Unexpectedly, when everyone asked, Zhang Dachang waved his hands with disdain.

"What kind of village chief's son? You have all made mistakes before! My sister's boyfriend is the boss of the restaurant! He is much better than the village chief's son!"

Everyone Zhang Dachang said this to everyone he met along the way.

When the other party wanted to ask Zhang Linna about her previous marriage to the village chief's son, Zhang Dachang glared at the other party with a bull's eye, so that the other party did not dare to ask any more questions.

Seeing this, Zhang Dong couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, sometimes, actions like Zhang Dachang's can be considered a good idea.

The more you explain something, the more unclear it will be, and it will cause others to discuss it.

The best way to deal with this situation is to simply not explain it and use your power to force the other party to not dare to ask any more questions.

As time goes by, they will stop talking about it.

After walking in the village for a while, Zhang Dong suddenly frowned. He had a vague feeling that the faces of the people in this village seemed to be slightly yellow!

Zhang Dong had not noticed this before at Zhang Linna's house. He only thought that the yellowish color of Zhang Yongcai and others was due to genetics.

As for Zhang Linna, who has fair skin, she did not inherit the gene for a yellow complexion because of her natural beauty.

But when he saw the faces of the people in the village turning slightly yellow, Zhang Dong realized that something was not right.

Zhang Dong asked Zhang Linna with some confusion: "Nana, do the people in your village always have such yellow faces? Is this a characteristic of your village?"

Hearing this, Zhang Linna burst into laughter: "Brother Dongzi, what are you thinking! How can we have such characteristics? We are all from the same place, so of course we cannot have such obvious differences!"

After a pause, her tone was also a little puzzled: "Speaking of which, the faces of everyone in the village seem to be a little darker than before I got married. If you didn't tell me, Dongzi, I wouldn't have noticed it before!"

Seeing this, Zhang Dachang on the side explained: "Nana is right. In the past, people in our village were not as yellow-faced as they are now. But it is only in the past two years that their faces have started to turn a little yellow."

Zhang Dong frowned, and his intuition told him that there was probably some secret in it, but it was still unknown at the moment.

After a while, they came to the small river at the south end of the village. Looking at the large fields on the riverside and the sparkling river, Zhang Linna immediately became excited and trotted over with a smile.

Looking at the picturesque scenery around him, Zhang Dong also felt a little relaxed and happy, and strode towards the river.

When they came to the river, Zhang Dachang smiled and said to Zhang Dong: "Brother-in-law, look at how clear the river is! You can even see fish swimming in it!"

Hearing this, Zhang Dong followed Zhang Dachang's gaze and glanced into the river, but his expression changed instantly.

"Brother Dachang, do you produce brown ore?" Zhang Dong said.

Hearing this, Zhang Dachang shook his head: "That's not true. How can we have any ore locally? If there were ore, the village would not always be so poor!"

Zhang Dong frowned and stared at the brown stones at the bottom of the river: "Then the brown stones in the river were this color before?"

"This...I really have no impression." Zhang Dachang scratched his head.

At this time, Zhang Linna came over and said: "The stones in the past were not of this color! The stones in the past were a bit green, the color of moss. But the moss was very light, so it was basically the original color of the stone!"

Hearing this, Zhang Dong's expression instantly became solemn.

"Brother Dachang, can you find a tool and dig out a stone from the river? Any big or small one will do!"

"Ah?" Zhang Dachang became even more puzzled when he heard this.

But when he saw Zhang Dong's solemn expression, he knew something unusual must have happened.

"No tools needed! I can just go down to the river and fish! My water skills are among the best in our village!"

After saying that, Zhang Dachang took off his shirt, shoes and socks and jumped directly into the river.

Seeing Zhang Dachang jumping into the river without saying a word, Zhang Dong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the other party was so sincere.

At this time, Zhang Linna smiled and said to Zhang Dong: "Brother Dongzi, my eldest brother is like this. If he thinks you are one of his own, he will dig out his heart to you!"

Zhang Dong was suddenly enlightened, and his eyes looking at Zhang Dachang became a little more cordial.

Until this moment, he truly regarded Zhang Dachang as his uncle.

This uncle is different from his father-in-law who loves money as much as his life. His character is still very trustworthy.

Zhang Dachang plunged into the water suddenly, and soon he came up with a stone the size of a football.

"Brother-in-law, what do you think of this stone?"

Zhang Dong took a look and hurriedly shouted: "That's enough, Brother Dachang, come up!"

With that said, he quickly stepped forward and took the stone from Zhang Dachang's hand, and then pulled him ashore.

While Zhang Dachang was squeezing the water from his clothes, Zhang Dong took the stone and studied it carefully.

He first turned the stone over and looked at the color at the bottom of the stone.

When he found that the bottom of the stone was still the original color, Zhang Dong was immediately sure that the stone had definitely changed color for some reason.

Then Zhang Dong gently scraped off a little brown part on the stone with his nails, put it in front of him and smelled it, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"This stone is poisonous!" Zhang Dong's tone was solemn.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Linna and Zhang Dachang's expressions changed drastically, and Zhang Dachang even ran directly to Zhang Dong.

"Brother-in-law, you...what did you say? This stone is poisonous? What's going on? Are all brown stones poisonous?" Zhang Dachang said in shock.

Zhang Dong nodded heavily: "You can almost say that! To be precise, it is not the stones that are poisonous. The toxins on the stones are all seeped out from the river water! What is really poisonous is the river water!"

"This?" Zhang Dachang suddenly took a breath: "The river water is poisonous? How is this possible! The water in our village's river has always been so clear!"

"Yes, Brother Dongzi, the water in this river is as clear as before, and you can't see much change! And there is no strange smell in the river water!" Zhang Linna couldn't help but say.

After hearing what the two said, Zhang Dong smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Some toxins are colorless and odorless! Even if I hadn't seen these brown stones formed due to long-term accumulation of toxins and chemical reactions with stones, it would be difficult for me to discover them!"

After saying that, Zhang Dong looked upstream along the river.

Faintly visible, at the end of the upper reaches of the river, is a smoking factory next to it.

If he guessed correctly, the toxins were discharged from that factory!

Zhang Dong still remembers that when he drove to Zhangjiagou Village before, he saw a factory in the distance on the road.

However, because the distance was too far, Zhang Dong did not go over to take a closer look.

Only now do we know that this factory is actually discharging pollutants into the river.

Although Zhang Dong is not yet sure what this pollutant is, it is enough to conclude that it will poison people over time.
Chapter completed!