When the village chief arrived home, all the villagers who had been waiting for news in the yard came to greet him when they saw him enter.
"Village Chief, how about it, did Tian An agree?"
"Yes! Village chief, when do we start building the greenhouse?"
Perhaps because the village chief didn't speak for a long time and looked unhappy, everyone's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
A middle-aged man asked tentatively: "Village Chief, is it Tian An who disagrees?"
"That shouldn't be the case! Doesn't that girl always listen to the village chief? If the village chief goes and says something, it should work!"
"Village Chief, is it because that girl thinks she's made some money that she's turned her back on us?"
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The village chief looked at everyone with a sullen face. Seeing that their words were getting more and more outrageous, he finally shouted loudly, "Shut up, everyone."
The village chief showed his power and the yard finally became quiet.
It was getting dark, and it was hard to see people clearly. The village chief stood in the middle of the yard, squinting at everyone.
After a while, he said in a low voice: "Look at you guys, is this the attitude of begging for help? Huh? You have no ability and yet you use me as a tool.
Does Tian An owe you anything? Does he have to take care of your food, shelter, and wealth? Even your sons and grandsons don’t take care of you this much.”
When the villagers heard what the village chief said, instead of reflecting on themselves, they also believed that it was Tian An who disagreed with teaching them how to build greenhouses. Regardless of what the village chief had just said to them, they stiffened their necks and started to criticize Tian An.
"Humph! A little girl turned her back on me just because she made a little money. She doesn't even think about how pitiful she was back then."
"That's right, the pheasant hasn't even turned into a phoenix yet! It doesn't even want the chicken coop anymore."
"Tian An is an ungrateful person, no..."
Seeing that everyone was going on and on, the village chief was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick: "Shut up, all of you shut up, if you keep talking nonsense, get out of here!"
When the villagers saw the village chief getting angry, they didn't dare to say a word and just looked at their toes.
The village chief raised his hand and pointed at the ones who had just scolded Tian An the most harshly:
"You call them ungrateful, but I think you're the ones with the worst hearts. You didn't even give them a stitch when they were in trouble. Now that they've made money, you want to suck their blood? Don't forget who built the brick house you live in now."
Several people retorted: "We only changed the house after we sold the land to Tian An."
The village chief sneered: "Why don't you try selling the land to someone else and see if anyone will build a house for you?"
No one said anything, isn't it obvious?
"I think you guys have been eating too much and have lost all sense of dignity. All you do all day is try to take advantage of others.
Seeing others making money makes you jealous, what were you doing before? When they were building greenhouses, why didn't anyone say they wanted to follow suit? Aren't you just trying to use them as stepping stones?
What's the point of building a greenhouse now? By the time your greenhouse vegetables are grown, everyone else will have vegetables in their fields! Who will care about yours?
After the village chief said this, everyone realized the problem, but some people still refused to give up.
"This? Tian An is not making up an excuse just because he doesn't want to help everyone!"
The village chief narrowed his eyes and stared at him. "If you really want to build it, you can take the money and start building it right now. No one will stop you."
The man was speechless. Of course he understood the logic, he was just talking for the sake of satisfying his desire to talk.
The village chief took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and continued, "It's too late this year. When you go back, remember to save your money and wait until next year to build the greenhouse with Tian An!"
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, someone said something that deserved a beating.
"We have to prepare the money ourselves. Shouldn't Tian An provide the money?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole yard fell silent, and the anger that the village chief had just suppressed instantly rushed to the top of his head.
"Whoever said that? Stand up right here. I want to see if the person who said that is Tian Anyang's son or grandson. How shameless, absolutely shameless!"
The village chief looked at the crowd for a long time, but unfortunately no one dared to admit it.
Seeing this, the village chief became even more disappointed. He pointed at the gate behind him and said, "Get out! Get out! Do whatever you want. I can't control you anymore."
Seeing that no one was moving, the village chief pointed at his own face and said, "Are you ashamed? You are not ashamed, but I am. Get out, get out, all of you."
After saying that, without waiting for anyone to move, he walked briskly to the corner, picked up a broom and started to hit everyone. Several men who were closest to him were hit on the hands and feet.
Seeing that the village chief was serious, the people in the yard hurriedly ran out the door.
On his way back from the county town, Chen Qiang passed by the village chief's house and accidentally watched the whole scene from beginning to end. He stepped back a distance when the village chief first told the villagers to leave.
After everyone left, he pretended to be back. He was also thankful that he didn't pull the donkey cart today, otherwise everyone would have seen him and it would have been embarrassing.
As soon as Chen Qiang got home, he went to report to Tian An what he had seen.
Tian An had no extra emotion after hearing this, and only said coldly: "Sure enough, you can't tame an ungrateful person."
Then he told Chen Qiang to pay attention to the assets he had, to be on guard against what he should be on guard against, and to avoid what he should avoid. He had to keep a close eye on all the important things.
Zhao Yiming waited until Tian An had arranged everything before he went forward and shook her hand.
Tian An turned and looked at him: "I'm fine. I was busy with work before, so I had little contact with them and didn't have any feelings for them. The most I had with them was just a partnership."
She wasn't the real Tian An, and she truly had no feelings for these villagers who were supposedly descended from the same ancestors. She would remember and repay those who had helped her. But those who wanted to suck her blood could wait!
I originally thought that we are all from the same village, so I would help each other if I could, but now! I feel so helpless!
Zhao Yiming looked at Tian An carefully and saw that she was indeed not sad, so he did not say anything to comfort her.
He just said, "You don't need to tolerate them. We won't be staying in Shangba Village for much longer. It's enough to save face."
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Tian An had several big question marks on his head: "What do you mean? What do you mean by not staying long?"
Zhao Yiming told Tian An that after he passed the examination for the title of scholar next year, he would start preparing for the imperial examination in Beijing. If he passed the imperial examination and achieved a high score, he would have the opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy and would have to stay in the capital.
To take a step back, if his grades were not good enough, he would still be assigned to a local position and serve as a county magistrate or county magistrate, but no matter what, the chances of him returning to Shangba Village would be very small.
Even if, by chance, he comes back, his identity will be different.
Tian An felt that Zhao Yiming had been talking for a long time, but he didn't seem to have considered what would happen if he failed the exam? Forget about Jinshi, he wasn't even a scholar yet!
If she didn't know his character well, she would have thought he was just trying to deceive the girl.
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