A farmer's daughter travels through time, farming and dividing the family to fight for the best

"Aunt Li, I carried these reed stalks out of my warehouse in bundles this morning. They definitely didn't belong to a thief. I can testify to this." Li Quanfu also stood up to explain. Old lady Li was simply making a fuss.

"If you say it's your home, then it is yours. I just lost some reeds last night, and they started building the house this morning. You and the second brother are sworn brothers, so of course you speak to him like he is." Old Mrs. Li glared at her with her triangular eyes, full of fighting spirit.

"Grandma, I kowtow to you." With a cry of surprise, Li Xiaoxiao suddenly knelt on the ground. On both knees, he moved several steps towards Grandma Li, tears streaming down his face, with a sad expression.

Everyone's eyes turned to Li Xiaoxiao.

"Grandma, Fourth Uncle and his brothers are your sons, and my father is also your son. You drove us out yesterday, but luckily Uncle Quanfu took us in for one night, otherwise we would have to sleep on the streets. Uncle Quanfu took pity on us and lent us reed stalks to build a thatched hut so that we had a place to live. Otherwise, we would have died of illness and starvation on the streets over time. Aren't you afraid that someone will stab you in the back? Can you sleep in the middle of the night?" Li Xiaoxiao cried with tears in her eyes.

The villagers who were watching had long been fed up with Old Lady Li and came out to criticize her.

"After all, he is your own child. Your heart is so crooked."

"Quanfu said that he was borrowing Xiaoxiao's house, but she still refused to give in."

"Who says it's not? The little family is dressed like beggars. Look at the daughter of the big family. She is wearing embroidered fine cotton. It's unique in our village. If you don't know, you might think she is the daughter of some family."

"Years ago, I saw the reed stalks of the Li family. Xiaoxiao and her mother cut them from the shallows in the winter."

"It doesn't have to be a thief. Even if it was stolen, you can't treat your own granddaughter like this."

Everyone was talking at once, making Old Lady Li feel ashamed, and her aura was not as strong as before.

"What do you know? Someone saw Li Xiaoxiao stealing from my house last night. We can't come here without any evidence." Li Laosi couldn't hold back anymore when he saw that everyone was on Li Xiaoxiao's side.

After Li Laosi said this, everyone began to doubt again, and looked at Li Xiaoxiao with a change in their eyes. Could it be that Li Xiaoxiao really stole it? The people of Qinghe Village are simple and honest, and there are very few stealing cases.

Their family was separated out. If they went back to ask the Li family for it, but the Li family refused to give it to them, that would be one thing. But if it was really stolen, that would be another matter.

At this time, the village head came and asked about the cause of the incident. When he heard that someone saw it, he couldn't help but feel confused.

"Uncle Si, whoever saw it, call him out. I want to confront him face to face." Li Xiaoxiao looked up at Li Laosi with a firm tone, her voice low and hoarse after crying.

"Old Four, go call that man over." Li Zheng spoke from the side. They had to figure out who was right and who was wrong in today's incident.

Li Laosi showed hesitation and looked at a young man who was peeking out of the crowd.

The boy looked about seventeen or eighteen years old. When he saw Li Laosi looking at him, he subconsciously avoided his gaze and wanted to leave the crowd.

"Ergou." Li Laosi had no choice but to call him over.

The boy named Ergou had no choice but to walk out amid so many inquiring gazes.

"You must tell me exactly what you saw last night." Li Laosi looked at Ergou meaningfully and deliberately emphasized the word "completely".

Ergou's full name is Zhang Ergou. He has only a grandmother in her 60s at home. His father was originally a hunter and his family was well off. In the winter when Ergou was very young, he went up the mountain to hunt. After a heavy snow, the ground was frozen. He accidentally stepped on empty air and rolled down the mountain. It was too late to find out that he had frozen to death.

Ergou's grandfather passed away many years ago. The death of Ergou's father left the family without a source of income, and their lives became poorer and poorer. Ergou's mother couldn't stand it and remarried. Facing her young grandson, her grandmother doted on him too much and rarely let him work. He developed a lazy and gluttonous character, and spent all day idling around in the village with Li Laosi.

"Well, I, I, I saw Li Xiaoxiao carrying something out of Old Li's house and going to Li Quanfu's house last night." Facing the head of the village and many villagers, Ergou, who usually speaks fluently, now stuttered.

"Ergou, did you really see me go to Lao Li's house last night?" Li Xiaoxiao stared at him closely. As far as he could remember, the original owner didn't have much contact with Ergou. Although he worked hard all day, he had never done anything bad.

"Look, I see it." Ergou's eyes were evasive and he didn't dare to look directly at Li Xiaoxiao.

"Li Xiaoxiao, why are you scaring Ergou? Now that there are witnesses, you can still deny it." Li Laosi was a little proud and looked at Li Xiaoxiao with arrogance.

"Fourth Uncle, what do you want to do?" Li Xiaoxiao asked instead of answering, showing no fear of being caught doing something wrong.

"Hmph, no matter how much you are my niece, I can't really send you to jail. How about this? Give me five taels of silver, and today's matter will be over." Li Laosi looked like he was giving alms, and his expression seemed to be certain that Li Xiaoxiao would give him the silver.

Li Dahai and his wife, Li Quanfu, the head of the village, and all the villagers were dumbfounded. Dried reeds could be sold for one penny per bundle at most, and there were only a few dozen bundles, yet Li Laosi dared to ask for so much silver. He must be crazy about the money.

"Fourth brother, you..." Li Dahai was the first to react. He pointed at Li Laosi angrily. Before he could finish his words, he started coughing violently. Sun quickly reached out to support him and patted his back to help him calm down.

"Old Four, you are blackmailing people." The head of the village was unwilling to believe it in his heart, but since someone saw it, he had to believe it.

Li Xiaoxiao was so angry that she almost laughed. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen anyone so shameless.

"Fourth Uncle, if I can prove that I didn't steal it, what can you do about it?" Seeing that Li Dahai was so angry that he became ill, Li Xiaoxiao also became angry and questioned him harshly.

"If you didn't steal it, I'll give you the money." Li Laosi was full of confidence. He had already colluded with Ergou, so let's see what tricks she could come up with.

Old Mrs. Li, who was still sitting on the ground, felt a pang in her heart. Seeing Li Xiaoxiao's confident look, she felt a little uneasy, but the fourth brother had already said it, and she couldn't take it back.

"Okay, then please ask the village head and the uncles and aunts to be witnesses for me." Li Xiaoxiao's eyes were clear, and he looked around, finally falling on the reed stalks on the ground.

"Every household has reed stalks. These are pulled from Uncle Quanfu's house. Uncle Quanfu is a hunter. Everyone, please pay attention, we ordinary people use ropes made of reeds to tie reed stalks, but these are made of a kind of soft rattan commonly used by hunters." Li Xiaoxiao spoke in a clear voice and with reasoning.

"It's really a soft rattan stick. The Li family doesn't have this thing."

The village head walked forward and took a closer look, then looked at Li Laosi with displeasure.

"It's possible that they changed the canes last night." Li Laosi panicked and tried his best to defend himself.

"Uncle, before the family split up, my mother, my sister, and I would cut the reeds when they were wet. Everyone in the village knows that if they were untied and tied up again, they would be messy. These are obviously untouched."

Li Laosi obviously knew about this matter, and he suddenly felt a little nervous, with sweat slightly on his forehead.

"Then you stole it and put it in Li Quanfu's house. You used the reed stems from Li Quanfu's house." Li Laosi made his last struggle.

"Haha, Fourth Uncle, let's go to Uncle Quanfu's house together to see if there is any." Li Xiaoxiao sneered.