"Chen Ye's family is right. I used to sell firewood to Huimin Restaurant and I know the owner's surname is Wu." Villager Ding came out to help Li Yun prove it.

"I can testify to what Li Yatou said. Chen Mo and I went to the county government office to apply for the land. The names of Chen Wen, Chen Wu, and Chen Fang are written on the land deeds. At that time, Li Yatou said that the land was bought for Dabao and his two siblings.

The village chief also came out to testify on Li Yun's behalf, and then said: "According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty: Anyone who seizes a large amount of land and falsely claims it is the imperial court will be sentenced to three years in prison. If the amount is small, he will be fined 500 taels of silver and beaten with 30 sticks."

When the villagers heard the village chief say that the land was bought by Li Yun for Dabao, Erbao and Sanbao, they were so shocked that they were speechless.

If it was his biological son, it would make sense, as he would be the one to support her in the future. However, Li Yun was not his biological mother, but a stepmother. She gave all the land to Dabao and his family. Wasn't she afraid that they would not support her in the future?

I really can't figure it out.

Especially the women, when they heard that the land was also sold to Chen Fang, those women who were despised at home envied Chen Fang, and some were even jealous of her. Why couldn't their own family treat them the same way Li Yun treated Chen Fang? Every time they either beat and scolded her or didn't give her food.

The most frightened was Jinhua. At first, when Li Yun told her that falsely claiming land would result in imprisonment, she didn't believe him and thought he was making it up. When the village chief repeated his claim, she finally realized that there was indeed a law governing the land. Only then did she begin to fear, because she knew the supposed money left by her parents-in-law was completely fabricated.

When Chen Yan's family felt that the situation was not good, they wanted to escape.

At this time, villager Chen Chun spoke out: "I can testify that what the Chen Ye family said is true. The night before yesterday, Chen Xiao and I saw the Chen Ye family pulling a cart full of things back. Chen Dagang was there at the time, but something unpleasant happened and he left in anger.

At that time, Chen Ye's family told me and Chen Xiao that she had regained her memory and remembered where she had buried the silver, so she went to Shicheng to dig for silver that day.

"I can testify to this. I was there at the time, and that's exactly what the Chen Ye family told us. Chen Dagang was also there at the time, and he insulted the Chen Ye family and was so angry that he fled." Villager Chen Xiao also stood up to testify for Li Yun and told the villagers everything that happened.

When the villagers of Qingshan Village heard Li Yun say that Chen Dagang was ugly, they all looked at Chen Dagang in the crowd, looked him up and down with a look of understanding, and then burst into laughter.

Chen Dagang, a bystander, had never expected that he would become the object of ridicule by the villagers after coming here to eat melons. His original good mood of gloating turned into anger, and he could only leave in frustration with gnashing teeth.

In his heart, he wanted to kill Li Yun, Chen Chun and Chen Xiao. He even swore to avenge today's vengeance and make them die a miserable death.

With Chen Xiao and Chen Chun's testimony, the villagers understood Chen Yan's family's motive today. They were jealous of Chen Mo's wealth and wanted to take it for themselves, which made the villagers look down on Chen Yan's family even more.

"Chen Yan, Jin Hua, now that everything's out, what else do you have to say?" The village chief looked at Chen Yan and Jin Hua angrily. These two troublemakers had almost caused them to misunderstand Chen Mo. What if Chen Mo and Li Yatou had a problem with them and refused to hire the villagers for work? Twenty-five wen a day's wages would be seven hundred and fifty wen a month, enough to cover the expenses of the villagers' families.

The wages in the town are only twenty cents a day, and there are not jobs available every day, and not every villager wants one.

Besides, the Chen Mo family bought so much land and needed people to open up the wasteland. If they didn't hire villagers from their village to work, they would definitely hire villagers from the neighboring village, and then they would definitely be laughed at by the village chief of the neighboring village.

Chen Yan's family found that they could not extort any money and were shunned by the villagers. Now they were scolded by the village chief and they didn't know how to respond.

"Village chief, we can't rely on Chen Chun and Chen Xiao to have the final say. Maybe my second brother is colluding with them to embezzle my family's money." Chen Yan can only throw dirty water on Chen Chun, Chen Xiao and his second brother's family. Otherwise, if the villagers know that it is his family that wants to seize the money of his second brother's family, how can their family live in Qingshan Village?

When the villagers heard Chen Yan's words, they were so angry that they were speechless. The truth had already been revealed, but he still wanted to throw the dirty water on others. It was really not human to do such a thing. His character was really too bad. It would be better not to associate with such people in the future, otherwise he would die in an unknown way.

Chen Chun and Chen Xiao were so angry that they clenched their fists, and veins on their arms were faintly visible.

"Uncle Chen, you are planning to stop being a human being and become a monkey. You have to be submissive as long as you can." Chen Chun didn't expect Chen Yan to say such irresponsible words.

"At your age, you actually said such self-righteous things. You are truly corrupt. I tell you, if you don't apologize to us today, this matter will not end." Chen Xiao was also very angry. How could he be framed and humiliated for speaking the truth? He couldn't accept it. If his wife knew about this, he didn't know how she would scold him.

"What? You dare to do it but not admit it? If we weren't partners, would you be so kind to say such a thing?" Chen Yan was determined to throw the dirty water all over the place. Then his family would become the victims of the frame-up, and the villagers would sympathize with them. Since you can't get the money, you don't want to have an easy life either. Who asked you to come out and cause trouble?

"What did we do? Didn't we just tell the truth? Do you want to frame us because you can't extort money from us?" Chen Chun and Chen Xiao really couldn't stand Chen Yan's repeated accusations against them, and angrily accused Chen Yan.

"Uncle, you said that we were in league with Chen Chun and Chen Xiao to seize your money. Wasn't that clear just now? You can't produce any evidence to prove that my money was left to you by your parents, but I can prove that the money is mine.

The silver and banknotes were exchanged by the waiter at Huimin Restaurant at the bank, and the bank should have recorded the numbers. "Why don't we go to the county yamen together to ask the county magistrate to testify, and then go to Huimin Restaurant and the bank to verify the facts?" Li Yun didn't expect Chen Yan to turn the tables at this point, throwing dirty water on Chen Chun and Chen Xiao. How could she let him succeed? She would repay the villagers who helped her.

When the villagers heard this, they immediately scolded Chen Yan. Suddenly, the place became noisy again, and the sound of anger echoed in their ears.

Seeing the villagers' eager expressions, Chen Yan trembled with fear. He now regretted his decision. Why had he meddled in other people's affairs? If the village chief had confronted him, he would have just admitted his fault and the matter would have been over. Now that things had developed like this, it would have been difficult to appease the villagers' anger. Just as he was panicking and at a loss for what to do, the village chief intervened.

"Chen Yan, we in Qingshan Village don't welcome troublemakers like you. If you don't apologize to Chen Chun, Chen Xiao, and Chen Mo's family today, you and your family will have to move out of Qingxin Village, right?" The village chief was tough this time, ready to punish Chen Yan's family. Without doing so, it would be difficult to appease the villagers' anger.

Furthermore, he couldn't offend Chen Mo and Li Yatou, the two gods of wealth. If he offended the villagers, they would lose their jobs and their income. He knew Li Yatou had more than just these abilities; perhaps she could lead the villagers out of poverty and ensure that every family had enough food and warmth.