The village beauty and me!

"What could possibly happen by the river?"

"Did the fish inside jump ashore and bite people?" Chen Huan didn't take it too seriously.

Walk over and open the door.

Sure enough, the people they saw were the villagers who had been guarding the river for them. They were sweating profusely and panting heavily.

He reached out and grabbed Chen Huan's arm, pulling him outside. "Hurry up and go check it out, the riverbed is all dry."

"What?" Chen Huan was stunned for a moment.

"How could the riverbed have dried up for no reason?"

"The river outside the village hasn't dried up for years, not to mention the recent heavy rainfall."

"Even if it were to dry, it couldn't possibly dry out overnight."

Chen Huan was very puzzled.

Last night, when he passed by the river, he took a look and the water level was normal and there was no problem.

The villager wiped the sweat from his brow. "Would I lie to you?"

"Anyway, there's basically no water left. A lot of fish, shrimp, and crabs have been lost. You'll see when you go and take a look."

Chen Huan didn't have time to ask any more questions. He immediately jumped into the pickup truck, started the engine, and sped off to the riverbank.

Before he even got out of the car, his face turned extremely ugly.

The water level in the river section he contracted has indeed dropped significantly.

  

In some places, the riverbed is completely dry, and the exposed riverbed has begun to dry under the sun.

Many fish, shrimp, and crabs had nowhere to hide and were lost.

The water plants and reeds that originally grew in the middle of the river were now drooping and lifeless.

"What do you mean?"

"Did someone drain the water?"

"Or is there a hidden pit underground?" Chen Huan hurriedly jumped out of the car, feeling a little anxious.

Next, he quickly glanced at the pond where he cultivated river delicacies.

Fortunately, the pond still had more than half water left, and the fish, shrimp, and crabs that had been cultivated were still alive.

However, due to the drop in water level and the reduction in volume, the fish, shrimp, and crabs are now weak and powerless, and if this continues, they may all be lost at any time.

They quickly searched the surrounding area but found no problems with the river channel.

There were no signs of water being pumped out.

"Where did the water go?" Chen Huan subconsciously started looking upstream.

He discovered that the water level upstream of the section of the river he had contracted was also dropping sharply, and some places had already dried up.

No water is flowing down.

"Where's the water?" Chen Huan had a very bad feeling.

Immediately, they ran upstream along the riverbank.

Soon he saw that about a hundred meters away, there was a narrow section of the originally gentle river that had been blocked by human intervention.

There was an excavator parked nearby, and people were constantly piling stones and sand into the narrow river channel.

The reason was found.

The power supply was cut off by someone else.

It probably started last night, which is why Chen Huan's breeding area hasn't received any water replenishment and has dried up.

"You bastard, trying to pull a fast one on me?"

"Who's being so domineering?" Chen Huan asked with a gloomy face as he quickly ran over.

"Who gave you permission to block the river here?"

"Do you have any legal basis for doing this?"

"This river belongs to several nearby villages. What gives you the right to monopolize the water source?" Chen Huan approached and directly stopped the excavator that was about to continue piling up earth and rocks.

"You little bastard, have you had enough of living?"

"Get out of here right now, or I'll bury you in the river!" A burly man operating the excavator shouted, extending his dark, tattooed arm.

His attitude was extremely arrogant and fierce.

At the same time, people filed out of a car not far away.

There was a rather conspicuous young man, tall and fat, with fair skin, and next to him was a dark-skinned and thin middle-aged man.

"Li Manjiang".

"I should have guessed it was him." Chen Huan frowned.

"Hey, aren't these people from Peach Blossom Village?"

"What's wrong with you? Did you eat a firecracker or something? Why are you yelling like this all morning?"

"Are all the people in Peach Blossom Village so rude?" Li Manjiang asked sarcastically as he walked over with his hands behind his back.

"Your place?"

"This area doesn't seem to be under your village's jurisdiction, does it?" Chen Huan retorted coldly.

"Look at your ignorant attitude." The tall man standing next to Li Manjiang curled his lip and showed a disdainful expression.

He then continued, "When our family contracted this forest, we also contracted this entire section of the river."

"In other words, this place belongs to the Li family, so we can do whatever we want with it."

"If you have someone to blame, it's only because your Peach Blossom Village is downstream. As for whether there's water or not, that's none of our business."

Chen Huan glanced around and indeed found that some sections of this river had already been equipped with fish cages, indicating that they were planning to engage in aquaculture here.

"What's wrong, you're speechless?"

"I heard that your fish, shrimp, and crabs in your aquaculture area are almost all dead. I really feel sorry for you." The young man became increasingly smug and arrogant.

As he spoke, he had already approached Chen Huan.

Chen Huan glared at him. "Didn't you suffer enough falling into the duck pen yesterday?"

"Do you want to fall again today?"

The young man immediately became enraged, "This is our territory, not your Peach Blossom Village!"

"Believe it or not, if I shout, someone will bury you right now!"

Seeing his blustering yet cowardly appearance, Chen Huan suddenly took a step forward.

His aura, like that of a raging flood or a ferocious beast, suddenly erupted.

The opponent was already wary of Chen Huan's strength, and now, overwhelmed by his aura, his limbs went weak, he screamed, and collapsed onto the riverbank.

He happened to sit on a sharp rock with his tailbone, and the pain made his face turn red. He yelled and jumped more than half a meter high, then rolled around on the ground clutching his buttocks.

"You called out more than once just now, where are you?"

"Didn't you say you were going to bury me?" Chen Huan scoffed dismissively.

That's enough.

"Chen Huan, I'm warning you, don't be so arrogant!"

"Yesterday in Peach Blossom Village, I was lenient with you, but today you came to our breeding area construction site to cause trouble and even injured someone, so don't blame us for being ruthless in self-defense!"

"What are you all standing there for? Did I pay you to come and watch the show?" Li Manjiang shouted, his face ashen, his hands behind his back.

The burly man who operated the excavator had already jumped off the vehicle, holding an extra-large iron wrench in his hand.

With a disdainful smile, he approached Chen Huan.

At the same time, a dozen or so people suddenly appeared from the surrounding area, as if they had been lying in ambush beforehand.

They all looked hostile and surrounded them, brandishing sticks.

"You bastard, you knew I was coming, you've been plotting to get rid of me all along." Chen Huan's face revealed a sinister smile.

He shrugged. "Since that's the case, I might as well take this opportunity to vent my anger."