"Hey, the village chief is a smart man." Old Cheng walked up to him and held up five fingers.
Chen Weizhong guessed, "Fifty percent?"
His face looked very pale at this point.
"No, no, no." Unexpectedly, Boss Cheng shook his head, clenched his five fingers, and said, "I want ten percent, that is, all of it!"
"You—" Chen Weizhong's face turned ashen with anger. "You, you've gone too far!"
"Yes, ten percent? How could we possibly give you that much grain?"
The crowd erupted in commotion, and everyone became agitated.
After all, they knew all too well what this year's hard-won bumper harvest meant to them.
That's their winter rations!
"Quiet down!" Boss Cheng roared irritably.
At the same time, he signaled to the surrounding bandits to draw their knives and hold them to the necks of some of them.
Old Master Cheng's eyes flashed with ferocity as he impatiently reminded them, "Today, do you want food or your lives? It's up to you to choose!"
"Ahhh, Father! Mother! Help me!"
Xue Yuchan was so frightened by the scene that she cried out.
Because of her shout, many ladies and children also started to cry.
Only Li Pei from the Li family and Gu Ciyu from the neighboring Gu family remained remarkably calm.
Seeing this from the shadows, Lin Qixia immediately understood what was going on. However, when she saw Gu Ciyu's unusually calm expression among the tied-up villagers, she still couldn't help but feel a hint of sarcasm.
She really is the female lead.
Swoosh—
The next second, she felt Gu Ciyu's cool gaze turn towards her, and their eyes met.
Lin Qixia was stunned.
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