Chapter 134 Late-Night Farce
More than twenty men deftly slung the heavy baskets over their backs, silently and swiftly disappearing into the side path, their figures quickly vanishing into the thick darkness of the night.
Qiu Sangbiao then took out three stacks of banknotes from his bag—two thick stacks and one slightly thinner stack. “Comrade Lin Die, this is the payment for the goods, two thousand two hundred and fifty-one yuan. Please count it.”
Lin Baozhu took the money, her fingers flying like butterflies as she quickly counted it. Then she smiled and said, "Not too much, not too little, just right." She neatly stuffed the money into her handbag.
Without another word, they nodded slightly to each other and then hurriedly disappeared into the darkness, as if they had never been there at all.
Lin Baozhu and Lin Sanlang rode their bicycles at high speed towards Dageba Village.
Just as we reached the village entrance, a fierce argument and shouting came from afar, sounding particularly jarring in the quiet night.
Lin Baozhu's ears perked up instantly, and she excitedly poked Lin Sanlang's back with her finger: "Third Brother! Something's going on! Hurry up and go see!"
The two squeezed through the crowd following the sound, and saw You Yongsheng jumping up and down, spitting as he shouted, "You heartless bastard! My house was burned to ashes! What's wrong with borrowing your dilapidated house for a few days? We were related by marriage, after all! My family suffered a disaster, shouldn't you lend a hand?"
Across from You Yongsheng, Lin's mother stood with her hands on her hips, spitting back defiantly in a shrill voice: "You Yongsheng! What gives you the nerve to come to my door? Your son is a petty bandit, and you and your husband are old bandits! Who would dare to harbor bandits? When the police come knocking, with your family's depraved behavior, wouldn't you drag good people down with you? Get out! You unlucky thing, if you stand here any longer, don't blame me for hitting you with a shit-stirring stick!"
Lin's mother's words were like a poisonous thorn, piercing You Yongsheng's ears. Her body stiffened abruptly as those unbearable, forgotten memories surged forth, almost overwhelming her. She involuntarily took a half-step back, a flicker of panic crossing her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a raging fire. She abruptly straightened her neck, her voice sharp and piercing with emotion:
"Guo Cuicui! You have to have a conscience! Whether my Yuntao is a bandit or not, the police haven't even solved the case yet! What right do you have to incite the whole village to ostracize us? You even fanned the flames and got the brigade leader to erase my son's name from the village! Now we're desperate, all because of you! What's wrong with staying at your house? It's only natural!"
She became increasingly agitated as she spoke, her spittle almost landing on Guo Cuicui's face. Her eyes flashed with resentment, and her voice suddenly rose, carrying a defiant, reckless intensity.
"Besides, even if my son is convicted, do you think Lin Baozhu can get away with it? She's a used slut that my son has ruined! It's quite possible that this bitch is the one instigating things behind the scenes..."
"Fuck your mother!"
Lin's mother's roar, like a thunderclap, interrupted You Yongsheng's words! Lin's mother's eyes were bloodshot, like an enraged lioness. She bent down, picked up half a brick at her feet, and smashed it hard towards You Yongsheng's head with lightning speed!
"I'll teach you to spew filth! I'll teach you to throw mud at my daughter!" Lin's mother's voice trembled with extreme anger: "You just hate that my daughter was late, causing you three sluts to be defiled by that bandit, right?! Bah! Whose fault is that?! If it weren't for your beastly son who deserves to be torn to pieces, would you have ended up like this?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaoyu and Bi Mamin's eyes instantly turned red!
The deep-thinking Zhao Xiaoyu felt alarmed, her face turning pale. She worried that if it was confirmed that she had been violated by bandits, Bi Yuntao and Shi Bi would despise her, and then she would no longer be the wife of the richest man.
Bi Mamin, who was never one to think straight, was already blinded by shame and anger, and screamed recklessly, "It should have been you two who were tied up on the mountain... Waaah...!"
"Shut up!" Zhao Xiaoyu was terrified and quickly covered Bi Mamin's mouth with her hand. But it was too late!
Bi Mamin's earth-shattering scream clearly reached the ears of everyone watching the spectacle! These farmers may be honest and kind, but they are by no means stupid.
From just that half-sentence, "It's you and your daughter who should be tied up on the mountain," combined with Bi Mamin's resentful and desperate tone, a chilling truth instantly surfaced in everyone's minds:
Bi Yuntao's initial target was Lin Baozhu and her daughter! And the Bi family members not only knew about it, but may have even supported or participated in this heinous conspiracy!
However, something went wrong, and in the end, it was the women of the Bi family who suffered. Not only that, they were also repeatedly violated by bandits.
What's this called? Karma! Serves him right!
In an instant, the villagers who had initially felt a sliver of sympathy for the Bi family mother and daughter felt a chill run from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, followed by a boundless rage at being fooled! Their previous pity vanished, replaced by furious anger at being deceived!
"Captain!"
A man was so angry that veins bulged on his forehead, and his voice trembled: "We thought Bi Yuntao was a heartless and rotten cancer! After all this time, it turns out that the root of this family is rotten to the core! Luckily, Baozhu and Aunt Guo are lucky and didn't let them succeed! Otherwise... otherwise, it would have been Baozhu, whom we watched grow up, who would have been ruined!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The crowd was instantly ignited, and waves of anger rose and fell: "These vicious scumbags can no longer stay in our Da Ge Ba Village! Today they can sell the neighbor's daughter, who knows if they'll sell us out for some trivial matter tomorrow? And what if they hold a grudge against our village and are then used by enemy agents... Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine!"
You Yongsheng and his mother, Zhao Xiaoyu, were surrounded by villagers. Those once familiar faces were now distorted with extreme anger, their eyes so fierce it seemed they wanted to devour them alive and tear them to pieces!
A wave of overwhelming fear gripped You Yongsheng. She stumbled backward, her voice shrill and piercing with terror and panic as she flailing her arms in vain, trying to explain: "No! That's not how it is! Ma Min is talking nonsense! We don't know anything! We really don't know anything...!"
Just as You Yongsheng and her daughter were surrounded by the villagers' anger and were in a sorry state, crisp applause rang out from outside the crowd.
"Clap clap clap—"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Lin Baozhu and Lin Sanlang had somehow squeezed to the front of the crowd. Lin Baozhu had a smile on her face, but her gaze swept coldly over You Yongsheng and the other two, who looked like rats in the street.
"What a fine 'I don't know'!" Lin Baozhu's voice was clear and bright, with an undisguised hint of sarcasm. "Bi Yuntao has confessed everything at the Public Security Bureau! Tomorrow at dawn, he'll be escorted to the city for trial along with those thugs!"
Then she changed the subject, looking at the livid-faced brigade leader, her tone carrying just the right amount of regret: "Brigade leader, our village is really unlucky to have such a bunch of bastards colluding with bandits! We were about to get the 'Advanced Production Team' plaque hung at the entrance of our village this year, but... sigh!"
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