Chapter 198 It’s Her
Zhao Liya felt distressed when she heard Zhou Nian speak softly and pitifully, and secretly cursed Mao Dexing as a wicked guy.
She gently stroked Zhou Nian's back and said in a soft and cheerful voice, "Be good, Nian. Auntie promises you that we will be able to go to school in a few days. Can we play at home for the next few days?"
Zhou Nian's eyes lit up: "Really, can I still go to school?"
"Of course!"
"Um!"
Zhou Nian smiled and nodded vigorously. As long as he could still go, he would be relieved.
Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin are at the age when they love to play, and they have the common problem of children of this age: they don’t like going to school.
I heard that I can play at home. I am so happy!
Although they could only work in the yard, the small orchard in the backyard, the front gate, and the vegetable garden, the space was spacious enough for them.
Zhao Liya and the others did not dare to relax. They still followed the previous division of labor and went to three villages every day to patrol and supervise, and keep an eye on the scene to see if Mao Dexing had started any action.
Given Mao Dexing's arrogance, he won't wait too long.
After all, who would he be afraid of in this area?
Most of the villagers are simple and honest, without too many twists and turns in their minds. Mao Dexing is so insidious and despicable. If Zhao Liya and others don't follow up from time to time, they will worry that the villagers will fall into the trap without knowing it.
The first day, nothing happened.
In order to relax, the Zhao family prepared a barbecue in the yard that day, and everyone had a lively barbecue with the children.
The meat slices marinated by Shu Yan's skillful hands were roasted on the wire mesh of the charcoal stove, sizzling with oil. The aroma wafted out of the wall, making people salivate.
The next day, Mao Dexing's men took action.
He didn't touch the sugarcane plantation, nor the "big bosses' businesses" in the other two villages. Instead, he targeted the pig farm that Zhao Liya had almost forgotten when she was making her plans.
Someone took advantage of darkness to run to the pig farm and poison the animals.
However, those who went there never expected that Han San and Han Si would be so dedicated. The two brothers took turns to keep watch day and night. The school was the focus during the day and the pig farm was the focus at night, with a seamless connection for 24 hours.
If the poisoner had gone in the second half of the night, he might have succeeded. But she went in the first half of the night, which wasn't too late, around nine in the evening. Although almost every household in the village had turned off the lights and gone to bed, people like Han San and Han Si were still energetic! They were both still awake.
While on patrol, they caught the man red-handed.
This person is someone Zhao Liya and the others are familiar with: Luo Shuyu!
Han San and Han Si didn't recognize her and escorted her to the Zhao family. When Zhao Liya and the others saw her, they were all stunned.
Luo Shuyu refused to admit it at first, insisting that Han San and Han Si had wronged her and framed her, and that Zhao Liya and Shu Yan must have hated her, so they took this opportunity to frame her.
Han Si, in a rage, kicked him and cursed, "We found poison on you, and you still dare to say we're wrongly accused? We two brothers caught you near the pigpen, what were you doing there so late at night?"
Luo Shuyu stubbornly argued, throwing a tantrum and crying, "I couldn't sleep at night, so I went wherever I wanted to go. I didn't think twice before I went there. Is there no place I can go?"
Han Si was so angry that he was about to kick him again.
Zhao Liya invited Luo Lao Da, Second Uncle Luo, Uncle Lin, Qi Guangrui and others to come overnight, and some neighbors who were woken up also came to watch the fun.
After hearing the accusation and Luo Shuyu's sophistry, they looked at each other in confusion.
Does Luo Shuyu think everyone is a fool?
"Oh, how could she do such a thing!"
"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so vicious!"
"That's over a hundred pigs. I went over there a few days ago and saw how well they were growing. Each one must have weighed about 40 or 50 kilograms. They'd be ready for slaughter by the end of the year. If they were all poisoned to death at once... Oh, what a sin!"
"well!"
The Zhao family was furious. If all one hundred pigs died overnight, their deaths would truly be in vain—could they still ask Mao Dexing for compensation?
Mao Dexing was teaching them a lesson and also hitting their confidence, letting the people from the three villages of Zaihu Village see that the Zhao family was nothing special!
If you can’t even protect your own property, how can you talk about anything else?
As long as we can make these three villages lose confidence in the Zhao family, things will be much easier.
Seeing that she was still crying and refusing to admit anything, Zhao Liya sneered, "Even after being caught red-handed, you still refuse to admit it? Do you think that's okay? Are we wronging you? Luo Shuyu, you think too highly of yourself. If we really wanted to wrongly accuse you, there would be no need to go through so much trouble!"
"There are times when tongues and teeth clash. Even if there are minor conflicts between neighbors, at most they would just argue, or at worst fight. But you, on the other hand, are playing dirty tricks behind my back! You actually resorted to such cruel means! Luo Shuyu, you're amazing!"
Everyone laughed and looked at her with even more hostility.
If there is a person like this in the village, no one will live in peace.
Who knows if she will go crazy and do something one day?
Luo Shuyu naturally refused to admit it, crying and shouting that the Zhao family was bullying her and wrongly accusing her. She even refused to admit that she brought the packet of poison, and insisted on framing Han San and Han Si. "What poison? I don't know! I didn't bring any poison at all. You forced it on me."
Han Si cursed, "I've never seen such a scoundrel and a shrew like you! If I had known, I should have beaten you like a thief, beaten you half to death! You're really special to go for a walk next to someone else's pigpen in the middle of the night, haha!"
Although Luo Shuyu was tough on the outside, she was also embarrassed and simply covered her face and cried.
She bet that they had no evidence and no witnesses, so they couldn't do anything to her.
Second wife Gu was also among the crowd watching the fun. Seeing this, she joined in with a sarcastic tone, "You have no evidence no matter how hard you try. Each of you claims to be right. Who should we believe? It's unfair to believe anyone! I think this might really be a misunderstanding. Shuyu is just a little girl. How could she have any poison? How could it be so easy to get hold of this poison? Even though your Zhao family is powerful, you can't force a confession out of her."
Lu Daming's wife also agreed: "That's right, we must always be reasonable in everything. As the saying goes, catch the thief and the stolen goods. It would be bad if someone was wrongly accused."
She and the other two echoed each other, and everyone became a little uncertain.
This does make sense.
Luo Shuyu cried even more sadly, "I didn't, I really didn't, ah wuwuwu"
Luo Lao Da was originally extremely embarrassed, ashamed, and angry, wanting to slap his daughter to death. Seeing this, he perked up and gained a bit of confidence. "My daughter Shuyu is not very sensible, but she is fine, so she wouldn't do such a thing. No, we can't wrongly accuse her."
(End of this chapter)
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