Chapter 206: Nine out of ten nets are empty, only one net is successful
Wu Baoan was so angry at Old Lady Chen's scoundrel attitude that he laughed, "Auntie, your thatched houses are eight hundred feet away from here. How can unloading bricks here be within your sight? Please stop talking nonsense."
Old Mrs. Chen curled her lips and said, "Wu Baoan, how do you know it won't block the view? Is it me who lives here or you who lives here? If I say it should be blocked, then it should be blocked."
Seeing her being so unreasonable, Wu Baoan originally wanted to make peace and act as a peacemaker, but now it seems that it is impossible to deal with the unreasonable old lady Chen.
He looked at the old man and his wife with a gloomy face and scolded them rudely,
"The morals of our Nanshan Village have been corrupted by people like you.
How can you, a person of such old age, have no sense of shame and actually learn to extort money like a scoundrel? Your behavior has seriously violated the laws of the Daqing Dynasty.
If Qing girl reports you to the government, you two will be beaten with boards and shackles. Once the criminal law is applied, even if your old bones don't die, you will be skinned alive.
Being beaten isn't a big deal; the most important thing is paying the fine. If you can't pay it, you'll just wait to die in jail!"
Old Lady Chen pointed at Wu Baoan's nose and shouted provocatively, "You still want to sue me? Go ahead, I'm not afraid."
"You said it," Wu Baoan snorted coldly. "Daniu, Erzhu, go find some rope and tie these old couple up. They've been blackmailing us and ruining the morale of Nanshan Village. From now on, you'll be expelled from the village and will never be a Nanshan resident again."
"Okay, Li Zheng, we'll go right away."
Da Niu, Erzhu agreed and went to find a rope.
When Old Man Chen heard this, his head pounded and he almost fainted.
To be driven out of the village would be tantamount to killing him.
His thoughts were suddenly brought back to his youth.
There was a young man named Ah Fu in the village.
He has no parents and lives alone.
One year there was a severe drought and the harvest was poor. Ah Fu had not eaten for several days. He was extremely hungry, so in order to fill his stomach he sneaked into a house and tried to steal something to eat.
However, he was caught on the spot by the family, who immediately tied him up and reported him to the village head at that time.
In order to improve the village morale, the village head decided to expel Ah Fu from the village according to the village rules.
After being expelled, Ah Fu wandered around without a fixed place to live and could only temporarily take shelter in a dilapidated temple outside the village.
The dilapidated temple was drafty, extremely cold at night, and rats were rampant, making it impossible to get a good night's sleep.
Obtaining food was even more difficult. In the past, in the village, even if you were poor, you could occasionally get help from your neighbors, or go to the mountains to pick some wild fruits and dig some wild vegetables.
But after they were expelled, the surrounding mountains and forests were regarded as public property by the village, and outsiders were not allowed to enter at will.
Ah Fu ventured into the forest several times to look for food, but was always driven away by the forest rangers. He could only search for something edible along the road. Sometimes he was lucky enough to beg for half a bowl of mixed noodles, but if he was unlucky, he would go hungry.
It was not until half a year later that Old Man Chen saw Ah Fu for the last time. He would never forget the scene at that time. Ah Fu was tortured to the point of being emaciated. He fell seriously ill from hunger and cold and eventually died in a dilapidated temple outside the village.
Thinking of Ah Fu’s miserable end, Old Man Chen’s face turned pale.
At this moment, hearing that Wu Baoan wanted to expel them from Nanshan Village, he was almost scared to death and started to explain in a trembling voice.
"Security guard, what are you doing? We were just joking around to tease the little girl. Why are you trying to kick us out of the village?"
Wu Baoan was just trying to scare the two of them, but when he saw Old Man Chen's face turn pale with fear, he rolled his eyes at him.
"How can you joke like that? A car wheel crushed a piece of firewood from your house and you're still making trouble. What explanation do you want? Do you dare to take the money that Qing girl gave you?
If you really dare to accept her money, not only will Qingya never let you go, but as the village head, I will immediately hand you over to the authorities and remove you from the Nanshan Village roster."
Old Mrs. Chen knew the seriousness of the situation. If they were really expelled from the village, not only would their third son's future be tarnished, but they would also probably die in a foreign land.
She lost the arrogance she had just had and quickly climbed up from the front of the ox cart, rolling her eyes and putting on a smile.
"Exactly. Look at what you're doing. We were just joking around. You're the government one moment, and then you remove me from the team the next. It's really scary."
Seeing that they were scared, Wu Baoan cleared his throat and said, "Don't make excuses. I've heard everything that happened. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you've lived for most of your life, why don't you do something serious?
"Your third son is a scholar, and you don't mind bringing shame to him by doing this. If he really becomes an official in the future, and people know that he has blackmailing parents, he will be looked down upon!"
Wu Baoan knew that they cared about Chen Zhancai's reputation, so in order to make them quiet down in the future, he deliberately used Chen Zhancai to intimidate the two of them.
Old man Chen wiped the sweat from his sweaty face with a shaking hand and argued fiercely, "You underestimate me too much. How could I dare to do such a wicked thing? As the saying goes, I would rather starve to death than rob, and I would rather die of poverty than steal. Although I am poor, I have great ambitions and would never do anything illegal or disorderly."
Wu Baoan frowned and warned sternly, "Well, since you said you didn't do it, I'll believe you for now. I won't argue with you this time, but if it happens again, don't blame me for being merciless.
Also, the paperwork for Qing's house construction has already arrived. Since you've already sold her this piece of land, the autumn harvest will be here in a few days. You should hurry up and harvest the crops so as not to delay her building the house."
"Okay, okay, I've got it. Don't worry, as soon as the autumn harvest comes, we will harvest the grain immediately." Old man Chen nodded and bowed with a smile on his face.
Old Mrs. Chen laughed awkwardly a few times and said to the people who were working, "You guys continue, I won't disturb you from working." After that, she grabbed Old Man Chen and walked towards home.
Old man Chen felt so embarrassed that he kept complaining, "Look at what you did. You didn't get any money, but you got yourself into trouble. How can I face people in the future?"
"Stop talking nonsense! Who knew doing something like this was against the law?"
Old Mrs. Chen returned to her own yard, spat fiercely at the gate, and cursed in a low voice,
"Damn Wu Baoan, being a village head is such a stunt he's so arrogant! He can't even treat everyone fairly, and he always speaks in favor of that damn girl. He even brings up the government to scare people. In my opinion, he has evil intentions and has been bewitched by the beauty of that damn girl. Just wait, when my son becomes a high-ranking official, I will make your life miserable."
"Okay, old woman, stop talking. Remember this lesson and don't do these things again."
"Look at you, you're so useless. You're not responsible at all. You're so scared when faced with such a trivial matter. That's nothing. As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. Nine out of ten nets are empty, but one net is a success. As long as we get the chance, we can blackmail that damn girl once and we'll have enough money."
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