Chapter 67: Food Thief
When Chen Jun heard Yun's cry, he hurried over. When he saw that it was indeed the bag of grain that was stolen from his family, he reached out to grab the grain on Li Mazi's back.
As a result, one tried to snatch it by force and the other refused to let go, so the two started fighting.
The village head came over and looked at the two people who were pinching each other's necks and blushing, and shouted: "Stop it, both of you. If you continue to fight, I will drive both of you out of the team and let you fight to your heart's content."
After hearing what the head of the village said, the two men reluctantly let go of each other's hands and sat on the ground, gasping and coughing.
Yun pointed at the grain on the ground and cried, "Head, this is my grain. There are red flowers embroidered by me on it, and it is 50 kilograms of black flour. Everything matches. It was Li Mazi who stole my grain!"
Upon hearing this, Li Mazi's mother Chen immediately put her hands on her hips and glared at Yun: "Bah, what bag with red flowers embroidered on it is yours? I embroidered it, and I just happened to see it."
Yun: "Okay, then let's compare the embroidered items. We'll know who embroidered it once we compare them."
When Chen heard this, a guilty look flashed in her eyes. Her embroidery skills were definitely not as good as Yun's, who had worked as an embroiderer in an embroidery workshop. They were even worlds apart. Such an obvious gap was obvious to even an outsider!
The head of the village looked at Chen's guilty expression and wondered what else he could say. He immediately looked at Li Mazi with a stern face and said, "Li Mazi, give this grain back to them..."
Before the head of the village finished speaking, Li Mazi rushed to argue: "Head of the village, I am innocent! Didn't you check my food that day? I clearly didn't steal it."
Li Mazi regretted it so much in his heart! If he had known, he would have destroyed the grain bag. He thought that the head of the village had checked every household and would definitely not check again, so he felt relieved and did not even change the grain bag!
Who would have thought that this grain theft would happen? He was so unlucky that this bag of grain was stolen. If he had known this, he would not have deliberately slacked off when keeping watch!
"Then why is this bag of food on you now? Do you think I am blind?"
Li Mazi: "I really didn't steal it. I just went to the woods to relieve myself before I set off that day. I happened to see someone hiding this bag of food in the grass. I... I picked it up by myself."
Seeing that he was still trying to argue, the village head was furious and threatened: "Okay, if you don't want to go back, then take your mother out of the team!"
Chen was so scared when she heard that that she quickly waved her hands and said, "Lizhang, we are still here. Don't chase us away. We are orphans and widows. What will we do if we leave the team? Woohoo!"
When the head of the village heard Chen's words, he couldn't help but recall that thirty men were conscripted into the village ten years ago. Only nineteen returned, and Chen's husband was one of them who did not return.
The pillar of the family is gone, and the son has no ambition to make progress. He steals and cheats in the village and has not been able to find a wife until now.
The head of the village couldn't bear it, so he had to give a light punishment: "Well, for the sake of you being an orphan and a widow, from today on, I will punish Li Mazi to keep watch for ten consecutive nights! One and a half hours every night."
When Chen Jun heard about this punishment, he felt somewhat dissatisfied and hesitated to speak, but in the end he did not refute.
Li Mazi wanted to argue a little, but before he could say anything, Chen grabbed him and signaled him not to say anything. Then, after accepting the punishment in front of the head of the village, she forcibly dragged Li Mazi away!
Mrs. Hu, who had been watching the whole thing from the beginning, saw that Mrs. Yun's food had been recovered. Thinking of what Chen Jun said when he was kidnapped, she felt very upset. Since he was an ungrateful person, there was no need for her to be polite and she said bluntly:
"Yun, now that your Chen family's grain has been recovered, do you have to return the 20 kilograms of grain you borrowed from our family? We are a family of four, and we have to tighten our belts every time we eat because we are short of these 20 kilograms of grain."
Yun rolled her eyes when she heard this. She had just found some food, and now she had to give away 20 kilograms? It hurt to think about it.
Seeing that the couple remained silent, Mrs. Hu got angry and deliberately said loudly, "What's the matter? Are you two planning to default on your debt? Not only did we help an ungrateful person, but we also helped a couple who were ungrateful?"
Chen Jun looked at the villagers who were pointing fingers at him, then looked at Mrs. Hu and the head of the village who had a stern face, and smiled ingratiatingly: "Oh, no way, am I, Chen Jun, that kind of person? I was also scared at the time! I was just talking nonsense."
"Twenty kilograms of food. We were just thinking of delivering it to the head of the village in person later. Since Sister Hu wants it now, we will divide it out and pack it for you now!"
Seeing Chen Jun pretending to be serious, Mrs. Hu snorted coldly: "Humph, then please pack 20 kilograms of food now."
At this time, Xu Zhiyi took out the medicine he had prepared before fleeing the famine, intending to apply medicine to Shen Wuyou's wound, but Shen Wuyou's wound was too deep, so after thinking about it, he asked Doctor Li to come and take a look.
After Doctor Li came over and examined Shen Wuyou's wound, he asked about the medicine Xu Zhiyi had prepared and looked at it. Then he prescribed a bottle of medicine for her, which she could use together with the medicine she bought herself. She just needed to apply the medicine and bandage the wound!
Because Shen Wuyou was injured on the upper thigh and below the left side of the buttocks, the location was a bit embarrassing, so Xu Zhiyi specially used oilcloth to make a simple temporary tent.
After seeing Shen Wuyou coming in, he directly ordered: "Come here and take off your pants! I'll apply medicine and bandage you."
Shen Wuyou looked at Xu Zhiyi who insisted on applying medicine to herself, her cheeks flushed, and she whispered: “My wife, I…I can do it myself.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi stared at him with a face full of doubt: "Can you really do this?"
Shen Wuyou was so embarrassed at this time that he nodded with a red face: "I can do it"
Xu Zhiyi saw that he insisted, so he had to give him the medicine bottle, and still told him with reassurance: "Before you apply the medicine, remember to clean the wound first, and the cloth that has been used to wipe the wound cannot be reused. It must be washed and exposed to the sun before use."
After giving the instructions, he went out and waited.
Su saw Xu Zhiyi coming out so quickly! She asked worriedly, "Zhiyi, did you apply medicine to Wuyou so quickly? How is his wound? Is it serious?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi shook his head and said, "I didn't help him apply the medicine. He was shy and wanted to apply it himself. I told him what to pay attention to and then left."
Upon hearing this, Su tapped Xu Zhiyi's forehead and said helplessly, "Oh, he said he was shy, and you really just let him go? Besides, you are husband and wife now, can you still be so polite and distant for the rest of your lives?"
"One of you has to be more proactive, understand? The couple is being polite like outsiders, which is great, you three can improve your relationship along the way, and then consummate your marriage after you have settled down after escaping the famine."
And Su's words not only fell into the ears of Shen Wuyou in the simple version of the tent, but also fell into the ears of Shen Changan who was not far away.
After hearing Su's words, Shen Changan and Shen Wuyou blushed from their necks to their faces, and their heartbeats involuntarily accelerated.
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