Chapter 54 The bad guys are about to get their comeuppance
Ningbao acted cute and charming in front of Mu Dasheng for a while, then snuggled up to Li Guizhi, and finally snuggled into her own mother's arms.
"Meow meow meow!"
Lingling, whom Ningbao had sent out to investigate, ran over. Ningbao, using the excuse of needing to speak with the village chief, pulled Mu Cheng'an and Lingling away.
Actually, Ningbao wasn't lying to them; she really was going to find the village chief.
The village chief was inspecting the perimeter of the camp. The refugees outside were already getting restless, and the village chief was so anxious that he couldn't sit still. He went to the perimeter to keep an eye on things, afraid that the night watchman would doze off and let people in.
As soon as the village chief arrived at Lin Hai's night watch post, he heard Lin Hai arguing with someone.
"Young man, please be kind enough to let our master into the camp. Here is a bag of grains as a small gift for you."
Lin Hai looked at the bag of mixed grains handed to him by the butler and resolutely shook his head.
"No, the village chief said no one is allowed to enter."
"Young man..."
Lin Hai forcefully pushed the bag of grains that the butler handed him away. The butler, seeing that Lin Hai was really stubborn, was about to take the grains back.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the side, grabbed the bag of grains, and stuffed it into Lin Hai's arms.
"Uncle Lin Hai, you're too kind. The butler already said this is a gift for meeting us. If Uncle Lin Hai doesn't accept it, wouldn't that be disrespectful to the butler?"
"But..." Lin Hai looked at the grain in the bag with some hesitation. The steward took out the grain so that he could let him pass, but he could not let him pass without the village chief's order.
Mu Cheng'an, holding Ning Bao's hand, stood beside Lin Hai and gently patted his shoulder.
"Uncle Lin Hai, it's fate that we met, so please accept this gift. As for other matters, that's the village chief's decision, and there's nothing we can do about it."
However, steward, your camp and our camp are so close together that they look the same from a distance, so there's really no need to move them back and forth.
"If you just secure your perimeter, everything will be fine, right?"
Mu Cheng'an glanced at the deserted camp across the way and said in a cold, indifferent voice,
"Or are you saying you never intended to contribute at all, and just want to hide in our camp and reap the benefits, preferably using our villagers as scapegoats when the refugees attack..."
"No, no, absolutely not..." The butler, feeling guilty for being caught out, waved his hands repeatedly in denial.
These were all decisions made by their master, and there was nothing he could do about it. Moreover, before they fled the famine, they had already dismissed most of the servants and servants.
There are limited staff in the manor right now. We're too busy serving our masters to have anyone to stand guard at night.
Besides, with so many villagers in the neighboring village, taking a few down with them isn't a big deal...
Ning Bao, watching the butler's ever-changing expressions, couldn't help but mutter something under her breath.
"The bad guys are about to get their comeuppance!"
Having lost the grain and failed to achieve his goal, the steward could only leave in frustration.
The butler had barely left when he emerged from the shadows. Upon seeing the village chief, Lin Hai suddenly felt a prickling sensation in the bag of grains he was carrying.
The village chief glanced at Lin Hai.
“Dahai, don’t be so straightforward in the future. Look at what Cheng’an did. It’s a famine now, and even a single grain of rice can save a life, let alone a small bag of it.”
Since someone has offered it to us, we can't turn them away.
"Go and put the grain away properly. I'll keep an eye on things here."
As Lin Hai left, the village chief squatted down and picked up Ning Bao.
"Ningbao, when did you get back? Where are your dad and Uncle Jianfei? And why are you all so late today? Did something happen? Is anyone hurt? Is everyone alright? You..."
"Stop, stop, village chief, you're asking too many questions. Ningbao doesn't have enough fingers to answer them all!"
For every question the village chief asked, Ningbao would count on one finger. When he'd used up all his fingers and the chief was still asking, Ningbao had no choice but to raise his hand to signal a halt…
The village chief was taken aback. Looking at Ningbao, who was only three years old, he suddenly realized that he had asked a lot of questions.
Ningbao is still a child, it seems a bit inappropriate for him to ask so many questions.
While the village chief was lost in thought, Ningbao suddenly started counting on her little fingers and whispered,
"Village Chief, I just got back. I went to let my grandma and mother know I was safe and sound before coming here."
My dad and Uncle Jianfei are dealing with the bad guys on the outside. We found a water source today, but the location isn't very good, so getting water is quite troublesome.
We were delayed a bit while fetching water, then we encountered hungry wolves and fought them, but no one was injured…”
Ning Bao was so focused on answering the village chief's question by counting on her fingers that she didn't notice the change in the expressions of the village chief and Mu Cheng'an...
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