Chapter 233: Grain Looting
"What should I do? It's going to be a mess right now."
Liu Tielian left Xu Yong's barn and came to Tong Huaqiong to ask for advice.
He was afraid that the angry crowd would lose control after seeing Xu Yong's granary.
In fact, some people have already started arguing over who installed more and who installed less.
If this trend continues, a food war is imminent.
Liu Tielian was really afraid that things would get out of control.
Tong Huaqiong had a solution. She said to Liu Tiejian, "Village chief, you are worried about the same thing as other village chiefs. Go and discuss this with the village chiefs of other villages. For example, I think Village Chief Hu of Guazhou Bay has a high reputation. Tell the villagers in other villages not to load the grain first."
"First, organize the people, and then distribute the food according to the loss of corn fields."
Liu Tiejian said: "Who will supervise this matter?"
He really didn't want to get involved in this matter. If he got too much or too little, he would offend people.
Tong Huaqiong said: "I have asked Dashu to invite County Magistrate Liu. As long as we wait until County Magistrate Liu comes, the matter can be resolved."
Liu Tielian thought about it and couldn't find a better solution, so he went to discuss it with Village Chief Hu and several other village chiefs.
Guazhou Bay and Yueliang Bay are two large villages. The villages that were cheated the most by Xu Yong and the ones that received the most visitors were the ones that received the most.
As long as we can hold down the people from these two villages, the other villages will be easy.
At this time, Village Chief Hu and Village Chief Zhang were distressed, so they brought their villagers to seek justice.
But they underestimated everyone's desire for food.
Who wouldn’t be jealous with so much food in front of them?
The two of them were worried that the villagers would fight over food, and they were afraid that before they could get justice, they would start fighting among themselves.
After the three village heads discussed it, Village Head Hu and Village Head Zhang began to stop the people in their own village from stealing food.
However, everyone went crazy when they saw the food and could not hear any sound from the outside world.
At this time, Gu Dahan came to Liu Tielian, holding a shotgun in his hand and fired two rounds of fireworks into the air.
There was a loud bang.
The looting crowd was stopped instantly.
"If anyone tries to grab it again, I will open fire." Gu Dahan shouted.
Some people recognized Gu Dahan and knew that he was a fool who was bullied by his stepmother and didn't even dare to fart, so they ignored Gu Dahan and continued to store food.
Gu Dahan fired another shot and said, "I'll say it again, don't grab it."
When everyone saw that Gu Dahan was serious, they put down the tools they were using to load food in disappointment.
Xu Yong almost wanted to kowtow to Gu Dahan.
His food supply was saved.
He didn't have time to think about why Gu Dahan helped him. He just thought it was natural for people from the same village to support each other.
How does the saying go, brothers quarrel within the walls, but defend against external insults.
If Xu Yong knew that he still couldn't keep his food supply, he would definitely curse.
Liu Tielian turned around and excitedly shook Gu Dahan's hand, saying, "Dahan, luckily you were smart and knew to get the shotgun."
Gu Dahan smiled innocently and said, "My mother asked me to go to your house to get it."
Only then did Liu Tielian realize that the hunting rifle in Gu Dahan's hand belonged to him, but it was a pity that his few fireworks shells were wasted.
That was something his son-in-law bought for him as a gift so that he could hunt wild animals in the mountains in winter.
But it's a pity, it's better than people dying in Qinghe Bay while fighting for food.
Village chief Hu and village chief Zhang also expressed their gratitude to Gu Dahan.
Then several village heads began to pull the villagers aside and give them a silent lecture.
These village chiefs still have relatively high prestige in the village. The villagers who had calmed down from the frantic rush for food became quiet after hearing the village chiefs' lectures.
More importantly, from what the village chief said, County Magistrate Liu will come to uphold justice, and the grain will definitely be distributed to everyone.
So some villagers were hoping for this. Instead of having the corn fields snatched away by those who were stronger, it would be better to divide the corn fields according to the loss.
Of course, these words were said avoiding Xu Yong.
They were afraid that Xu Yong would get the news and encounter obstacles when distributing grain.
These people were taken to the ancestral hall in Qinghe Bay by the village heads, and everyone was waiting for County Magistrate Liu to come and administer justice.
Xu Yong breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his food supply was saved.
Seeing that the crisis of food robbery was resolved, the former village chief's wife, Mrs. Tian, started a new round of mischief.
She hated her sister-in-law Yu.
If it weren’t for Yu’s big mouth, how would anyone know about the barn under her backyard?
Now not only people from other villages but also people from her own village know about it. Wouldn't that arouse jealousy? If there is a famine in the village again, people from Qinghewan will probably target her backyard, not to mention other villages.
When Xu Yong was the village chief, everyone was afraid of him. But now that Liu Tielian is the village chief, who would still believe Xu Yong?
Thinking of this, Tian set his sights on Yu.
Yu and Tian thought of the same thing. Her family had a lot of food, which was exposed to the villagers at this time.
Yu hated Tian to death.
After the food-grabbing crisis at her home was resolved, Yu locked the door and went to Xu Yong's home to observe what was going on.
Tian pointed at Yu's nose and cursed her, saying that Yu was a scumbag just like Xu Zaohua.
After being scolded by her sister-in-law, Yu was not willing to be outdone and quickly fought back. Then the two sisters-in-law pointed at each other's noses and scolded each other fiercely.
It eventually developed into hair pulling.
Although Yu is usually not as strong as Tian, she has the upper hand this time and grabs Tian's hair and refuses to let go.
"Murder, murder." Tian's sharp scream pierced everyone's eardrums.
Originally, several daughters-in-law of the Xu family in the village were trying to persuade them to stop fighting, but the sisters-in-law, Yu and Tian, relied on the power of their husbands and looked down on others in the clan. When everyone saw that they couldn't persuade them to stop, they simply gave up.
The Xu family didn't care, and the other people in the village were just watching the fun.
In the village, Yu and Tian are usually regarded as an elegant landlord's wife, respectively, and a proud village head's wife. At this moment, the two ladies were pulling each other's hair, which made the other women in the village feel a sense of excitement as if they were eating melons.
They are no different from other people in the village.
Yu grabbed Tian's hair and refused to let go. In desperation, Tian reached out and scratched Yu's face.
Yu was a beautiful woman from Qinghe Bay, how could she bear having her face scratched.
In anger, he bit Tian's ear.
Everyone was just watching the show, but when they saw the two men fighting so fiercely, they quickly pulled them apart for fear that someone would get killed.
Yu's mouth was full of blood, and Tian's ear was bitten off and she covered her ear and wailed.
"Xu Yong, are you a man? Why do you let your sister-in-law bully me?" Tian looked at Xu Yong who was sitting on the ground, pointed at him and started scolding him.
"Her daughter destroyed you with fake pesticides. She destroyed my ears and our family's food..." Tian began to cry.
Xu Yong made a fool of himself today and was so embarrassed that he wanted to throw the jar into the ground.
Tian's words aroused his anger towards Xu Zaohua. Everything he had now was caused by Xu Zaohua.
In addition, he was unable to stop the anger of the people from other villages who were packing grain, so he transferred all his anger to Xu Zaohua's mother, Yu.
Xu Yong stood up and slapped Yu in the face in front of everyone.
Xu Yong's slap was hard and heavy.
Yu staggered and fell.
Tian felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Tong Huaqiong was stunned. She didn't expect Xu Yong to be so mean as to take his anger out on his brother's wife.
Tong Huaqiong, who has been influenced by modern ideas, cannot accept a man beating a woman.
Even though she knew that in this era many men beat and scold women at will, she still couldn't accept it.
Even though she didn't like Yu, she couldn't accept Yu being beaten by a man.