Farming Space Makes Me Rich (2)

Chapter 260: Sharp Rebuttal

Translator: Lonelytree

However, the villagers didn't have time to hesitate for long because the police soon arrived.

The road between Xing An Town and Taoyuan Village was paved, so it was very convenient. The police took only twenty minutes to arrive. The police came and went straight to Xiao Lingyu's house.

When they saw the crowd, the police asked sternly, "Who called the police?"

"It's me!" Xiao Lingyu stood up and said, "Officer, I was the one who called the police. This woman set fire to my land in the middle of the night!" Xiao Lingyu pointed at Zhang Xiaolan, who was still lying on the ground.

The police officer saw Xiao Lingyu and smiled, "Oh, it's you guys again!" It was this same officer who came last time when the Chen Family came to make a scene.

Xiao Lingyu said a little embarrassedly, "Officer Li, I'm really sorry to trouble you guys again."

Li Xing said, "This is no problem. This is our duty. However," He looked at Xiao Lingyu and asked suspiciously, "Why is this woman lying on the ground?"

Xiao Lingyu answered truthfully, "She was just beaten by her husband!"

"Her husband beat her?" Li Xing looked around and saw Xiao Chengcai standing separately from the crowd. He guessed that this person was the husband.

"This person set fire to my family's land and caused my family to lose more than 100,000. Uncle Chengcai was very angry when he heard that. In his anger, he beat his wife. We didn't get the chance to stop him."

"Help her get up first!" Li Xing frowned and said, "Although it's summer, it's still late at night. We don't want her to catch a cold." After he said that, a few village women went to help Zhang Xiaolan up.

However, when the villagers touched her, Zhang Xiaolan cried out in pain and started to curse her husband again.

Li Xing frowned when he saw Zhang Xiaolan's red, swollen, and bruised face. Li Xing asked Xiao Lingyu directly, "What's going on?"

Li Xing knew that it had to be the Xiao Family's land that was burned. Which family's land could be so expensive?

Xiao Lingyu said, "Officer Li, my family grows strawberries on a few Mu of land. It is harvest season for strawberries. I was afraid that something might happen, so I installed surveillance cameras around the strawberry field.

"Tonight, as usual, I checked the surveillance. I was shocked because I saw a figure sneakily walking toward my strawberry field with something in her hand. Not long after, a big fire broke out in the field. Fortunately, with the help of the villagers, the fire was quickly put out, or else the losses would be more serious. As for the culprit..."

Xiao Lingyu glanced at Zhang Xiaolan. "In order to find the clues, I replayed the video. I knew the culprit was trying to escape the scene, so I ran to stop her. I caught her red-handed."

"Officer, that is not true." Xiao Chengcai immediately defended. "My family's land is close to Xiao Lingyu's land. Our land is deserted because we haven't had anything to plant in half a year.

"But recently, my wife wanted to redevelop it. It's too troublesome to hoe the patch of land, so we decide to burn the weeds instead. It is a complete accident that the fire spread to Xiao Lingyu's field. My wife didn't do it on purpose." Xiao Chengcai pleaded with Xiao Lingyu again, "Lingyu, your Auntie Zhang really didn't mean to do this on purpose. Our lands are adjacent to each other, and it is unfortunate that this happens. However, this is an accident. We can settle this among ourselves, so we don't need to trouble the police."