In the ancestral hall of Tianya Village.

The men who gambled in the village were finally released. The owner of the grocery store had a ferocious expression on his face, and his whole body exuded a kind of pain as if his flesh had been cut. In fact, this was the case. He paid a large fine, was identified by everyone, and was detained for a month.

The man looked at Xu Shang viciously and cursed, "Fuck you! Was it you who called the police?"

Xu Shang frowned and shouted, "Who are you scolding?"

"Not only will I scold you, I'll also beat you!"

"stop!"

Just when Sang Youcai was about to take action, a majestic voice sounded. It was the village chief Jiang Fuguo:

"Sang Youcai! What do you want to do?"

Sang Youcai glanced at Jiang Fuguo angrily, and said with great effort, "Village Chief, you can't turn your elbow outward, we are all relatives! It was this little bastard who reported me, causing me to pay a 3,000 yuan fine and stay in prison for another month! I will never let him go!"

"The person who reported it was not Xiao Xu!" Jiang Fuguo said firmly.

"If not him, who else could it be?"

Sang Youcai naturally didn't believe it.

Nothing good has happened to Xu Shang since he came to the village. Not only did he steal his business, but he also spent so much money to buy medicine, causing others to say that he was so black-hearted in the past. As a result, he not only lost money but also lost his reputation. Nothing good has happened to him.

Xu Shang knew that he was not the one who reported it, but he believed that no matter how he explained, Sang Youcai would not believe it. Hostility was unreasonable, unless the person who actually reported it came forward.

“I reported it!”

A voice sounded, startling everyone in Tianya Village, young and old.

An octogenarian walked out of the crowd. He was the oldest and most senior man in the entire Tianya Village. He was called Old Master Sang, and even Jiang Fuguo had to call him Third Grandpa.

Sang Youcai also became anxious.

"What a joke! Third Grandpa! You can't be so ungrateful! Stand up for this kid!"

Old Master Sang stared at Sang Youcai, and the people beside him quickly brought a chair and sat on it. Old Master Sang said calmly: "You dare to open a casino in the village, can't I call the police to arrest you?"

Sang Youcai was furious: "But what does this have to do with you, old man?"

"It's none of my business?"

Old Master Sang showed a trace of nostalgia on his face, and slammed the cane in his hand on the ground fiercely: "Asshole! How dare you say it's none of my business? Gamblers are all a bunch of beasts! Those who run casinos are all a bunch of beasts!"

These words shocked everyone, and everyone looked at Old Master Sang.

Then he heard Old Master Sang telling the story: "You are all too young, it's normal that you don't know what happened in the past. My father is a gambler. When I was eight years old, he sold my mother! But he didn't think it was enough, so he sold my brother and sister too! If I hadn't run to my uncle's house, I would have sold that old beast too!"

"My mother, my brothers and sisters! I have never seen them again in my life. That old beast! How could that old beast bear to leave them! You little beast!"

It was hard to imagine what it looked like to see an old man crying. Everyone was silent, and some even felt their noses ache. The men who were gambling in the village also lowered their heads in guilt, leaving Sang Youcai standing there awkwardly.

As if he could no longer save face, Sang Youcai immediately turned his attention to Xu Shang.

"I don't want to open a place either! But I have to make money! I have to support my family! It's all because of this kid. If it weren't for this kid, our village would be peaceful and everyone would live in harmony. Isn't that good? If he hadn't taken my job, I wouldn't have done such a despicable thing!"

Sang Youcai got emotional and pointed at Xu Shang and said, "I'll apologize to everyone first, but we have to solve our own family problems. He is an outsider after all!"

"I just want to say one thing to everyone. Today, it's either him or me! It's either me or him!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shang was delighted.

As expected, without Xu Shang having to do anything, a villager asked:

"Uncle Youcai, when are you planning to move out?"

"Uncle Youcai, if you move away, do you still want your own house?"

"Uncle Youcai, after moving out, will you still give the gifts you gave me before?"

Sang Youcai was stunned. This shouldn't happen. How could the result be like this? He quickly emphasized to everyone:

"My last name is Sang! We are a family!"

"I know, but if you want to move away, we can't stop you!" A villager stabbed Sang Youcai in the heart again.

"That's right, you said you were going to move away, what else can we do!" another villager followed suit.

Sang Youcai was going crazy.

Don’t you understand what people are saying?

I clearly said to choose between me and this bastard, how did it become like I want to move away?

He stared at Xu Shang and found that Xu Shang looked calm, as if all this had already been under his control.

Xu Shang shrugged at Sang Youcai.

Sorry, now the whole village belongs to me.

Sang Youcai really couldn’t understand. How come after just a few days at the institute, the whole world changed into something he couldn’t recognize?

Obviously my last name is Sang.

What's more, he knew that the Metamorphosis was over and Xu Shang was going back to the city, which was the reason why he shouted "Choose one of the two". No matter what, no one would give up themselves for someone who was leaving.

But he really didn't understand such a result.

He shouted again unwillingly: "He is just an outsider! The TV show is over and he is leaving soon. Do you think he is the same as you poor guys? While you are working hard in the fields, he is sitting in an air-conditioned room, watching TV and living a happy life! Why are you standing on his side!"

There was silence in the ancestral hall. Sang Youcai was delighted. It seemed that his words finally made the villagers realize that Xu Shang was about to leave and that he was their forever loyal shop owner.

But then, a villager spoke up:

"Uncle Youcai, if you want to leave, just leave now! We are all busy with other things! We don't have time to listen to you yelling here!"

"I, I fucking ..."

Sang Youcai really wanted to cry at this moment. Why?

You would rather have a city kid who's leaving tomorrow than me. Have I gotten to such a bad point?

Xu Shang observed the expressions of his fellow villagers calmly, and he noticed that some were secretly looking at him.

Xu Shang realized that everyone was already prepared for his departure, but they just tacitly didn't talk about it.

Xu Shang then said, "Everyone, I have something to tell you."

The villagers were stunned for a moment, then looked over. If nothing unexpected happened, Xu Shang should be saying goodbye to them.

"I decided to move my household registration to Tianya Village."

"ah!?"

"ah!!!?"

The most confused person was probably the director who was standing in the corner of the ancestral hall watching the show.