This time, Caojia Village is also causing trouble.
The road from Lijia Village to the town passes through Caojia Village. The two villages originally shared the same road, but unexpectedly, Caojia Village dug several large holes in the road leading from Lijia Village to Caojia Village, and piled up high cow dung at the entrance of the village. There were special people blocking the way and not letting people from Lijia Village pass!
The people of Caojia Village like to stick together, and the nearby villages are afraid of them and don't dare to provoke them.
"The road to town is blocked. What should I do?"
"If I can't go to town, I won't be able to do business."
"Yeah, we can't sell the game we hunt."
Village chief Li Fugui led a group of villagers to the medicine bag factory, talking as they walked.
"This trouble was caused by Gao Cuihong's family. Let's see what her family has to say."
When they arrived outside the medicine bag factory, Li Fugui called out, "Gao Cuihong, Lan Huaer, come out!"
Aunt Gao heard the sound and came out with Lanhua.
Aunt Gao looked at the huge group of people and was a little surprised: "Village Chief, what happened?"
"The people from Caojia Village said that our people beat up people from their village, and they blocked our way to the town!" said Li Fugui.
"How could they do this? It was obviously Cao Xiaogui who bullied our Lanhua. It would have been fine if we didn't look for them, but why didn't they let us pass? Besides, wasn't this road built by our village and Caojia Village together? Why don't they let us pass? Are they just being arrogant?" Aunt Gao said.
Several villagers felt the same way. They originally wanted to go to Caojia Village to settle the score, but were stopped by the village chief.
The village chief said, "If a fight breaks out, everyone will inevitably get hurt, and we won't be able to work in the fields. It's busy spring season now, so what will we do if we can't work in the fields? We'll starve for the whole year."
As soon as the village chief said this, the villagers hesitated.
"Cao Xiaogui was wrong, but your Lanhua was fine. Was it necessary for you to beat her to the point of crippling her? In this case, we are still in the wrong." Li Fugui said.
"Nothing happened? If I hadn't gone there quickly, my Lanhua'er's innocence would have been lost! Village chief, it turns out this is not your daughter, how can you talk without any pain in your waist?" Aunt Gao said angrily.
"Gao Cuihong, what's with that attitude? It seems like I'm meddling in other people's business! This is something you caused, so you go and solve it! The villagers can't go to town, so you're responsible for their losses and their livelihood problems!"
Aunt Gao looked very unhappy.
How can she be responsible?
Her family was old and young, how could they possibly stand up to the domineering Cao Village?!
"I'm the village chief. I have no choice but to take care of your matter! In order to solve the problem for you, I went to find Cao Xiaogui and Yu Chunying early in the morning, and made an agreement with them. As long as your family pays one hundred taels of silver, this matter will be resolved." said the village chief.
"One hundred taels of silver?! They're just robbing us!" Aunt Gao shrieked. "They bullied Lanhuaer and are still asking my family to pay them compensation. How can this be justified?!"
"Who told you to hit people? They originally wanted two hundred taels, and it was only after I persuaded them that they lowered the price a little." The village chief said with a hint of pride in his voice, thinking that it was his credit.
Among the villagers, there were a few who had a bad relationship with Aunt Gao, including Du Xiaohe, who all said:
"Gao Cuihong, you better pay me back right away. I still have to go to town to sell vegetables! I make dozens of dollars a day. If you don't pay, you'll be responsible for this."
"You Lanhua'er earns a hundred coins a day, which is thirty taels a year. Wouldn't you have earned the hundred taels in three or four years?"
"Really? You've implicated us!"
"Why are you protecting a mute so closely?"
"Everyone in Caojia Village is saying that it was that mute who seduced Cao Xiaogui! I think so too. What's there to be greedy about a mute?"
Those gossips pierced Aunt Gao and Lanhua'er's hearts like needles. They felt extremely desperate and helpless.
No matter how shabby Aunt Gao is, she can't scold ten people with just one mouth.
At this moment, a laugh rang out, standing out in this atmosphere.
The village chief looked at the laughing person and said, "Wei Qing family, what are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at you for bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and being bullies in your own backyard!" Tang Li said.
Isn't this village chief just a bully? He's afraid of the Cao family, who are all so close-knit and domineering, so he comes to bully the weak Aunt Gao's family.
"Mr. Wei Qing, what do you mean? If you are so powerful, then go to Caojia Village and talk to them and see if they are willing to give up the way for free!" Li Fugui snorted coldly.
"It's clearly Aunt Gao's family that's being bullied, but you're helping Cao Village bully Aunt Gao. This way, Cao Village will know that Li Village is a loose group and easy to bully. This time it was Aunt Gao, and next time it will be your turn. If you don't stand up when others are bullied, no one will stand up when you are bullied!"
"And those who say bad things about Lanhua, you are helping Caojia Village to discredit your own people. Why are you still staying in Lijia Village? Why don't you go to Caojia Village?"
Tang Li's words really touched the hearts of many people.
In particular, most people are actually dissatisfied with the village chief's decision.
"Yeah, it was Cao Xiaogui who was bullying, so why should Aunt Gao pay compensation?"
"Yeah, it would have been fine if we hadn't looked for them, but they actually blocked our way and wouldn't let us go. That's really too much!"
"Last time the road collapsed, many people from our village went to repair it, but not many people from Caojia Village went! Why are they blocking the road?"
"Last time I dropped something on the road, and the people from Caojia Village picked it up for me, saying it belonged to them since it fell in their village!"
"One time, they asked me to pay a toll. If I didn't, they wouldn't let me pass. I thought it was only three big coins, so I didn't care!"
"We can't tolerate this, or they'll think our Li Village is easy to bully! They'll bully us even harder next time!"
The villagers were filled with righteous indignation and had obviously been dissatisfied with Caojia Village for a long time.
"Can't stand it? Then you guys go and fight with the people in Caojia Village! There are one hundred households in their village, and we only have fifty. By then, everyone's legs will be broken, and the whole village will starve to death!" Li Fugui said sarcastically.
He is clearly thinking about the whole village, why don’t these people understand!
"Brutal attack really won't work, we can think of other ways." Tang Li said.
"What method? Paying compensation is definitely the best method!" Li Fugui said.
"Doesn't the village head care about this?"
"Those people in Caojia Village are very arrogant. It's strange that the village head can control them!"
Tang Li frowned and thought for a moment: "Is there only one way to get to the town?"
"There used to be a road that was closer to the town, but later a section of that road collapsed. Coincidentally, Caojia Village said they wanted to build a wider road with us, so we now share the same road with Caojia Village." A villager said immediately.
"What's the status of the collapsed road now?"
"I went up the mountain the other day and just saw that it could actually be repaired. If it were, it would be much closer than the old way!"
When the villagers were excited, Li Fugui came out to interrupt:
"Building roads costs money and labor, and it's busy farming season right now. Who has time for this?! I think we should just pay the bill!"
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