Chapter 128

Captain: “Gao Meihua, how do you want me to help you? What can a small captain like me do?”

“You think this little chief of mine has a lot of power when talking to outsiders? You’re overestimating me.”

Gao Meihua: “Captain, I have no other options now, I can only come to you. Can you call the young men in our village, get them to take weapons, and get justice for my Yunrou? Zhang the Butcher killed my Yunrou, he has to pay.”

The Captain knew what she was up to. Getting justice was a lie, she was after compensation. He was speechless. These people wouldn’t even let the dead rest in peace.

What was this all about? Knowing that Zhang the Butcher had killed several wives and wasn’t a good person, why did she still get involved with him? Now she wants to ask for help, why didn’t she do it earlier?

Besides, the villagers weren’t so easy to call upon. He felt awkward asking them to work for free. Who told the Xia family to be so unlikeable, making the relationship with the villagers so strained? Probably no one would want to get involved in this mess.

Captain: “Gao Meihua, you know the situation in our team. You can’t ask people for help for free, can you? Why don’t you call the people over yourself and see who’s willing to help? If they don’t want to, I can’t force them with my authority.”

Gao Meihua was speechless. He interrupted her before she could finish. Why wasn’t the Captain following the script? Shouldn’t he immediately gather people and go to town with her to settle the score?

If the Captain knew what she was thinking, he would definitely say, “You must be dreaming! You think I’m stupid? You think I don’t see through your little tricks? You really think I’m just a meaningless Captain?”

Gao Meihua: “Is there no other way, Captain? You know our family has had so many things happen recently, if we ask for help, the villagers won’t be happy. You are the captain, you have to think of a way for us.”

Gao Meihua couldn’t bring herself to admit that their family had a bad relationship with the villagers. She could only beat around the bush and play dumb.

Gao Meihua continued, “Captain, Zhang the Butcher dares to mistreat our village Girls. If others follow suit, who in our village will dare to marry?”

“I know Yunrou did some wrong things in the past, but now she’s gone, can’t everyone forget those unpleasant things?”

Gao Meihua thought, if she didn’t offer anything, these people wouldn’t help her. She looked at the Captain and said, “Captain, why don’t you ask those young men, if they go to get justice for my daughter, I’ll give them 50 cents each when I get the money.”

“But that’s my bottom line. I can’t go any higher. But if I don’t get the compensation, I won’t have a single cent. I really can’t afford it.”

Captain: “Alright then, I’ll gather everyone after work and tell them. See who’s willing to go. That’s all I can do. I really can’t do anything else.”

Gao Meihua thought, “What do you mean you can’t do anything? You just don’t want to help our family, right? Now that we’re poor, everyone wants to step on us. If we ever get rich, I’ll distance myself from these peasants and never associate with them.”

“Haha, the river hasn’t even been crossed, and some people want to dismantle the bridge. It’s true what they say, pitiful people are bound to be hateful.”

Soon, the people working in the fields heard the whistle for quitting time. They were wondering why they were getting off work a few minutes early. But they were happy, they were happy to work less.

Some people guessed that it must be about Xia Yunxuan. Did she really get taken away by the police chief? They were wondering what bad things she did.

Xia Yunxuan had been translating in her room and had no idea what was happening in the village. She didn’t go to the brigade headquarters either. Those people thought she was really arrested by the police chief, and they were secretly happy about it.

But they were disappointed. It turned out that Xia Yunrou was dead and Gao Meihua wanted the villagers to get justice for her. Who would want to go when she was already dead?

Even if they got compensation, they would only get 50 cents. What if they didn’t get anything? Who would want to do this thankless job? Besides, Zhang the Butcher had a butcher knife. What if they got hurt during a fight? Who would be responsible?

Gao Meihua was always unlikeable and had offended everyone in the village. If it were anyone else, even if they didn’t want the money, they would definitely stand up for their fellow villagers.

Seeing that no one spoke after the Captain finished, Gao Meihua immediately stood up and cried, “Please help me, fellow villagers. My Yunrou was a poor soul. I didn’t expect her to be killed so soon after getting married.”

“Besides, everyone in the village doesn’t want to help. What will the people in the neighboring villages think of us?”

Wen Chuyun said, “Gao Meihua, you make it sound so easy. We go to settle the score with them, but they have knives. What if something really happens, who will be responsible?”

“Even if nothing happens, with your arrogant and domineering personality, do you think we would help you? Now that something has happened, you know to come to the villagers. How did you behave before? I won’t mention it now.”

“Even if you get compensation, you only give 50 cents. Are we people who lack 50 cents? What if we don’t get the compensation? We’ve been working all day, aren’t we tired? It’s said that Xia Yunrou died of illness, what about that?”

“I don’t care about others, but my husband and son will definitely not go. Alright, we’ve worked all day, I have to go home and cook. I’m leaving.”

Everyone agreed with Wen Chuyun’s words. They had just finished work, and they hadn’t eaten yet. They didn’t know when they would be back if they went now. They didn’t want to go hungry.

Besides, the Xia family didn’t even have a head of household now. They were helping for nothing, they couldn’t expect any favors in return.

Seeing that the secretary and accountant had left, the rest of the people dispersed immediately. Sometimes, excitement wasn’t so good to watch.

If they didn’t go to help, Gao Meihua, with her narrow-mindedness, would definitely hold a grudge. Out of sight, out of mind. Anyway, so many people didn’t go, she couldn’t blame anyone.

Meanwhile, Gu Beihui and Xiao Yichen returned home. Xiao Yichen asked, “Xuanxuan, I heard the chief came this afternoon. Was he here to give you a reward?”