After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

"Hey, village chief, your yard is really nice. It's much better than our little shed that's about to collapse."

In the main room, Lai Zi was leaning back in a soft chair, speaking sarcastically.

"Your family was able to buy such a big yard, and I contributed a lot to it, right?

Then I won’t leave today and will stay here from now on.”

"Yes, Village Chief, this yard was bought with everyone's hard-earned money. You and your family won't feel at ease living here. Why don't we all move in together..."

"But we don't have anything to move, so we might as well just stay here..."

"Where are the servants? Hurry up and serve us some food. If we delay any longer, we will starve to death here..."

A group of people were clamoring for food. The maids and servants serving in the yard did not dare to oppose them, so they had to obediently go into the big kitchen and start working.

"I've already said that this is not my fault, just let us go."

Xu Qingrong was grabbed tightly by the arms by two villagers. He struggled several times but could not break free.

"This isn't the barren Xujia Village. Can't we just talk it out nicely if we have something to say?"

He and Brother Xu were just released today. He thought that after being tired for so many days, he could finally have a good rest and eat some good food to replenish his body after returning home.

But as soon as I opened the door, these people rushed over and held me down.

Looking inside the house, the other sons were also tied up, with rags stuffed in their mouths. Their faces and noses were swollen and bruised, and it seemed that they had been beaten many times by these people.

"Hey hey... talk nicely?"

Xu Dashan sneered, and immediately slapped Xu Qingrong in the face, saying hatefully:

"Now you know you have to talk nicely, but why didn't you say you would talk nicely when you tricked us out and sold us out?"

"Yes, village chief, you don't know how horrible that mine is. Not only do you have to work day and night, but you are also whipped like an animal..."

Someone rolled up his sleeves, revealing the scars on his arms.

"Your family lives and eats well in the capital, but you never thought about how we would survive if we went into that cannibalistic place..."

"We are all lucky. Although we have suffered a lot, at least we are still alive. As for those unlucky ones, I guess their bones have been chewed and swallowed by wild beasts now."

Xu Dashan thought of the dead people in Xujia Village, and simply slapped Xu Qingrong on the face a few more times. He did not reluctantly withdraw his hands until a line of bright red blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Even if they beat him to death, the suffering they endured in the mountains would not disappear.

"I, I've already said..."

As soon as Xu Qingrong opened his mouth, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"At the beginning, those people only said they wanted to find people to work, but they didn't say they would send you to the mines..."

Xu Qingrong shrank his neck. In the past, these people always obeyed him, but now they seemed to be possessed by something. They looked at him with murderous eyes, which was very scary.

"Your words are only good enough to fool a three-year-old child. If you want to fool us with them, you are just daydreaming."

A villager came up and spat at him, and couldn't help but slap him a dozen times in a row.

"I was almost beaten to death in the mine. Even if I had survived, my wounds would never heal. I swore in my heart that when I got out, I would cut you into pieces..."

One of the villager's legs is lame, having been beaten by the guards in the mine.

"At this point, you should just admit your guilt and accept the punishment. Don't even think about making excuses."

Xu Dashan threw Xu Qingrong to the ground with disgust, and thinking of their past friendship, he gave her some advice.

"We have been badly hurt by you. If you don't want to make amends and keep making excuses for yourself, then don't blame us for getting angry."

Xu Qingrong and his sons were all beaten black and blue. Looking at the extremely arrogant people from Xujia Village, they were in tears.

At the beginning, the human trafficker repeatedly assured these people that once they entered that kind of place, they would stay there until they died.

If no one comes to rescue them, they will have to work like slaves for the rest of their lives until they die of exhaustion.

It was because of hearing this reason that Xu Qingrong dared to sell the person without any scruples.

As the village chief, he knew the people of Xujia Village very well. They were all peasants from generation to generation. How could anyone save them?

Who knew how long it would take before the facts gave him a loud slap in the face.

First, Xu Qinghai and his men came out to offend him, and now these people have come looking for him again. It seems that he must give an explanation.

"I've said it many times. I really don't know anything. At that time, the middleman only said that this job was good. As a village chief, I thought that if there was such a good thing, I would definitely think of you first. I didn't bother to ask more questions..."

After all, Xu Qingrong had been the village chief for many years. After experiencing the initial panic, he endured the physical pain and humiliation and tried his best to speak nice words.

"To be honest, this matter is indeed my fault. If only I had asked a few more questions, or hadn't introduced you there out of kindness..."

The others just folded their arms and looked at him coldly. They didn't believe a word that came out of Xu Qingrong's mouth at this moment.

Are you kidding? If someone has been cheated once and trusts others easily again, are they waiting to be sold out again?

When Xu Linzhi returned home with a lot of resentment, she heard bursts of talking coming from the main room.

The yamen runners had said before that those who were building the dam would be released one after another in the next few days. So it seems that her father and elder brother should have returned.

Xu Linzhi's depressed mood improved a little. It was good that her father and elder brother came back. If they knew that the family had opened a pharmacy and made a lot of money, they would definitely not be convinced.

"Dad, big brother, you are finally back..."

Xu Linzhi's steps became faster and faster as she walked towards the main room.

However, the smile on her face could no longer be maintained the moment she pushed open the door to the main room.

"Hey... the village chief's daughter is back?"

Lai Zi turned his gaze first, swept his sticky eyes over Xu Linzhi's body, and curled his lips in disdain.

This girl relies on her father being the village chief and always treats herself as the daughter of a wealthy family.

But looking at the way she is dressed now, she really looks like a rich lady.

The men in Xujia Village were furious thinking that the village chief sold them to the mines to work like slaves and that the money he earned was used for his family's enjoyment.