After the marriage was broken off, the husband's family regretted it

At dawn, Yuntao went to the village chief's house.

"Village chief, remember I collected the rice straw in the village yesterday."

The village chief looked at Yuntao and said, “I also heard from my wife yesterday that your family did purchase a lot of rice straw.”

"Last night, a fire broke out in our house for no apparent reason. All the rice straw we bought in the village was burned. If I hadn't asked Da Niu, Er Niu, and San Niu to move the rice straw to a new location, our whole family would have died in the fire last night."

The village chief stared at Yuntao blankly.

"There was a big fire in your house yesterday. How could there be a big fire in the middle of the night?"

"Yeah, I think so too. Besides, the weather isn't particularly hot right now. Even if it is hot, the fire didn't start at night. I suspect someone set the fire on purpose, but I don't know who it was. They are so cruel and want to kill our whole family. Village chief, I plan to report it to the police."

"This matter can be big or small. We can report it to the authorities, but I don't know if the government will accept it since there are no casualties. Besides, the government generally doesn't take this kind of case seriously, so there's no money to be made by the detectives."

Yun Tao was very depressed: "It seems that money has always been the key to success. Money makes the world go round. I really don't have much money to make, and I don't have the money to bribe people. It's not a serious matter, but rice straw is bought with money. I'm the one who loses money anyway. I'm very tired."

Village chief, but I am unwilling to accept this. My rice straw was also bought with money, and the arsonist is now burning my rice straw. If I don't deal with it now and find it out, he can use other tricks to buy anything from my family in the future. To put it bluntly, he just wants me to suffer a loss.

The village chief listened without saying anything. This matter was indeed difficult to handle. After all, if it was really discovered, it would damage the reputation of the village.

The reputation of the village was ruined, and other villages were unwilling to marry their daughters to their village.

How about this, Yuntao, we won’t report to the police first, but instead we’ll hold a village meeting and see if we can find him.

Yun Tao looked at the village chief, and knew the village chief's thoughts very well. He was afraid that it was really someone in the village. If something like this happened and it was reported to the government, people in other villages would know about it. His village had no reputation, and the village chiefs would compete with each other.

Yun Tao had no choice but to agree.

That afternoon, all the villagers gathered under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village.

Fellow villagers, yesterday most of you took the rice straw to Yuntao's house to sell, and many families sold it for several hundred copper coins. This also added some income to you, but last night there was a fire in Yuntao's house, and all the rice straw we bought was burned.

The villagers in the audience were talking at once, saying, "It's not me, the village chief, it has nothing to do with our family. We just sold some rice straw." Some villagers didn't say anything at all, waiting to see Yuntao's reaction.

The Wang family was there too, looking at Yun Tao and muttering, "It's just some rice straw, just burn it, it's not worth anything, is there any need to mobilize all the villagers to a meeting?"

Old Li next door said, "Old Wang, of course you say that because it's not your rice straw that's burning. You're just being unreasonable. Besides, Yun Tao is your third daughter-in-law after all. There's no need to be so mean."

"Old Li, I don't need an outsider like you to take care of my family affairs. What can I say if you take care of me? Besides, it's not your house that was burned. Are you so anxious? Could it be that you..."

Before Old Man Wang could finish his words, Old Man Li interrupted him and said, "Old Man Wang, you should be polite. Even if Yun Tao severed her relationship with you, her child is still your grandson. It's you who are shameless and ruthless. Otherwise, you wouldn't have ended up like this. Humph, without the vampires in your Wang family, Yun Tao's family would have lived a better life."

Just as Old Li finished speaking, the village chief spoke up. "I'm calling you here today because this matter is very serious. It was Yuntao's family who moved the rice straw yesterday. Their whole family was killed in the fire yesterday. This matter must be investigated thoroughly. If any of you set the fire, come forward and pay some money. If no one comes forward, Yuntao will report it to the government and let the government investigate this case."

Wang Dali: "Village head, it's not that serious. Isn't it just some rice straw that was burned? It's so exaggerated that people from the government are here."

Tie Zhu said, "Wang Dali, you will not mind if it is not your rice straw that is burned. Besides, Yun Tao's family spent a lot of money to buy their rice straw, and they almost killed their whole family. If it were me, I would have reported it to the government long ago."

Wang Dali roared, "Just burn it, rice grass is meant to be burned. Yun Tao is so rich, those two ginsengs were sold for hundreds of taels, it's just a loss of a few taels of silver. Besides, the person is fine, there's no need to make a fuss."

Some villagers who were jealous of Yuntao's ginseng sales thought that Wang Dali's words made sense, which was a typical example of hatred of the rich.

However, some villagers disagreed with what Wang Dali said. They said that they were rich because they had the ability, and they were able to pick ginseng in the mountains because they had the capability.

If you have the guts, go pick one up yourself. No one will stop you. Just a bunch of people will look at you.

Yun Tao kept looking at where Wang Dali was jumping, and said to the villagers, actually his eyes were always on Wang Dali: "Don't do it unless others know. Some villagers have told me that they saw someone setting fire outside our yard yesterday, and they also know who he was."

"You'd better come forward. I just need you to compensate me for the rice straw, eight taels of silver. If you don't admit it, I will report it to the government. Not only will you have to compensate me eight taels of silver, but you will also have to go to jail. I don't mind having a fellow villager's jail food, since it's not me who's in jail anyway."

At this time, Old Lady Wang jumped up and said, "Yun Tao, forget about the rice straw worth a few taels of silver. They belong to our fellow villagers. You are rich now and you don't need that little bit of silver. Why would you report it to the authorities?"

"Mrs. Wang, you and Wang Dali have been jumping around and asking me not to pursue the matter, but the other villagers have not said anything. Could it be that the fire was set by your Wang family? After all, your Wang family has come to my house time and time again to cause trouble for me."

"Yun Tao, speak according to your conscience."

"You don't deserve conscience. You had no conscience when you broke the legs of the first, second and third cows. They are your grandchildren. I don't care. I already know who set the fire, but you still don't come forward and admit it. After the meeting, I will report to the town police. The arsonist will go to jail and stay there for the rest of his life."

Wang Dali trembled when he heard this. He was so careful, how could he be seen by others?