During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

Chapter 38 Reversal
Jiang Miao had long since given up hope for the village chief, "I have nothing to explain. The food was obtained with the money my eldest brother used to copy books. As for the money to buy meat, it was given by my eldest brother's friends."

It was all put on Luo Tingye, and she believed they wouldn't ask.

Sure enough, the village chief glanced at Luo Tingye and suddenly stopped talking.

Seeing that the matter was about to be fooled by them, Li Peilan suddenly sat down on the ground, "God, please open your eyes. These two brats are bullying our family with their sharp teeth. Those are several bags. The food belongs to our family." How can we live if we lose our food rations?"

Jiang Yongguo understood instantly and tugged on Mrs. Jiang's clothes.

Mrs. Jiang also cried, "Now there is no food for cooking at home. If you, Qian and Miao, really get the food, tell me and your uncle and aunt will not blame you."

Jiang Miao was furious. Just as she was about to speak, she was pulled from left to right.

Luo Tingye shook his head at her, and the elder spoke. Once he spoke inappropriately, he would be caught. Luo Tingye didn't want her to cause unnecessary trouble for him because of her outspokenness.

Jiang Qian pulled her behind him and stared at the two of them sharply, "Grandma, the matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet, but you are so anxious to put the shit basin on your own grandchildren. You are a little too anxious."

"Me?" Mrs. Jiang cried, she was really sad. She did this for the good of the two families. Why didn't anyone understand her?

Jiang Qian ignored her, "Second uncle and second aunt, you said your family lost food, so I would like to ask how much food you lost in total?"

The two of them had never agreed on the answer to this question beforehand, and Li Peilan felt panicked for a moment.

"Yes, since your family has lost food, you can always remember how much food was lost, right?" Uncle Jiu asked.

Li Peilan glanced at her husband and stammered: "It's lost. Where's the two hundred catties of grain? No, five hundred catties of grain."

Uncle Jiu didn't say anything when he heard this. He just looked at the two of them with a bit more disgust.

The seventh uncle didn't even notice.

Village Chief Jiang thought for a while and didn't think there was anything wrong. He asked Jiang Qian: "Have you ever taken these grains?"

Jiang Qian said categorically, "No."

The seventh uncle couldn't stand listening anymore, "Chief, why haven't you heard it yet? It turns out that these two people made up nonsense. How could their family have [-] kilograms of grain? It's not like I wasn't there when they moved. The grain added It only weighs less than a hundred pounds, so where does it come from?"

"..."

Village Chief Jiang's face turned blue and purple, that's what he said, but it would be too much for Uncle Qi to make himself unable to step down in front of so many people.

So he directed his anger at the couple.

"Did you throw any food away?"

Jiang Yongguo was frightened and was about to blurt out subconsciously. Li Peilan quickly said, "Village Chief, shouldn't you ask them why they go outside so often and where they go?"

Village Chief Jiang was led astray and turned to look at Jiang Qian.

"Amiao and Brother Luo went to the town because Brother Luo has a friend who does business in the town. The friend is a grain store owner. He got a batch of full-grained rice from somewhere and needs to deliver it to various restaurants. Brother Luo also felt pity for our two brothers and sisters who were helpless, so he introduced this job to A Miao. However, A Miao is a weak woman. I was worried that something would happen to her, so I asked Brother Luo to go with me." These are the three of us. We have already agreed on a consistent statement to the outside world. As for the friend who opened the grain store, it can be said that he has gone elsewhere, and no one in the village will look for him.

Jiang Qian continued: "Second uncle and second aunt, I know that you don't like us because of the separation of the family. You always say that we, brother and sister, have been freeloaders over the years, but everyone has sharp eyes."

"Amiao has done most of the work at home in the past few years. The work in the fields is more than that of you and my second uncle combined. Amiao has done the work of four or five people by himself, so he can still do it." Take the rations that even the pigs won’t eat.”

"I didn't expect that we have already separated our families, but you still won't let us go. Do you have to force me to sign a letter of severance?"

Jiang Qian said to Village Chief Jiang: "Village Chief, I have really had enough of the slander and provocation from my second uncle and my aunt many times. I request a break."

Jiang Qian looked sad and started crying as he spoke.

He stood there, tears flowing down silently. Although he did not make a cry, he still made the surrounding villagers feel compassion.

Over the past few years, everyone has seen how their brother and sister lived. In other words, who wouldn't feel uncomfortable if such a bad thing happened and they were noisy all day long?
Village Chief Jiang's face was very ugly, and so were the Seventh Uncle and Ninth Uncle's faces. Ninth Uncle said, "Good boy. I know you have been wronged, but this letter of renunciation is not just signed."

Jiang Qian's lips moved, "I beg my uncles to take pity on us, brother and sister, for the sake of our dead parents, and let us, brother and sister, live a peaceful life for a few days."

Seeing the child's persistence, Uncle Jiu looked at Li Peilan and Jiang Yongguo standing aside, hoping that they could say a few soft words and never go so far as to sever the relationship.

When he turned around, he found that the couple were discussing something together, and the word "house" could still be vaguely heard.

Uncle Jiu was completely disappointed.

Li Peilan nodded towards Jiang Yongguo and stood up, "If you want to scare us with a letter of renunciation, there is no way. If you want us to sign a letter of renunciation, you can first let us search your home. If we find food, you have to take it." Give up the house.”

Jiang Qian smiled and said, "If we can't find him, the second aunt will have to sign a severance letter. From now on, the two families will have no relationship."

Li Peilan didn't want to be fooled, "We'll talk about it then."

Jiang Qian couldn't tell what she was thinking, "If you don't agree, you can't search."

"You?" Li Peilan gritted her teeth, and without waiting for Jiang Yongguo to remind her, she said with disdain: "Okay, I promise you, but if the stuff is really found, you and your sister will get out of here. .”

What Jiang Qian wanted was this sentence, "Okay, I promise you, and ask the village chief to send someone to search."

Village Chief Jiang never thought that the matter would reach this point, but the two families had already agreed on the matter, and there was no way to stop it. They could only choose a few honest and steady people.

"Do you think it's okay to let them search?"

Jiang Qian had no objection, and neither did Li Peilan.

Li Peilan waited confidently for the results of the search. The selected people checked every corner of the yard for a long time but did not find a single grain.

(End of this chapter)