I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 118 - 115: The Truth Comes to Light

"Form your own teams, cook meals in the yard. The kitchenware is communal, whoever damages it should repair it themselves. As for firewood, rice, oil, and salt, each team provides their own, keeps it safe, and uses it when needed. The three of us who just arrived teamed up for two days before I withdrew. They are cousins, one of them has a sneaky habit, and I don’t like to associate with people with bad character."

"Then you better lock your doors and windows."

Jiang Mingyue checked his window, "It won’t do, your window, if you forget to close it, someone could just leap in."

However, Shu Wenquan always had his own plans: "I’m just waiting for him to steal. There’s no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days, and when the time comes with people and stolen goods caught together, I’ll hand him over to the team to handle."

See, it really had nothing to do with her.

"My family is moving tomorrow, come over for a warm pot meal."

"Sure."

Before Jiang Mingyue left, she left more than thirty steamed buns, a jar of strawberry jam, over thirty stuffed buns, a jar of pickled garlic from Gu Xiaoxiao, two braised chickens, a large portion of spicy rabbit, a sack of rice, and over twenty pounds of sweet potatoes, which left Shu Wenquan dumbstruck.

"Yuebao..."

"Alright, don’t be polite with me. My family is doing well now. You don’t have to worry. If you need anything, come find me, or let one of the kids in the village help deliver, just don’t let it be like today."

Shu Wenquan’s chest felt warm, but he had always been a big brother figure among a few people, unused to saying sentimental things, in the end, he only said: "Take good care of yourself."

What Jiang Mingyue didn’t know was that something big had also happened in the village today.

People with culture like to call it "the east window incident."

It started when Granny Yu from Liu Village inadvertently learned about the affair between her daughter-in-law and the village chief of Qingshan Village, Sun Heqing, and she brought a group of strong family members to confront them directly.

Granny Yu’s son passed away from illness half a year ago, and she hadn’t thought about keeping the daughter-in-law around, planning to raise her granddaughter herself. But when discussing future plans, her daughter-in-law would always burst into tears, leaving Granny Yu feeling troubled, which only made her more sympathetic to the daughter-in-law, even secretly giving her some family heirlooms, never suspecting the daughter-in-law’s impure motives.

Granny Yu was angry because of this; if you want to find someone, do it openly, she’d even marry her off, but you can’t insult people like this, deceiving the family’s trust while secretly having an affair with a married man, Granny Yu couldn’t swallow this no matter what.

No one could say for sure if Sun Heqing was just having a bad day, but when the widow claimed that Sun Heqing bullied her under the guise of power, everyone started seeing him as a heinous villain.

More remarkably, two other widows in the village also came forward to accuse Sun Heqing, telling their tales of bitterness and grievance.

Even a girl from another village, who had just been promised engagement, was involved...

Jiang Mingyue only learned about it when Aunt Jiao came by to gossip after she got home, finding it astonishing. Without her having to lift a finger, Sun Heqing had already toppled himself; it seemed like every mistress had teamed up for a rebellion—she couldn’t believe it wasn’t orchestrated by someone.

"Aunt Jiao, what kind of person is Sun Heqing’s wife?"

"That sister-in-law, don’t believe what others say about her being hard to get along with, she’s truly kind to deal with.

Alas! Fortunately, those people came to confront her, otherwise Feng Yuncai would still be kept in the dark. You don’t know, she’s been married to Sun Heqing for over a decade with no children, her mother-in-law has been dissatisfied and makes things hard for her in various ways, Sun Heqing may speak a few words on her behalf occasionally, but it doesn’t alleviate the root of the problem, Feng Yuncai’s life is hard.

Now things have improved, so many widowed women and girls have stepped forward, some have been bullied by Sun Heqing for five or six years, none of them getting pregnant. They used to think it was their own issue, but now coming together, it’s clear the problem may be with Sun Heqing’s seed.

Now everyone is talking, saying Sun Heqing is functionally incomplete. Feng Yuncai is crying for justice.

When I came over just now, Sun Heqing had already been taken away by the higher-ups. You say these things about people, truly one knows the face but not the mind."

Jiang Mingyue blinked: But she saw Sun Heqing’s real motives, he indeed liked to flirt, but if someone expressed unwillingness, he wouldn’t really do anything, like in the case of Mrs. Jiang, as soon as he suggested it, she threw him out in rage, the second time he came was to deliver Mr. Jiang’s monthly allowance of ten yuan, but he received the same treatment, he never dared show up after that. But with the widow at the back, it was completely mutual and she seemed very much in love.

Jiang Mingyue had once sighed, no wonder no one reported him, some even craved for someone to come relieve their solitude.

But for things to surface so suddenly after years of calm, all on the same day, it’s worthy of reflection.

Awe-inspiring!

On Jiang Jian Country’s side, the elder brother had been secretly plotting recently, there’s no choice, if he doesn’t act now, the second brother will outshine him.

The sneaky second brother, digging more than a dozen traps on the mountain, securing game every day, watching the second brother successfully supply the little sister, Jiang Jian Country couldn’t sit still anymore.

So, these days after work he ran up the mountain, even borrowing tools with Jiao Can’s help.

He found his sister liked to drink honey water, Big Brother saw this as an opportunity, after setting nets for three consecutive days, he successfully harvested a jar of honey today, which should last the fourth sister a while, Big Brother had always felt guilty about the previous incident, wanting to make amends to his sister.

However, just after coming down the hill, as he was about to pass through Baihua Forest, he suddenly saw someone rolling down from above, without a second thought, Jiang Jian Country abandoned the basket he was carrying and sprinted over to help.

Thankfully, his legs were long, and he intercepted the uncle before he could crash into a sharp rock.

"Hey, fellow villager, how are you?"

Bai Fengnian hadn’t expected to be staring at the new road leading to Wuyun Mountain, only to step on a stone without noticing and lose his balance, tumbling down the slope, his secretary couldn’t even pull him back. About to crash headlong into a sharp rock, Bai Fengnian couldn’t help himself, but someone unexpectedly came to his rescue in the nick of time, lifting Bai, who was then propped up, as the secretary, panting heavily, rushed down.

"Sec..." Book...

Bai Fengnian shot the secretary an eye, who, catching on, quickly switched his wording.

"Mr. Bai, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere, I’ll take you to the hospital."

Bai Fengnian waved it off: "It’s no big deal, no need for a hospital."

At this moment, Jiang Jian Country chimed in, pointing at the uncle’s torn sleeve, with a deep gash exposed, "Mr. Bai, right? This wound needs treatment, I have medicine."

Without waiting for permission, Jiang Jian Country took out a bottle of hemostatic medicine from his pocket and began administering aid.

The secretary tried to intervene, but Bai Fengnian stopped him.

"Are you from Qingshan Village?"

"Yes, I am from Qingshan Village."

"May I know your name?"

Jiang Jian Country understood but was puzzled by such formality among cultured folks, so he directly replied: "My name is Jiang Jian Country."