As for the matter of Zhang Xiaochun releasing the pig from Zhou Xiaoniang's family, Xu Xingchen suspected that it was probably because Zhou Xiaoniang spoke up for her, and it was also because of her own reasons.
Xu Xingchen had a headache. She didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble always found her. It turned out that Murphy's Law had been determined so long ago. She couldn't help but sigh.
But this time she had learned her lesson and would definitely not confront Zhang Xiaochun alone again. So she said to Zhou Xiaoniang, "Let's go find the village chief and ask him to take us to Zhang Xiaochun to seek an explanation."
Zhou Xiaoniang looked at Shuanzi with embarrassment on her face, "Is there something wrong?" Xu Xingchen was puzzled.
Shuanzi threw off the quilt and prepared to go to the fields, his tone somewhat anxious: "Xu Meizi, you don't know, my family depends on the piglets produced by our two pigs, which we can sell in the town in the spring to make some money. I'm going out to find pigs, and then I'll go to the village chief after I find them."
However, just as he lifted the quilt, a breath of cold air entered his lungs and he started coughing uncontrollably. Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoniang, who was standing by, immediately stepped forward and helped him calm down with tears in her eyes.
Xu Xingchen pinched her brows. Based on her brief understanding of Zhang Xiaochun, she felt that if he confronted her again after the pig was found, she would definitely not admit it. She might even have the nerve to ask back: Isn't the pig here?
After much thought, she fixed her eyes on Jun Haoyue, who was standing like a pine or bamboo. She licked her lips and said hesitantly, "Well, cousin, I'll take Zhou Xiaoniang to see the village chief..."
Jun Haoyue's eyes slid, his eyebrows were dim, and his face was expressionless, as if saying: And then?
Xu Xingchen touched her nose. Jun Haoyue was just staying at her house. She could order him around by "paying" him for living at her place. Asking him to help others find pigs seemed to be beyond the scope of payment.
Inside the small mud house, Shuanzi coughed and Zhou Xiaoniang suppressed her tears. Xu Xingchen pulled Jun Haoyue to a corner and said in a low voice, "Let's split up. We'll go find the village chief, and you go find the pigs. How about that?"
"Nothing." Jun Haoyue continued, then thought of something. He stared at her for a few breaths, and his clear and elegant voice rang in her ears: "If there is a reward, I can consider it."
Xu Xingchen took a deep breath, his mouth curved into a U shape, "You can bring it up when it's done."
A smile appeared in Jun Haoyue's eyes and he stretched out his hand towards her. "What are you doing?" Xu Xingchen said unhappily.
"High five for the pledge."
"I'm still making a pinky promise!" she replied quickly.
The person who was reaching out for a high-five actually thought about it seriously for a moment before agreeing, "A pinky promise is fine too."
With a snap, Xu Xingchen retracted his hand and urged, "Alright, go find the pig!"
Jun Haoyue rolled up his sleeves, gave her a look that said 'it's a deal', lifted the door curtain and left.
Zhou Xiaoniang and her husband were crying in a dilemma, holding their heads in their hands. They heard a bang and looked towards the two people in the corner, only to see Xu Xingchen's cousin go out.
Xu Xingchen coughed lightly and explained, "Mrs. Zhou, let's go find the village chief. I've asked my cousin to help you find a pig."
"Ah, this, but..."
"But what but? Don't worry, my cousin will definitely find the pig." Xu Xingchen repeatedly assured Zhou Xiaoniang and her husband, "Are you just going to let Zhang Xiaochun bully you?"
Zhou Xiaoniang hesitated and refused to make a decision. Xu Xingchen was tortured by her indecision and looked at Shuanzi: Go and persuade your wife!
Men are always more thoughtful than women. Shuanzi received Xu Xingchen's gaze and persuaded her without thinking too much: "Wife, you can go with Madam Xu. Don't worry about me. I'm not going anywhere."
Only then did Zhou Xiaoniang put aside her worries and followed Xu Xingchen away, looking back every few steps.
The two of them arrived at the village chief's house. Auntie Fat was feeding chickens in the yard. Seeing them, she greeted them warmly, "Hey, Miss Zhou and Miss Xu, come in and sit down."
"Auntie Pang, is the village chief at home?" Zhou Xiaoniang asked.
"Hey, here, here, I'll call you right away." Auntie Pang turned her head and shouted towards the house, "Old man! Come out quickly, Miss Zhou is looking for you."
After a while, stomping sounds were heard from the inner room. The village chief appeared, holding a towel in his hand and brushing off the dirt on his body while replying, "I'm coming, hey, what's going on so early in the morning?"
Seeing the village chief, Zhou Xiaoniang's eyes immediately turned red, and she complained in a tearful voice: "Village chief, my pig was released! Shuanzi, Shuanzi fell while trying to find the pig and is bedridden again."
"Ah!? This, this, who the hell did this?!"
Upon hearing this, the village chief immediately started scolding. Zhou Xiaoniang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looking so miserable.
"Come on, take me to see Shuanzi!" The village chief immediately slapped his thigh and made the decision.
Xu Xingchen wanted to take the village chief to find Zhang Xiaochun, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Village chief, my cousin and I have rescued the man. Brother Shuanzi is much better now. I also asked my cousin to go look for the pig."
"Okay, okay, Xu Xiaoniang and Jun Haoyue are both good people. Alas... Shuanzi has bad luck this year. You should go to the temple in town to pray to Buddha when you have time, okay?" The village chief sighed and advised Zhou Xiaoniang to pray for Shuanzi's safety.
The village chief sighed twice and suddenly thought of the main point, "Huh? You said someone released the pigs. Who did you ask to release them?"
Zhou Xiaoniang twisted the corner of her clothes, bit her lip and said Zhang Xiaochun's name. The village chief was surprised, "Xiaochun kid?"
"Why is she doing that?"
"I, I don't know either." Zhou Xiaoniang wanted to cry again. She usually bowed her head to everyone she saw in the village, so she had no idea why the "village beauty" Zhang Xiaochun did this.
"Forget it, let's go to the Zhang family and ask!"
The village chief pulled Zhou Xiaoniang towards Zhang's house. Xu Xingchen let out a breath and followed.
"Zhang Erzhu! Are you here? Zhang Xiaochun!"
The village chief stood at Zhang's house and shouted loudly. The old yellow dog at the door barked wildly at the uninvited guest. After a long time, a squeak was heard before someone came out.
Zhang Erzhu, wearing a short jacket and with messy hair, complained: "Who is it? So early in the morning..."
When he opened the door and saw that it was the village chief, his expression immediately changed, "Hey, village chief, why are you here? Come in and have a seat."
The village chief, with a sullen face and frosted beard tips, scolded, "It's so late and you haven't gotten up yet!"
Zhang Erzhu scratched his messy hair and laughed awkwardly, "Hey, hey, it's getting up now, it's getting up now."
"Where's your Xiaochun? Ask her to come out."
When Zhang Erzhu heard this, he still looked flattering to the village chief: "Village chief, wait a minute, I'll go call them right away. These two women only know how to eat and sleep all day long!" As he said this, his face immediately darkened and he cursed a few times.
The old yellow dog tied to the door barked non-stop. Zhang Erzhu was furious and directed his anger at the dog: "Barking, barking! What are you barking for? I'll kill you and stew you tonight!"
The neighbors were attracted by the barking of dogs and Zhang Erzhu's yelling and cursing and climbed up the wall of his house.
Zhang Xiaochun had been woken up long ago. Through the crack in the window, he saw Zhou Xiaoniang and Xu Xingchen behind the village chief, and immediately reacted: something bad has happened.
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