"What? You're disappointed that my mother isn't dead?"

The villagers all wore helpless expressions; this mother and son were truly... they didn't know what to say.

Village Chief Li knew that speaking now might upset the mother and son, but he had no choice but to say it.

"Li Qingzhu, can't you think about what's best for everyone? Over the years, if it weren't for everyone giving in to you, do you think I would really believe whatever I say?"

"Tch! Stop trying to ramble on with me, I'm not buying it. Didn't you say you didn't want to be the village chief anymore? You can't control the work points anymore."

The villagers were speechless, never expecting that he would still be thinking about those few work points at this time.

That makes sense, though. Old Mrs. Zhou doted on this son too much and had long since separated from her eldest and second sons. She also wouldn't let her husband work, so their family barely earned any work points a month.

Village Chief Li was unambiguous, saying, "No, one thing at a time. Even if I stop being the village chief, you won't get those work points."

Old Mrs. Zhou lay on the ground glaring at Village Chief Li, "If you dare to cancel Zhuzi's work points, I'll report you to the commune."

Village Chief Li smiled helplessly, "Go ahead, go ahead and sue. It just so happens that all the outrageous things I've done over the years have been for your family."

Old Mrs. Zhou was speechless. How did this involve their family? She looked at Li Qingzhu, but Li Qingzhu looked away.

Old Mrs. Zhou was too weak to make a fuss anymore, so Village Chief Li called over two people to help Li Qingzhu carry her back. The villagers swarmed around them.

“Village chief, don’t take it personally with them. Everyone knows what you’ve done for our village over the years, and none of us have any complaints about you.”

"Yes, village chief. We all know you had no choice but to do those things, and we can understand. Please continue to be our village chief."

"Yes, village chief. The life we ​​have now in Daobei Village is all thanks to you. We all know that perfectly well. We know what happened to Zhuzi and his family. We don't blame you."

Village Chief Li, who was nearly 50 years old, had tears welling up in his eyes. He waved to the crowd.

"It's getting dark, everyone hurry back and cook dinner, you have to go to work tomorrow."

The villagers didn't want to leave, so Village Chief Li waved again, and only then did everyone reluctantly go home.

Village Chief Li looked at Tang Shengkai's family, ignoring Sister Tian and Ding Lingzi.

"You've only just arrived and you've already made a fool of yourselves. They really didn't do a good job. I'll find a few more people to help tomorrow."

Tang Shengkai waved his hand. After hearing the villagers' defense, he knew that the village chief was probably a good person. It was just that he owed his second brother a favor and had been exploited by his sister-in-law.

"Village Chief Li, it's alright. I'll be home these next few days. I can fix the roof myself; we can take care of it. You go ahead with your work."

Village Chief Li didn't stand on ceremony with Tang Shengkai. He pointed to Li Qingyang and Lu Anjie and said, "If you come over and help them out these next few days, I'll give you full work points."

He then pointed to the two and a half bags of grain on the cart, saying, "This grain is considered an advance payment from the production team. It will be deducted when we calculate work points later."

As the village chief was about to leave after realizing there was nothing else to do, Tang Yue's soft, sweet voice came from behind him.