During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

Everyone felt embarrassed and started making sarcastic remarks.

"Absolutely! It's not like everyone's using your car for free; that second daughter of theirs brought over ten pounds of meat!"

"If it weren't for the fact that Er Ya's family couldn't fit their car, no one would bother asking you for this, right?"

"So you're the village head, so you look down on us? Forget it, with you acting like this, who'll want to associate with your family in the future?"

……

Normally, if anyone in the village needed a mule cart urgently, they would come to the village head's house to borrow one, and return with a jar of wine, or buy a bag of pig's head meat or pastries from town as a thank-you gift. His family always lent them the carts; they had never been so difficult to talk to before.

Today, we came excitedly to borrow a mule cart, bringing a generous gift of ten catties of pork, but he kept making excuses and giving us the runaround, which made everyone quite unhappy.

"What are you talking about? We live in the same village, do you think I'm that kind of person?"

The village head was getting increasingly annoyed by the chatter of these old women, but he really couldn't lend out the mule cart, so he could only force a smile and say...

"Normally I would never refuse to lend it, but I really need it today... His mother, his brother's family has some business to attend to, we've already arranged it."

He quickly winked at his wife as he spoke.

The village head's wife quickly chimed in, deliberately feigning a troubled expression.

"Oh right, my brother's family has something going on, so we're on our way!"

"Really? Isn't your brother's family in the village next door?"

Aunt Zhou sneered, "It's less than five li, you can stroll over there. Besides, when you go to your brother's house, don't you always ride a donkey?"

Her husband was the village head's cousin. Although the two families weren't very close, he was still the village head's elder.

Moreover, Aunt Zhou already looked down on the village head and his wife for their dishonest intentions, so she didn't speak politely.

The village head's wife gave an awkward laugh after being rebuked, "No, auntie, it's not about that..."

It wasn't about that, but she couldn't explain what it was about either.

Ye Qingqing curled her lips into a cold smile, and stealthily emerged from the crowd, heading towards the village head's shed.

There was a mule and a donkey under the shed. She picked up a piece of firewood, went around behind the donkey, and poked it when it wasn't looking.

The donkey's rump twitched, and the firewood in her hand slid down, seemingly poking something soft.

"Ang... Ang... Ang..."

The donkey, in pain, kicked wildly, raised its head, and brayed in a heart-wrenching manner.

"Hiss..."

Ye Qingqing's face was full of black lines.

Sorry, Donkey Bro, my hand slipped and I accidentally poked your balls.

Upon hearing the donkey's braying, seven or eight women launched into another round of sarcastic remarks.

"If they don't want to lend it, then forget it. They're the village head; we common folk can't possibly be worthy of them."

"That's for sure. We don't borrow from them even once a year, but they need something the moment we do."

"Come on, come on, Second Girl, take those ten pounds of pork with you, don't let it go to waste!"

……

"They're here."

Ye Qingqing quietly returned to the house, squeezed through the crowd to get the pork, and while doing so, she urged others...

"Uncle Village Head, I've already prepared the thank-you gift for Auntie and Grandma. Why aren't you doing it yet? Never mind, we'll save ten pounds of meat."

Having said all that, Li Zhengqi gritted his teeth, feeling utterly humiliated.

The brat brought ten pounds of meat to help these old women borrow a car. If he didn't lend it to them, he would become a rebel against Kaoshantun, and the brat would be known for being generous!

Last night, some people in the village started gossiping about how he made things difficult for Ye Youliang's family. If he provokes these old women again, will anyone in the village listen to him?

But arrangements have already been made over there... so don't accidentally damage your own mule cart!

Forget it, CunCai isn't stupid.

He'll stay there and won't make a move when he sees his own mule cart arrive.

After much deliberation, the village head still didn't want to risk public anger, so he gritted his teeth, steeled himself, and spoke.

"Alright, alright, what are you all saying? Can't I just lend it to you?"

Hey you... his mother, ride that donkey to your brother's house!

"Th-that..."

The village headwoman was dumbfounded and speechless, watching helplessly as Aunt Zhou ordered someone to lead the mule out and harness it to the cart.

……

"Splash..."

Ye Dazhuang skinned the wolf and casually placed it on the bench before getting up to drag the other wolf away.

Ye Qingqing happened to be returning to the courtyard when she quickly stopped him, raising an eyebrow slightly.

"Brother Dazhuang, let's talk in private. I have something to discuss with you."

Ye Dazhuang was not surprised at all. He glanced indifferently at the chaotic surroundings and walked around to the back of the house with Ye Qingqing.

"Brother Dazhuang, that's how it is."

Ye Qingqing explained the situation and her arrangements in detail, with key information being half true and half false. She looked at him with great certainty, "Trust me, my information is never wrong."

Ye Dazhuang looked at her intently. "Intelligence?"

"Yes, intelligence."

Ye Qingqing nodded confidently.

"you……"

His deep gaze did not show disbelief, but rather a hint of doubt.

Ye Qingqing frowned slightly.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you the source of the information for now, but that person heard the village head's family plotting with their own ears, so he won't lie to me."

Ye Dazhuang shook his head. "No, I mean you're encouraging the villagers to borrow the village head's car, trying to drag him down with you?"

Ye Qingqing curled her lips into a cold smile and held up two fingers at him.

"Two objectives: to turn the tables and take control."

A high-level diviner has stopped reading divination books and started studying military strategy. Is there no law left in this world?

A smile flickered across Ye Dazhuang's rugged face as he slightly raised an eyebrow.

"What do I need to do?"

Ye Qingqing then shook two fingers.

"Two things: turn the tables and take the initiative."

"interesting."

Ye Dazhuang looked at her with a smile, "Tell me in detail."

"There's only one pipeline connecting Kaoshantun to the town. If you were in that situation, and you wanted to dig traps to destroy the horses, where would you choose to do it?"

Ye Qingqing asked in return.

"Naturally, it's a convenient hiding place. I remember there was a large peach orchard halfway through the pipeline, and there was a ditch in front of the orchard."

Ye Dazhuang had been to the town, so answering this question wasn't difficult.

Ye Qingqing nodded and said in a deep voice, "Let our carriage drive over there, and the people hiding on the other side will suddenly startle the horses. The horses will run wildly towards the peach grove and the ditch. Dig the ditch deeper, and the horses will fall in headfirst. Even if they don't die, they will be injured."

This is the only way I can think of to dig a trap, but it has a flaw: someone has to be there waiting, like a hunter waiting for prey to run into a trap.

Ye Dazhuang nodded slightly.

"I want you to secretly find where that person is hiding and leave a mark for me along the way."

A sinister smile flashed across Ye Qingqing's face. "The mule cart will lead the way, and nothing will happen when it gets there, but I'm going to make sure something happens to it... You know what I mean."

"If you wait until something happens and catch him red-handed, then the village head will have lost a mule for nothing; it's his own fault, and it has nothing to do with us."

This girl is not someone you should mess with!

"Leave it to me."

Ye Dazhuang unconsciously curled his lips, looking at her with sparkling eyes, "Then what about turning the tables and taking the lead?"