Just as Liu Huan returned to the village chief's house with her child, her grandson arrived, saying that his grandfather had invited Liu Huan over.
Ermo took the lead and said, "Sister, I'll go with you."
"Let's go, I still need to take care of my flowers when we get back."
It was probably done by Feng. She pulled up all the flowers outside her yard, even the ones that were climbing the wall. Those were flowers she had carefully planted for several years. She was so angry that her liver hurt.
The village chief's family was probably waiting for her on purpose; the courtyard was full of people, including the village elders.
"Uncle, Aunt, what brings you here?"
The village chief put down his pipe and said, "Sit down. We're also confused, so we've come to you to find out what's going on."
"I heard from Madam Feng that your An Ran started it, and her An Xin was fired just for retaliating, is that right?"
Liu Huan said, "No."
The village chief nodded knowingly. "I understand. Anxin isn't a bad person; she's just spoiled because her father died young."
Liu Huan pretended not to hear the village chief's implied meaning and did not express her opinion.
The village chief's wife seized the opportunity to pull her aside, "Yes, since Anxin's father passed away, Anxin has been the only child in her family. The whole family has high hopes for her, hoping that she can study more and learn to read so that she can find a good husband in the future. It would be a small comfort to Dafa."
Liu Huan subtly withdrew her hand, "It's no use my aunt telling me. I'm just a woman, how would I know about these things?"
The clan elder with the white beard seized the opportunity to speak, "Then you should go and tell Dean Wu to let Anxin go back to her studies. It's just a matter of a word from Zuo."
Liu Huan sneered: "You think too highly of me. How could a woman like me interfere with Dean Wu's decision?"
The village chief said, "Since she hit An Ran, as long as you don't pursue this matter, it will be over."
Liu Huan was amused by this remark, "Uncle, my daughter was beaten and in the end she still had to be so magnanimous as to plead for the abuser. I must be out of my mind to do something like that."
"You... your Anran didn't have much of a problem, it's just kids having a little tiff, and you're taking it so seriously."
Liu Huan's attitude was firm: "I'm sorry, I'm protective of my own. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
"stop,"
The clan elder threatened, "Don't forget whose territory you're on and whose house you're living in."
Liu Huan turned around and said seriously, "Of course I know. I paid for the house, the foundation, the front and back yards, and those two vegetable plots."
"Those things have all been registered and transferred at the government office, so what else is unclear?"
As she reached the door, she added, "By the way, the flowers outside my yard have been uprooted. They're all quite valuable. I've already sent someone to report it to the authorities."
The village chief's wife looked at her disapprovingly, "We are all women, and you and she are both widows. Why should women make things difficult for each other?"
"Yes, we're both women, and we've both lost our husbands. I've never talked about her behind her back, but everyone knows how many bad things she's said about me behind my back."
Liu Huan laid it out: "I'll be honest about this. I'm not going to plead for her. Even if someone else pleads for her and she gets sent back to school, I'll still make a scene until she can't continue her studies. That's my stance."
After saying that, he left directly, which angered the clan elder so much that he banged his cane loudly.
“Tell her to take the child and get out of Heshui Village. Feng is right, she’s here to harass our village.”
Although the village chief felt that Liu Huan had gone too far, he was afraid that it would be inappropriate to drive the person out of the village, since the house had been surrounded by silver.
“Give it back to her, and let her and that bunch of scoundrels get out of here. As long as her family lives here, this village will never have peace.”
He had never liked Liu Huan before; she looked like a troublemaker.
As for why the clan elder was so angry, it was because Zhang Dafa was his nephew and An Xin was his grandniece.
“My uncle and Liu Shi donate money to the ancestral hall every year, and they also sell vegetables in the village, which is an income for the villagers.”
The Liu family buys everything, even the firewood they use daily. They can buy it anywhere else; it's all about currying favor with the villagers.
The clan elder hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's leave it at that for now. She hasn't given us the money for this year yet. We'll tell them to get lost after she does."
"Don't worry, Uncle, I will definitely handle this matter well."
The elder patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, "I know you're a good person. Your brother Dafa has treated you well in the past. You should let him go to school with peace of mind. Ask your wife to persuade him again. As long as she's willing to compromise, we won't hold this against them. They can stay as long as they want."
"If she still doesn't know what's good for her, then we'll buy the house back and not let her live there anymore."
"Okay, Uncle, I will."
The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law, who had been plotting this all along, said, "Dad, let my family pay for that house then. Wenbin will need to get married when he grows up, and our house won't be big enough for him."
She was drawn to the overall layout of the house and the flowers Liu Huan had planted; they looked so pleasant.
The predecessors planted the trees so that the successors could enjoy the shade; she was one of those enjoying the shade.
No, we have to stop Ms. Feng from destroying it anymore. What's the point of buying it if she ruins it?
The village chief had no objections; he had been the village chief for so many years, and she could afford to pay that amount of money.
No one in the room thought there was anything wrong with what was said. After all, in their view, Liu Huan had come to the village with a big belly and the village had kindly taken her in.
Although they gave her money, none of that mattered to them as much as the house. If they hadn't sold her the house, where else could she have gone?
On the way back with Liu Huan, Ermo was puzzled, "Sister, you're amazing! I didn't even get a chance to speak."
Liu Huan said, "I can handle whatever those few people need you to say."
When Liu Huan returned and saw Qiu Rong and the others picking up the surviving flowers to replant, she said, "There's no need to plant them. Even if we did, others would just pull them out. We won't plant any more."
Qiu Rong looked at the dying flowers on the ground and felt sorry for them. "Such beautiful flowers, what a waste."
"Yes, thankfully the inside hasn't been damaged yet."
Hearing this, Liu Huan sighed helplessly; it seemed she would have to move again.
In two days it will be the incense festival, and many families in the village will make things to take down the mountain to sell, making the atmosphere lively all of a sudden.
Liu Huan had already inquired about the temple's customs, and for the first three days, she and her child ate vegetarian food, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the village butcher.
"Liu, just buy some. Even if you're fasting for the next couple of days, you can still eat it when you get back, right?"
Liu Huan looked at the meat in front of her, which weighed at least ten pounds. Normally, she would have bought it, but now she was fasting and would have to go directly to the county afterward, so she didn't have time to eat.
"I'm sorry, Uncle, we won't buy any this time. We'll go straight to the county after we get back from the incense fair, and it's inconvenient for us to carry this meat."
The butcher objected: "Then what am I going to do with all this pork?"
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