Tiger perked up: "Find us a place to stay, and then get the villagers to help us rebuild the house!"
He then added, "It's hard to say whether the fire was started by villagers. Everyone is responsible for the fact that no one helped put it out after it started!"
Li Baotian laughed angrily: "You say the villagers burned down your house? You can't claim that without any evidence or proof?"
"Tiger, let me remind you, because of what you reported before, you've offended everyone in the village. Now you're doing this again, falsely accusing someone of burning down your house. If this gets out, you'll be beaten up, that's the least of your worries!"
Regardless of whether the house was burned down by villagers, everyone was already angry with his family, but they were just looking for a reason to take action.
If outsiders hear him say this, his whole family will be in big trouble!
Tiger also realized this, and his expression turned somewhat grim.
Then he said sheepishly, "I won't even mention the compensation, but at least you should help me rebuild the house, right?"
Li Baotian sneered: "If your family is paying for it, I can get everyone to help build it, but do you dare ask them for help?"
When the whole village talks about Tiger's family, everyone spits on the ground.
Even if they build houses, they probably won't be habitable.
Tiger choked immediately.
Wang Dahua slapped her thigh and was about to wail again, but was stopped.
Zhao Shunqiang said sullenly, "Village chief, I'll go to another village to find people to help with this house. Before the house is built, you have to find us a place to sleep, right?"
The homestead has been mortgaged to Li Weidong, so now the family can only build a house on the original land.
How can we survive these unseasonably cold spring days without a house?
Li Baotian didn't really want to meddle in other people's business, but he had no choice.
As the village chief, this is his responsibility.
Otherwise, if Tiger's family goes to the government to cause trouble, he'll also be in trouble.
He sighed, "Okay, let me think about it..."
There are old houses in the village, but not many, and most of them are owned. Even if they are empty, no one would be willing to let Tiger's family live in them.
After thinking it over, Li Baotian finally said, "No other houses are willing to be given to you. After considering all the options, the only house we can live in is the old house where my family used to live."
"If you don't mind, please go over there!"
After saying that, he added, "Luckily, my family still has two old bedding sets, plus the straw from the old house, so we can make do with living here until the house is built."
Wang Dahua immediately started yelling, "Your old house is half collapsed, how can anyone still live there!"
The old house of Li Baotian's family was built at least fifty years ago, but his family built a new house and moved out a long time ago.
The old house was used to house livestock at first, but it was completely abandoned and neglected. It became increasingly desolate and is now half collapsed. How can anyone live there?
Li Baotian also got angry: "If half of it collapses, there's still half left, isn't there? At least there's a place to shelter from the wind and rain. If you don't like it, then go find a house yourselves!"
"There are good houses, but you'd better see which family in the village is willing to let you live there!"
Wang Dahua was speechless.
Zhao Shunqiang took a deep drag on his pipe and gritted his teeth, saying, "Alright, thank you, village chief."
Wang Dahua was still somewhat unconvinced, but he glared at her and shut her down.
Li Baotian sighed: "Then let's leave it at that for now. I'll find the bedding later, and you can move it over yourselves. You can also find people to build the house yourselves. I won't interfere any further."
Zhao Shunqiang nodded sullenly. After finding the quilt, he took Wang Dahua and Huzi and went out.
Tiger took two steps, then stopped and looked at Li Baotian: "Village chief, you said you wouldn't interfere, but since my family is building a house, as the village chief, you should at least keep an eye on things and prevent others from sabotaging it, right?"
"Otherwise, my perfectly good house won't be able to be built, and I'll have to trouble you again in the future."
He realized that the whole village hated his family to the core, and if Li Baotian, the village chief, didn't keep them in check, the house might not be able to be built.
Li Baotian was threatened, and his face turned pale, but he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Alright, I understand. I'll tell everyone."
If he had a reason, he would have really wanted to drive this family of troublemakers out of the village!
Tiger breathed a sigh of relief after receiving his promise, and the family went out.
...
The news that Hu Zi's family was going to build a house quickly spread throughout the village. Many people were indeed thinking of doing something bad, but after Li Baotian spoke up, they gave up on that idea.
However, not causing damage to the house doesn't mean they'll let Tiger's family off the hook.
Tiger's family lived in Li Baotian's old house. Not only was the house drafty, but whenever the family was away and came back, they were guaranteed to run into bad luck.
For example, water might be spilled on the bedding, or urine or even feces might be splattered in the middle of the room, making the whole room stink and disgusting.
Zhao Shunqiang and his son Hu Zi were definitely not going to clean, so the task of tidying up fell to Wang Dahua.
"I don't know which bastard did such a despicable thing!"
Every day at the village entrance, Wang Dahua would point to the sky and curse: "If anyone comes to my house to dump garbage or poop and pee again, be careful your child will be born without an anus!"
Nobody in the village paid any attention to her; instead, she did something increasingly disgusting.
The family had no choice but to leave one person at home to watch over the house, eagerly waiting for the new house to be built so they could move out.
Someone told Li Weidong about the misfortunes his family had suffered.
Li Weidong just smiled and didn't seem to care.
Good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Tiger's family's current situation is all his own doing, and he has no one to blame but himself.
If he hadn't offended everyone in the village first, would he have ended up like this?
However, he has no time to enjoy the jokes right now.
After all, Kongfu Family Wine has started to exert its strength.
...
"It's a hit! Wei Dong, Kongfu Family Liquor is really a hit!"
When Shen Xiaoyan called, she was so excited that she couldn't even speak coherently.
Li Weidong remained calm: "Sister Xiaoyan, calm down. The whole country knows about this."
CCTV-1 broadcast an advertisement for Kongfujia liquor, and the line "Kongfujia liquor makes you homesick" spread throughout the country with lightning speed.
And this wine became a hit across the country at a speed that is hard for ordinary people to imagine.
Let alone adults, even three-year-olds occasionally utter an advertising slogan while playing.
All of this resulted in the alcohol being sold out.
Not only in northern Inner Mongolia, but also at the headquarters in Hangzhou, good news keeps coming in.
The profits haven't been calculated yet, but even a fool could tell that this time, they've really made a fortune!
Shen Xiaoyan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you so calm?"
"We've made a lot of money this time. If this keeps up, will we become the richest people in the country?"
She became more and more agitated as she spoke.
Just then, Ji Dahai's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiaoyan, Weidong, we've made a fortune!"
Shen Xiaoyan laughed: "Boss Ji is here too, what a coincidence!"
He then said to Li Weidong on the other end of the phone, "Weidong, come to the city right now. I'll have the kitchen prepare a feast, and the three of us will have a good celebration!"
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