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

Chapter 232 The Vicious Female Supporting Character Who's Jumping Around Desperately

When Tong Huaqiong saw Madam Yu enter, she thought that the Xu brothers, Xu Yong and Xu Jin, were probably about to have a fight.

It's good that they're fighting amongst themselves; the more these two brothers split, the better it is for the stability of Qinghe Bay.

Tong Huaqiong has been following this story closely. From Xu Yong's attempt to drag her into the mess to his fear of provoking her and his subsequent attack on Xu Zaohua, Tong Huaqiong suspects that Xu Yong and Madam Yu probably didn't have any baseless accusations against Xu Zaohua.

This prescription was provided by Xu Zaohua.

She knew it! Last time Xu Zaohua came to the village, she only showed off for less than two days before rushing back. She was eager to go to the Zheng family to earn a stable position.

For Xu Zaohua, what could be more meritorious than solving corn ear rot?

Once she confirms her contribution to solving the ear rot disease, not only will Magistrate Liu become her backer, but even the Prefect will likely become her supporter.

With official backing, how could the Zheng family dare not fawn over her?

The temptation was too great, no wonder Xu Zaohua took the risk and rushed to launch the pesticide formula without even verifying whether it was effective or whether it would damage crops.

However, Xu Zaohua was destined not to be the female lead in Tong Huaqiong's world. Whether in Tong Dajiao's era or Tong Huaqiong's world, she was always a vicious supporting character who desperately tried to cause trouble.

Since she's a villainous female supporting character, it's impossible for heaven to give her a golden finger.

So her recipe failed.

However, Tong Huaqiong felt that Xu Zaohua should be punished, since her greed had caused losses to many farmers.

Xu Zaohua lived a life of luxury in the Zheng family, while these farmers who suffered losses had to pay the price for her greed.

Why was Xu Zaohua able to escape?

Therefore, as early as when everyone was blocking Xu Yong's courtyard, Tong Huaqiong had already instructed Gu Dashu to report to the county government.

Tong Huaqiong believed that firstly, it was too lenient to let Xu Yong and Xu Zaohua off with only compensation for their past misdeeds against the farmers. Secondly, reporting the matter to the authorities would make it bigger, especially since the news of Xu Zaohua's fake medicine and deception of the villagers had to be made known to everyone. This way, Xu Zaohua would have to think twice before trying to harm Tong Huaqiong again.

When Tian saw Yu jump out, she became even angrier.

This sister-in-law always relied on Xu Jin's wealth and would often put on airs in front of the other sisters-in-law.

Especially since Madam Yu was the mother of Xu Zaohua, the culprit, Madam Tian, ​​unable to vent her anger on Xu Zaohua, increasingly turned her anger towards Madam Yu.

“We’ve been slandering Zaohua with nothing but empty words, and you have the nerve to say that? Let me ask you, what did Xu Zaohua say when she wanted the medicine? She said the Zheng family had connections and money, and only she could make the medicine. Now your daughter has made the medicine, but she’s a heartless scoundrel who made a fake one, not only harming her own uncle but also other families.”

"The ideas were all your daughter's, so why should my family have to clean up her mess?"

Tian, ​​hands on hips, launched into a tirade against Yu.

Not to be outdone, Yu retorted with a barrage of insults: "Who came up with the idea of ​​preparing the medicine? Was it your husband? I think my daughter Zaohua was tricked by your husband. He used my daughter Zaohua as a stepping stone to get back to being the village chief."

Xu Yong moved into the crowd, letting the two women continue their heated argument.

Tong Huaqiong watched coldly, showing great disdain for Xu Yong.

At this moment, Xu Yongmei, the executioner of the peasants, disappeared, leaving the two women to confront each other. What kind of man is he?

“Besides the three granaries in the front yard, my eldest son’s family also has a large pit dug into the ground in the back yard, where they store a lot of corn. You can go and dig it up.”

"Zaohua's family's grain is in the side room; you can go and get it."

After the two sisters-in-law started fighting, they revealed each other's family background to everyone.

The villagers who suffered losses were not polite at all. Now that they knew where Xu Yong and Xu Jin's granary was, it wouldn't be right not to take it.

Since their corn was damaged, they should compensate them.

Not only should Xu Yong pay compensation, but it would also be reasonable for Xu Zaohua's family to pay compensation on her behalf.

Besides, the law does not punish the masses. If everyone goes to load the grain together, even if the county magistrate comes, he won't say anything.

We can't let them starve to death in the winter.

"Let's go, let's go load the grain."

Someone shouted from the crowd, and the villagers from the neighboring villages who had suffered losses rushed to the granaries of Xu Yong's and Xu Jin's houses.

They were afraid that if they arrived too late, they wouldn't be able to get a spot.

The villagers of Guazhou Bay were especially excited. When they searched Xu Yong's house earlier, they had already seen pits full of grain. This is why they didn't attack Xu Yong but were willing to negotiate peacefully, because Xu Yong's grain was more important than his life.

The grain stored in the three granaries was enough to feed the people of Guazhou Bay.

Xu Yong stood up, ignoring his sprained ankle, and ran towards his family's barn.

Tian rushed to the barn in the backyard and blocked everyone's way.

"Whoever dares to steal my grain, I'll chop them up!" Xu Yong roared, ignoring the pain in his feet as he got up.

The grain filling his three barns was all accumulated by forcing villagers to give him gifts during his many years as village chief.

With so much grain, we won't have to worry even in years of famine.

If so much grain were stolen, it would be like stabbing Xu Yong in the chest.

"Are you all robbers, stealing our grain? Village chief, village chief, aren't you going to do anything about this?" Tian shouted hoarsely from the backyard.

Originally, no one knew where Xu Yong's underground storage room was, but Tian's rush to the backyard exposed their location.

Xu Yong and Tian Shi could not stop the frenzied and agitated villagers affected by the disaster.

The barn door was kicked open.

The villagers of Qinghewan, who had come to watch the spectacle, were stunned the moment the granary door was opened. They knew that Xu Yong was very greedy when he was the village chief of Qinghewan, and that forcing villagers to exchange land for grain was just a routine operation, but no one knew that Xu Yong was this greedy.

The granary was filled with grain.

Many villagers recalled the drought they had experienced in previous years, when every household had a poor harvest and had to rely on begging and eating tree bark from the mountains to survive. Even so, Xu Yong did not share his own grain with the villagers.

Seeing the villagers of Guazhou Bay carrying wicker baskets, jars, and buckets to fill with grain, the villagers of Qinghe Bay couldn't resist wanting to do the same.

These grains originally belonged to the villagers of Qinghewan.

When Liu Tielian arrived at Xu Yong's granary, he was also shocked by the grain in front of him.

Xu Yong was far too greedy.

Ignoring the angry stares of the Qinghewan villagers, Xu Yong shouted himself hoarse trying to stop the Guazhouwan villagers.

But he couldn't stop him at all.

On one hand, their own corn was destroyed, and on the other hand, the perpetrator's house was full of rice. Who wouldn't be angry?

Liu Tielian made a perfunctory attempt to stop him, fulfilling his duty as village chief, and then left it at that.

How does he manage it?

Xu Yong and Xu Zaohua deserve to suffer the consequences of their sins.

If he intervenes, the conflict will likely shift to him, the village chief, and escalate into a conflict between the neighboring villages and Qinghewan.

This outcome is absolutely unacceptable.

Qinghewan was besieged by several villages. In times of peace, it was manageable, but in times of war and famine, it would probably be meat on their chopping block.

However, Liu Tielian still helped pack the food for everyone and maintained order out of humanitarian considerations.

"Everyone be careful, and don't let a stampede happen."

"Don't rob, don't fight."

"Come one by one."

However, Liu Tielian's shouts did not seem to have much effect.

Soon, shouting and cursing came from Xu Yong's barn.

However, Liu Tielian had no control over the matter and did not intend to. People from other villages were naturally managed by their village chiefs.

These people split into two groups: one group stayed at Xu Yong's house, and the other group went to Xu Jin's house next door.

Ms. Yu stood at her door, trying to stop the villagers from barging into her home, but she was powerless to stop them.

Ms. Yu was on the verge of tears.