mtl008 Chapter 181 Evidence: The Li family can no longer hide the fact that they stole the chicken
Chapter 181 Evidence: The Li family can no longer hide the fact that they stole the chicken
When they saw the Shi family coming out, Li Ping's mother and son immediately became timid and their momentum was greatly reduced.
At this time, a villager stood up and said, "Li Ping's family, your family has stolen chickens more than once or twice. This time your chickens escaped and it wasn't everyone's fault. I think you should just forget it and get back as many as you can. If the matter gets out of hand, it will be embarrassing for you."
Boss Li leaned close to his mother's ear and said, "Mom, why don't we just forget about it? It's just a chicken. They are outnumbered and powerful. If we really fight, we will be the ones who suffer."
Mrs. Li was unwilling to accept that the chickens she had raised with so much effort were caught just like that. But then she changed her mind and remembered that she had caught one from the Lu family yesterday and had eaten a lot of their chickens before. Now that she had recovered five of the eight chickens, she could go to other families to see who caught the chickens, so it wouldn't be a loss for her.
"It's just a chicken! Humph! I'll give it to you! If you eat my chicken, I'll make you pay back double." Old Lady Li spat at the door of Shi Yongshan's house, turned around and pulled her son to leave.
What this means is that don't let her get the chance next time, otherwise she will steal it back.
"Stop! Your family's problem has been solved, but mine hasn't!" Yao Qingnian stopped them. If the chicken stealing issue was not resolved today, there would be many more such troubles in the future.
"Why are you everywhere? Get out of the way, or don't blame me for showing you how hard my fist is." Boss Li was so angry that he had no place to vent.
"Come on, perform a show." Yao Qingnian made a gesture of invitation.
"What are you doing! What happened?" When the village chief came over, he saw that the people from the Li family and the Shi family were on the verge of a fight.
"Village chief, you have to make the decision for me. My chicken ran away and was caught by the Shi family. They refused to hand it over. I thought to just let it go. We can't ruin the relationship over a chicken. We have made such concessions, but that vicious woman Yao Qingnian still stopped us from leaving." Old Lady Li wailed again when she saw the village chief coming.
"Yes, village chief! You must give us an explanation for what happened today!" The two sons of the Li family echoed.
When Li Ping heard about what happened, he also ran over. His daughter-in-law was holding a few-month-old baby, who was crying loudly and looked pitiful and bullied.
"Village Chief, my chicken was lost yesterday, and I have evidence that it was the Li family who stole it!"
"You vicious woman, who stole your chicken? What evidence do you have?"
"You guys should at least clean up the bad things you did! Village chief, please ask someone to go to their house and check. The feathers of my rooster are still in their yard."
"What nonsense are you talking about! Do you think you can just look at my house?" The chicken feathers I killed yesterday looked pretty. I had been thinking of doing something with them today, but I hadn't had time to clean up the chicken in the yard.
"What? Are you feeling guilty? Let's see if your house can still collapse!" Yao Qingnian looked at Old Lady Li coldly.
"Someone, go and take a look at the Li family's yard."
The village chief called two people to Li Ping's yard, and after a while, the two came back with chicken feathers.
"Li Ping's family, how do you explain this chicken feather?"
"If there are chicken feathers, they must have been stolen from her house. Then anyone in the village who killed chickens yesterday is a suspect."
"It's just a coincidence that every time a chicken is lost in the village, your family has chicken to eat. You live a good life!" a villager joked.
"That's right! Village chief, last time my chicken was lost, I could smell the Li family eating chicken outside the yard. Don't you know what the conditions are like in the village? People can't even afford meat during festivals, but his family eats chicken every now and then. Who would believe there's nothing fishy going on here?"
"A chicken was stolen from my house, too. It was the Li family who did it! They still won't admit it!"
"You guys are not optimistic about your own chickens, so you all blame me. What's wrong with me eating the chickens? I raise them myself, so how can they become yours? My daughter-in-law is pregnant and will give birth to my grandson, so what's wrong with me giving her supplements? Even if our family is poor, we can't treat her badly."
Old Lady Li's words made sense to everyone. Her daughter-in-law was pregnant last year, so it was normal to kill a few chickens to replenish her body.
"Mom, I didn't expect that your affection for your daughter-in-law would cause you to be misunderstood by the villagers. It's all my daughter-in-law's fault. I will never eat chicken again."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked together and quickly turned the situation around.
"Go on acting! Village chief, my chickens have all been marked. How can you accuse them wrongly? You can take a look. Are there any larger chicken feathers missing? I cut them with scissors." Yao Qingnian knew that they would not admit it so easily. If they had admitted it so easily, everyone's chickens would not have been lost.
Immediately, some enthusiastic villagers came forward to check: "It's true! Look, these feathers are missing a piece."
"What else do you have to say?"
"Can you conclude that I stole your chicken based on this alone? My chicken's feather was missing a piece! You must have known about it in advance and are trying to frame me." Old Lady Li refused to admit it.
"Okay, if you say it's not, then it's not!" Yao Qingnian shrugged.
"Yao Qingnian, what's wrong with you? It's obvious that it was the Li family who did it. Why are you still admitting defeat?" Widow Wang shouted from the side.
"See! She has said no, village chief. You have to make the decision for us. Also, Shi Youhu caught a chicken from my family this morning. You have to hand it over to me and give it back to us." When old lady Li heard Yao Qingnian say no, she was happy. Why did this girl suddenly change her mind? She was still thinking about what to do just now.
"Village chief, since Li Ping's family said it wasn't them, I feel relieved! I forgot to tell you that my family's chickens have contracted fowl plague. They need to all be caught and handled uniformly, otherwise all the chickens in the village will be infected. As a result, I wrongly accused Li Ping's family in a hurry." As soon as Yao Qingnian said this, the villagers were in an uproar. Fowl plague was a big deal in ancient times, and all livestock had to be buried together. In this way, all the chickens, ducks and livestock that they had raised for a year with great effort would be gone.
"You can't eat chickens that have been infected with fowl plague! A few years ago, there was a fowl plague in the village, and someone ate the infected chicken and almost died."
"Who are you trying to scare? Your chickens are alive and well. They don't look like they have chicken plague." Old Lady Li let the cat out of the bag and quickly covered her mouth.
"Why would I lie to you! Old lady Li, if you don't believe me, go to my house and take a look. They're all wilted~" Yao Qingnian pretended to be distressed and slapped his thigh.
"Oh my, that's terrible! Village chief, please send someone to find the chickens! Otherwise, there will be chicken plague and people will die!"
"Yes! Village chief!" All the villagers watching became anxious.
Mrs. Li was panicking. Was there really chicken plague? What should she do? Her legs went limp and she fell to the ground.
The more the Li family thought about it, the more scared they became. After hearing this, Big Boss Li felt his stomach begin to hurt and he fell to the ground and rolled over: "Ouch, Mom! My stomach hurts..."