Chapter 165 The husband has his own reasons and the wife has her own reasons
"It is indeed our fault. I am sorry, I am sorry." Wei Yi kept apologizing like a grandson, and finally spread his hands helplessly, "But our family has moved out, and we must return to the village. Otherwise, we have nowhere to go. We must take this land back. As for the people who planted our land, we will go to their homes to explain. We can also help during the spring ploughing. You should let them buy the land as soon as possible."
The village chief's face changed and he became a little annoyed. He thought Wei Yi was reasonable, but he didn't expect him to beat around the bush and insist on getting his land back.
The two sides parted on bad terms.
Wei Laoqi walked along the path in the village with a frown on his face. Wei Yi and his wife also said nothing. It was not until they returned to their own fields that Wei Laoqi said to his son and daughter-in-law seriously, "The village chief obviously doesn't want us to take the land back. Who knows, there may be some twists and turns here that we don't know about. We can't leave the village these few days, otherwise they will take the initiative and things will be even more troublesome."
"Dad, why is the village chief like this? The land belongs to our family, why can't we take it back?" Chen, the eldest daughter-in-law of Wei Laoqi, sat on the edge of the field angrily, her face as black as the bottom of a pot.
Wei Laoqi looked at his two sons and said, "From now on, the three of us will stay in the fields. My daughter-in-law will go home to see if the house is still habitable. We will make do with it for a few days. We must get this done first."
"Dad, we all listen to you."
The four of them expressed their opinions one after another.
At the same time, the village chief of Shenjiazhuang also whispered about this to his wife Niu Cuihua, "Hurry up and tell my brother-in-law that Wei Laoqi's family has come back to ask for the land. They want to continue to plant Wei Laoqi's land this year, but it is not possible. In addition, we have planted high-yield grains in the past two years. We agreed to give them 20% of the autumn harvest.
I'm afraid my brother-in-law hasn't fulfilled his promise. If Wei Laoqi's family brings up old scores, things will be troublesome."
Niu Cuihua cursed angrily for a long time, then reluctantly went out to her parents' home.
Niu Youfu happened to be in his own field, so Niu Cuihua hurried over to find him, her face looking a little grim. “Wei Laoqi’s family is back and they want to take back their land. My wife asked me to come and tell you that the Wei family’s land cannot be planted this year.”
"Why? If he says don't plant, then don't plant. If he says to plant, then don't plant. Why should I listen to him? I have to plant that land this year!" Niu Youfu angrily carried his head and went to the Wei family's land.
Niu Cuihua was startled and quickly chased after him, trying to persuade him, but Niu Youfu was so angry that he refused to listen.
When the two men arrived at the Wei family's land, they saw that Wei Laoqi and his two sons were all there, and they stopped immediately.
Several people looked at each other.
Wei Laoqi guessed that Niu Youfu was the one who farmed his family's land, so he walked towards them slowly and asked, "Are you here for my family's land?"
Niu Youfu was a little angry for a moment, but then he shouted confidently, "You said you don't want to plant, so don't plant. You said you want to take it back, so what about my losses? If you don't want to plant, you should at least tell me two or three months in advance so that I can prepare. Now I have prepared the seeds and everything, and you want to take the land away. Why?"
"Niu Youfu, the land deed belongs to our family. The village chief never said that we can't take our land back. No matter what, we will take this land back. Now the land has not been planted yet, not even turned over. You say the seeds are ready? Where are they? Take them out and show us!" Wei Gang walked forward aggressively, looking ready for a fight.
If they really fought, Niu Youfu really couldn't beat the three blacksmiths, so he immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone, come over and judge! The Wei family is bullying people to death."
But in a short while, the villagers gathered together one after another. On the one hand, they relied on the land deeds in their hands to feel justified, and on the other hand, they played the victim, saying that the Wei family was bullying them. Some villagers supported Niu Youfu, while others supported Wei Laoqi's family.
The quarrel was very serious.
The village chief hid behind the crowd and watched them make noise in silence until Liu Jinhua's daughter-in-law came over with Liu Jinhua, Su Tai and Xu, who were holding their children. Only then did the noise die down a little.
"What's going on?" Liu Jinhua squeezed into the crowd.
When Niu Cuihua saw her, she immediately pulled her aside and said earnestly, "Sister Jinhua, you are from our Liujiazhuang, and that land was left to you by your parents. We are from the same village, so we are related. We will not take advantage of you, but this is not how you should do things! At the beginning, you said that you would not plant the land and give it to the village. Okay, we will take it.
Now it's time for spring ploughing, and you came back and said you wanted to take back the land without giving us any preparation. If you had told us in advance, my eldest brother and his family would have been able to buy the land earlier, right? After the autumn harvest last year, he turned the land twice to fertilize it, and you're taking advantage of the situation now. How can this be justified?"
Liu Jinhua listened to Niu Cuihua's argument calmly, and seeing that most of the villagers stood on Niu Cuihua's side, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, with a bit of teasing in her eyes, "Sister Cuihua, since you want to talk to me about our relationship and ask me for reason, I might as well ask your eldest brother. It was agreed that the land would be planted by the village and 20% of the harvest would belong to us. In the end, you planted high-yield grain seeds, and the harvest increased a lot, but the grain given to my family has never changed.
What do you mean? You don't have to argue with me about the amount of grain. At most, we can go to the county government office, and they should be able to find out how much grain my family has harvested in the past two years. If the number is wrong, can your brother make up for our losses? "
When the villagers heard this, they were all shocked and started to attack Niu Youfu.
"Niu Youfu, you are really a devil. You are so deceiving. No wonder the Wei family wants to plot against you. If it were me, I would want to beat you to death!"
"That's right. Originally, it was agreed that this land would be used by the villagers for farming, but in the end, it was occupied by Niu Youfu's family. We didn't get a chance at all."
"Isn't he so fearless because he relies on the fact that he is the village chief's brother-in-law?"
"The village chief is too unreasonable! All good things are given to their relatives. No! We have to talk to the township head. It's too unfair!"
The villagers started to criticize at once, and the target changed from Wei Laoqi's family to Niu Youfu and the village chief.
The village chief was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He could no longer sit there and wait for death, so he had to bite the bullet and come out to take charge of the situation. "Alright! This land originally belonged to the Wei family. If they want to take it back, they must return it. There is nothing to say."
He glared at Niu Cuihua fiercely.
Niu Youfu wanted to argue, but Niu Cuihua quickly dragged him out and said, "Brother, don't argue anymore. If Liu Jinhua gets too anxious and goes to the county government to file a complaint, your losses will not only be these lands, but you will also have to pay for the grain you owed."
Niu Youfu was furious, "Why? I worked so hard to grow the crops, why should they take them back?"
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