Linxia

Chapter 22, Warriors

At this time, Bai Bao's group was still stubborn and stubborn.

"They say it seems like that, maybe it's just an illusion?"

Song Kai got up and directed his hatred towards Guihua's family, who he thought were in cahoots with him: "Besides, how can you trust a child's words? When my nephew got his clothes dirty in the village, he went home and lied that someone else did it."

"Yes, all children are like this." As a relative of the Song family, Zheng Yu agreed against his conscience.

"That's right, I might have bumped into it accidentally without noticing it, but if you say I pushed it on purpose, that would be a joke!"

Seeing that someone supported him, Bai Bao also started to tremble: "How could a grown-up like me argue with a little girl?"

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"You know whether you are that kind of person or not. My son and the boy from the Yao family have seen it, but you are still trying to be stubborn. Where's your face? Pah!" Fang Sun said forcefully.

"That's right. Because of Chen Daqiang's death, didn't the Bai family lose ten acres of land? That's probably why. But, Bai Bao, are you still a human being to take your anger out on a child?" You Chaodong also spoke, mocking sharply, attacking Song Kai's small group and avenging what happened at noon.

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Bai Bao, if you really want to make a fuss, you should go find Chen Daqiang!" Geng Shi's wife Su Xiaoqing is not someone to be trifled with either. She has a sharp tongue and supports Fang's mother.

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Bai Bao's clique was stubborn and Fang's mother and Geng's young wife joined in. Many villagers also pointed fingers at Bai Bao.

In the end, it was still up to Qiao Xu, the one in charge, to make the final decision. He naturally knew what was going on, but after what happened at noon, he still had to use the voting method.

The villagers all knew what was going on. Except for Bai Bao's small group and Fu Hong, who had stolen things and had a grudge against Guihua's family, the others were basically fair and sided with Guihua's family, who were in the right. As expected, Bai Bao was defeated.

Therefore, Bai Bao had to apologize to Guihua's family and compensate them with a pottery jar.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I'll bring the money for the pottery jar later." Although Bai Bao apologized, he still refused to admit that he pushed it on purpose, covering his last bit of face.

"Forget it, forget it. A clay pot is not worth much. It was probably touched accidentally, not intentionally. If it is really a misunderstanding, your sister-in-law apologizes to you." Sister Guihua said softly.

The villagers all secretly admired Sister Guihua for her understanding and reasonableness.

"That's right, keep an eye on your daughter and don't speak ill of others."

Bai Bao thought she had fooled him, and in her pride, she said without restraint: "I'm not saying anything, but your second daughter is really weird. Not long after she was born, your Chen family's eldest son died, and then her father-in-law also died, and then her husband became paralyzed... Now her husband is dead, and her mother-in-law is dead... She is just a broom..."

Privately, there were indeed such discussions in the village, but no one would say it to their faces, except him!
At Chen Ye's age, he can already understand what is said. After hearing these words, the expression on his little face was much more frightened than when he fell into the water, scratched his arm, and broke the small pottery jar. His two little hands rubbed the corners of his clothes nervously, and he didn't know what to do like a frightened little animal.

In particular, the little girl felt her mother tighten her grip on her wrist, and her wild thoughts made her panic and helplessness reach the extreme at this moment.

At this time, the villagers were fed up with it because Bai Bao was really going too far.

"The Guihua family is easy to talk to, but you just bully them? Do you have any shame?"

"Are you talking human language?"

"That's right, saying something like that in front of a child is really heartless!"

...Seeing that he had angered everyone, Bai Bao dared not say anything more. He snorted to save his reputation and left.

"Don't listen to other people's nonsense. This has nothing to do with you." Sister Guihua squatted down and looked at her daughter. Her heart seemed to be twisted, and she couldn't help but hug her daughter tightly in her arms.

However, such a sentence obviously could not dispel the shadow in the little girl's heart. Chen Ye pursed her lips tightly, wanting to say "Mom, please throw me away", but she couldn't say it out loud because she would cry as soon as she opened her mouth. Two thoughts, "If I stay, I will kill my mother" and "What should I do if my mother abandons me" intertwined in her little head. Fear and struggle made her face turn pale.

At this moment, Chen Ye suddenly felt his head being gently touched. It was Fang Lin: "You forgot, it was me who helped you, otherwise you would have fallen into the fire. Your father and grandmother came later, so how could your father and grandmother be your jinx? Since your father and grandmother are not jinxes, then the others are even less likely to be jinxes."

These logically clear words finally helped the little girl to untie the knot in her heart, and she burst into tears.

"alright, alright!"

Sister Guihua gave Fang Lin a grateful look, gently patted her daughter's back and comforted her, but she inadvertently glanced in the direction of Bai Bao.

Fang Lin took all of this in his eyes, glanced at Yao Bin, and felt that this idiot who ate raw bird eggs was nothing. His eyes fell on Bai Bao's figure as he walked away: "And you are the real warrior."

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The matter ended just like that, but two things happened in succession at noon and evening, which cast a gloomy shadow over the hearts of the villagers. They had a bad feeling about this trip to the capital.

On the way back.

"Bai Bao has been spoiled by the old lady of the Bai family. He is so grown up, but he still cares about a little girl. Song Kai and he are in the same boat. Zheng Yu is the same. He seemed okay before, but now we know that he is also a person who can't tell good from bad. Linzi, don't hang out with them." Fang Sun warned.

"Well, I know."

For dinner, it was still coarse rice, wild vegetable soup and rice dumplings.

However, the difference is that there is an extra wild dove tonight. I gutted it, rubbed salt on it, put it on a stick and roasted it over the fire. It was roasted until it was golden and oozing with oil.

I have to say that although there is little meat on turtledove, it tastes really good, chewy, wild, and leaves a lingering fragrance in the mouth. Everyone can have a little bit and eat it as a dish.

Each person had a fist-sized portion of roasted turtledove meat, but it made the simple meal inexplicably exciting and added a rich flavor.

After dinner, Fang's mother rarely asked Tian Xuan to wash the dishes herself; Fang Lin sat there, and Tian Xuan was beside him, mending his clothes in the dim and flickering firelight.

Father Fang pounded on his beloved little wheelbarrow and carefully applied some rosin to the bearings.

This is the most peaceful and representative scene in the era when men farmed and women weaved - if we ignore the open-air environment and the fact that this was during a refugee situation.

Fang Lin was enjoying this rare relaxing time away from the rush of his journey, feeling peaceful and fulfilled inside.

At this moment, he secretly set a goal for himself: "Live well in this world with the people I cherish, and live like a human being."

After finishing all the work, take a rest and go to sleep.

Above the open wilderness was the boundless sky, with a jade moon hanging high in the sky and numerous stars twinkling around. Suddenly, the wind blew, and dark clouds passed by, blocking the light of the stars and the moon, and the earth fell into darkness.

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(End of this chapter)