Chapter Forty-Four: Drive Her Away

  Dear, Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Have you eaten zongzi? Today is the Double Fifth Festival~~~~~****In front of Qizhen's newly built thatched hut, many people gathered around, everyone was arguing about something. Ye Lao, Mao Shi, Sun Shi mother and daughter, Jiang Shi mother and daughter were all standing in front of the thatched hut, saying something to the onlookers.

  As she drew closer, Qizhen could hear what they were saying.

  "That brother and sister are jinxes, they killed their own parents, we can't let them live in our village!"

  "Yes, drive them away! Our village is blessed by heaven to be as good as it is now. What if that jinx ruins the feng shui of this place?"

  "Drive away evil spirits! Drive away evil spirits!"

  "Oh no, our chicken died suddenly yesterday, you guys think it's because of the evil star, right?"

  "Right, right, definitely is. I have to go home and take a good look at the chickens in my house."

  "Now that you mention it, I remember that our dog at home hasn't been very spirited lately either."

  Ye Baiji stood in front of the thatched cottage, her face burning with anger, and retorted: "What does the death of your family's chicken have to do with Guan Zhen'er? She hasn't even seen your family's chicken. You can't take care of your own chickens properly, yet you still have the nerve to blame others."

  Sun pulled at Ye Baiju's sleeve, signaling her not to speak. These were all people from the same village, some even from the same clan, and Ye Baiju making such a ruckus would damage a young girl's reputation.

  "Hey, Zi Yaotou, what kind of soul-confusing soup did that little calamity star feed you? Why are you speaking up for her like this? Be careful or you'll get caught in her spell and be defeated by her." This was the voice of the person who had killed the chicken.

  By now, Qizhen still didn't understand. These people despised her and Hu Zi for being unlucky and considered them to be jinxes, wanting to drive them away.

  Although she had heard such words before, Qizhen still felt uncomfortable in her heart. She wanted to settle down in Yushu Village because of its simple folk customs, good environment and harmonious relationships among villagers. But they were unwilling to accept her brother and sister!

  At this time, someone discovered Qī Zhēnér, pointing at her and saying to the crowd of angry villagers: "It's her, she is that little calamity star!"

  Everyone turned around and stared at her, looking at her with anger, possibly also because of her young age, and not having done much, just pointing fingers at her.

  "Little disaster star, your arrival in our village will bring us bad luck, leave!"

  "Just pity me, an old woman. Go somewhere else, I don't have many good years left to live, just let me spend my remaining days in peace."

  "Evil star, go away! No one here welcomes you."

  Qī Zhēn ér was driven dizzy by their noise, and she started to feel faint. All she saw were the big mouths in front of her opening and closing non-stop, and what they said made her heart churn with anger. She wanted to retort, but couldn't say a word.

  Qī Zhēnér was forced by them to retreat step by step, but her vision in front of her was blurry, she only knew that someone was forcing her, forcing her... Suddenly a flash of light passed before her eyes, and Qī Zhēnér didn't know anything anymore.

  As they surrounded Qi Zhen'er, Ye Baiji began to squeeze over. However, these people had blocked the way so tightly that Ye Baiji couldn't squeeze to Qi Zhen'er's side no matter what, and she was getting anxious.

  Just as she was at a loss, the crowd suddenly dispersed. She took a look inside and saw that Qizhen was lying on the ground, with her backpack already fallen to the ground, rolling out a large bundle of wrapped buns.

  Ye Baiji exclaimed and rushed over, embracing her: "Zhen'er, Zhen'er, how are you?"

  "Grandpa, come quickly, Zhen'er has fainted."

  Ye Lao Yezi heard the shouting and didn't even bother to bid farewell to the village chief he was negotiating with, hastily came over to take Qi Zhen'er's pulse.

  After feeling his pulse for a while, Old Master Ye said: "Nothing serious, just anger attacking the heart, and he fainted for a moment."

  Ye Baiji felt relieved, but still tightly hugged Qi Zhen'er.

  "Are you satisfied now? What has the poor girl done to you, that you're driving her to death?" Ye Baiji glared at them with wide eyes.

  The few people who were just noisy and fierce are now somewhat embarrassed. An aunt pouted and argued, "We didn't do it on purpose, and no one bumped into her, what's our business? Besides, we're worried too, having such a person living with us, always feeling uncomfortable in our hearts."

  Others also nodded in agreement, and Ye Baiji felt that she was about to get angry. What kind of people are these? They usually pretend to be elders and kind-hearted, but when bullying a young girl, they still want to put on an air of dignity, she wanted to spit at them.

  Ye Baiji was too lazy to distinguish between them, and with great difficulty, she picked up Qi Zhen'er and walked back.

  Sun's family hurried over to take over Qizhen. Just now she didn't help Qizhen speak, and her heart was still a little uneasy, but she wasn't good at arguing with people, and she didn't have the courage to speak in public, it was really that she wanted to help Qizhen in her heart, but couldn't open her mouth.

  Ye Lao Yezi was still negotiating with the village head and several people of status in the village, while Mao Shi also liked Qi Zhen'er's siblings very much. At this moment, she pulled a few people who usually got along well with her to talk about Qi Zhen'er's good points, hoping that they could change their biased views towards Qi Zhen'er's siblings.

  "Zhen'er's younger brother, it's not me saying this, but he's really a sensible and good kid. If people say he's an unlucky star, I don't believe it. These past few days I haven't been home," At this point, Mrs. Mao's eyes reddened, and those people also knew that there was a funeral in her family, so they all rushed to comfort her.

  Mrs. Mao stopped her sorrow and continued: "These days I'm not at home, the pigs and chickens in my house are all fed by Zhen'er. She even went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables for the pigs, and the pigs didn't lose weight but gained fat instead. The chickens in my family are also fine, if they are jinxes, why would they first jinx my family's chickens and pigs? There's no reason for them to jinx other families, you say is that right?"

  Those around her also think it's reasonable. Those who interact with her every day are not affected, but those who have never met her before are killed by her, what kind of evil star is this?

  At this time, they also understood that the person who just explained it was very forced, wanting to prove that the young lady and her brother were guilty of a crime that was not theirs.

  Mr. Mao said a few more words to them and then let them go back first. Those people also felt that this matter was not as serious as they had just said, seeing that it was getting late, they bid farewell to Mr. Mao and left.

  Onlookers all have two characteristics, that is to love gathering in crowds and not liking to take the lead. At first when many people gather together, even if it's not their own business, people like to intervene. When people start dispersing, they relax their minds, as long as it doesn't affect their own interests, they don't want to offend anyone anymore.

  It turned out that several of Mao's good friends had left, and the others started to retreat, no longer shouting, all preparing to go home.

  Meanwhile, Mr. Ye's conversation with Village Chief and others was also coming to an end.

  "Third Uncle, it's not that I'm unwilling to compromise. You've also seen how high-strung the villagers are - some of them are even shouting for these people to be driven out. I think we should just forget about building this hut and focus on getting the siblings treated so they can leave."

  "Really, is there no other way?"

  The village chief also felt helpless, "Third Uncle, being the village chief is not easy for me either. You say that everyone in this village is a family member, but they block my door and want to drive people away, I have no way to deal with it. I can only put on a bad face and be a villain."

  "Third Uncle, think again." The village chief furrowed his brow and left.

  Ye Qiushu walked up to Ye Lao and said, "Third Uncle, keep an eye on the house..."

  Ye Lao Yezi turned his head to glance at the house that was only missing a layer of thatched roof, thinking about Qi Zhener's joy over the past few days, and let out a sigh saying: "Alright, you all go back first."

  Ye Qiushu rubbed his hands together, then pulled out two taels of silver from his pocket and handed them to Ye Lao: "Third Uncle, this is the wages that Zhen'er gave me. You should return it to her."

  Ye Lao didn't expect that Zhen'er had already paid the wages in advance, he was still thinking of lending her some when the time came. This girl is a good one, it's just that she's too stubborn.

  "Take the money. You can't work for nothing."

  "Uncle Ye Qi doesn't want it," said the old man, "That little girl Zhen Er isn't easy to deal with, give her the money. Besides, we haven't even built a good house yet, how can we take her money?"

  Ye Eleven and Ye Fifteen also nodded in agreement. "Yes, Third Grandfather, the house is not even built yet, it's our fault for breaking the contract, we can't accept this payment."

  Old Ye also knew they were kind-hearted and accepted the money. "I'll thank you on behalf of Zhen'er. You're all good people, not bringing shame to our old Ye family."

  Jiang watched as the crowd dispersed, feeling a little regretful but mostly happy. Today she had seen enough of the show.

  Ye Jia Dong Xiang, Ye Bai Zhi and Sun Shi carefully put Qi Zhen Er on the bed.

  The tiger cub looked at his sister who was unconscious and began to cry.

  Ye Baiji hugged him and comforted: "Your sister is fine, she just fainted, she'll wake up soon."

  Tiger cub lifted his tearful and blurry face, "Really? Will my sister wake up?" **** Second update at 12 o'clock.