Chapter 129 Dealing with the Village Chief
Without the help of the yamen runners, it was obvious that the villagers would give them a cold shoulder.
"This is too irresponsible!" Gu Mingtang said angrily.
Song Qiang sighed, "Who said it wasn't true?"
These people had little experience in dealing with the country people, and only the Li family left them with lingering fears.
"Okay, let's go. We have to find a place to stay before dark. Mom, Dad and the children are tired." Gu Mingyu is the eldest brother after all, so his words carry weight.
Gu Mingtang and his wife stopped complaining and hurried into the village to find the village chief.
It was freezing cold, and all you could see was a vast expanse of white. There were few people in Ningxi Village, and the houses were short and dilapidated. There were not many people on the streets, and their clothes were ragged, with patches piled on top of patches, and some even had no patches at all.
There was a big hole in the clothes, revealing the cotton. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that it was not cotton but willow catkins.
When the man saw the Gu family wearing prison uniforms, he was so scared that he quickly ran back home and closed the door.
"Oh... I was just about to ask him how to get to the village chief's house!" Zhang Yi sighed.
At this time, the man stuck his head out and said, "Musheng, Musheng, come...come in quickly!"
Only then did everyone see that there was a little kid squatting at the foot of the wall. He looked about five or six years old and was very skinny.
Mu Sheng was just a child after all, and he didn't have as many thoughts as his father. Before he could react, he saw a pretty little girl walking towards him.
"Brother, can you take us to the village chief's house?" Li Mumu said as she handed him a piece of milk peanut candy, but she had already removed the packaging. "This is for you."
Mu Sheng licked his lips and said, "Why does candy look like this? You're lying, candies are round and not this color. You can only eat one piece during Chinese New Year."
It is normal for farmers to be poor. They cannot eat sugar on ordinary days, but they can only eat one piece during the Chinese New Year, which is really shabby.
Li Mumu smiled and handed the candy to his mouth, "Try it!"
"Mu Sheng, Mu Sheng!" The man shouted anxiously twice, but Mu Sheng was really fascinated by the sweet taste at his lips.
He didn't want to bite off more, so he only bit off a tiny bit with his teeth, then showed a look of surprise and joy, "It's sweet, it's sugar, it's really delicious."
Then, he pointed to a place not far away and said, "The house with smoke coming out of it is the village chief's house. I'll take you there."
"Musheng~ Come back, come back here."
Mu Sheng waved to the man in the door and said, "Dad, they gave me candy. They are good people."
Li Mumu didn’t know what to say. Does giving a piece of candy make you a good person?
But the world of children is actually that simple.
The man sighed, but didn't care anymore.
Along the way, Mu Sheng would bring the candy under his nose to smell it from time to time, but he was reluctant to eat it anymore.
"Why don't you eat?" Li Mumu asked.
"Such delicious food should be given to my brothers and sisters, as well as my parents. It's strange, why can we eat candy during the New Year?"
A sour feeling welled up in Li Mumu's heart. This was a lie told by her parents, but she didn't want to expose it right now.
"Grandpa Village Chief, come out quickly, someone is looking for you."
"Who is it?" The person in the room shouted, then trotted out, glanced at the Gu family and knew their purpose.
Old Master Gu glanced at the hunched old man and said, "Brother, we are exiles. The county magistrate asked us to live in this village."
"The official hasn't come yet?" Village chief Qin Ling looked back and found that they were the only ones there, with no yamen runners.
"They came, but they only sent us to the village entrance."
"Alas!" Qin Ling sighed heavily and glanced at them. "Humph, you did so many evil things in the past, you never thought you would end up like this."
In his opinion, only the most heinous criminals would be exiled here, and those who came to their village were the worst of the worst.
The old man's behavior was similar to how he treated the Li family, but Li Mumu knew that he was not bullying them. He disliked them because he thought the Li family were bad officials who oppressed the people.
In fact, the village chief is a very nice person. He has a stubborn temper but is an upright person. Especially when he saw Li Yuan and Lin Siyan with their baby, he found a good place for them and helped their family a lot afterwards.
But later, because his little grandson liked Li Zhaozhao, the adults in the family thought it would be nice if the two children could grow up together and have a baby marriage.
People came to discuss the matter, so if it doesn't work out, then it doesn't work out. However, Li Yuan not only scolded the person to his face as a toad wanting to eat swan flesh, but Li Zhaozhao also felt that it was a shame for her to be liked by such a person. She found an opportunity and made the little boy roll down the mountain, and he turned into a fool.
At this moment, the faces of the Gu family brothers were all unhappy. If it weren't for his old age, they would probably ask for an explanation.
Li Mumu couldn't let such a misunderstanding happen. She quickly ran over and shouted, "Grandpa Village Chief, my grandpa and his family are not bad people."
Qin Ling looked at the cute little chubby kid and his heart melted, especially since Li Mumu was wearing so little. He hugged the kid tightly and said, "A good person? How can a good person come here? Why don't you think about your children and grandchildren when you do bad things? Poor kid."
After hearing what the old man said, the three brothers of the Gu family realized that he was not a bad person, and their expressions softened a lot.
"Grandpa Village Chief, my grandfather and uncles were all heroes who fought against the enemy. It was Li Yuan who lost the battle and brought trouble to our family."
Li Mumu hurriedly distanced herself from Li Yuan, "He even abandoned my mother and brothers for another woman. He's the bad guy."
"There's this thing?" Qin Ling looked at Li Mumu with a hint of sympathy. "God damn it, you're such a hurtful person, who is Li Yuan?"
Li Mumu pursed her lips and said, "He went to Qingshui Village."
"What? Such a scourge went to Qingshui Village?" Old Man Qin sighed again. "Bad people go to good places, but you come to our most miserable place. This world... is so unfair."
Li Mumu shook her head, "Grandpa, this is the best place. They all say that the village chief is the most upright and kindhearted. We chose this place on purpose."
Qin Ling was stunned. He didn't expect them to come here on their own initiative. "Are you serious?"
Li Mumu nodded, "That's right."
"Then you have been cheated. There is nothing here, even drinking water is a problem." Qin Ling shook his head. How could these officials be so easily deceived?
Li Mumu pointed at her three uncles and said, "With them here, getting water won't be a problem. They can dig wells!"
Gu Mingjing was just about to say that he was good at killing and fighting, but he was really not good at digging wells.
Li Mumu blinked at him and said, "Uncle San, you can do it, right?"
"I... can do it... Yes! I can do it." Gu Mingjing had a smile on his face. At this moment, even if the little girl said that he could go to heaven and earth, he also felt that he could do it.
"That's great. Come on, I'll show you the house."
When Li Mumu thought about the house assigned to the Li family, she thought that tonight would not be easy, but when she arrived at the place, she rubbed her eyes.
This is not right!
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