Chapter 65: Leave a Way for Others
"Ding Lao San, what did you say? You actually asked us to show you our hands. What do you think we are? A grown-up girl?"
Miao Daxing seized the opportunity to express his opposition without hesitation: "If you want to extend your power, you, the Ding family, will extend your power. We, the Miao family, will not extend our power."
"Why should we, the Ding family, ask for help but you, the Miao family, can get away with it?" The Ding family also had strong young men. After hearing what Miao Daxing said, everyone was dissatisfied.
Normally, it would be fine if Miao bullied the weak in the village, but now that the young and middle-aged people united and stood together, even Miao Daxing had to shut up.
Miao Dayou, who was standing in the Miao family, was full of worry. He really wanted to know if Ding Gui's family had lost anything.
But Miao Daxing glared at him and threatened in a low voice: "Don't be so ruthless."
Miao Dayou quickly lowered his head and dared not look at Ding Gui again.
Just as the adults were arguing, Ding Xiaodie's childish voice rang out, "We kids know to take responsibility for our actions when playing games. Uncle Miao was just joking when he told everyone not to lend a hand. How could they not lend a hand? If they didn't lend a hand, wouldn't that mean they were guilty, right?"
"Yes, I believe that the Miao family are all upright men." Ding Gui immediately followed up his beloved daughter's words.
If Miao Daxing wants face, then he will give it to you and hold you high to see if you can still stretch it out. If you don't, it means you are guilty.
Miao Daxing's face suddenly fell.
The villagers were also quite surprised. They didn't expect that the Ding father and daughter would confront Miao Daxing. They were not afraid of revenge from the Miao family behind their backs.
But at the same time, everyone still had some respect for the Ding family.
Only Ding Rong and Ding De thought that the father and daughter were fools. They were worried that when Miao Daxing came to settle the score in the future, he would also include their two families in the scope of the old Ding family. Wouldn't that be extremely unfair?
The other young and middle-aged men with the surname Ding also immediately understood the intentions of the father and daughter, so they slowly pointed their hands out and turned to look at the Miao family.
See if you guys stretch it out?
Miao Daxing was now stuck in a corner, and could only shout impatiently, "Alright, we're not guilty, so stretch out your hands. I want to see how Ding Gui can wrongfully accuse us."
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand first, and following his lead, the others also extended their hands.
Ding Xiaodie stared at the Miao family closely. When she saw a thin man next to Miao Daxing raised his hand, a look of pain appeared on his face.
This is a typical symptom of elbow injury and weakness.
It’s him!
Ding Xiaodie exchanged glances with her father.
Then Ding Gui pretended to be serious, holding the lantern and looking at their hands in front of everyone. Only when he walked in front of the people of the Miao family, he finally stopped in front of the thin man.
They are from the same village, and he knows this person's situation very well.
His name is Miao Ba. His parents had seven children, but none of them survived. Only Miao Ba finally grew up alive. Now there are only him and his two elderly parents in the family.
Normally when he was in the village, he was almost Miao Daxing's follower. His family was poor and they had no food to eat. This time they had to flee the famine. Fortunately, he was young and his parents were alive entirely by luck.
But... he had just entered their little home and almost stolen the food.
And if they had a knife in their hands at that time, who knows what this person would do?
Ding Gui looked at Miao Ba, but his mind was filled with mixed thoughts.
This man is both cowardly and pathetic. I don't know whether he came here at the instigation of Miao Daxing or he started his own uprising.
Now, if Ding Gui testifies that it was him, then their whole family would most likely be kicked out of the Taohuang team. What would happen to his two parents then?
Just when Ding Gui was hesitating, Miao Daxing tried to interfere and sneered, "Ding Laosan, if you dare to point fingers at others without thinking, I, Miao Daxing, will never let you go from now on."
Ding Gui looked at Miao Daxing fearlessly: "Just be quiet. You should know that whoever I point out will have to leave this team. Who do you want to see leave?"
Miao Daxing was choked: "..."
He didn't think it would be so serious.
"His father, forget it. If we can't find him, he must not be from our village." Zhang Xiu saw her husband's hesitation. She knew what he was thinking just by looking at his expression.
Now paused there, she knew that one of them must be Miao Ba.
Naturally, Zhang Xiu also thought of Miao Ba's family situation, so she felt very reluctant.
So I reminded them again: "Although they entered the house, fortunately they didn't take anything. I think this incident will serve as a lesson for them. They will never make the same mistake again. Forget it!"
After hearing what his wife said, Ding Gui finally gave up the accusation.
He turned around and walked back to Lai Fu: "Village Chief, I can't recognize you!"
He thought that he hoped this would let Miao Ba know his kindness and make him behave well in the future.
Lai Fu frowned in confusion. "Really? You can't find him? This kind of person must not be allowed to stay. If he doesn't change, he will harm others in the future."
Some villagers thought they had a clear conscience, so they followed the village chief and expressed their concern: "Yes, you have to identify yourself."
"If we can't find him, it means there's a heartless thief in our village. What are we going to do next? Every family with a little bit of a reputation will be in constant fear. It's scary to think about it."
"That's right, Ding Gui, have you thought it through?"
"And it's not just one, it's two."
"Yes, two. There are two thieves in our village."
The villagers were talking about it, and the village chief's eyes were full of doubt. But Ding Gui could only grit his teeth and give everyone a firm answer: "I really can't find it. It's such a big deal, we can't wrongly accuse anyone."
"Well, in that case, let's all go. From now on, every household should be careful and be more alert when sleeping."
Seeing that he really couldn't get the answer, Lai Fu gave up!
But in his heart, Ding Gui felt a little disappointed, because in his heart, he always felt that such a thief should not be with them.
At this point, everyone had no choice but to disperse.
However, after this incident, every family felt a sense of paranoia. After returning home, the beaks that were originally hidden were moved directly into the room and placed under the bed.
And no matter how hot the weather is, I dare not sleep with the door open.
The door has to be locked tightly. Originally, it could be ventilated with the window, but now it has to be stuffy in order to keep the food safe!
As a result, everyone was feeling pent up and some were cursing Ding Gui, some were cursing the thieves. In short, they blamed them for being too hot and unable to sleep.
Ding Gui repaired the door bolt after returning home.
Wang Dafeng was also upset that he didn't recognize the thief: "Hey, Lao San, Lao San, those eyes of yours are just for show. Since we fought each other before, how come you couldn't see it?"
"Grandma, please don't blame my dad. Although he didn't recognize the other person, the thief was also very scared. I guess he will change in the future." Seeing her father being wronged, Ding Xiaodie had to say a few words to help.
(End of this chapter)
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