Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 314 Is there anything wrong with being ugly?
"What do they want to do?" Liu Qingsong asked Li Fenfen with a frown.

"I don't know." Li Fenfen shook her head.

But she soon found out.

It turned out that the two middle-aged villagers jumped into the yellow mud pond and dived into the water. After taking a few breaths, they opened the gate.

As soon as the gate was opened, all the pond water flowed out from the ring hole of the dam.

Because the amount of water was so large, the farmland near the dam was instantly flooded.

After Li Fenfen realized what was happening, she was so angry that she yelled, "Wu Tianping, what do you mean by that? You've released all the water from the yellow mud pond. What will we use to irrigate the crops in the future?"

"Hmph! Are you qualified to say that?" Wu Tianping sneered and replied, "Don't forget, this yellow mud pond belongs to the sweet potato production team. The land under your feet also belongs to the sweet potato production team. It's none of your business what I want to do."

"That's right. Don't think we're afraid of you, the Li family, just because you're so powerful. At worst we can just go our separate ways and no one will be able to use the water from this yellow mud pond." An elderly and injured villager said angrily.

His injury was caused by Li Bayi during the previous fight for water source, so this time with Wu Tianping standing up for him, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

Of course, the more important point is that the water from the Huangni Pond will flow to some fish ponds downstream. Their sweet potato production team is just downstream, so there is no loss at all.

But the Li family would suffer a great loss, because if there was no water in Huangnitang, all the farmland upstream would undoubtedly die.

"You...you are simply unreasonable!" Li Fenfen stomped her feet in anger when she heard the words.

Liu Qingsong also frowned: "Is this Huangnitang really from the sweet potato production team?"

"Well, Wu Tianping didn't lie to you." Li Fenfen confirmed: "But the water source is shared by the three teams. This was agreed upon before liberation. All the elders in the village know it."

"You mean, it was just a verbal agreement? There's no written evidence or anything like that?" Liu Qingsong asked.

"Yes." Li Fenfen nodded, otherwise, Wu Tianping would never dare to be so arrogant.

"Then don't worry about this matter from now on." Liu Qingsong said in a low voice when he saw many villagers coming over as the water from the Huangni Pond was released.

"I don't care. We are about to plant rice. All the water in the Yellow Mud Pond has been drained. How will the Li family irrigate the rice seedlings in the future?" Li Fenfen put down the beehive on her shoulder anxiously. "I must make Wu Tianping stop, otherwise the Li family will not be able to hold their heads up in Huang'ao Ridge in the future."

"This won't happen. Just listen to me." Liu Qingsong held Li Fenfen and said in a low voice, "You may not have noticed that Wu Tianping secretly released all the water from the yellow mud pond during the rice planting season. That's against the law."

"As long as we report the case, Wu Tianping will have to spend at least three years in prison."

"And once Wu Tianping is arrested, the water source issue will naturally be resolved."

In the 1970s and 1980s in Songmu Commune, if villagers secretly released all the water for irrigating crops, they would be arrested and imprisoned, and in serious cases they would even be shot.

This is not alarmist, but a fact.

After all, most farmers depend on the crops in the fields for their annual income. If the crops die due to lack of water, one can imagine how serious the consequences will be.

"But Huangnitang belongs to their sweet potato production team! It doesn't seem illegal for Wu Tianping to drain the water from his own team, right?" Li Fenfen expressed her concerns.

"Why don't we go to the police station and find out whether it is illegal or not?" Liu Qingsong said with a smile.

It may be useless for others to report the case, but if he reports the case, the relevant leaders will definitely take it seriously.

Another point is that with so many villagers present, it would be useless even if he used force to capture Wu Tianping. It might even cause the villagers of the sweet potato production team to riot.

and so--

Think carefully and weigh the pros and cons.

Reporting the case is his best option at the moment.

"That's true." Li Fenfen nodded. Seeing that it was already dark, she could not stop Wu Tianping from draining the water from the yellow mud pond. So she picked up the beehives and left with Liu Qingsong.

Wu Tianping was somewhat surprised when he saw this. After all, he thought Liu Qingsong would go into the water to stop his men from opening the sluice gates to release water, and then give him the opportunity to escalate the conflict between the sweet potato production team and the Li family.

And now Liu Qingsong just left without caring about anything.

This was really weird for him.

In order to avoid any accidents, he said something to the two villagers beside him and ran quickly towards the pine forest.

……

After Liu Qingsong drove the sidecar carrying Li Fenfen away from Huangaoling, the sky became completely dark.

With no other options, he had to slow down the speed of the tricycle.

However, when we finally arrived at the gate of Songmu Police Station, it was locked.

After asking the residents living nearby, I learned that all the police officers from the police station were dispatched to the Red Star Fertilizer Factory to maintain order today. There would definitely be no one on duty so late today.

Liu Qingsong had no choice but to drive his sidecar to the Dongfanghong Farmers' Market after thinking about it. He borrowed the phone in his second sister's office to call Secretary Chen.

Secretary Chen hasn't gotten off work yet.

After hearing what Liu Qingsong said on the phone, he was shocked: "Qingsong, tell Li Fenfen not to worry. If Wu Tianping dares to release the water from the Yellow Mud Pond because of a personal grudge, I will make him pay the price."

"Don't worry about what happens next. I'll call Wang Demao and ask him to bring a team of militiamen to deal with it."

Liu Qingsong: "Okay! But you have to ask Director Wang to be careful. There are quite a lot of villagers around Wu Tianping. I'm afraid he will suffer if a group fight breaks out."

Secretary Chen: "Hahahaha... The militiamen under Wang Demao have guns. Would they be afraid of Wu Tianping's large numbers?"

Liu Qingsong: "What if Wu Tianping also has a gun?"

Secretary Chen: "This..."

Liu Qingsong: "It's better to be careful in everything. Wu Tianping dared to bribe Li Dejin and Li Deming to take action against Uncle Li, and dared to make trouble with the water source of Huangni Pond. This is not a simple matter."

Secretary Chen: "I understand. I'll call Zhou Bin and ask him to bring someone along."

Liu Qingsong: "That's the best."

Secretary Chen: "Then I'll hang up first."

"Okay! Okay!" Liu Qingsong waited until Secretary Chen hung up the phone before he put the receiver on the phone stand.

Seeing Li Fenfen chatting with her second sister Liu Lijuan at the door, he walked over and said, "Fenfen, the matter has been dealt with, let's go home!"

"Going back to your home or mine?" Li Fenfen asked.

"My home." Liu Qingsong replied.

"Let's go! Sister Lijuan, come back with us." Li Fenfen took Liu Lijuan's right hand and walked towards the three-wheeled vehicle parked at the door.

Liu Qingsong followed behind.

……

Yellow mud pond, on the embankment.

Wu Tianping, who was holding a flashlight, saw that Li Juren, Li Bayi and other members of the Li family who were in charge did not show up. Instead, a dozen young descendants of the Li family, along with a group of aunts and young wives, came to stop him from releasing the water from the Huangni Pond. He could not help laughing out loud.

He was about to scare away these young descendants of the Li family.

A strong voice came from the mountain road on the right: "Who is Wu Tianping on the embankment?"

No one answered, and everyone looked towards the mountain path shrouded in darkness.

A group of people were walking quickly on the mountain path with flashlights. The ones in the lead were wearing police uniforms, and the dozen or so people behind them were dressed as militiamen, carrying rifles, and they were all coming in a menacing manner.

Wu Tianping frowned when he saw this scene.

Seeing that all the villagers of the sweet potato production team on the embankment had been scared away and no one stayed, he had no choice but to greet them: "What are you doing in Huangnitang so late at night?"

"Are you Wu Tianping?" the burly Wang Demao asked uncertainly.

When Zhou Bin and other police officers saw this, they all surrounded them.

"I... I am not Wu Tianping." Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Tianping denied it.

"It would be strange if you are not Wu Tianping." Zhou Bin took out the portrait and compared it: "With an overbite and such an ugly face, he is definitely Wu Tianping without a doubt."

Wu Tianping: “…”

Fuck you, is there anything wrong with being ugly?

"Come with us!" A burly policeman took out handcuffs.

"No, why should I go with you? I haven't broken any law?" Wu Tianping was anxious.

Only then did he realize that these police officers and militiamen were all "invited" by Liu Qingsong.

"Didn't you break the law?" Zhou Bin shook his head with amusement when he heard that: "Then why did you secretly lead people to open the sluice gate to release the water from the Huangni Pond?" "This Huangni Pond belongs to my sweet potato production team. Can't I open the sluice gate to release the water?" Wu Tianping couldn't help but question.

"Humph! It seems that you really won't cry until you see the coffin!" Zhou Bin sneered: "Huangnitang is good for the sweet potato production team, but the water resources are used by the entire Songmu Commune to irrigate the seedlings. No private individual has the right to waste it."

"If you waste it, it's illegal, and it's extremely serious! If you don't believe me, come with me to the police station and you'll find out."

"I'm not going!" Wu Tianping said, and suddenly turned around and ran towards the pine forest diagonally opposite.

"This kid!" Zhou Bin did not chase him, but pulled out the gun from his waist.

However, before the shot was fired, gunshots were heard.

With a plop, Wu Tianping fell directly into the yellow mud pond.

"No...what's going on?" Zhou Bin was confused.

He pulled out the gun just to scare Wu Tianping, but he didn't intend to kill anyone.

Wang Demao also realized that something was wrong. He looked towards the pine forest with a dark face and said, "Who fired the gun? Get out here!"

No one answered, but there was the sound of footsteps gradually fading away.

"Do you want to chase her?" Wang Demao frowned and looked at Zhou Bin.

"What are you chasing? It's so dark here. Do you know how many people are hiding in the pine forest?" Zhou Bin replied in a low voice: "Send someone to report the situation here to Secretary Chen and Director Tao immediately. Tell them that we were attacked by gunmen in Huangnitang and ask them to send reinforcements as soon as possible."

"Okay! Okay!" Wang Demao quickly did as he was told.

After the two militiamen left, he took other militiamen to rescue Wu Tianping who had fallen into the water.

……

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when Liu Qingsong drove his sidecar back home.

At this time, Mr. Jiang, Li Juren and Liu Chunhua had not gone to bed yet and were waiting for Liu Qingsong in the main room.

But they did not ask about Li Dejin first, but asked Liu Qingsong, Li Fenfen and Liu Lijuan to have dinner first.

After they were full, Li Juren asked, "Qingsong, has Li Dejin apologized?"

"No! Grandpa, but Qingsong beat up Li Dejin and Li Deming brothers, and also asked them why they beat people." Li Fenfen replied before Liu Qingsong could speak.

"Oh? What's the reason?" Li Juren asked.

Old Jiang also looked at Li Fenfen.

"It was all caused by that beast Wu Tianping..." Li Fenfen did not hide anything and told everything that happened on the Huangnitang dam.

Liu Qingsong added a sentence or two from time to time.

After Li Juren understood, he continued, "Grandpa, now that Secretary Chen and Director Wang have intervened, we just need to wait for news. You should go to bed early! We still have to go to the medicine market early tomorrow morning!"

"But the inside story of why Wu Tianping wanted to drive my family away has not been investigated clearly yet!" Li Juren sighed.

"Don't worry, as long as Wu Tianping is arrested, all the truth will come to light." Liu Qingsong reminded.

"That's right. You should believe in the ability of Secretary Chen and Director Wang to get things done." Old Jiang stroked his beard and agreed.

"Okay then!" Li Juren nodded, and with the help of Li Fenfen, he went to the room arranged by Liu Chunhua to sleep.

Liu Qingsong chatted with Liu Lijuan and Liu Chunhua in the main room for a while, then found an excuse to go to the backyard.

Pushing open the heavy wooden door of the backyard, he saw a glass warehouse in front of him and walked in quickly.

Next to the medicine box, the liquid robot that was taking medicine saw Liu Qingsong coming in and said, "Little Fat Tiger, Little Black Kui, and Little Eagle have consumed too much trauma medicine in training recently. The medicine box is almost empty. Should we find a way to stock up more trauma medicine when we have time?"

"But the problem is that we need to have a reserve of trauma medicine!" Liu Qingsong got a headache when he heard this: "If it's not possible, we should temporarily stop training Fatty Tiger and the others, and continue training when we have enough trauma medicine."

"Okay!" The liquid robot nodded.

"By the way." Liu Qingsong looked at the tracking mirror: "Did anything major happen in the Wanjie Garbage Dump while I was away?"

"No, it's been very quiet these past two days." The liquid robot walked to the tracking mirror and switched the screen: "But there have been outsiders active in Tiger Mountain and Huang'ao Ridge these past two days."

"Especially in the Huang'aoling area, where Li Fenfen lives, there are many unfamiliar faces holding advanced instruments and searching for something."

"The little eagle was almost injured while tracking. I was afraid of accidents, so I let the little eagle go back to the Ten Thousand Worlds Garbage Dump first."

"What did you say? There are strangers hanging around where Li Fenfen lives?" Liu Qingsong was shocked when he heard this, and then looked at the screen of the tracking mirror.

As he watched, his expression became serious: "Isn't this ugly-looking guy Wu Tianping? Why would he bring a stranger to the back hill of Li Fenfen's house?"

"Could it be that... he wants to drive Fenfen's family away because there is some treasure hidden in the back mountain?"

Liquid Robot: "Have you seen this group of people today?"

"I haven't seen him, but I have seen Wu Tianping..." After Liu Qingsong moved a stool and sat down, he told the story of his trip to Huangaoling today.

The liquid robot listened quietly.

After understanding, he suggested: "Why don't you go to the back hill of Li Fenfen's house to see what's hidden. Anyway, the whole family is not at home today, and they all came to your place."

"This is a good idea." Liu Qingsong nodded.

Wait until the liquid robot calls the guardian vine.

He put on an invisibility cloak, walked into the torn space with a broken knife in his hand.

Wow! The next second, Liu Qingsong appeared in the pine forest.

Because it was night, the pine forest was pitch black and you couldn't even see your fingers.

But Liu Qingsong did not take out the military flashlight. Instead, he relied on his awakened night vision ability to search for anything useful in the pine forest.

After searching for half an hour, I found nothing.

Liu Qingsong took out the chain and let it drill into the ground to search.

I thought there would be no result, but surprisingly, in just over a minute, the chain came out of the ground and led Liu Qingsong to a valley.

This valley is only ten meters away from Li Fenfen’s home, and there is a cellar for storing sweet potatoes diagonally opposite.

Liu Qingsong was about to go to the cellar to take a look, but the chain went into the valley and disappeared.

After a while, several human skeletons were brought out entangled.

This surprised Liu Qingsong, and he quickly let the chain lead the way and entered a dark cave in the valley.

After entering the cave, the space inside suddenly becomes clear.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Liu Qingsong immediately took out a military flashlight to illuminate the road ahead.

The roads were filled with corpses, both animal and human, which was quite creepy to look at.

But Liu Qingsong was not afraid. Instead, he used the light of the flashlight and quickly walked towards the deepest part.

After walking for more than an hour, Liu Qingsong suddenly stopped and found that the surrounding environment was somewhat familiar.

If I remember correctly, the cave in front of me should be the path to the Tiger Mountain Pepper Cliff, the secret place where treasures are hidden.

"How could this happen?" Liu Qingsong became terrified as he thought about it. After connecting together the series of events that happened today, he came to an astonishing conclusion.

That is, Wu Tianping and the strangers around him are most likely looking for the treasure hidden by the bandits in Tiger Mountain.

No, the person next to Wu Tianping was not a stranger, but Xiao Ruo. This could be confirmed from the information Li Deming had revealed to him before.

Li Bayi's home is located at another entrance to the treasure. No wonder Xiao Rizi tried every means to force Li Bayi and his family to leave.

Only by leaving can Xiaoshi take away all the treasures.

Thinking of this, all the doubts in Liu Qingsong's mind disappeared, and his thoughts became clear instantly.

But he couldn't be happy, and he didn't expect that he had been staring at the treasure of Tiger Mountain all the time during these days.

"We can't go on like this!" After thinking it over, Liu Qingsong did not continue to go deeper into the cave, but let the guardian vine tear the space and teleport him back.

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(End of this chapter)