The villagers were sweating nervously as they watched. Seeing this, the village head quickly stepped forward. "Um... um... How did you tame this yellow weasel spirit?"
In their local area, this so - called protector spirit was something they couldn't invite even if they were willing to pay. How could it be brought home by Lin Wanning so easily? Moreover, it was so intimate with her, as if it could understand her words.
"Yeah, why is this yellow weasel spirit sitting on your shoulder?"
"Where did you catch it? Have you trained it for a long time?"
"..."
Song Shuyao saw that all the villagers no longer had the skeptical looks they had at first. Instead, they were all looking at Lin Wanning with admiration.
She was so angry that her teeth were grinding. "A mere weasel..."
But before Song Shuyao could finish her words, the gazes of all the villagers in the village shot towards her in unison. Those piercing looks seemed to be able to tear Song Shuyao's face apart directly.
The yellow weasel spirit here was like a bodhisattva to them. Song Shuyao actually called the "bodhisattva" in their hearts a weasel right in front of everyone.
"Song Shuyao, you're from outside. You can't control your mouth. If you keep talking like that about our yellow weasel spirit, get out of our village."
"Yeah, yeah. It's not just a matter of not thinking before you speak. You're simply disrespecting our local culture."
"Right, get out of our village."
Song Shuyao's words just now had stepped right on the villagers' sore spot.
Lin Wanning quickly thought that small animals could read her mind, so the weasel must be able to do so too. While everyone was denouncing Song Shuyao, she quickly said to the weasel, "Xiaohuang, come down and take a turn."
The weasel cooperated very well. It jumped down from Lin Wanning's shoulder and took a turn right in front of everyone.
After taking the turn, the weasel jumped back onto Lin Wanning's shoulder and nuzzled her cheek.
At this moment, even though Lin Wanning was very afraid of weasels, her heart melted. She gently stroked the weasel's head and firmly told everyone, "I won't hide it from you. I went up the mountain because it led me there."
"And one night, it came to my house by itself. I just fed it some food, thinking that it would leave after it was full. But it not only didn't leave, but also got more and more attached to me day by day."
All the people in the Lin family knew that Lin Wanning was telling lies, but in this situation, it was a good thing to lie. After all, Lin Wanning was saving herself.
While talking, Lin Wanning observed the changes in everyone's expressions. She found that everyone looked surprised. She pretended to be aggrieved and wiped away a tear, saying, "I really didn't know that the yellow weasel spirit was some evil thing. I'm from outside. I just thought that since a small animal came, I definitely couldn't let it starve."
"Then I'll give it to you. I really didn't know."
As soon as these words were said, the scene exploded. All the people present saw Lin Wanning wiping away her tears with an aggrieved look on her face.
Everyone felt deeply guilty, as if the guilt was going to drown them.
The village head had always thought highly of Lin Wanning. In the village head's eyes, the whole thing was just Liu Xiaohui and Song Shuyao's nonsense.
They were really two good - for - nothing troublemakers.
"Wanning, don't cry. You've done nothing wrong from the beginning to the end. It's just these two who are so troublesome and spreading rumors blindly."
"Moreover, since the yellow weasel spirit has recognized you, you must take good care of it. You must serve it well. It led you up the mountain, which means it's blessing you and repaying you in its own way."
All the villagers who had questioned Lin Wanning just now quickly echoed the village head.
"Yeah, yeah. We were really incited by someone as blind as Song Shuyao at first."
"You're the master recognized by the yellow weasel spirit, so you must treat it well. And we really didn't say that the yellow weasel spirit was an evil thing."
"..."
All the villagers present apologized again and again. Some even bowed to the weasel on Lin Wanning's shoulder.
Lin Wanning disdained this kind of apology that didn't give Song Shuyao and Liu Xiaohui any real punishment. "Um... um... Song Shuyao and the others clearly said just now that I was bringing an evil thing with me and that I was very evil. What if your children were bitten by something?"
She had to fight back all the attacks that had been aimed at her.
Otherwise, how could she relieve the pain of that moment just now?
Song Shuyao was so angry that she wished she could find a hole to hide in. She had thought that Lin Wanning had other animals, but she never thought that she had raised a yellow weasel spirit, which the people in Northeast China had always regarded as a god.
She was so angry that her face was distorted.
Facing the looks like knives from the villagers, Song Shuyao felt a little scared. She wasn't a local, but she had been here for a long time and knew a little about the local culture.
Her actions were like blaspheming the gods.
Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on her back. Her fingers trembled as she pointed directly at Liu Xiaohui. "It's all her fault. She told me that Lin Wanning was raising some evil thing and asked me to help her expose Lin Wanning."
"I actually didn't know anything. And from the beginning to the end, I never said that I saw Lin Wanning raising an evil thing."
Lin Wanning couldn't help but sneer. Was this an ally? It was so fake!
"Do you think you can just shift the blame like this? Do you think you have nothing to do with it?"
"Wasn't it you who said at first what would happen if the children in the village were injured by poisonous things? Wasn't it you? Now why are you saying you didn't say anything?"
"Song Shuyao, do you think everyone here is stupid and you can just trample on us like this?"
Lin Wanning's eyes were sharp, and the Lin family also straightened their backs behind Lin Wanning.
All the people present seemed to be awakened by Lin Wanning. They rushed forward and pointed at Song Shuyao, scolding her.
Seeing that all the villagers were denouncing Song Shuyao, Lin Wanning didn't idle around. She had to talk to Liu Xiaohui, this stupid woman.
She was just like a fool, being sold by others and still helping them count the money.
"Liu Xiaohui, our relationship is indeed not good, but have you ever thought that we're family? We're still connected even if our bones are broken. Do you think it's interesting for you to follow others and stab me in the back?"
"You saw what happened just now, didn't you? Didn't Song Shuyao just sell you out without hesitation and let you take the blame?"
Actually, at this moment, Lin Wanning still hoped that she could wake Liu Xiaohui up, but she was thinking too much.
"You're just lucky this time. You know very well what you've done in private." Liu Xiaohui stared at Lin Wanning with hatred in her eyes.