As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed out first, followed by Xu Qinghe and Lin Fen. The three of them worked together to intercept Zhao Fangcao and Li Qiang who were about to make a deal.
"Zhao Fangcao! Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?! This is a secret recipe passed down from generation to generation in our village. It is our lifeblood. How could you just steal it?!"
The village chief's anger was beyond words. He had no idea that the recipe was actually a fake. He was afraid that Li Qiang would really take it for himself, so he was eager to take it back.
After witnessing this scene, Li Qiang became more convinced of the authenticity of the recipe. He hurriedly hid it in his pocket and intended to escape.
Zhao Fangcao was terrified. She never expected that they would find her and Li Qiang's hiding place. In a panic, she wanted to follow Li Qiang and escape, but Xu Qinghe grabbed her hair.
Relying on the strong physique developed from years of farm work, Lin Fen suppressed the struggling Li Qiang. In addition, the village chief also joined the battle, and Li Qiang's resistance seemed so futile.
"What are you doing?! Are you interfering with young people's love affairs?!"
Li Qiang is known for his thick skin. In the past, he has been the subject of a lot of gossips because of his romantic affairs with girls. However, his father always came forward to protect him, and the matter was always left unresolved, with the blame often being shifted to innocent girls.
The village chief never expected that Zhao Fangcao had such poor vision that he would choose such a person as his partner.
"Dating? I don't care if you two are dating or not! Hand over the formula immediately, or there will be no end to it!"
The village chief was filled with rage and had no patience to listen to his excuses.
The development of the village is at a critical moment, and we must not let Zhao Fangcao and Li Qiang, this evil couple, ruin things.
"Recipe? I don't know what you're talking about! We're just here to talk about love, don't spit bloody words at me, old man!"
Li Qiang resisted stubbornly, thinking that as long as he didn't admit it, his father would keep him safe.
Once we get the formula, cooperation with the supply and marketing cooperative will be a natural process. Why should we continue to suffer in this Fengtai Village?
That’s right, Lijia Village naturally hopes to sell its agricultural products more widely through Fengtai Village’s channels, but how can it satisfy its greed by simply giving away Fengtai Village’s hard-earned profits?
Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie, so the idea of grabbing business comes into being.
For them, Zhao Fangcao's proactive suggestion was like a pie in the sky, and they would have missed it if they hadn't picked it up.
Li Qiang had already planned a way out. At that time, he could push all the responsibilities onto Zhao Fangcao. After all, he was a country boy and didn't know the rules. As an educated youth from the city, Zhao Fangcao was eloquent and all the faults would naturally fall on her.
Seeing that he was stubborn and unyielding, the village chief was thinking about how to get him out of the bamboo forest and deal with him, but Lin Fen suddenly said "Hey" and said confidently: "Why bother? Just leave it to me!"
She moved swiftly and reached out to grab Li Qiang's collar. This action shocked the village chief and Li Qiang. How could this woman be so bold!
How could the second daughter-in-law of the Yin family be so fierce?
Lin Fen fumbled in Li Qiang's collar for a while, and soon took out a crumpled little piece of paper. When she unfolded it, she saw that it was the forged recipe.
"How dare you, bitch, play tricks on me!"
Li Qiang roared in frustration.
Li Qiang's eyes almost popped out of his head. Not only did he fail to get the mysterious formula he had longed for, but he was also "taken advantage of" by an unexpected aunt. This kind of humiliation made him ashamed to face the elders of the clan!
"Stop talking nonsense! With your frail appearance, who would care about your little tricks?! At my age, I'm more than qualified to be your elder sister. If it weren't for that crucial formula, who would want to have anything to do with you? You're truly shameless!"
After making sure the note was correct, Lin Fen suddenly turned around, and her arm swung like a whip, and a loud slap landed accurately on Li Qiang's cheek. The force and momentum were so strong that it was jaw-dropping!
The village chief witnessed this scene, and the doubts in his heart turned into two huge question marks floating in the air. He secretly exclaimed in his heart: "This is too cruel..."
Suffering from the sudden humiliation and blow, Li Qiang's inner frustration was like a flood that broke through the dam and almost drowned him.
He covered his burning cheeks, his mouth drooping, tears glistening in his eyes, as if he was about to burst into tears in the next second.
What made him feel even more helpless was that his father was not around at the moment, and he had no one to rely on when he was bullied.
In desperation, he fixed his gaze on Zhao Fangcao, as if grasping at a last straw. "She was the one who tricked me into it, promising to help me steal the formula. I was dragged into this mess without knowing anything."
Zhao Fangcao was being held tightly by Xu Qinghe. She thought that as long as she helped Li Qiang get the formula, Xu Qinghe would find a way to get her into Lijia Village, where conditions were better. This would be a hundred times better than being trapped in Fengtai Village.
Unexpectedly, when the matter was exposed, Li Qiang not only did not stand up for her, but instead immediately pushed all the blame onto her, as if he had personally pushed her into an abyss from which there was no escape.
"What nonsense are you talking about? It was you who came here on your own initiative, saying that you only wanted me..."
Zhao Fangcao was shocked and was about to explain, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Li Qiang: "You were the one who came up to me, and now that something's happened you want to drag me down with you. Remember this!"
Zhao Fangcao felt dizzy. Li Qiang's words were like a heavy hammer, shattering the last shred of hope in her heart.
She was alone and helpless, and just wanted to find a solid support so that her life could get better. However, she never thought that before happiness could reach her, everything would be shattered.
The onlookers hurriedly dragged the two men out of the bamboo forest, and this commotion quickly attracted the attention of many villagers.
"Isn't this Li Qiang from Lijia Village? What bad things did he do in our village?"
"Looking at him, he doesn't look like he's here to steal or rob. He looks more like he's here to abduct Zhao Fangcao."
"Alas, the world is going downhill!"
The elderly gathered around with their bowls in hand, watching the fun without a care in the world. The village chief frowned, glared at them with dissatisfaction, and shouted sternly: "At this critical moment, can't you see the priorities? Come and help!"
Finally, some of the villagers who had been watching the fun and not caring about the trouble came to their senses. They quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks and stepped forward to help, not forgetting to ask curiously, "Village chief, what is going on?"
The village chief took the opportunity to catch his breath and issued an order: "First, take the people to the threshing ground and gather all the villagers. Then send a few people to Lijia Village to notify their village chief to come over. This matter today cannot be resolved so easily!"
The village chief snorted coldly, obviously extremely angry about this matter.
Looking at this scene, the villagers already had a premonition that a good show would be staged tonight, so some people couldn't wait to sneak to Lijia Village to inform the news.
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