After saying this, Zhang Wei felt a little guilty, "I hope that this kind of person will never enter the education system again; he's a black sheep!"
Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing nodded, "Out of sight, out of mind. It's better that they've left."
Lu Wanqing knew that she had gone to great lengths to treat Qi Wei's leg, and that amputation might be necessary to save his life.
After returning to the Victory Brigade, Lu Wanqing and Lin Ye went to the house by the river to find the stone mill.
Unexpectedly, after searching the ruins, they still couldn't find it.
"Let's go to He Shujuan's house." Lu Wanqing let Xueqiu sniff the air and knew that the Xu family had been there before.
Upon hearing that they were looking for the stone mill, He Shujuan immediately shook her head in denial, "How could that be? Didn't you move that stone mill away? Did it grow legs and walk back by itself?"
It's impossible for her to admit to stealing!
"Aunt He, it's no use denying it. Snowball has a keen sense of smell. She smelled your scent on the ruins, proving that you were there!" Lu Wanqing said coldly, not intending to give her a kind look.
He Shujuan's expression suddenly changed, and she stammered, "So what if I went? I went to steal your fertilizer!"
Lin Ye's eyes darkened. No wonder the vegetables in her garden looked so lush and shiny when he entered the yard. It turned out she had stolen fertilizer!
Lu Wanqing was furious. Even if she knew they had stolen the stone mill, she would have just cursed them a few times. But she never expected that they would confess without being asked and steal the fertilizer that she and Lin Ye had carefully cultivated!
Those fertilizers were mixed with spiritual spring water; consuming them can prolong life. No wonder the Xu family members have been full of energy lately, and even have the strength to scheme and extort money from others!
"Snowball, go and destroy her vegetable garden!" Lu Wanqing commanded telepathically.
How could we possibly let them enjoy something as wonderful as the spiritual spring water!
Soon, Snowball started rolling around in He Shujuan's vegetable garden, destroying all the vegetables. And that wasn't all; it even urinated on the soil, ruining it so that nothing could grow there anymore!
When He Shujuan saw the ruined vegetable garden, she cried and wailed, attracting the rest of the family members to come out!
Those few, when they were asking for the stone mill earlier, hid in the house like cowards, thinking that if they didn't admit it, Lu Wanqing wouldn't be able to do anything to them.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wanqing vented her anger on the vegetable garden!
“Lu Zhiqing, no matter how angry you are, you can’t joke about vegetables! They’re grain, how can you waste them!” Li Miaolian said softly, putting her arm around Xu Bowen’s shoulder.
Xu Bowen even shouted, "You're wasting food! It's shameful and hateful!"
That little guy looked every bit the righteous fighter. If you didn't know he used his body to extort money, you'd really think he was such a sensible, well-behaved, and righteous child!
Lu Wanqing chuckled and winked at Xu Bowen, "Then tell me, is stealing shameful, or is wasting food shameful?"
His grandparents and uncle stole other people's fertilizer and stone mills, and he didn't say a word. Now that his family's land has been damaged, he's suddenly indignant!
“You…we didn’t steal anything from your house. You don’t live there. Anyone can take the fertilizer. How can that be considered stealing?” Xu Bowen was quite good at arguing.
Lu Wanqing raised her voice to correct him, "Even if we don't live there, that house is still ours, and no one else has the right to enter. You not only stole fertilizer, but also the stone mill. People like you who eat vegetables grown with my fertilizer are the ones who are shameful!"
"The stone mill wasn't stolen...it originally belonged to us..." Xu Bowen blurted out after being provoked by Lu Wanqing.
Li Miaolian quickly covered his mouth and pulled him behind her, saying, "We didn't bring the millstone. The child is just talking nonsense out of ignorance."
"Hmph, I think the children are just being ignorant because of what you adults taught them," Lin Ye said sternly.
At this moment, Snowball finished working in the vegetable garden, rushed into the room, and soon began to bark.
Lu Wanqing gave Lin Ye a look, and Lin Ye immediately understood and walked into the house.
In the woodshed, in a haystack, Snowball parted the straw, revealing a corner of the stone mill.
“The item has been found, what else do you have to say?” Lu Wanqing glanced at everyone present.
Their faces showed no remorse, only indignation at being exposed.
He Shujuan even pinched Xu Bowen's arm, urging him to confront Lin Ye.
Xu Bowen was very obedient and immediately pounced on the stone mill to prevent Lin Ye from getting close. He also shouted at him, "You are robbers! Don't even think about taking my things!"
Lu Wanqing was also impressed. This stone mill weighed over 100 jin (50 kg), and it must have taken a lot of effort to move it back!
This was something that saved the lives of six members of his family. Are their lives worth less than a millstone?
Or perhaps they're so greedy for taking advantage that they've learned to be thieves!
However, Lu Wanqing knew that the stone mill did indeed belong to the Xu family at first. Going to the commune to find someone to judge would take up a lot of her energy. With that time, she might as well make a few more sets of clothes. There was no need to waste her energy on such a trivial matter!
But it's impossible to just let it go like that.
She pulled Lin Ye away, crossed her arms, and prepared to talk to Xu Bowen.
"Xu Bowen, do you understand what 'what if' means?" Lu Wanqing asked tentatively.
Seeing that Xu Bowen could understand, he continued, "Imagine you have a father who is quite wealthy, but he only gives his money to your brother and builds him a big house. How would you feel?"
Xu Bowen was a little confused after hearing this, and frowned as he processed her assumption.
Li Miaolian and He Shujuan knew in their hearts that this was not a hypothetical situation, but a reminder from Lu Wanqing that it was best not to provoke her, no matter what!
He Shujuan still needed to use Xu Bowen to make money, so naturally she didn't want him to know the truth. Just as she was about to interrupt, Xu Erlai laughed and said, "Wenwen, do you need to think about it for so long? If it were me, I would definitely go to that father and ask him for money to build a big house!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than He Shujuan gave him a sharp rap on the back of the head, making him see stars.
"What are you talking about? Lu Wanqing was just saying 'what if.' Alright, let's leave it at that for today. Bowen, step aside and let Uncle Linye move the millstone away."
"It's just a stone mill, it's not really useful anyway! When we have money in the future, we'll just buy wheat flour and won't need this thing!"
Li Miaolian's expression changed as well. She quickly pulled Xu Bowen up, patted the grass clippings off her, and said, "Come on, Wenwen, let's go back inside. From now on, children shouldn't meddle in adult matters."
Lu Wanqing watched Li Miaolian's retreating figure and laughed heartily, "Some people just don't know what they're thinking. They have money but don't acknowledge their fathers, preferring to live in mud-brick houses!"
Xu Erlai rubbed the back of his head, feeling dizzy, and asked, "Who? Whose dad is rich? Am I about to have a change of luck?"
He Shujuan kicked him hard in the buttocks again, yelling, "Get inside! You're useless! If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!"
He Shujuan was furious. How could she have forgotten about this? She felt suffocated, as if her neck was being suspended by a rope.
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