For a time, many people felt sympathy for the Zhao family, and even began to think that the Lin family was being too aggressive and excessive.
Lin Qixia: "..."
Is this how it's argued?
Is there no reasoning involved?
"What happened?" At that moment, a familiar voice rang out from not far away.
When the villagers outside saw the newcomers, they all made way for them: "It's Doctor Gu and the village chief!"
"What brings Miss Gu here?"
Lin Qixia sighed, thinking, "What I feared most has come to pass."
Gu Ciyu is known for her saintly character.
"Dr. Gu! Village Chief! You've come! Please save us!" Qian Ju cried even louder and rushed to the village chief to plead her case.
Village chief Chen Weizhong is in his fifties or sixties, but his hair is gray and he looks very old.
She looked surprised at the situation at the Zhao family's house and asked, "Grandma Zhao, what happened to your family?"
“What else could it be? It’s just that this Lin girl is so aggressive and won’t let our whole family go.” Qian Ju continued to sob, “My land was abandoned before, and life was hard. I even told you about this, Village Chief.”
"But the Lin family is too much! They won't leave us any way out!"
"Is that so?" Chen Weizhong looked at Lin Qixia.
Facing Qian Ju's accusations, Lin Qixia sneered disdainfully: "We've gone too far? You're quite the one to turn the tables, not mentioning at all that you came to my house to steal things?"
Chen Weizhong frowned: "Stealing?"
Xiahe Village has always been peaceful under his rule, and cases like theft are rare.
Chen Weizhong was naturally very concerned about this.
Qian Ju trembled in fright when Chen Weizhong stared at her, looking guilty.
But then her eyes lit up, and she started crying and wailing again: "Village chief! You know our family's situation! Even if we took some food from them, it was because we were starving and had no other choice."
"On the contrary, the Lin family is simply unreasonable."
Zhao Datian also said, "That's right! Village Chief, are you just going to watch our family be driven to our deaths?"
At this moment, Zhao Dazhuang also burst into tears: "Waaah, I'm so hungry, Dad, Grandma, I'm so hungry..."
"This..." Chen Weizhong was also in a dilemma when he saw the family like this.
He was also aware of the Zhao family's difficult situation.
I had been troubled by this for a long time, but I never expected that this would happen if I didn't pay attention to it for a few days.
Lin Qixia: "Village chief, no matter how they try to deny it, the fact remains that they stole my things, and I have irrefutable evidence."
As she spoke, she simply handed him the item: "This earthenware jar was accidentally broken by thieves last night. It contains water from pickling vegetables, and it has a strong smell."
"And these clothes belong to Zhao Dazhuang. They're stained with pickled vegetable water and have the same smell."
Chen Weizhong was speechless when he saw the evidence laid out before him.
"You..." He looked at the Zhao family members, hesitating to speak.
“Village Chief!” Gu Ciyu interrupted Chen Weizhong, “Even if the Zhao family is at fault, they are still pitiful. Why don’t we just let it go for now?”
Lin Qixia rolled her eyes when she heard this.
Chen Weizhong frowned in distress upon hearing this: "But... the Lin family was robbed, they are indeed the victims, we can't just..."
"It's alright, leave it to me." Gu Ciyu gave him a reassuring look.
Then, he turned to Lin Qixia and the three people behind her, Lin Xiao and He Zhilan, and advised, "Miss Lin, please calm down. If I remember correctly, you have been hunting in the mountains every day recently and have obtained a lot of food. You are not short of meat."
“Brother and sister-in-law Lin, how about… considering that we are all from the same village and that they are a widow and her child, let’s forgive them this time and not hold it against them.”
Her words resonated with many villagers, who chimed in, "Yes, Lin family, you won't be in any trouble even if you lose a little bit of that stuff, but the Zhao family is really going to starve."
“They’re all from the same village. It’s not right to just watch them starve to death.”
"This year is a bad year, so we should all help each other out!"
With a famine looming, every household relies on the weather for their livelihood. In this situation, no one can guarantee that they won't be next.
While many people were worrying about their land recently, Lin Qixia was carrying her prey home every day.
Therefore, many people have actually had some wicked thoughts.
However, only the Zhao family took action.
As the environment deteriorates, it becomes increasingly difficult for people to uphold their morals.
Who knows what absurd things they might do when they're starving?
Therefore, many people do not want to see the Zhao family suffer a terrible fate, out of a sense of shared sorrow.
“This…” He Zhilan also looked worried and hesitant.
Lin Xiao clenched his fists in anger, on the verge of exploding, because his family was once again being harassed by the crowd and became the target of everyone's criticism.
Lin Qixia noticed something was wrong with him and held him down.
At this moment, he still laughed in anger, "You people are really ridiculously unreasonable!"
"Miss Lin..."
Seeing her attitude, Gu Ciyu tried to persuade her again.
"You don't need to say anything!" Lin Qixia interrupted her directly, not giving her a chance to continue.
She turned to the village chief and said, "It was clearly our family that had things stolen. Why should I be forced to give up my hard-earned money just because they are pitiful?"
Chen Weizhong was speechless for a moment after being questioned like that. After a long pause, he advised her, "Lin family girl, calm down first..."
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