The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

Both of them were unmarried girls, and it would be quite a scandal if the men in the village saw them.

Seeing the villagers who had just been alerted rushing over, Tang Xiaoyan hurriedly found a piece of her dirty clothes that she hadn't washed yet and put it on.

Liu Xiaoqing's clothes had already been washed, so he just grabbed one from Tang Xiaoyan's basin and put it on.

The two ran home at their fastest speed ever.

The villagers who rushed over were scattered by the two men who ran towards them.

"Hey... Qing-ge, why are you running away?"

The two quickly disappeared from sight.

The villagers thought something had happened to the child who had fallen into the river, and they all rushed to the riverbank.

Looking at the woman who had just shouted, he asked, "What happened? Who fell into the river? Why are you shouting so loudly?"

"It's alright. I was too far away to see clearly. It was Xiao Yan who fell into the river. Qing Ge'er went to pull her up and fell down as well."

Hearing that everything was alright, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The river in their Peach Blossom Village was quite deep; if one of the village's older children had fallen in, it would have been terrible!

"Alright, alright, it's nothing. Everyone, go back and do your own thing."

Liu Xiaoqing hurriedly pushed open his door. Zhang Ke saw that his little brother's pants were wet and he was wearing ill-fitting clothes.

He hurriedly asked, "Qing-ge, what happened to you? Why are you all soaking wet?"

Upon closer inspection, I saw bloody scratches on Liu Xiaoqing's face: "Son, what happened to your face? Did someone bully you? Tell your father."

"Father, I'm fine. I was washing clothes by the river when that little bitch Tang Xiaoyan came and started causing trouble. She even cursed at me. I couldn't stand it, so I fought with her and fell into the river."

Zhang Ke's heartache turned to anger: "Go back to your room and change your clothes. I'm going to go to Wenying's house and ask her how she disciplines her child. She even dared to hit my son."

Liu Xiaoqing was afraid that his father would cause trouble at Tang Xiaoyan's house, and that Chen Jufen would find out about his fight with Tang Xiaoyan.

Chen Jufen disliked wild and unruly boys the most.

He hurriedly pulled back the furious Zhang Ke: "Father, you don't need to go. I've already fought my way back. I pinched Tang Xiaoyan quite a few times too."

Zhang Ke knew exactly what her son was thinking; he was probably afraid that if she went to the Tang family, that bitch Chen Jufen would find out.

"Alright, alright, I won't go then. You go back inside and change your clothes!"

After Liu Xiaoqing returned to the room, Zhang Ke felt more and more that he needed to keep a close eye on his son and keep him away from Tian Wenyan, otherwise he was afraid that something might go wrong!

Besides, Chen Jufen, that picky old hag, would definitely look down on the boys and girls in the village.

She's quite proud! She probably wants to marry the daughter of a wealthy family in town!

I'll ask around here and find an honest family for my son to settle down with.

Back home, Tang Xiaoyan kicked open her bedroom door. "I'm so angry! That bastard Liu Xiaoqing almost ruined my reputation in the village!"

"If those peasants in the village were to see me, all wet and wrapped in my clothes, after falling into the river, I'm afraid many of the gossipy women in the village would start talking behind my back."

“You scoundrels, you’re all scoundrels, and I, Tang Xiaoyan, won’t let you get away with this.”

Wenying, who was weeding in the field, heard that her little swallow had fallen into the river, and rushed back without even taking her hoe.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he called out, "Xiao Yan, are you alright? Did you hurt yourself anywhere?"

Tang Xiaoyan, having changed her clothes, came out and said, "Mother, I'm fine."

In his heart, he cursed Liu Xiaoqing, that bastard had actually pinched his arm and stomach until they were bruised.

I didn't feel any pain at first; I only noticed it when I changed my clothes.

Wenying finally felt relieved after hearing Tang Xiaoyan say that everything was alright.

If something happens to her daughter, how will she explain it when her husband comes home?

In the dead of night, a figure stealthily approached the well at the village entrance.

Carrying a hoe, he dismantled all the wooden pulleys that Yin Baicai and the village chief had installed during the day, and threw them all into the well.

The moonlight on the horizon clearly illuminated the blue birthmark on his cheek.

A cold laugh was hidden in the moonlight.

The next morning, the villagers who came to the village entrance to fetch water cried out in alarm: "Ah—the wooden wheel is gone?"

The families living near the well all opened their doors to come out and see.

The village chief and his wife came over and asked, "What are you shouting for so early in the morning?"

The man pointed to the well and said, "Uncle... Uncle, the wooden wheel you installed yesterday is gone. I didn't see it when I came to fetch water early this morning."

The village chief noticed that the wooden frame he had personally installed the day before was missing, and there were signs that the soil around the well had been dug up.

He knew exactly what was going on; someone must have deliberately sabotaged it.

The villagers who rushed over started talking all at once: "How could it be gone? I saw it here yesterday evening!"

"Yes, I saw it when I came back from the fields yesterday. What's going on?"

The village chief said coldly, "Go and call everyone in the village over. I think someone is definitely trying to sabotage this."

"Village chief, how can you be sure that someone is sabotaging us?"

The village chief pointed to the soil on the ground: "Look, there are traces of the soil on the ground being dug up."

Everyone looked down: "It really is true. This soil has obviously been dug up. The soil from yesterday at midnight in Anmulun was dried and turned yellow by the sun, but this one is still a bit damp."

"Yes, this soil has been disturbed!"

……

Soon, the entire village, young and old, gathered at the well at the village entrance.

When Yin Baicai arrived, she saw Li Mo sleeping soundly in Li Zhe's arms!

He approached Li Zhe and whispered, "What's going on with Li the bully? Why did the village chief call everyone over?"

Li Zhe gestured for Yin Baicai to look at the well next to the village chief.

Yin Baicai looked up and immediately noticed that the fixed pulley, which she and the village chief had just installed yesterday, was gone.

I thought to myself: What happened? It was fine yesterday, but it disappeared first thing this morning.

Tang Xiaoyan watched as Yin Baicai approached Li Zhe as soon as she arrived, and the two were whispering to each other.

He glared at Yin Baicai, thinking, "Shameless bastard, why are you standing so close to my brother Li Zhe?"

Hiding in the crowd, Tian Xiaoqiang remained calm. Since no one had seen him do it, these stupid people in the village would definitely not be able to find out.

As long as you don't tell anyone, I guarantee no one will know that you did it.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the village chief said with a dark face, "The atmosphere in our Peach Blossom Village has been getting worse and worse lately. Some people can't stand to see everyone doing well, and they even dug up the water-drawing tools that Cai Ge and I had just set up yesterday."

The village chief's sharp gaze swept over everyone: "Whoever did it, step forward. Let me find out and the village rules will punish them."

Hearing the village chief say this, everyone started talking about it.

"Who is it? They can't stand to see the village doing well. I used that water pump yesterday. It's so fast, I got the water flowing in no time, and it wasn't tiring at all."

"Who on earth did this?! How could someone be so malicious, trying to make our village suffer?!"

Some villagers even voiced their suspicions: "I think it was Ma Qiao'e who did it. Yesterday, when I heard them praising Cai Ge'er, her eyes looked strange."

Yi Fulang chimed in, "I think it was Wang Huanhua who did it. I heard last time that her husband was beaten by Li the bully at Cai Ge'er's house. Do you think she might have pinned it on Cai Ge'er and deliberately damaged the waterwheel that Cai Ge'er made?"

"Maybe it really is."

The village chief looked at the noisy crowd below, but no one stepped forward.

I thought to myself that I probably wouldn't be able to find the person, and if I made a new one, he would just break it again.

We must catch this kind of disunity in the village, this rotten apple, and make an example of him to deter others.

Suddenly a man stepped forward, and all the villagers turned their attention to him, wondering if he was the one who did it.