Bai Jiaojiao already knew that Li Lide's family kept a black dog, and now that she knew that Liu Ying had splashed black dog blood at the door, she felt even more disgusted.
Li Lide was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. Bai Jiaojiao urged, "Village chief, tell me, what should we do? What kind of nonsense is this? They splashed black dog blood on my house! We don't believe in feudal superstitions anymore, but this is still not a good omen. With black dog blood all over our door, how are we going to live?"
Bai Jiaojiao crossed her arms over her chest: "I demand a general meeting. Her behavior is not only a way to seek revenge and disrupt the unity of the comrades, but also a sign of feudal superstition, trying to curse me with gods and ghosts. I will not allow such a comrade in the collective. I want to hold a general meeting so that all the members can come and discuss what to do."
Li Lide was heartbroken at the loss of his beloved dog, and he took the opportunity to use Bai Jiaojiao as a pretext to openly punish Liu Ying.
"Village chief, I was just momentarily blinded by greed... It's all Bai Jiaojiao's fault. She got involved in that net-making business, but after only two days she wouldn't let me do it anymore. Isn't that cutting off my livelihood... Waaah, Yu Wenli has already driven me to the brink of despair at home. You have to stand up for me, village chief..."
Liu Ying scrambled to her feet, her already battered face now covered in blood. But remembering that the blood was from her own black dog, Li Lide closed his eyes again.
When he opened his eyes again, he looked at Bai Jiaojiao and said, "You shouldn't have gone out and caused all that trouble!"
Bai Jiaojiao's gaze met Li Lide's in mid-air, and a sudden inspiration seemed to strike her.
"Please don't criticize me for this. I'm just running errands for the brigade leader. What kind of labor the villagers do is up to the brigade leader, so it's unreasonable for you to criticize me, village chief."
Bai Jiaojiao vaguely felt that the sudden breach of contract by the rope factory was most likely related to Li Lide.
He looked down on himself and didn't want her to have a good reputation in everyone's eyes.
Thinking about this, Bai Jiaojiao knew what to do tomorrow.
"Village chief, I believe the brigade leader will give everyone an explanation regarding the rope factory matter. Please resolve this issue tonight, otherwise I won't be able to sleep soundly."
Bai Jiaojiao stepped out of the door, glancing at Liu Ying, who was slumped on the ground pleading with Li Lide. This time, she had no intention of letting her off the hook.
"It's too late now, let's talk about it tomorrow!"
"By tomorrow all this blood will have dried, village chief. Are you expecting me to sleep at your house tonight?"
"What do you want?" His dog was killed, and he hadn't even said anything yet!
"Hold a meeting immediately to deal with Liu Ying. After that, make her clean up the area in front of my house tonight!"
Li Lide knew what kind of temper Bai Jiaojiao had, and since he was also too angry to sleep, he said: "If you can wake up the villagers, then let's have a meeting!"
Bai Jiaojiao went inside, took out a rolling pin and her own enamel basin, and went door-to-door in the village knocking on them.
"Liu Ying killed the village chief's dog in the middle of the night and poured a basin of black dog blood on my house. I beg everyone to help me!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Bai Jiaojiao kept banging on the enamel basin until her arms ached.
"Little sister, what happened?!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Shihai jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed), and without even putting on his clothes properly, came out shirtless and called out to Bai Jiaojiao, who had already walked away.
"It's about what I told you. Liu Ying said she didn't want to live anymore and wanted to take me with her to die. The village chief caught them red-handed, and they're standing right in front of my house now."
While Bai Jiaojiao was explaining, everyone got up.
To be honest, having your peaceful sleep disturbed is really unpleasant.
But what Bai Jiaojiao said was too explosive!
These days, there are still people so bold as to do such feudal and superstitious things, and they even killed the village chief's dog!
The lights in the whole village were turned on, and everyone went to Bai Jiaojiao's door, wanting to know what kind of mess Liu Ying had made of her house.
"You're not allowed to leave."
When Bai Jiaojiao went down to look for the person, Liu Ying tried to slip away, but Li Lide grabbed her shoulder: "It's only natural that they're asking you for an explanation now. Didn't you think about the consequences of your bad deeds?"
Soon the villagers came up.
The area in front of Shen Heng's house was a wasteland, and it had never been this lively before.
"My God, I knew that dog looked strong, how much blood must have been drawn from it."
"She's really ruthless; she's capable of doing something like this. I wouldn't dare kill her."
"She was beaten by Yu Wenli today."
"Are you out of your mind? Yu Wenli hit her, so why is she coming to cause trouble for Bai Jiaojiao?"
"She's taking advantage of the fact that her husband isn't home, so she can bully her. Do you think she'd dare come over when Shen Heng is home?"
Surrounded by everyone, Liu Ying was filled with fear and shame, wishing she could die on the spot.
Her gaze shifted to the stone steps in front of Bai Jiaojiao's house, and she wanted to smash her head against them.
This had happened before in Shili Village; Huang Yingying didn't get her wish, and Liu Ying naturally didn't die either.
"What are you doing? If you don't want to live, don't die in front of someone else's house!"
Bai Shiqing grabbed Liu Ying, preventing her from crashing into Bai Jiaojiao's door and throwing her aside.
"Just let me die, let me die!"
Liu Ying was pinned down by Bai Shihai and Bai Shibao. Her heels rubbed against the ground, leaving two dents in the floor in front of Bai Jiaojiao's door.
"You've wreaked havoc on them like this, you should at least clean up your mess before you die!"
There were people in the village who spoke up for justice, so no matter how crazy Liu Ying became, it was no use.
"They still dare to do this now? If it were a few years ago, they would have been shot long ago."
"She was wrongly accused."
Liu Ying cried, "Don't you hate her? If it weren't for her showing off every day, doing that net-making business, we'd all still be living our lives. Now she's done this, disrupting our lives and abandoning us! Bai Jiaojiao, you deserve to die!"
"Yu Wenli, has your wife gone mad?"
Bai Jiaojiao helped them talk about making a living by weaving nets. In the past month and a half, even the poorest family in the village had earned at least six yuan. No matter how much or how little, it was better than nothing.
People do good deeds, yet they still attract the hatred of petty people.
Most of the villagers were grateful to Bai Jiaojiao, but she was just a poor, powerless woman. How could she possibly have any say in the affairs of the rope factory? If they stopped giving her orders, what did that have to do with Bai Jiaojiao?
"Liu Ying, you're the epitome of insatiable greed, aren't you? They were being kind by bringing you along. If it were me, given what you did before, I would never have let you sign the contract! And yet you're still holding a grudge against them."
Someone in the crowd immediately spoke up.
Bai Jiaojiao felt a little better after hearing this.
Her efforts for Shili Village over the years have finally paid off, and everyone appreciates her efforts.
"You will eventually discover her hypocritical true colors. Once she has ruined your families and destroyed your lives, it will be too late for you to regret it!"
Despite being pinned down by two people, Liu Ying continued to kick her legs as if trying to kick Bai Jiaojiao.
"It's one thing for you to be unlucky, but why are you cursing us?"
Liu Ying's words aroused public outrage: "Village chief, you must punish him severely!"
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