Liu Yuanwai made a temporary purchase, and Yi Mingxue immediately went to the fields to pick another hundred pounds and came back.

Li Cong and others worked together with the Liu family's servants to quickly load 600 kilograms of watermelon and transport it away.

Yi Mingxue's melons were sold directly for 40%.

Moreover, nearly fifty taels of silver were recorded on the spot.

This made other people in the village jealous.

Especially those who were the followers of Village Chief Li. Not only did they lose money, but all their hard work for so long was in vain.

If I had known this, I should have followed Yi Daya to plant rice.

Many villagers complained, and Village Chief Li's prestige in the village plummeted again.

There is a sharp contrast between the two groups of people in Dahe Village.

However, early the next morning.

Yi Mingxue realized something was wrong.

There was a thief in her melon field!

Although the melon thief was very cautious and only followed the path where he picked the melons yesterday.

But when Yi Mingxue and others picked melons, they always cut them with a knife.

The incisions left by the two picking methods are completely different.

If you weren't careful, he would have stolen it quietly.

Yi Mingxue didn't say anything. She just went home and brought a few animal traps and buried them around the melon field.

Early on the third day, Yi Mingxue went to the melon field again.

Now, the melon thief became more and more unscrupulous.

Not only did he steal a lot of her melons, but he also destroyed a lot of her melons and vines.

Now, even the two ghosts Yi Tianlei and Yi Changle could see it.

"Sister, is someone causing trouble?"

Yi Changle had a small face and said in a solemn tone.

Yi Mingxue nodded.

Then he went to check the bear trap he had laid in ambush.

It turned out that there was a pool of blood on the animal trap leading to the back mountain.

The blood stains haven't dried yet, so I guess they were left last night.

"What should I do? How about I come to the melon field to build a floor covering at night."

Yi Tianlei has a simple mind, and the only way he can think of is to stay in the melon field day and night.

Yi Mingxue shook her head.

She stood up and looked in the direction of the mountain behind, with a thoughtful look on her face.

That night, she added a circle of traps around the melon field.

But on the fourth day, the melon thief not only continued to steal melons, but also chopped up dozens of large watermelons as if to deliberately destroy them.

Not only that, Li Cong also hurried to find her.

"Da Ya! It's not good! Somebody has pulled out all the rice in your field."

"What?!"

As a result, Carrot Ding was shocked.

Everyone hurried to the Yi family's fields.

I saw that all the rice seedlings that had grown up to thighs were artificially pulled out.

And very maliciously, he threw it under the field aside.

The ditch originally used for water discharge has also been dug.

"Who...is this person actually doing such an immoral thing?" Li Cong said angrily.

Soon, the Ge brothers, Zhu Boniang and others also rushed over after hearing the news.

Everyone helped Yi Mingxue make amends.

At the same time, I couldn't help but scold the miscreant.

But Yi Mingxue has offended too many people during this period.

For a moment, no one was sure who did it.

During the conversation, Aunt Zhu was hesitant.

"Da Ya, actually I shouldn't have said this to you. But in the past few days, some rumors about you have been spreading like wildfire."

Yi Mingxue couldn't help but look at Aunt Zhu.

"What rumor?"

In fact, the gossip about her has never stopped.

But for Zhu Auntie to remind her specifically, it must have been a bit unpleasant.

"Let's just say that your money came from a shady way and you like to show off your viciousness. You must be doing some bad things outside."

Yi Mingxue raised her eyebrows, "That's all?"

Zhu Boniang was silent for a moment, "Not only that, but also the fact that you wanted to sell Qing Qing to a brothel and beat up your uncle's family. They were all told. Even..."

"Even what?"

"Even... you are said to be unruly, hanging out with young men from several villages all day long, even older middle-aged farmers. You must be a promiscuous person by nature, and you are a... frivolous person!"

After Zhu Boniang finished speaking, she also started to get angry.

"I heard it, and naturally I helped you defend it. But many people don't know you at all, and they just spread rumors to cause trouble. Now your reputation is worse than before."

After hearing what Zhu Auntie said, everyone was so angry that their teeth itched.

Yi Tianlei clenched his little fists loudly.

"Who are these people who are spreading rumors and causing trouble?! I must go find them today to find out!"

Li Cong also stood by and complained, "These people are talking nonsense. I think they are just greedy for making money."

"Actually..." At this time, Ge Er suddenly said.

"I went to the town yesterday and heard a lot of rumors. There were also some people who didn't know the truth and were deceived. They said that they would punish rape and eliminate evil when they see Da Ya in the future, and do justice for heaven."

"I think these people are probably crazy!" At this time, even Uncle Zhu, who had always been taciturn, couldn't listen anymore.

But Yi Changle on the side noticed the clue.

"That's not right! My eldest sister's reputation used to be so bad, but it's not as serious as it is now. This matter clearly shows that someone is behind it."

"Is it Village Chief Li?" Yi Tianlei answered quickly.

"It's also possible that they are from Longmen Village." Zhu Boniang added.

"What should I do? Sister." Yi Changle looked at Yi Mingxue worriedly.

However, I saw that there was not much color on the face of the person involved.

Instead, he quickly planted the still intact rice seedlings back into the fields.

"Nothing to do. You three and four go to the melon fields. Pick up the damaged watermelons and take all the intact ones back to the village. I'll treat you all to some watermelons in the afternoon."

Only then did everyone realize that not only her rice fields, but also her melon fields had been destroyed.

"This is too much!" Li Cong said bitterly, "Da Ya, are you planning to just let it go?"

Yi Mingxue did not answer him directly.

Instead, he took a deep look at the direction of the back mountain.

Then she looked at the Ge brothers aside and said, "Brother Ge, are you going to the town later?"

Ge Da didn't know why, but he still nodded.

"Then please, Brother Ge, please do me a favor..."

After dealing with the mess in the fields, the group returned to the village.

The first thing I did after returning home was to share the destroyed watermelons with Li Cong, Zhu Boniang, the Ge brothers and others.

Yi Mingxue even gave half to Carpenter Wang and Liu Er's mother each.

Back in the yard of Yi's house, Li Cong had been waiting for her at the door.

I saw that she was always calm and didn't show any signs of trouble to those who caused trouble.

He couldn't help but said anxiously, "Are you afraid that you are weak and not their opponent?"

Before Yi Mingxue could speak, he patted his chest again.

"Nowadays, many people in the village want to follow you in planting melons and rice. As long as you make some use of it, I believe the situation will get better."

Yi Mingxue knew that he was doing it for her own good.

But unless the cancer is eradicated, it is impossible to completely eradicate such villainous tricks behind the scenes.

She glanced at the eavesdropper by the wall seemingly unintentionally.

He slowly said, "No hurry, just wait a moment."


Chapter completed!