The Civil Servant's Job is to Raise The Furries!-Chapter 166: Haste Makes Waste

Early the next morning, the village was in an uproar.

The two cattle locked in the old cowshed at the Yin Family were missing!

Xu Ying hadn’t even gotten up yet, but the village rumors were already flying everywhere.

Xu Ying went to bed late last night, so while she was still deep in her dreams, the door of the old house was being pounded on rudely.

"Doctor Xu, where did the Yin Family’s two cows go?"

"Did they die in the middle of the night and you dealt with them?"

"Doctor Xu, is your medical skill really reliable? Are you the official staff sent here?"

...

Xu Ying listened to the noise outside and opened her eyes.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw the crowd outside and was dumbfounded.

Leading them was Miao Zhong, the village chief’s nephew, wearing a pair of loose pants, supported by Zhang Lei, followed by Master Wu, the couple from the Yin Family, and the village chief.

The villagers who came with them were full of anger, shouting for Xu Ying to get out of Crescent Oasis.

Miao Zhong made the most fuss, with a proud and arrogant smile on his face: "Doctor Xu, did you kill the two cows from the Yin Family last night and went to deal with their bodies, so you only got up now?"

Master Wu stood to the side with a contemptuous smile, watching the show.

"Little girl, if you’re not skilled enough, don’t come out embarrassing yourself. It’s not easy for them to raise two cows; they’ve had them for many years. You better pay up quickly."

Master Wu pretended to be kind and said, "Oh, I forgot you just graduated and haven’t worked for a few months, so you probably don’t have money. How about I help you pay for it?"

"They’ve raised those two cows for so many years, there’s no way it’ll cost less than ten thousand."

Miao Zhong chimed in: "There’s no reason for Master Wu to pay the money, Doctor Xu. If you know what’s good for you, pay them the money quickly. If you’re not skilled enough, don’t come out embarrassing yourself."

The couple from the Yin Family looked at Xu Ying with a complex and helpless expression. Last night, their son came home and talked about how Doctor Xu was worried about them playing by the water, not only calling them back but also teaching them a lot, urging them to study hard and not skip class to go back to school.

The couple’s impression of Xu Ying was improving, but they didn’t expect to hear such bad news in the morning.

Moreover, this young girl’s treatment process was at least serious and rigorous, maybe her skills were just not enough.

Yin An’s father stepped up to mediate, "Why don’t we just let it go? These two cows were sick to begin with, there is no certainty they could be cured, and Doctor Xu was just being kind-hearted, let’s just assume they got lost."

Yin An’s mother wanted to say something after hearing this, but in the end, she remained silent.

Seeing Yin An’s mother’s expression, Miao Zhong continued fueling the fire, "How can there be no compensation? If she wasn’t overconfident and challenged Master Wu, would anything have happened to these cows?"

Miao Zhong was eager to chase Xu Ying away because the village was about to purchase a new batch of fertilizers.

If this knowledgeable veterinarian was around, what if she reported to the authorities and jeopardized their opportunity to make money?

At this time, the village chief still played his usual good guy role: "Everyone, don’t rush, maybe there are other reasons. Let’s hear the young woman explain herself first."

"Don’t make it seem like we people from East Village are unreasonable."

Seeing them bickering, Xu Ying understood the situation.

It was likely that Miao Zhong saw the old cowshed was empty and assumed the cows were poisoned to death or near death last night and that she had disposed of them, so he was in a hurry to bring the villagers to confront her.

"May I ask, do I have three heads and six arms?" Xu Ying shrugged helplessly, "Am I capable of disposing of two cows weighing ten times more than me all at once?"

Miao Zhong was momentarily speechless but then said, "Don’t you have an assistant? Your assistant could help you, don’t you have a car?"

"Even if I put the two cows on my four-wheeler, wouldn’t it crush the wheels?"

"My assistant was at the village committee setting up tents yesterday, so he’s going against the wind?"

Xu Ying coldly eyed the clowns, "Did you get kicked in the head by a cow hoof yesterday?"

As soon as Xu Ying mentioned last night, Miao Zhong’s heart skipped a beat, and his gaze flickered.

This wasn’t right. Zhang Lei had been watching the old house all night, and Xu Ying hadn’t left. How could she know about the cowshed?

"What are you talking about? You’re the one who got kicked in the head by a cow hoof!"

Miao Zhong’s voice became louder due to his guilt.

Xu Ying whistled, and two desert cottontail rabbits hopped out of the house.

When Miao Zhong saw the rabbits, he instinctively stepped back, which caused his foot to ache.

"Oh, you’re afraid now?"

Xu Ying chuckled softly and took out her tablet to show the villagers the content captured yesterday by the sports camera.

"Let me show you something interesting. At two o’clock last night, Mr. Miao Zhong was very concerned about the two cows in the old cowshed, worried they wouldn’t die, and came to add some ingredients to their feed."

The video being played on the tablet clearly showed Miao Zhong’s entire process of committing the crime last night, although the angle was strange like someone was lying on the ground shooting up.

"And what happened? He failed in his task, got kicked by the cow, and even bitten by the rabbit."

Miao Zhong watched himself clearly captured in the night video, completely stunned.

Xu Ying pulled out a sealed bag of white powder, "This bag of white powder is poisonous, poisoning sick cows in the middle of the night, I wonder what intentions you have."

"Once the chemical examiner comes today, I’ll have this powder tested."

The villagers were stunned, wasn’t it said that Miao Zhong injured his foot while moving a new batch of fertilizer for everyone overnight?

The Yin Family couple moved closer to watch the video on the tablet, then looked at the bag of powder in Xu Ying’s hand, and after watching, their faces showed disbelief.

"Miao Zhong, why did you do this?"

—"Of course, to make you all think my animal treatment skills were poor, and elevate Master Wu!"

Before the villagers could recover from this shocking revelation, Xu Ying played the eavesdropped audio recorded last night.

In the audio, the village chief’s true nature was exposed, and hearing a familiar voice saying those things, the villagers couldn’t believe their ears and turned their gaze to the village chief.

"Village chief, is this you speaking?"

Even though they asked, most of the villagers already knew the answer.

Xu Ying played a few more recordings, and after noticing the Frog Team and the wiretap’s excellent effect, she placed "Spy Steamed Bun Frogs" overnight in the rooms where the village chief and Master Wu were staying.

Content from the conversation between the village chief and his nephew could be heard in the audio.

Miao Zhong: "Uncle Miao, the two cows Doctor Xu saved have disappeared; most likely the drugs I used yesterday worked. The cows were almost dead, and she dealt with them quickly overnight. We should rush to the village tomorrow morning to spread the word and have this Doctor Xu kicked out of the village!"