At this moment, Xia Ping'an, who was beside her, advised, "Girl, Xintian's suggestion is very good. This way, the villagers won't have any ill will towards you, and you can still control Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua. However, in addition to the confession and guarantee, you can ask for another compensation. Don't ask for money or grain, ask for land!"

If we really send Xia Changjiang and his wife to prison to eat government food, the villagers will definitely have objections.

If their children's marriages fall through because of this, no matter how many fish Xia Chunmei takes them fishing, it probably won't make any difference.

In this era, people placed great importance on offspring and the continuation of the family line.

Money and grain can be used up eventually, but land is different; as long as there are no natural disasters, it will produce something every year.

“I can refuse to send them to see the authorities, but in addition to their confessions and guarantees, I also want two acres of land.”

The villagers gasped in surprise, not expecting Xia Chunmei to directly ask for land.

Farmland is the lifeblood of farmers. They will never sell their land unless they are desperate, because selling is easy, but buying it back is not always possible even if you have the money.

Xia Changjiang retorted angrily, "You're dreaming!"

"You framed me first, and I suffered severe mental and emotional damage. You expect me to let you go so easily without any compensation? Are you dreaming? You're ugly, but you think so highly of yourself."

Dear uncles and aunts, it's not that I want to damage your reputations, but they're uncooperative, made a mistake, and don't want to compensate. This is unreasonable no matter where you go. If your descendants can't find wives or good husbands in the future, remember to scold them, don't blame me.

As soon as Xia Chunmei finished speaking, the clansmen began to criticize Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua.

"Hurry up and agree! How much is two acres of land worth? Do you want to go to jail?"

"Don't drag us down with you if you're looking for death."

"Chunmei finally relented, and you're still not happy? You're going to jail, but will your descendants be honored? Will Xia Baofu be able to find a good wife in the future?"

...

“I originally thought that the two acres of land would be given to me as compensation, and after all four of us sisters got married, the land would be given to the clan to help the brothers who were studying. Since they don’t want to give it to us, then forget it and let’s go to the authorities.” Xia Chunmei continued, “Actually, everyone shouldn’t be afraid of being implicated. We can remove them from the clan genealogy and drive them out. After that, they will no longer be members of our Xia clan or our Yijia Village, so they won’t implicate us.”

Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua looked at Xia Chunmei in horror.

The Fan family members also looked at Xia Chunmei in surprise. Xia Chunmei was so generous as to be willing to contribute two acres of land!

Giving the land to the clan is equivalent to winning over the entire clan to her side. Everyone will be grateful for her kindness. Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua are unwilling to cede the land, which is tantamount to harming the interests of the entire clan!

With such a narrow-mindedness and shrewdness, it's no wonder that Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua ended up in this predicament.

Xia Xintian: "Brother Changjiang, we've kicked you out. Chunmei is going to send you to the authorities, and that's none of our business."

Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua were furious.

Xia Changjiang gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give you two acres of land as compensation, but I won't write a confession."

"You don't want to write a confession, which means you hold a grudge against me for ceding territory and apologizing, and that you still want to take revenge on me!"

"Chunmei, no, we definitely won't." Chen Sanhua was filled with regret at this moment, regretting that she shouldn't have cooperated with a fool like Xia Honghua.

"These are my conditions. If you don't agree, then we'll see you at the yamen!" Xia Chunmei's attitude was very firm.

Madam Fan Jiang said, "How about Chunmei, you compromise and ask for less land?"

Xia Chunmei looked at her with a gloomy expression: "Auntie, I'm starting to doubt whose side you're on, always speaking up for them..."

Madam Fan waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I'm only doing this for your own good, and I want to resolve this matter as soon as possible."

Fan Mingli glared at Fan Jiangshi, scolding her for being nosy. This was a sensitive time; how could she possibly speak up for Xia Changjiang's family?

Madam Fan was extremely frustrated and speechless. This wretched girl was truly annoying.

"My patience has its limits. If you don't agree, I'll go into the city to report to the authorities at daybreak tomorrow. Please, uncles and elders, help me tie them up."

"No, no, no, we're willing to write confessions and guarantees," Li Yu said. "Girl, we only have four mu of land and a large family to support. Xia Honghua came to me on her own initiative. I'm just an accomplice. I'm willing to pay you two taels of silver. Please, have mercy and don't send us to the authorities, okay?"

"Five taels of silver, and you'll write a confession and a guarantee, and I'll let you go."

"Okay, I'll write it."

Xia Xintian's youngest son, Xia Hui, was studying at a private school in Xiaowang Village. Since the family had writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, Xia Chunmei asked ten-year-old Xia Hui to write a confession and a guarantee on her behalf, and then had Li Yu and his wife put their fingerprints on it.

They didn't bring any money, so Xia Chunmei took the silver hairpin and silver bracelet from Li Yu's body to pay off the debt.

When Xia Honghua's children saw that Li Yu and his wife had written a confession, paid the money, and left, they couldn't bear it any longer.

"Sister Chunmei, we don't have that much money..."

"Who the hell is your sister? Don't fucking claim kinship with me. From the moment Xia Honghua, Xia Changjiang, and Chen Sanhua conspired together, we were no longer relatives, but enemies! Not only did you frame me, but today you even brought a knife and tried to kidnap me to be your wife. If you don't have ten taels of silver, we'll go to the authorities!"

"This idea came from the Li family! Li family, don't go!" Zheng Xiaolan tried to pull Li Yu away.

"It's none of my business, I didn't come up with this bad idea!" Li Yu and his wife quickly ran away, afraid that Xia Chunmei would change her mind.

Zheng Xiaolan was so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood: "Chunmei, my sister-in-law's family really doesn't have any money..."

"Chunmei, we were wrong..."

"Chunmei..."

Xia Honghua's children began to complain about being poor.

Xia Chunmei picked at her ear: "If you don't have money, then go see the officials. You can go with your uncle and aunt to experience what it's like to eat government food."

"It's getting late, Uncle Huohua, Uncle Tianji, Uncle Shuiniu, Uncle Qiang, Uncle Laoba, could you please help me tie them up and lock them up at my house? You can also come with me to file a complaint with the authorities tomorrow. I'll thank you properly once this is resolved."

"You two old bastards are asking for it! Are you trying to drag everyone down with you?"

"Chunmei finally agreed, but you won't accept it. Let them get out of the village!"

"Yes, our village and our clan don't have such a wicked person!"

The villagers were enraged and attacked him en masse.

Xia Changjiang and Chen Sanhua were beaten up by their own people again.

"Dad, please say yes, please say yes, waah..." Xia Xiumei was also pinched a few times by the old women.

Xia Changjiang sighed in despair: "Fine, I agree."

“Your family needs two copies of the confession and guarantee. One copy should be given to the clan chief for safekeeping, and the other to me. As long as you don’t cause me any trouble in the future, this guarantee and confession will never appear again. With your character, you are not fit to be the clan chief. I think Uncle Xintian is much better. I recommend Uncle Xintian to be the next clan chief.”

Xia Xintian was shocked and pleasantly surprised that Xia Chunmei would suddenly ask him to be the clan leader.

He said modestly, "Chunmei trusts me, and I am very touched, but now is not the time to talk about this."

"May I leave the other guarantee and confession to you for safekeeping for now?"

"I will hand it over after a new clan leader is elected."

"As for the two acres of land, I'll be generous. No need to measure them. I'll take the plot behind my house and the two plots next to Uncle Xi Mao's house."

Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to give it to them.

Filled with resentment, Xia Changjiang struggled to his feet, retrieved the land deed from his home, and handed it to Xia Chunmei.

Xia Chunmei took the land deed, her face beaming with smiles: "I hope everyone will learn from this experience, and I also hope that Second Uncle and Second Aunt will remember this lesson and behave well."

Xia Changjiang had never felt so frustrated.

He hated it so much!

He was beaten, his reputation was ruined, and he lost two acres of land. And this brat still dared to provoke him!

Yes, Xia Changjiang felt that Xia Chunmei's words just now were provocative!

"puff……"

Xia Changjiang was so enraged that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Father!" Chen Sanhua and Xia Xiumei quickly helped him up.

Xia Chunmei glanced at it coldly, snorted, and thought to herself, "I wish I were dead!"