freenovelworld Chapter 1165 Toadstool
Chapter 1165 Toadstool
The man was frightened by the detailed questioning and stammered, "I am from Laoshan Village. Everyone calls me Wang Sizhu. These mushrooms come from the mountains. We have never eaten them. But yesterday, an old lady in our village came out to sell mountain mushrooms and someone bought them. These are really edible."
They all look pretty much the same.
Zhou Guo asked: "Just tell me if you have ever eaten this kind of food?"
The man originally wanted to say that he had eaten it, but facing Zhou Guo's gaze, he didn't know why he couldn't lie, and said with difficulty: "I-we haven't eaten it, but..."
"What? You haven't even eaten it yourself, yet you dare to sell it? If someone dies after eating it, can you bear the responsibility? If our young master is injured, all the lives of your village will not be enough to pay for it!"
"Ah?" The man was startled and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Master, please spare my life, Master, please spare my life. I didn't know this was poisonous. I just wanted to sell it to earn some money to buy some rice for my family so that my 80-year-old mother and young children can have a good meal."
He kowtowed loudly, and the people nearby turned their heads and listened to his words with sympathy in their eyes.
At this time, they had to find ways to find something to eat for the family. Although it was wrong to sell mushrooms that had not been eaten, they had no other choice.
There are many people who think this way.
Zhou Guo frowned and said, "You also know that you have an 80-year-old mother and hungry children. You bring these things out and sell them to others. Don't you think other people have old mothers and children at home?
You killed them, but you think your family can escape? People like you hurt others and yourself, and you are a disaster if you stay in this world."
Dashu said: "This is clearly poisonous. If any of us buy it without knowing it, our entire family will be extinct!"
When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked and frightened. Many people did not recognize these poisonous mushrooms. These days, there was not much to eat, so they might really buy them to eat, or exchange them for things. If they bought them back home, wouldn't they be the ones who would be in trouble?
It's true that the whole family has no descendants.
These people looked at the man with unfriendly eyes, "You have caused the extinction of my family lineage, you must die a miserable death, how dare you give us something like this to eat, you damned thing, I will beat you to death!"
An old lady couldn't help it, so she came up with a basket and started beating the stall. She had seen this stall before and had been planning to buy something.
If you buy this thing and dry it, it can be kept for a long time and tastes good. A few flowers can be used to make a big pot of soup, which is much more delicious than drinking plain water.
I never thought that I would be able to save myself after just a moment of hesitation.
As a result, everyone else came forward to beat him up.
Zhou Guo frowned, and Dashu and others immediately stepped forward to stop him.
The man was so frightened that his face turned pale. With so many people rushing up at the same time, he would be badly injured if he didn't die.
Zhou Guo asked: "Tell me, how many people did you sell this fungus to?"
The man shook his head and cried, "No, no, I haven't sold a single flower yet, and you said it was poisonous. I was wronged. I got up before the roosters crowed at night, walked for several hours, and finally reached the county town. I didn't sell a single flower, and I was beaten up."
He cried and wondered why he was so unlucky. He just saw an old lady in the village making money by selling flower mushrooms and wanted to sell some too. Why did he get beaten?
The woman hit him a few times until she ran out of strength. She stomped the wild mushrooms on the stall into pieces, spat at the man, and left angrily. From now on, she would never eat these things again.
Zhou Guo sneered, "You almost made them extinct, and they just hit you a few times, and you can't stand it? Don't you think about how wronged they are? They didn't do anything, just took care of your business and bought some of your things, but in the end, their whole family was almost poisoned to death. It's lucky that you didn't have to go to the authorities, otherwise, you would have to go to jail."
The man wiped his tears and said in fear: "I don't know it either. I thought it looked good and didn't look poisonous, so I picked it. I won't dare to do it again next time. Sir, please let me go. I promise I will never sell this again. No, I will never go to the county town again. Is that okay? My mother, children and wife are waiting for me at home."
Who would have thought that he could never go back once he got out and had to go to jail? The man felt so unlucky and burst into tears.
The others were still furious, and the more they saw him cry, the angrier they got. "Damn it, I, your grandpa, haven't even cried yet, why the hell are you crying? If you keep crying, I'll beat you to death! Pay the money! Otherwise, this matter won't end, I'll take you to the authorities!"
As soon as these words came out, a group of people's eyes lit up, "That's right, this thing is actually poisonous, you have to pay for it!"
"Losing money, losing money!"
Everyone is shouting about losing money.
The man shouted in despair: "I have no money, I have no money, I have no money."
He came out just to make money, and use the money to buy some food for his family. Where would he get extra money?
"No money? If you don't have money, you'll be beaten!"
Everyone rushed forward, punching and kicking each other, venting their anger.
How could there be such people in the world who openly sell poisonous mushrooms to them to eat? It turns out that country people are country people, and they can do anything when they are poor.
Zhou Guo took a few steps back, thinking that they had fought enough, and asked Dashu to bring the people out.
Dashu and his men struggled to separate themselves from the crowd, snatched the people and ran away.
No one chased after them. They had been beaten and scolded, but they didn't buy anything anyway, so there was no loss. So they just let it go.
Zhou Guo also heard someone taking the opportunity to teach his family, "See? Generally, if you don't know the mushrooms you haven't eaten, you should not only not pick them but also not buy them. You never know which wicked guy would do anything to make money. Did you hear that?"
"That thing looks unfamiliar. I've never seen anyone eat it. I wouldn't even dare to eat it if it was given to me. How could anyone be so stupid as to spend money to buy it?"
Zhou Guo walked slowly towards the county government office.
Not long after walking, I saw a man with a bruised face and a ugly face sitting on the ground in the alley.
He was crying with tears and snot.
Zhou Guo stepped forward and asked, "Is your village far away?"
The man nodded with sobs, "Far! Very far!"
Zhou Guo asked again: "How do we get there?"
The man looked up at her and pleaded, "Sir, I didn't make a penny from the sale and got beaten for nothing. Why are you still going to my house?"
Zhou Guo said: "Don't worry, I'm not going to settle accounts with you, I just want to visit your village."
She remembered that Laoshan Village was almost the farthest village from the county town. It was said that it was deep in the mountains, with only winding paths, and the conscripts were unwilling to go in.
The man looked at her and said, "I, I, I, I want to go home."
Zhou Guo nodded and looked at Dashu. Dashu took out a string of copper coins from his arms and handed it to him.