Liang Shuyan thought for a moment, then crossed her arms and asked, "Did you all hear what Li Yonghe just said?"
Everyone looked confused. Li Zheng was somewhat surprised and asked Li Yonghe again, "Yonghe, have you thought this through? What if this rat poison really kills someone? Wouldn't you end up like that strong man?"
Li Yonghe said firmly, "Of course, Li Zheng, no matter what, I'm going to try it today. I don't believe that this rat poison can kill someone just by smelling it!"
Liang Shuyan's lips twitched twice as she walked towards Li Yonghe: "So, you mean you're absolutely certain? Very well, now please have Li Zheng prepare paper and pen. Words are no proof, so let's write down a contract. If anything happens after smelling this rat poison, the descendants of the Li family will absolutely not cause trouble for the Jin family, and you, Li Yonghe, must affix your fingerprint to it!"
Li Yonghe is a petty person to begin with. If something were to happen, wouldn't she be causing trouble for the Jin family? With this written agreement, even if something were to happen to Li Yonghe later, it wouldn't be the Jin family's fault. Everything was done voluntarily by him.
Ancient rat poison had no obvious markings or packaging; it just looked like some powder. Who would bother to investigate what was in it? Since Li Yonghe was determined to make things difficult for her, she had to do it to gain everyone's trust! Anyway, this poison only caused temporary unconsciousness!
Li Yonghe flung his sleeves and said, "Write it then! What am I afraid of? When your deadbeat husband was alive, he always made things difficult for our Li family. Today, even if I have to risk my life, I will expose your true colors!"
Among the crowd, the Li family members were also very supportive. Li Yonghe's wife, Jiang, put her hands on her hips and said, "Hmph, Dashan's mother, I don't believe you would really lay a hand on our Yonghe. You're just a good-for-nothing in the village. All you do is beat and scold your own children. Do you really have the guts to do this? Besides, do you think you invented that rat poison?"
Emboldened by Jiang's words, Li Yonghe wrote down the agreement and pressed his bright red fingerprint on it.
Liang Shuyan accepted the document handed over by Li Yonghe and nodded with great satisfaction.
“Alright, since that’s the case, it seems Li Yonghe is going to take this gamble. Everyone, make way and clear the space. If Li Yonghe falls down like that strong man and hits the villagers, it will be hard to say. By the way, Jiang, why don’t you and your sons go back first to prepare a coffin for Li Yonghe?”
"Pah! I really don't believe that rat poison can kill you just by smelling it?"
A murmur arose from the crowd, some people still worried for Li Yonghe.
"This Li Yonghe is really courting death. Why did he have to try smelling it? What if he actually dies?"
"Li Yonghe, that lackey, has been encouraging Li Zheng to give him some of the best land in the village, while secretly stealing grain from the village. To say nothing of other things, just take the livestock for example; he throws his donkeys into other people's grain as if the grain were wild!"
Now that they've fled the famine, Li Yonghe is even more resentful of Liang Shuyan's actions and makes things difficult for her at every turn. Originally, these bandits deserved their fate for robbing everyone's food, but he also felt that Liang Shuyan was lying and insisted on proving that Liang Shuyan was lying!
With a smile on her face, Liang Shuyan walked towards Li Yonghe and stretched out her arm, revealing a loose packet of rat poison.
Li Yonghe glanced at it, sniffed, took two deep breaths, stood in front of Liang Shuyan, and laughed loudly, "Look at me, I'm fine! This bitch was just lying, saying that the rat poison would..."
Before Li Yonghe could finish speaking, he collapsed to the ground with a thud, creating a crater.
Mi Ruo put away the rat poison in her hand and smiled slightly: "Li Zheng, you saw it yourself. He didn't listen to my advice and insisted on smelling this rat poison. Now, now!"
Everyone was terrified and took a few steps back: "Is Li Yonghe really dead? How could this rat poison be so toxic?"
Jin Dashan rushed over and said to Li Zheng, "Let me tell you, Li family, my mother warned you about this before, but you insisted on hearing about it. And your father has already signed the agreement, so you can't complain."
Li Zheng's face turned pale. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, since it's already like this, let's bury Li Yonghe's body quickly. What if the smell of the corpse infects the rest of us? Wouldn't we all be doomed?"
Just moments ago, Jiang was arrogant and domineering, but suddenly she knelt down on Li Yonghe's body, crying loudly, "Yonghe, if you had known this woman was really different from before, why did you smell that rat poison?"
Jiang grabbed Li Yonghe and shook him frantically, but to her surprise, Li Yonghe didn't make a sound.
Then, Jiang's eyes turned to Liang Shuyan, and she grabbed Liang Shuyan, saying, "You heartless killer! Where did you get this rat poison? Why did you do this? Give me back my man! Give me back my man!"
Liang Shuyan sneered: "Let go! Let go of your filthy hands. I have a written agreement. Even if your Li family sues me, I'm not afraid. Besides, everyone can testify for me. I've reminded him more than once, but he doesn't believe me. What can I do?"
Seeing her mother-in-law being torn apart by Jiang, Liu stepped forward and shoved Jiang away, saying, "You shrew! Weren't you so self-righteous just now, insisting on smelling this rat poison? What, you want to blame my mother-in-law now? Dream on!"
Erniu pointed at Li Yonghe's body on the ground and exclaimed, "Mother, look! Li Yonghe's nose is bleeding!"
Liang Shuyan was completely bewildered: "How could there be bleeding? Could it really be an accident? No, this rat poison only contained some sedatives!"
Everyone panicked and pointed at Jiang: "Jiang, you'd better bury your husband's body right now, or you'll implicate the whole village. And your Li family won't be able to stay here any longer!"
Sure enough, people are all opportunistic. Seeing this situation, everyone was naturally worried about their own safety. Jiang cried until her eyes were swollen, and she and her two children dragged Li Yonghe to a place and abandoned him.
"Mother, shouldn't we bury my father?"
Jiang rolled her eyes and covered her mouth and nose: "What are you burying? It's all because your deadbeat father of yours had to go looking for trouble and insisted on smelling that rat poison. Now, now we're all in trouble too. Li Zheng definitely won't want us!"
Jiang's son rubbed his eyes: "No, Mother, when Father was alive, he sent a lot of things to the Li family. How can he just stand by and do nothing now?"
"Stop! You vicious woman, you actually want to throw my son into the ravine?"
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