My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

The news that Wang had accidentally killed Yang Fenglan spread like wildfire.

Everyone in the village saw it.

Xu Yingying carried a kitchen knife to the Zhou family to settle accounts with Wang Shi.

Everyone was more interested in seeing the Zhou family's antics, so they all followed Xu Yingying.

Lin Cuiniang was crying her heart out when suddenly someone grabbed her arm, startling her so much that she screamed.

Yang Fenglan quickly covered her mouth, "It's me."

Lin Cuiniang was stunned, her eyes filled with resentment, as if she had "you deadbeat" written all over her face.

"I'm starving." Yang Fenglan blinked pitifully.

"Wait, I'll go cook."

"Then I'll continue lying in that corpse position." Yang Fenglan continued in the same position she had been lying on the ground.

Wang rushed to the Zhou family's house shouting "murder!"

It was as if the whole village knew about the murder.

This is different from the deaths in the village at the end of last year, when people died from starvation, disease, or freezing, and the whole village was filled with worry.

Forget about caring about the dead; they'd rather bring a knife and rob the family of their meat.

Now that we can find wild vegetables to fill our stomachs, we have no more worries.

Even upon hearing the word "murder," many people still couldn't resist coming to watch the spectacle.

What everyone saw was Xu Yingying chasing after Wang Shi with a kitchen knife, and they all came to stop her.

But who is Xu Yingying? She's a notorious wicked woman in Qingshui Village. She raised a kitchen knife and pointed it at the Zhou family, saying, "She killed Yang Fenglan. Everyone saw it. It was Wang who did it!"

Once Wang rushed into the Zhou family home, she dared not come out again, and since Xu Yingying had a witness, everyone naturally believed what Xu Yingying said.

Last autumn, Zhou Qinghe was dismissed from his job at the restaurant and returned home. Upon hearing of this major incident, he had no choice but to step in and take charge.

He certainly didn't believe Xu Yingying's side of the story and demanded to see the deceased.

Xu Yingying knew that this man was not easy to deal with because he had seen the world in the city.

Then he started to act arrogantly, insisting that Wang commit murder.

Zhou Qinghe said with a dark face, "I'll go and see. If my mother really killed someone, I will compensate her."

Since he had already said that, Xu Yingying couldn't say anything more.

She put away the kitchen knife, wiping away her tears, "Who doesn't know you'll protect your own mother? You have no shame, Fenglan."

Xu Yingying ran away heartbroken.

Behind him, a large group of onlookers followed.

Xu Yingying rushed into the room and briefly told them that Zhou Qinghe was coming.

"What should we do?" Yang Fenglan asked anxiously.

If the villagers find out it's a lie, given Zhou Qinghe's personality, wouldn't he report it to the authorities, saying that the two women bullied her mother?

"Hehe, watch this." Long Aotian suddenly appeared.

“Grandpa Dragon…” Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying looked at it gratefully.

Zhou Qinghe led a large group of people into the courtyard. Someone kindly reminded him, "Qinghe, your mother swore an oath that any member of the Zhou family who stepped into this courtyard would be childless."

Zhou Qinghe ignored it and went to the west room.

Yang Fenglan, whose face had been rosy just moments before, now looked pale.

He remained in the same position as before, his chest not rising and falling, and no breath coming from his nose.

Xu Yingying knelt sadly to one side.

Zhou Qinghe's face immediately turned cold. "The Yang family is, after all, a member of the Zhou family. I feel deeply ashamed that such a thing has happened."

"I feel guilty towards your mother!" Xu Yingying cried and made a scene. "Fenglan was my good sister. She was beaten to death by your mother. You think you can just brush it off with a casual 'I feel guilty'?"

Xu Dazhu mingled in the crowd and casually remarked, "They severed ties a long time ago. Your Zhou family drove them out, and even brought people to cause trouble, driving the orphan and widow out of Qingshui Village. Now that something's happened, it's all your Zhou family's fault?"

"So what do you want to do?" Zhou Qinghe stood up and said calmly.

Xu Yingying was shocked: As expected of someone who had studied for two years and been to the city, she was indeed not so easily fooled.

"What else can we do but lose money? Everyone heard what you just said."

“I did say that, but what does losing money have to do with your Xu family?” Zhou Qinghe looked at Xu Yingying.

His eyes were filled with indifference.