Chapter 61 - 61 61 The Sweet Potato Field Incident

Chapter 61: Chapter 61 The Sweet Potato Field Incident Chapter 61: Chapter 61 The Sweet Potato Field Incident It was exactly the sweet potato field affair that Chiang Xiao had previously been wary of.

In her past life, it was this incident that had cornered her family almost to a point of no return, driving her to despair and ultimately leading to Deng Qingjiang coaxing her to leave.

This time, she was prepared and no longer afraid.

The owner of that sweet potato field was Qian Mengzi, the eldest in his family, with three younger brothers and two younger sisters. His parents were still alive, and his grandparents were also robust; he himself had two sons.

In Siyang Village, the Qian Mengzi household was considered a thriving large family.

Moreover, this family was very united. Whenever there was any issue, they worked together with a united front against outsiders. Basically, no one in Siyang Village would casually provoke the Qians.

Now, something happened to their sweet potato field, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire village.

It was said that the Qian Mengzi family’s sweet potato field had been sabotaged.

At first, everyone thought it was just someone stealing sweet potatoes, but then an even more astonishing discovery was made.

Qian Mengzi claimed that a shameless couple had been doing that sort of thing in his sweet potato field!

They had not only flattened half a field of sweet potato vines but also dug some up.

The villagers didn’t believe him when he said this.

Sweet potatoes are grassy vines, and they don’t grow tall. It’s not even the harvest season yet; they’re still seedlings. Doing that kind of thing in a sweet potato field isn’t very discreet!

Standing at the edge of the furrows, you could look out and see people immediately. What the heck would someone be up to?

Besides, it’s not harvest season, what would they be stealing by digging?

It simply didn’t make sense.

Qian Mengzi, seeing that no one believed him, insisted on going to the sweet potato field himself to make his case, convincing the villagers.

As a result, a large group went to join in the commotion.

Chiang Xiao already knew how the situation would unfold and that in the end, it would be connected to her, so she had to be present; otherwise, she’d just be waiting for others to splash dirty water on her, right?

This time, she was determined to see who could still drag her into the abyss.

So, when she heard the gossip from the loudmouth Song Xiyun next door, who was also trying to drag Chiang Baoguo and mother-in-law Ho Laidi to join in the buzz, Chiang Xiao immediately put away her pen into the palm of her hand.

As she came out of the inner room, she saw Chiang Liutao leaning against the doorway of the main room, her ears perked up, listening to the gossip brought by Song Xiyun.

“Little, did you wake up?” Ge Liutao saw Chiang Xiao and was somewhat cautious.

All afternoon, she hadn’t heard any noise from the inner room, so she thought Chiang Xiao was upset and had fallen asleep.

How could Chiang Xiao explain to her that she had been drawing? She just hummed a response, “Where’s Grandfather?”

“Don’t be mad, your grandfather went to gather herbs. He didn’t go to Caiyun’s house,” Ge Liutao hurriedly explained.

Chiang Xiao let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, in Grandfather’s heart, she was still the most important.

She immediately walked over and embraced her grandmother’s arm, a smile appearing in her eyes as she spoke cheerily, “Grandma, you heard what Auntie Guiying said, right? We should hurry to Uncle Mengzi’s sweet potato field to have a look too!”

“This kind of matter…”

Ge Liutao was suddenly distressed.

What was happening now was scandalous, and how could she involve a young girl like Little in it? What if she picked up bad habits from it?

But Chiang Xiao did not care at all what she was thinking and pulled her out of the house.

By the time they arrived at the sweet potato field, a large group of villagers had already gathered there.

When they got there, they just saw Guiying with a string of daughters, but Ding Dani was not present.

When Guiying saw them, her eyes could almost be described as vicious.

“You still dare to show your faces outside? You really have thick skin! Taking money, taking eggs, don’t you know such a black heart might choke you to death!”

Ge Liutao’s complexion changed, but Chiang Xiao had already talked back.

“I took what was rightfully mine and did it with a clear conscience, and those eggs tasted especially delicious. But it seems Auntie Guiying doesn’t agree? Should we discuss it again with Secretary Uncle?”