Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space

”Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle, you both go back, I’ll handle this.”

”Xiao Qiao, what can you handle? We know it’s hard for you, it’s okay. Let Gui Zi take care of it.”

Li Yunqiao felt really ashamed. But genuinely moved, the elderly were worried about him.

”Second Uncle, it’s alright, I’m also from Li Family Village.”

A group of people stood by the car, and the two elderly men, their chests covered with medals, shakily approached Xing Zhibin and the others. Li Yunqiao and his brother had no choice — who stirred up the ancestors?

”Comrade, although we’re old and useless, as long as we’re alive, no one can bully people from Li Family Village.”

Xing Zhibin quickly put on a flattering smile, ”Old leader, we won’t, we really just came to investigate. We’ll definitely give you an explanation today.”

”I believe you, and the country.”

This escalated to a national level, Xing Zhibin groaned inwardly.

”Uncles, I’ll take you back,” Li Yunqiao supported the elder, wanting to leave.

Cheng Lin realized this wasn’t working, it wasn’t as Feifei said, ”Uncle Ancestor, they want to drive and hit us.”

”Who? Come out.”

Li Yungui glared at his son, ”Uncle, it’s alright, that person has already been punished. The leaders came with difficulty, they’re all very busy. Let’s solve the issue first.”

”Cowards, letting your kid get bullied and staying silent.”

”Uncle, I’m a coward.”

”No, I have to go with you to see. Old fellows, let’s go, the brigade is waiting for them.”

This made Cheng Lin satisfied, obediently following beside the elder.

Xing Zhibin thought coming to Li Family Village was indeed not easy. Goodness, it was one hurdle after another; he wondered if they could smoothly reach the brigade.

Hurry up and resolve it. The meeting earlier was a waste; who could have thought about these two old relics from Li Family Village?

This time, he could only handle things gently.

If Cheng Lin could read minds, he would surely admire Feifei; it was exactly as she said.

Wei Kaiyun just walked on the side, having already sent Guodong away. This wasn’t something he could be involved in.

They finally reached the brigade; two cars and a team of ten moved slower than snails. It’s not that they didn’t want to be fast; actually, they were more eager than anyone, but a few elderly folk were walking in front.

Not daring to surpass them, it felt truly suffocating.

Li Yungui invited the elderly to sit and asked the children to bring stools from their homes. After all, they couldn’t have the elders stand, right?

”Village Chief Li, stop bustling. Where are those people you’ve detained?”

Xing Zhibin didn’t say ”imprisoned,” instead used ”detained,” which changed the nature of what happened.

”Director Xing, do you want to see the captain first, or those ten people?”

”Let’s see those ten people first; I don’t want to hear lies.”

The way Xing Zhibin phrased it made those who came along exchange glances — leadership was very dissatisfied with that individual.

Li Yungui personally went over to bring the ten over.

These ten people had already washed up in the morning and had a hot breakfast. Although their mental state wasn’t great, it was still alright. Even the six who were bruised weren’t too dejected.

Xing Zhibin was quite satisfied with what he saw.

”One by one, start talking from yesterday’s events. The second person fills in any gaps. After everyone agrees, sign and put your fingerprints.

Also, I hope you speak the truth. Think of your identities.

Alright, let’s begin. Recorders, take notes.”

What they said didn’t differ much from Li Yungui’s account yesterday, except for the process of Yan Shuping going to report.

Li Yungui listened, gritting his teeth — what a damn ungrateful person, genuinely treating her like a human, but she went to the livestock pen.

The first speaker was one of those beaten. He talked about the situation at the time, ultimately pushing all responsibility onto Zhou Qiang. As for the six beaten, they all aligned their stories, saying they saw the captain being hit, went to help, and got beaten too.

The ones who weren’t beaten, four of them, added that Zhou Qiang told them to wait at the pig farm, rush in, and kill any pigs they saw.

Li Yungui flushed as he shot up from his seat.

”Sit down,” Li Yunqiao calmly said, and Li Yungui obediently sat down.

This matter was now more than halfway through interrogation.

The ten signed and fingerprinted. Xing Zhibin didn’t let them leave but had Li Yungui push Zhou Qiang over.

Upon seeing the county and city leaders, Zhou Qiang immediately cried out about his grievances.

What he said greatly differed from Li Yungui and the ten people, but anyone could tell he was lying. Actually, the highest form of lying is half-truths, which are more convincing, but Zhou Qiang completely shirked his responsibility.

Xing Zhibin shook his head, realizing Zhou hadn’t thought it through — truly squandering his family’s standing? Now it dawned on him, his family sent him to this small place as an abandonment.

In the room, only Zhou Qiang spoke, while the rest were silent.

From last night till now, Zhou Qiang hadn’t had a sip of water. Coupled with the beating, Old Yang’s methods, he was truly scared. But he wasn’t a man for the season.

When he finally stopped, Xing Zhibin spoke, ”Comrade Zhou, you’re not the only one who experienced it, your ten subordinates and over three hundred people in Li Family Village did too.”

The implication was that if he lied, he should at least make it sound more credible; such disparity with everyone’s account wouldn’t convince anyone.

”Leader, what I said is all true.”

Xing Zhibin regarded him as a fool, ”You’re the last we’re interrogating. Do you think we’d believe your story over everyone else’s?”

Zhou Qiang glared fiercely at his ten people brought here.

Cheng Lin was right by the elder’s side.

”Kid, go hit him, dare you?”

The kid had no fear, grabbing a stick, rushing forward, and swung it at Zhou Qiang.

Zhou Qiang assumed he had backing. He fought back. You couldn’t blame him; anyone getting hit would react the same.

Hongling and Dapeng saw Cheng Lin was at a disadvantage, and immediately over ten kids rushed up.

Xing Zhibin watched the scene, feeling a headache coming.

”Stop, hitting is wrong.”

His words were completely ignored by the kids, the sticks fell like raindrops.

Li Yunqiao also stood up, ”Everyone, come back.”

Finally, a few kids reluctantly stopped.

”You all go outside.”

They didn’t heed others’ words, but Li Yunqiao’s they dared not defy, all left with heads down.

Zhou Qiang, beaten even harsher all over, moaned, ”Leader, you have to stand up for me; they’re breaking the law.”

Xing Zhibin simply looked at Zhou Qiang, ”I heard you don’t acknowledge the city’s application they gave you?”