When the village chief came over, Mrs. Li was already chatting with the village chief's wife.
Of course, I was talking about the short-sightedness of some parents, but I didn't mention the Zhao family's affairs.
I have to say, this Li is really able to hold back.
When she saw the village chief, she immediately called him with a smile. The village chief nodded and asked her what happened.
Li hesitated for a while and finally spoke: "Village Chief, I know it is inappropriate to come to you now to say these things, but for the sake of our village, I still have to say it!"
Seeing her righteous and awe-inspiring look, the village chief's family really thought she was here for some serious matter. They all looked at her seriously. The eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief's family said: "Aunt Li, what do you have to say?
Just say, my father will do things fairly and will not let you be wronged."
The village chief's daughter-in-law is a very good person. She usually flatters her parents-in-law and is favored by them. Now that she speaks like this, she naturally gets the village chief's look of approval.
Li said: "Didn't the village chief say that the Zhao family has no money? It was because they had no money before and they have money again today!"
As soon as he started talking about the Zhao family's affairs, the village chief and his family immediately changed their faces.
This was obviously because he was angry with Mr. Li for making trouble for no reason, but in Mr. Li's eyes, he felt that they were just like him, knowing that he had been deceived, and he was angry!
She said proudly: "Even if the Zhao family really has no money, isn't there a noble young master living in the house? The noble young master must be rich! Also, Zhao Huanyu came back in the middle of the night last night and pulled a whole cart full of good things, just for fear of
People in our village knew it and deliberately hid it! And just now, another young man sent two carts of new year's goods to her family. They looked very valuable. As long as she was willing, she could take a few things to the pawn shop.
The pawn is enough to build roads in our village!"
She spoke with gusto, and the spit foam almost hit the village chief's face. The village chief looked at her with a cold face the whole time. When she finished speaking, he asked: "Are you done?"
Mrs. Li finally noticed that the village chief's face was not good-looking, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said sarcastically: "That's almost it..."
The village chief then asked her: "What did I say yesterday?"
Mrs. Li was a little afraid of such a village chief. Not only him, but also other people in the family looked at her with a stern expression. Only then did she realize that she had come to the wrong place.
But it was too late now. The village chief raised his voice and asked, "Tell me! What did I say yesterday?"
"You...you said you are not allowed to have any ideas about the Zhao family anymore..."
Ms. Li shrank her neck and whispered: "But that's because we all thought that her family had no money. Now that we know that her family has money, she deliberately refused to spend money to build roads in our village! This is what happened.
This behavior is simply unacceptable!”
"Speak louder!"
The village chief then yelled at her, frightening Mrs. Li for a moment.
What's wrong with the village chief? It's like he's become a different person.
"Let me ask you," the village chief calmed down and spoke calmly, "if your family suddenly got a hundred silver, and I asked you to use it all to build roads in the village, would you be willing?"
Li became unhappy instantly and subconsciously retorted: "Why? That's my family's money!"
"That's right! Your family's money is money, but other people's money is not money? You even feel sorry for a mere three taels of silver and are reluctant to spend it to build roads in the village, but you always want to force the Zhao family to spend hundreds of taels.
Come on, do you really think the Zhao family is easy to bully?"
The village chief almost shouted, and several neighbors heard it clearly and quickly came out to join in the fun.
The village chief continued: "After all, the Zhao family's family situation has gradually improved since Xiaoyu became rich half a year ago. In the past, none of your families were richer than his family. If there was anything in the village that needed everyone to spend money, you could
If you say the Zhao family is poor, won't you let the Zhao family spend money? Can you?"
"Now that the Zhao family is better off and rich, you are all jealous, wishing that her family would suddenly become poor again, right? Why should people spend more money if they have money? I don't believe you.
Everyone is really too poor to open the door! The Zhao family gave each person five taels of silver before. I think you are making quite easily. Why don't you use all the money to build roads?"
"I originally proposed the method of building roads because I wanted everyone to suffer less when going to the town in the future. Many children in the village study in the town without thinking about themselves or their children. But you are so embarrassed and think about plotting every day.
The Zhao family, my ancestors of the Wan family have all lost their dignity by you people! Since you are not willing to spend money, then we won’t build the road. I don’t care if you walk how you like!”
As he said that, the village chief pushed Mrs. Li out of her courtyard door in two or two, and slammed the door shut. Mrs. Li and the group of people watching the excitement outside looked at each other.
This was originally meant to benefit the family, so why did it end up doing bad things instead?
What's wrong with her? She just wanted to do some good for her people.
But now that it has become like this, it has offended not only the village chief, but also other tribesmen.
Originally, it was necessary to build roads in the village, so that people would suffer less when going to the town. But now that Mr. Li has interfered with it, the roads cannot be built, and the children have to suffer when they go to school. How can this be done?
"Aunt Li, why do you think you are doing this? Why did Xiaoyu offend you, and you want to feel sorry for her like this? The village chief is right, the Zhao family is just like us, they are all villagers in the village, how much money should we pay, Zhao
It’s enough for the family to contribute as much as they want, so why should we ask them to pay more? This is wrong in the first place!”
"Yes, the Zhao family has never done anything wrong in our village over the years. If any family in the village has trouble, they will help. We really don't need to target others like this! I've finally put it aside. We have to go this way ourselves.
, Money must be spent, if we really force the Zhao family to spend money, and Xiaoyu will sue the officials, how will our Zhao family's children study for merit and fame in the future?"
"Oh, if you didn't mention this, I would have forgotten about it! My child is good at studying, and I will do whatever it takes to help him study. If he is promising and can get a good name, but he gets involved in these bad things in the village, it will really make me cry.
These two eyes are not enough to compensate!"
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This era has very high requirements for scholars. At least they must have a clean financial background and no three generations of family members have committed adultery or other crimes. It is really not worth it if a child's future is affected by something as trivial as road construction.
After all, Zhao Huanyu is really not someone to be bullied, and reporting her to the official is something she can do.
The most important thing is that there is a noble young master in her family. If the noble young master helps, ordinary people like them will really die without knowing.
Thinking of these things, everyone turned their accusing eyes towards Li Shi, and their words became more and more unpleasant. Li Shi couldn't get a word in at all, and could only let Tumo Xingzi drown her.