It turned out that although Er Gouzi hadn't been burning charcoal with his mother these days, he always went to the mountains to find food on his own. From what he said, he must have seen that Er Wa had become more sensible with Xia Manni every day, so he also wanted to help Zhang Cuiling share some of the burden.
Who would have thought that when he came back late from playing that day, he would see Cui Yanzi and a man he didn't know quarreling.
Er Gouzi was so scared that he hurried down the mountain, but before he reached the foot of the mountain, the mountain had already started a fire.
When he got home and told his mother, she decided to go find the village chief.
Who knew it was raining at that time, and by the time he found Dazhuang, Dazhuang had already received the news and came out with a kitchen knife.
"Village chief, I'm innocent. How can I believe what this kid says?" Cui Yanzi regretted it so much at this moment. She shouldn't have let that man into the mountain.
"Did you go up the mountain yesterday?"
“We went up the mountain, but…”
"Since you've gone up the mountain, it's hard to escape suspicion..."
Before the village chief could finish his words, Dazhuang had already grabbed Cui Yanzi and started beating her.
While beating her, he asked her to tell the truth. There were people standing around and no one dared to step forward to stop the fight.
After all, if you betray a man here, it is legal for your husband's family to take your life.
"Stop hitting him, stop hitting him. I said, he is from the next village, you don't know him." Cui Yanzi was beaten and collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Okay, you dare to bring him up the mountain from the next village?"
"Tell me, who's from the next village?"
"Village Chief, this woman should just be drowned in the pond."
"Yes, sink into the pond. If you don't tell me who it is, sink into the pond."
"He's really tired of living. Not only does he steal people, but he also brings people from other villages up the mountain."
"It would have been fine if they had gone up the mountain, but they also started a fire."
"The key is that they burned the mountain and they want me to take the blame."
Take the blame? Huh?
"It means to throw dirty water on me..." Xia Manni lost all her scruples when she was excited.
"Village chief, save me... Village chief... I..." Cui Yanzi, who was beaten half to death, actually crawled to the feet of the village chief to plead for herself.
Xia Manni felt like Cui Yanzi hadn't finished speaking yet, so she asked, "Why? Are you going to say it now?"
"No matter what you say, he won't tell. Let's all go away and just kick her out of the village."
"No, this woman must die today." Da Zhuang was furious and wanted to kill the woman immediately.
"Da Zhuang, you are the village chief and I am the village chief? If you kill someone, don't you become a murderer?"
"Then let's drown her in the pond!" Da Zhuang was somewhat complaining to the village chief at this time. He felt that the village chief was not helping him.
"Sinking the pond is not an option. There is no such thing in our village. Wouldn't this make our ancestors laugh at us?"
Villagers: I always feel like something is wrong?
While Dazhuang was hesitating, the village chief quickly called a few people over to throw Cui Yanzi out of the village.
"Wait." Xia Manni shouted loudly.
"Manier, you are stupid. She has slandered you like that, and you still want to plead for her?"
It was Aunt Qiao. She had been looking like she was watching the fun just now, but when she heard that Xia Manni was going to plead for Cui Yanzi, she became worried for her.
"Mom..." Da Wa tugged at the corner of Xia Manni's clothes, wondering if his mother had forgotten that this woman wanted to harm her.
Although Erwa didn't quite understand, he felt that Cui Yanzi deserved to die.
"Mother of Da Wa, are you stupid?" Li, who was not far away, cursed in a neutral tone.
"Xia Manni, you said to slow down? Do you want to beg for mercy?" The village chief looked at Xia Manni with suspicion.
The most unbelievable person was Cui Yanzi. She looked at Xia Manni with horror on her face, and suddenly remembered what she had said to her before.
"You, apologize to me first." Xia Manni hooked Cui Yanzi's chin with her hand.
The people around gasped. How could they forget that Xia Manni was the woman who killed three wild boars?
"What are you apologizing for?" Although Cui Yanzi was a little scared, she was too proud to admit it and raised her head and said hatefully.
"The wildfire has nothing to do with me. You caused it, yet you're yelling at me."
After listening to this, Cui Yanzi subconsciously glanced at the village chief, then lowered her head and refused to speak.
Xia Manni kicked Cui Yanzi, then pulled out the machete in her hand and pointed it at Cui Yanzi.
"If you don't apologize, I'll make you bleed. Anyway, the village chief just said that he can't take your life, so a little blood is nothing."
Cui Yanzi felt that Xia Manni's kick was more painful than the one Da Zhuang had given her just now.
Everyone was waiting to watch the fun. Xia Manni kicked Cui Yanzi many times but she didn't say a word.
Just as Xia Manni raised her machete, the village chief coughed and said, "Apologizing won't cost you anything."
"sorry."
Xia Manni glanced at the village chief meaningfully and said, "What are you sorry for? Tell me clearly."
"I led people to set the forest fire. It has nothing to do with you." Cui Yanzi was a little desperate at this time. Since the outcome was already decided, she could only wait for a chance to avenge today's revenge in the future.
"Okay, take her away." The village chief seemed worried that Xia Manni would continue asking questions, so he arranged for people to throw Cui Yanzi out of the village.
"Wait, there's still one person who hasn't apologized."
Xia Manni said this to the village chief. She felt that the village chief was definitely involved in this matter.
But she hasn't figured out the village chief's motives yet. Was it because she was too conspicuous when she hunted the wild boar last time?
"Village Chief, do you remember when you came to my yard a while ago and kept saying that I was spreading rumors and misleading the people? Now you can see that even though I didn't do anything, some people still throw dirty water at me."
"What does this have to do with me?" Xia Manni was so bold that she actually asked him to apologize? What kind of apology would he make?
"If you hadn't come to me that day without knowing the truth, how would Cui Yanzi have thought that this matter was related to me? Besides, what I said was not wrong. Look, hasn't the temperature dropped?"
Xia Manni was right. The rain that had just stopped started to fall again, but the rain that fell on people and the ground turned into white particles.
"Yes, thanks to Mannie, otherwise where would we find firewood after the rain?"
"Yes, why is the village chief becoming more and more confused?"
"It's a good thing I didn't listen to the village chief, otherwise I would have frozen to death."
"Our family was pitiful, so we were obedient and chopped firewood for half a day."
…
The noises around him gradually grew louder, and the village chief's face became uglier and uglier. He didn't know when he had been led by the nose.
He just stared at Xia Manni, but Xia Manni didn't show any fear.
"Village Chief, if you apologize, I won't pursue everything here. Otherwise, I will definitely get to the bottom of it."
After Xia Manni finished speaking, the village chief narrowed his eyes.
If he had known this would happen, he should have asked Da Xiuniang to take away all the Xia family's belongings.
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