The mother of the pig butcher Xiong Yunkun was a domineering person. Upon hearing this, she immediately put her hands on her hips and pointed at Aunt Huang and cursed: "Mrs. Huang, you have a good idea. You didn't take the initiative to ask Jiaojiao to help you get a cart to transport the grain. Now you are so heartless that you want to plot against us. Bah, dream on!"
"Do you really think we can't see through your little tricks?" Mrs. Zhao didn't want to take out the food at all. That would cost her life, so she pointed at Aunt Huang and cursed her.
After two people spoke up, the women from other families immediately started to laugh at the Huang family, thinking that Mrs. Huang was too shameless.
"Mrs. Huang, if you ask me, it's no wonder your family has the least food and is getting poorer and poorer. You're so obsessed with other people's lives instead of working hard to make a good living. You're treating everyone like a fool."
"If you want my food, you have to die." Many women said this, and would not give Mrs. Huang any chance to think about their own food.
Seeing everyone talking about it, the village chief knew that Mrs. Huang had angered everyone, so he didn't bother to care. Anyway, since everyone had such an attitude, Mrs. Huang should finally calm down.
Mrs. Huang was indeed very uncomfortable, feeling that she had lost all her dignity and face. If she were in the village, she would have turned around and gone home. Now she could only take out her anger on her daughter-in-law, cursing her with all kinds of dirty words. The Huang family's daughter-in-law was also pitiful. She was called a spendthrift woman just because she drank a sip of water.
Zhou Jiaojiao didn't like this noisy environment very much. In addition, she was heavy, so after standing for a while, her waist felt sore. She reached out and subconsciously patted her waist.
Chu San saw her and helped her sit on the cart: "My wife, take a rest. Don't worry. Even if we can't get the food back, I will find a way."
He patted his chest with youthful vigor, and when he saw Zhou Jiaojiao looking at him, he still smiled even though he was worried about where to get food.
Zhou Jiaojiao found it funny to see his adorable appearance, especially since he was originally a rough man. However, in the process of his treatment, it seemed as if he had gotten to know Chu Chengshan of all ages.
Zhou Jiaojiao only felt anticipation and cuteness, and smiled and shook her head at him: "Let's work hard together."
"Okay." Chu San scratched his head embarrassedly.
While the two were talking, Brother Chu's group came back, still taking the human trafficker with them, and there were two other villagers carrying bags of grain.
"I'm back, I'm back."
A woman saw the figures of the villagers and said happily.
Everyone subconsciously looked over and saw that he had really come back.
The village chief quickly looked over, and when Brother Chu and the others approached, he quickly asked, "Did you recover the grain? How much did you recover?"
Since the eldest brother Chu doesn't like to talk, let the second brother Chu stand up and speak.
Brother Chu pointed at the tied-up human trafficker and said angrily, "Village Chief, we've got him back! He's the same guy. He was so skinny and hungry, but he still had the energy to break free. It wasn't because he was strong, it was because someone handed him a knife!"
At this point, Brother Chu got angry. He took out the dagger he had snatched away and said, "It was this dagger. I don't know where he got it from. He used it to cut the rope and escape."
"What? Someone is helping this human trafficker?" The villagers were shocked.
The village chief's face was very unhappy. It was obvious that he had been mentally prepared. "How much grain did you recover?"
"Yes, it's mainly about food. As for who helped him, we will interrogate him later!" The villagers became anxious.
Chu Er put a bag of grain weighing no more than 50 kilograms on the ground.
"Well, that's all he carried. When we caught up with him, we didn't see anyone else with him. He was alone."
"Impossible!" Mrs. Zhao was the first to scream. "Over 60 kilograms of grain were lost from my family alone. How could he have only taken 50 kilograms? Where did he hide the rest?"
"Yes, you damn human trafficker, tell me, where did you hide the remaining food?" Aunt Xiong also asked angrily with her hands on her hips, almost pointing her finger into the human trafficker's eyes.
The human traffickers kept whimpering.
Second Brother Chu also realized that something was wrong, and he subconsciously looked at the Chu family.
Mother Chu began to explain to him, and the second brother Chu was stunned when he heard it: "But we chased him all the way out, and we didn't see him put any other food. If he really lost so much, how could there be no trace at all?"
"That's right." The other men who followed him out nodded.
Aunt Huang pinched Huang Shuangming's waist and asked, "Is this really all the food we have? We've lost a lot!"
She was almost fainted from anger and her whole body was shaking. She was really furious. If the food was not brought back, she and her whole family would really starve to death on this road.
Huang Shuangming was also a little panicked, and said with a sad face: "Mom, it's true. We chased him all the way out. He was alone, how could he hide? We really have no other food... Mom, how much food do we have left at home?"
"What a sin! I don't want to live anymore." Aunt Huang sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
The other villagers who lost their food were also a little panicked.
Without food, they would die. They had experienced hunger too many times and no one wanted to go through it again. They had been fleeing for the past few months, but luckily they had replenished their food in Xi County, which had allowed them to survive. Now, if they had no food, they would...
In an instant, the others subconsciously looked at Chu San and Zhou Jiaojiao.
"Chu San, please think of a way. We can't live without these foods."
"Yes, Chu San..."
"Are you so angry that you've gone crazy? Why are you looking for Chu San? You should be looking for Chu San's wife. Chu San is stupid... and his illness is not cured yet." The woman, who reacted very quickly, looked at Zhou Jiaojiao expectantly.
Zhou Jiaojiao: “…”
I was very surprised and surprised to be suddenly trusted by everyone. However, this can also save me some trouble and solve the problem of Shen Lin.
Zhou Jiaojiao raised her hand and said, "Everyone, don't worry. Just listen and don't speak. Otherwise, I'll be rude to you if you find out who the suspect is. After all, only by finding the suspect can we know where they hid the food."
"Okay, okay, we promise not to interrupt."
Many villagers nodded and covered their mouths with their hands.
Zhou Jiaojiao looked at the village chief and said, "Village chief, now that we have caught this human trafficker, why don't we torture and interrogate him? Maybe we can find out who is behind this."
"Okay." The village chief nodded without hesitation. If this matter was not resolved, the villagers would become demoralized. Who would dare to leave together then? After all, they had stolen from the Chu family before, and now they were stealing from everyone in the village.
As for Aunt Huang's suspicion that the Chu family was responsible, the village chief was the first to disbelieve it. The reason was simple. How could the Chu family take out so much food without leaving a trace? We are not fools. Who would hide food on the road and then go back to eat it? There was no telling whether they would return alive, so it was unnecessary.
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