Chapter 170 These are the residences assigned to you

At this time, Cui Lizheng was complaining about his nephew who was the county magistrate and had sent him so many difficult people.

In order to avoid suffering a loss, Cui Lizheng could only follow Mo Jiuye's instructions and arrange their accommodation today.

Of course, he also wanted to get rid of these people first and then go to the city to ask for reinforcements tomorrow.

When the time comes, I will go to the government office and sue these people for trespassing and let them spend a few days in jail to learn what they are suffering.

Thinking of this, Cui Lizheng's attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn.

"Since you are so anxious, I will personally take you to your residence."

As he spoke, Cui Lizheng had already walked towards the gate.

The Mo brothers and He Zhiran both knew that the sudden change in the village head's attitude must be because he was planning something big.

However, they did not take the village head's so-called big move seriously at all.

When the time comes, we will just have to counter each move accordingly.

Of course, if the village head was more sensible and didn't provoke them, they would ignore today's incident for the time being to avoid future troubles.

I don't know if this person is deliberately delaying time or if his legs are really not in good condition, but he walks very slowly.

Mo Chuhan urged impatiently: "Walk faster, haven't you eaten enough?"

The village head was indeed deliberately delaying time. He hoped to arrive at the destination as late as possible, as it would be completely dark by then.

The house was dilapidated and it was dark, so it was inconvenient for them to do some simple cleaning.

Although they couldn't sleep outside that night, living in the dilapidated and leaky house could still freeze people to death.

The village head didn't expect that he would be urged even though he deliberately slowed down his pace.

In order to avoid being noticed, he shook his body deliberately.

"Alas... my legs and feet are not as good as they used to be when I got older. I can't walk faster even if I want to..."

Seeing this, Mo Chuhan stepped forward without saying a word, picked up the man, and walked forward with big strides.

Cui Lizheng's feet suddenly left the ground and he was startled.

"What are you going to do? Put me down."

Mo Chu said coldly, "You are now responsible for guiding the way."

Cui Minglin, who came with the village head, was also frightened by this scene.

He knew his father's intention of deliberately slowing down his pace, so he quickly caught up with Mo Chuhan and said unhappily, "Put my father down. My father is in poor health. You will hurt him like this."

Mo Chuhan glanced at him sideways.

"If you're afraid he'll get hurt, just show me the way quickly so I can get him down sooner."

Cui Li was lying on Mo Chuhan's shoulder, not daring to move, for fear that he would be thrown down by accident.

After meeting Mo Chuhan's sharp gaze, Cui Minglin no longer dared to speak for his father.

In order to "escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible", Cui Lizheng gave directions very seriously, fearing that he would take a detour and would have to lie on the other person's shoulder for a while longer.

It’s a bit uphill to get to their residence, and you have to pass by the Zhao and Zhou families.

Although the weather was a bit cold and it was getting dark, we still met a few villagers on the road.

The villagers saw Cui Lizheng being carried by a strong man, looking angry but not daring to speak, and they were all curious about who dared to be so bold.

At the same time, a small sense of excitement rose in their hearts.

The Cui family relied on their relative who was the county magistrate and the clan leader who was the head of Xiling Village, and never took the Zhao family and the Zhou family seriously.

The two families lived in the same village as the Cui family and were often bullied by them.

And looking at the appearance of those strangers, they seemed to be exiles assigned here.

If this is true, they hope that these people can continue to live here and it would be good to cause more trouble to the Cui family.

Cui Lizheng felt a little embarrassed when he saw that his embarrassing situation was seen by people from other families.

He yelled at those people: "What are you looking at? Go home."

The villagers were afraid of Cui Lizheng, so after his roar, they could only leave reluctantly, and no one dared to stay and continue watching.

Mo Chuhan walked quickly, and after walking uphill for a while, he arrived at the residence allocated to exiled prisoners in Xiling Village.

Looking around, there are quite a few houses there, but many of them have collapsed.

Even those that haven't collapsed look shaky.

Living in a house like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well at night, always having to be on guard against the possibility of collapse.

Not only that, these houses have been uninhabited for a long time, so they are surrounded by weeds. At this season, all the weeds have withered, making them look extremely desolate.

Mo Chuhan put Cui Lizheng on the ground roughly.

Cui Li was stroking his chest, trying to breathe steadily.

He pointed to the yard in front of him and said, "These are the residences assigned to you."

Seeing these dilapidated houses, Cui Lizheng felt inexplicably proud.

I'm going to be generous today and you can pick any of these houses and live in whichever one you want.

He continued, "I've already told you that these houses are uninhabitable. Repair them tomorrow and come back, but you won't listen."

No one present is a fool.

Everyone could see that Cui Lizheng's words seemed to be for their benefit, but in fact he was mocking them.

A house like this may not be habitable even after some renovations, unless it is completely demolished and rebuilt.

Especially in winter, it is impossible to build houses. Letting them live here is simply a death sentence.

Everyone was very angry when they saw such a house.

Fang Chuanzhou strode over.

"Cui Lizheng, it's impossible to repair a house like this even if we want to. How can you settle the new villagers of Xiling Village like this?"

Cui Lizheng didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"The government didn't provide Xiling Village with a place specifically for exiles like you to live. This is the house left by our ancestors. If it weren't for this, you wouldn't even have a place like this to stay when you came here."

"But how are so many of us going to survive the winter in a house like this?" Fang Chuanzhuo planned to reason with Cui Lizheng.

Don’t you know that reasoning with someone who is trying to make things difficult for you is like playing the lute to a cow?

No matter what Fang Chuanzhou said, Cui Lizheng had only one answer.

That is, there is no vacant house for them to live in Xiling Village except here. If they are not satisfied with this place, they can go to the government office to argue with the officials.

He Zhiran had no interest in watching the two people arguing.

She had observed on the way here that there were really no additional courtyards in Xiling Village except for where the three families lived.

If you want to get through this difficult time, you have to talk to the villagers and see if you can rent a suitable house to stay in temporarily.

Of course, it is true that those people are afraid of Cui Lizheng. If Cui Lizheng does not agree, I am afraid that the Zhao family and the Zhou family will not dare to rent a house to them.

Just as He Zhiran was thinking about countermeasures, Xie Tianhai came over and pointed to a house on the easternmost side and said:

"I think that house is not bad. After some simple repairs, we can live there temporarily."