Chapter 376

Han Dahe was furious.

"Dazhuang, when did you hear people in the village say I was human trash?"

Wan Ping'an's anger rose in his heart.

He dared to conclude that it must be the work of the beasts.

Either Jia Zhangshi, or Yi Zhonghai, or perhaps the Deaf Old Lady—they were the biggest suspects; of course, it could also be a love rival.

Qin Huairu was the best-looking girl in the dozen or so villages around.

Before Qin Huairu was even an adult, many people came to propose marriage, and many people were eyeing this delicate flower!

She had a partner.

Those who eyed her would all treat her partner, Wan Ping'an, as a love rival.

Wan Ping'an being good with Qin Huairu came at the cost of having a group of love rivals; it might have been one of them who did this.

"It seems like it was half a month ago."

"At first, only a few people said it, but soon everyone in the village was saying it."

"Sister Qin's parents even had a fight with those people, and when they got home, they locked Sister Qin up; every day, there is someone at home watching Sister Qin."

Wan Ping'an's question.

Li Dazhuang answered one by one.

But the information he knew was limited; he didn't know who started the rumors, didn't know who said it first, and was basically clueless.

"Dazhuang, thank you!"

"It's almost noon, stay for lunch!"

"Seeing Shazhu, stop eavesdropping; if you eavesdrop again, I'll punish you with the night shift—why aren't you going to make lunch yet?"

Wan Ping'an glared at Seeing Shazhu not far away.

Seeing Shazhu smiled awkwardly.

Go catch a chicken!

Wan Ping'an never treated his subordinates poorly; there was a meat dish every day.

"No need, I'll go back and eat!"

Li Dazhuang was a bit shy.

"It's almost noon, by the time you get home it will be afternoon, and you'll have missed lunch long ago."

"Here, take this!"

Wan Ping'an gave Li Dazhuang another five yuan.

Li Dazhuang was stunned; this was five yuan!

His family of six worked themselves to the bone, and at the end of the year, they could only save twenty or thirty yuan, and that was only in a year with good weather and a big harvest.

In a disaster year, not only could they not save a cent, but they would also go hungry!

"I can't take it!"

"When I came, Sister Qin gave me five jiao!"

Li Dazhuang didn't dare to take it.

It wasn't that he didn't want to.

"I'm giving it to you, so take it!"

Wan Ping'an stuffed it into Li Dazhuang's hand.

"When you go back, help me bring a message to Huairu: tell her to stay at home with peace of mind, just treat it as a vacation, and I will resolve this predicament as soon as possible!"

Wan Ping'an instructed.

Only then did Li Dazhuang happily accept the money, hiding it carefully against his body, and touching it from time to time; it was the first time he had such a huge sum of money!

"Ping'an, I have an old friend in Qin Village who is quite capable; should I ask him to help investigate?"

Han Dahe slapped his thigh.

"Fine!"

Wan Ping'an nodded.

"Little guy, do you know Liu Mazi?"

Han Dahe looked at Li Dazhuang.

"I know him!"

"As long as you know him, go back to the village and tell him that Han Dahe is looking for him, and ask him to come over tomorrow."

"Fine, I will definitely bring the message."

While the three were talking.

Lunch was ready.

Wan Ping'an, Han Dahe, Cai Quanwu, and Li Dazhuang sat at one table.

Seeing Shazhu and the others sat at another table.

Just as they sat down.

Li Dazhuang was stunned; was this a whole stewed chicken?

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he last ate meat; maybe several months?

Even if they ate meat during festivals, they could only eat a tiny bit to get between their teeth and satisfy their craving; it was impossible to have a whole basin of stewed chicken like this!

Was this life too good?

He was now certain that what was circulating in the village must be rumors.

If Wan Ping'an were really as the rumors said, how could he casually eat a whole chicken?

"Come on, don't be polite!"

Wan Ping'an treated Li Dazhuang.

The next morning.

A little old man about the same age as Han Dahe, with many pockmarks on his face, found the six acres of land and chatted happily with Han Dahe.

"Liu Mazi, let me introduce you: this is Wan Ping'an, the owner of the six acres of land; I'm currently following Ping'an to make a living!"

Han Dahe introduced him.

Liu Mazi looked at Wan Ping'an strangely.

Of course he had heard the rumors in the village; there were many versions, but they could be summarized in one sentence: Wan Ping'an was a piece of human trash who committed all kinds of evil.

But he was an old fox.

At the first meeting, at the first glance, he knew it must be a rumor, and someone was splashing dirty water on Wan Ping'an.

A person's eyes.

A person's temperament.

It's hard to disguise!

"If you don't mind, you can just call me Liu Mazi, just like Old Han!"

Liu Mazi smiled and spoke first.

"That won't do, I'd better call you Liu Laoyezi!"

Wan Ping'an responded with a smile as well.

"Mazi, I believe you've guessed it; I asked you to come over because I want to ferret out the person spreading the rumors and return the truth to Ping'an!"

Han Dahe didn't stand on ceremony with Liu Mazi and went straight to the point.

"No problem, Old Han, since you've asked, I'll definitely ferret out the person spreading the rumors."

Liu Mazi patted his chest in assurance.

It could be seen that the two had a very solid relationship.

When Han Dahe asked Liu Mazi to do something, he just asked directly, without needing to negotiate conditions.

"Liu Laoyezi, I plan to expand the scale of planting and breeding, and I need to increase manpower; are you willing to come over?"

Wan Ping'an extended an invitation.

He could see that Liu Mazi wasn't simple.

He wanted to do big things and needed a large group of capable people to assist him.

Liu Mazi was old and couldn't do any specific work, but his experience was still there; as long as he could take the lead, that would be enough.

"I'm old, I don't want to toss and turn anymore."

"My grandson, Liu Erdan, has nothing to do at home and hasn't married a wife; do you think he could come?"