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Xu Tieniu's words left everyone present quite puzzled.

Ms. Wen spoke first: "Impossible. Aunt Tian was helping us catch people yesterday. How could she possibly instruct you to destroy our sweet potato field today?"

Don't try to evade responsibility by wrongly accusing innocent people; it's pointless.

Xu Tieniu said repeatedly, "It was a threat, not an order. Aunt Tian really threatened us to come..."

Xu Gong said, "Do you even believe what you're saying? And you're threatening me?"

You three are the most idle people in the village, so at least come up with a decent excuse.

When our family was struggling to make ends meet, Aunt Tian even lent us money.

Why did Aunt Tian threaten you to dig up my sweet potato field? Does she know I'm just a weak woman? Would she really be able to threaten three grown men like you?

Xu Tieniu stammered for a long time before insisting that they only came because Aunt Tian threatened them, and that they didn't come on their own.

Upon hearing Wen's words, Xu Qing remembered that Aunt Tian had asked her for two taels of silver as payment, and not only had she not given it to her, she had also slammed the door shut in front of her.

But it doesn't warrant such viciousness over something so trivial...

"If you tell the truth, I might consider not reporting you to the authorities. But if you continue to conceal things, I'll send you to the yamen at daybreak."

My family's 20 mu of sweet potato seedlings, worth at least 10 taels of silver, have all been destroyed by you.

If you report this to the authorities, you'll be punished and have to pay the full amount. You'd better figure it out yourselves.

Upon hearing Xu Qing's words, the other man, Xu Tiegou, kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, making "woo woo woo" sounds.

Xu Qing waved his hand, and Xu Gong stepped forward and took the sweet potato out of Xu Tiegou's mouth.

"Sister Qing, I'll tell you everything, please don't send us to the authorities."

Yesterday, Aunt Tian told us that our land is close to the mountains, so planting sweet potatoes would be pointless and they would easily be stolen by wild animals.

We had just started thinking about it when Aunt Tian came over today and told us that our land had indeed been dug up by wild animals, but they had replanted sweet potatoes.

We didn't originally intend to come, because we had dug enough sweet potato vines yesterday to feed us for many days, and we had also planted some sweet potato vines, so we ignored her.

When Aunt Tian saw that we didn't say anything, she threatened us, saying that she knew we had dug up your land and that we should come back tonight, or she would tell you.

"Sister Qing, we were the ones who dug it up the first time, it was our fault, we admit it. But tonight, we only came because Aunt Tian threatened us!"

Xu Tieniu pounded his head on the ground, thinking, "How could I have such a stupid younger brother! Just say the beginning, why did you have to say the last sentence!"

The first one was dug up by us...

Why can't we just put all the blame on Aunt Tian?

Wen and Xu Gong were both taken aback by this turn of events and found it hard to accept.

They all looked at Xu Qing, seemingly at a loss, as if Xu Qing was their pillar of support.

Xu Qing seemed to be deep in thought, and she gleaned some insights from Xu Tiegou's words.

Although the three of them did do bad things, it was Aunt Tian who initially encouraged them.

"Lock them in the woodshed first, and we'll talk to the village chief tomorrow."

Zhao Da and his other brothers escorted the three men to the woodshed.

Ms. Wen said with difficulty, "Daughter, what should we do... Aunt Tian was kind to us before, but now... sigh..."

Xu Qing recounted to Wen Shi what had happened between him and Aunt Tian the previous day.

After hearing this, Ms. Wen didn't know what to say and silently went back to her room.

Xu Gong, fearing that Xu Qing would be in a difficult position, comforted her, saying, "Little sister, you did nothing wrong, even though Aunt Tian has been kind to our family."

But one thing is one thing. We can't just indulge her because of this.

"Mom is getting old and tends to overthink things. Don't worry about her; I'll talk to her tomorrow."

Xu Qing nodded: "I understand, Second Brother. You should get some rest too. Thank you for your hard work tonight."

Xu Gong waved his hand: "I need to wash up before I go to sleep. It's getting late, little sister, you should go back to your room early."

At this moment, Zhao Da and the others returned from the woodshed. Xu Qing arranged for them to stay in the guest rooms in the front yard before returning to his room to rest.

……

Aunt Tian was too excited to sleep tonight, thinking about the ugly faces on Xu Qing's family's faces when they saw the destroyed sweet potato field tomorrow.

Her lips couldn't help but curl upwards.

I tossed and turned until late into the night before finally calming down a little.

She needs to sleep now; she's going to be the first to go to the Xu family tomorrow to witness this!

……

The Cui family of Fucheng.

Cui Yifeng finished dealing with the last thing he had to do.

Stretched.

Finally, I can get away.

I read the letter that Cui Yichuan sent back.

He was becoming increasingly curious about this Lady Xu.

Not only do they have milk tea, but they also have things for converting toilets.

He will go and meet her tomorrow.

And his intuition told him that this Madam Xu must know her sister's whereabouts.

……

Early the next morning.

Xu Qing then led Zhao Da and the others to take the thief they had caught the night before to the village chief's house.

The village chief stared blankly at Xu Qing, who was bound like a dumpling.

Xu Qing rattled off a series of explanations about the situation, and then said:

“Village chief, the three of them said that Aunt Tian threatened them. We would appreciate it if you could call Aunt Tian here for a face-to-face confrontation.”

Hearing about the outrageous things the three had done, the village chief was so angry his beard bristled. He looked at the Xu brothers with a mixture of disappointment and exasperation and said:

“I told you not to cause trouble, but you just wouldn’t listen! Isn’t Xu Wulai’s fate enough of a warning to you?”

This time I'm going to make sure your mother disciplines you properly. If she softens her heart again, I'll take matters into my own hands!

The Xu brothers pleaded with the village chief again: "Uncle, you can't abandon us, we really know we were wrong..."

"Humph."

The village chief snorted and told his second son to go and invite Aunt Tian.

Before things were cleared up, the village chief remained cautious.

He didn't tell the second son the real reason he called her Aunt Tian, ​​only that he needed to talk to her about something.

Aunt Tian was just about to go out to see what bad luck Xu Qing's family had when the village chief's second son came to invite her over.

She felt inexplicably uneasy. After asking around for a long time, the second brother still didn't know why the village chief had invited her, so Aunt Tian had no choice but to go along.

After all, the village chief is someone you can't afford to offend.

When Aunt Tian arrived at the village chief's house and saw Xu Qing standing inside, she panicked a little.

After going inside and seeing the three people kneeling on the ground, Aunt Tian panicked completely.

"What do you want from me?"

Before anyone else could speak, Xu Tieniu spoke first to Aunt Tian:

"You old... old auntie, you better explain this to my uncle and Qingmei. Yesterday, you threatened us, so we went to dig up Qingmei's sweet potato field!"

Aunt Tian panicked inside, but her face remained calm. She scolded:

"What nonsense are you spouting? What threats are you making to dig up the girl's sweet potato field? I don't know what you're talking about."

"Wasn't Qingya's sweet potato field dug up by wild animals from the mountain? Oh, so it was you who did it."

Xu Qing carefully observed Aunt Tian's facial expressions from the moment she entered the room.

So he didn't miss her reaction, from panic to shock at seeing Xu Tieniu and the other two, and then to her feigned composure as she spoke.

For an instant.

Xu Qing then confirmed that Xu Tieniu was telling the truth.

It was indeed Aunt Tian who was behind this.