Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 258 Hypocrisy

How can I continue to see you after I go back? Yi Chi didn't want to go back.

Seeing that he didn't listen, Jiang Yu had to speed up and finish the sweep as soon as possible and jump down.

Then he pushed the disobedient man into the house and returned the cloth bag on his waist to him. "I have scattered the feces around the wooden house. If someone comes to ask you why you were not attacked, you can sweep the snow away and show them, understand?"

Yi Chi took the bag and poured a basin of water for Jiang Yu to wash his hands. "Just tell me, I can do it myself."

"It will be done in a while." Jiang Yu shook off the water droplets on his hands. "I have to go down the mountain. Be careful. Don't go to the team." At least he couldn't go now. The team was still in chaos.

Yi Chi originally wanted to go and see what happened to the families he had taken revenge on, but since Jiang Yu didn't let him go, he decided not to go.

It was a good opportunity for him to clean up his things and get rid of some things that were not presentable to others. Otherwise, if someone saw them when they came to ask him questions, it would be another trouble.

Jiang Yu hurried down the mountain, dragging a stubby little tree in his hand, making a mess of the snow behind him.

The wolves left, but the crying in the team could not be stopped.

On the first team's side, Uncle Six, Old Man Zhuang, the old village chief and his wife, the old widower Zhang Liangzi in the middle of the village, the old man of the Wang family at the end of the village and his three sons, and several elderly people who were usually not paid much attention to were all dead.

There is no need to count the injured, there are too many.

Because Yi Chi avoided it and Jiang Yu was there to protect it, there was no damage at all at the educated youth point, not even the wall was scratched.

Jiang Yu had no idea what was going on with the four teams behind her, so she stayed in the educated youth center with her friends and did not go out.

When it was snowing heavily, the team began to hold funeral ceremonies.

These days you can’t have a big wedding ceremony because those old habits are all dross, so even if each family is unhappy, they still send their family members off in a low-key manner.

All the villagers were buried on the mountain at the end of the village. They would dig a grave and bury the body in it. They couldn't even make a grave mound, so they just put some marks so that the family members would remember the location.

Zhuang Shouren's eldest brother was even crazier. On the day his father passed away, he held his brother's hand and said to him in a mysterious tone, "Haha~ Do you know why Dad died? It's all because of sin! Our Zhuang family has sinned!" Then he said to his mother, "Is that wood fragrant? It smells really good! But if you smell it too much, you won't live long~"

The old lady of the Zhuang family had a dark face and slapped her eldest son in the face, "You beast, on the day your father passed away, you said some unlucky words! Shut up!"

Zhuang Shouren looked at his elder brother whose mouth was covered by his wife, feeling confused.

What kind of sin was this? Why did the eldest brother keep saying this? What did his father do?

But he didn't dare ask, because his mother looked very angry.

Cui Xiaofen smiled sarcastically. She leaned close to her husband's ear and whispered, "You really don't know anything?"

She, a person from another village, can guess something. How can you, who grew up here, not know what is missing here?

Zhuang Shouren also frowned, looked at Cui Xiaofen and whispered, "What do you know?"

"Yi family." Cui Xiaofen didn't pretend to be mysterious and just said two words to him.

The Yi family disappeared overnight. Everyone said that they fled to the other side, leaving only Yi Chi who was caught by the villagers. Who would believe such a thing? Yi Chi is the only child of the Yi family. The whole family treasures him so much that no one would be left behind!

Moreover, not long after that, the Yi family's house was demolished and divided up completely, and even the land was turned into a drying yard for the brigade. Does this look like a household relocation? This is probably because they were taken away with everything!

Zhuang Shouren clenched his fists suddenly and stared at Cui Xiaofen until she could no longer maintain the mocking smile on her face.

Cui Xiaofen stopped smiling, but she felt even more disappointed in her heart. What a hypocrite.

So Zhuang Shouren knew it, but he always forced himself not to think too much about it, not to care about it, and to understand those things and treat Yi Chi according to what the villagers said.

Since he knew too much, how could he be confident in being the captain?

After the funeral, Zhuang Shouren finally had time to go to the commune to report the situation.

He read the death list over and over again. Fortunately, most of the dead this time were elderly people. The young and middle-aged people were the main labor force during the busy farming season in the brigade and were not affected too much. Fortunately, it was okay.

The tractors in the brigade rumbled towards the commune.

However, those families in the village where someone had died were suddenly gathered together.

The old lady from the Zhuang family sat upright on the kang, glancing at the other old friends one by one.

Among them are old enemies who have been against her for half her life, close friends with whom she used to talk about everything, and neighbors who often speak well of her to curry favor with her.

"Why do you come to me suddenly? What's the matter?" The old lady from the Zhuang family bent one leg and looked at them with a little impatience.

Ever since the banker’s money was gone, the old lady’s energy and spirit had also gone. She had been holding on for a long time, trying to control her other children and live a good life in her later years, but her husband just told her to lie down and he did. Now that he is dead, she suddenly feels that she will die soon too.

This kind of life is getting more and more boring. She has worked hard for most of her life, keeping a secret, and even getting up in the middle of the night to recite a few sutras when she can't sleep. What's the point of trying to live like this?

The new widow of the Zhang family pursed her lips and said to the old lady of the Zhuang family, "Sister, do you think this... could it really be that family coming to seek revenge?"

"Revenge? We are already in our seventies and eighties, with our necks buried in the ground. They come to seek revenge now? Isn't it a little too late?" The old lady from the Zhuang family sneered, thinking she was talking nonsense.

When others heard this, it seemed to be the same.

"But look at the big and small things that happened this year. Those things were stolen, and everything in the cave was gone. Then the wild boars came down the mountain, the brick kiln was smashed, and now there is this wolf pack... I really can't help but think too much." said another old lady, slapping her thigh.

The person next to her followed her thoughts and said, "This thing was stolen. It was a man-made disaster. We don't know how it came from, but I guess Sixth Master was targeted by someone. I think it's normal for someone to come and seek revenge on him in this life. Not to mention the wild boar. Let Shouren arrange something for Lin Anna, the swordsman, tomorrow? Big sister, what do you think?"

"Okay. It's not a big deal." The old lady of the Zhuang family nodded and agreed, and then continued, "Let's not talk about the brick kiln. You know that the Yang family is not good at doing things. That old woman has never been used in her life! It's useless!"

"As for the wolf pack, I do know a little about it." The other old lady hesitated for a long time before finally speaking, "On the day when the wolves came down the mountain, my Xiaoshuan brought back a little beast. Its head was smashed, but it was still meat."