Chapter 60: The Sin of Gender 60
In fact, Fang Zhongyi’s method of handling was very simple. He merely went to the ancestral hall of the Fang Family Village and rang the big bell, summoning all the villagers of the Fang Family Village, then pointed out to them the cellar hidden in Xiao Xia’s home, specifically used for eating people!
Without Fang Zhongyi needing to say much, upon seeing the scene that resembled a hell on earth, Xiao Xia’s family, being the first in Fang Family Village to resort to cannibalism, suffered the villagers’ frenzied revenge. The family, including Xiao Xia, numbering about a dozen, were surrounded and beaten to death by the villagers of Fang Family Village!
Actually, Xiao Xia was particularly popular with children in the village because she enjoyed looking after other people’s children since she was young, and there wasn’t any child in the village who had a bad relationship with her.
When famine struck, everyone was unbearably hungry, and hearing stories of cannibalism outside the village was not rare. However, no one dared to follow such dark thoughts because there was Fang Zhongyi in the village, who insisted on everyone maintaining a moral baseline. Moreover, Fang Zhongyi managed to obtain food for everyone, ensuring they wouldn’t starve to death.
Although they were still driven mad by hunger, they wouldn’t truly starve to death, so the people of Fang Family Village could endure it and not contemplate cannibalism.
Humans are very peculiar; sometimes their bottom line is incredibly strong, unbreakable even when close to death, yet at times, it’s very fragile, easily shattered by the smallest incident, and they quickly fall into becoming demons!
The incident began when a child, who was on good terms with Xiao Xia, secretly came to find her, hoping this kind sister would give him some food as he was unbearably hungry!
Coincidentally, that day Xiao Xia’s family had just mixed the meat chunks distributed by Fang Zhongyi with white soil to make white soil meat patties. This white soil, also known as Guanyin soil, had a fine texture and was easy to swallow. During years of famine, many people would eat it for sustenance.
However, eating too much Guanyin soil on an empty stomach could cause bloating and death, but if mixed in small amounts with food, while it wouldn’t be absorbed by the body, it could give a feeling of fullness and would be expelled with the food, preventing any life-threatening bloating.