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When Xu Qing was mentioned, Xu Wulai shrank back a little, but then he thought that since he was in the right, the gods wouldn't be so biased as to side with Xu Qing.

He then straightened his back.

"It's good that the gods have come. Let them know what kind of family this is."

"They bully others by taking advantage of their power, frame innocent people, and even vandalize my home without distinguishing right from wrong."

"I bother!"

The neighbors' mouths twitched at these words. No wonder he's called Xu the Scoundrel; he's truly shameless.

Xu Jian was furious and brandished the axe in his hand.

"I'll pay for your second uncle's money! Apologize to my niece right now, or I'll tear your whole house down!"

Xu Wulai sat on the ground, imitating the village shrew's crying and fuss:

"This is outrageous! The things on the mountain don't belong to you. I could even say that the trees you cut down were planted by me, and you'd have to pay me back for that too."

"If I can't win an argument, I'll resort to violence and vandalism! I'm going to find the village chief! I'm going to report this to the authorities!"

"you!"

Xu Jian was so angry he couldn't speak.

"It's so lively here! I just heard someone say they were going to report it to the authorities. What happened?"

The county magistrate walked in from behind the crowd with a smile, and the village chief followed nervously behind him.

Xu Wulai did not recognize the county magistrate, so he ignored the magistrate's words and cried out to the village chief:

"Village chief, you must stand up for me! The Wen family is going too far! They insist that the things on the mountain belong to them."

“They’re taking advantage of the fact that my family isn’t as big as theirs. Look what they’ve done to my door, and they’re even saying they’re going to smash my house up.”

"He's simply a tyrant in our Xu Family Village, a cancer!"

When the county magistrate came to the Xu family to pick up Zhou Chenggong, Wen Shi and Xu Jian and Xu Gong had both met him.

Xu Jian was immediately at a loss, although he had his reasons.

But he did indeed smash Xu the scoundrel's door; surely the magistrate won't arrest him...

Fearing that the magistrate might actually believe Xu the scoundrel's words, Madam Wen hurriedly explained the whole story.

The village chief thought to himself, "As expected, it's that scoundrel Xu causing trouble again, and he's even trying to frame me first."

It would be one thing if it were any other time, but today we've lost face in front of the county magistrate.

Will the county magistrate think that he is a very incompetent village chief who can't even handle village affairs?

Once the magistrate leaves, let's see how he deals with him!

The village chief's forehead veins throbbed. How dare he call someone a bully and a cancer... How could he have the nerve to do that...?

Everyone knows he's the village's most troublesome person.

Shut up already, don't embarrass yourself in front of the magistrate!

Xu Wulai saw the village chief glaring at him with a dark face but not responding, while Wen Shi was very respectful to a man in front of the village chief and kept explaining.

I'm a bit confused.

Who is this guy? Is he even more powerful than the village chief?

Why is everyone so quiet?

Xu Wulai forced himself to say, "Village chief, say something! So many villagers are watching. Are you going to side with the Wen family?"

The county magistrate, still with a kind and amiable demeanor, addressed the village chief:

"Since it's not a big deal, the village chief should handle it as soon as possible."

The village chief was sweating profusely, his hatred for this scoundrel intensifying. He gritted his teeth and said:

"What nonsense are you spouting? Since you both have your own version of events, bring the two children out for a confrontation."

Ms. Wen patted Xu Baobao's back encouragingly and whispered:

"Baby, just tell the village chief everything that happened on the mountain. Don't be afraid."

Xu Baobao nodded obediently.

She knew that the county magistrate was Zhou Chenggong's father, and that Zhou Chenggong was her and Zhenzhen's tutor.

They are usually good playmates, so she wasn't afraid at all.

Xu Baobao walked to the middle and, in a soft, sweet voice, recounted how Xu Dazhu had snatched her things.

The village chief nodded, then turned to Xu Wulai and said, "Where's Dazhu? Call him out so I can ask him."

Xu Wulai called Xu Dazhu out of the house.

Xu Dazhu overheard his father's conversation with Wen Shi and the others while hiding in the house.

He wasn't very scared, and he limped out.

Upon seeing this, Xu Wulai cried out in alarm, "What happened to you! Who hit you? Was it the Xu family brat who beat you up!"

"Well, you've beaten my son up like this. And you still dare to come to my door? You've gone too far!"

Xu Dazhu didn't dare to say a word. If he said something wrong, he would be embarrassing his father and would definitely get a beating from him afterwards.

Wen stopped Xu Jian, who was about to hit someone again, and said coldly:

“My son has been cutting down and transporting trees on the mountain all day. So many workers in my family can testify to that. Some villagers on the mountain saw it. Your random accusations won’t work.”

"Let's settle your son's matter with my granddaughter as soon as possible before we talk about anything else."

The village chief nodded and asked Xu Dazhu, "Xu Baobao said you stole her wild grapes and took her basket, is that true?"

Xu Dazhu instinctively wanted to deny it, but with so many people watching him, he was afraid and dared not lie.

He stammered in reply:

“I…I found that clump of wild grapes a few days ago, but they’re not ripe yet.”

"When I went there today, I saw her... she had picked all the wild grapes, so I asked her to share some with me, but she refused, so I... I took a little..."

“I didn’t take her basket; I only took some wild grapes.”

As he continued, Xu Dazhu became more and more fluent in his speech. Every household has a basket, and as long as he didn't admit it, there was no evidence to prove that he had stolen Xu Baobao.

The village chief frowned, about to reprimand him.

Xu Wulai spoke first: "My son found it first, so it belongs to my son. In that case, this little brat stole my son's things."

“I don’t care, village chief. Xu Jian smashed my door and slandered my son. He must pay us two taels of silver today. Otherwise, I will take him to court.”

The village chief wanted to kick this bastard to death. He wanted to report it to the authorities, but didn't he know that the county magistrate was right in front of him?

The village chief was about to lash out.

Xu Jian stepped forward: "Since you say you didn't take my niece's basket, do you dare let us search her?"

Xu Wulai retorted, "Why should I let you search me? What if you deliberately left the basket at my house to frame me? Then I won't be able to explain myself."

"Besides, who doesn't have a basket on their back? What if you point at my basket and insist it's yours?

Xu Jian wasn't angry at this moment. The basket he wove for Xu Baobao was custom-made according to Xu Baobao's size, and the basket's straps were even sewn with mosquito-repelling herbs.

This was suggested by my younger sister. The girl often goes into the mountains, where there are many mosquitoes and insects, and they don't know how to make sachets or similar items.

They would sew the herbs into the straps of their baskets so that they could be carried on their backs to keep out mosquitoes.

Xu Jian addressed the onlookers, saying, "With so many eyes watching, how can I just put something this big down like that?"

"Besides, the village chief is right here. How about the village chief and I go in to search together, and we can also invite a neighbor to come along?"

Madam Wen continued, "Yes, if my family has wronged you, I will immediately compensate you with two taels of silver, without a word!"

The village chief nodded: "That's feasible. Xu Wulai, do you have anything else to say? If not, then get out of the way."

The village chief just wanted to resolve the matter immediately, while the county magistrate was watching from the sidelines.

He knew very well that the magistrate's son and Xu Qing were extremely close. If he offended the magistrate by pulling this stunt today, Xu Qing would really be the death of him.