1623 At Most We Will All Die Together
âThatâs right, Qiao Mei! There are so many of us! Any one of us can go and reason with those villagers. We can definitely give them what they want. Even if you donât want to think for yourself, you have to think for your mother and your two children! If your mother finds out that youâre feeling so down, she will be so worried,â Xu Lan said agitatedly.
Qiao Mei looked at Xia Fan and Xia Xing in their cradle. She was responsible for the children now and could not be willful.
âAlright, then Iâll have to trouble Elder Sister and Qianâe to make a trip to the Zhao Family Village. Even if they want the stars in the sky, just give them to them! However, I draw the line at the Xia familyâs assets,â Qiao Mei reminded them.
âLook at this situation now! Thereâs no need to differentiate between your family and my family! Without you, our Xia family would have been long gone! My father would not be standing in front of us so healthy and well now. Auntie has always been very nice to us, so her life is the most important thing now. All the Xia family members are perfectly fine. Even if we lose everything, we can just earn it all back,â Xia He said.
Qiao Mei looked at everyone gratefully. Qianâe and Xia He set off very early for the Zhao Family Village without even having breakfast, accompanied by Luo Yu. The people from the Zhao Family Village said that they would not allow more than five people to enter the village, otherwise they would not negotiate with Qiao Mei.
Luo Yu had arranged for many experts from the team to protect them in secret. As soon as the villagers of Zhao Family Village had any ill intentions, these men would take action immediately. They had obtained approval for this mission. They just needed to ensure that none of the villagers got killed.
In the Zhao Family Village, there were people patrolling around every day now. They were afraid that those buyers would come looking for them again. There was already nothing left at home for them to sell, but some families still had babies. Those buyers looked vicious and they might kidnap the children and sell them for money.
The arrival of Qianâe and the others alarmed the patrol team. They immediately ran to Zhao Kuoâs house and informed the entire village to come to the village entrance to defend against the enemy.
âYou⊠youâre the person who came to collect seeds that day! Your name should be⊠Qianâe! Am I right?â Zhao Kuo said slowly as he came over with his walking stick.
âYes! Iâm Qianâe! Iâm the person in charge of the factory! I hear you want to negotiate with us? Name your price,â Qianâe said.
âName a price? How can you have the cheek to say such things! You caused us to be displaced! Some families were even broken up! You think you can use money to settle this!â Zhao Kuo said angrily.
Xia He stood at the side and could not stand it anymore. She said unhappily, âHey! Old man! Watch your words! What do you mean by we caused that to happen! Youâre the ones who are greedy! Back then, we had signed an agreement when we collected the seeds! You promised not to keep a single seed. So what happened?â
âYou damn woman, what are you saying! Youâve better drop that attitude! So what if we did it! Youâre the ones playing tricks! Otherwise, we wonât be in such a miserable state! Youâre the ones who want to negotiate terms now! So letâs figure out what exactly is going on! Donât forget that we still have your people in our hands!â Zhao Kai stood up and said smugly.
Xia He and Qianâe clenched their fists tightly. They could not panic now and must hold back their tempers.
âWe want to see them first before we negotiate!â Qianâe shouted.
âImpossible! You have to fulfill our request first before we let them go!â Zhao Kai said.
âWe can agree to any of your requests, but we have to see them first. Otherwise, weâll leave immediately and let the police surround your village!â Xia He pointed at the villagers and threatened them.
A few villagers were so frightened that they kept retreating, but Zhao Kai did not believe what he heard at all. It was not as if he had really learned nothing from following Zhao Fei around to do business those few months.
âYour Xia family is also involved in the same illegal business as us. Arenât you afraid of being arrested as well if you call the police?â Zhao Kai asked.
âHave you heard of the saying that a starving camel is still bigger than a horse? The factory is mine and Iâm the only one involved. It has nothing to do with anyone else. They will only come after me!â Qianâe yelled angrily.
âYou donât have any evidence to prove that youâre the only one involved! We all saw everything back then!â Zhao Kai said in a panic.
âHmph, thatâs nothing. At most, Iâll just die together with you! Iâm the only one from our side, but itâs different for you! More than 100 of you have to die with me! Itâs not a loss for me!â Qianâe shouted with all her might.
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