Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Cheng Linshi was wailing and slapping her thigh as if her child had died when she heard this and rushed over. Seeing that the Qin family’s rice harvest was complete, her old face trembled uncontrollably. This was even more shocking than her own family’s ruined rice!
Yun Zheng, who had been watching the show while eating melon seeds, deliberately said, “Grandma, look! The Cheng family’s crops are all ruined! Why did they bother harvesting them? They might as well have just burned them all, it would have been easier!”
Hmm?
Why does that sound so familiar?
It seems like Cheng Linshi just said something similar to mock the Qin family!
Qin Baishi readily cooperated with Yun Zheng’s performance, “My dear girl, think about it. They can’t pay their grain tax, so they’ll definitely be fined. They’re so poor they’ll die. Even though they can’t eat all the grain, they can use it as firewood.”
Yun Zheng suddenly realized, “Oh, is that so? They’re so pitiful. Why don’t we give them the straw we don’t want after they pay their grain tax?”
“Hahaha…”
Although it was very immoral, the villagers watching couldn’t help but laugh. The grandmother and granddaughter’s cooperation was so funny, instantly getting back at them for the anger they had just suffered.
“You…you…”
Cheng Linshi almost had a heart attack from anger. The Cheng family members also looked extremely ugly, especially Zhang Li and her daughter, whose faces were very sore.
“This is outrageous! It’s heartless!”
Cheng Linshi’s eyes darted around, and she started throwing a tantrum again, sitting down on the ground.
“Captain Zhao, come and judge this! The Qin family is shameless! They stole all my grain!”
“Cheng family, what are you doing now!” Although Zhao Yi was also surprised by the Qin family’s bumper harvest, it was the truth. He was only responsible for collecting the public grain.
“Captain Zhao, you know our land is the best in the village. There’s no reason it should all be waste grain! It must be the Qin family’s doing, leaving us with no harvest at all! This is going to kill the Cheng family!”
Cheng Linshi’s face was contorted with rage. She had already taken the Qin family’s water source, so why was the Qin family still able to have a bumper harvest? It must be the Qin family secretly causing trouble!
“Yes, Captain Zhao,” Zhang Li chimed in. “Besides, the Qin family’s land is all parched; it’s impossible for them to have a good harvest. There must be something fishy going on. We must find out.”
“This…”
The Cheng family spoke with great conviction, and Zhao Yi couldn’t help but look at the Qin family with suspicion as well. Indeed, this was quite strange; the village hadn’t had a good harvest from parched land in decades.
“It must be your Qin family who stole my grain! Give me back my grain, or I’ll sue you!”
The more Cheng Linshi spoke, the more convinced she became. Looking at the Qin family’s field full of plump rice, she wished she could snatch it and keep it for herself.
“Grandma, the villagers saw everything clearly during the harvest. The grain grew on your land; we couldn’t possibly have switched it under everyone’s watchful eyes,” Yun Zheng sneered.
“As for why your grain is all waste, why don’t you let everyone take a look at your fields?”
The loudspeaker’s wife reacted the fastest, immediately going to the Cheng family’s field. She exclaimed, “Why is there so much water on the Cheng family’s land? Did they use too much water and drown the grain?”
Cheng Linshi felt a pang of guilt and immediately shouted, “You’re talking nonsense! How could rice drown!”
Yun Zheng made up a story, “Rice is a plant too, and plants need to breathe. Everyone uses the same water level and nothing happens, so why is yours the only one affected?”
Cheng Linshi was immediately dragged into the ditch, looking at Zhao Yi with a complaining expression.
“Captain Zhao, I only asked you to give me the Qin family’s water source. Did you accidentally add too much? Now look what’s happened, all my grain has drowned, you have to compensate me.”
Zhao Yi’s face changed drastically. “What nonsense are you spouting, you old hag!”
If word got out that he accepted gifts, he would be criticized. Did this old hag want to kill him?
“What, you still won’t admit it?” Cheng Linshi was furious. Her grain was wasted, and she didn’t know how she would survive the rest of the year. Someone had to take responsibility. “I gave you ten catties of pork and 20 eggs, it wasn’t for nothing…”
“Nonsense! When did I accept gifts? If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll arrest you and lock you in the cowshed. If you can’t pay the grain tax, you’ll be punished!”
Zhao Yi turned his back on her and left with the grain tax.
The villagers suddenly realized that the Cheng family had used connections to steal the Qin family’s water, but they had gone too far and ruined all their grain.
What was this, retribution?
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