tkworld Chapter 347 The Rumor Monger Reaps What He Sows, Thrown into the Ditch Behind the Mountain
Chapter 347 The Rumor Monger Reaps What He Sows, Thrown into the Ditch Behind the Mountain
After the rain, the sun shone brightly.
The air throughout Jiangjia Village was filled with the ecstatic joy of surviving a catastrophe.
The villagers' reverence for Jiang Chen had reached an extremely fanatical level.
The villagers from the neighboring village who were rescued brought him free-range eggs and cured pork, which piled up into a small mountain in Jiang Chen's yard.
Jiang Chen didn't even glance at it.
His gaze passed through the noisy crowd and settled on the big locust tree at the village entrance.
The two trembling figures huddled in the corner were Jiang Jianwen and the so-called Blind Wang.
The two were terrified by what they saw last night and what happened this morning.
Their legs were as weak as noodles, and they couldn't even muster the strength to run away.
Jiang Chen picked up the purple clay teapot and gently blew away the floating tea leaves.
He gestured to Wang Dagou, who was maintaining order nearby.
"go."
"Bring those two fortune tellers, and that guy who's a mudfish, over here."
Wang Dagou had been waiting for these words, and his face was full of sinister smiles.
"Okay, Brother Chen!"
With a wave of his hand, the four burly security guards behind him immediately set off.
They quickly crossed the open space and surrounded the large locust tree.
"Ah! Don't arrest me! It's not my fault!"
Upon seeing this scene, Blind Wang let out a piercing scream and turned to flee.
But his body, weakened by wine and women, was no match for these strong young men.
He hadn't run two steps when someone grabbed him from behind by the collar of his Taoist robe and lifted him up like a chick.
Jiang Jianwen was deathly pale, slumped on the ground, muttering tremblingly that it was all over.
Jiang Gundao, who thought he was well hidden behind a haystack, was dragged out by two security guards who were holding his arms.
Less than half a minute.
These three individuals who attempted to incite the villagers were all thrown into the center of the village committee compound's square.
Blind Wang was the first to give up.
He looked down at Jiang Chen, who was standing on the steps, and his knees buckled, causing him to kneel on the ground.
"Uncle Jiang! Immortal Jiang! I was blind to your greatness, I was blinded by greed!"
He cried and screamed as he slapped himself repeatedly across the face.
"It's all his fault! It's all that pedantic scholar Jiang Jianwen's fault! He's the one who tricked me into coming here!"
"He said if I came over and said a few nonsense things, he'd give me another five hundred dollars!"
Jiang Jianwen, who was standing next to him, was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He pointed at Wang the Blind and cursed him.
"You charlatan! You're slandering me!"
Jiang Gundao also knelt down, clutching his head and wailing.
"Brother Chen! I was wrong! I was also misled by those two; I was just one of the instigators!"
Looking at the three ugly things at his feet, Jiang Chen showed no emotion.
He took a leisurely sip of tea.
The warm tea slid down my throat, bringing a sense of comfort.
He spoke calmly, his tone soft, yet his words reached clearly to everyone in the square.
"Didn't you say I severed the dragon vein of Jiangjia Village?"
Upon hearing this, the three people froze and lowered their heads even further.
Jiang Chen's expression grew increasingly cold and stern.
"Since you understand feng shui so well and are so concerned about the dragon veins."
"Then the three of you go to that old, stinky ditch at the very bottom of the back mountain now."
"Use your own hands to reconnect the severed dragon vein for the entire village."
The square immediately fell silent upon hearing this.
All the villagers were stunned.
That old, stinking ditch behind the mountain is a place even stray dogs don't want to go near.
From the day people started living in the village, every household poured their foot-washing water and leftover soup into that ditch.
For decades, the silt in that ditch has been shiny black and sticky like glue.
The smell it emitted was a hundred times more pungent than even the stinkiest outhouse.
Are you going to send these three people to dig that ditch?
This punishment was like throwing them into the depths of hell.
Jiang Jianwen was the first to lose his temper. He raised his head, his face, which he considered to be that of a scholar, turning bright red.
"Jiang Chen! You can't do this! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
"I'm your elder, after all!"
A crisp slap rang out.
His response was a resounding slap from Wang Dagou.
Wang Dagou's slap was extremely powerful, making Jiang Jianwen spin around on the spot.
Half of the other person's face swelled up rapidly, and blood seeped from the corner of their mouth.
"elder?"
Wang Dagou spat and pointed at Jiang Jianwen's nose, cursing him.
"When you spread rumors and incited others to harm the entire village, did you never consider that you were an elder?"
"Trying to act high and mighty with our Brother Chen now? You think you're worthy!"
After saying that, he didn't give the three people any chance to react.
He pulled three rusty shovels from the tool shed and threw them at their feet.
"Walk!"
Wang Dagou kicked each of the three howling bastards towards the back mountain, as if kicking a sack.
"No! I don't want to go! People die there!"
"Jiang Chen, you little beast! You'll die a horrible death!"
Jiang Jianwen was still making a last-ditch effort, spewing profanities.
Wang Dagou snorted coldly and turned to look at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen remained expressionless, simply gesturing for them to proceed.
Wang Dagou immediately understood.
He walked up to Jiang Jianwen and suddenly grabbed the other man's collar.
With his other hand, he grabbed at the mouth that was spewing feces without any hesitation.
With a crack.
Two of Jiang Jianwen's yellowed teeth were knocked out in one fell swoop.
Jiang Jianwen was in so much pain that tears and snot streamed down his face, and he could no longer utter a complete syllable.
The remaining Blind Wang and Rolling Knife Jiang fell silent upon witnessing this scene.
They were trembling so badly they didn't dare utter a sound.
Soon, the three men were escorted to the side of that old, filthy ditch that reeked of an overwhelming stench.
Wang Dagou kicked them three times, sending them all plunging into the bottomless mud.
Jiang Jianwen, a scholar who usually loved cleanliness, was the first to suffer.
He stepped down, and the cold, hard, sticky black mud immediately went up to his calves.
An indescribable, pungent smell filled his nostrils.
Jiang Jianwen bent over, leaning against the edge of the ditch, and vomited violently.
Wang Dagou leisurely moved a small stool over and sat on the bank with a wooden stick in his hand.
"dig!"
"Anyone who dares to slack off, I'll shove their head into the mud and let them drink their fill!"
The scorching sun beat down overhead.
The three men, their faces contorted with grief, began their journey to connect with the dragon vein amidst the stench.
The news quickly spread throughout the village.
People of all ages stop to walk past.
They covered their noses and spat fiercely at the figure at the bottom of the ditch.
"Pah! Serves you right!"
"You deserve to be stuck in the mud for spreading such malicious rumors!"
"That's what you call getting what you deserve, retribution!"
Jiang Chen's methods were like an iron hammer, striking hard into the hearts of every villager.
Those who still harbored superstitious beliefs or wanted to take advantage of others were completely stunned at this moment.
From this day forward, Jiang Chen's words will be the unshakeable rule in Jiangjia Village.
Jiangjia Village has become an impenetrable fortress.
. . .
Just as the three of them were fighting in the stinking ditch until the evening of the next day.
The system notification arrived belatedly in Jiang Chen's mind.
The host was detected punishing villains and eliminating their pernicious influence, thus thoroughly consolidating the family's core values.
This behavior plays a crucial role in the long-term stability and prosperity of the family.
The system has determined that the situation has been corrected.
Congratulations, host, you have obtained: a complete set of planning drawings for a provincial-level agricultural high-tech demonstration base.
In the blink of an eye, countless pieces of information about the future of agriculture flooded into Jiang Chen's mind.
From soil improvement and smart irrigation to gene breeding, the vast amount of knowledge is extremely detailed.
Jiang Chen's eyes flickered slightly.
This reward comes at just the right time.
He is planning to upgrade the Houshan Ecological Park.
With these blueprints, he could completely transform Jiangjia Village into a leading agricultural empire in the country.
Just as he was planning his blueprint, his phone rang.
It was my mother, Wang Xiuying, calling.
"Chenzi, do you remember your cousin Xuewen, who's studying at university in the provincial capital?"
"He came back today, and he brought a few classmates with him. They said they're coming to our factory for some kind of social practice!"