The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 28 Forced
The village chief of Shanyang Village was bitten, but he couldn't care less about that at the moment. He immediately raised his voice and said, "Hu Changzhu, you want to report this to the authorities? You'd better think it over!" Hu Changzhu was the village chief's real name.

The suggestion to report it to the authorities surprised the people in both villages, as they had never considered doing so even after the incident had escalated to this point.

When ordinary people meet with officials, it's like being skinned alive.

Moreover, this is a serious matter involving cannibalism. If the officials come, wouldn't the whole village be implicated?
The people of Shanyang Village dared not see the officials.

In fact, the people from Hujia Village also had relatives and friends there, so naturally they wouldn't think of reporting it to the authorities, as that would be harming them and causing them to lose their descendants.

However, Xiao Ayu's words also served as a reminder to the people of Hujia Village: they cherished the friendship of their neighboring village, but the neighbor did not.

Didn't you see? They're all coming to snatch people away!

Even the most vicious mountain bandits didn't come down the mountain to rob the villagers; they usually robbed passing merchants.

Robbing a village is something only a person with extremely low moral character would do.

"You brat, are you looking for death?!" The uninjured man from Shanyang Village glared at her, looking like he was about to teach her a lesson.

They actually dared to report it to the authorities.

"I think you're the ones courting death!" Village Chief Hu was still considering it, but seeing how arrogant the other party was even after they had already acted like this, he immediately made up his mind.

"Report to the authorities! Report to the authorities tomorrow!"

The people of Shanyang Village panicked: "Don't report to the authorities! Don't report to the authorities! Have you people from Hujia Village gone mad? Do you think officials are so easy to see? You'll be skinned alive if you don't die!"

They knew that if the villagers kept this a secret, they would forget about it in a couple of years. But if they reported it to the authorities, would any more women still marry into their village?
Without a wife, there are no children; what will happen if the family line ends?
Grandma Wang's face was also ashen. Thinking of the wound on her third daughter-in-law's back and how Ayu was almost taken away, she felt an urge to bite her teeth when she saw these people.

"Forget tomorrow, it's today! Third brother, fourth brother, you two go right now! Don't delay! You bunch of beasts, do you even deserve to be called human? Even the King of Hell probably hasn't seen anyone more vicious than you!" Old Mrs. Wang's face was terribly gloomy, and her fingers trembled incessantly at her sides. "Your children aren't lives, other people's children aren't lives, only your own lives matter! You can be so heartless just because you've been starving for a few days. If you were starving to death, you'd probably even eat yourselves!"

The people of Shanyang Village retorted, "How noble is your Hu Family Village? Do you think we want to eat them? They're our own children. If we don't eat them, the children will die, and our village will be finished!"

"Exactly, if there's a way to survive, who would choose that path? Your village is lucky because you have food, but we're unlucky, there's nothing we can do."

Someone else said viciously, "In this world, those little brats wouldn't have survived anyway. They're just repaying the debt of gratitude we owe them for giving birth to them! If we don't repay them, we won't survive either!"

The person who was speaking was lying on the ground, clearly poisoned by snake venom. His lower body was paralyzed, but he could still use his mouth.

Old Mrs. Wang snatched the carrying pole from Wang Dalang's hand and struck the man's shoulder hard with it.

Everyone heard a "crack" sound; the man's shoulder had been smashed to pieces!

"You tell me you can't survive? None of you here dare to say you're starving to an old woman like me! Is your village so starving that you can't find a single blade of grass, not even a piece of tree bark? Are you so hungry that you've eaten a bellyful of stones and mud and still think you're suffering from tuberculosis? Bah! You still have the energy to come and rob us!" Old Mrs. Wang spat directly into the face of the person wailing incessantly. "You haven't reached the point of desperation, yet you've done things even animals wouldn't do! Now that you've been stepped on, you know the pain? We can't judge you, someone else will!"

Old Mrs. Wang's eyes were red-rimmed, her eyelids stretched taut, and she gritted her teeth as she looked at the people from Shanyang Village: "None of you here are innocent, whether you ate or not! Today, we are going to report you to the authorities for causing trouble in our village, for kidnapping and injuring people! As for the rest, Heaven is watching. You should think about whether murder is illegal and whether you should pay with your life!"

Perhaps it was the old woman's sharp gaze, or perhaps it was because everyone remembered that the Wang family had fled famine. The older folks still remembered how emaciated the family had been, each one on the verge of death.

They had escaped by grazing along the way, and the whole family collapsed at the entrance of Hujia Village.

The old lady was the weakest of them all, and she was certainly the most qualified to say that.

Seeing his mother like this, Wang Chuanfu knew that she had remembered that incident again, and his heart ached. He immediately stepped forward to support the old lady and turned to his two younger brothers, saying, "Third brother, fourth brother, listen to your mother."

Wang Chuanyuan and Wang Chuanman turned to leave, but the people from Shanyang Village immediately tried to stop them. "Cao Hua!" Village Chief Hu shouted the name of the Shanyang Village chief, "Do you really want to continue like this? The sky has cleared, the snow has melted, but what about you? Are you still going to cover up the rotten flesh in your hearts?"

The village chief of Shanyang Village sighed, saying that he didn't eat it, but that didn't mean he was innocent.

He brought the villagers here; how can he escape responsibility?
If we report this to the authorities, the entire village will be destroyed!
Seeing that their village chief remained silent, the people of Shanyang Village did not back down.

The two sides reached a stalemate.

A woman from Shanyang Village suddenly rushed out, looking hopefully at little Ayu who was hiding behind the adults: "Those snakes listen to you, right? Do you know how to treat snake bites and snake venom?"

Then everyone realized that, yes, more than half of the men in Shanyang Village had been bitten, and several had already fainted!
Snake venom can take effect quickly; it can kill a person in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Little Ayu pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

She had a vague feeling that her water might have healing properties.

However, she didn't want to give it to these people, whether they were good or bad.

Liu hugged Xiao Ayu and said coldly, "I don't know what you're talking about. The snake came on its own and has nothing to do with my daughter!"

She was so nervous that it aroused suspicion among the people of Shanyang Village.

Yes, the snake was commanded by the little goat, and the little goat obeyed her.

This child is extraordinary.

The woman ignored them and said, "I'm willing to report to the authorities, I'm willing, but please, please save my father! He's old, he can't withstand the snake venom!"

"Don't make things difficult for the child," said Village Chief Hu. "If you behave yourselves, we'll agree to let Doctor Hu take a look at you. As for whether he can be cured, that's up to fate! That child is from our village, now and forever. Don't think that just because our Hu Family Village is small, you can bully him like this!"

The people of Shanyang Village: ...

Who is bullying whom right now?

But what Village Chief Hu said did serve as a wake-up call for them.

Someone with sharp eyes whispered, "Have you noticed? Those bitten by poisonous snakes are all people who have eaten babies..."

Not everyone in their village ate the children; most of them didn't.

Those who ate the meat were also afraid in their hearts, silently remembering who they were.

"It really is! Could it be that God has sent down punishment?"

"Are those children from Hujia Village really...?"

Grandma Wang slammed the carrying pole she was holding onto the ground: "Have you thought this through?"

“We agree to report this to the authorities.” The village chief of Shanyang Village slumped heavily on his shoulder, his voice particularly weary. “But please, do your best to save the injured.”

(End of this chapter)