nycdaug Chapter 153: Money is yours
Chapter 153: Money is yours
Yue Niang and Dayan Niang were quick-witted and caught the man in no time.
"Let me go! You're going to kill my son! Damn it! Is there no law in this exile zone? Is there no one to stop you from harming my son like this?"
Longlong's mother cried as if the sky was falling.
Shen Yitian's head was buzzing because of her crying, so she turned around and shouted at her to shut up.
Some smart ones just ran to find the village chief, and Maidong just walked over slowly now.
He remained calm even when he heard people cursing from afar. It was normal for exiled prisoners to cause trouble.
He was also afraid that these people would not cause trouble. If they did not cause trouble, how would he punish them and how would he make more money?
But when he saw that Longlong's mother was scolding Shen Yitian, his slow pace suddenly turned into a jog.
While running, I was secretly regretting why I took so long to come over.
If he had come earlier, could he have stopped this crazy woman from scolding Shen Yitian, and would that have made Miss Shen have a better impression of him?
"What are you arguing about? The house hasn't been built yet, and you haven't handed in today's catch yet. You still have time to curse here!" He walked over and started scolding Longlong's mother, Yue Niang and others.
Then he turned to look at Shen Yitian, with a greasy, sickening smile on his old face: "Miss Shen, why are you still here? Someone just delivered your catch to me. You can go home now."
How could such a rich man mix with these exiled prisoners?
Shen Yitian hummed through her nose, put down Longlong who had just been helped up, and asked, "Village Chief, are there many mango trees in this village?"
"Mango tree?" Maidong looked confused and had no idea what Shen Yitian was talking about.
"The fruit grows like this, and it turns yellow when ripe." Shen Yitian pointed to the picture she had just drawn and showed it to Maidong.
Maidong took a look and then slapped his thigh: "Oh, this, this is honeysuckle, is it also called mango?"
Seeing his expression, Shen Yitian realized that the people in Maoer Village don’t call mangoes mangoes.
"There are not many honeysuckle trees in the village, only two in total. But this thing is very strange. One matures in the hottest time, and the other has just matured now. Moreover, some people can't eat this thing. People in our village generally don't dare to eat it." Maidong slowly explained to Shen Yitian.
Not only did he say this, he even said: "This tree was brought back from another place by an uncle of my father's generation. When he planted it, he said that some people can't eat it, and eating it improperly can be fatal."
What he didn't say was that the mango took many years to grow before it started to bear fruit. By that time, the uncle had already moved away with his family and no longer lived in the village. Many people had forgotten what he said.
When the fruit ripened in the first year, there were not many fruits. Many people in the village wanted to try picking them, but only those who went early could pick a few.
Among those people, one of them swelled up all over after eating it and died before the doctor arrived.
From then on, they would not eat the honey seeds unless they were extremely hungry.
After listening to Maidong's words, Shen Yitian roughly understood that at that time, even in Lingnan, mango was not a common fruit.
"Look at this child, he must have eaten honey seeds." Shen Yitian squatted down again and helped Longlong up.
"Ah?" Maidong exclaimed and quickly squatted down to look.
The child's lips were swollen, and there were many red and swollen lumps on his body and face.
"It does look like it, but the honeysuckle tree is still over there. How did you find it?" Maidong was a little curious.
At this time, the little girl that Shen Yitian had just questioned spoke timidly again.
"It was Fugui'er and Song Xia'er. They went to collect firewood and picked up this fruit to eat. Brother Longlong saw them eating it, so he followed them and picked up some. He wouldn't let us go, and he wouldn't share what he found with us. He only gave us one each and asked us to taste it and see how it tasted."
The little girl spoke very clearly, and in just a few words she made everyone understand the whole story.
At this time, the prisoners who left their children here were extremely grateful.
Fortunately, their child didn’t eat much, otherwise he would have fainted like Longlong.
Only Shen Yitian knew that Longlong had an allergic reaction because he ate too much, but the other children were not allergic to mangoes. Otherwise, they would have allergic symptoms even if they just took a bite, but the symptoms would be milder.
Everyone was feeling relieved, but Longlong's mother jumped three feet high again.
"Well, you Yue Niang, I told you that you wanted to kill my Long Long. He's the only male in our family. You vicious woman, you wanted to kill Long Long!"
"You must be crazy." Yue Niang looked at her with disgust and took half a step back.
This person seems a little crazy. She needs to stay away from him so as not to infect him.
"It was you who asked Fuguier to deliberately pick the fruit that would kill people, so Longlong went to pick it and said it wasn't you!" Longlong's mother said reasonably.
"You are sick. I have never even seen that fruit." Yue Niang said with a pah.
Daya Niang also helped her, saying, "Yes, Yue Niang has been with everyone since she came to the village. How could she possibly know that there is a fruit that can kill people if eaten?"
It's all just a coincidence.
Shen Yitian glanced at Dayaniang. This person never used to meddle in other people's business, but recently she often came out to help Yueniang.
Yue Niang and Shen Yitian could guess what she was thinking.
But she didn't have any bad intentions. Sometimes it was a good thing for people to be a little profit-seeking, and Shen Yitian didn't reject it.
"Shut up, everyone. I'm telling you now that you can't eat the honeysuckle casually. If anyone dies from eating it in the future, don't blame me." Maidong's head was buzzing with their noise, and he roared angrily.
"Now hurry up and find a way to build a house. If you can't find building materials, you can buy them from me. No one is allowed to make any more noise. If anyone makes any more noise, I will have the guards come over and beat you with a stick."
When Maidong raises his voice, it's like a gong being struck, and it hurts people's eardrums.
Then he looked at Dongdong who was still lying on the ground. At this time, Dongdong had taken the anti-allergic medicine given by Shen Yitian for a while.
Although the red bumps on my mouth, face and body have not disappeared yet, they are no longer swollen and the redness on the bumps has faded a little.
"It doesn't look serious. I'll just get some herbal medicine to drink later. Just bring the money to buy it," he added.
As expected, he is Maidong. He can make money just by opening his mouth. Shen Yitian is a little convinced.
Yue Niang didn't have the energy to argue with Long Long Niang anymore. She looked around, but there was still no sign of Fugui'er and Song Xia'er. Could it be that these two children were allergic to the mangoes and fainted in a corner?