They didn't feel uncomfortable being surrounded by onlookers.

Zhang Zhenye was gentle, and Zhang Weiyu was kind, so they quickly became familiar with the children.

"Zhang Zhenye, are you still going up the mountain? Can we go together?" asked the tallest boy.

"I'm very sorry, we're going back tomorrow. You can't go up the mountain, it's still dangerous up there."

"If you can do it, why can't we?"

Zhang Ruifeng, who was listening nearby, got angry, but he knew he couldn't stoop to their level.

“We? We know kung fu. If you know it too, you can go with the adults in your family. After all, if danger really comes, you will have the ability to protect yourself.”

"Zhang Zhenye, could you teach us?"

"We're leaving tomorrow, we really don't have time, and besides, I'm still learning myself, so I'm not qualified to teach you."

"They just don't want to teach!"

"Haha, you really know your place, you just don't want to teach," Zhang Weiyu said with a laugh. But there was no smile in his eyes.

Whose child is this? What kind of mentality is this?

"You? This is our village! What gives you the right to act so arrogantly here?"

“Your village? Heh, I had no idea. Liujiatun has become yours? I reckon no one would dare say Liujiatun is their own.” Zhang Zhenye said gently.

"Such arrogance! Does this village belong to you?" Zhang Ruifeng couldn't take it anymore.

“This is our village. My mom said you’re not from our village.”

Zhang Weiyu laughed, "We're not from this village, but this village eats our food and lives in our houses. What? Now you can't even tolerate us?"

There really are ungrateful people out there. It's disheartening to hear. If you have so much backbone, why don't you just move out of the house we paid for? Don't accept anything we bring back, and don't eat the food we bring you.”

After Zhang Weiyu finished speaking, the children surrounding him were stunned. Some of them knew the answers, while others did not.

"You're talking nonsense, this house belongs to our family."

The girls were watching this scene closely, and when they started arguing, they went to call Da Shan's dad.

When Da Shan's father came over, he didn't hear their previous conversation.

"What's wrong?"

"Grandpa, they say this house belongs to them," the child immediately complained.

Da Shan's father glanced at Zhang Zhenye, still smiling gently at the boy.

“They’re right. All the houses in this village were built with their money.”

"No, my mom said it's our house."

“We never said it wasn’t yours. You were the one who said Liujiatun was yours. Don’t make us arrogant. I don’t know what we’re arrogant about. Do you think we’re arrogant because of what we gave to the village? You can be arrogant if you want, we have no objection, as long as everyone benefits.” Zhang Zhenye said with a smile.

Da Shan's father could roughly guess what it meant.

"Chengzi, where did you hear that? Hmm? Liujiatun is their home too."

"No, my mom said they're not from Liujiatun at all, and they're occupying houses in our village."

They had already attracted a lot of people. Everyone had heard Chengzi's words; for a seven-year-old child to say such a thing, it must have come from his family. At this moment, Chengzi's family also received the news and squeezed into the crowd.

“Wang Laoshuan, you’ve come at the right time. I just heard that Liujiatun belongs to you, and that Zhang Hongmei’s family is taking advantage of Liujiatun.”

"Erzhuang, don't listen to the child's nonsense. How could we think like that? How could we not know about Hongmei's contributions to the village?"

"Grandpa, you're talking nonsense. My mom said that if we kick them out, their house can be divided among us, so that our whole family won't have to squeeze together."

"Wang Laoshuan, your family is really something!" Someone nearby couldn't stand it anymore and started teasing him all at once.

"Shut up, you brat!" Even an honest man like Wang Laoshuan was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged.

At this moment, Chengzi's mother came over; she was Zhang Hongqi's niece from Zhanggezhuang.

"Chengzi's mother, you've come at the right time. Why don't you tell us what's going on? We can't be ungrateful people in Liujiatun. We're eating and living here, so why are you trying to kick them out?"

"Second Uncle, I was just saying it offhand, and this brat is talking nonsense."

At this moment, Zhang Hongmei also came over, and those who knew her told her what had just happened.

Lu Jing spoke up, "Everyone, make way." They all spoke with accents from other places, but of course everyone knew that the person in question had arrived. Turning around, they saw that it was Zhang Hongmei coming over.

Everyone made way for Zhang Hongmei to come in.

"how?"

"Mom, it's okay, I'll go sit over there with you." Annie came over and took Zhang Hongmei's hand, afraid that she would be angry.

"It's alright. I only realized today how unpopular I am, but that's okay. I'll make it clear today that if anyone doesn't want to be nice to me, that's fine too. The house cost 8,600 yuan to build, and I won't charge interest over the years. The seeder, rotary tiller, and harvester are all 5 yuan per mu. As for the food and supplies I usually bring, forget about them."

You can give me the money, and we'll consider this the end of our relationship. From now on, we'll calculate the bill according to the rates for other villages.

Now everyone fell silent. This was no small sum of money.

“I don’t expect you to be grateful, but what have we done to get in your way? You actually want to kick my son out. Your kindness is better than feeding the dogs.”

Everyone felt uncomfortable after hearing Zhang Hongmei's words.

"Oh! You want money for the house? We didn't beg you to build it for us," Zhang Mingxia said nonchalantly.

Zhang Hongmei laughed, "I thought of this a long time ago, so I sent people to ask each household. But if they didn't want to build it, I didn't force them. How could I forget about that?"

Old Wang stammered, and it was the first time at his age that he had been criticized like this.

Wang Hongxi squeezed in at this moment. "Wang Laoshuan, have you lost your conscience? Back then, your house would leak inside whenever it rained. What? You got the benefits from them, and now you're causing trouble?"

I remember when I brought people to your house, you and your wife were begging to build a new house, right? How could you forget? Let me tell you, you've forgotten, but I remember.

And Zhang Mingxia, who do you think you are? You said Liujiatun, if you've had enough, then leave. You can go wherever you want, Liujiatun won't let you stay.

None of us men in Liujiatun are so ungrateful. Your family should either give them the money or move out.

"Heh. You're not even the village chief, so what right do you have to spout nonsense here?"

“He’s not the village chief, I am. Your whole family has to move out. I’m going to the township this afternoon. You can go wherever you want.”