A peasant girl traveled through time and space, and she became prosperous

Chapter 216 Muddle through

Wen Meijiu turned around in the direction where the voice came from and saw Wang Baoquan as expected.

Her guess was correct. From the previous location to this side, there was a small path leading to somewhere else on the west. She thought that Wang Baoquan did not dare to come back to see the village chief at first, so he must have hidden in that path.

He came back when everyone else did, probably to take advantage of the situation.

Pretend that you have suffered the same misfortune as everyone else, and then go to the village chief to complain and cry out for justice, and you can get away with it.

It's a nice idea, but it depends on whether everyone gives him a chance.

Regardless of whether the village chief was willing or not, Wang Baoquan stepped forward and hugged the village chief, crying and howling.

The village chief didn't indulge him either. He pushed him out of his arms, looked at him with a cold look in his eyes and said:

"Do you still have me in your heart?"

Wang Baoquan wanted to get away with it, but he didn't expect the village chief to be so disrespectful to him. He just gave him the cold shoulder and stood there in a daze for a while.

After a while, he saw that the village chief was really angry, so he stepped forward and said in a flattering tone:

"Brother, how can you say that? I always listen to you."

The village chief had already seen through Wang Baoquan's true colors, and he was too lazy to play tricks on him, so he just said:

"Listen to me, I ask you to pay the grain, will you pay it?"

"Hand it over, hand it over!"

When Wang Baoquan saw the village chief bringing up the old matter again, he felt that something was wrong and immediately changed his tone.

"You're going to pay 20%, right? Then I'll pay 20% too. Is that okay?"

The village chief sneered and said:

"It's too late for you to say this now. The grain and wine are already produced by ourselves, so there is no need for them.

Likewise, your future life and death has nothing to do with us, so don’t come to me if anything happens.”

Although the village chief did not explicitly say that he was an outsider, his words clearly meant to distance himself from him.

The backbone of the villagers is the village chief. If the village chief ignores him, who would dare to say a word to him?

Wang Baoquan saw that the village chief was not giving him a way out, and he panicked. He turned around and begged the old men:

"Brother, please help me beg for mercy and ask him not to do this to me."

Having been fooled by Wang Baoquan and having seen his true face, no one wanted to pay attention to him. They turned away and pretended not to hear anything.

After asking around, Wang Baoquan found that no one paid any attention to him. He felt that he was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

It would be fine if he was alone, but unfortunately he has a family to support him. If there is no one to protect him on the way to escape famine, what will he do if he encounters danger?

In a blink of an eye, he knelt down in front of the village chief with a plop and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Brother, this is not my fault alone!

They all said they would not pay, and it is not fair for you to put all the blame on me alone."

"Bah! You are the kind of person who is qualified to talk about fairness?"

"When we were in trouble, you ran faster than a rabbit. Why don't you say it's fair?"

"Shame on you! If you hadn't sent someone to instigate me, how could I have boarded your pirate ship? According to the original plan, I was going to hand over the grain."

The older brothers were worried that Wang Baoquan would become desperate and throw dirty water on themselves, so they stood up and accused Wang Baoquan.

"Bah, you guys talk nicely, but don't you know your true colors better than anyone else?

If I instigate you, I must be able to instigate you, right?

You are slandering me without any evidence, and I said you instigated me!"

Wang Baoquan knew that the village chief's decision was the most important, and what others said was insignificant as long as the village chief could trust him.

In order to gain the trust of the village chief, he simply bit back. After all, he had never said these words to them in person, so if they really pursued the matter, he would just deny it to the death.

If he muddies the water, he will have a chance.

This made the old guys very angry. They knew that Wang Baoquan was not a good person, but they didn't expect that he would be such a bastard and could confuse right and wrong.

Eager to clarify, several old men rushed to explain to the village chief:

"He wrongly accused a good person. I never did this."

"He's talking nonsense, brother, don't believe him."

"He asked people to come to us one by one and say some misleading words. If you don't believe it, you can ask..."

Without waiting for the old man to finish his words, Wen Meijiu interrupted him in time. She knew that Wang Baoquan was using Ren Meiluo in order to leave no handle. If something really happened, he would put all the blame on Ren Meiluo.

Ren Meiluo himself has a bad reputation, and he actually did those things, so it was easy for him to be dragged into this.

At this time, Ren Melo had to take the initiative, stand with the victims and testify against Wang Baoquan together, only then could the matter be settled.

If Wang Baoquan turned the tables, all the efforts made to warm the wine would be wasted.

"Hey, Auntie, Dazhu is driving the cart for my family today. Is everything ok over there?"

Wen Meijiu deliberately interrupted everyone's conversation, wanting to remind Ren Meiluo that this was the best time for her to clear her name.

Ren Meiluo was very nervous because everyone's testimonies pointed to her. She was doomed this time.

Wen Meijiu's kick scared her so much that after she reacted, she said "Oh" and nodded quickly.

Ren Meiluo is usually very active and restless, but when things really get serious, Wen Meijiu is afraid that she won't be able to think straight and will be frightened again, after all, she has received benefits from Wang Baoquan.

"Auntie, the village chief told me to stop talking back to you in the future. If you get angry, others will take advantage of you."

Wen Meijiu deliberately hinted to Ren Meiluo with her eyes that if she didn't tell the truth, she would live under Wang Baoquan's shadow for the rest of her life.

Seeing that Wen Meijiu's eyes fell from her to Wang Baoquan who was kneeling on the ground, no matter how dumb Ren Meiluo was, he could still see something.

If she didn't say anything at this point, she would become the target of public criticism.

Anyway, Dazhu has already returned to Wen Meijiu. Even if she betrayed Wang Baoquan, how serious could the consequences be?

If she didn't betray Wang Baoquan, she would have to take the blame for him, which would mean going against the entire village and clan, and she would definitely not end up well.

Gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, Ren Meiluo said fiercely:

"That night I went to the homes of all the uncles and aunts to persuade them not to hand over grain, just because, just because I hated wine, she would rather help an outsider than help our family."

"My niece, this is wrong. Helping you is a favor, and not helping you is my duty. How can you slander the wine behind its back just because of this incident?"

Wen Meijiu is everyone's savior now. Ren Meiluo is undoubtedly asking for trouble by saying this. Who would be willing to offend Wen Meijiu at this time?

"Oh, niece-in-law, you have lived to such an old age, why are you still angry with a child? Meijiu is a child who has to take care of the whole family, it's not easy enough, and you are still picking on her?"