I was sold when I opened my eyes! My sick and disabled husband comforts me every night after he wake

As he spoke, he brought out the pot of chicken. Nie Yuan and the others, realizing they couldn't hide it any longer, shrank back and leaned against the corner of the wall, not daring to say a word.

Looking at the pot of chicken, Nie Shuren suddenly roared.

"Kneel down."

Several young people present knelt down one after another, and Nie Yuan was the first to speak:

"Dad, we found this chicken..."

Nie Shuren, of course, didn't believe his lame lie. He took two steps forward, suddenly raised his hand, and slapped Nie Yuan across the face.

“I told you before, I don’t care how you behave, but you can’t do anything immoral. People raise chickens to lay eggs and sell them for money to buy rice. How could you bear to catch them and cook them?”

“Dad, we really found this chicken. It’s the one we just picked up in the Mo family’s storeroom. You can ask him if you don’t believe me.”

Everyone chimed in, "Yes, we found it, we really did find it."

Seeing that everyone was speaking in unison, Nie Shuren became somewhat skeptical, but Old Hu quickly joined in pleading for leniency.

“Village chief, although these rascals are usually idle, nothing like this has ever happened in our village in recent years. Perhaps they really did find this chicken.”

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Suddenly, a dog barked outside. Nie Shuren frowned and quickly went out to check, with the others following closely behind him.

They came into the yard and followed the sound of barking dogs to the door of the barn. Seeing this, Sha Zhuzi quickly ran over and leaned against the door of the barn.

"Village...Village chief, there's nothing here."

Nie Shuren frowned, and asked with displeasure,

"If there's nothing there, why are you blocking the door?"

Sha Zhu's eyes darted around, and he quickly explained.

“There are rats here, rats bigger than your palm. I almost got bitten by one last time, and I’m afraid you might get bitten if you go in rashly.”

"Step aside."

Nie Shuren was getting impatient. He simply raised his hand and pulled him away, then kicked open the warehouse door.

The scene before them left everyone speechless.

On the floor of this warehouse, there were more than a dozen dead dogs and more than twenty live chickens.

The facts are there, and the lies told by Nie Yuan and the others have been exposed.

Nie Shuren was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged. He was panting heavily as he raised his hand and cursed under his breath.

"This is the rat you were talking about? It's huge! You lot still won't admit it? Go to the ancestral hall now, and we'll send you to the yamen for trial tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Nie Yuan and the others immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Father, I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please don't send me to the yamen."

The others also admitted their mistakes.

"Village chief, we were confused for a moment and did something wrong. Please forgive us!"

"Please forgive us, we were wrong."

"..."

The shrewd Sun Changsheng tugged at Nie Shuren and whispered something in his ear.

"This matter must not be blown out of proportion, otherwise it will be difficult to handle."

Although Nie Shuren was very angry, he also knew that Sun Changsheng's words were not without reason.

He was hoping that Nie Yuan would take over his position as village head in the future. However, if this matter escalated, Nie Yuan would go to jail. He had a criminal record, and the county magistrate would not have a good impression of him. It would be impossible for him to become village head in the future.

Thinking of this, he flicked his sleeve and cursed under his breath.

"Get inside, all of you."

Everyone got up from the ground and followed him into the house.

Nie Shuren looked at the group of people standing side by side in front of him and cursed under his breath.

"You lot are getting more and more outrageous. I'm giving you a chance to turn over a new leaf. Return what you stole from whoever's house it belongs to."

Sha Dazhu asked cautiously,

"But the dog died, and two chickens were killed as well."

"Then send the dead dog back, and send the stewed chicken back in its pot. In short, if you don't want me to pursue this matter, this is the only way."

These people had been busy all night and hadn't even had a bowl of soup. Although they were all unwilling, none of them dared to say another word.

Sun Changsheng's eyes darted around, and he whispered another reminder in Nie Shuren's ear.

"What should we do about that woman?"

Nie Shuren pondered for a moment, then rested his chin on his hand and sighed.

"You've wronged them, let them go!"

"But how are we going to explain this to the villagers if we just leave it like this?"

"Tomorrow, post a notice saying that a wolf has entered the village and killed many chickens and dogs. Nie Yuan and others went into the mountains overnight, scared away the wolf, and retrieved the chickens and dogs that had been captured."

Old Hu quickly gave a thumbs-up.

"The village chief is truly wise!"

These people not only escaped punishment, but also received praise from the villagers. Only Nie Shuren could come up with such an idea.

Silly Pillar scratched his head and said:

"If we send this stewed chicken back, won't the secret be exposed? Why don't we just eat it?"

Nie Shuren glared at him hatefully and said angrily:

"All you do is eat, eat, eat. From today onwards, anyone who dares to do such petty theft will be sent to jail by me."

After leaving those words, he turned and left. Sun Changsheng quickly said to Nie Yuan:

"Hurry up and return everything that's owed."

Nie Yuan pointed to the pot of chicken.

"Then this..."

Sun Changsheng muttered to himself:

"You've been busy all night, let's eat!"

Upon hearing this, Nie Yuan and the others nodded in agreement with a sigh of relief.

After leaving Sha Zhu's house, Nie Shuren and the other two went straight to the ancestral hall.

Lan Zhi was fully aware of what had happened outside, and she wanted to see how the village chief would explain things to her when he arrived.

In a short while, the ancestral hall door opened, and Nie Shuren walked quickly towards her, followed by Sun Changsheng and Lao Hu.

Before the man even got close, Nie Shuren shouted:

"Mo family daughter-in-law, I'm so sorry. I'm getting senile and didn't find out the truth before letting you take the blame."

Lan Zhi's lips curved slightly, and she asked in feigned surprise,

"Has the village chief found the murderer?"

Nie Shuren and Sun Changsheng helped her untie the ropes binding her and quickly explained,

"That's right. Nie Yuan, Erluzi, Sanshunzi, and the others followed the footprints to the back mountain. It turned out that all the chickens and dogs had been taken away by the wolves in the back mountain, but they brought them all back. That's when I realized I had wronged you, so I came here to apologize to you."

Nie Shuren's words surprised Lan Zhi.

She had initially assumed that he was an upright village head and would handle the matter impartially.

Unexpectedly, he still chose to protect his son.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled bitterly.

"I see. Young Master Nie and the others are truly great heroes of Kangzhuang Village! You should really hold a commendation ceremony for them so that everyone knows about this."

Her words were laced with sarcasm, which Nie Shuren could tell, and he waved his hands guiltily.

"Young man, it's only right to do what you can. There's nothing to be commended for. Alright, that's all for now. You can go back now!"

Lan Zhi looked at him with considerable surprise.

"Go back? I've been inexplicably tied up here for two hours, and you're just letting me go back like this?"

Old Hu immediately glared at her and angrily rebuked her.

"Just leave now, what more do you want? Do you want to be tied up here all night?"

Lan Zhi retorted without holding back.

“I’m not afraid of anything, not even one night, not even a year, because I have never done this. If you don’t come tonight, I will go to the county magistrate first thing tomorrow morning to explain the matter and ask him to stand up for me.”

When the county magistrate was mentioned, Nie Shuren became a little nervous, and then whispered something to him.

"Mo family daughter-in-law, it was indeed my misjudgment as the village chief that caused you to suffer here for two hours. How would you like this matter resolved?"