After the meal, Lin Jianguo took a bucket and went to feed the pigs.

Er Ya ran into the kitchen, pulled Jiang's mother to cut off about two or three pounds of pork, took a can of food, put it in the basket, covered it with a cloth, told Jiang's mother, and the two of them went around the path to the village chief's house.

On the way, Er Ya had already instructed them to act according to her gaze. This time, they should use a sob story to move the village chief.

After all, the village chief is in charge of the affairs of the village. Although there is a police station now, people subconsciously think that it is better to avoid trouble. At most, they will disturb the village chief. No one wants to make a fuss about going to the police station for the smallest thing. Of course, Er Ya is an exception.

Therefore, the village chief still has a lot of power. If they can persuade the village chief this time, then no matter how much Lin Xiao's stepmother makes a fuss, it will be to no avail.

When they arrived at the village chief's house, Er Ya rubbed her face, put on a smile, and knocked on the door, calling out, "Is anyone home?"

"Who is it?" The village chief shuffled over, his shoes dangling, and opened the door to see Er Ya. His face immediately darkened. "What are you doing here? Aren't you so capable that you don't need me, the village chief?"

Yesterday's events deeply humiliated him. He had been the village chief his entire life, and no one had ever publicly humiliated him like that, so he was understandably unhappy.

Knowing he was angry, Er Ya didn't care and continued to say with a smile, "Grandpa Village Chief, I've come here to freeload. Aren't we allowed in?"

Lin Fugui noticed that there were many people coming and going in the village. To avoid being seen and having any wild thoughts, he thought it better to let them come in first and see what they were up to.

He quickly stepped aside to let the two of them in. It was Er Ya's first time visiting the village chief's house. Seeing how neatly organized their home was and how large the yard was, she exclaimed in amazement:

"Wow! Grandpa Village Chief, your house is so clean! And your yard is so big, it's at least twice the size of my house."

Lin Fugui interrupted Er Ya, "Alright, stop flattering me. Let's talk about it in the courtyard."

Er Ya lowered her head and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, I know you're upset, but I had no choice. If I hadn't taught my cousin a good lesson this time, this kind of thing would happen again and again. This time someone took the blame for me, but what about next time? Will you receive news that I was beaten to death by Lin Jinbao?"

Lin Fugui glared at him: "He wouldn't dare. How could a little kid have such audacity? Let alone killing someone, he'd be too scared to sleep even if he killed a chicken."

Er Ya said with a grief and indignation, "How could I not dare? He hit me on the head last time and I almost died. Grandpa Village Chief, you have no idea how spoiled he is by my grandma. He's capable of anything."

Actually, wasn't the original body of this person killed by Lin Jinbao just like that? If she hadn't come into this body, Lin Erya would have been completely dead long ago, and her parents would have been heartbroken.

Lin Fugui realized there was so much more to the story, and his expression softened: "You can't be so extreme next time. Tell me what's going on, and I'll stand up for you."

Seeing that Lin Fugui had been appeased, Er Ya wiped away her tears and smiled, saying "Hey."

"Alright, come sit in the main room, I'll get you some candy."

Inside the house, Lin Fugui's wife, Wu Yanzi, was cracking sunflower seeds, sitting with her legs crossed, listening to the radio.

Hearing a noise in the courtyard, he turned around and saw Er Ya and the others. Too lazy to even stand up, he said perfunctorily, "Er Ya is here. Come inside and sit down."

Ignore them and continue eating sunflower seeds.

Her husband was the village chief, in charge of the village's economy. People came to him every day to ask for favors. If they were rich, she would stand up and give them a smile. But people like Er Ya and Lin Xiao came from poor peasant families for generations, and they didn't even know where their next meal would come from. They had no money to burn, so they didn't deserve her smile.

Lin Fugui was losing face. The fact that he came all the way into the house meant that he liked the girl, so why was the old woman still acting like she didn't care about him?

He coughed twice and said, "Old woman, didn't you see Er Ya is here? Do you still have the candy our daughter took last time? Take some out."

Bian awkwardly said to Er Ya, "Your grandma is old and hard of hearing. She was so focused on listening to the radio that she didn't notice you. Here, there's a stool. Come and sit down."

Wu Yanzi slammed the radio off, muttering, "There's no candy left, those boys ate it all. If you have something to say, hurry up and say it, don't keep me from listening to the radio, I was just getting to an interesting part."

In front of Er Ya, Lin Fugui had to maintain his authority as village chief, so he said sternly, "Go away, take it back to your room and listen to it." Then he glared at her. There were outsiders present, so he should give him some face. Wu Yanzi, carrying the radio, snorted and went into the room.

Lin Fugui then asked with a smile, "Er Ya, you don't come here unless you have a reason. It's not just to explain what happened yesterday. There must be something else."

Er Ya said with a smile, "As expected of our village chief, you guessed it right away. I did have a small matter to discuss with you, but mainly I came to apologize. Here, I've brought the apology gift."

Lifting the basket Lin Xiao had been carrying, they revealed pork and canned goods inside.

Lin Fugui said angrily, "You child, you came all this way, but you brought things. It's enough that you came to sit for a while. The village chief is already very happy. Are you going to take these things back with you? You're not well-off."

Wu Yanzi, who had been listening intently to the sounds coming from the main room, was shocked to hear that her husband wanted to return the things. This was not his usual style. No way, how could she let him take back something that was already in her mouth?

He rushed over, took the basket, and laughed, saying, "Oh, the Lin family's little girl is so sensible. Old man, she's already brought the things over, it wouldn't be good to ask her to return them, would it? People who don't know the situation might think you're still holding a grudge against her for embarrassing you."

Lin Fugui hurriedly explained, "I didn't, I just..."

Wu Yanzi waved her hand: "Alright, don't dwell on those things anymore. They've already apologized to you, and I've accepted the gifts for you. Let's just let this go and no one can mention it again. Don't let people think you look down on her little thing; it's not good for you as the village chief if word gets out."

To be continued!