Allure of a Country Maiden

Xiaoer shook her head: "This is bittern salt."

Brine salt is cheaper than coarse salt, but it cannot be used as edible salt because it is slightly toxic.

The two things look pretty much the same. One can poison you if you eat too much, and the other can kill you from thirst if you eat too much.

Leopard's father clenched his fists. He didn't expect that she would find any clues about this.

But so what! Even if she knew the reason why the fruit trees withered, there was no evidence to prove that he did it!

It was in the middle of the night when he poured the brine on the unicorn fruit. He hadn't seen a single person for several days in a row! Not even the dog barked!

After hearing this, the villagers looked at each other. The village chief looked at everyone and asked, "Whose family accidentally left these brine salts here?"

After hearing this, everyone shook their heads and denied:

"Not my home!"

"Not me either!"

…

"not me."

Xiao'er saw everyone's expressions in her eyes: "I suspect that the unicorn fruit tree died from being poured with brine."

If plants are often irrigated with concentrated salt water, the soil concentration will be greater than the cell fluid concentration, causing the plants to be unable to absorb water from the soil and the plants will wither.

These withered unicorn fruits felt like they were dying of drought, but the villagers said they saw signs of withering and all carried water to water them.

But obviously the amount of water poured is still not enough to dilute the concentration of salt in the soil.

Leopard's father's expression changed. He glanced at Xiao'er. This bitch was quite smart. She even guessed this!

Last night, his father was responsible for watering the orchard with brine. It must have been too dark. When he poured the brine into the bucket, he accidentally spilled some salt on the grass.

The villagers were shocked after hearing this. Who is so wicked! It’s so heartless! Is this someone who wants to kill their entire village?

After hearing this, the village chief was so angry that he yelled: "Who did it? I won't beat him to death!"

"Yes, I also broke his legs. This is so evil-hearted! This is so shameful!"

"Could it be done by villagers from other villages?"

"Probably not! People in other villages don't know that we are growing unicorn fruits, they think we are growing overlord flowers!"

"Then who did it?"

"Have any of you seen any suspicious characters walking around at night recently?"

"It got dark, so I went to bed, I don't know."

"After a day's work, I'm exhausted. I usually lie down when it gets dark and sleep until dawn! I don't pay attention."

The villagers were speculating about who did it and whether anyone saw who did it.

After guessing, the target person always falls on someone from outside the village.

After all, the people in their village have always been very united in everything they do, and everyone often helps each other.

"Did any of you spill the beans and tell people in other villages?" the village chief asked after thinking about it.

The villagers in the neighboring village had an old man who returned to his hometown and set up a school in the village to teach the villagers how to read and write. Therefore, many villagers were able to find good jobs such as accounting in the town.

This resulted in most families in the entire village living a better life than those in their own village. The villagers often tried to bully them, and the married daughters of their village were not treated well.

And the women who were married from neighboring villages couldn't hold their heads high when they returned to their parents' homes, or they didn't look good.

Now girls from neighboring villages are unwilling to marry young men from their village. He said that he came here to endure hardships, but when he returned to his parents' home, he was no longer a human being!

This resulted in the two villages being incompatible with each other. The villagers in Huzi's village worked hard to get rich and destroy the arrogance of the neighboring village.

The villagers shook their heads again after hearing the village chief's words.

"No! This unicorn fruit is so important. Our prosperity depends on it. How could I tell it?"

"That's right! Even in my dream last night, I reminded myself not to tell anyone about this!"

"Jia Xing, you always like to drink horse urine. Did you accidentally tell the story about the kirin fruit when you were drunk?" the village chief said, glaring at a certain villager fiercely.

"Village Chief, because of these kirin fruits, I haven't had a drink in the past two months. Please don't accuse me wrongly!"

"If it's not you, then who is it!" The village chief was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.

"How do I know who it is! It's not me anyway!"

Seeing that they couldn't guess who it was, Xiaoer said, "As long as you have done it, it will definitely leave traces. Let's look around again!"

Everyone had no objection after hearing this: "Yes, I will definitely find some clues! Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will find him."

Xiaoer took the lead and walked around again.

Leopard's father couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He had been doing this for many days. Although he was careful every time, there would inevitably be oversights. This bitch's eyes were so sharp! What should I do if she really finds some evidence? !

No, what else can he find besides salt? Besides, the brine salt he bought was all used up last night, and everyone has a bucket! Dad Leopard comforted himself.

Xiaoer took the villagers for a walk around the orchard and found no other evidence.

Everyone suddenly felt a little discouraged.

Seeing this, Xiaoer said: "Don't worry, everyone. I have a kind of wolf dog at home. Its nose is very good. As long as it smells the brine salt, it will find who has touched the salt and which household's bucket has been filled with it." This salt.”

"Young madam, where is the dog? Let it out quickly. I want to see whose wolf heart was eaten by the dog!"

Leopard's father was shocked when he heard this. He had also heard of this kind of dog, and the yamen also kept this kind of dog to help handle cases.

Leopard's father could not wait to rush home immediately and throw away those wooden barrels so that the corpses could be destroyed and no traces could be traced!

"Don't worry, I have to borrow the dog from someone. I'll come back tomorrow morning!"

Father Leopard breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. One night was enough for him to destroy the body and eliminate all traces.

Fortunately, they all thought it was someone from the neighboring village who did it!

"Can these fruit trees be saved now?" the village chief said heartbrokenly as he looked at the wilted fruit seedlings.

"I don't know how much salt water that person poured into the ground. We have to lower the salt concentration in the ground first, otherwise the fruit seedlings will not survive if they are replanted," Xiaoer explained.

When the villagers heard this, they became angry and cursed.

Xiaoer knew that they were very angry. As people who dug in the soil, what they cherished most was their crops.

Normally, it would be heartbreaking to trample to death a green vegetable that has not grown yet, not to mention that now so many fruit seedlings are withered.

And with such a delay, the day when the villagers can harvest unicorn fruits is further away.

Although the climate here is relatively warm, Kirin fruit can be grown all year round, but there is also a best time to plant it. Autumn has arrived and winter is approaching, and winter is definitely not the most suitable time to plant Kirin fruit.

Kirin fruit grows slowly in winter, so it would be strange if the villagers didn't scold them.

Since the person could not be arrested until tomorrow, Xiaoer said goodbye to the villagers.

Everyone enthusiastically chased her carriage and sent her out of the village.

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