Early the next morning, the villagers gathered together. They didn't know what medicine the old village chief was selling in his gourd.

"Hey, what do you think the village chief is doing by gathering us here?"

"What else can we do? Criticize Li Cuihua and the others."

"Then if you want to criticize and fight, why didn't you criticize and fight last night? You had to wait until this morning. I don't think so."

"Then what do you think it is?"

"I guess there must be something big announced."

"Aren't you talking nonsense!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, those unlucky people are here."

The villagers were sitting or standing in small groups around the small square. Li Cuihua came with his three sons and Li Bing, who was implicated yesterday, in a high-spirited manner.

The villagers stared at them with their eyes and whispered.

"If the old village chief hadn't been so virtuous and protective of them, would they still be living as well as they are now? They really don't know what's good and what's good, they are a bunch of wolf-hearted guys."

"Brother, be careful, be careful not to let that woman hear you making trouble in front of your house every day."

The villager who spoke freely was immediately frightened. Even though he said so, who could compare to Li Cuihua's fierceness?

Li Yuezhu got up early today. She fried two eggs and cooked some rice soup. She didn't feel full after eating, so she made some snacks.

I grabbed the fountain pen I bought last night and a stack of rice paper and ran outside.

Today, Li Yuezhu is wearing a waist-length undershirt with a cross-collar collar. The sleeves of the white top are embroidered with flying swallows and silk flowers. It has a blue gradient skirt and is also dotted with simple flowers. This is what Zhou bought for her in a clothing store.

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After putting it on, she doesn't look like a girl in the village. She looks like a young lady from a wealthy family.

I hurried to the door of the village chief's house, and it happened that the old village chief had just gone out.

"Girl, it's so early to get up. I was just about to find you, and you came here." The old village chief looked at Li Yuezhu and smiled while stroking his beard and nodding. This girl is indeed older, and she looks pretty well dressed in this outfit.

I almost didn't recognize it.

"Grandpa Village Chief, didn't you talk about Chenshi yesterday? I was stuck. No, it's neither early nor late. I just happened to run into you." Li Yuezhu took the Grandpa Village Chief's arm affectionately and walked towards the small square.

Walk in the middle.

On the way, the old village chief also had a general understanding of what Li Yuezhu wanted to do. After listening to Li Yuezhu's words, the old village chief nodded repeatedly. If this thing is accomplished, it will be a great achievement.

The two of them arrived at the small square, which was already full of people. Most of them were noisy, some were chatting about daily life, and some were talking about national affairs.

The old village chief walked to the stone mill with a smile. The bad mood caused by Li Cuihua's family in recent days became a little more cheerful because of this incident. At least something good happened in the village, and the previous gloom was gone.

"Quiet, quiet!" the old village chief stood in front of the stone mill and shouted at the top of his lungs.

The villagers still respected the old village chief, and they all shut up when they saw him coming.

"I have something to announce today," the old village chief shouted at the top of his lungs while standing in front of the stone mill, ensuring that every villager could hear what he said.

"First of all, there has been a lot of commotion in the village recently because of the orchard incident, and I am very annoyed, especially Li Cuihua. This is my last warning to you. If you do anything wrong in the future, I will not care about Dazhuang's favor.

, and send you directly to the government."

"Right now, the orchard is still under contract. Don't be afraid. You should still sign up enthusiastically. If Li Cuihua makes trouble again, they will be sent to the government directly without any mercy."

After listening to the old village chief's words, the villagers started to make a noise. Li Cuihua's harsh words were put there yesterday. Who else dares to contract the orchard now?

"Second, Li Cuihua, Li Bashan, have you brought the two taels of silver?" The old village chief leaned on his cane and looked straight at Li Cuihua and Li Bashan who were hiding in the corner.

Li Cuihua and Li Yasan had to walk out of the crowd even if they didn't want to.

"Village chief, can you please be accommodating? We are all poor people, and our skin is not broken and there is no blood..."

Before Li Cuihua finished speaking, the old village chief over there became angry. He shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Would you like if I beat you up for nothing and give you a few copper coins? It's not enough for the medical expenses! Why, you don't like it now, it's okay if you don't like it."

When Li Cuihua heard what the old village chief said, she immediately beamed.

"Dazhu, don't say anything and take this Li Cuihua to the government."

The old village chief was serious this time. I don’t know where he got a hemp rope, as thick as a finger, and tried to tie it to Li Cuihua. Li Cuihua had been arrogant all her life. How could anyone in the village dare to do this to her?

, seeing that the old village chief was serious today, he immediately hid behind his son and begged for mercy.

"Chengchengcheng, I'll give it, why don't I give it?" Li Cuihua said, taking out a lot of money from her arms and throwing it on the ground.

"That's always no more than a thousand cash. Why, do you still need to count?"

Li Erfu protected his mother, looked at the surrounding villagers, and took out a kitchen knife from his arms.

"I'm warning you, that's enough. If you bite your nose and face again, don't blame me for being rude." Li Erfu waved the kitchen knife he brought at home.

The surrounding villagers were so frightened that they immediately ran three feet away from Li Erfu.

"Bastard!" the old village chief was so angry that his beard was trembling.

"You bastard, what are you doing with a kitchen knife? Do you want to kill an old man like me?" the old village chief said, raising the crutch in his hand with both hands, and swung it hard at Li Erfu.

Li Erfu was still very afraid of the old village chief. His mother didn't like to deal with the old village chief since she was a child. Even if the villagers bullied her, she didn't dare to provoke the old village chief. Over time, Li Erfu became afraid of him from the bottom of her heart.

When he saw the old village chief's cane swinging towards him, his first reaction was to hide instead of swinging it upward with the kitchen knife.

The surrounding villagers finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the old village chief beating Li Erfu all over the floor and snatching the kitchen knife from his hand. This was such a relief!

But they also firmly believe that the Li family, mother and son, are the ones they must not mess with, so the orchard should be as far away as possible.

The old village chief took the kitchen knife from Li Erfu's hand, picked up the money from the ground, and put it all into the hand of Li Yuezhu who was standing next to the stone mill.

"Li Yansan, where's yours?" The old village chief glared, and Li Yansan hid in fright. Li Yansan saw the fierceness of the old village chief just now, and he didn't expect this old man to die.

He is still so old and strong that even after beating Li Erfu with a stick for more than ten times, his face does not turn red and his heart does not beat.

He didn't want to die anymore. He originally wanted to struggle, but seeing that it was no longer necessary, he took out a couple of silver coins from his pocket and handed it to the old village chief.

The old village chief weighed the silver in his hand, nodded, and handed it to Li Yuezhu.

"It still looks like this. If you do it again in the future, you won't be able to get away with anything more than a tael of silver. Do you remember it?"

Li Cuihua and the others lowered their heads and looked away without speaking.

Seeing them like this, the old village chief knocked hard on the bamboo pole next to him with his crutch.

"I'm asking you, have you remembered everything?!" the old village chief said angrily.

"Remember, remember."

The three of them obviously lacked confidence in what they said, but the old village chief didn't ask for too much, so just having these words from them was enough.

"The third thing I want to say next is that our village has been troubled by these rats for such a long time." When the old village chief said this, he pointed at the group headed by Li Cuihua with his crutch.

Several people.
Chapter completed!