The fat wife is rebellious: she was spoiled by the group on the way to escape famine

Seeing that the time was ripe, Jiang Jinhe revealed the truth that the water tank had been heated and drugged last night.

"Jiang family, stop slandering us! Don't think you can be so arrogant just because you found the water and frame others!"

Zhang Xiuqin thought she had done it perfectly, but now that she was exposed in public, she couldn't help but feel panicked.

Especially after Song Wenqin, Shi Gaoyuan and others appeared, she became even more panicked.

"If you really didn't do it, then drink a sip of this water to prove your innocence."

Jiang Jinhe opened the lid of the water jar and motioned Zhang Xiuqin to drink, but the latter didn't dare to take a step forward.

At this point, the truth was revealed. Jiang Jinhe sneered and made public everything he witnessed last night.

Zhang Xiuqin collapsed to the ground, speechless.

There were voices of condemnation all around.

"Wang family, you are such a black-hearted person! I finally got this water, but I didn't expect you to poison it. Where is your conscience?"

"You wicked fellow, if you don't drink yourself, don't let others have a drink!"

The usually amiable old people couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

They had experienced the hard times of having no water and even had to feed their children with their own blood. Now that they finally got some water, it had been tampered with.

Jiang Jinhe waited until Zhang Xiuqin had accepted everyone's criticism before ordering someone to help her up.

"Put her aside for now. This water must not be wasted like this."

As Jiang Jinhe spoke, he took out a small bag of montmorillonite powder from his lapel.

This thing was extracted from Guanyin soil in Huizhou. It is specially used to treat diarrhea and can also relieve the laxative effect in water.

Jiang Jinhe sprinkled the medicine powder in and asked someone to stir it vigorously before asking everyone to get more water.

"It's okay, let's continue fetching water."

As Jiang Jinhe spoke, he handed the watering can to Aunt Xu and ordered Shi Gaoyuan to take people to drive away the villagers of Ayuan Village.

"Go away, everyone, be healthy and make your own living. If anyone dares to touch the water we draw, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"

Shi Gaoyuan clenched his fists, showing off his strong arms and shocking everyone.

The people of Ayuan Village are still afraid of the bandit leader who almost killed them alive.

Jiang Jinhe once again secretly felt lucky to have brought Shi Gaoyuan with her, saving her a lot of trouble.

After solving the old woman's water problem, Song Wenqin discussed with her about setting off.

"We're still halfway to the capital, and we don't know when this famine will end. We'd better hurry to the capital as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble."

"Well, my husband, what you said makes sense, but..."

Jiang Jinhe looked embarrassed.

"Let's stay for another day, rescue them completely, and help them solve their water problem before we leave."

Jiang Jinhe discovered a new path when he went up the mountain with them yesterday.

Although this road is not suitable for pedestrians, it can directly lead water down the mountain.

Jiang Jinhe planned to take advantage of this and use the bamboo stored in the village to split it into simple pipes to draw water from the mountain.

Jiang Jinhe acted immediately with his men.

Apart from the effort of splitting the bamboo, the rest of the work progressed quickly.

In just one afternoon, by evening, clear spring water was flowing out from the village chief's house, which was closest to the foot of the mountain.

"This, this! Did you bring water from the mountain?"

The village chief looked at the gushing water in disbelief.

Jiang Jinhe did not reveal this matter in advance, wanting to give everyone a surprise, but the result really surprised them.

Previously they were worried about what would happen after Jiang Jinhe and his group left, but now they don’t have to worry anymore.

"Yes, from now on, village chief, you won't have to risk going up the mountain to fetch water, but this place must be kept secret, don't let anyone know!"

Jiang Jinhe said solemnly.

When everyone was thirsty, they had this inexhaustible source of water. If it were discovered, it would probably bring disaster.

The village chief nodded repeatedly, knowing full well that "it is a crime to possess a treasure".

"I understand, I understand. This old man knows it all. I'm so grateful to you. We are a group of people who are half buried in the ground. We really have nothing to repay you. It's really..."

Before the village chief finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, took Jiang Jinhe's hand and walked into the house.

"I almost forgot, I have something to give you, please accept it, young lady."

Jiang Jinhe watched the village chief take out a package from the bottom of the box. The old man stroked it gently with his hands, and a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes, but he finally handed it to her solemnly.

"Please accept it."

Facing the village chief's determined gaze, Jiang Jinhe's words of refusal were instantly stuck in his throat and turned into a gentle "thank you".

The village chief's face suddenly relaxed a lot.

"If we're going to say thank you, we should be the ones thanking you. Compared to these material possessions, life is the most precious thing!"

Jiang Jinhe took the heavy package. Although she was curious, she did not open it in front of others. Instead, she decided to go back and put her things in order before dealing with Zhang Xiuqin's matter.

But as soon as she left home, Xie Xiaofang sneaked in.

Xie Xiaofang had been secretly keeping an eye on Jiang Jinhe. When she saw her coming out of the village chief's house with a package, she mistakenly thought it was some food or valuables. She felt itchy and sneaked in while Jiang Jinhe was out and Song Yuyu was away with the children.

After finding the package, Xie Xiaofang didn't dare to open it on the spot. She hurriedly ran to a remote place with the package, opened it with great anticipation, and saw that it was full of stones.

"Why is it a stone?" Xie Xiaofang felt that she had been fooled. She threw the stone away in anger and returned home in disappointment.

At this time, Zhang Xiuqin was tied under an old tree at the entrance of the village. Under the scorching sun, she was drowsy and her voice became hoarse from the previous yelling and cursing.

"Jiang Jinhe, what do you want? Kill me or cut me up, just do it!"

Zhang Xiuqin seemed unable to bear it, and there was a hint of begging in her words.

"Killing you would be too easy. You must pay for your mistakes. From now on, you must go with the men to look for food every day. If you can't find any, you can't eat."

Jiang Jinhe said with a smile, but there was an unquestionable light in her eyes.

"Li Min and the others will supervise you. If they can't even do this, there's no need for them to stay with us."

Zhang Xiuqin widened her eyes and moved her lips slightly, but in the end she did not have the courage to say the insulting words.

Jiang Jinhe ordered someone to inform Li Min about Zhang Xiuqin's punishment, and had someone guard her until sunset before untying her. Then she turned around and left, anxious to go back and see what the village chief had given her.

"Huh? Where's my package?"

When I got home, Song Yuyu was not there, but I could hear bursts of laughter coming from next door.

After searching everywhere without success, Jiang Jinhe immediately realized that the package had been stolen.

I hurried out and took a few steps when an extremely familiar color came into my sight in the distance - it was the color of the package given by the village chief.

Jiang Jinhe took two steps at a time to catch up.

Yes, that's it!

The package was open, with several stones of strange colors scattered around.

Jiang Jinhe picked up a piece and looked at it carefully, and found that these were uncarved jadeite stones. After preliminary manual polishing, the texture of the jadeite was faintly visible.

Jiang Jinhe's heartbeat couldn't help but quicken.