So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day

"What can I do? Some people have done shameful things and provoked the officials to come to their door. I am just leading the way." Huang Cuihua smiled smugly, as if Sui He had really done something shameful.

"What do you want from me?" Sui He looked at the two bailiffs calmly.

One of the yamen runners took out a piece of paper with densely written words on it, "Are you Sui He? Someone sued you for stealing his family's maltose secret recipe. Come with us."

"That's nonsense!" Sui He was so angry that his face turned red. "I have never stolen anything from anyone! The secret recipe of maltose is mine."

"Whether it was stolen or not will be determined by the yamen." The yamen runner said coldly.

At this time, many villagers had gathered around and were talking about it.

"People from the government office have come to my house, I'm afraid it's not real."

"It's hard to say. The Chen family's tofu business is doing well, so why would they want to steal the secret recipe of maltose? I don't know what they were thinking."

"What should I do?" Grandma stamped her feet anxiously.

"Don't worry, grandma, they can't accuse me of something I didn't do." Sui He comforted.

Zhao Dazhuang pushed through the crowd and limped over. "I can testify that the maltose is from Brother Chen's family. He didn't steal anyone else's secret recipe."

"Who do you think you are? What's the use of your testimony?" Huang Cuihua said sarcastically.

"Da Zhuang, what's wrong?" Sui He could clearly see that something was wrong with Zhao Da Zhuang. His old injuries had not healed yet, and he had new ones. "How did you get yourself into this state?"

"Brother Chen, I don't know what happened. I went to the town this morning, and a group of people robbed my maltose without any explanation, and falsely accused me of stealing their maltose to sell." Zhao Dazhuang hesitated, getting more and more angry, pointing at Huang Cuihua: "It was her, she said she knew who made the maltose."

"Huang Cuihua, how did you know?" Sui He stared at Huang Cuihua angrily.

Huang Cuihua smiled smugly and said, "Don't worry about how I know this. Anyway, you can either admit that you made the maltose or not." It was just a coincidence that she lived not far from Village Chief Zhao's home, so she also heard what happened that night.

This morning she went for a stroll in the town and saw Zhao Dazhuang arguing with someone. She went up to interrupt and wanted to come back to watch the fun with others. However, as soon as she arrived at the village, people from the government came and asked around about where Sui He's family was. She was happy to do anything to make trouble for Sui He's family.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you have any questions, go to the yamen and talk about it." The yamen runner took out a rope, tied up Sui He's hands, and dragged him forward. The yamen runner behind him pushed Sui He.

"My fellow villagers, I am Sui He, an upright person. I have not stolen anyone's secret recipe. I believe the government will give me justice. Don't worry, aunts, please help me take care of my grandma." Sui He staggered after being pushed. After stabilizing himself, he did not forget to tell the familiar Aunt Wang around him.

"No, you can't take him away." Grandma rushed forward and grabbed the arm of one of the yamen runners.

"Get out of here! If you continue to interfere with public affairs, I will arrest you too." The yamen runner waved his hand and pushed grandma out. Fortunately, Aunt Wang, who had been watching, caught her in time and prevented her from falling.

"Don't push her." Sui He wanted to rush over, but was held tightly by the rope and could not move. He could only anxiously ask, "Grandma, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Sui Sui, you can't let them take you away!" Grandma leaned on Aunt Wang anxiously and wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by Aunt Wang.

"Oh, Aunt Chen, please don't go there again. Those officials are not vegetarians."

"Grandma, it's okay. I'll be back soon. Don't worry." Sui He only had time to finish this sentence before he was carried into the car by the people from the government office.

Sui He could hear his grandmother's shrill voice even after the carriage had gone far away. He could not help but feel grief-stricken.

"What's going on?" Not long after, Grandpa, who received the news, rushed back, accompanied by Village Chief Zhao, Old Man Lin and others.

"Old man, Sui Sui has been arrested, you should go and save him, that government office is not open to anyone." When grandma saw grandpa coming back, she immediately rushed over, grabbed grandpa's sleeve, and couldn't stop crying.

"Don't worry, what's going on?" Grandpa patted his wife's back and said to Da Zhuang, "Da Zhuang, tell me, what's going on?"

"Grandpa Chen, this is what happened." Zhao Dazhuang stepped forward and talked about what he encountered in the county town. At the end, he looked at Grandpa Chen and said, "Grandpa Chen, it's all my fault. If I had noticed it earlier, I wouldn't have been stopped by them. Brother Chen will be okay, right?"

Grandpa didn't say anything, just waved his hand and said, "Old woman, take out all the money in the house, I'm going to the government office."

"Okay," said grandma, and went to her room to find the money.

"Brother Chen, I'll go with you." Father Lin stepped forward and said, "I've been with Sui He for a few months, and I believe Sui He is not that kind of person."

"I'll go too. After all, I'm the head of the village and I can have a say in the government office." Village Chief Zhao also stood up and said, "Don't refuse. My kid is also involved in this matter."

"Okay, thank you for your help. I'll take the money and leave." Grandpa thanked them. At this time, grandma also came out with a purse and handed it to grandpa.

"Old man, this is all the money our family has, you must bring Sui Sui back."

"Yeah." Grandpa didn't say much, picked up the money bag and left.

As soon as the few people left the village, someone hurriedly followed behind them: "Dad, I'm going too."

Father Lin looked at his eldest son and said, "What are you going to do? Isn't it chaotic enough?"

Lin Youxiang looked at his father and said firmly: "I am strong and quick, and I can report back to the village if anything happens. Dad, just let me follow you."

"Brother Lin, let him go," Grandpa spoke at this time. Seeing Grandpa speaking, Father Lin stopped talking, which was considered as tacit consent that Lin is expected to follow.

The pace of the few people was not as fast as the carriage, and they finally entered the city when the city gate was closed. They did not delay and went straight to the government office.

"Who are you?" The guard at the door saw several people walking towards the yamen and shouted

"Gentlemen, I am the village chief of Qingshan Village. I am here to ask you about the young man you arrested this afternoon. How is he now?" Village Chief Zhao stepped forward, bowed to the runners, and secretly put a small piece of silver into the runner's hand: "This is a small token of my appreciation. Please have some tea, sir."

The official felt the weight of the silver in his hand and said nothing. He glanced at Village Chief Zhao and said, "It's too late today. The person has been detained. The adults will interrogate him tomorrow morning. There is nothing to do for now. Go back. You will see him tomorrow morning."

"What did he do wrong? Can we go see him?" Village Chief Zhao asked

"Won't we know what crime he committed tomorrow? Why are you asking? You can't just casually meet the people in the prison. If you have nothing else to do, just leave." The bailiff became impatient and waved his hand to drive Village Chief Zhao away.

Seeing this, Old Man Lin and his companions looked at each other. Seeing that the yamen runners looked impatient, they had no choice but to leave. However, they did not go back. Instead, they found a place to stay at the gate of the government office and sent Lin Youwang back to the village to report the news.