Chapter 242: Chapter 2421 Won’t Fall for This_l

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Shi Dayou hurriedly stood in front of the crowd and implored, “Everyone, please calm down! What Mr. Xu has said is not wrong ah, he has no obligation to help us all! We cannot coerce him into helping!”

Shi Dayou’s voice was loud, but it did not intimidate the people of Xiaoxi

Village.

Instead of heeding Shi Dayou’s words, they mocked him:

“Of course you’d say that since all the benefits went to the people of Stone

Village!”

“Exactly, why don’t you give us your rice seedlings from your fields, let’s see if you’d still say the same!”

“Shi Dayou, you can’t be so selfish, you can’t focus solely on Stone Village’s welfare while ignoring the life and death of others!”

“Exactly, you Shi’s are living the good life, but you don’t even look at us, look at the state my child is in due to hunger!”

Accusations came one after another against Shi Dayou, leaving him at a loss for words. But he firmly stood in front of Wei Ruo, blocking the villagers of Xiaoxi Village from getting close to him.

But the crowd was too large, and Shi Dayou felt powerless.

Seeing that the crowd was about to rush up to Wei Ruo, the villagers from Stone Village marched up in a mighty group.

They arrived by Wei Ruo’s side and shielded him in the middle of the crowd. Though the villagers of Stone Village that had just arrived didn’t know what had transpired, seeing the people of Xiaoxi Village surrounding Mr. Xu, then benefactor, they felt he was in danger and hurriedly came to his defense. For a moment, people from the two villages faced each other on opposite sides, shouting at each other, with some minor physical contact here and there. After a lot of commotion, the people of Xiaoxi Village, being outnumbered, faced a defeat and had to retreat, distancing themselves from the people of Stone Village and not daring to lay a hand on them anymore.

Despite their retreat, the villagers remained resentful and unwilling to leave thus without more words, they accused Shi Dayou and the villagers of Stone

Village:

“You people of Stone Village are too selfish, only caring about yourselves and not willing to lend a helping hand!”

“Exactly, you Stone Village people are outrageous! When people in our village starve to death, we’ll lay the bodies at your village’s entrance!”

“After all these years of good relations between Xiaoxi Village and your Stone Village, it’s shocking to see you just stand by and watch us die!”

Facing the accusations from the people of Xiaoxi Village, Shi Dayou, and the villagers of Stone Village didn’t know how to respond; they couldn’t start a brawl. Located close to each other, physical confrontation wouldn’t do them any good either.

Wei Ruo said to Xiumei, “Meimei, look out for the one who’s been shouting the loudest and bring him here!”

“Okay!” Xiumei nodded in agreement.

Xiumei surveilled the people from Xiaoxi Village, then targeted a large bulky man. A quick dash brought her up to the man, pulling him away from the crowd, she pinned him to the ground and cleverly applied pressure on the pressure points on his back. The man immediately weakened and began to groan in pain.

At this, the previously noisy villagers of Xiaoxi Village were instantly silent, faces filled with astonishment as they looked at the incapacitated Erniu on the ground.

Erniu was the strongest man in their village, capable of taking on three men single-handedly on a regular day.

But now he was pinned on the ground by a lean attendant of Mr. Xu, unable to move a finger.

The few people who were murmuring before, were now silent, daring not to speak out.

Not only were the people of Xiaoxi Village surprised, but the villagers of Stone Village also looked on in awe.

So it turns out the lean attendant of Mr. Xu, who looked frail and weak, was quite formidable! Truly, looks can be deceiving!

Wei Ruo glanced at the reaction of the people from Xiaoxi Village, then calmly and sternly said to everyone, “The belongings of Xu Heyou, I give out of my own volition. If I don’t want to give, nobody can force me to. Your suffering and lack of food are your issues, not my problems. Don’t use such threats on me, I won’t be moved by them.”

“AS for the matter of the rice crops, you should have prepared for the consequences when you chose not to believe in me. The results of your decisions have to be borne by yourselves. Your weaknesses don’t make you right; your suffering doesn’t mean that others owe you a duty to help.” Then Wei Ruo pointed at the man Xiumei had immobilized on the ground, saying, “As you can all see now, Xu Heyou isn’t to be trifled with. Today, my attendant only demonstrated her strength, but if you attempt to harm me again in the future, I will not hold back.”

The people of Xiaoxi Village looking at Wei Ruo, although still feeling somewhat dissatisfied, dared not talk back this time.

Then, Wei Ruo gave Xiumei a look, Xiumei understood and released the man on the ground.

The man struggled to get up, staggered back to the crowds from Xiaoxi Village. The look he gave Wei Ruo and Xiumei no longer held the bravado from before, only fear remained.

The villagers of Xiaoxi Village looked at each other, no one said a word, eventually, they had to depart in disappointment.

After the villagers of Xiaoxi Village retreated to a distance, Shi Dayou approached Wei Ruo saying, “I am sorry, Mr. Xu, for causing such a disturbance.”

“You don’t need to apologize, it has nothing to do with you,” Wei Ruo responded.

Shi Dayou looked at Wei Ruo, seemingly with a question to ask. Hesitated for a moment, he chose to speak his mind.

“Mr. Xu, is there really no solution to the matter of the rice crops?”

“You want me to help them?” Wei Ruo asked back.

“Oh, no, not at all, I didn’t mean that, Mr. Xu, if you want to help, do so, it’s our blessing, if you don’t, we do not dare to ask,” Shi Dayou quickly explained.

Pause for a moment, Shi Dayou continued, “Mr. Xu, actually… not all the people from Xiaoxi Village behave as rudely as what you’ve just seen, most of the people in the village are good. Like the people in our village, they labor hard in the fields, relying on the yearly harvest to provide for their families. If the rice crops die, they might really…”

Wei Ruo, understanding the essence of Shi Dayou’s words, replied, “The late rice crops I gave you can still be planted in time. But if I really want to help them, there are many things to consider.”

“The disaster has affected more than just Xiaoxi Village, if I had rashly promised to help just now, the number of people coming to find me asking for help would only increase. I can’t make generous promises without having the ability to fully solve the problem.”

“Oh, I see.” Shi Dayou quickly nodded his head. After hearing Mr. Xu’s explanation, he realized that he had been too naive.

“First, you all need to take care of your own business. Regarding the matter of the villages affected by the seedling disease, I will consider it,” said Wei Ruo to Shi Dayou.

“Thank you, Mr. Xu, thank you, Mr. Xu,” Shi Dayou replied earnestly. “Alright, it’s getting late, I should leave, and you all better get back to work,” Shi Dayou nodded his head continuously, then watched as Wei Ruo and Xiumei walked away..