The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 25: People in Huaihua Village are not good people!

The village head said slowly, "But we in Lotus Village will never allow anyone to steal our food!"

"If I can't call, what should I do?"

"We can't let Huaihua Village steal the food and then fight back, right?"

"The people in Huaihua Village are not good people!"

Some people in the crowd were angry, and some looked unhappy.

The two villages are close to each other, and many people have married here from Huaihua Village, or their daughters have married here from Huaihua Village. Naturally, they don't want conflicts between the two villages.

"Are we going to fall out with Huaihua Village just because of what Sister Ye said?"

"There are some ruffians in Huaihua Village, but not everyone is unreasonable. If we rashly attack them, we in Hehua Village will be in the wrong."

"What if Sister Ye heard it wrong?"

Jiang Wan said, "Why not set up a patrol team and send one person from each household to take turns on duty. Once we find any unusual movement in Huaihua Village, it won't be too late to strike back."

The head of the village thought this was a good idea, but before he nodded, someone objected.

It was Wang Dashan, the most lazy and gluttonous man in the village. He stood on the ridge with his hands behind his back and sneered, "There are so many things to do in the fields. Who has the time to take turns on duty? You, a woman, just said one word and found a crappy job for everyone. If the head of the village, who is so upright, agrees to this idea, I will have to suspect whether this widow, Sister Ye, has hooked up with the head of the village!"

In one word, he threw dirty water on two people.

The village head was already over fifty years old. When he heard this, he was so angry that his beard stood up and he wished he could kick Wang Dashan into the rice field.

Jiang Wan sneered: "The head of the village agreed to my idea, which means he is in cahoots with me. If everyone else in the village agrees, doesn't that mean everyone is having an affair with me?!"

Wang Dashan said arrogantly: "Except for the head of the village, there is no way anyone else would agree!"

"This is a great idea. Why don't you agree?" Old Man Ye came out. "Our eldest daughter-in-law proposed this idea for the benefit of the whole village. Wang Dashan made malicious speculations in order to avoid being lazy. We in the Ye family will remember this."

Jiang Wan was slightly stunned.

She didn't expect that at this time, the Ye family would believe her unconditionally.

Old Man Ye gave her a firm look and continued, "Decades ago, everyone in Hehua Village had the surname Ye. They were all one family for several generations. They were united and rarely had conflicts."

"But over the past decade or so, there have been more and more people with different surnames, and disputes among villagers have gradually increased."

"Let's just consider the establishment of the patrol team this time as the Ye family's business. People from other families don't have to get involved. Of course, the patrol team established by the Ye family will only protect the Ye family's food."

The head of the village nodded and said, "Later, the Ye family will go to the Ye family ancestral hall for a meeting."

"Leader, this won't do!" An old lady who looked to be in her seventies or eighties stepped forward. "Wang Dashan doesn't agree, that's his own problem. The rest of us didn't say we don't agree! Although my family name is Li, we have lived in the village for fifty or sixty years and have long been a part of Lotus Village. How can we back down at this time? Although my grandson is young, he is smart. Let him join the patrol team!"

The old woman pushed out a boy named Li Xiaohu, who was indeed a smart guy.

The Li family was also miserable. They fled to Lotus Village for refuge many years ago. Not long after, the pillar of the family, Old Li, died suddenly. Their three sons and two daughters also all died of illness. In the end, they were left with this little grandson, who was raised by old lady Li.

The Li family, young and old, divided 40 to 50 kilograms of the bamboo shoots that each villager handed in yesterday, of which 10 kilograms were given to the Li family. In addition, Xiaohu also dug some himself, so the total was more than 80 kilograms.

This amount of food could feed a couple for one or two months. How could Old Lady Li agree to let the food be taken away by the people from Huaihua Village? So she was the first to speak out.

Aunt Zhao had experienced the pain of having her food stolen, so she was the second to speak up: "Mother Dahe's idea is indeed a good one. We will let Father Xiaoyu go."

"As for our family, the child's father is big and strong. The people from Huaihua Village will definitely not dare to come and steal our food!"

"We have a large family, so we can arrange for two people to be on duty!"

People from other families expressed their opinions one by one, and Wang Dashan was so angry that his face turned blue.

These pieces of trash all flatter the Ye family and deserve to be ostracized in Lotus Village.

He couldn't argue any more, so he just left. The village head asked everyone to be quiet and called Tieshan to register the names of the people.

Tieshan is probably the most literate person in the village. He did not learn to read specially, but worked for the owner of a restaurant in the town for a year and learned some things through osmosis.

He spread out a piece of straw paper, holding a brush in his hand, and wrote his name on the paper.

"Zhao Da signed up."

"Ye Dahe signed up."

When Jiang Wan signed up, he saw the words Tieshan wrote on the paper and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This character is uglier than a dog's crawl. It has a left stroke and a right vertical stroke, like someone drawing a house stroke by stroke. The two characters "Dahe" are written in a crooked manner.

The key point is that the villagers still praise: "The word Tieshan is written very well, and it is unique in Hehua Village."

"The head of the village is going to have a scholar."

"Speaking of scholars, the Jiang Family Village next door is still the best. The eldest grandson of the Jiang Family has passed the examination and became a Tongsheng."

"What is Tongsheng?"

"I don't know, but it's amazing anyway."

Many people nearby glanced at Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan’s surname is Jiang, but he had a falling out with the Jiang family, so they didn’t ask too many questions.

Tieshan still didn't know how to write many words, so he would draw a circle for the ones he didn't know how to write. After all the villagers signed up, the straw paper was covered with circles of all sizes.

Jiang Wan turned her head away. Fortunately, she was not a teacher, otherwise she would definitely step forward to correct her.

She turned around to leave and saw a child standing not far away.

It was Wang Daniu, who had snatched the rabbit from Sishan last time, and the son of Wang Dashan. He was standing there alone, his expression hidden in the shadows, and no emotion could be seen.

He stood there for a while, then turned and left.

Jiang Wan returned home, walked straight to his room, and opened the trading mall.

She didn't know when the people from Huaihua Village would come over, so she had to buy something to protect herself.

She looked around and chose a dagger.

This dagger is well designed and can be folded and hidden in the sleeve, making it the best weapon for self-defense.

She swung the knife across the corner of the table and actually managed to cut off the corner. No wonder it cost three hundred coins. It was really worth it.

"Mother..." Ye Sanshu pushed the door open and was about to say something, but when he saw the dagger in her hand, he forgot everything he was going to say. His eyes lit up, "Where did this knife come from? It looks so sharp!"

Being seen, Jiang Wan did not hide, and said calmly: "I picked it up in the alley when I went to town last time. It is indeed very sharp."

Ye Sanshu couldn't control his love for the dagger. He stared at the dagger with his eyes and rubbed his hands continuously.

Jiang Wan held his forehead with his hand: "I'm giving it to you."

"Thank you, mother!"

Ye Sanshu went out with a dagger in his hand.

Jiang Wan finally bought himself an electric shock pen, which could stun an adult with a single discharge, and he asked for half a tael of silver.

She bought them with determination, strung them together and hung them around her neck for self-defense.

(End of this chapter)