Chapter 45: The Affair Is Revealed
Xia Ting never knew that her speed could be so fast, and when she arrived, she had already seen the gate of the rice field, the eldest brother subdued a person, who was crawling on the ground, struggling desperately, and was not embarrassed.
The eldest brother gave her a look, and according to the previous plan, Xia Ting immediately understood. She and her second brother glanced at each other and went their separate ways.
She went to the village chief's house to find the village chief and his daughter-in-law to host the scene, and the second brother went to the village clan elders to comment. At this time, it is not appropriate to shout and wake up other villagers, and besides, they have not let others know about their rice and fish farming, so it is better to avoid it as much as possible. As long as you find someone in the village who is highly respected and can talk about things, it is enough, as for the things in the field, their identity is there, and they should not say it.
In order to prevent those elders from being partial to their family, they specially found the village chief who had a good relationship with their family.
When Xia Ting explained his intentions, the village chief was surprised, obviously he didn't expect such a thing to happen in the village, and the village chief's daughter-in-law looked like she was not surprised, sure enough, women still understand women better.
"I didn't expect that Peach Blossom's family would do such a thing! I don't care about the usual petty fights, but this time it was staged to the point of being so exaggerated and excessive. Spread it out, do we still have face in Xiuli Village? The village chief slapped the table angrily, and the village chief's daughter-in-law was also frightened with a "bang".
"Don't be angry, the village chief, your body is important. I'm here to ask you to judge, after all, she's done such a thing, and if she doesn't deal with it, I can't imagine what she'll do next. "This is what Xia Ting wants, to make Peach Blossom and their family suffer a little, only to know that not everyone is something they can provoke.
The way to deal with the wicked is to be more ruthless and evil than her.
Xia Ting knew that in ancient times, especially in places where the concept of clan was very important, the relationship between neighbors was very important, and the crime of stealing was particularly serious. This time, I'm afraid Peach Blossom's family won't be better.
If Peach Blossom and they know each other, she can forgive them and solve the problem privately, otherwise it will be a big trouble, and they will not be able to live in the village.
Everyone is afraid that the house next door is a thief, and they have to beware of the person next door when they sleep.
Xia Ting didn't want to do anything, she just wanted to live her life in peace.
Xia Ting delayed a little when he called the village chief, so when they came out, they happened to bump into the second brother, and everyone went together.
When she arrived, Peach Blossom Niang had already been tied up under the tree on the side, screaming "woo", Gu Lin stared at her with a cold face, and when she saw Xia Ting and them coming, she adjusted her face slightly.
When Peach Blossom Lady saw the village chief and them coming, her eyes flashed with fear, and she tried to hide her face, of course, this was just self-deception.
The peach blossom girl's clothes and shoes are stained with different degrees of wet mud, and in a big basket next door, it seems to contain fish, and people have seized stolen goods, this time, there is no denial.
"Why did she come here to steal fish? Did you dig a pond here? One of the clan elders asked. He seemed puzzled by this.
Gu Lin immediately replied: "No, we are directly raised in the rice field, and there is no place at home, and we don't have the money to dig a pond, so we will be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but I didn't expect it to survive." But the other day, all of a sudden, there were fewer fish, and there were people's shoe prints on the edge of the rice fields, so we have been keeping watch around these days, in order to catch thieves. Today, I saw Peach Blossom Niang sneaking over. ”
Gu Lin explained the beginning of the matter one by one, of course, the matter about fish is mixed. However, no one took this seriously.
"Tao Niang, do you know what you're doing! Steal! What a great sin, what are you guilty of!? The village chief pointed at the peach blossom girl and scolded, with an angry look on his face, his chest rising and falling. has nothing to do with anything else, if you go back to the origin, their Gu family and Peach Blossom Niang and the village chief's family are still a little related.
If something like this happens, it will be a shame for everyone to say it.
"Things have developed like this, people have stolen goods, and you don't want to deny it!" Perhaps seeing Peach Blossom Niang's unconvinced eyes, the village chief glared at him fiercely.
Idiot, I don't know how to be grateful for helping her. It's still the Gu family's eldest baby, they are more worry-free.
"Now, you apologize on the spot and return all the stolen things to the big baby, if they forgive you, that's it." The village chief thought of a compromise and looked at Gu Lin, Xia Ting, them, and the elders.
Xia Ting didn't want to make things too big, as long as she was a little bitter and didn't dare to find fault again, it was enough.
In the village, after all, the village chief's connections and prestige are greater, and since the village chief has spoken, the other elders have not said anything, and they have agreed. And most of the night is over, and they have to work tomorrow, so they want to hurry back to sleep.
At this time, Peach Blossom Lady screamed again, and the struggle became more obvious, and then they realized that Peach Blossom Niang had been stuffing a strip of cloth in her mouth and couldn't make a sound.
Gu Lin stepped forward to take off the strip of cloth, saw the black saliva mark on it, a look of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he threw it aside, and then untied her. Maybe it was because she had been tied up for too long, she had been in the same position for too long, her legs were paralyzed, and she was released for a while, and before she could recover her strength, she collapsed on the ground.
Peach Blossom Niang swallowed her saliva, just took off the strip of cloth, her voice had not yet recovered, and her voice was as rough as sandpaper grinding on the table: "Village chief, elder, I was wronged!" I didn't steal! It's all their Gu family's trick to come here. Woowoo woo ......"
Xia Ting narrowed his eyes, hiding the murderous aura in his eyes. In her life, she had really never encountered such a superlative. It's so cheap!
However, this excuse was too clumsy, and everyone was not in good spirits, so they were not in the mood to listen to her crying.
"It was the big baby who called me over, and he tied me up as soon as I came, and I don't know what happened!" Peach Blossom Lady is still quibbling.
Xia Ting couldn't hold back his temper and punched hard: "Village Chief, what we said is true. Before, we also found some evidence, some of the shoe prints in it have not disappeared, and we can let Peach Blossom Niang go in to compare them to see if they are her shoe prints; In addition, we found a piece of fabric on the fence at the scene, which should have been accidentally ticked off when the thief stole away, and if we went to Peach Blossom's house to find it, we should be able to find this piece of cloth clothes. ”
The village chief's wife took the rags, sighed long, and passed the evidence to the village chief and the other elders, and the audience fell silent.
Peach Blossom Niang is so good that she can't die, she often wears the clothes that have been hooked off the fabric, and even the village chief's wife recognizes it.
"Don't quibble. Everybody knows you. It's okay if you usually get a little cheap for others, but I didn't expect you to ...... this time We are disappointed in you. It's okay if they let you go, but if you don't let it go, we won't intercede with you. The words of the village chief's wife made Peach Blossom Niang completely lose her proportion.
Originally, she thought that she would help her for the sake of a little relationship. This time, it's miserable!
"Don't! Other! Don't report to the police, I don't want to go to jail. Peach Blossom Niang waved her hand again and again, and ran to the village chief's wife with a rolling belt, kneeling and begging her.
Seeing that she still didn't know her, the village chief's wife said hatefully, "Should you be asking for me?" It's the big baby! ”
At this time, Peach Blossom Niang seemed to wake up, and her resentful and vicious look flashed, and no one else noticed it at all, only Xia Ting, who had been paying attention to Peach Blossom Niang, could see it clearly.
It seems that she still doesn't have the slightest repentance.
"Big baby, big baby, for the sake of us living here together for decades, don't be like me, okay? I also made a mistake for a while, so I walked this way. I know it's wrong! Peach Blossom Lady said with a handful of snot and tears, which is probably scared out, not truly repentant.
Gu Lin was unmoved. This time, even he was angry.
Peach Blossom Niang went to beg Gu Yu again, don't look at Gu Yu's usual smiling face, in fact, he is much more difficult to speak than Gu Lin. Naturally, she won't be cheap: "If you make up for all our losses these days and apologize to us in the village, we'll forget it." Otherwise, we'll report to the police. ”
Hearing the words of the official, the village chief almost wanted to speak, after all, this affected the reputation of the village, but thinking that Peach Blossom Niang was indeed not angry, he turned his face to the side again, and out of sight was clear.
Peach Blossom Niang turned her gaze to the elders, and no one avoided her gaze, knowing that she was powerless to return to the sky, and she was unwilling to lose money like this, so she froze there for a while.
"Peach Blossom Girl, let's make a decision quickly. In the middle of the night, everyone came out in thin clothes, and it was very cold, so I didn't have time to spend it here. If you're undecided, we can help you choose. After all, it's almost dawn. Xia Ting stomped his feet, looked at the white sky, and urged.
At this time, Gu Yu noticed that Xia Ting was a little cold, and hurriedly took off his coat and gave it to her. Xia Ting was a little embarrassed and didn't want to take it, after all, he had only rejected him before, but it seemed that he would lose face in front of everyone. In the end, I took it, and my body suddenly warmed up a lot.
Gu Yu's expression changed, and then he returned to normal and did not speak.
"Okay, I promise you, compensation." Peach Blossom Lady lowered her head, making it impossible to see her expression clearly.
"It's not just compensation, it's an apology in front of the whole village. The price of this fish, as well as the loss in the rice fields, is according to the market price, and I don't want you much. Xia Ting expressed it clearly, lest Peach Blossom Niang take advantage of the loophole to quibble.
Under the witness of the village chief and many elders, she didn't dare not do it.
Knowing that there was no power to return to the sky, she could only minimize the loss, although Peach Blossom Niang's heart was like being cut by a knife and dripping blood, she still had to nod and accept it.
This time, it's really a mistake. It's all peach blossoms, the dead girl who lost money, and she made a fool of herself and lost money, not to mention, and she almost went to jail!
Wait until you go back, see if you don't kill her!
Seeing that Peach Blossom Niang finally agreed, the Gu family was also satisfied, and everyone was also relieved: they could finally go home and sleep and rest! I got up in the middle of the night and watched a farce, and I really didn't appreciate it.
Gu Lin put the fish back in the rice field, threw the basket on Peach Blossom Niang, and said, "We will tell you the compensation money later, and if you apologize, you will also say it on the day you repay the money." In three days, remember, no one is missing! ”
It was the first time for Peach Blossom Niang to see Gu Lin so fierce, so she resignedly agreed. Seeing Gu Lin and them leave, they dared to move.
Looking at the fish swimming happily in the rice field, she really didn't have the heart to catch it home at this time.