"Village chief, if he doesn't take his son to Shuxia Village to apologize one day, he's going to drag our Futian Village down!"
"That's right. Opportunities to make money are rare. We're so close to Shuxia Village. Those people who build workshops like Loutai and Yue are willing to spend money, so their workers must be well-paid."
"Village chief, this matter needs to be resolved quickly."
“If they don’t apologize, we’ll kick them out of Futian Village. We can’t let our whole village miss out on this good thing because of his family.”
Sun Youcai took a sip of water from his wooden cup and sighed.
"I see."
With Sun Youcai making his move and threatening to expel Futian Village, the answer was naturally predictable.
That day, Sun Youtian and his family took their hen and headed to Shuxia Village.
"Mother, that family is here."
Pan Jinhua was not surprised. After they finished transplanting rice seedlings yesterday, the Li family immediately spread the news that they were going to build a workshop. It was difficult to find people during the spring planting season, so double the wages was only right. The Li family said that there were many people, including unmarried girls and young children, but the number of people who could actually do the work, including Pan Jinhua's age, was less than thirty.
The construction of this workshop couldn't rely entirely on the Li family; they also had to make tofu and other bean products, so both men and women were involved.
We still hired Master Yan, but we also need to hire some helpers.
Double pay plus a free lunch is already an incredibly good deal; even people from our own village are asking about it.
Li Xuming wanted to finish the project as soon as possible, and he wanted anyone who was capable.
"Don't call me for this kind of thing. Can't you handle it yourself?"
Pan Jinhua was resting in a recliner. The whole family had been planting rice seedlings yesterday, and even she was exhausted. She was very tired and listless when she woke up this morning.
Li Xuming massaged Pan Jinhua's legs.
“Mother, you shouldn’t have to get involved in this. Your son, Qing, has already called the whole village over.”
"Okay, you go ahead and do your work, I'll just rest."
"yes."
Li Xuming obediently withdrew.
"Sun Youtian, Sun Xing, how dare you come to our village!"
"Heh, so you've come to apologize to us? One chicken isn't enough for you."
"Haha, how could I possibly compensate you?"
When the villagers heard that Sun Youtian's family was coming, they all came to watch the spectacle, regardless of whether they had anything else to do. They had already found out why Sun Xing had cut off the water supply to Shuxia Village. Now, the people of Futian Village were treating the villagers very well because of the still unseen worker quotas. The people of Futian Village were also angry with Sun Xing and did not intend to help cover it up. The people of Shuxia Village were even angrier when they learned the reason.
One by one, they all came over to openly mock and ridicule.
This was the scene when Li Xuming came out. The Sun family had brought this trouble upon themselves, and they deserved to be ridiculed; he wouldn't care.
"You beast! Quickly kowtow to your Uncle Li and admit your mistake!"
Li Xuming was a few years younger than Sun Youtian, but much younger than him. When Sun Youtian saw Li Xuming, he quickly pressed Sun Xing's head down and kowtowed to the ground.
Sun Xing kept his head down and mumbled something.
"Uncle Li, I was wrong, it's all my fault, please forgive me."
Li Xuming smiled and didn't tell Sun Xing to get up, letting him kowtow four or five times in a row.
Sun Youtian was only putting on an act and wasn't really sincere, but to his surprise, Li Xuming didn't stop him at all. It was one thing for the Li family not to stop him, but the people of Shuxia Village were also excessively indifferent and unkind, just watching from the sidelines.
Sun Youtian was really distressed for his son. He was already in poor health, and after hitting his head a few times, he had injured it. He couldn't possibly press it down.
"Hey, why did you stop after only two kowtows? The Li family hasn't even said they forgive you yet."
Qian Shulin immediately made a sarcastic remark.
The Sun family was resentful but could not show it, so they could only endure it. The most important thing now was to ask the Li family for forgiveness; everything else could wait.
"Uncle Li, I'm a scoundrel! I've let the Li family down, and I'll never do such a thing again!"
"You've wronged more than just my family."
Li Xuming only said this one sentence. His son's original words were that he wanted to apologize to everyone in Shuxia Village, so as a father, he naturally had to cooperate.
"Brother Li is right, it's Son Xing!"
Sun Xing turned his head and bowed to the villagers standing outside.
"I'm a bastard, I'm a worthless wretch! Because of my actions, I've caused a conflict between the two villages. Please forgive me!"
Sun Xing bowed and wept bitterly; he absolutely could not be driven out of Futian Village.
His mother also bowed and kowtowed, repeatedly begging the villagers of Shuxia Village for forgiveness.
“It’s all my fault, I didn’t raise my son well. Please forgive him because he apologized so sincerely.”
"It was my fault….."
Qian Shulin and the others looked at Sun Xing's mother's black and white hair, which was dry and straw-like, her eyes were cloudy and tearful, and her face was full of wrinkles.
Although he disliked Sun Xing, seeing this scene still made him feel uncomfortable. A group of people were exchanging glances, and Li Xuming, standing on higher ground, had already seen through their expressions.
"Fellow villagers, are you willing to forgive Sun Xing?"
"Forget it, at least it didn't affect spring planting, so we didn't lose out, did we?"
"We forgive them."
"Alright, let him off this time."
The surrounding villagers all spoke up, the Sun family was overjoyed, and Li Xuming was naturally willing to forgive.
Since this matter didn't cause any serious consequences, it wasn't a big deal. As such, the Li family didn't want to make things too tense, after all, they still had to give face to the village chief of Futian Village. If they really forced the Sun family to be driven out of Futian Village, they would definitely offend Sun Youtian's family and the people of Futian Village.
It's better to offend a gentleman than a petty person.
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