The men all had their heads down, looking rather unsure of themselves.
Only Yin Lan knew that the land had actually changed. It had started a few years ago, with the amount of grain harvested decreasing year by year, and the seedlings growing much worse than before. This was because the land was becoming saline-alkali.
We are simply trapped in the current era, without knowing the reasons, let alone being able to solve them.
If this situation doesn't change, the grain grown in the fields won't even be enough to feed the family, and with the additional grain tax to pay, they might not even be able to support their children. Plus, there's war going on outside, and who knows how many people will die.
Yin Lan is not a saint, but she is not someone who would stand by and watch someone die. Moreover, she is not without ways to save people.
The system sells rice seedlings that can grow on saline-alkali land.
That thing wasn't cheap, and Yin Lan couldn't possibly give it away for free. The question was how to convince everyone and get them to buy it willingly.
As she was thinking, several shouts suddenly came from the other end of the line, "You filthy bitch, have you forgotten how you seduced me before? Now what are you pretending to be, a virtuous and chaste woman? Bah, do you think I don't know what kind of person you are? You just think I'm not paying you enough. What? Have you hooked up with another man? Does he pay you more?"
Yin Lan looked over and saw Widow Ye urging the incessantly cursing Zhang Laizi to leave with a blank expression. But since Zhang Laizi had already spoken, and being a man, he was naturally not afraid of making a scene, so he shouted even louder. The people working around stopped and looked over. When they saw Widow Ye, they all clicked their tongues and uttered a series of unpleasant insults.
Yin Lan noticed that although Widow Ye showed no shame on her face, her hands, feet, lips, and whole body were trembling as she pleaded with Zhang Laizi not to make a big fuss.
Zhang Laizi became even more emboldened, hurling even more offensive insults.
"Anyone can ride this..." Yin Lan couldn't stand it anymore.
Wasn't this something done by two people? In the end, the man got away scot-free, but he can use it to attack the woman.
Yin Lan didn't have a good impression of Widow Ye, but she just couldn't stand the unfair world.
Why is it that two people who did the same wrong end up being treated so differently? Everyone is on Zhang Laizi's side, humiliating Widow Ye, just because he's a man?
As more and more people gathered around and the nasty words kept coming, Widow Ye became furious and started yelling. She grabbed a stick and started swinging it wildly, but Zhang Laizi grabbed the stick and hit Widow Ye hard with it.
"Stop!" Just then, a figure rushed towards the school.
Tian Youwei rushed over and started fighting with Zhang Laizi.
Widow Ye tried to break up the fight in a panic, but she couldn't get involved at all. Tian Youwei was just a child, and even though he was considered a good fighter among kids, he was no match for Zhang Laizi in terms of height and strength. Naturally, he was at a disadvantage. After he took several punches, Widow Ye's shrill screams from the side sent chills down everyone's spine.
Yin Lan disliked Widow Ye, but she still liked Tian Youwei. Her influence in the village was now far greater than before. Moreover, several men around her had already had enough and the beating was still going on. How could this be allowed to continue?
At Yin Lan's signal, several men quickly went over and pulled the two apart.
Tian Youwei's face was swollen and his mouth was bleeding, but he kept waving his hands around.
"You are not allowed to curse my mother, you are not allowed to hit my mother."
Widow Ye cried uncontrollably and rushed over to check on her son's injuries.
At this moment, Da Wa and Er Wa also ran over. The two kids were very close, and they immediately stood in front of Zhang Lai Zi. Even Da Dong and Xiao Xi came over to protect him.
Seeing that her son's injuries weren't serious, only that his face was badly bruised and he was sobbing incessantly, and seeing that her son had someone else protecting him, while she herself didn't have a single person in the village who would protect her like that, or a single person she truly connected with, Widow Ye felt even more desolate.
Zhang Laizi continued his tirade, "You bitch, you actually side with her instead of me! A woman like that deserves to be drowned in a pig cage! Unchaste... she seduced me..."
Widow Ye wanted to argue with him, "I didn't... It was clearly you from the beginning..." But apart from that point, she couldn't refute anything else. Besides, her son was right there, spouting those things. How could she let her son hear such sordid things?
Widow Ye was so angry that her body swelled up, but she was powerless to refute it.
Zhang Laizi became even more smug and overconfident.
"Slap!" Yin Lan walked over and slapped him across the face.
The entire room fell silent instantly. Zhang Laizi, in disbelief, touched his face and asked, "You dare hit me?"
"Slap!" Yin Lan slapped the other half of his face again.
Just now, Zhang Laizi was still mindful of Chen Yourun, but then he remembered that Chen Yourun was gone, and seeing that Yin Shi was left all alone, he immediately became furious. "You wretched woman, how dare you hit me! Why are you helping this bitch? Oh, right, didn't you seduce me back then? So you're the same kind of slut..."
Attacking a woman is easy; just spread rumors and ruin her reputation. Men can insult and beat her at will, and even women will sever ties with her to prove that they are good women.
Those rumors, however, cannot be proven at all. Even if they were proven with great effort, who would care? Who would apologize to her?
Yin Lan was too lazy to talk to such a person directly; attack was the best defense.
She raised her foot and kicked him hard in the shin, the most brittle and painful part of a person's bone. With a heavy thud, Zhang Laizi curled up in pain, and the person holding his arms let go, leaving him curled up on the ground.
Yin Lan kicked him again in his most important and painful spot.
The leper's face contorted in pain, and he grotesquely curled up and twisted in agony.
Zhang Laizi already had a bad reputation, but Yin Lan's reputation in the village was now quite high, so naturally no one spoke up for Zhang Laizi, and no matter how much he howled, it was to no avail.
"You said Widow Ye seduced you, and you said the same thing to me before, but the facts have proven that it was all a frame-up, a fabrication, and a string of lies. So it is clear that what you said about Widow Ye is not credible either, and she has denied it. Therefore, it was you who seduced her first."
Zhang Laizi was in so much pain that he couldn't speak at all, and even if he wanted to argue back, he was powerless to do so.
Widow Ye was stunned.
She looked at Yin Lan in disbelief. She used to despise this woman to the core. Even though her opinion of her changed after her son's incident, she still didn't like her. Why was she so lucky? She was beautiful, married well, had a good son, and was now making so much money.
Speaking up for her before was merely to repay a favor.
But now, unexpectedly, the only one who stood up for her was herself.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
