Qi Shuli just isn't up to the mark!
Village Chief Qi glanced at Qi Shuli and asked, "If it wasn't someone from the village, then who could it be? Zhou Sihai told me to my face it was someone from our village—does he have any reason to lie and deceive us?"
"Ahem! Ahem!" Qi Shuli cleared his throat twice, "Those people were after all sent down for labor re-education. Maybe someone higher up is looking for trouble, or perhaps... perhaps it's those city youths..."
Qi Shuli had long harbored resentment towards those haughty city kids, and now that an opportunity to tarnish their reputation had arisen, he naturally wasn't going to pass it up. Since it was just a suspicion and didn't require any evidence, technically, he wasn't spouting nonsense.