The big spiky mosquito was at a mosquito coil workshop, surrounded by cornfields, with no one around. The rain was pouring down, and no one heard me even when I shouted.
Now that they've escaped, things are different; other people are scattered around the field where Xu Genyou is.
His shout immediately drew several people to turn around and look.
The assailant panicked, dropped his hoe, turned around, grabbed the limping man behind him, and ran away.
Wu Tianli felt both hatred and regret; how could he have encountered two children when he had such a good opportunity?
One of them was as ferocious as a wild beast, piercing a hole in his own leg, making every step excruciatingly painful.
Old Wu, supporting his son, felt his heart pounding in his throat. His mind went blank, and all he could think about was escaping this place as quickly as possible.
They dared not turn around, dared not look at Xu Genyou even once, only felt that his voice was getting louder and clearer, as if it were echoing throughout the entire Xu family village.
At this moment, Xu Gen, covered in mud, was still standing in the field shouting at the top of his lungs, "There's a kidnapper here! Everyone come quick!"
He simply couldn't believe that someone would dare to rob someone in broad daylight, especially since such a thing could happen in his own village.
Soon, countless people gathered from all directions, surrounding the Wu family father and son.
At this point, the two had nowhere to escape and dared not fight back against the villagers.
Ma Guan stepped forward and, without saying a word, knocked the man to the ground with a stick. Without any resistance, the man was tied up with a rope.
Someone stepped forward and pulled off the cloths covering the two men's faces, exclaiming, "Wu Tianli, what are you trying to do?"
The people were quickly led to the shaded area. The rain still hadn't stopped, and the entire village, disregarding their soaking wet clothes, stood under the shade, eager to see how things would turn out.
Everyone knows these two people; they are Xu Changming's father-in-law and son, who came to Xujia Village some time ago.
Although they refused to leave, the two of them kept helping with the work, and the father and son spared no effort in this drought relief effort.
Unexpectedly, this was the opportunity they had been waiting for. Not only did they dare to break into the workshop, but they also attacked Xu Genyou.
Xu Changming's old face turned ashen with anger. He pounded the hoe on the ground with a loud thud and pointed at Wu Tianli, cursing, "I knew you had something to hide all along, but I didn't expect you to be so bold. What were you planning to do sneaking into the workshop? You're really courting death."
Wu Tianli had a bloody hole in his leg from being stabbed by Da Xiang. The child was not strong enough, so the hole was not deep and no one treated it.
Although he was no longer bleeding, he was still trembling with pain.
When Xu Changming accused him, he immediately cried out in protest: "No, sir, I didn't mean to steal anything. I was just curious and asked a question, and that little girl stabbed me with something."
"Uncle, you must believe me, I haven't done anything wrong."
Beside him, Old Man Wu also knelt down before Xu Changming and kowtowed repeatedly: "Uncle, please spare us for the sake of our deceased aunt!"
We were really just here to take a look, and we were about to leave. My aunt told us to come in a dream, and we're afraid we won't be able to come again. We just wanted to see as many new things as possible to show off when we get home.
I knew I shouldn't have gone there, but I panicked because I was afraid of getting into trouble. I'm not human, I'm not human! As I said this, I raised my hand and slapped myself a few times.
He spoke with aggrieved tone, but made no mention of his attempt to hit Xu Genyou with a hoe.
Old Wu was almost fifty years old, and he was crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, repeatedly talking about his aunt who had married Xu Changming and died at the young age of forty.
He knew that his aunt and uncle had always had a good relationship, and that if he brought it up, they would definitely forgive him out of consideration for their past relationship.
As Old Man Wu cried, Wu Tianli cried too: "Little Aunt! I've never even met you. Father and Mother always said that you were good to your family and always thought of them. Now that you're dead, no one cares about your family anymore."
Xu Changming angrily cursed, "Your aunt was dragged down to death by the Wu family, and you still have the nerve to cry here."
His wife is the youngest daughter of the Wu family, more than ten years younger than the eldest brother of the Wu family, who is also the father of Old Man Wu. This nephew in front of him grew up with his aunt.
After marrying Xu Changming, Wu's youngest daughter often worried and resented her ignorant nephew, and died at the young age of forty.
Xu Changming gets angry whenever he thinks about it.
Xu Changming was cursing and swearing in the arena, and the crowd outside was also discussing it.
Everyone says the rules are there. Although Master Changming himself didn't leak the workshop's affairs, this person was brought by his family, so we can't just let it go like this.
Jiang Zhi sat silently; this was the first time such a situation had occurred in Xujia Village.
The Wu family father and son sneaked into the workshop, not only trying to force Da Xiang and Xiao Xiang to reveal their methods, but also physically assaulting Xu Genyou who tried to stop them. According to the rules, they were naturally sent to the county government to be flogged.
However, just as a country has its laws and a family has its rules, village matters must be handled by the village authorities first. It's better to wait for the villagers to come up with a set of rules themselves so that they can follow them in the future.
At this moment, no one mentioned whether they should call the village head or the pavilion chief.
Beside him, Grandpa Xiaoman remained silent.
Perhaps because he didn't want to cause Jiang Zhi any trouble, he didn't participate in village affairs, except for the matter of electing the village chief.
Jiang Zhi didn't need Xiaoman to step in. Nuclear weapons have always served a deterrent purpose. Xiaoman's role was simply to suppress people like Xu Changming who wanted to rely on their seniority.
There is an "eight-person group" for village affairs. When it comes to the village's collective mosquito coil workshop, Wang Xiaoju is needed to handle it.
There is a team in charge of this matter, and it cannot be decided by one person's words alone. Xu Changming himself has no say in this matter.
The group of eight quickly came up with a solution: to beat the person according to village rules first, and then hand the case over to the authorities.
Wang Xiaoju added, "Although the workshop suffered no losses, the person is a relative brought by Master Changming's family, so I have to follow the rules. The lightest punishment is that Master Changming's family can no longer make mosquito coils for a month."
The beating was someone else's, and Xu Changming could ignore it, but the punishment of not being able to make mosquito coils really hit Xu Changming where it hurt.
They suffered heavy losses for no reason and have nowhere to seek justice.
He said viciously, "Beat them, and then send them to the county government. I have no such relation to them."
He was filled with regret. Despite his best efforts to be careful and to avoid speaking to the father and son, he was still dragged down and lost his family's money-making machine.
If I had known it would be like this, I should have ignored my deceased wife's feelings and kicked her out that very day.
Xu Changming has two sons. When they saw that their family had lost the qualification to make mosquito coils for a month, which was worth hundreds of coins, they immediately became anxious: "Dad, we have to ask our cousins to compensate us for this loss."
Xu Changming snorted angrily, "Pay up?"
What can we use to compensate them? The father and son are so poor they don't even have extra pants, and they're the type to stay at their own home and refuse to leave. Talking about compensation is pointless.
Xu Changshou and Xu Yaozu were peeking out from the crowd, listening intently.
Xu Changshou laughed gleefully, and was also somewhat pleased with his own cleverness.
In the ten days or so since he came back, Yaozu had mentioned several times whether he should go and take a look at the workshop, but fortunately he stopped himself each time.
Only a fool would go and look. That mosquito coil workshop isn't going anywhere. Once it settles down in the village, it's theirs to look at whenever they want.
The thought that the workshop was his own filled Xu Changshou with excitement. He decided he should first demonstrate his skills and establish some authority.
He parted the crowd, swaggered up to Jiang Zhi, pointed at the Wu family father and son and said, "Mao Wan's family, if you're going to be the village chief, then take it seriously. Such a big thing happened in the village and you're just hiding on the sidelines. If you can't be the village chief, then don't be one!"
Jiang Zhi was stunned. The group and Wang Xiaoju handled things very well. All she had to do was make the final decision. How did it become that she wasn't taking it seriously and that if she couldn't handle it, she shouldn't be in it?
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