are you all ganging up on me?! Wuuwuwu, Ah Zhen! San'er! You guys died, and these people in the village actually followed the unlucky star to bully me, wuuwuwu! These people are so heartless! Have they forgotten that you are brothers from the same clan? You all want to force me to death! You all want to force me to death! I might as well just bang my head against the wall and die! Wuuwuwuwu!"
No matter what others said, Cao Shufen just sat on the ground and refused to get up, rolling around in a tantrum, saying things like "you are a jinx" and "you are trying to force me to death, let me just get killed by a car", and so on, refusing to listen.
Qin Suyun stood aside and looked down at Cao Shufen, frowning. She didn't expect that she would encounter such a thing when she came to Wanxi Village.
Sure enough, no matter where you are, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Even in Wanxi Village, which she saw in her dream as having the best conditions, the most united villagers, and the most suitable place to live, there will be all kinds of conflicts.
Why did Cao Shufen insist on blaming herself for the earthquake?
Qin Suyun knew it very well.
The other party simply wanted to extort money from her because she was the richest person in the entire village.
As soon as she stood there, she heard someone in the crowd mention Cao Shufen's original home.
Because the house was old and was damaged in the earthquake, and Cao Shufen's son and husband had not returned yet because they were cutting firewood in the mountains, they were most likely buried in the mountains by the earthquake. That's why Cao Shufen wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to blackmail her.
In this way, Cao Shufen no longer has to worry about her future.
Qin Suyun saw all of this. Although the other party was very pitiful because her house collapsed in the earthquake and she lost her son and husband, Qin Suyun did not intend to let Cao Shufen get her wish.
Although she is usually good-tempered, there are some issues of principle that cannot be set as precedents no matter what!
If I sympathize with the other party this time and give him some compensation, I will admit that the earthquake in the village was caused by me.
Not to mention whether this will affect his reputation in the future, just based on this reputation, if any natural disaster occurs in the future, anyone else can blame the disaster on himself!
Everyone can use this name to continuously squeeze food and property from her.
Perhaps most people will not believe that all this is true, and will not really think that the disaster was caused by her, but when they are at their wit's end, who will care whether all this is true or not?
As long as I can get food, anything goes!
She could afford food for one person, ten people would be no problem, but what about a hundred? A thousand?
Especially someone like Cao Shufen. Once they get involved, they're like leeches! She might as well raise a couple more pigs if she's asked to feed someone like that!
So she would never admit this! Moreover, the earthquake was not caused by her in the first place!
"Cao Shufen, you said that your husband and son were killed in the earthquake because of me, right?" Qin Suyun looked down at Cao Shufen who was rolling on the ground and said in a deep voice.
"Yes! That's right, it's you! If you hadn't come to our village, how could an earthquake have happened in our village?!"
Cao Shufen stared at Qin Suyun with gnashing teeth, her eyes wishing she could skin her alive, yet a faint glimmer of excitement flickered in her eyes. However, it was only for a moment before the excitement was suppressed by herself. Without saying anything else, she slapped her thighs and cried loudly, "My poor Ah Zhen, my poor San'er! What should I do after you're gone? I'm left alone in this world, helpless and with no one to rely on. Even the house where our family holds our only shared memories has been destroyed by this evil star. Woo woo woo! What should I do? What should I do? How should I live in the future? This is going to drive me to death! Woo woo woo!"
"You've said so much, do you want me to help you repair the collapsed house?" Qin Suyun said coldly.
"Isn't this what you're supposed to do?" When it came to repairing the house, Cao Shufen jumped up from the ground and pointed at Qin Suyun's nose and cursed: "If it weren't for you, this unlucky star, how could my son and husband be gone? How could our house collapse?! So not only do you have to give us the house! You also have to compensate my San'er and Azhen!"
"Hey! Cao Shufen, why do you keep biting Miss Qin? You've been waiting here!" Zhou Changgui, who had been helping Qin Suyun, chuckled as he smoked his cigarette. "You're saying earthquakes are caused by someone else. You just want them to build you a house for free and make a lot of money so you can live happily for the rest of your life, right? A car accident that kills someone usually costs at least 800,000 or 900,000 yuan. How can you, with two people in your family, have to pay at least 2 million yuan? You're not afraid of dying from such a large sum of money!"
Before Qin Suyun could say anything, several villagers who had been unable to bear watching immediately mocked Cao Shufen. They said that she had come here with her dog with good intentions to help them find the villagers trapped under the collapsed houses in the earthquake. It would be fine if she was not grateful, but she actually used the earthquake to blackmail her?
You can’t be like this!
"Cao Shufen, these years, national newspapers and magazines have all been promoting the scientific spirit and breaking down feudal superstitions. Everything should be based on science. You say I'm a jinx? I caused the earthquake, so you need proof!" Qin Suyun squatted down, her eyes level with Cao Shufen's, and said word by word, "If you can't produce evidence, I'll report you to the police station for fraud!"
"What fraud?!" Cao Shufen screamed, her eyes wide in disbelief as she stared at Qin Suyun. "It was you who killed my husband and my son, and you still dare to sue me for fraud? You have no conscience, you black-hearted person! No wonder your man doesn't want you anymore and kicked you out. You can't even stay in your village anymore, so you ran to us!"
"As far as I know, any fraud involving a large amount, over 500,000 yuan, is punishable by a prison sentence of ten years or more. Building your house would have cost at least 400,000 or 500,000 yuan, plus the compensation your son and husband have to pay, so even if it's 2 million yuan, you're not going to get away with it. If I sue you, you'll definitely get ten years in prison." Qin Suyun curled her lips and looked at Cao Shufen with a half-smile, her eyes full of teasing. "So, are you still going to slander me as a jinx, claiming that I caused the earthquake?"
Cao Shufen was stunned. How could she not know now that the previous few sentences were a trap that this woman was trying to set for her!
She was used to being aggressive in the village, and few people could confront her head-on without admitting defeat. She had never lost in fights using common methods among women, such as scratching the face, pulling the hair, and kicking the stomach!
If this happened to someone else today, she would have started a fight with that person long ago and would have beaten him to the ground and begged for mercy!
But this woman was surrounded by huge wolfhounds that stared at her with fierce eyes and bared their teeth. I was afraid that if she made any movement, these huge wolfhounds would pounce on her and bite off the flesh on her arms!
"Wow--!! Wuuuu! My life is so miserable! My life is so miserable! I, Cao Shufen, have a miserable life! Why is my life so miserable! The earthquake came, the house collapsed, my son died, and my husband died too! Someone is coming to bully me, everyone come and see! Wuuuu! How can this damn person be so black-hearted! Wuuuu" Cao Shufen didn't dare to ask Qin Suyun to pay compensation now, but she was unwilling to give up like this. She could only cry and howl, and the tears on her face fell down without cost. As she howled, Cao Shufen was really heartbroken.
She felt that no one in the entire village was worse off than her. It was okay for other people's houses to collapse, but basically no one in their homes was hurt! It was completely unlike her family, where two people were killed in this accident!
The more Cao Shufen cried, the sadder she became, and the louder she howled.
She felt she was right. If she hadn't truly been devastated, why would she have bothered Qin Suyun? She was already so miserable, and she was a wealthy woman. A little money slipped through her fingers could have allowed her to live the rest of her life comfortably. How could that woman be so cruel? How could she have no compassion at all?
"Wuwuwu! Wuwuwu! My life is so miserable! My life is so miserable! ..."
Cao Shufen was wailing and crying here. Village Chief Zhao Xingguo and Village Secretary Zhao Zhengde were a little impatient. Zhao Xingguo frowned and said to Cao Shufen who was rolling on the ground, "I have already sent people up the mountain to help find Zhao Zhen and the others, so don't throw a tantrum here. Everyone knows what happened to the earthquake today. Miss Qin helped the village so much today, and I don't need your gratitude, but at least don't cause trouble for everyone here!"
"There are still two people left out of the 18! Those buried underground are our neighbors, who are always there. You're just wasting the time it takes to rescue the other two people by clinging to Miss Qin and making a fuss!"
"Just because of these ten minutes, a life might have been lost. Can you bear this responsibility?!" Zhao Xingguo spoke sternly. He walked past Cao Shufen and came to Qin Suyun. He said, "Miss Qin, don't worry about what Cao Shufen is doing. No one will believe what she says... Although everyone may not have received many years of education, they still know the most basic common sense... So Miss Qin, don't be angry about what happened right now. Let's go search for the other two people first. There is strength in numbers. We must rescue them!"
"Okay, then let's go rescue people first." Qin Suyun nodded, and stopped looking at the unreasonable Cao Shufen. She waved to Dahei and the others, signaling them to follow quickly and go find people.
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