Li Yishi squeezed through the crowd, frowned at the scene before him, and looked at Zhang Xiucai, saying, "Zhang Xiucai, what's going on? Why is everyone gathered at your door?"
Zhang Xiucai's house is usually very quiet, but today it's bustling with activity.
As soon as Xiao Zhang saw the village chief arrive, she hurriedly called out, "Oh, village chief, you've finally come! Old Mrs. Sun and Chen Guixiang are shameless. They've teamed up to slander the Jiang family's children for stealing meat from the Sun family. Look, Scholar Zhang says that the meat and rice were all sent by the Jiang family's maid to the children as tuition fees."
"Village chief, you must stand up for the Jiang family! They can't keep being slandered like this. They're people from our village too; they can't be bullied all the time."
Xiao Zhang spoke with an air of righteous indignation, and if it weren't for the occasional schadenfreude that flashed in her eyes, Jiang Yimian would have thought that this young woman was wholeheartedly trying to help her.
Upon hearing this, Li Yishi frowned. After clarifying the matter, he immediately said coldly, "Grandma Sun and Chen Guixiang, both of you will be clearing land for the next few days."
The land at the east end of the village must be cleared before spring planting. Anyone who dares to say that the new families in Qingshi Village are outsiders and not villagers will have to clear the land themselves.
"I see you're all quite idle, not worried about not having enough food this year, and have so much energy you don't know what to do with it. You could go and clear some wasteland so the village can harvest more grain."
These gossipy women are starving, and they're always causing trouble in the village. He finds them incredibly annoying.
Upon hearing this, Chen Guixiang immediately retorted, "Village chief, I didn't slander anyone. I just don't want any thieves in the village. This has nothing to do with me."
She has too many things to do at home, how could she go and help the village reclaim wasteland? It's impossible to grow anything on that rocky land, she doesn't want to help for nothing.
Li Yishi frowned, but before he could speak, Xiao Zhangshi scoffed, saying with amusement, "It has nothing to do with you. Why are you so agitated? Grandma Sun is about to leave, and you're still making a fuss."
If Jiang Yatou hadn't been so clever as to realize that it was Sun's third daughter-in-law who took the meat, you probably would have jumped up even higher and might have bullied Jiang Yatou and the others even more. I see now, you're just bullying them.
"Village chief, you can't let them get away with this so easily."
After saying that, she glared at the other person fiercely, which made Chen Guixiang's face turn ashen with anger. She was about to continue arguing when the village chief interrupted her.
"Shut up, everyone. If anyone disagrees with me, then get out of here. Qing Shi Village doesn't need troublemakers like this."
He was busy all day trying to keep the villagers from starving, while these people were causing trouble in the village all day long.
As soon as the village chief spoke, everyone shut their mouths. Even Chen Guixiang lost the will to argue. Her eyes were filled with the same resentment and malice as she looked at Jiang Yimian and Xiao Zhangshi, wishing she could rush up and tear them apart right now.
She's always been at odds with Zhang Shi, and now that the Jiang family has joined in, Zhang Shi is only making things worse for her, spreading rumors about her family everywhere. Those shameless people are ganging up on her because her family is small.
Seeing that no one spoke, Li Yishi continued, "Go home, all of you. There's no more excitement to be had. Hurry up and leave. What are you doing here?"
Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Jiang Yimian said coldly, "Village chief, are these people from the Sun family and Chen Guixiang and her daughter just going to leave like this after wrongly accusing my brother and sister? What about the grievances they suffered? At least they should apologize."
If she were wronged, she would definitely teach the person a lesson. But Xiao Nuan'er and the others are still young, and today's events have definitely taken root in their hearts. If they are not dealt with properly, they may be left with psychological trauma.
Li Yishi paused, then immediately understood and nodded, saying, "Jiang girl is right, we can't let this go. Grandma Sun, Chen Guixiang, you all come and apologize."
Grandma Sun paused, frowned at Sun Xiaohu beside her, and said irritably, "Go, go apologize."
Today's events were nothing to her; she didn't care at all. She only thought that the person Jiang Yimian said should apologize was Sun Xiaohu. After all, this matter was caused by him, so it was nothing for him to apologize.
Sun Xiaohu pursed his lips but didn't say much. After all, he was just a kid, and apologizing wasn't a big deal for them.
He walked up to Xiao Nuan'er and the others, bowed his head, and said, "I'm sorry, I wronged you."
Xiao Nuan'er just clung to Jiang Yimian's leg, her eyes red, and didn't say a word. She didn't want to forgive them. If her sister hadn't appeared in time, these people definitely wouldn't be like this now. Xiao Nuan'er didn't like them.
Seeing that the other party did not respond, Sun Xiaohu scratched his head, feeling a little lost. In the past, when he got angry with the village children, they would forgive him as long as he apologized.
This younger sister doesn't seem to want to talk to him. Is she still angry?
Just as he was about to repeat himself, Grandma Sun called out, "Alright, Tiger's gone. We still have a lot of things to do, like clearing land!"
Sun Xiaohu said "Oh," and then glanced at Xiao Nuan'er and the others before going to Grandma Sun's side.
Jiang Yimian simply said, "Go on, he wasn't the only one who wronged someone just now."
Grandma Sun was taken aback, but quickly understood Jiang Yimian's meaning. She immediately said with dissatisfaction, "Jiang girl, don't go too far. I am your elder. How can you ask me to apologize to a child who hasn't even grown up yet?"
She did wrongly accuse someone, but they were just a few children, and she would forget about it soon. Why take it so seriously? These people are really troublesome.
Jiang Yimian simply said, "If you're wrong, you should admit it. So what if you're an elder?"
"you……"
Grandma Sun was speechless, clearly not expecting the girl to hold onto the person so tightly, and immediately felt a little embarrassed.
Just as he was about to raise his voice and curse, he heard Scholar Zhang say, "To know one's mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue. To know one's mistakes and not correct them can also cause great harm."
"Grandma Sun, you wouldn't want all the children in the Sun family to be like you, would you? Never learning from your mistakes, you'll suffer greatly later."
Grandma Sun was furious. She glanced at Sun Xiaohu and his sons, then at the village chief, knowing that he was on the side of the Jiang family. She glared at Jiang Yimian fiercely before saying irritably, "Don't think that I'm apologizing to you because I'm afraid of you."
He snorted before looking at Xiao Nuan'er and the other children, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have wronged you."
Seeing this, Grandma Sun's son and daughter-in-law also awkwardly stepped forward and apologized.
Chen Guixiang and her daughter in the crowd realized something was wrong and immediately tried to sneak away.
They didn't want to lose face with Old Lady Sun and apologize to a little brat. Ugh.
Unexpectedly, before he could even squeeze out of the crowd, Grandma Sun grabbed him and pulled him back, saying, "Trying to run away? No way! Apologize right now."
We can't let the Sun family lose face today; we can't let these two get away with it either.
Chen Guixiang and her daughter were so angry they gritted their teeth. Since even an elder like Grandma Sun had apologized, they naturally couldn't escape it either, and had no choice but to swallow their anger and apologize to the children.
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Guixiang quickly ran away, afraid of hearing Xiao Zhang's mocking laughter.
Seeing that Chen Guixiang and the Sun family had all left, and with no more excitement to watch, the crowd gradually dispersed.
Just as Li Chunhua was about to leave, she saw someone standing outside the crowd, which immediately caught her eye and made her freeze in place.
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