In the end, Zhang Meng couldn't bear to see the father and daughter crying together, so she left Xiaobao here to handle the rest of the matter and went home first.
Now that Xiaobao has the help of the water ghost Changsheng, it is no longer a problem for him to handle some simple things.
Zhang Meng, who was walking behind Sanpo and the others, had a gloomy face and was thinking quickly about what had happened in the past few days.
First, there were the two things that appeared at her doorstep today, and then there was what happened in the Zhong family. She always felt that these two things were a trap set up for her by someone.
Just when Zhang Meng had no idea what was going on, the villagers who followed him back were still thinking about the one dollar incident.
Someone couldn't help but let go of the villain in his heart and shamelessly walked up to Zhang Meng to ask.
"Xiao Meng, you said before that if we follow you here, each of us will get one dollar. Does that still count?"
The person I was asking about was an aunt in the village whose family was the poorest and could barely make ends meet.
She thought that if she really had one dollar, she could take it to the supply and marketing cooperative in town to buy some coarse grains that didn't require a ticket for her family.
Under her gaze filled with anxiety and expectation, Zhang Meng smiled at her and nodded slightly, "Yes, Auntie, I'll send it to you when we get back to my house."
When the villagers who had been eavesdropping at the back heard her words, the smiles on their faces became even brighter.
Even on the way back, they felt that today's journey was much longer than usual.
After returning to the Zhang family, Zhang Meng gave each of them one dollar as he had promised.
The villagers who received the money now truly believed that they could get the money that they would need to earn for several days just by accompanying Zhang Meng to Zhongjia Village.
Touching the one dollar, some villagers grinned and joked with Zhang Meng, "Xiao Meng, if something like this happens again in the future, you must call us. Even if it's only fifty cents, we are willing to follow you."
Zhang Meng smiled and said nothing more. However, the third wife on the side got anxious and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you just cursing Xiao Meng for always being wronged like this? Is that how you say it? Do you deserve to be scolded?"
The villager who said this was a little embarrassed after hearing what Grandma San said, and smiled foolishly, then quickly ran away from Zhang's house.
I chatted with the villagers for half an hour before I finally saw them all off.
Regarding the Zhong family's affairs, Zhang Meng also learned the general situation from Xiaobao who had returned.
The village chief of Zhongjia Village eventually learned about this matter. In order to change outsiders' views of his village, he took out a sum of money from the labor cooperative to bury the deceased daughter-in-law of the Zhong family.
After seeing her three daughters, the Zhong family's daughter-in-law went to the underworld to report without any resentment.
In the following days, Zhang Meng kept an eye on the situation outside her home. The thing that happened last morning had never happened. The quiet feeling made Zhang Meng feel that what happened that morning was a prank.
A few days later, the Zhang family, which had finally regained its semblance of peace, welcomed another group of uninvited guests. As the host, Zhang Meng sat in the main hall with these uninvited guests.
But his expression didn't look very good.
Taoist Priest Wuxin, who was sitting closest, broke the silence in the hall first. "Comrade Zhang Meng, long time no see. We last met at Qingxin Temple. I wonder how Comrade Gu's injury is doing now?"
Zhang Meng sneered in his heart. It has been more than a month, and these people have just come to ask about this matter. Don’t you think it’s too late?
"Thank you for your concern, Taoist Wuxin. His injury has healed. He can eat and sleep well. Now he is out on a mission." Zhang Meng replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Wu Xin and the others all looked disheartened.
These people were all important core figures from various clans, and were respected wherever they went. It was unlike them now, being treated so coldly by a young girl. Naturally, they felt uncomfortable. Zhang Meng didn't know what these people were thinking, and she didn't want to know.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Zhang Meng knew the principle that one should not visit someone for no reason.
None of these people looked like ordinary people, and she didn't believe that they came here just to see her, an insignificant person.
As soon as she said this, those people who were originally so proud as if they were superior to others suddenly coughed and looked away, and no one spoke.
Finally, it was Sheng Liyuan, the old doctor who had treated Gu Mingtai's injury last time, who took the initiative to talk about the purpose of their visit.
"Comrade Zhang Meng, we meet again. Do you still remember me?" Sheng Liyuan asked with a smile.
Zhang Meng glanced at him and nodded slightly, "Doctor Sheng."
Sheng Liyuan was so happy that he boasted to his companion sitting next to him like a little kid, "Comrade Zhang Meng actually still remembers an old man like me, haha."
His companions beside him snorted in jealousy and turned their heads away from the stinky old man Sheng Liyuan who was an eyesore to them.
Sheng Liyuan, having finished showing off, immediately straightened his voice and began to speak seriously, "Comrade Zhang Meng, the truth is, we're here because we want to ask you for help."
"Help?"
Zhang Meng glanced at them in confusion. They should all be quite capable, so why would they need to send so many people to ask her for help?
Suddenly, a bad premonition flashed through her mind, and she glanced at them with a sneer, "You all should be people with abilities higher than mine, right? You're inviting a mere figure like me, aren't you making a mistake?"
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