Before he even mentioned Gold Smith, Liu Ben had guessed it. This was a bit unexpected for Liu Liye. He didn't know why, but looking at the other bewildered people, Liu Ben and You Ying had particularly different and playful expressions. He felt that things seemed to be developing in a direction that he had not imagined.

But now he had no other choice. Liu Liye gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Since you know that the people behind me are Gold Smith Company, you should know how powerful they are. It's best to cooperate with them honestly, otherwise you will all be in trouble!"

Liu Ben and You Ying looked at each other and burst out laughing.

Liu Liye was baffled and annoyed: "What are you laughing at?"

You Ying shook his head at Liu Ben, indicating that he didn't want to say anything. Liu Ben shrugged and signaled with his eyes: Then I am just taking advantage of the power of others?

You Ying raised his eyebrows: It’s up to you!

"Ahem," Liu Ben faked a cough, then raised his head and looked at Liu Liye with his chin. "I think you have no idea about the Chinese market. Gold Smith is only a foreign company that has only been in China for a few years. Before that, the only thing it imported into the Chinese market was nutritional supplements. And yet you claim it's some unrivaled giant in the market. It's really ridiculous."

"What did you say... foreign companies are the best!" Liu Liye argued.

Liu Ben also followed You Ying's lead and rolled his eyes at Liu Liye. "You know nothing about the business world! You can only pretend here because outside, you're just a lowly clerk who knows nothing. The most powerful company in China right now can't possibly be that ridiculous Gold Smith. At least I can say that the You family is definitely much stronger than them!"

"You family? What, what You family?" Liu Liye was flustered. He really didn't understand, but he heard from the villagers that Liu Ben's girlfriend's surname was You.

No way?

Liu Ben knew You Yingjia very well. He easily listed several famous companies of the You family. Those companies were so famous that many people in the village had used their products, and even those who had not used them had heard of them.

Liu Liye was sweating and didn't know what to say. He wanted to say, "What does that have to do with you?", but his eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of the man next to Liu Ben, whose temperament was different from everyone else's, and he had an intuition that he couldn't express.

Shouldn't it?

Impossible! ?

After Liu Ben finished giving examples of old enterprises, he continued to talk about several Youying companies. Youying's companies are all aimed at young people. Many young men in the village know about Youying's companies and have played games of Youying's companies. The discussion around them became even louder.

After Liu Ben finished speaking, You Ying said lazily: "Well, I can prove it, because I am from the You family."

Old Master You, who was watching the fun with the group of elderly people, also thought silently: I am also from the You family, and maybe the oldest one.

Avocado was playing with his cat friends nearby at this time. When he heard Liu Ben's voice and saw the crowd gathered together, he became very curious. He ran over and squeezed into the crowd. He just stood next to Old Man You, tilting his head and blinking his eyes.

It doesn't know what is being said inside, it just likes the hustle and bustle.

Old Master You felt something rubbing against him, and when he lowered his head, he found Avocado beside him. Old Master You reached out and slowly touched the soft hair of Avocado while continuing to watch what would happen next.

Liu Liye was speechless now. He originally thought that he had found a powerful backer, but now it seemed that his was not as big as theirs. Even if he didn't know much about the You family, he knew that the You family's companies that Liu Ben had just mentioned were not ordinary ones. Gold Smith... It seemed, as if, maybe, no, it was definitely not comparable to them.

Liu Liye collapsed, and now he really didn't know what to do.

The people around were still arguing. Liu Quanyou watched the whole thing and only now realized what had happened. His son had just said that they were all country bumpkins and many other unpleasant things. In his heart, he had never looked down on the villagers, and even looked down on himself.

Liu Quanyou took a deep breath and was supported by Liu Xiangsi, who noticed that he was in a bad mood.

Liu Quanyou is old, but he doesn't have any serious illness and is in good health. He wouldn't faint from anger. He's just a little sad and doesn't know why his son was raised like this.

Perhaps we shouldn't have let Liu Liye go to study and live in the city just because we had enough savings at the time. At an age when he was most easily influenced by others, I don't know what kind of people he met outside, and how his character developed into this.

Liu Quanyou was very confused, but he had to calm down and think about what to do now.

Liu Liye sold the grain seeds to that company. The most important thing now is whether they can use the grain seeds to research something that will affect Liu Ben's business.

Liu Quanyou looked at Liu Ben and asked this question first.

Seeing his worried look, Liu Ben shook his head cheerfully: "Don't worry, these grains were cultivated by the research institute. No one else can cultivate them correctly. They will only be like us, where the crops get worse and worse."

Liu Quanyou and other villagers felt relieved and could now start talking about Liu Liye's case.

Liu Quanyou glanced at Liu Liye and didn't want to say anything more to him. He said directly to Liu Yibiao: "Chief, you decide how to deal with this matter."

"If you sell grain seeds to others privately, you will definitely be punished." Liu Yibiao looked at Liu Liye.

The villagers also nodded, thinking that this was as it should be. If there was no punishment for doing such a serious thing that almost damaged the interests of the village, it would definitely not work.

Liu Liye had panicked a little, but now he had calmed down, putting on an expression as indifferent as a dead pig. "I did it anyway. If you ask me to compensate, I won't. At worst, I can give you all the food here."

Anyway, he himself didn't want to eat this yellow-gray rice.

Liu Ben frowned. He felt that this matter was not easy to handle. They could sue Liu Liye for violating the contract, but Liu Liye was Quan Youbo's son after all. The whole village was related to him, and no actual damage had been caused. This...

You Ying was not from Liuwu Village, but he had lived here for so long that he knew that everyone in Liuwu Village was surnamed Liu and they were all relatives. Since ancient times in China, no matter how big the matter was between relatives, it had to be handled gently. So if he went directly to the police station to report Liu Liye's case, it might become too serious and cause Liu Quanyou or more villagers to feel alienated from them.

Old Master You in the crowd was also observing the situation. He understood everything that was happening through what others were discussing.

Liuwu Village is a united big family. Now that such a rift has arisen, as the head of a family, Old Master You wants to know what choice the people of Liuwu Village will make.

But all the villagers in Liuwu Village obviously did not think as much as You Ying and Old Master You. They all looked at the patriarch, wanting to know what kind of punishment Liu Liye would receive.

Liu Yibiao pondered for a moment, then solemnly said to Liu Quanyou, "Under the premise of knowing the consequences, deliberately damaging the interests of the entire village in order to obtain personal benefits that may or have already been obtained is a serious mistake in our clan rules."

Liu Quanyou nodded silently. He already had some confidence and felt heavy in his heart.

Liu Yibiao continued, "According to our ancestral teachings, Liu Liye's punishment should be expulsion from the village, never to return, and his name will be erased from the family tree."

"Wow!" A stone caused a thousand ripples, and all the villagers started discussing.

You Ying and Liu Ben were both quite surprised, but didn't say anything.

Liu Yibiao looked at Liu Quanyou and said, "There's no need to hit him. In modern society, lynching is not allowed. As for the rest...you decide for yourself."

Liu Quanyou sighed again, without looking at the shocked Liu Liye. After hesitating for a moment, he resolutely said to Liu Yibiao, "Chief, let's follow the clan rules!"

"Dad?" Liu Xiangsi looked at Liu Quanyou worriedly.

"There is no order without rules. Since I was a child, no one in the tribe has ever done anything like this. If someone made such a big mistake today and it was easily brushed off, who knows what will become of our village in the future!"

There was sadness, regret, and some indescribable complex emotions in Liu Quanyou's eyes, but more of it was determination.

Liu Yibiao nodded slowly. Seeing that the clan leader and Liu Liye's father had made the decision, and the other villagers also agreed, no one actually pleaded for mercy.

It's not indifference, but although the clan rules are rarely used, everyone has heard the teachings of their elders since childhood. Even if they don't know the specific consequences, every member of the Liu family knows very well what to do and what not to do.

As Liu Liye's father, Liu Quanyou has no objection to this matter, so what else can others say?

Liu Liye couldn't believe it. Although he didn't like or even hated life in the village, that didn't mean he wanted to be driven out in a miserable state.

"Dad! Are you my real dad? You don't stand up for me right now, and you're teaming up with these old fogies to bully me?" Liu Liye yelled at Liu Quanyou, "Didn't Liu Ben say there wouldn't be any damage? Then forget it!"

Liu Xiangsi pushed him and said, "Why are you yelling at Dad?! You've done something terrible to bring shame upon our entire family, and you still have the nerve to yell at us?"

"What are you talking about! Your married daughter shamelessly runs back. Who do you think you are?" Liu Liye was so angry that he wanted to hit Liu Xiangsi.

The villagers could not accept this. Everyone, regardless of male or female, old or young, took a step forward tacitly. Those who had something in their hands raised it, and those who had nothing in their hands raised their fists as big as sandbags.

The villagers' eyes widened, and Liu Liye was frightened so much that he took several steps back.

Liu Quanyou protected Liu Xiangsi behind him, raised his head, and looked at Liu Liye with complicated eyes. He felt even more disappointed. Finally, he just sighed and said, "Go away, and don't come back again."

Liu Xiangsi felt that this was too good for him, and said angrily, "Then Dad, have you raised him for nothing?"

"It's definitely not in vain," said old man Liu Tong, walking over from the side, curling his lips and saying, "Let him transfer the pension money to his father every month."

"Yes." Liu Yibiao nodded.

Liu Liye was so angry that his eyes and nose were crooked: "You want to kick me out of the village, and you want me to support this old man in his old age?"

Liu Yibiao slapped him in the face without any hesitation. Although he was old, he was in good health. Liu Liye could dodge his father but not the old patriarch. He was hit directly and a big slap mark slowly appeared on his face.

"You, you..." Liu Liye covered his face, his wide eyes filled with fear.

Liu Quanyou waved his hand tiredly: "I don't need him to support me in my old age..."

"That's not right," Old Man Liu Tong disagreed. "You raised them all, and you worked just as hard for them. Oh, he even spent more money. And when you're old, he doesn't have to support you anymore, and he can relax. That wouldn't be fair to you and your other children, would it?"

Liu Xiangsi raised her head: "I'm not wronged, I'm happy to support my father!"

"You're a good daughter, but you can't let him get away with it," Liu Yibiao looked at Liu Liye, "Think it over carefully. Your father deserves alimony at his age. If you don't pay, he might not sue you, but we don't mind going to your workplace to publicize it."

"You, I..." Liu Liye was angry and scared. He knew what would happen if he reported the matter to the police, and what would happen if his workplace found out. He was not smart enough, but he was not stupid to that extent.

In the end, Liu Liye had no choice but to honestly write down Liu Quanyou's bank account number, then packed up his things and was driven out of the village in disgrace.

He was unable to take those baskets of rice away. Liu Quanyou made the decision, and Liu Ben agreed, so they distributed all the rice to the villagers to take home and eat, as compensation for Liu Liye's private sale of the grain seeds.

The villagers did not blame Liu Quanyou. Liu Quanyou is Liu Quanyou, and Liu Liye is Liu Liye. Even if they are father and son, their deeds cannot be confused. Most of the people in Liuwu Village are surnamed Liu, and they are all related. If they are held collectively responsible, no one can escape.

The matter was decided, and it was getting late. There was nothing else to see, so people left in groups of three or four while discussing the matter.

Old Master You didn't expect that the matter would be resolved so well in the end. Although it was a bit rough, it seemed to be the best ending. He held the flowers and umbrella thoughtfully and walked away with the other old men.

Old Master You is old and usually has doctors, nurses, bodyguards and others following him. But after coming to Liuwu Village, he found that people in the village who were about his age or even older than him were walking around by themselves and were quite energetic. So he didn't want anyone to follow him when he participated in activities. Now he goes back by himself without waiting for You Ying and Liu Ben. Anyway, he has the key, and when he gets home, there will be a chef to cook for him and a doctor to check him.

Old Master You heard from the villagers that today was the day for harvesting grain, and Liu Ben was very busy, and he would be unable to wait for them to return home.

You Ying glanced in the direction Liu Liye left and winked at Liu Ben.

Liu Ben blinked to show that he understood.

In order to delay time, Liu Liye had originally planned to drive away until almost dinner time. However, he was caught red-handed by Liu Quanyou and dragged to the grain collection point, where he made a fuss for a long time. By the time he left the village, it was already dark.

In this weather, it is not as hot as during the day at night. The temperature has dropped, but it is not cold, it is quite cool.

Liu Liye left under the vigilant gaze of the patrolling villagers, full of anger, and drove very fast.

Suddenly, with a "bang", the tire burst.

Liu Liye was in high spirits, thinking about something, and had no preparation at all. Suddenly, this happened, and he was so scared that he quickly climbed out of the stopped car in a hurry.

He was so scared that his heart was pounding and he collapsed beside the car, not reacting for a long time. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his neck and lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he found that his body was cold, all his clothes were gone, and he was naked except for a small red underwear. His first reaction was to get in the car, but as soon as he moved, he found that there was no car next to him, and his whole body was in pain.

I looked around nervously and found that I was not where I parked the car, but on a completely unfamiliar street.

Although it was dark at this time, many people had just finished their work for the day and officially started their nightlife. Many people walked onto the streets.

"Ah--" Liu Liye couldn't dodge in time and was caught by the aunt who came to set up the stall.

"Young man, why are you so shameless? Running around in just underwear!" The aunt was frightened by the whiteness at first, but then she realized that the man was wearing underwear, so she felt a little relieved. Of course, only a little, because there were many holes in the man's underwear, and it could only cover a little bit, which was still very unsightly.

"I, I don't know either!" Liu Liye wanted to cry but had no tears.

More and more people passing by this street spotted Liu Liye and stopped, all pointing at Liu Liye. Of course, some of them must have called the police.

Liu Liye wanted to hide, but he didn't know where to hide. There were people all around him. He had no injuries on his body, but he was in so much pain that he almost collapsed when he moved. Others blamed him, but he was confused and didn't know what had happened to him.

Soon, Liu Liye was dragged to the police station by the police who arrived quickly. After a while, Liu Liye was taken back by his wife.

The police did not comment on Liu Liye's statement. Because the surveillance there was not very perfect, they could not completely believe Liu Liye's statement that he was beaten unconscious and thrown into the street. What's more, this person kept saying that he was in pain all over and said that he was dying and wanted to go to the hospital, but the examination found that he was not injured at all. Since he lied about this matter, they could not believe anything else.

As for Liu Liye's car, it was indeed parked at the place where he said he was knocked unconscious. There was no surveillance there at all, and the car with a flat tire had been towed away.

"It's so embarrassing! What's wrong with you? Are you a pervert?" His wife kept nagging. Liu Liye didn't dare to say anything. He could only hiss and put on the clothes his wife brought him, and followed her back.

"Also, I bought you so many underwear, why do you like wearing these ones with holes? It really pissed me off!"

Liu Liye couldn't help but say: "This kind of comfort..."

"What's comfortable about that? Is it comfortable to be an exhibitionist?" the wife continued to confront him.

Liu Liye stopped talking again.

"By the way, how are you doing with that noble man? I haven't heard anything from him yet."

When this was mentioned, Liu Liye felt a little hope. He felt that he had become like this because of that person's request, so he should get some compensation, right?

That's right, Liu Liye knew that what he had suffered was definitely related to Liuwu Village. Although there was no evidence, there was no need for evidence. He had just been driven out, and not long after, his car had a flat tire. He was knocked unconscious, beaten, stripped and thrown into the street. How could this not be related to that village?

When Liu Liye discovered that there was something wrong with the crops in his field, he called that person, but the person asked him how he could not handle such a small matter and asked him to solve it himself. Liu Liye did not dare to refute him at the time, so he had to handle it himself, and the result was a very bad one.

Now Liu Liye called again. The phone rang for a long time but no one answered. Liu Liye waited patiently. After two minutes, the ringing stopped and was replaced by a cold voice: "What's the matter?"

"Well, Mr. Assistant, what I did here was discovered by Liu Ben, and his grandfather kicked me out of the village." Liu Liye said anxiously.

"Oh? So?"

What? The person opposite was too cold, but Liu Liye was very impatient: "Mr. Assistant, I did this just to give you the things. I paid such a huge price. I, I have been expelled from the clan. I will never be allowed in again!"

"Are you blaming me?" The voice on the other end was very unhappy.

"No, no," Liu Liye said in panic, "No, I mean..."

"First of all," the person on the other side interrupted, "we settled the deal on a cash-for-goods basis. I paid, you did the work. We're both adults, and you should know the consequences yourself. Now that I've paid you, I can't be held responsible."

"this……"

"Secondly," the man on the other side paused, clearly angry, "the seeds you gave me are useless. What we grew isn't even a first-generation variety."

"But what I gave you is a generation of grain seeds!" Liu Liye said anxiously.

"I don't know. Anyway, our conclusion is that I gave you money, but in the end, you got worse and worse crops. And you got money, but you were kicked out of a small village you didn't like in the first place. So don't cry here."

Liu Liye hesitated: "This, this is not..."

He felt that something was wrong. Although Liu Liye did not like the village, he was now expelled from the clan and driven out of the village and was not allowed to enter again. In other words, he really had no hometown and no way out. No matter what his future would be like, he would have no way out.

Liu Liye felt a little regretful. The money he'd received wasn't particularly large, just a few tens of thousands of yuan, and his wife had taken most of it, saying it was for raising his children. He'd thought that since he'd hooked up with someone important, there would be plenty of ways to make money in the future, so he hadn't given it much thought. But now, he realized that for such a small sum of money, he'd lost the opportunity to farm in Liuwu Village, which could have given Liu Ben the land. It felt like a loss!

I heard that if a family in the village grows a lot of crops, they can earn hundreds of thousands per season!

But the person on the other end had already hung up. No one answered when he called again. Maybe they had blocked him.

Liu Liye wanted to slap himself, but his body was already in so much pain that he couldn't bring himself to hit himself. He had been hoping for a lucky break, thinking that changing the crop seeds would not be discovered. If he was not discovered, he could make tens of thousands of dollars in addition to the income from farming and have a big backer. But in the end, he was discovered and ended up with nothing.

When Liu Liye sees that the villagers of Liuwu Village are living better and better lives, he may feel even more regretful.

But now, we have to talk about what happened to the boss of GoldS.mith, Gou Wen.

Aben's agricultural business is getting better and better, while Gold Smith's business is getting worse and worse. Gou Wen puts aside his concerns about the You family and starts to set his sights on Liu Ben's vegetables.

They had previously established a research team and bought some agricultural products from Liu Ben's store, hoping to find seeds there, but to no avail. With nowhere else to turn, they discovered that Liu Ben was developing agricultural planting in his own village, where he would distribute seeds suitable for planting to the villagers after signing contracts with them.

There is a lot of room for maneuver here. Gold Smith saw hope and immediately tried to find villagers who could cooperate with him. But the villagers of Liuwu Village...how to say it, they are too homebound. Many of them are busy working and farming in the village every day and basically never go out. They only go to the street to buy something occasionally. If you approach them directly and ask them something, they are very cautious and won't say anything at all. Using money to test them will only make them more defensive.

Using obscure language to test the waters was fine, as it wouldn't be easily discovered by the innocent villagers. However, if I asked directly if I could buy it, I'd definitely be noticed and told to Liu Ben, so...

Just when they were in trouble again, the assistant discovered an oddball in the village - Liu Liye, who only came occasionally. After some probing, the assistant found that this man was very greedy and could be exploited.

Sure enough, after a few casual words, the man happily agreed to sell them grain seeds, and even sold them a batch of second-generation grain seeds. As for how he would deal with the lack of grain seeds later, the assistant felt that it had nothing to do with him.

However, after obtaining the grain seeds, everyone was only happy for more than a month, because they discovered during the planting process that they did not grow any better than ordinary farmers. The first generation of grain seeds were carefully cared for, but what finally grew was still the second generation of Wushuang rice. The two types of rice were very different.

The rice grown from the second generation of rice that Liu Liye sold to them was even worse. The third generation of Wushuang rice was simply unbearable to look at.

This elaborate plan failed again.

This means that even if he got the grain seeds that Liu Ben had, he would not be able to grow the same grain as Liu Ben. Gou Wen was very angry, threw a tantrum, and slammed the door and left.

Those who stayed could only look at each other, not daring to say anything.

It was normal for Gou Wen to be so angry. Last time he attended a banquet, he was publicly slapped in the face by Qi You. Not only was he embarrassed, but later on, his ex-wife Qi Lu's affair was revealed. After that, the more effective Qi You's medicine became, and the greater his reputation became, the more people stayed away from him. This was also one of the reasons why his business declined.

No matter how powerful Gou Wen was, he couldn't do anything to a person like Qi You who was even protected by the country. He could only find a way to solve the problem. The first person he found was Gou Qi. He called him directly and asked him to get close to Qi You. After all, Gou Qi was Qi Lu's biological son and had a blood relationship with Qi You. Qi You cared so much about Qi Lu, so he should also care about her son.

Gou Qi was overjoyed when he heard about Qi You from his father. In his opinion, Qi You was such a powerful person that he could definitely be considered a helper for him, allowing him to save some face at Gold Smith. He had lost face so much at the annual meeting that he rarely went to the company since then.

With all kinds of fantasies in his mind, Gouqi ran to a party to find Qi You.

Qi You didn't say anything at first, but Gou Qi was a little clever. He started blabbering in front of Qi You about the hardships he'd been through over the years and how his mother had taken good care of him. Of course, he finally remembered Gou Wen's words and immediately changed the subject, saying that his father wasn't having a easy time abroad either. He couldn't come back for some reasons, and that he remarried after his mother's death...

When he finished speaking, he found that Qi You had not said anything, but just looked him up and down.

It seemed that he had finally finished speaking. Qi You just sneered and shook his head: "You are the same as your father, or rather, you have even less conscience."

Gou Qi stammered, "How, why do you say that?"

Qi You glanced at him and said, "Do you really remember how good your mother was to you?"

"Of course! My mother raised me with great difficulty, how could I not remember it!" Gou Qi said anxiously, his voice getting louder, as if the louder his voice was, the more reasonable it was.

Qi You smiled: "If you really remember your mother's kindness, you should know that your mother was indirectly killed by your father who abandoned his parents, wife and children. If you still remember your mother's kindness, you would not have neglected to visit her grave. If I hadn't found Liu Ben and visited Qi Lu's grave, her ashes would have been disposed of because of the failure to pay the fees in time."

Gou Qi was caught off guard by this call. Thinking about it carefully, his face flushed red. He really forgot to visit his mother's grave. He was a little ashamed, but when he suddenly heard Liu Ben's name, Gou Qi became alert and immediately said, "Liu Ben is an unfilial son. Don't listen to his nonsense!"

"Unfilial son? Do you think you are a filial son?" Qi You just found it funny: "Your father is a scumbag who treats his wife badly, and you are the same."

"Liu Ben, he, yes! His last name is Liu, he changed his last name, he is not a member of our family anymore." Gou Qi began to make clumsy excuses.

Qi You: "Oh, my last name is Qi. It doesn't matter what his last name is."

Gou Qi: ...

Gou Qi was also scolded and had no choice but to leave.

I went back and told Gou Wen, and found out that Qi You had also become a partner with Liu Ben.

The enemy was already very powerful, and they frequently distracted their teammates. Our team was already at a disadvantage, and...

Gou Wen became annoyed when he saw Gou Qi's expression and quickly let him go.

Nothing goes right.

But that’s not enough!

After Liu Ben knew that Gou Wen had people steal grain seeds, could he still let him go so easily?