Chapter 323

Chapter 323

"You are breaking the law. We have called the police." An old man in the village roared and stood in front of a group of people. Behind him was a sixty-year-old man lying in a pool of blood. It was Zhou An's father Zhou Hanmin.

There was blood flowing from his head, but fortunately he was still breathing. A group of angry villagers were protecting him.

Behind these people was a makeshift mourning hall. The mother and sister stood in front of the coffin with grief and helplessness on their faces. Hanging inside was a black-and-white photo of the younger brother Zhou Han.

"Hmph, a bunch of unruly people from the poor mountain valley. Village chief, either you tell them to get out of here, or I'll let my brothers teach them a lesson. My brothers have been fighting since they were young, and some of them have been to battlefields. They won't show any mercy. It's up to you whether you want to make things worse or not."

A fat man in a gray suit sitting in the good car next to him took a puff of cigarette and spoke with an impatient look on his face.

"Yes, of course, Mr. Li, please wait a moment." The village chief looked embarrassed, but he had no choice but to do it. Otherwise, if the matter got out of hand and the higher-ups investigated, he would not be able to hide the fact that he had received the money.

The village chief went over and although he felt sorry for the familiar villagers, he still threatened them with the village welfare and the dividends from the scenic spot that had recently been built in the mountain village. This was directly related to their survival, so the villagers had no choice but to leave unwillingly.

The father sat on the ground with blood all over his head. The villagers who were on good terms with him tried to pull him away, but he pushed them away and shouted, "My eldest son is gone, and I can't let my second son lose his home. If you want to demolish our home, demolish me first."

In front of the mourning hall, several relatives wanted to pull my mother and sister away, but the two of them held each other tightly and refused to leave.

Seeing that they would not give in, the villagers, not wanting their own interests to be harmed, thought that they had done their best before and that leaving would be at peace with their conscience, so they withdrew.

Mr. Chen snorted and laughed when he saw this scene. He threw away his cigarette butt, walked over with a group of people, stood in front of Zhou An's father, lowered his head and smiled, "Old man, to be honest, I won't lose you money. I gave you 20% more than others. Your child died, I sympathize with you, so I will give you 10% more. Get out of the way. I don't want anyone to die here. This is where we built the resort hotel. It's unlucky to have someone die here."

"This is not a matter of money. My son hasn't come back yet. He will be back a few days later. Once I pick up my son, you can do whatever you want with the house. Is this okay?" Zhou An's father glanced at his last daughter and backed off, not wanting anything to happen to his daughter.

Mr. Li sighed and shook his head and said, "Everything is done, except you. Do you know how much money I have to pay for the delays? Do you know how much resources I have to lose by breaking my promise to those bosses? Your son's life is not enough for a hundred."

Mr. Li stood up, looked down at the mourning hall, snorted and shouted, "I will waste five days here with you, these damn pit stones are so stinky and hard. Tie up all these people who are looking for death and tear them apart."

His men rushed forward immediately. There were only three people in Zhou An's family, so how could they stop them? All they could do was cry and curse, and were pinned to the ground and tied up by the group of people.

They took a hammer and smashed the mourning hall. Actually, no one had lived here for a long time, but according to the local custom, no matter where the child died, they would be brought back here and then buried in the cemetery next to the village, otherwise they would become wandering ghosts.

The parents were tied up and thrown on the ground, watching the house being smashed, pieces of wood and stones from the roof and dust falling, and the walls being pushed down one by one. Helplessly, they could only lie on the ground and cry.

The mother's health had already deteriorated due to Zhou An's sudden disappearance and the longing for him day and night. Now she fainted from grief and anger.

"Mom! Dad, Mom fainted." The younger sister next to them saw this and started crying.

The father heard the sound of two feet kicking and crawling over. He saw his wife’s face was blue, her breath was weak, her body was warm, but her forehead was cold. He shouted in panic: “Help, help quickly, let me go, help…”

But no matter how he shouted, the people around him looked at him indifferently, and the villagers in the distance couldn't hear him clearly.

The father immediately bit the rope tied on his daughter's hand with his mouth, asking her to help him untie the rope and save the person.

But as soon as he stuck his head over, he was kicked away by a young man next to him.

"You beasts, you beasts be struck by heaven." The father cried. Even when he was beaten with a bloody head, he did not shed a tear. When he saw his wife falling ill and the condition looked serious, he cried anxiously.

Suddenly, there was a bolt from the blue, and the thunder resounded through heaven and earth, as if the thunder had fallen on the head of everyone present.

Even the brave ones were trembling with fear. Those who were holding hammers and steel bars were all dizzy and seeing stars. Many of them dropped the tools in their hands. They looked at the sunny sky with lingering fear.

Not to mention thunderclouds, there weren't even any white clouds; the sky was just a clear blue.

"What the hell, a thunder suddenly went off in broad daylight." Many people cursed and picked up tools to continue demolishing the house.

After the thunder, Zhou An's mother seemed to be shocked by something. She woke up and her complexion recovered a lot.

However, when she saw the group of workers surrounding the mourning hall, angry and anxious, with their bodies tied up, she had no choice but to cry.

At this time, a lightning snake suddenly fell from the clear sky. When it was above the mourning hall, the lightning forked. All the workers holding tools in their hands were struck by the forked lightning. Their bodies twitched a few times and then they fell to the ground.

Everyone around was stunned by this scene. It was obvious that they were protecting the mourning hall.

The workers who were standing around without tools fled in panic, each of them was terrified.

Mr. Li also had a look of disbelief on his face. He raised his head and shielded his eyes with his hands to look at the sky. The sun was so glaring that it was impossible to look directly at it.

"God, if you have the guts, come and chop me down. My men rely on me for food, but your family, don't you see how many families are following me? If we don't start construction here, how will they live when they can't get paid? If you have the guts, chop me down to death and put an end to it all."

Mr. Li was also arrogant. His anger and disbelief made him point his finger at the sky and curse. In fact, he didn't believe in God at all, but the lightning was too weird and he couldn't explain it. He had no way to vent his anger on anyone, so he could only yell at the sky.

He has invested his entire fortune in this project. If it is delayed because of this, he will not only lose everything, but he will also have a lifetime to repay the bank loan.

Just as he finished saying this, in front of everyone's gaze, another bolt of lightning struck from the sky, shattering his hand that was pointing at the sky, and the wound turned to charcoal.

Mr. Li was so frightened that he lay on the ground screaming and shouting in pain. Almost his entire arm was blown to pieces and the scattered flesh was all burned to ashes, but his body was fine. This was completely inconsistent with the common sense of lightning.

But it happened here, and this time he was really scared. His previous madness disappeared in an instant. This time he really believed in the power of God. Even if he had more thugs, a flash of lightning would stun them all at this moment, and many of them even knelt down and kowtowed to beg for forgiveness.

But soon, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky every minute, and Mr. Li's limbs were blown off, leaving only his left arm.

The thunder stopped only after the village chief had his arm blown off.

At this moment, the whole village was eerily quiet, with only the village chief wailing. Mr. Li had already fainted.

After a while, someone suddenly ran to the front of the hall, knelt down and shouted: "I was wrong, I will never do it again, I will definitely return the money."

With someone taking the lead, more people came out and knelt down. They were already feeling guilty for taking money they shouldn't have, and when they saw this unscientific situation, the villagers were easily led to believe in ghosts and gods. They immediately thought that the soul of the second son of the Zhou family had returned.

But I have never heard that a ghost can summon lightning, so I thought it might be the second son of the Zhou family.

Seeing this scene, my parents and sister all stood up excitedly.

At this time, several villagers who were on good terms with them ran over and untied the ropes on the three people, and the thugs surrounding them did not dare to stop them anymore.

After the mother was untied, she rushed to the mourning hall, hugged her son's spirit tablet and cried, "My son, are you back? Is it you? You have to come back to see me. It has been almost three years since we last met. Why am I waiting for news of your death?"

Your brother disappeared without a clear reason. Mom is proud of you, but you must come back to see Mom on the seventh day."

"Mom." The sudden voice of "Mom" made everyone's heart tremble. Looking towards the direction of the village entrance, a young man in modern military uniform walked towards them.

(End of this chapter)

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