Jiang Zhi looked at Mrs. Qin who didn't know she was wrong, then looked at the children and women around her, knowing that she must teach this prick a lesson today.
She had previously set village rules. In addition to not being a talkative woman, they also included: neighbors should unite, help each other, and not cause trouble and bully others.
Now the Qin family is not only stirring up trouble, but also blatantly robbing money. The evil spirit must be killed.
"Qin, what do you think this is?" Jiang Zhi still needed to show the magnanimity of a village chief and calm down to let Qin explain the facts.
Ms. Qin raised her voice and said, "This family is very annoyed. There are so many children in the house, and they are stealing every day. The herbs I was interested in were stolen by a few of them. Now I just want to get back the money from selling the medicines."
Tian Tao flattened her mouth and suppressed her anger: "You are talking nonsense. We did not steal anything or herbs. My brothers and sisters and I dug these..."
Mrs. Qin interrupted her with a long voice: "Yo yo yo, I have wronged you! Do you think your mother stole my food or my fireweed?"
"No, my mother didn't know the difference and got the wrong dish. My family even compensated you for half a catty of grain.
I also took the wrong firewood. Who told you to pile it under my shack? "Tian Tao tried to defend.
Mrs. Qin slapped her thigh: "No matter what you say to God, what you steal is what you steal. Your family is like a nest of rats. If you can't feed the babies after they are born, they will definitely steal."
Tian Gui has three children, and now his wife is pregnant with another one. Normally, it would be nothing, just add more water to the pot and he will be raised.
But in these troubled times, one more child means one more mouth, even if you are pregnant.
Mrs. Qin is from the same village and she has always had conflicts with her eldest daughter-in-law. After escaping from famine, her life was difficult, and her eldest daughter-in-law had a bad attitude toward her.
So she could only come back with her younger son, but her younger daughter-in-law had not yet given birth to a child after getting married, so she couldn't bear to see other children's troubles.
She is even more dissatisfied with the pregnant Taoer Niang.
Jiang Zhi knew the reason, but he just didn't want to hear the noise.
Now that the Qin family is a local, Tian Gui's family is bullied and they don't say a word.
Not only was Tian Gui silent, but the two women who were also selling herbal medicine were also silent, just silently watching Qin's fuss.
On the other hand, some of the children selling herbal medicine were very excited and kept talking about how Qin had been robbing other people's money in the past two days.
Jiang Zhi was not in a hurry to look at Xia Yuan's accounting slate.
I definitely want to deal with people, but the matter has not been clarified yet, so I don’t want the Xia family to get involved.
In a farmer's family, if someone's chickens ran into the fields to eat vegetables, or someone pulled a few handfuls of firewood, even looking twice at them would be a dispute.
She still believed what she saw and what she heard said: "Shut up, everyone, go home and take a look first!"
The case can only be solved by visiting the scene in person. Hurray, a few children ran ahead to lead the way, and everyone walked to Tian Taoer's house.
There are currently twenty households in Xujia Village, except for the relatively flat terrain near the medical shed where ten households live.
Other people's shacks are located at different distances and heights according to the terrain, and are scattered within a hundred meters.
The Tian Gui family and the Qin family are relatively close to each other, and they share a small drying dam.
When Jiang Zhi passed by, Taoer Niang was sitting in front of the shack sorting out the money plants that the children had found.
Seeing the village chief suddenly coming with someone, followed by the menacing Qin, she quickly stood up.
Tian Taoer ran over to help her: "Mom, don't be afraid, the village chief will support us."
Two children also ran out of the shack, a boy and a girl, about seven or eight years old. They were both skinny, and their clothes were short and small. The boy's shirt even exposed his belly button.
When they came out and saw Qin and Jiang Zhi, the two children quickly stood with their sister.
Jiang Zhi didn't say anything and walked around the two shacks first.
There is Li Laoshi. She knows about twenty families, but these families are not familiar with her.
If important things are mentioned at the group meeting, Errui can also convey the arrangements without having to publicize them one by one.
In addition, due to the vigorous publicity of Xu Yaozu's daughter-in-law, the "evil" image established by him has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Not only the Liu family and Tian family, who had a daughter-in-law, were too afraid to get close to each other, but the women from outside the family were even more afraid to speak.
In fact, Jiang Zhi is also used to the sense of distance. He talks about things and handles official matters without getting involved in personal feelings. This way, it is easy to get along with him.
Unlike other people who mediate disputes, Jiang Zhi circles around the house, and everyone present suddenly looks at each other.
Mrs. Qin was still energetic just now, but when Jiang Zhi stood by the firewood pile between the two families, she became a little uneasy.
"Sister-in-law, my house is a little narrower, so I will pile the firewood here temporarily!" Mrs. Qin explained.
Jiang Zhi glanced at her coldly: "Call the village chief!"
Mrs. Qin choked: "Village chief, I just piled firewood!"
Jiang Zhi continued walking, took two steps and stood next to a small pile of vegetables on the sunbath.
These are freshly cut green vegetables. After the women dry them, they can pickle them and dry them in the sun.
"Whose family does this belong to?" Jiang Zhi asked loudly.
Tao'er Niang said hurriedly: "It's from my family!"
Ms. Qin jumped up and said, "You want to steal again. This is the vegetable I just collected this morning."
Taoer Niang suddenly said anxiously: "My boss cut this before going to work this morning, why does it belong to you again?"
A pile of dishes and two owners!
Jiang Zhi leaned over to pick up the vegetables and looked at the roots and legs. They were all cut in the morning and prepared for drying today. There was not much difference.
Mrs. Qin kept chattering: "Village chief, his wife and children love to steal things. These vegetables are obviously mine, but she is telling lies to my face."
"How many vegetables have you chopped down today?" Jiang Zhi suddenly asked.
Tao'er's mother hesitated and shook her head: "Tao'er's father didn't say anything when he went out!"
Mrs. Qin was proud: "My family cut down seven trees!"
She counted the dishes from the two families when they were put together, and there were seven dishes here.
Jiang Zhi looked at her: "I will go to your field right away to count. If there are not seven fresh roots, you are lying."
Mrs. Qin panicked again and quickly changed her words: "I can't remember how many."
Jiang Zhi saw that she looked like a rotten dragon, and he was sure that there was nothing he could do to her, and he suddenly felt fierce in his heart.
Today, there are no more cases, only to establish power, and to punish her to the point of death.
"Come on, who among you knows where their land is? Pull out all the new vegetable roots that were cut down today." Jiang Zhi said to the children.
Immediately a child stood up: "I, I know!"
But at this moment, a child said timidly: "I know. I went to the field to poop this morning and saw Aunt Qin chopping vegetables. She only chopped two trees."
Qin's face suddenly changed: "Stone Monkey, you dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart!"
As she said that, she rushed over and wanted to hit the child.
Stone Monkey hurriedly ran to Jiang Zhi: "I didn't lie, you just cut down two trees and left two yellow leaves."
This reason was enough. Jiang Zhi narrowed his eyes and slapped the Qin family hard: "If I don't slap you in the face, you won't give up!"
