Chapter 242: Went for Wool and Came Home Shorn
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“The law will punish him,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
He always tried to be nice and tolerant to people, which was his princ.i.p.al when interacting with others. However, it didn’t mean he was the G.o.d of Mercy.
Some evil people should be punished, no matter if the crime was premeditated or impulsive.
However, w.a.n.g Yao didn’t want to leave room for compromise. After all, he and w.a.n.g Jianye were from the same village, so w.a.n.g Yao listened to his parent’s advice.
Meanwhile, w.a.n.g Jianye, who was still in the hospital didn’t know what to do next.
He had received a call from his relative saying that what he had done was considered an offense of arson. He could possibly be sentenced to jail for three to ten years. He would be put in prison. He was too scared to even be aware of the pain in his body. He immediately asked someone to find him a good lawyer.
The lawyer came to the hospital shortly. After getting an idea of what had happened, he looked serious.
“You are in a delicate situation. It will depend on what the accuser wants. If it was an unintentional offense of arson, you would probably be sentenced to jail for around one year. If you deliberately set the fire, you will be put in prison for at least three years. Given the information you gave me, basically you set the fire deliberately,” said the lawyer.
w.a.n.g Jianye’s face turned pale after listening to the explanation from the lawyer. He was really scared.
“Please don’t scare me!” said w.a.n.g Jianye.
“I didn’t scare you. I just explained to you from a lawyer’s point of view. Of course, I will try my best to reduce your sentence. However, honestly, things are not positive,” said the lawyer.
w.a.n.g Jianye immediately called his relatives to ask for help. Of course, he was prepared to pay big money to the lawyer.
Before w.a.n.g Yao called the police, the Village Committee had reported the incident to the local government in town. They didn’t dare hide incidents like this; it was a fire on a hill, after all.
Soon, the policemen went to the hospital to interview w.a.n.g Jianye who was still undergoing treatment. Because he was injured, he would be arrested later when he was fit enough to go to the police station.
w.a.n.g Yao had a guest at night, a tearing middle-aged woman who was w.a.n.g Jianye’s wife.
Although she was very upset, she didn’t plan to leave w.a.n.g Jianye. She was in shock after being told that her husband would probably be sentenced to jail for at least three years. She couldn’t live without her husband. Her life would collapse. Her son was still studying in the university outside the village. She had to pay tuition fees for her son. So she took the advice from the lawyer and came to w.a.n.g Yao’s house to beg for forgiveness.
“Jianfeng, Xiuying, please! Jianye is such a d.i.c.khead! He shouldn’t have set the fire. However, I think it was an impulsive action. Please convince Yao to forgive him! Xiaohe is still in college!” said w.a.n.g Jianye’s wife.
Zhang Xiuying, w.a.n.g Jianfeng, and w.a.n.g Jiangang’s family all lived in the same village. They had known one another for a long time and often b.u.mped into each other; so they became soft.
“We will try to convince Yao. Take your things back,” said Zhang Xiuying.
“Thank you so much!” w.a.n.g Jianye’s wife left with grat.i.tude.
“Well!” said Zhang Xiuying with a sigh.
After w.a.n.g Yao had come back from Nanshan hill in the evening, Zhang Xiuying stopped him and told him about the visit of w.a.n.g Jianye’s wife.
“Mom, I know what to do,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
Three years was neither too long or too short. However, spending three years in jail would definitely drag someone from heaven to h.e.l.l. No one could afford such damage.
Should I render good for evil?
w.a.n.g Yao smiled, then he made a phone call. He no longer cared about the result of the verdict.
However, the incident created a stir in the small village. Almost everyone was walking about it.
w.a.n.g Jianli was not happy. He received a number of calls from the local government in town. The mayor and the secretary both called him to tell him that government officers from Lianshan County had asked about the incident.
It was just an attempt to set a fire, not much damage was done, so why do those people in the county care so much about it?
It reminded him of what he had seen in the county government office. Secretary Yang seemed to know w.a.n.g Yao well.
I hope Secretary Yang won’t ask about this.
So Secretary Yang arranged a meeting at the Village Committee and put official notices all over the village to reinforce the importance of fire prevention and safety. He also increased the frequency of patrol in the village.
“Dad, Mom, I want to invite those who helped me put out the fire for dinner at home tomorrow,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
He brought this up when having dinner with his parents.
He should thank those people who helped him at such a critical time.
w.a.n.g Yao didn’t want to bother his mother, but there was no proper restaurant in the village. The closest one was in a different village, located three miles from his village. It was not convenient to invite the villagers there for dinner.
“Okay,” said Zhang Xiuying. “You should invite them for dinner.”
“I’ll buy some food tomorrow,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
He went back to Nanshan hill in the evening. Then, he grabbed a chair and sat outside the cottage to watch the sky quietly. San Xian sat inside his dog house. His injury had not recovered yet.
w.a.n.g Yao was thinking of what had happened during the day. Fortunately, he was in the cottage when w.a.n.g Jianye tried to set the fire. If he and his family were not around, and the battle array he set up couldn’t protect the herbal field, all the hard work he had done in the herbal field would be wasted.
w.a.n.g Yao thought a lot before going to sleep at night.
The next morning, he got up early as usual. He practiced Chinese boxing on the top of the hill with all his strength, and his movements were extremely fast. After he had finished practicing, he felt the internal Qi was running non-stop in his body. He was much calmer than yesterday.
Then, he went to the town to buy some food for the dinner in the evening. He bought beef, lamb, some vegetables and some other cooked food.
He had wine at home. All those boutique wines were brought by Tian Yuantu and He Qisheng.
“You didn’t need to buy so much food,” said Zhang Xiuying when w.a.n.g Yao drove home.
“I did buy a lot, but it’s not just for dinner tonight. We can leave some food for the next few days. I bought quite a few cooked foods too so you don’t need to cook a lot,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
After lunch, he first visited those who helped him on Nanshan hill to invite them for dinner. In his village, it was courteous to visit people in person for a dinner invitation. Although most of the villages had mobile phones, w.a.n.g Yao wanted to show respect to those people by visiting them in person.
After he had visited all of them, he helped his mother with dinner in the afternoon.
“You can go back to Nanshan hill. I can manage the cooking myself,” said Zhang Xiuying.
It was not the first time w.a.n.g Yao invited people to his home for dinner, and most of the dishes were cooked, so Zhang Xiuying thought she could manage. w.a.n.g Yao didn’t leave home in a hurry. He continued to help his mother with ch.o.r.es, then carried two big bags of herbs back to Nanshan hill.
It took w.a.n.g Yao several times to transfer more than half of the herbs brought by Chen Boyuan to Nanshan hill. He sold all of the herbs to the system for bonus points. However, he didn’t buy Everlasting gra.s.s and Lingshanji to brew Muscle Revitalizing powder. Instead, he bought the seeds for Everlasting gra.s.s and Lingshanji and planted them in his herbal field.
He couldn’t continue to buy licorice roots from the system. He had to be able to self-supply them.
An unexpected guest came to w.a.n.g Yao’s home when Zhang Xiuying was busy cooking in the afternoon.
“h.e.l.lo, Auntie.” It was Tong Wei.
“h.e.l.lo, Tong Wei, how come you are here?” Zhang Xiuying was surprised to see Tong Wei. “Please come in and take a seat!” She stopped what she was doing and invited her future daughter-in-law into the house.
“Please sit down,” said Zhang Xiuying as she was making Tong Wei a cup of tea.
“Did you tell Yao that you were coming here?” asked Zhang Xiuying.
“No,” replied Tong Wei with a smile.
“I’ll call him right now,” said Zhang Xiuying.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ll find him on Nanshan hill,” said Tong Wei with a smile.
“Are you going to Nanshan by yourself?” asked Zhang Xiuying.
“Yes, to give Yao a surprise,” said Tong Wei.
“Okay, will you stay for dinner?” asked Zhang Xiuying.
“Sure,” said Tong Wei.
As she was walking towards Nanshan hill, she attracted a lot of attention from the villagers because she was such a pretty girl. The villagers hadn’t seen anyone so pretty for ages.
“Wow, she’s so pretty!” exclaimed a villager.
“Who is she?” asked another villager.
“She is Fenghua’s daughter-in-law,” said a female villager.
“Really? When did Yao get married?” asked another villager.
Tong Wei continued to walk towards Nanshan hill with a smile. Before she reached w.a.n.g Yao’s cottage, she heard a dog barking. Then she saw a person coming out of the cottage.
“Tong Wei?!” said w.a.n.g Yao in surprise. “How come you are here?”
“Because I missed you,” Tong Wei half-joked.
w.a.n.g Yao was a bit surprised, but he also felt happy.
“What happened to that black area? Was it on fire?” Tong Wei pointed to the area which was on fire yesterday.
“Yes, fortunately, the fire was put out in time,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“I hope you are not hurt,” said Tong Wei anxiously.
“I’m fine. I was not on the hill at that time. The herbal field was fine, too. Please come in.” w.a.n.g Yao invited Tong Wei into the cottage.
San Xian ran towards Tong Wei and sniffed on her.
“Hey, San Xian, I think you know her,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
Woof! After one night of recovery, San Xiao seemed to be much better. His eyes were much brighter.
“Da Xia has gone out. By the way, let me introduce a new friend to you,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“New friend?” asked Tong Wei in surprise.