Chapter 108 A Pig Causes Turmoil
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Although it is not summer yet, the warm sunshine is scorching the earth. Crowds of people gather in the threshing ground of Daobei Village, and the air is filled with tension and anger.
Tang Yue was sitting in the car and could hear the passionate curses from afar. Her brows were furrowed and a bad premonition arose in her heart.
Tang Yue was very dissatisfied with this feeling. Why was the village always uneasy every time she came back?
"Uncle Chang, what happened over there?" Tang Yue's voice was filled with uneasiness. Her consciousness had already been released while she spoke.
Chang Yin's face looked unhappy. It was obvious that something had happened in the village again.
"Xiao Yueyue, something must have happened over there. You just came back and don't know anything, so it's better not to go over there."
Tang Yue clenched her hands tightly, her heart filled with anger. She had seen what was happening on the threshing floor in the village. Those two were people she knew and wanted to help. How dare these people do that? What had they done wrong?
"Uncle Chang, I want to go." Tang Yue's voice was firm. She wanted to see why these villagers were willing to bully others like this.
Chang Yin sighed, "Okay, I'll go with you. But you can't be impulsive later, and you can't go up to help without knowing the reason."
Tang Yue jumped out of the car, ignoring Chang Yin's warnings. She moved quickly and with great speed. She wanted to see if those people had truly committed some unforgivable crime by treating Uncle Lu and the others like that.
In the threshing ground, the crowd formed a circle with two people standing in the middle. They were Lu Zhanheng and Qian Ming, whom Tang Yue knew.
Lu Zhanheng and Qian Ming were pushed to stand in the middle of the crowd. Their hands were tied behind their backs with rough hemp ropes, and their clothes were covered with dirty marks left by thrown objects.
Their heads were bowed, their faces filled with humiliation and helplessness. It seemed they had tried to explain, but those people hadn't given them the chance.
"You anti-corruption elements, what have you done to deserve to live in the cowshed? Don't you know it? You came here and you don't work properly. That was a grown pig. Tell me, how did you kill it?
"Are you dissatisfied with our village? You can't take your anger out on pigs. Damn it!" A villager's eyes turned red with anger.
"China is too tolerant and has given you a chance to reflect. I think you should just be allowed to eat peanuts." The voice of a man among the villagers was full of anger.
"Right! Qian Ming, you are not a good person either. You eat the public grain of China, but you actually use those foreign things to treat people's illnesses.
"Aren't the things passed down by our ancestors useful? You're worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners. You've truly brought shame upon our ancestors!" Another person joined in the verbal battle, his voice filled with anger and disdain.
"Yes, tell me, did you feed the pig something wrong? Otherwise, why would the pig die?"
Lu Zhanheng and Qian Ming's faces were pale, their eyes filled with a blank expression. It was as if everything around them had vanished. They knew they were innocent, but they also knew that at this moment, any excuses would be futile.
After all, they had no evidence to prove that they didn't really feed the pig to death.
If they spoke now, they would surely provoke the villagers' anger, which would make the situation even more troublesome. All they could do now was to endure it and wait until these people had vented their anger. Then perhaps today's farce would be over.
However, the villagers' emotions were like a lit powder keg, ready to explode, and they showed no sign of calming down. The thought of losing a healthy pig made them feel sad.
They waved the farm tools in their hands, and some even picked up stones, ready to punish the two "pig killers".
Tang Yue stood at the edge of the crowd, her hands clenched into fists, her eyes filled with anger. She had never experienced anything like this before. A pig could cause such a stir. A strong urge surged in her heart, wanting to rush forward and defend Lu Zhanheng and Qian Ming.
However, her steps were too heavy to move. She knew the importance of a pig to the village. If she rushed out now, it might cause greater chaos and she might even become the next target of the villagers' attack, making the situation worse.
What's more, the villagers would think she was in cahoots with them, perhaps even an accomplice in the pig slaughter.
But she couldn't do nothing. Her heart was filled with contradictions and struggles, not knowing what to do. At the same time, she thought to herself, she never wanted to see such a thing again. Wasn't it because they were in the wrong place? Those villagers would frame them wantonly.
"Don't do this!" A weak voice rang out. It belonged to a young woman with tears on her face and a trembling voice. "They are already very pitiful. You can't treat them like this. Who knows..."
However, her voice was quickly drowned out by the angry villagers. No one wanted to listen to her explanation, and all they had in their hearts was hatred for the "pig killer."
Some of the people around the woman who heard her words were about to drag her out and scold her. Some people with more conscience finally gave up after some tug-of-war.
Tang Yue's gaze swept through the crowd. She saw those familiar faces, those villagers who had once smiled at her, now so strange and terrifying. A feeling of powerlessness welled up in her heart. She didn't know if she really had the power to change anything.
"Lu Zhanheng, do you have anything else to say?" A strange face asked coldly in the crowd, his eyes full of disdain.
Lu Zhanheng raised his head. There was no fear in his eyes, only determination. "We haven't done this before. We don't know how that pig..."
"Pa pa" several small stones hit Lu Zhanheng directly.
"Bah! Did I let you speak? How dare you say such things!" The man just now interrupted him angrily, raising the wooden stick in his hand high, ready to punish Lu Zhanheng.
Tang Yue's heart tightened, and spiritual energy unconsciously gathered in her fingers. She had not forgotten the last time her two brothers were trapped in the mountains, and Lu Zhanheng had resolutely come to help their family despite the advice of the people in the cowshed.
Now that he is in trouble, Tang Yue can't help but take action.
Just as the villager was about to raise his stick, a slightly authoritative voice rang out, "Stop!"
The villagers paused, their movements halted, and they all turned to look in the direction of the voice. Seeing it was the newly appointed village chief, Li Qingyang, the angry villager was about to say something, but Li Qingyang glared at him, and the villager immediately dropped his stick and took two steps back.
Li Qingyang's gaze swept through the crowd, and whoever he looked at lowered their heads. "This has never happened in our village before. Everyone is heartbroken when a pig dies, but we also have to ask the reason, right?
What happened today? Isn't it illegal to beat someone up? " Li Qingyang's voice was a little cold.
The villagers lowered their heads and said nothing. What could they say? They had been afraid of being dominated by Li Qingyang recently. There was no other way. To ensure they had a place in the herbal medicine factory, who would dare to disobey Li Qingyang?
"Our village is going to build a factory, not become an official. Why are you all so arrogant? What? Are we nobler than anyone else? We haven't achieved any results yet. If the army knew about what happened today...
Given our behavior, will the army still agree to build a factory in our village?"
"ah?"
The anger on the villagers' faces was replaced by fear and terror. Someone happened to see Chang Yin standing not far away and accidentally cried out in fright.
Someone followed his gaze and saw Chang Yin's expressionless face.
The villagers are embarrassed now. They were not like this before. They really felt in the past two days that their village would have an industry in the future, and their future life would definitely be better than that of other villages, so they felt a little proud.
This? They'd just started, and they'd already been discovered. Such bad luck!
Li Qingyang saw Chang Yin and hurried over to greet him. "Comrade Chang, when did you get here? It just so happens that the medicinal materials factory has already built a high wall. How about I take you over to check out the progress?"
As he spoke, he shook his hand behind his back, and the villagers immediately scattered.
Chang Yin looked at the villagers who were moving quickly and said, "Village Chief Li is quite good at taking advantage of the situation."
"Ah, haha, there's nothing I can do. As for those people in the cowshed, well, it's hard to say. But everyone is upset about the sudden death of a pig, so please forgive me. I don't think these two people in the cowshed look like bad people, so there's no need to make things difficult for them. I'll find out the reason when the time comes."
Chang Yin now looked at Li Qingyang intently, then turned his gaze behind Li Qingyang.
Li Qingyang turned around and said, "Oh, Yueyue? I haven't seen you for several days. Why didn't you go home?"
Tang Yue nodded her chin towards Chang Yin, and Li Qingyang understood.
"Hey, Comrade Chang, can you take Yueyue home first? Later..."
"Village Chief Li, I have something else to do today. You guys should start building the medicinal materials factory first. I'll come over to check it out after the troops are deployed in a few days."
"Oh, okay, okay."
Li Qingyang seemed to have just remembered something and quickly said to Tang Yue, "Yueyue, go home and take a look."
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