180 Chapter 180: Qian Family’s Village Preparing To Flee The Drought
“Mother! I was wrong. I was wrong. Don’t hit me!” Madam Qian hurriedly begged for mercy.
As she begged for mercy, she hid behind someone.
Madam Qian had no choice. She could not deal with this old woman the same way she dealt with Wang Laoshuan.
“I’ll beat you to death, you bitch! You hit my son! I’ll beat you to death!” Old Grandma Wang cursed and swore. Even though her steps were a little wobbly, she still ran after Madam Qian, trying to hit her.
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Madam Qian could only dodge and beg for mercy at the same time.
After getting hit by the walking stick a few more times, the village chief finally arrived.
“That’s enough.”
After the village chief spoke, Wang Dashi then went forward to help his mother back. He then calmed Old Grandma Wang down and asked her not to be angry.
As for Madam Qian, no one dared to go near her.
She was standing there all alone, wiping away her tears.
“Village Chief, you have to seek justice for me! Mother has already hit and scolded me. But she can’t drive me away again! Boo hoo hoo…” Madam Qian quickly pleaded with the village chief.
The village chief frowned when he heard her.
Old Grandma Wang was so angry that she stomped her walking stick on the ground.
“That’s because you deserve to be beaten, you bitch! Our Wang family doesn’t want a piece of trash like you, trash that the Qian family also doesn’t want. Hurry up and go back to your Qian family!”
“Boo hoo hoo! Mother…” Madam Qian’s body went limp, and she suddenly sat on the ground.
Just as she was about to cry and make a scene, the village chief unexpectedly spoke again.
“Shut up!”
Then, the words that Madam Qian was about to pour out stopped in her mouth.
“Village Chief…” she called out to the village chief pitifully.
“The people of the Qian family’s village wanted to flee the drought and refused to take me with them. If you don’t help me, I won’t be able to live… Boo hoo hoo…” she continued.
As soon as these words came out, the people standing around were all shocked, and then they all felt terrified and uneasy.
Flee the drought? All the people from the Qian family’s village were leaving? Had it already come to this?
The village chief was also surprised.
“What do you mean by that? The people in the Qian family’s village are leaving?” he quickly asked Madam Qian.
Since the beginning of August, the drought situation had become more and more severe.
All the villages were in dire need of water.
Just the day before yesterday, the water coming out of the only well in Brook Falls Village had also decreased.
If this continued, the village might not be able to get water from the well anymore.
By then, everyone would have to go to River Ringwaters to get not just water for domestic uses but also water for human consumption.
However, the current situation of River Ringwaters was not good either. In some places where the water was shallow, that part of the river had already dried up.
If River Ringwaters dried up, they would really be finished.
The Qian family’s village was located upstream of their Brook Falls Village, so their situation was definitely more severe than theirs.
They must have felt that there was no hope in staying in the village, so the villagers decided to flee and move away.
What about them? Should Brook Falls Village follow suit? Or, at the very least, the village had to make some preparations in advance.
“Yes. Except for a few families with a lot of surplus food, all of them have to leave! They will set off tomorrow morning!” Madam Qian hurriedly said.
She could only hope that the village chief would speak up for her and let her stay with the Wang family on account of the important news she had brought back.
As soon as she said that, the villagers began to discuss heatedly among themselves.
The village chief’s brows knitted even more tightly.
It was not necessarily good to abandon one’s home and flee to another place.
It was said that the drought affected a vast area this time. It was not only Hua An Prefecture but several other prefectures in the surrounding areas were also affected.
Under such hot weather, the villagers would collapse on the road before they even walked out of the disaster area.
However, if they didn’t leave, the situation might very well get worse.
“Village Chief, let’s flee too! You can organize the people of Brook Falls Village to flee together. The more people there are, the more imposing we will be, and it will be safer to walk on the road. I’ll lead the way. I know which way the people of the Qian family’s village will go!”
Madam Qian couldn’t wait to show her value.
As soon as she said that, the villagers began discussing even louder.
“Shut up. Stop saying things to scare people.” The village chief spoke again when he saw the reaction.
His words immediately suppressed the panic at the scene.
“Our Brook Falls Village’s geographical conditions are much better than your Qian family’s village.”
“Qian Youcai, that gutless man, is ready to abandon his hometown with the entire village after such a trivial event. That only shows that he is timid and incapable!
“I, Li Desheng, am different from him.”
As he spoke, the village chief’s gaze swept across everyone’s faces.
“Now, the well in our village is not dry yet. And we can still get water from River Ringwaters.”
“If that’s not enough, there are still a few mountains behind us. If we go into the mountains, we’ll definitely be able to locate a new water source.”
“As long as there’s water, our Brook Falls Village will have a way to live.”
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The village chief’s voice was sonorous and powerful, instantly giving the villagers confidence.
Each and every one of them felt more at ease.
That was right. Their Brook Falls Village had a good geographical location and was close to the town too. It was in a much stronger position than the Qian family’s village.
With that, the village chief looked at Madam Qian.
“Madam Qian, stop trying to scare people and fan the flames of their emotions!”
Madam Qian’s body trembled.
“No… no. Village Chief, I…”
“Gosh! If you don’t want to go, then don’t go!”
“Village Chief, I just want to come back to the Wang family and live with my husband and Dashan.”
“Whether we’re fleeing or staying in Brook Falls Village, I just want to go back to the Wang family!”
“Village Chief, please have some pity on me!” Madam Qian quickly begged.
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A look of irritation flashed across the village chief’s eyes.
In the midst of the crowd’s discussion, the village chief looked at Wang Laoshuan and Wang Dashan.
“What do you guys think?” he asked.
The fact that Madam Qian had returned to Brook Falls Village and even brought news about the Qian family’s village was of some value to him.
After all, the reason he said he wouldn’t leave was he wanted to calm everyone present down.
If they really had no other choice, they would still have to flee Brook Falls Village.
At that point, the information provided by Madam Qian would be useful.
However, it was up to the Wang family to decide whether to take in Madam Qian or not.
After all, Madam Qian returned to seek refuge with the Wang family.
Besides, Madam Qian had done so many things to harm the Wang family. No one could make the Wang family compromise if they refused.
Wang Laoshuan couldn’t answer and looked at Wang Dashan instead.
Wang Dashan frowned. He wanted to refuse but was too embarrassed to do so due to his status as Madam Qian’s son.
“What do you mean? This bitch has been divorced by our Wang family long ago. She has nothing to do with our Wang family!”
“Oh, now that she was thrown out by the Qian family, she thought of our Wang family? Do you think our Wang family is a bunch of trash collectors?” Old Grandma Wang quickly opened her mouth.
She won the unanimous approval of the villagers.
They had all heard about the feud between the Wang family and the Qian family.
This matter was indeed Madam Qian’s fault.
Now that Madam Qian had fallen to such a state, it could be said that she had gotten her just deserts. There was no reason for the Wang family to suffer the consequences.
The village chief frowned and glanced at Old Grandma Wang, but he didn’t say anything.
Seeing this, Madam Qian became anxious.
“Village Chief, Village Chief, please help me! I… I swear I will definitely change in the future! I mean it!” As she spoke, she raised four fingers to the sky.
Old Grandma Wang spat on the ground straight away.
“Ptooey!”
“Can anything that comes out of your mouth be trusted, you bitch?”
“You want to come back? Sure!”