In a year of natural disasters, the young woman had billions of resources to build a paradise.

Jiang Mianmian pulled her raincoat tighter, said nothing, and quietly watched them.

Since Yu Tieniu and the man with thick eyebrows were together, he must already know about the Jiang family's affairs, which is why he wanted to take the blame for the missing grain.

Who took away that grain?

They dare to falsely accuse themselves like this, which is very likely a case of the thief crying "stop thief!" So, where could those grains be hidden?

She glanced at the crowd. At the very end was a dense forest, where hidden grain would be easily discovered. Moreover, the forest was all muddy and wet, and even the best tarpaulin would hardly protect the grain. Therefore, the grain was definitely not in the same place.

Following the edge of the crowd, she looked towards the path and the village. So, most likely, they had hidden the item in the village.

So there are still people in the village to meet them! Could they be those refugees from my previous life?

Jiang Mianmian smiled slowly. Heaven had been kind to her; perhaps she could wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Yu Tieniu was horrified by her laughter. Putting aside whether she was actually the disciple of the Blessing Fairy, the things she had done to the Jiang family were not to be trifled with. Now Gou Xingwang dared to drag her into this mess; he really didn't know how he was going to die.

He quietly took two steps back, distancing himself from Gou Xingwang.

Gou Xingwang, oblivious to the danger, continued loudly, "Don't you all recognize her? She's Jiang Mianmian from Tupo Village. When she went back to the Jiang family home, they were completely ransacked, not even a pot was left! So, she must have stolen your grain too!"

This incident was treated as a joke and had already spread throughout the eastward retreating teams.

But it is clearly different from what he said.

"That's not right. Didn't they say she was taken in as a disciple by the Blessed Fairy and taken away? As for the Jiang family, it was only because the fairy wanted to avenge Miss Mianmian that she deliberately took their things and later destroyed their house!"

"The Blessing Fairy is a good person. She not only warned us, but also gave us a lot of supplies."

Gou Xingwang snorted coldly, "How much of that stuff ended up in your hands? What kind of bullshit fairy is she? If she were really a good person, why hasn't she shown up all this time? Why hasn't she prepared enough food for us? Why are we making to travel in this heavy rain?"

The recent days of running around have been really tough, and those who were just talking have fallen silent.

Those who understood the situation angrily retorted, "What nonsense are you spouting, you old codger? If it weren't for the fairy's warning, you would have been crushed to death when the earth dragon came down the mountain! Now that you've been spared, you're starting to complain again, aren't you?"

"Exactly! They might take care of you for a while, but they can't take care of you forever. Why don't you ask them to wipe your poop for you?"

The words may be rough, but the meaning is sound. As the atmosphere relaxed, some people laughed.

"Is that Miss Mianmian? I only heard the alarm that day and didn't have time to thank you. Our whole family is so grateful to you!"

"Oh my, you must be Mianmian! Do you remember me? I thought you were lost from your family when you were crying there!"

A woman walked over; it was the kind auntie she had met when she panicked because of the system's distress call.

Jiang Mianmian smiled. "It's me."

"Good child, so you were crying from exhaustion that day. You've really suffered."

The woman, her face full of heartache, stood in front of her, glaring angrily at Gou Xingwang, "If you bark like a dog again, get out of our group!"

"Sister-in-law Ji, you're the one who lost your things! I found the thief for you, and now you're blaming me? Believe it or not, if you lose anything again, don't blame my brother! And don't blame me for not warning you!"

Gou Xingwang snorted heavily, turned around and left, "Tie Niu, let's go!"

Yu Tieniu and his group quickly followed him.

Once they were a distance away, he asked, "Second Brother, what do we do now?"

"What should I do? I have to find a way to pin the blame on her!"

A wicked glint flashed in Gou Xingwang's eyes. It didn't matter if those people didn't believe him now; he would always find a way to ruin that scoundrel's reputation. Then he could mold him however he wanted.

Eighth Brother, don't worry, Second Brother will avenge you soon!

He found a short man and gave him detailed instructions.

The short man sneaked around to the back of the woods, entered the village through a side path, and headed straight for the courtyard from the previous day.

After the group left, Aunt Ji and the others placed all their hopes on Jiang Mianmian.

"Mianmian, you might want to ask the fairy where all our lost things went? Did Gou Xingwang and his gang steal them?"

Jiang Mianmian shook her head, "The fairy has already gone to other places."

Everyone was disappointed. "What can we do? We only have about 30 jin of grain left, and it's all gone."

"My family lost 20 pounds!"

With a few words exchanged, nearly two or three thousand catties of grain were lost.

"Fellow villagers, don't panic. Report this to your team leader and see what he says. There has to be some explanation."

Jiang Mianmian said slowly, "However, with so much grain, the thieves certainly didn't steal it on a whim, but rather with a plan and premeditation. They must have found a place to hide the grain beforehand."

She looked towards Qingbao Village, and the others looked over as well, suddenly realizing, "There must be someone in this village to meet them!"

"What should we do then? We can't just barge in like this, can we?"

"Let's go find the captain. Magistrate Ye is definitely still inside. Let's ask him to stand up for us."

Jiang Mianmian added, "Be careful of thieves running away."

They gasped and turned to look at Gou Xingwang and his group. Seeing that they were still there, they breathed a sigh of relief.

After discussing it, about thirty men came out and quietly surrounded the group.

We don't have any evidence right now, so we won't start a conflict, but running away is out of the question!

Gou Xingwang was so angry that he cursed loudly and glared fiercely at Jiang Mianmian.

Her red, delicate lips twitched slightly—"Looking for death?"

"!!!"

Gou Xingwang tried to rush over, but was immediately stopped by someone, and almost coughed up blood in anger.

Jiang Mianmian shrugged indifferently and walked to the front of the line.

Shi Yi had just come out of the village when she saw her and excitedly ran over, "Miss Mianmian! What brings you here? Have you finished everything? Are you coming east with us?"

"It's not about retreating eastward; the fairy has a new mission."

Jiang Mianmian glanced behind him, "Where is Magistrate Ye?"

"He went out from the other end of the village to meet with the magistrate of Hong'an County in Qingyan Village to discuss the matter of retreating eastward."

"When is he coming back? This is also quite important to me."

"The registrar and the others are all here, why don't we discuss it first?"

There were only these many officials in the county, and Jiang Mianmian thought it was fine, so she asked Shi Yi to invite these important figures over.

Shi Yi dared not neglect her, so he led her into the village and borrowed the main room of the village chief's house to talk.

Jiang Mianmian said, "Then I won't waste any more words. Let's discuss it directly. The fairy needs everyone's help to dig out all the plants along the mountains. It's best to catch the animals alive. There are many of us, so it shouldn't take too long. We'll distribute rice and spiritual food to everyone then."