The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 2015: Want to Protect It?

Chapter 2015: Chapter 2015: Want to Protect It?

The next day, everything was as usual except for the absence of the owner of the house.

However, when Zhe Jue and his companions went out to inquire about Lin Baizhong’s whereabouts, they were met with frustration.

The locals, who had originally been busy in the medicinal fields, regarded them as if they had seen ghosts upon their approach. They shook their heads at them and then took off running as if their feet had grown wings.

"What... what’s going on here?"

Zhen Wu, holding a portrait in his hand, looked at the man who had run far away, completely baffled.

"Zhen Wu, is it the same over there for you?" Zhe Jue walked over and asked.

"It’s the same on your side?"

Hearing his words, Zhen Wu turned to look at him and asked.

"Yes."

Zhe Jue nodded helplessly.

He guessed everyone else was probably having the same experience. Why were these people so scared? Was it because this place seldom saw strangers, and upon seeing their unfamiliar faces, everyone instinctively became cautious?

That seemed unlikely. They were growing so many medicinal herbs here, which surely were meant to be sold. Wouldn’t they have to deal with outsiders?

If they weren’t dealing with them, then how were they selling their herbs?

"Shall we try asking around a bit further away?"

At that moment, Jiang Li also returned and only after hearing their conversation did they realize they had encountered the same issue.

"Have you all returned?"

Lin Caisang had just come out from the Jinzhu space and had drawn a few more portraits.

Seeing them return, she was puzzled for a moment.

They had only just left, so why had they come back so soon? Had they already found out the news?

Impossible.

She instinctively shook her head, refusing to believe they could have found news about her father so easily. There must have been some difficulty.

"What happened?"

"Madam, we went out to ask for information, but as soon as those people saw us, they turned and ran away without even speaking a word to us," Jiang Zuo said with a look of speechlessness, recounting his experience to Lin Caisang.

"There’s such an occurrence?"

Lin Caisang raised an eyebrow and smirked.

Could it be that the local people were so guarded against outsiders that they instinctively wanted to protect themselves when asked about someone’s whereabouts?

That also seemed impossible. According to Jiang Zuo, it appeared that those people hadn’t even glanced at the portraits.

"Yes."

Everyone nodded, feeling quite stifled by today’s events, having gathered nothing but views of people’s backs.

After a while, the others also returned one after another. Once Sui Zimo had also come back from outside, she finally understood what had happened.

It turned out that the locals had already received the news that this group of visitors was staying at Granny Chang’s guesthouse.

What kind of person Granny Chang was, there was no one in the vicinity who didn’t know. Naturally, the guests staying at her house were either about to be swindled by Granny Chang or persons similar to her.

Whichever it was, they didn’t want to get involved.

If they were to act kindly out of the blue and warn those about to be harmed, they would surely invite malicious revenge from Granny Chang.

There had been those who had suffered such revenge before, which was why the locals had a fear of Granny Chang.

"So that’s what it was."

Everyone finally understood the reason. It turned out they had been implicated because of Granny Chang, whom they had already dealt with.