I slept relatively comfortably that night. Apart from the chirping of insects and birds in the village, Zhang Dabiao didn't hear any unusual noise.
But in the middle of the night, Zhang Dabiao suddenly heard a quarrel.
"Oh, mute dad, don't you know what the people in the village think? Why did you let this outsider stay?"
"Oh, don't blame me for this..."
"If I don't blame you, why don't you blame us? You guy!"
The man's rough voice made the mute father hold back everything he wanted to say. He stood at the door at a loss, not knowing how to explain.
"I really don't want him to live in my house."
"Who would believe what you say now? Did he sneak in by himself?"
"Oh, no."
Those people realized that the mute father could not speak, so they scolded the mute father with every word he said.
"Oh, tell me about your child being mute, please tell me about your virtues. Everyone knows that you have a hard life, so everyone will take care of you as much as they can. I didn't expect you to do such a thing. This
Isn’t it ungrateful and hurting everyone’s feelings?”
"That's right, that's right. We usually deliver meals and vegetables to you every day."
"Don't you know that Lao Wang's house collapsed because of that outsider? If he hadn't been so unlucky, would Lao Wang's house have collapsed?"
"Our ancestors have never allowed outsiders to stay overnight. How can you break the rules?"
These people kept criticizing the mute father.
The mute father did not dare to speak at all, so he could only hug his child and stand in the yard of his house in embarrassment.
This was what Zhang Dabiao saw when he came out. When the villagers saw Zhang Dabiao, they suddenly stopped talking.
Lao Wang rushed out from the crowd.
"Why don't you get out of here, you unlucky thing?"
"I didn't stay at your house. What does it have to do with you whether I leave or not?" Zhang Dabiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
But Lao Wang was even more energetic.
“We don’t welcome outsiders like you in our village!”
"So? I don't live in your house."
"Don't make excuses here!"
"Why am I arrogant? What I said is all the truth. You can't say that I am arguable just because you can't speak to me."
Zhang Dabiao said one sentence after another, which directly confused Lao Wang, and Lao Wang could only hold back his anger.
Seeing that Zhang Dabiao's attitude was so tough, someone said that the village chief should come and make the decision.
After a while, the village chief's figure appeared in public view. He looked as sick as yesterday.
The village chief had no idea that these villagers would come and cause trouble so quickly.
"It's so early in the morning, it's still dark, why are you here making trouble?"
Lao Wang straightened up and said, "Village Chief, let me tell you, my house fell down again because of him!"
"How can it be?"
"How about I take you to see it now."
The village chief fell silent.
At this moment, Zhang Dabiao took the initiative and suggested: "Since the village chief is not willing to go with you, then let me follow you to see what is the reason why your house has been damaged again and again.
Collapse."
"How dare you say such an unlucky thing like you?"
As soon as he heard Zhang Dabiao's words, Lao Wang became even more angry.
In order to find out the reason why Lao Wang's house collapsed, everyone walked towards Lao Wang's house.
Except the mute father and his child.
But after a while, the mute dad also followed.
Arriving at the door of Lao Wang's house, everyone saw a ruins.
"Oh, you guys, tell me, this is the wall we rebuilt in the afternoon, but it hasn't even been a night and it's already like this!"
The village chief took a look, but didn't see the reason.
Zhang Dabiao stepped forward and said, "Let me help you take a look."
"What nonsense are you looking at? If it weren't for you, would my house be like this? Get out of here right away."
Zhang Dabiao ignored Lao Wang's words and looked at them carefully.
After watching for a while, Zhang Dabiao finally realized that the house was prone to collapse because the land here was too loose and they didn't lay a good foundation.
Zhang Dabiao came to the wall and took a look, confirming his idea. The soil here was loose enough to make footprints. How could they build a house on it?
"Stop talking, I already know why your house collapsed."
Everyone opened their eyes wide, and Zhang Dabiao said everything he had just seen.
What Zhang Dabiao said was reasonable and well-founded, and the villagers were completely unable to refute it.
In order to verify what Zhang Dabiao said, the village chief even walked over and took a look.
Then the village chief turned his head and focused on Lao Wang.
"You old fool, how come you can't even handle this kind of thing?"
"Oh, I..."
Lao Wang was speechless for a long time.
"Look at what you did. You said you wanted to build a house before, and I approved it for you. However, you completely ignored everyone's safety and actually built such a dangerous house!"
"Village Chief, I'm really anxious..."
"You are so anxious that you don't care about everyone's safety? Are you so anxious that you can slander people casually?"
Lao Wang still wanted to defend himself, but the village chief no longer wanted to hear it.
"Okay, go back quickly and don't embarrass yourself here."
"But the village chief, how can you talk to him, a foreigner?"
"It's you who has the problem."
"This is a rule passed down by our ancestors. This foreigner can't come and live here in the first place!"
The village chief's face suddenly darkened.
He glared at Lao Wang fiercely, which made Lao Wang tremble with fright.
As long as the village chief says it, no one in the whole village dares to resist. If anyone wants to be arrogant in front of the village chief, he is looking for death.
"Let me tell you the truth, I arranged for this little brother to live in the mute father's house. You should not trouble them again in the future."
The village chief said these words, then turned and left.
Although the villagers had complaints in their hearts, they did not dare to speak out.
After all, the village chief has already spoken, what else can they say?
Lao Wang looked at Zhang Dabiao, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"You piece of shit, if it weren't for the village chief, I would have kicked you out a long time ago."
"I want to see if you have this ability."
Zhang Dabiao sneered, and then walked away directly. He turned around and waved to the mute father who was standing behind the crowd.