Don't worry, I have food, money and space.

Xia Yanxin was very satisfied with everyone's reaction: "From now on, you will be divided into the last two groups. Aunt Qian will be in charge of the first group, and Aunt Bai will be in charge of the second group."

"I hope everyone can encourage and help each other." Xia Yanxin looked around at the ketchup. After finding no problem, she took the thief away from the workshop.

Xia Yanxin brought the thief to the village chief: "Third Grandpa, this person tried to steal my ketchup and was caught on the spot. Do you know this person, Third Grandpa?"

The village chief looked at the person in front of him with a stern look in his eyes: "Isn't this Lazy Si'er from Xiahe Village? Xin girl, come with me to Xiahe Village and we will ask them for an explanation."

Xia Yanxin did not object: "Third Grandpa, wait a minute, I will go home and bring the ox cart, and we will go there by ox cart."

The village chief agreed, and after a while, the two of them took Lazy Four and walked leisurely towards Xiahe Village.

With the ox cart, any long distance will become shorter. The village chief arrived while chatting with Xia Yanxin, and the village chief went directly to the village chief's home in Xiahe Village.

When Lai, the village chief of Xiahe Village, saw the visitor, he smiled and said, "Hey, isn't this the village chief Xia from Shanghe Village? Why are you here in Xiahe Village today?"

Village Chief Xia of Shanghe Village glanced at Village Chief Lai unhappily and said, "Village Chief Lai, it's easy to say. I don't come to you for no reason. Do you know this person?"

When Village Chief Lai saw the person behind him, he knew that it must be Lazy Four who had caused trouble again: "This person is Lazy Four from my village. He likes to steal things. I wonder what trouble he has caused you guys?"

Village Chief Xia did not speak. He glanced at Xia Yanxin beside him and said, "He was stealing things in our village and was caught by the victim."

Village Chief Lai was so angry that he hit Lan Si'er with his pipe and said, "You are such a loser and a disgrace to others. You have brought shame to Shanghe Village, haven't you?"

Lazy Si'er was beaten and screamed in pain. Xia Yanxin stood aside with her arms folded across her chest, watching without saying a word. She wanted more than that.

Village Chief Lai saw that Village Chief Xia and the victims who followed him didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to do for a moment. He asked tentatively: "I wonder what did our lazy fourth child steal from you? How much is it worth?"

Xia Yanxin smiled slightly: "He stole the ketchup from our workshop, which is not to be passed on to others and is worth a fortune."

"A huge sum of money? Are you crazy about money?" When Lazy Si'er heard Xia Yanxin's words, he yelled.

Xia Yanxin curled her lips and smiled: "This is a new food. I rely on this to make money. Because of this new food, our village's life this year is much better than in previous years. Do you think it is worth a thousand gold?"

Lazy Si'er did not reply, he knew that he was caught and he deserved it. Now he could only accept whatever the other party said.

When Village Chief Lai heard what Xia Yanxin said, he was shocked. When he looked at Lan Si'er, his teeth were itching. He wished he could beat Lan Si'er to death right now.

And he did so. Xia Yanxin stopped Village Chief Lai and said, "Village Chief Lai, I'm here to ask for an explanation, not to see you beat him. If you want to beat him, you have to wait until we leave before you do so."

Village Chief Lai stopped beating the man and asked cautiously, trembling, "So what do you want?"

"One finger, he will pay the price for his actions." Xia Yanxin said calmly.

Xia Yanxin didn't give Village Chief Lai time to react. She directly pulled out the small knife she had prepared in advance, pointed it at Lan Si'er's finger, and quickly cut off one of his fingers.

Lan Si'er covered his fingers and howled in pain: "Ah! My hand! You bitch, how can you be so cruel."

Xia Yanxin took the knife, walked forward slowly, and slowly squatted down: "You still have the energy to curse, which means you don't know you are wrong. How about I break another finger of yours?"

Lan Si'er stopped talking for a moment. He looked at Xia Yanxin in horror: "Devil, you are a devil."

Xia Yanxin kicked his finger aside, walked to Village Chief Xia, and said, "Village Chief Lai, this is just a small lesson for him. If he dares to do it again next time, I will come and take his life personally."

Village Chief Lai nodded repeatedly, not daring to object. Village Chief Xia was frightened by Xia Yanxin's behavior at first, but then he thought that if she didn't use this method, these people would probably come to steal again.

Village Chief Xia looked at Village Chief Lai and said, "Okay, I have sent the person here and punished him. We will leave now. Village Chief Lai, please stay."

Xia Yanxin followed Village Chief Xia and left Xiahe Village. On the way, Xia Yanxin whispered, "Third Grandfather, do you think I'm a little cruel?"

The village chief said with a smile: "Cruel? I don't think so. If you don't use this method to deter others, these things of yours will soon be targeted again."

Xia Yanxin said sincerely: "Third Grandpa, thank you for your understanding."

"Why thank you? If you want to thank someone, it should be Third Grandpa who should thank you. Because of you, our Shanghe Village has a much better winter this year than in the past."

The village chief meant it sincerely when he said this, especially since there was a snow disaster this year. Thanks to Xia Yanxin's reminder, they were able to make a lot of preparations in advance.

"I'm afraid I'm just giving back to the village. The villagers have helped my family a lot since I was a child, and I remember all of that."

Xia Yanxin was telling the village chief in a disguised way that she was not an ungrateful person and that as long as the villagers were kind to their family, she would repay the village.

The village chief understood Xia Yanxin's words, and silently took note of her words in his heart. He also decided to be better to their family.

When they returned to the village, it was almost evening. After Xia Yanxin sent the village chief home, she drove the ox cart slowly back home.

Ye already knew what happened in the afternoon. When she saw Xia Yanxin coming back, she asked with concern, "Xin'er, why did you come back just now? Come in and warm yourself up."

Xia Yanxin explained as he walked: "Today, a man was caught in the workshop. This man is Lan Si'er from Xiahe Village, so my third grandfather and I took this man to Xiahe Village to ask for justice."

"Why would that man come to our village to steal tomato sauce? Xin'er, have you found out the reason?" After saying this, Ye went straight to the stove and brought out the hot food for Xia Yanxin.

"Eat first, and we'll talk after you're full."

Xia Yanxin obediently lowered her head to eat, she was indeed hungry.

Xia Yanxin swallowed the last bite of rice and said, "Mom, this person might have been instructed by someone. I didn't ask today because I felt that Xiahe Village could still be of use, so I didn't want to make a big fuss at the moment."

"As for that lazy guy, I will find time to go there secretly. I will never feel at ease until I catch the mastermind behind this."