playful peasant girl

Chapter 29 Greedy Human Nature

In the morning, Xia Lan and the others were having breakfast when there was an untimely knock on the door.

"Haoxuan, go see who it is?" Xia Lan didn't bother to move.

Xia Haoxuan opened the door, and there was a large group of villagers standing outside. Xia Haoxuan was stunned for a moment, and before he knew what was going on, someone squeezed the door and slipped in.

"Everyone, look for it quickly and see where Xia Lan is, don't let her escape!" There was a commotion inside and outside the door.

Xia Lan looked at the villagers swarming into the yard, eating the last mouthful of food in a leisurely manner, and then slowly put down the chopsticks.

"I don't know what the folks are talking about coming to Xia Lan's house early in the morning?"

Xia Lan asked as she usually greets acquaintances.

A group of villagers paused for a moment, and the untimely thoughts in their minds flashed away, and then disappeared quickly.

"Ahem..." Liu Xiangying's father, the head of Liujia Village, cleared his throat vigorously, and sure enough, the chaotic crowd around him immediately quieted down.

"This Xia Lan, are you convicted?" Village Chief Liu looked serious.

"I don't know what the village chief said, but what crime did Xia Lan commit?" Xia Lan let out a calm voice slowly.

"Xia Lan, you have no sense of shame. You are unmarried and live in the same room with a man of unknown origin. You are not ashamed and shameless. You dare to say that you don't know what the crime is." An elder in the family village.

"Xia Lan was terrified. I didn't know when I became a generation of men and women robbers, and the elders of the family made it clear."

The old man with a goatee trembled angrily, and pointed at the people around him with trembling fingers, "Tell her."

It was not Liu Xiangying's mother and daughter who stood up first, but an extremely eloquent woman in the village. Xia Lan remembered that her daughter was among the women who came to the family that day.

"Xia Lan, auntie also knows that your parents left early, no one taught you at home, and the rules are far behind. Although you can't compare with our Zhu'er, auntie knows you are obedient." Zhu'er's mother paused After a while, he continued, "Auntie didn't expect that you would go astray this time, doing things like male prostitution and female robbers, and now you are openly unmarried and living with men. Now you have lost your innocence and ruined your reputation. You should hurry up!" Admitting your mistakes to the clan elders can also reduce your punishment."

Zhu Erniang's words seemed to be concerned about her, but every sentence was harsh, pushing her into the abyss.

"Since my aunt said that I openly lived with an unmarried man, what about physical evidence?" Xia Lan expressed absurdity to her "concern".

"By the river that day, many of us saw the young master who lived in your house. How dare you say there is no such person." Zhu'er stood up and asked.

Xia Lan smiled, another impatient one. "I do have a guest at home."

"Hmph, guest? It sounds good on the lips, but who knows what's the relationship behind the scenes!" The aggrieved person finally came out and bubbled.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers all looked at Xia Lan with colored eyes.

Xia Lan was not annoyed either, "Then Liu Xiangying, what do you think is the relationship?"

"Isn't that the kind of shady relationship?" Liu Xiangying flattened her mouth with resentment.

Xia Lan didn't argue, but changed the subject suddenly, "Then according to what the village chief saw, what punishment should Xia Lan receive?"

Xia Lan's gaze was too calm, and Village Chief Liu was terrified, "Since you admit it, then you will be exempted from other punishments, and your family's property will be handed over to the village to be divided equally. A pig cage."

Xia Lan really wanted to laugh out loud, and in fact she did, "Hehehehe, you are really ambitious!"

She said, when did so many people in the village dare to turn against her as a landlord? It turned out that it was all the idea. It was really shameless. In the face of interests, honest people were eager to move.

"Village chief, next year the collective rent of Liujia Village will increase by [-]%. Are you planting or not?" Xia Lan smiled.

The villagers standing in the yard suddenly shouted, "Why do you increase our rent? In recent years, we have only received [-]% of the rent."

"Why? Just because this land is mine." Xia Lan said loudly.

Liu Xiangying was anxious in her heart, knowing that their purpose of coming was to soak Xia Lan in a pig cage, but now Xia Lan took the topic away, she was still waiting to kill Xia Lan, so that she could have a chance to be the concubine of the talented son.

As if seeing through Liu Xiangying's mind, Xia Lan fixed her gaze on her, Liu Xiangying's heart tightened, not knowing what Xia Lan wanted to do.Even though she hated Xia Lan the most among the girls in the village, she was actually a little afraid of Xia Lan.

Xia Lan suddenly smiled.

"White Chi, come out quickly."

Hearing Xia Lan calling for Bai Chi to come out, Liu Xiangying's heart jumped instantly, and she was finally able to see her Young Master Bai.

Mu Yuming couldn't stand it anymore, if Xia Lan hadn't confessed, he would have rushed out.

Looking at Mu Yuming who came out of the house, Liu Xiangying's eyes burst into redness.

"White Chi, this Liu Xiangying has admired you for a long time, why don't you accept me as a concubine, what do you think of Liu Xiangying?"

When Liu Xiangying heard that she could be a concubine for Mr. Bai, she would be able to live a rich life in the future. When she had no time to think about whether Xia Lan's words were wrong, she jumped straight into the pit that Xia Lan dug. .For a person like Liu Xiangying, there is really no need for such a clever method.

Liu Xiangying took small steps, moved a few steps, and came to Mu Yuming. It seemed that in order to show her upbringing, she tried her best to squeeze out a sweet and greasy voice, "My family is the daughter of the village chief, and I am willing to be Mr. Bai's little girl." Concubine, as long as she can be with Mr. Bai, even a slave who has no name or distinction is willing."

Mu Yuming got goosebumps all over his body when he heard this.

"Whose family are you a slave? Ah, no, you are the village head's daughter, and your family is a slave for others."

Liu Xiangying was a little anxious, why didn't Mr. Bai hear what he said clearly.

Mu Yuming looked at Liu Xiangying with eyes that seemed to finally understand, "Oh, your family is not a slave!"

Young Master Bai figured out what he meant, but Mu Yuming then said something serious that almost made her cry.

"Could it be that you are doing business in a brothel, or how could you call yourself a slave, ah bah bah, I'm wrong, I haven't seen anyone as ugly as you in a brothel."

The girl Liu Xiangying was heartbroken. How could the young master Bai she admired say that about her? Liu Xiangying looked at Mu Yuming with a sad look and she was about to cry.

But she didn't know that Xuan Ran was about to cry only when a beautiful woman made it to attract people's affection, and she made it completely like a hundred and sixty-nine.

"Hey, why do you have the expression of a dead mother? Could it be that I really hit the mark, isn't it innocent? Tsk tsk, the one standing on the farthest side, this little concubine should give it to you" Mu Yuming Taking two steps back, he ended his appearance.

The people around laughed uncontrollably. The man Mu Yuming pointed to was also a bachelor in the village, and he had killed someone before he was released after serving his sentence.

"The village chief's tutor is really good, everyone should study hard." Xia Lan sarcastically said, "Everyone should learn more, Mother Zhu, you should learn more."

Village head Liu flushed angrily and dragged Liu Xiangying away, and the others also went out in desperation.

"Don't even think about it, the land rent will increase by [-]% next year."

Xia Lan did not forget to make a special confession.

(End of this chapter)