I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Chapter 229 Respecting the elderly is a virtue!

What do you think I meant by saying that? Your mother is perfectly healthy, and she carries a bucket of water to your vegetable garden every day to water the vegetables.

But now, for your own benefit, you're telling others that your mother is bedridden.

Isn't saying this a slap in the face to your mother? And did your mother teach you when you were young that you could hurt others at all costs for your own petty interests?

Haha! Uncle, what are you saying? What did I do wrong again? Why wouldn't I know?

Before Li Zhi spoke those words, his eyes had been fixed on the village chief standing in front of him. But after asking the village chief those three questions, his eyes turned to the small river not far from them.

Li Zhi's unusual behavior was clearly seen by the village chief standing in front of him. The village chief, who had been looking serious, began to smile slightly after seeing this.

Hmph! Don't try to sweet-talk me! Let me tell you, I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice! So please explain to us honestly why you encouraged Li Leilei to kill someone with you.

Hey! You damn old geezer, if you don't know anything, don't talk nonsense, okay? Which eye of yours saw me kill someone? And you said you've eaten more salt than I've eaten rice!

So you mean you can eat super salty food like it's rice? How about this, if you publicly demonstrate eating salt, I'll let you do whatever you want with it, okay?

You! You! You! You brat, you never learn anything good! Didn't your parents teach you what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young?

Go away! How many young people these days truly care about traditional Chinese virtues? They just do whatever makes them feel good. Besides, this is a society governed by law; murder is punishable by beheading. Do you even understand the law?

Haha! Don't let my age fool you; I may seem like an old man who doesn't know anything. But the first thing I do every morning when I wake up is read the newspaper and keep up with the major events happening in the country.

Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter! This is the funniest joke I've ever heard since I was born! Li Zhi said this with one hand on his hip and the other covering his mouth.

How could an old man like you, in his seventies or eighties, possibly understand a newspaper? Judging from your appearance, you probably don't even recognize many characters.

Putting everything else aside, let me ask you this: can you even write your own name? Probably not!

Haha! The young man I saw before was dressed neatly and had a faint fragrance about him.

I think you are a very polite and refined young man.

But what I never expected was that your character would be so despicable! What good is a pretty face if the inside is rotten? It's just like dressing up a trash can!

After the old village chief finished speaking, the villagers who were standing by and watching immediately started whispering among themselves.

The old village chief's words seemed ordinary, but somehow they felt extremely insulting!

Exactly! The village chief is usually very gentle with us! But we never knew that when he gets angry, the words he says can be so hurtful.

Haven't you heard the saying, "Even a rabbit will bite when cornered"? Look at that young man; he has absolutely no respect for our old village chief.

If someone were to disrespect you so much right now, you would say many hurtful things, just like the old village chief.

Haha! I don't think our village chief has a very good temper. He humiliated you like that, aren't you angry at all?

I was extremely angry when I heard him insult me ​​like that. Do you have a knife on you? May I borrow it?

What are you doing? Grandpa, didn't you just tell me that this is a society governed by law? Murder is a crime!

When Li Zhi heard the old village chief borrowing a knife from a young man standing next to him, he couldn't help but feel afraid.

Nothing much! I just suddenly remembered a dream I had last night, about a good friend who lived in our village for over ten years.

Li Zhi broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the old village chief say this. He thought the old man had already figured out that he was the one who killed those innocent villagers.

Haha! Did the fellow villager you dreamt about say anything intimate to you? How is he doing down there?

Seeing that Li Zhi was about to take the bait, the village chief said sadly that he was having a terrible time down there because every day two little devils would push him into a pot of boiling oil.

So much so that now there isn't a single good spot on his body. I asked, "Don't your family burn a lot of paper money for you every year during Qingming Festival and the Ghost Festival?"

Wouldn't you like you did when you were alive, and give some paper money to those little devils who pushed you into the boiling oil pot?

Paper money? Did my family really burn paper money for me during Qingming Festival and the Ghost Festival? Why haven't I received any?

Ah! What on earth is going on? Since you passed away, your daughter-in-law and son have burned countless amounts of paper money for you at your funeral.

Haven't you received any of it? How have you been living all these years down here?

When I was alive, didn't I burn paper money for my deceased relatives every year during Qingming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival? I used that money to support myself in the afterlife.

But every day at dawn, I am taken away by the little devils of the underworld to suffer all kinds of tortures. I have absolutely no time to spend the paper money I burned in the human world.

Actually, we don't realize that no matter how much paper money we burn for our deceased relatives, they will not receive it!

After hearing the old village chief's story, Li Zhi couldn't help but feel his legs trembling slightly. To avoid being noticed, he leaned against a large tree nearby.

The village chief gently shook one of his feet, noticing Li Zhi's intense reaction after hearing his story. This further convinced him that those who had inexplicably attempted suicide were definitely connected to this man named Li Zhi.

But one thing he couldn't understand was why all those who chose to commit suicide by jumping into the river were inextricably linked to this man named Li Zhi.

Why do I always feel a strong murderous aura emanating from Li Zhi, this handsome young man? Have any of the villagers ever done anything to harm him before?

Why did he have to kill our entire village? It's so strange!