Chapter 18 Asking for Help
As she spoke, she gently squeezed the branch, which was as thick as a baby's arm, and it broke with a snap.
After hearing what they said, some hesitant villagers swallowed their saliva and dared not say anything more.
"Look, this has hit the sore spot, sister-in-law! Did we say something wrong? You can't even tell what herbs are."
Zhang Laosan said with his neck straightened.
After being frightened by Zhao Chunhua again and again, he has lost his face!
Zhu Fangfang, who was hiding at the back out of fear, finally plucked up the courage to stand up, swallowed her saliva and supported her man.
"My husband is right, Second Sister-in-law, you can please the village chief, but don't fool everyone with weeds! I was already sick, and you tricked me into drinking so many weird things. It's really killing me!"
When everyone heard this, their faces turned pale.
"Everyone, don't be fooled by her! She just wants to harm us."
Zhang Defu, who had recovered, said through gritted teeth.
"Mom, will I really die if I drink this? I don't want to die..."
A little girl of four or five years old turned pale and cried as she threw herself into her mother's arms.
The woman hugged her daughter tightly, trembling all over and terrified.
In order to help her child recover soon, she gave her own portion of the medicine to her daughter.
"Don't cry, baby. Spit it out quickly! It will be fine once you spit it out."
As she spoke, she pressed her daughter's throat with her hand.
The little girl vomited and spit out all the medicine she had just taken.
Others saw this and began to follow suit out of fear of death.
When Zhao Chunhua saw this situation, her face turned pale with anger.
The person who didn't vomit rushed towards Zhao Chunhua with red eyes.
"You woman, you have no ability, yet you take on this job! You are really going to kill us!"
"If we die, we won't forgive you even if we become ghosts!"
"Yes, even if I become a ghost, I will drag you to hell!"
Zhang Dajun immediately rushed forward, stood in front of Zhao Chunhua, and glared at the villagers.
"What do you want to do? You are not allowed to scold my mother!"
"Don't bully my mother!"
Zhang Daniu, who found a stick from somewhere, rushed over like a cannonball.
"My mother and brother worked so hard to collect these herbs in the mountains! And they were wasted like this! They deserve to get seriously ill and die!"
Now no one can stand to hear the word "death", and Zhang Daniu's words immediately aroused public anger.
"Kid, who are you cursing?"
Several people rolled up their sleeves and walked towards him angrily.
Zhao Chunhua pulled Zhang Daniu behind her and raised the half-broken wooden stick.
"I don't know who dares to touch my family!"
Everyone has seen how powerful she is.
One person can take down several bandits.
Everyone was actually a little scared and didn't dare to act rashly.
"You all start making a fuss at the slightest provocation! I went to the mountains to collect herbs to treat your illnesses because I had nothing to do after eating!"
Zhao Chunhua put her hands on her hips, her eyes wide open, and cursed at the top of her voice.
"I don't care about you anymore! Since you trust them so much, let them go and collect herbs for you. Let's see how long you can hold out."
After saying that, she turned around and left with Zhang Dajun and others.
Everyone felt unsure when they saw her like this.
"Aren't these weeds? What kind of medicinal herbs are they?"
At this time, Bai Xiaowei found a handful of grass residue from somewhere and handed it to everyone.
"This is what I just found in the pot. Aren't these the roots of wild grasses commonly seen on the ridges of our village?"
Although the grass roots in Bai Xiaowei's hand had changed color due to being cooked, everyone recognized that they were something that could be found everywhere.
This kind of grass used to be everywhere and was cut and used as pig food.
I never thought that this thing could be used as medicine to treat diseases.
Everyone was immediately furious when they thought that Zhao Chunhua would use the grass for pigs to deal with them.
"How dare you fool us with these things, you bitch!"
"This is obviously pigweed, not a medicinal herb."
"We thought you were really capable, but it turns out you're just messing around here."
Seeing everyone so angry, Bai Xiaowei and the others became even more proud.
Zhu Fangfang was still fanning the flames: "Second sister-in-law, you are going too far. Do you really think we are stupid?"
When the villagers heard this, their faces turned pale with anger.
Using food fed to pigs to make soup, isn't that treating them like animals?
Everyone was extremely angry.
When Zhang Dajun saw something was wrong, he immediately stood in front of Zhao Chunhua.
Zhang Daniu also stood in front of Zhao Chunhua, holding the stick tightly.
The two men stood in front of her like two wolf cubs protecting their mother.
Xie Lanqin recognized the grass at a glance, and whispered in surprise and annoyance: "Mom, how can you really use these pig grass to fool people?"
There was deep dissatisfaction in her tone.
A few days ago, I thought my mother-in-law had become a better person, but not only did she not reform, she even did worse stupid things.
If you want to deceive people, you should use something that others have not seen, something that everyone knows. Aren't you just waiting to be exposed?
As a result, the whole village might misunderstand them, and their days of wandering outside would become even more difficult.
The more Xie Lanqin thought about it, the worse she felt, and her stomach began to ache slightly.
"This grass..." Zhao Chunhua was interrupted by Zhang Laosan as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Second sister-in-law, what are you trying to argue about now? Don't forget that we are not sick enough to go blind."
Zhao Chunhua didn't bother to pay attention to him and just looked at the angry crowd.
"Yes, this is pigweed."
"See, you are fooling us!"
When Bai Xiaowei heard this, she immediately shouted with joy.
But Zhao Chunhua did not stop.
"But it can indeed cure diseases. The root of the Chinese indigo plant itself has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving cough."
"Stop fooling us. We don't understand anything you say, so we can just follow your words. How can pigweed be a good thing to cure diseases?"
The villagers were all in disbelief and forced Zhao Chunhua to give an explanation.
But she just sneered, spread her hands and said: "Now that we've come to this point, there's nothing I can do if I don't believe it."
"What's going on here?"
Zhang Ruoan just came back and saw a large group of people gathered together, so he asked.
When the villagers saw the village chief coming, they immediately grabbed him.
"Village chief, you have to help us make the decision."
Zhang Ruoan, who still didn't understand what was going on, was confused. "What did you say?"
The villagers explained: "This woman surnamed Zhao has bad intentions. She used the grass for pigs to feed us.
As medicinal materials!"
"Look, village chief, isn't this the indigo plant that can be found in the fields of our village? It's clearly used to feed pigs, but she actually said it's a medicinal herb that can cure diseases!"
Someone deliberately took the herbs from Bai Xiaowei and brought them to Zhang Ruoan, and said angrily.
Zhang Defu added fuel to the fire: "She doesn't know anything about herbs. She just picked some weeds to fool us. Is she trying to kill us?"
Hearing this, Zhang Ruoan frowned and looked unhappy.
When the second wife saw his look, she was secretly delighted.
"It looks like someone is going to be unlucky this time."
"Yes, they might be the ones who were driven away."
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