Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

As the night deepened, the two sisters chatted intermittently.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the night.

Accountant Yao dressed neatly, holding a large handful of caltrops, and prepared to leave.

Accountant Yao's wife asked with some concern, "Old Yao, did you think the Zhou family didn't step on any nails during the day? They seem fine. Did you drive the nails in too shallowly? Their shoes have thick soles, so they didn't get hurt?"

Accountant Yao's wife is definitely not someone to be trifled with. Her family has suffered repeated calamities, and she's long since lost her composure.

The first time, half of the front door was damaged, and all the glass in the west room was shattered.

The second time was even more serious; the whole house felt like it had been hit by an earthquake.

The key point is that she was a respected figure in the village of Zhangzi, a scholar who had passed the imperial examinations. When had she ever suffered such injustice?

Everyone says that she's always the one bullying people, never the one being mistreated.

Moreover, having been wronged and having nowhere to seek justice, she became mentally unbalanced. Accountant Yao's mental imbalance was even more complete.

The village chief of Jurenzhangzi Village is Yao the accountant's uncle, and he is quite old. Therefore, in Jurenzhangzi Village, Accountant Yao is practically the villagers' god; he is similar to the village chief.

Therefore, Accountant Yao has a lot of say.

That's how it is. Accountant Yao had a smooth and successful life all these years, but unexpectedly, things went wrong this year. Not only did she suffer setbacks time and time again, but her home was also vandalized.

Accountant Yao couldn't admit that he was cowardly and afraid to come out, so he told everyone he met that bandits had come from the mountains.

There are actually people who believe this...

In this era, there are no bandits...

However, naturally, some people will not believe it. Yesterday, Accountant Yao's uncle, who is also the village chief, came.

The village chief said to Accountant Yao, "Why don't you reconcile with Zhou Yuren? Life still goes on. In a few years, I'll be even older, and you'll be the village chief sooner or later. Your family has been framed twice already. You should reconcile. Stop thinking about showing off and trying to get back at this person or that person. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. As the village chief, you need to be patient and have patience."

The village chief was, after all, Yao the accountant's uncle, and his thoughts were biased towards Yao. It's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. Jurenzhangzi Village was different from Dongtaizi Village; Dongtaizi Village had a larger population.

There are only a few people in the village of Jurenzhangzi, and the place is only so big. In Dongtaizi Village, there are still people who don't know Zhao Tingming, but Jurenzhangzi is too small.

If something happens, everyone will know about it.

Accountant Yao

Furthermore, Zhao Tingming is a fairly open-minded person. He's educated, having even attended university, and is relatively protective of his reputation. If the township pays him a salary, he'll pay it; if not, he'll find ways to get credit from other places. In the first few years, Dongtaizi Village had many businesses, and credit was readily available. Although Zhao Tingming didn't repay a single penny, that didn't stop him from moving on to other places to get credit…

He ensured the basic operation of the entire Dongtaizi Village by extending credit.

Of course, in Dongtaizi Village, almost only Zhao Tingming, the village head, and Xing Shuling, the women's director, remained; everyone else had long since quit. Zhao Tingming couldn't resign, and Xing Shuling's main job was as a primary school teacher... If Xing Shuling didn't have the income from that job, she would have quit long ago too.

However, the situation was different when they arrived at the village of Juren Zhangzi.

Therefore, the village head of the village of Juren Zhangzi had relatively more real power. Moreover, the nature of their power was also quite different.

There aren't many people here, just about a hundred households, with all sorts of surnames and relationships, some close and some distant.

Sometimes it makes sense.

However, this is sometimes, almost never.

It has never been reasonable over the years.

Accountant Yao's house was converted from the village's old warehouse. The village chief's house was even better. Accountant Yao didn't spend a single penny to turn the village warehouse into his own house.

You have to understand that in this day and age, if you want to build a house yourself, it would cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

Even if the new house is simple and you hire people to help you, the cost of just hauling bricks will be 12,000 to 13,000 yuan. You can dig sand yourself from the river bend. You don't need cement; you can use red clay instead.

Even so, with food and drinks, and the need to buy things like window purlins, it would still cost around 17,000 to 18,000 yuan.

Accountant Yao didn't spend a single penny; he came for free simply because of a word from his uncle, the village chief.

Accountant Yao inwardly complained that her uncle was getting old, but outwardly she said it was good. After sending her uncle away, Accountant Yao looked disdainful.

Accountant Yao: Pshaw, I can't even handle a little Zhou Yuren? If I can't handle him, who will respect me when I become the village chief?!

However, Zhou Yuren didn't have any leverage over him, so Accountant Yao resorted to underhanded tactics.

Last night, Accountant Yao went to Zhou Yuren's woodpile and buried nails next to it.

They planned to use this to sabotage the Zhou family. But after waiting a day, the Zhou family seemed completely unaffected.

I neither heard them cursing, nor did I hear any neighbors say that someone in their house stepped on a nail.

Accountant Yao couldn't sit still any longer and decided to go again tonight, and do something big—he spent money to get a bunch of barbed wire and threw it into Zhou Yuren's woodpile.

This barbed wire is an old item. It used to be used in military campaigns, and it was usually mixed with some poison. If someone stepped on it, they would at least get sick.

This is different from iron nails, at least iron nails aren't poisonous. However, this barbed wire is quite old; it was obtained by Accountant Yao by chance, and it's already covered in rust. Accountant Yao figured that if Zhou Yuren stepped on it, it would at least poison him and have his leg amputated.

"Hmph, he's just lucky. I'll throw in more caltrops this time. I'll make sure he's crippled after he steps on them."

Accountant Yao's lips curled into a sinister smile. He had long been annoyed by Zhou Yuren's repeated opposition to him. Moreover, only Zhou Yuren and his brother remained in Jurenzhangzi Village, all alone and helpless. No one would speak up for him if he were to be dealt with.

Besides, even if this matter is investigated later, who can find out that Accountant Yao threw the barbed wire?

Couldn't it have been thrown by Zhang San, Li Si, or Wang Ermazi?

Without evidence, there's nothing anyone can do.

Accountant Yao's wife also said viciously, "The Zhou Yuren family are all sons of bitches, not a single one of them is any good. Even that Zhao Da'e, born to Cheng Jinxi's sister, is no good either. It would be best if they all trampled on them, had their legs amputated, and made them all crippled."

"With Zhou Tianfu's pathetic state, he wants to get married? Pshaw, I don't know which family is blind. It would be best if Zhou Tianfu got injured first, had his leg amputated, and couldn't get married, then his Zhou family line would end. Hahahaha..."

Accountant Yao's wife's somewhat eerie laughter sent chills down his spine.

They say the most venomous heart is that of a woman, and Accountant Yao now firmly believes it. His wife is even more ruthless than he is.

However, Accountant Yao thought his wife was right; it would be best to make the Zhou family line end!

Accountant Yao wanted to show the villagers in the village with his actions that offending Yao Lianwen meant certain death.

The fate of the Zhou family afterwards serves as an example.

Accountant Yao was quite pleased with himself. He then had his wife tie a black scarf around his neck, covering his face completely except for one eye. She then put on his hat. He was wearing a red cotton-padded jacket that he had never worn before, and a pair of very tight red women's cotton shoes.

I did this so that if someone saw me, I wouldn't recognize me.

Even though it's already midnight, what if we run into an idiot?

If someone recognizes him, and the Zhou family calls the police, he will at least become a suspect.

That's why Accountant Yao disguised herself on such a large scale.

Accountant Yao hadn't expected to fail. Before setting off, he told his wife, "In a little while, warm up some wine for me and cook a couple of dishes. I'll have a good drink with you when I return in triumph."

Accountant Yao's wife was also beaming with excitement: "I dug up that bottle of Nu'er Hong wine that I've treasured for over twenty years from underground. It's pure sorghum liquor that my father made himself, and it's been stored for over twenty years. I'll heat it up for you in a bit. Go on..."

"Wait a minute." Accountant Yao glanced at her watch. "It's 12:28 now. I'll leave at 12:36. Six times six is ​​thirty-six, which is auspicious. Leaving at this time will definitely bring me great luck."

"Uh-huh."

At 12:36, Accountant Yao set off.

Accountant Yao's wife thought about it and felt that it would be better to burn incense and pray to Buddha. It's always good to ask Buddha for blessings in all things.

So Accountant Yao's wife went to the Kitchen God's altar, burned some paper money, lit an incense stick, and murmured, "Grandpa Kitchen God, Grandma Kitchen God, please bless my husband Yao so that everything goes smoothly and he has all his wishes fulfilled."

A gust of wind blew through the window without glass, instantly extinguishing the paper money.

Accountant Yao's wife was stunned, unsure whether it was due to the weather or bad luck. She then lit it again, but it was blown out again.

She started muttering incoherently, "Oh dear, this is weird! Why is this wind so eerie? Will something bad happen tonight? It feels so sinister!"

As for whether the wind is evil or not, others don't know, but the couple is determined to succeed.

……

Because his shoes were a bit tight, Accountant Yao walked awkwardly. He couldn't help but mutter curses under his breath, "Damn it, that son of a bitch Zhou Yuren! If that bastard hadn't disobeyed me and gone against me, would I be out in the middle of the night? In the dead of winter, everyone's got a wife, kids, and a warm bed. You messed with me, schemed against me, broke my windows, and can't sleep peacefully. You won't have a good life either. You ruined my windows, I'll kill you."

The wind was blowing hard.

At this time of year, the north wind is always strong.

Even though there were mountains blocking the way, the wind still made my bones ache.

There's a saying that goes, "cold to the bone," and that's exactly how Accountant Yao felt right now. Although he was wearing quite a lot of clothes, for the sake of ease of movement, he only wore a thin pair of cotton pants, which made his legs look a little thinner, and from a distance, he didn't look like a man at all.

After all, Accountant Yao is already 1.7 meters tall. No matter how he dresses up, he can only ensure that others don't recognize him. He can't dress up completely like a woman.

He's not like A'Zhu from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils who knows the art of disguise; he simply doesn't have that ability.

So the more he walked, the less his legs obeyed him. His legs were trembling from the cold, and his fingers felt as cold as if they weren't his own.

"This awful weather." Accountant Yao had been living a life of luxury for too many years. He got married and had children in his early twenties, and then, relying on his uncle being the village chief, he became the village accountant. From then on, he had no worries about food and clothing and didn't have to work.

My work each year is very simple; it's just dealing with individual households.

The village was already poor, and had fallen so low that it was almost insolvent. The village was mostly mountains, but there was nothing in these deep forests. Although Accountant Yao had been allocated some mountain land, it wasn't much.

As for the rest, there's basically nothing else.

No one wanted to be the village chief, but Accountant Yao was quick-witted. He wasn't a good person, so he always resorted to crooked means, and he started looking for excuses to impose fines.

He'd interfere with everything, from grazing cattle on the mountain to starting fires, and then fine people afterward. He gained some benefits by bullying others, but he also alienated almost everyone in the village. That's why, even when Accountant Yao's windows were broken, nobody cared.

When Accountant Yao realized that this method wasn't generating revenue, he started finding fault and imposing fines on people even when there were no problems.

Fines are still the quickest way to make money. It was because Zhou Yuren took a broken stove from the village office and was fined 5,000 yuan that the feud between the two began.

The problem is that if Accountant Yao does nothing and doesn't impose fines, he'll starve.

Although the grain tax and levies had already been collected in the fall, the village chief had already squeezed them almost dry. And this was already an over-collection; the villagers were already furious, and if they were asked for more, things would likely escalate to chaos.

Accountant Yao could only find excuses to collect fines. Today he would arrest a cowherd, tomorrow a sheepherd, and the day after tomorrow someone would be arrested for arson, and he would fine them.

If Zhou Yuren refused to pay, then everyone else would follow suit. To Accountant Yao, Zhou Yuren was the one who had taken away his job.

As the saying goes, taking away someone's livelihood is almost the same as taking away their dog's life.

Zhou Yuren essentially killed Accountant Yao. Even without Zhao Da'e smashing the glass and setting off firecrackers, Accountant Yao would have retaliated against Zhou Yuren.

As they walked, Accountant Yao was almost at Zhou Yuren's door. He glanced at the sky; it was pitch black, practically pitch black.

There was no sound around, and Accountant Yao walked very carefully. Even the nearby dogs didn't hear anyone walking outside.

Accountant Yao was extremely satisfied: Hehe, tomorrow I'll make you, Zhou Yuren, walk on poisonous caltrops and become a cripple from now on!

You think you can compete with me?!

Accountant Yao is a mean-spirited person who holds grudges. He bullies people whenever things don't go his way.

Anyway, he's always the one bullying others; I never see anyone bullying him.

He never even considered what would happen if Zhou Yuren beat him. In his world, no one could fight back.

The main problem was that he had been in the village for too long, so long that he felt too powerful. Being killed made him feel resentful.

Sometimes, people say that neighbors should be kind and friendly, and that it's okay to give way to each other, but he doesn't. He only feels good when others give way to him; he's the kind of person who feels he's losing out if he doesn't get a benefit. There are many people like this nowadays, and they're definitely not good people.