It wasn't until they walked out of Hongfeng Town that no shadow of the ancient maple trees could be seen at all. Song Jia'ao and his party relaxed their tense emotions and walked to the empty river beach to rest.
"Bah, I thought the old guy named Liu was a good person, but I didn't expect that he was also a greedy thing!" Song Baotian sat down on the ground and cursed Mayor Liu loudly.
"Who says it's not the case? Last time we asked him to do something, his attitude was so good. I didn't expect that what I saw today would be his true face!" Zhou Taohua agreed, with a hint of worry in her eyes.
"Thanks to Miss Xi's presence this time, I managed to get the money back, otherwise I would have to suffer this embarrassing loss!" Yang Cuilian looked at Song Xixi, her face full of gratitude.
The others nodded one after another and said happily: "Thanks to the girl Xi, I frightened Liu and helped us get our money back!"
Recalling Song Xixi's performance in front of Mayor Liu, everyone looked at Song Xixi with admiration in their eyes. No one expected that the usually taciturn little girl could calm the dignified Mayor with just a few words.
At that time, they, the old men, were all in a panic and didn't know what to do.
The old village chief also looked at Song Xixi with approval and praised without hesitation: "No matter how young or young a hero is, our girl Xi is the little hero of the entire Song family'ao!"
This praise was so high that Song Xixi shook her head repeatedly: "You can do as many things as you have the ability to do. I alone am not enough to scare Mayor Liu today. All my uncles and aunts have also contributed."
At the Liu family just now, it was everyone standing behind her and her grandfather that allowed Mayor Liu to see the unity of the Song family, so he was hesitant to completely break up.
As long as someone loses the chain, this matter cannot be so smooth!
In short, the fight against Mayor Liu who abused his power today was not the result of Song Xixi alone.
These words made everyone excited, and they praised Song Xixi without any money. They also didn't forget to bring Song Wufu with them, and praised the Song family for their ability to teach children, and for teaching Song Xixi so well.
Song Wufu's face glowed with praise, and he no longer knew what modesty meant.
It's just that the money is coming back. After all, Song Jia'ao is under the jurisdiction of Hongfeng Town and is under the control of Mayor Liu on official matters such as taxation and corvee.
If Mayor Liu has a grudge and makes trouble in these matters, Song Jia'ao will still suffer.
Zhou Taohua expressed her concerns in public, so that everyone could have a clear understanding. If Mayor Liu really made things difficult for her, it would be better than messing up again.
"Ms. Zhou is right. If everyone has a way to deal with it, you can tell it and add it together."
The old village chief put away the smile on his face and glanced at everyone's faces one by one: "No matter what, we Song Jia'ao cannot be fish to be slaughtered, otherwise everyone will pounce on us and take a bite!"
Everyone was shocked: Yes, they are outsiders and have no roots here. Aren’t they just fish to be slaughtered in the eyes of others?
To put it more closely, people like Mayor Liu, and to put it further, people like Shuitou Village, Wantou Village and Qingshan Village, aren't they all trying to exploit them, tearing their flesh and blood from their bodies to enrich themselves?
The three villages didn't succeed last time. Now, as long as Mayor Liu is completely defeated, the Song Jia'ao can truly gain a foothold in this area and not be afraid of being bullied.
Someone quietly glanced at Song Xixi and said hesitantly: "Our Song family'ao was placed here because Xi Yatou saved young master Zhao's life. The fact that he was able to frighten Liu this time is also inseparable from this matter.
Relationship, if, if we can establish a relationship with the Zhao family..."
Everyone else looked at Song Xixi, knowing that this was the simplest and most labor-saving method.
But Song Xixi shook her head and said seriously: "My life-saving kindness to Young Master Zhao ended when Mr. Zhao placed us here."
After everyone heard this, they felt sorry for her, but no one blamed her for it.
Song Xixi was satisfied and continued: "Although the man named Liu can cover the sky with one hand in Hongfeng Town, it can only be limited to Hongfeng Town. Even if he has a backer in Fucheng, this backer may not be very reliable."
Then, she shared some of her guesses.
Those in power who are willing to take in a large number of victims and provide loans to the victims have great ambitions that ordinary people do not have, and usually do not condone the misbehavior of the people below them for the sake of small profits.
A glimpse of the leopard can be discerned just from the lives of ordinary people in the city, and you can tell something about the behavior of those in power.
The backer named Liu can condone his corruption in borrowing money from disaster victims, which shows that he is a short-sighted person and will not be the person in power in Huai'an Prefecture.
Once this matter comes to the forefront, neither the person named Liu nor the backers behind him will be able to live with it.
Presumably, they themselves know that they can't see the light of day, so they shouldn't be too presumptuous.
In addition, the relationship between her and the Zhao family was indeed ended, but Liu did not know it.
When he found out that she had saved the Zhao family, it was impossible that he would not have any scruples, and he would not dare to make things difficult for the Song family'ao in public.
If he secretly pulls some strings, we can seize him and find a way to remove him from the mayor's position and eliminate this hidden danger in one fell swoop.
After Song Xixi's analysis, everyone was finally not so anxious: "What Xi Yatou said makes sense. Compared to the real big shots, the man named Liu can only be regarded as a small fish and a shrimp. There are many people who can cure him!"
The old village chief nodded and said: "There should be more than one person named Liu who is taking advantage of the victims. If the person named Liu refuses to stop, we will find a way to contact other victims. The old man doesn't believe that we can't bring down the backers behind them."
With all the backers down, Mayor Liu and his ilk are naturally nothing to fear.
"Yes, as long as we work together, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
The old village chief's words completely opened everyone's minds. They no longer felt that Mayor Liu was insurmountable, and there were smiles on every face again.
After dispelling their worries, everyone returned to the cave with ease.
After comparing the amounts borrowed by each family and handing over the money to each family in its entirety, the old village head recounted what happened today at Mayor Liu's house.
The people who stayed in the cave really didn't expect this to happen, and they all scolded Mayor Liu bloody.
Everyone was busy verbally attacking Mayor Liu, and they didn't pay much attention to the fact that the big wild boar hunted by Song Xixi was sold for five taels of silver.
Song Xixi gave the money to Zhang Xiaomei and asked her to save it to "buy cattle."
Zhang Xiaomei understood this, and when someone asked about money later, she directly said that she wanted to save money to buy cattle, which made some people who wanted to borrow money feel embarrassed to ask.
In the next few days, the villagers bought hoes, shovels and other tools, picked an auspicious day, and officially started to build a house.
Every day, people as old as sixty years old and children as young as five or six years old go to the construction site to do whatever they can.
Song Xixi, the strongest one, had so many laborers in the Song family that no one would assign her tasks, so she continued to wander around the mountains while doing new tasks issued by the system as usual.
Unexpectedly, every time she went into the mountains, she would meet a big wolf waiting for her by the creek.
Such abnormal behavior really left Song Xixi confused.