Chapter 332: A little kindness, a lot of hatred
The night passed quickly.
In the deserted village copy, there are the same celestial changes as on the blue planet. The regular sun rises slowly, bringing a ray of morning light to this deserted village.
Since they had obtained most of the clues, Lin Chen and the other two were no longer interested in going out.
In the eyes of Duan Jiebo and Duan Qi, they only need to follow the procedures, wait for the village chief to appear in secret, and on the tenth day, go to Li Baotian's house together with the villagers of the deserted village.
These two things are the key to leaving the copy. The others are of little significance. At most, they can confirm the clues in your hands.
As for Lin Chen, he didn't care at all. He was a night worker and would not work during the day.
Time passed quickly and it was almost noon. Lin Chen was sitting on a throne, swaying in the regular sun above the deserted village copy.
At the same time, he kept giving instructions to the two ghost farm tools.
"You two have done a terrible job! The ground is not smooth at all, how can I stand on it?" Lin Chen yelled with a dissatisfied look on his face.
The two ghost farm tools that were working hard to dig the ground trembled, and the speed and frequency of their work immediately increased significantly.
With their intelligence, they had no idea what Lin Chen really meant, so they could only work hard in silence.
Duan Jibo was speechless after watching this scene. He said:
"Chen boy, this is muddy ground, how can it be smooth? Do you still want them to polish it for you?"
At the same time, he was also very curious, why did these two ghost farm tools seem to be more afraid of Chen overnight...
Duan Qi's beautiful eyes flickered slightly. She did not fall asleep at the beginning of last night and happened to see Lin Chen walking out with two ghost farm tools.
Seeing this situation, he immediately thought of the scene he saw last night, and believed that Lin Chen must have done something special after he went out.
"What you said makes sense, but it's a pity that I don't have a polishing machine, otherwise I could give it a try." Lin Chen said happily.
"You are even worse than Chen De." Duan Jiebo muttered.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw Tiezhu, Wang Xiao and seven other little ghosts appear as expected. They seemed to have calculated the time accurately, and it basically matched the time of yesterday.
"Uncle, we're here." Tiezhu shouted at the door.
Duan Jiebo and Duan Qi looked at each other, feeling somewhat nervous. After all, they had no idea how long Lin Chen's stock would last.
This is also the only difficulty they think at the moment, but when they saw Lin Chen's confident look, they had to suppress their emotions and followed quietly.
I just made up my mind that after this delay, I must find out the details.
"You are here." Lin Chen said with a smile.
"Yes, uncle."
The seven little ghosts responded in unison and looked at Lin Chen eagerly. The meaning was very clear, but they were not as tough as they were when they treated the ghosts of the Serpentine Ghost King. Instead, it sounded like a request.
Seeing this, Lin Chen smiled slightly. He knew that this was caused by his behavior yesterday, which was recognized by these seven little devils.
Because they are "the same kind", they subconsciously give enough "respect".
"Give."
Lin Chen waved his hand, took out seven bags of spicy strips, and distributed them to the seven little ghosts.
The seven little devils' eyes suddenly lit up, and they immediately tore open the packaging and swallowed it in big gulps.
"It's really delicious, thank you, uncle."
“I’ve never eaten anything so delicious.”
The seven little devils were very satisfied.
Lin Chen would naturally not let go of these seven intelligence resources that were delivered to his doorstep, and asked directly: "Have you seen the village chief recently?"
Tiezhu was stunned, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
"Who is the village chief? I don't remember."
"I seem to remember that there was a village chief who took us to eat when we were hungry..."
Lin Chen's eyes flashed, and he continued to ask: "What do you mean by taking you to dinner?"
"That's the only impression I have. It feels like I haven't seen him for a long time."
"I forgot too. If my uncle hadn't mentioned the village chief, I would have forgotten there was such a person."
“We were very hungry at the time, and he led us to eat and survived the famine.”
The little ghosts were talking at once, but none of them could relate to the village chief, Li Fu. In the minds of Lin Chen and the other two, Li Fu was just a dark shadow, and no one knew what he looked like.
Lin Chen suspected that the consciousness and memory of these little ghosts must have been tampered with or blocked by something.
But what they said made Lin Chen think of something.
Lin Chen and Duan Jibo looked at each other, then turned around and handed the spicy strips to the seven little ghosts again, and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't Li Baotian help you?"
Last night, Li Baotian said that it was his own stored grain that helped the village survive the famine. Unexpectedly, another statement came out today.
"No, Li Baotian and his people are very bad, especially the bad woman in his family. They didn't give us food and wanted to starve us to death."
This is what Wang Xiao said. She was the one who left an impression on the village chief from the very beginning.
Lin Chen took out ten bags of spicy strips and stuffed them directly into Wang Xiao's arms while she was stunned.
Lin Chen frowned, then realized that his question might be wrong, so he changed the angle and asked, "Did you eat the food of Li Baotian's family first to survive the famine, and then they stopped giving you food?"
"Yes." Wang Xiao nodded repeatedly, holding the spicy strips, and smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed.
At this time, the two surrounding courtyards also noticed the arrival of the seven little ghosts, and they all climbed up the wall, wanting to find out the news.
However, Lin Chen noticed them at the first moment, and without saying a word, he put up a mental barrier to block out the nearby sounds.
Want to get it for free? Impossible!
"Uncle, what is this?"
The seven little ghosts were stunned. The mental barrier might be invisible in the eyes of ordinary people, but it was very clear in their eyes.
This caused their states to change. The original ghosts could not see the power that did not belong to the copy, otherwise it would stimulate their subconsciousness, wake them up, and turn them into real terrifying evil ghosts.
Duan Jibo and Duan Qi's faces changed at the same time, and they secretly mobilized their ghost powers.
These seven little ghosts do not only represent their own strength. If they really want to attack, it will alarm the native ghost villagers in the entire deserted village, and they have to be careful and vigilant.
In the eyes of the two, the seven little ghosts who saw Lin Chen’s mental barrier were like a ignited fuse that could explode at any time!
At this time, the eyes of the seven little devils became more and more dull, and the movements of tearing the spicy strips slowed down.
At the moment when the crisis was about to break out, Lin Chen simply waved his hand, and spicy strips fell like rain, separating the seven little ghosts' vision and mental barriers.
Seven little ghosts: "!!!"
Duan Jibo and Duan Qi: "!!!"
Peeping people on the left and right walls: "!!!"
"That was nothing. You didn't see anything, do you know that?" Lin Chen's calm voice sounded.
The seven little ghosts stuffed the spicy strips into their pockets, nodding their heads and saying, "
"clear!"
“We didn’t see anything.”
Faced with something that puzzled them, the spicy strips completely attracted all their attention. Being surrounded by the rain of spicy strips, they felt unprecedented satisfaction in their hearts.
Everyone was dumbfounded and stunned.
Lin Chen’s amount of spicy strips is too big!
At least thousands of bags were thrown out!
What was even more unexpected was that the seven native ghosts that almost revived were dealt with so easily.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Chen naturally continued to ask, "Is it true that the village chief led you to ask Li Baotian's family for food, and Li Baotian gave you some, but he never gave you any more after that?"
"Yes." Wang Xiao said quickly.
"So after the famine ended, was it because Li Baotian's wife refused to give you food that you hated outsiders?" Lin Chen continued to ask.
After these words came out, the seven little ghosts did not hesitate and said directly as a matter of course:
"Isn't this the situation now? Li Baotian's family no longer provides us with food and drink."
"We hate outsiders the most. If it weren't for her, no one here would be starving."
"Li Baotian was very nice at first. The village chief took us to ask for food, and he didn't refuse. Now that the village chief is gone, they haven't given us any food anymore."
As Lin Chen asked the questions, these little ghosts all thought of something and spoke out without hiding anything, instead looking like they were complaining.
After hearing this, Lin Chen finally stopped asking questions and let out a long breath.
"I see……"
Duan Jibo, who had been standing beside him, looked unhappy and seemed to understand something.
Duan Qi's face turned pale, and it was unclear whether it was because he was angry or for some other reason.
"A little kindness, a lot of hatred..."
After a long time, Duan Qi finally uttered these six words.
Lin Chen and Duan Jiebo both nodded silently. This was the sentence they successfully came up with after learning a lot of information.
From the attitude of Old Lady Li and others, it can be seen that they are dissatisfied with Li Baotian's family, especially Li Baotian's daughter-in-law.
Li Baotian's family also had a wine jar filled with the corpses of all the villagers.
This shows that the real conflict within this copy is between Li Baotian's family and other villagers.
The storyline is not difficult to guess.
During the famine, the village chief brought all the villagers to ask for help. Li Baotian's family was wealthy and had a large amount of stored grain, so he generously donated food to all the villagers.
Perhaps on that day, these villagers were still grateful to Li Baotian.
This can be judged from the words of Li Baotian and the little ghosts.
But things changed afterwards.
Judging from the villagers' uncontrollable greed, they did not work after the famine, but placed all their hopes on Li Baotian. Like vampires, they wantonly sucked the blood of Li Baotian's family.
A year of rescue has turned their initial gratitude into something they take for granted.
It can be said that the famine opened Pandora's box in the hearts of all the villagers.
But no one would accept this kind of thing.
Li Baotian's wife Ma Lu, who came from outside the village, naturally wouldn't do that either. She took the initiative to step forward and refused the villagers' request.
Therefore, the villagers are very disgusted with outsiders, and whenever they mention them, they comment on them with vicious words such as stingy, cruel, and they deserve to starve to death.
In this atmosphere, the conflicts in the deserted village grew over time like a murderer that constantly devoured emotions, until one day, the conflicts finally broke out, causing an unimaginable human tragedy.
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This was Lin Chen's idea. Although he had not discussed it with Duan Jiebo and the others, he believed that it would basically be correct.
Because the seven little ghosts were here, the three of them didn't say much.
After the spicy strips were given enough and the seven little ghosts left together, the three of them closed the door and returned to the yard.
Lin Chen naturally removed his mental barrier as well.
Seeing this, Xu Linhao's team and Wu Yawen's team outside the courtyard walls on both sides hurriedly turned over and rushed in.
However, after Lin Chen glanced at them, he said directly to the two ghost farm tools:
"Watch the yard, anyone who comes will be beaten."
As soon as these words were spoken, all members of the two teams stopped what they were doing and froze in place, feeling extremely embarrassed.
After Lin Chen finished speaking, he took Duan Jiebo and Duan Qi into the room without even looking at them.
Only two farm tool ghosts were left there, "watching eagerly".
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