Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 140: The Gossips

Although they hold a grudge, they will not retaliate secretly. After all, they have beaten him before, and he has not troubled them again.

If they keep pestering them, when will it ever end? Now they just want to live their own lives.

Shen Yuanshan took over the conversation: "It is true that we have a grudge against him, but we have already taken revenge and beaten him. He avoids us when he sees us."

"We are all from the same village, so we'll see each other sooner or later. Besides, Uncle Dong has helped us a lot over the years. For Uncle Dong's sake, we won't take the initiative to cause trouble for him again."

"We know nothing about him, and we have never followed him. Whether he is dead or alive has nothing to do with us. Instead of asking us here, why not ask his father?"

When he said these words, his face looked very bad. Ji Wenhe was worried that Li Batian and the other two would be angry, but fortunately he was not.

"Please don't blame us if we have offended you. We are only handling this impartially. In this case, we will not bother you any more. Goodbye!"

When Shen Zhong passed by Shen Rongshan, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be angry. This is how the police handle cases. Some people will be arrested and tortured."

"It has nothing to do with you now. I won't bother you again in the future. Just relax."

"I understand, Li Zheng, take care."

Shen Wenshan muttered quietly behind him: "It has nothing to do with us in the first place. What kind of people do you think we are? It's really infuriating."

Lan Qiuhua agreed: "Of course, I went to ask his father first, but came to you first."

"But you don't have to worry. Just come here to ask a few questions. It won't involve you."

"Mom." Shen Suya held her arm, "Will he be beheaded if he is caught?"

"Who knows?"

"Does it depend on how much contraband salt is sold?" Ji Wenhe looked at Shen Rongshan.

He nodded: "If the government officials catch him first and he gives out his accomplices, he might be able to avoid the death penalty and spend a few years in prison before being released."

Shen Yuanshan pouted and shook his head: "He is a bully who only cares about the weak and the strong. When the government arrests him, he will definitely betray his accomplices before they can even ask him."

"You said he knew that selling illegal salt would lead to death, so why did he dare to hang out with those people?"

Lan Qiuhua felt that he must be crazy about money and would not give up his life for it.

"Poor Shen Dadong, he only has this one son and he was counting on him to take care of him in his old age. If he doesn't handle things well, he might end up sending his son to his grave."

At this time, several aunts also came over.

"Wen He." Shen Rongshan turned his head and looked at her. "While it's not raining now, let's go pull out the weeds in the wasteland. Do you want to stay here or go home?"

The aunts came with a purpose, and she also wanted to hear some gossip.

"I'll come find you guys in a bit."

"Okay." Then he looked at the two twins behind him, "Let's go."

The two responded and followed him into the wasteland.

Wang Erfeng shouted from a distance with a loud voice: "Qiuhua, why are the officials here in your house? Who has committed a crime?"

They guessed that something must have happened to Shen Erniu or Shen Anguo, otherwise why would the government find their home.

Ji Wenhe whispered beside her, "Aunt Lan, the official just left and didn't ask us to keep it a secret. Can you tell them?"

"If it was a secret, they would have reminded us. Since they didn't say it, then they should be able to tell it."

Lan Qiuhua walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked in the direction of Shen Hubiao's house.

"Do you know what Shen Hubiao did when he went out some time ago?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Niu Guilan urged: "Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what's going on."

I'm anxious to death.

"Selling private salt."

"What!" Wang Erfeng howled out suddenly.

Zhou Xiaoyu was standing next to her. She was frightened and slapped her arm hard in annoyance.

"Keep your voice down, you'll scare me."

She rubbed her hurt arm, with a look of disbelief in her eyes: "This Shen Hubiao is usually as timid as a chicken, but he is so bold as to sell illegal salt."

I really didn't notice.

Niu Guilan took over the conversation: "Does his father know?"

Lan Qiuhua shook her head: "How would I know? The officials went to the headman's house and came to my house. They haven't been to Shen Dadong's house yet."

"That's not right. What are we doing here at your house?"

She told them what had happened.

"So that's how it is." Zhou Xiaoyu looked at Ji Wenhe, "The government is just here to ask some questions, don't be afraid, we are not selling illegal salt, what are we afraid of."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhou. I'm not afraid. I'm just worried that his affairs will cause unrest in the village."

In fact, she was not worried about anything, she was just pretending in front of everyone.

"That's OK. The village head's grandson-in-law is here." Niu Guilan couldn't help herself. "I'll go ask around."

As he said this, he walked towards the headman's house.

Wang Erfeng whispered, "Come back and tell us what news you find out."

She waved back.

Ji Wenhe said hello to them and went to the wasteland.

She opened the door and walked in, and the chickens immediately gathered around her.

Squat down, grab one of them, and gently knead it in the palm of your hand.

"I just fed you guys, why are you here? I didn't bring any food."

Shen Rongshan turned around when he heard the voice and said, "Wen He, go home. The ground is wet. Be careful not to slip."

Ji Wenhe gently put the chicken down: "I'll help you pull out the weeds."

"Sister-in-law, you should go back. There is only a little left. We can finish it quickly." Shen Yuanshan advised.

Looking at the mud on her feet, she was struggling over whether to go or not.

After the rain, their feces mixed with the rainwater. When the wind blew, the stench mixed with the smell of earth made her retch.

He retreated outside and muttered, "You are so young and you eat vegetarian food, how come your poop stinks so badly."

Especially when mixed with the earthy smell, the taste is hard to describe.

Shen Rongshan looked at her helplessly: "I told you not to come in, but you didn't listen. Now you're done. Go home quickly."

They were used to the smell.

"Then I'll wait for you outside." Ji Wenhe was playing with them on the side.

A small wooden frame was built in the wasteland, not far from the door, and it was covered with dry straw for them to shelter from the rain and sleep on.

When I walked over, I saw that the hay had turned into wet grass with all kinds of poop on it.

"You can't poop outside. That's where you sleep. You don't mind the stink even if you sleep on the shit."

They didn't understand anything and just ran back and forth curiously following her footsteps.

Ji Wenhe went back and got another pile of dry straw. He used branches to pull out the wet grass and laid new dry straw on top.

"Okay, don't poop in there, that's for you to sleep."

When you get outside, wipe the dirt off your feet.

Looking up, a ray of sunlight appeared from the dark clouds, but soon it was covered by the dark clouds again.