The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

The person carried in by Gu Dahan and the young man was Xu Yong.

However, only those in Qinghewan who are familiar with Xu Yong can recognize him by his silhouette.

Tong Huaqiong was right; Xu Yong had completely changed.

She was wearing a women's dress, her hair was styled in a married manner, and she was also wearing a tassel hairpin.

The shadow of the tassels swayed on his rosy-cheeked face, making him look quite comical.

He went to great lengths to evade responsibility for selling counterfeit pesticides.

As expected, shamelessness makes people invincible.

The villagers of Qinghewan and those of other villages were all shocked by Xu Yong's appearance.

"Oh my, Uncle Yong, you look quite dashing dressed up like that," a woman exclaimed, clicking her tongue. "Even prettier than your wife."

Xu Yong buried his face in the handkerchief.

Everyone's lips twitched.

"Why is there a bundle of straw tied to his arms?" someone asked, puzzled.

Gu Dahan honestly said, "Uncle Yong was confused. He covered the haystack with a handkerchief. When I met Uncle Yong, I was startled and thought he had stolen someone's child."

Gu Dahan's words were truly scathing.

Everyone suddenly realized.

Xu Yong's escape was reckless; he not only dressed up as a woman but also disguised himself as a child by carrying a haystack in his arms.

This looks exactly like a grandmother taking her child to visit relatives.

You know what, if you don't look closely, you can really be fooled by Xu Yong.

Four able-bodied men put Xu Yong on the ground.

Xu Yong wanted to escape, but he couldn't.

He injured his ankle.

With villagers from other villages watching him intently, he feared they might tear him to pieces if he lifted a leg.

He hated Gu Dahan to death.

If it weren't for Gu Dahan, he probably would have already escaped to the mountains.

He planned to escape from the mountain to the Zheng family in Pingchuan County.

The prescription was prepared by Xu Zaohua, so it's impossible for Xu Zaohua to ignore him.

Before he fled into the latrine, Tian, ​​in a moment of quick thinking, handed him her clothes and a box of face powder.

Xu Yong, carrying these disguises, jumped over the wall when no one noticed. He hid in the cornfield, disguised himself, and ran up the mountain along the path.

They had already reached the foot of the mountain when Gu Dahan and his hired workers caught up with them.

Xu Yong fled for his life amidst Gu Dahan's repeated calls of "Uncle Yong," but tripped over firewood on the ridge and twisted his ankle. Gu Dahan and his men successfully carried him back.

Xu Yong caught a glimpse of Tong Huaqiong out of the corner of his eye, and his hatred for Gu Dahan shifted to Tong Huaqiong.

He didn't believe that the usually honest Gu Dahan would be so foolish as to ambush him on the road.

The reason he was captured by Gu Dahan was all orchestrated by Widow Tong.

Xu Yong even suspected that the pesticide was a trap set by Widow Tong, just waiting for him to fall into it so that she could completely crush him in Qinghe Bay.

"You, Xu Yong, dressed up as a woman just to play the coward. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

After a brief moment of shock at Xu Yong's outrageous actions, the crowd quickly regained their composure and became indignant.

The village chief of Guazhou Bay was the first to speak, making a sarcastic remark about Xu Yong.

"Village chief, don't waste your breath on him. He cheated us out of our corn, so we can't let him get away with it."

The villagers of Guazhou Bay were filled with rage, their eyes bloodshot with hatred, both old and new, and they wished they could kill Xu Yong on the spot.

Village Chief Hu stopped everyone.

Of course, Xu Yong cannot be let off the hook, but before letting him go, he must compensate everyone for their losses.

Xu Yong lay on the ground pretending to be dead, his eyes tightly closed and not uttering a word.

His sprained ankle was throbbing with pain, but he dared not cry out. At that moment, he wished the ground would crack open and carry him away.

"Xu Yong, stop playing dead! I kindly distributed pesticides to the villagers, but you secretly prepared the prescriptions to cheat them. Now that everyone's come to us, you have to give them an explanation!" Tong Huaqiong, channeling her inner Tong Dajiao, walked over and kicked Xu Yong as she spoke.

Xu Yong cried out in pain, his foot hurting even more.

Tong Huaqiong continued, "You think you can escape by closing your eyes?"

The villagers of Qinghewan believed that Tong Huaqiong's intervention was justified.

After all, Xu Yong figured out the formula by using the medicine given to him by Tong Huaqiong. If Tong Huaqiong didn't care, wouldn't he be a pushover?

Today someone might secretly mix pesticides with their pastries, tomorrow someone might secretly mix peach blossom desserts with them.

Xu Yong kept his eyes tightly closed.

It was as if he wouldn't face all of this if he didn't open his eyes.

Village Chief Hu of Guazhou Bay, who had dealt with Xu Yong countless times, knew that Xu Yong was thick-skinned, but he never expected him to be this thick-skinned.

In a fit of anger, he ordered a villager to bring a basin of water from the yard and pour it over Xu Yong's head.

Xu Yong jolted awake and opened his eyes.

“You’re playing dead, don’t you know when to stop?” Village Chief Hu said. “Even if you were really dead, we’d dig you up and whip your corpse as an apology.”

Xu Yong knew he couldn't escape, so he sat up abruptly.

Like a fish on a chopping board making its final struggle, it said, "I didn't make that medicine, so it's no use you coming to me. I was also deceived."

Tong Huaqiong rushed to Xu Yong with a wary expression. If he dared to drag her into this mess, she was capable of making sure he died a horrible death.

Seeing Tong Huaqiong's posture as if she wanted to tear him apart, Xu Yong swallowed the words of shifting the blame to Tong Huaqiong.

“The medicine was prepared by my niece, Xu Zaohua,” Xu Yong said. “I was also deceived by her.”

When Xu Yong was fleeing, he realized that he was just a stepping stone for Xu Zaohua.

Xu Zaohua wanted to use pesticides to gain the trust of the Zheng family elders and solidify her position in the Zheng family. She couldn't guarantee that the child in her womb would be a son, so she seized the opportunity to develop a pesticide to eliminate ear rot.

Once the pesticide is successfully formulated, not only will the family receive official rewards, but it will also bring them a large fortune.

How could Xu Zaohua test whether the pesticide she formulated was effective? Naturally, she had to go to the field to conduct experiments.

The Zheng family owns a lot of fertile land, but Xu Zaohua certainly wouldn't use it for testing. So, Xu Yong, her uncle, came in handy.

If the pesticide works, Xu Zaohua will gain favor with the prefect, and all the glory will be hers; if the pesticide fails and destroys the crops, then it will be her uncle who will be condemned by everyone.

Xu Yong resented Xu Zaohua for scheming against him.

He truly didn't expect that the pesticide could destroy the crops.

He assumed that if Widow Tong could concoct the medicine, the Zheng family, with their resources, couldn't possibly not be able to, especially since they had already obtained Widow Tong's medicine.

Just follow the recipe.

"When you prepared the medicine for everyone, you didn't say that it was your niece who prepared it. Now you're trying to shift the blame. You wish."

Village Chief Hu relentlessly pursued Xu Yong.

Even if the medicine was indeed prepared by Xu Yong's niece, he wouldn't admit it.

Xu Yong's niece is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zheng family. It is more difficult to seek an explanation from the Zheng family than from Xu Yong.

Village Chief Hu will not be led by the nose by Xu Yong.

"If you took the money, why didn't you say it was your niece who prescribed it? If you didn't prescribe the medicine, why are you running away?"

Both Village Chief Zhang and Village Chief Hu of Moon Bay thought the same thing: since the medicine was bought from Xu Yong, Xu Yong should take responsibility.

Xu Yong must be brought to his knees for prescribing fake medicine.

Xu Yong looked at the villagers from other villages who were as fierce as wolves and tigers, and felt miserable.

"This medicine was indeed prepared by someone hired by Zaohua. It's all my fault for listening to Zaohua's nonsense. Think about it, how could I possibly prepare fake medicine for you? If your corn is ruined by fake medicine, wouldn't you come after me? Would you all forgive me? I never expected that the medicine would destroy the crops."

“I knew that everyone would be too angry to let me leave the village, so I had no choice but to dress up like this. I’m not leaving the village to escape, but to go to the Zheng family in Pingchuan County to find Zaohua and seek justice for everyone.”

Knowing he couldn't escape, Xu Yong simply pretended to be pitiful.

It must be said that he truly deserves his position as the village chief of Qinghewan for so many years; he's a man who can be both flexible and resilient. (End of Chapter)