As Old Lady Long and Yi Zhonghai were discussing how to seize Zheng Ya's childless estate and divide the money and houses, Zheng Ya was being pulled by the collar and pushed out by a strong man. He used his internal energy to sink his body into a thousand-pound weight and responded to the strong man's shoving with ease, saying with a smile, "You've misunderstood."
I'm doing this to the very end, to serve the people.
If you help slaughter the pig, I'll also give the snake to the poor households in your village as a token of my appreciation, without asking for anything in return.
Are you trying to prevent me from serving the people and undermine unity?
"You, you're really that kind?" Xu Sanwang grabbed Zheng Ya's collar but couldn't pull him up or push him. Feeling guilty, he let go and stepped aside. Something was wrong.
Undermining unity is a very serious problem.
The people of the whole country advocate unity and public service, and regard labor as glorious.
You can refuse outsiders' help, but you cannot be hostile to outsiders serving the people.
The interests and unity of the people are paramount.
Personal gain is insignificant compared to the hard work of the masses and their unity and dedication to public service.
If Xu Sanwang insists on doing his own thing and prevents Zheng Ya from slaughtering pigs to serve the villagers, it would be tantamount to undermining unity, and the crime would be no small matter.
The other unmarried adult men were all taken aback by Zheng Ya's words.
This made a group of unmarried men glare at Zheng Ya, gritting their teeth.
Zheng Ya waited with a smile. To prevent the situation from escalating and escalating into a fight, Xu Qi hugged her barefoot daughter tightly and defended someone: "Comrade Zheng Ya is a member of the Bajiquan sect; he generally wouldn't bully the weak..."
“Strange woman, are you looking down on the men of the village?” Xu Sanwang turned around and poured out his sour grapes, hitting the nail on the head for dozens of unmarried men.
Well, we've been so protective of you, this extraordinary woman, yet you're siding with outsiders?
It's a small matter, but it's very hurtful.
More than thirty people pursued this extraordinary woman, engaging in open and covert struggles for three or four years, but to no avail.
The reason is that the extraordinary woman once boasted that she would marry anyone who could defeat her by even a single move.
Every man in the village was defeated by this extraordinary woman in a single move.
Not to mention surpassing even a single move or two of a legendary woman's skills; such things only exist in dreams.
Even so, there is still hope for dozens of unmarried men.
But now, this remarkable woman is speaking up for and supporting an outsider, which is implicitly telling everyone a fact: why did she choose this pretty boy, this outsider?
So, this outsider helping the villagers slaughter pigs and delivering snake meat was an attempt to build relationships and express gratitude to the entire village for taking care of the extraordinary woman.
The key issue is that it hurts people's feelings!
Dozens of unmarried men misunderstood, and Xu Qi, by sheer coincidence, didn't explain and simply acquiesced?
Zheng Ya had no idea about these inside stories. He took a sharp knife from an old man and began to butcher the pig: "Sizzle!"
After slaughtering and bleeding the pig, the old woman pulled out the arrow that had pierced the boar's ears. Holding the boar upside down by its hind legs, she let the blood flow from its ears into a large wooden basin prepared by the old man: "Gurgle."
The wild boar had been dead for a short time; its blood was still warm.
The bright red pig's blood flowed into a large wooden basin. The old man grabbed a handful of salt and sprinkled it into the basin. Then he stirred the pig's blood with a wooden stick, mixing it with a little warm water to make pig's blood soup.
At this moment, two women brought over a bucket of hot water, intending to pour it into the large stone trough to soak the wild boar and use it for scraping off its hair.
Zheng Ya shook his head and said, "Aunties, let's skip the step of soaking the wild boar in hot water to remove its hair..."
"Tch, you lifted a wild boar upside down with one hand, showing off your strength, we're impressed."
"But you boasted that you wouldn't soak the wild boar in hot water to remove its hair. Are you going to use the internal energy of the Bajiquan school to force the wild boar's hair out?" Xu Sanwang was shocked to the bone by the power of the wild boar being bled by him, and he waited for an opportunity to make trouble.
Soaking pig hair in hot water makes it easy to scrape off the hair; this is the traditional method. Are there any other ways to scrape hair?
This prompted the thirty-odd unmarried men who had mistakenly believed that Zheng Ya had an affair with the extraordinary woman to chime in with their criticism: "Anyone can brag!"
"What a strange woman! That pretty boy is all talk and no action; he's unreliable!"
"Exactly! A young man with no experience is unreliable and all he does is boast."
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe they learned how foreigners pluck pig bristles, plucking them one by one until they're completely removed..."
"Hahaha..." The unmarried man caused the whole village to burst into laughter.
Just then, Xu Erdan arrived at the commune office and explained Zheng Ya's situation to Secretary Xu, adding before leaving: "Secretary Xu, I suspect that this Zheng Ya is an enemy agent."
It would be highly illogical for Zheng Ya to have been dumped in a desolate mountain area forty miles away.
Who would kill someone and throw the body this far? Are they stupid?
Xujiazhuang is located on the edge of the Changping mountain area, about 40 to 50 miles away from the capital, which does not match the actual situation that Zheng Ya's body was dumped dozens of miles away.
Furthermore, Zheng Ya's claim of a breakthrough from the brink of death is hard to believe.
These days, very few people practice martial arts, partly because they lack understanding of martial arts and develop prejudices against it.
Another reason is that Zheng Ya was a martial artist, so why couldn't he defeat the person who disposed of the corpse?
Furthermore, Zheng Ya was completely unharmed and showed no signs of injury whatsoever.
All of this is suspicious.
Xu Erdan's suspicion that Zheng Ya was an enemy agent was not without reason.
Secretary Xu acknowledged his suspicions, and while picking up the phone to dial, he said, "Your analysis makes sense."
However, we should also proceed from reality, call the comrades at the subdistrict office to confirm Zheng Ya's identity and physical characteristics, and learn some relevant information before discussing Zheng Ya's issue.
After all, everything must be based on reality; we can't arbitrarily determine a person's character, right?
"Yes, yes, Secretary Xu is right. He enlightened me and taught me a lot. Hehe." Xu Erdan flattered and joking, eyeing the old village chief's position and wanting to climb up.
He didn't even respect the militia captain; being the village chief and managing over a thousand people was just what he wanted.
Secretary Xu had seen this type of person many times before, so he pretended not to hear. After the operator connected the call to the Tongluo Lane Subdistrict Office, Director Wang answered the phone: "Hello, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, this is Xu Dongsheng, the secretary of Hongqu Commune. May I bother you with something?" Xu Dongsheng's friendly request maintained his approachable demeanor.
This made Xu Erdan think he was too pretentious and hypocritical.
Director Wang smiled and said, "Hello, hello, the chief secretary of the local commune is much busier than our street director."
"If you have any questions, just ask. How could I possibly refuse?"
"Haha, you're joking. If it's convenient, could you tell me about Comrade Zheng Ya's information and physical characteristics?" Secretary Xu didn't mention the fact that Zheng Ya's body had been dumped, finding it too unbelievable.
Just as Xu Erdan analyzed, it doesn't make sense.
Actually, this matter is very simple; we just need to verify Zheng Ya's identity.
Investigating the details and facts of the case is not something the commune secretary should interfere with.
If there is a real case, Zheng Ya will call the police and let the police professionals handle it. There's no need for him, the secretary, to meddle and delay things.
Prematurely exposing the case would allow the perpetrator to flee, hindering the investigation and apprehension of the criminal.
Therefore, Xu Dongsheng rationally took things out of context. Director Wang mistakenly thought that Zheng Ya had gone to the countryside for sightseeing without a letter of introduction and had been arrested. When he called to inquire, he immediately lost his temper: "This Zheng Ya is really a handful."
If he runs off to your commune and acts recklessly without a letter of introduction, please lock him up in solitary confinement for a few days to teach him a lesson…
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