Let’s split up if we want to. I have a system, so who should I be afraid of?

The people around them rushed forward to separate them, and someone shouted, "Stop fighting, talk it out!" Several strong men finally managed to separate the two.

Zhao's clothes were torn and her hair was a mess, and Aunt Liu's face had several scratches.

The scene was in chaos, with people huddled together and making a lot of noise.

Amid the noisy crowd, the village head hurried over after hearing the news.

He asked loudly and seriously, "What's going on?" The noisy crowd suddenly quieted down.

The village head first swept his eyes across the crowd, then walked towards Aunt Liu, Zhao, and the onlookers who had provided testimony, and asked each of them, "Aunt Liu, can you tell me what happened first?"

Aunt Liu said with a look of grievance, "Village Head, Zhao and Qin Youqian stole cow dung from my field. Several people saw it!"

The village head nodded, then looked at Zhao and said sternly, "Zhao, tell me!" Zhao's eyes dodged and she stammered, "I...we didn't steal...we didn't steal!"

"I didn't steal it. Where did you get the cow dung? Village head, you saw it this morning. She threw cow dung at her third daughter-in-law's house. I live next door to her every day, and I know how much cow dung she has. There are only a few families in Huaxi Village who raise cattle. Where did she get so much cow dung?"

"If there isn't that much cow dung, then where did you get so much cow dung in your field?" Zhao said angrily.

"Oh my, you're exposed so quickly! How did you know how much cow dung was in my field? Look, head of the village, I'll say she stole it. I bought the dung from someone in town, so you have to compensate me for my losses no matter what!"

The village head listened carefully to the testimonies of the onlookers and finally understood the whole story.

He pointed at Zhao and Qin Youqian and sternly rebuked them, "You are committing such shameful and sneaky acts that are truly ruining our moral character!"

Zhao and Qin Youqian bit their lips. Although they were not convinced, they did not dare to say anything.

Qin Youwen, Shen, Fang and the child were all embarrassed.

The village head glared at her and shouted again, "Hurry up and apologize to Aunt Liu and compensate her for the damages! Otherwise, I'll report you to the county government and punish you."

Under the powerful authority of the village head, Zhao and Qin Youqian had no choice but to lower their heads and mutter softly: "I'm sorry, Aunt Liu, we were wrong."

"Aunt Liu, how much did you spend on the cow dung?"

"Head of the village, I bought two carts of cow dung for eighty coins each, but before I could even turn them over in the fields, she dug them all up."

"Pay Aunt Liu one hundred and sixty coins in compensation," Li Zhengyi said sternly.

Zhao suddenly raised her head, her eyes wide, and shouted at the top of her voice, "Headmaster, this one hundred and sixty coins is too much! Why are we being asked to pay so much?"

But just as she finished speaking, seeing the stern gaze of the village head, Zhao restrained herself a little, gritted her teeth and muttered, her voice gradually becoming smaller and smaller: "Who knows if the price she said is true or not?"

"I'll go get the certificate, you wait here." After saying this, Aunt Liu pushed through the crowd and squeezed out.

After a while, a receipt was brought over. It had the address of the manure shop, price, type, and the seal of the shop owner on it.

When Zhao saw the evidence, her face turned pale, her lips trembling, but she pretended to be calm and said, "This... this might be fake. You are all working together to trick me!"

Someone in the crowd couldn't help but say, "Zhao, the evidence is right in front of us, stop making trouble!"

Another person echoed: "That's right, if you do something wrong, you have to admit it, don't try to cheat!"

Old Man Liu shook his head and sighed, "I've always seen you as a fierce and aggressive person, but I didn't expect you to be so unreasonable."

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and under everyone's accusations, Zhao finally lowered her head and stopped talking.

"I don't have that much money," Zhao muttered softly.

"If you don't have that much money, then sign a document!"

After the written agreement was signed, the village head became even more angry. Under his governance, Huaxi Village was originally a peaceful and tranquil place, where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the neighbors lived in harmony, the crops in the fields flourished, and everything was prosperous and orderly.

However, Zhao was always stirring up trouble and looking for conflicts. Today she would quarrel with one family, and tomorrow she would clash with another family, causing unrest in the village and giving people a lot of headaches.

I hope nothing goes wrong in next year’s county magistrate promotion assessment in my Huaxi Village, otherwise I’m afraid I’ll be in big trouble.

We have to teach her a lesson this time, otherwise if someone else follows her example, it will be difficult to manage this village.

"Before that, you must pay an additional 10 cents in compensation, and you must plow Aunt Liu's two acres of land as a punishment. You are not allowed to do your own farm work until you have finished plowing Aunt Liu's land."

"Give Aunt Liu ten cents first, and I'll go to Aunt Liu's house and start tilling the two acres of land tomorrow! If you're not satisfied, go to the county government office and appeal. Not only will you have to pay compensation, you'll also be punished, and it will be recorded in the county government's case files."

When Aunt Liu heard this, she was so happy that her heart was blooming with joy.

The corners of his mouth, which had been suppressed for a long time, finally opened up.

After taking a look at the serious expression of the headman, he forced his grinning mouth to slowly return to its original position.

Zhao had no choice but to go to the inner room and reluctantly take the ten cents.

Seeing Zhao holding onto the ten coins tightly, the village head's face darkened and he shouted angrily, "Zhao, give the money to Aunt Liu quickly!"

Zhao gritted her teeth, her eyes full of unwillingness, but under the pressure of the village head's authority, she reluctantly handed the money to Aunt Liu, but still held the ten cents tightly and refused to let go.

Seeing this, Aunt Liu could no longer suppress her anger. She stepped forward, snatched the ten coins, glared at Zhao, and said, "Humph, I knew you, a bitch, wouldn't pay me!"

Zhao was robbed of her money and immediately threw a tantrum. She sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying, "This is unjust! I can't live like this anymore!"

"Zhao, if you continue to act like this, you will be severely punished! Go and turn over Aunt Liu's land tomorrow, otherwise you will be in trouble!" The head of the village frowned and said sternly.

When Zhao heard this, her crying stopped abruptly. She got up from the ground unwillingly, muttering to herself.

Among the onlookers, someone took the lead and said "good". Then, this "good" seemed to ignite the fire in everyone's hearts, and cheers came one after another.

"The village head is wise!" "That's how it should be!" Everyone echoed.

I don't know who started clapping first. The applause was sparse at first, and then it resounded throughout the village like thunder.

The villagers all looked as if they had gotten revenge and were whispering to each other.

Two peasant women were whispering to each other, "Let's see how rampant Zhao will become in the future."

"That's right. Our reputation has been ruined. The village has lost all its face."

"The village head handled this matter fairly!" An old man stroked his beard and nodded in praise.