The billionaire girl: Daddy and Mommy, love me again
Chapter 209 Thief
"Fellow villagers, come and catch the thief! Someone is stealing food!"
Upon hearing this, the people working in the fields rushed over with sickles and hoes in hand.
"Damn thief, how dare he steal food? Beat him to death!"
"Break his hands and feet, and see if he dares to steal again!"
"Kill him, damn thief!"
The thief worked hard for half a year to get the food, but he was smart enough to just come and take the ready-made food.
In the eyes of the people who depend on food for their survival, this is an unforgivable sin.
Filled with righteous indignation, they surrounded the thief and shouted angrily that they would beat him to death.
"Ah! No....., you misunderstood, I am not a thief, I did not steal the food!...Ah!"
The weak defense of the thief who was unfortunately caught was almost inaudible amid the roar of the people.
Seeing that the matter seemed to be getting out of hand, Cheng Zeli and Li looked at each other and, based on the idea that less trouble is better, didn't want to pay any attention to it.
However, they forgot their daughter's nature of loving to eat melons.
I don't know when these two little guys slipped past.
At this time, Xue Dundun was protecting Cheng Xingwan and struggling to squeeze into the crowd.
It took a lot of effort to squeeze into the C position of eating melons, which was beyond Cheng Xingwan's expectation.
Unlike the sharp-faced thief in our impression, the man in front of us, although wearing a tattered gown, he looked like a scholar and did not look like a thief at all.
At this time, the man had been beaten black and blue, with a bloody head. He curled up on the ground holding his head, muttering: "I'm not a thief, I'm not a thief, I'm not..."
"Stop it! Stop hitting him, you're going to beat him to death!"
She had a loud voice and her babyish voice was very penetrating, and she successfully made the attackers stop.
The farmers looked at the cute little girl and the fat boy whose clothes showed his noble status who suddenly appeared in front of them, and their angry expressions eased a little.
"It's Young Master Xue!"
Someone recognized Xue Dundun's identity at a glance and exclaimed in surprise.
"Which young master Xue?"
"It's the son of the county magistrate. Last time, I went to deliver food to their house with the county magistrate's steward, and I saw him riding a horse on the county magistrate's neck."
"Young Master Xue, why are you here?"
The farmers thought that the county magistrate had come with them, and they looked around, but did not see anyone else. They only saw a handsome and beautiful couple who looked unfamiliar.
However, anyone who can be with the son of the county magistrate must be someone they cannot afford to offend.
“I am here to understand the people’s sentiments on behalf of my father.
Who told you to hit him? You are abusing lynching, do you know that?
Look at how you beat him. If you beat him to death, you are all murderers. If you kill someone intentionally, you will be sent to prison and beheaded."
"Young Master, you don't know that we didn't mean to beat him, it's just that his behavior was too hateful.
We worked so hard in winter and finally waited for the harvest, but he came to harvest the ready-made harvest directly. Do you think we should beat him or not? "
“You said he stole your food, who saw it, and where is the evidence?
To convict someone, you need to have evidence. You have nothing, and yet you were beaten for no reason. Where is the law and justice?"
"I saw him lying on the edge of my field with his butt sticking up. He must have been stealing food."
"What about the food he stole?"
"In his arms, you can see that his arms are bulging. Even though he was beaten half to death, he still guarded it tightly. It must be food."
Hearing this, the man shuddered and held the thing in his arms even tighter.
Cheng Xingwan walked up to the man, slowly squatted down, and looked him straight in the eye.
"Uncle, don't be afraid. I believe you are not a thief. Take out the things in your arms and show them to everyone. This will prove your innocence."
The man's originally evasive eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light.
The words "I believe you are not a thief" were like a ray of light shining into his dark life.
Until he became the prime minister, the most powerful official among the countrymen, that light always illuminated his way forward.
He suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the delicate fairy-like girl in front of him. After a long while, he stammered, "Then stay away from me. I'm afraid I'll scare you."
Cheng Xingwan obediently took two steps back, and Xue Dundun stepped forward and protected her behind him with a vigilant look on his face.
The man glanced at them, bit his lower lip hard, and reached into his arms with a fearless look on his face, as if he had made a big decision.
After seeing clearly what he took out, the scene fell into silence and the farmers looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Ah...! A mouse..., my dear... there is a mouse!"
Unexpectedly, the first person to break the defense was Xue Dundun. He screamed like a groundhog and jumped in fear.
But he did not forget to cover Cheng Xingwan's eyes.
"What are you yelling about? He's already dead. Besides, this is a bamboo rat, not a mouse!"
"Uh..., isn't it a mouse? Oh... hehe, Nannan is really amazing. She can actually tell the difference between a mouse and a bamboo rat."
"Of course, have you ever seen such a fat and round mouse?
Bamboo rats mainly feed on bamboo, but they also eat other grasses, such as rice stalks and sweet potato vines.
Bamboo rat meat is delicious. When my fifth uncle was at home, he often went to the bamboo forest to catch bamboo rats.
I've eaten it, so I recognize it."
"Nannan is really smart. She recognized it as a bamboo rat at first sight. So the real thief is actually a bamboo rat."
Xue Dundun put his hands behind his back in an air of adultery, his face tense, and swept his majestic gaze over everyone present.
"Don't you have anything to say?"
Everyone looked at each other, and finally an older person was pushed out.
"This matter is our fault. We misunderstood this young brother and made him suffer this beating for nothing. We are willing to compensate him."
"It's no use telling me about this, the real owner is there, go talk to him yourself.
If he doesn't pursue you, I won't interfere."
The group of people who were murderous and wanted to beat and kill just now turned around and became humble, bowed and nodded, surrounded the man, apologized to him, and took the initiative to compensate him.
If the victim pursues the matter and reports the case to the county government, and the fact is witnessed by the young master of the county magistrate's family, they will not be able to escape even if they want to.
In order to appease the man, they went home and got money as compensation.
After giving him the silver, they felt pained but also very grateful.
Fortunately, the little girl stopped them in time. If it was a little later, his limbs would be broken, or someone would be killed. It would not be a simple matter of paying some money to settle the matter.
I just heard what the man said himself and learned that he was a scholar and came to Yinzhou to take part in the provincial examination.
This man's experience was truly tragic.
Han Yu is from Daxing County.
Three years ago, his family was relatively well-off. His father was a wealthy man and the family owned thousands of acres of fertile land.
He was loved by his parents and was a hard-working person, so he passed the imperial examination on his first try.
Thinking that his life would be smooth sailing, he packed his bags and went to Yinzhou to study.
Little did he know that this farewell would be one forever. The sudden flood left his relatives unknown whether they were alive or dead. He was lucky enough to survive because he was in Yinzhou.
The flood was followed by the epidemic, but he survived it for the sake of his family.
After the epidemic disappeared, he couldn't wait to return to his hometown, but all he saw was ruins.
The houses and fields were buried deep under the mud, and there was no trace of the family.
He searched for three months before he found someone from the same village.
The other party told him that when the flood came, the entire village did not have time to evacuate and everyone died, including his parents.
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