Chapter 161 Relief of Parents' Dilemma and Separation
"What happened?" An Zhong was installing glass in the room when he heard a loud noise and ran out quickly.
Those villagers dared not to vent their anger on Huo Linyuan, but they had no scruples towards the honest An Zhong.
"An Zhong, you are bad elements. You came here to live a hard life. Now you are installing roofs and windows. How can you live better than us?"
"You guys are really bad guys. Are you still hiding something good?"
"Of course, bad elements are bad elements. They are all selfish and have no collective interests at all."
"That's right, An Zhong, you're still asking what happened? Where's your nerve?"
"Why waste so much time talking to him? Just smash it and be done with it."
As they spoke, the villagers raised their shovels again, ready to continue smashing things, but they were frightened by Huo Linyuan's hawk-like eyes and froze in place.
At this moment, the village chief, the team leader and the secretary came running over.
The team leader glared at him with his eyes wide open and shouted, "You guys are not working, why are you running here? Do you want to deduct your work points?"
"Yes, captain, it's Anzhong and the others. They are destroying our collective interests?" a villager stood up and said.
"Cao Gen, what did you say? When did An Zhong and his gang destroy the collective interests?"
"Captain, look at how expensive they are installing tiles and glass. They must have some good stuff on them that they haven't handed over to the collective." Cao Gen said angrily.
"Those are other people's things. What does it have to do with you? Besides, the installation of glass and tiles in the cowshed was a joint decision made by Wang, the village head and the secretary." The team leader frowned, looking unhappy. These villagers were serious about their work and only knew how to make trouble for him.
"Yes, what are you doing? Do you know that the higher-ups are going to send people to inspect our farm? How will they feel if they see us villagers treating intellectuals so arrogantly?" The village chief looked distressed.
"What intellectuals?" Cao Gen looked confused. Was he a bad person? How did he become an intellectual?
Not to mention Cao Gen was confused, the villagers were even more confused.
Are An Zhong and Xu Yunniang intellectuals?
Their village respects soldiers and intellectuals the most.
We respect soldiers because they defend our country on the front lines.
The reason why we respect intellectuals is that this village has produced several top scholars in the past. After graduating from high school, these top scholars never forgot to give back to their hometown. One of them, whose surname was An, even developed a poor farm into the most developed animal husbandry area.
Although dynasties have changed over time, the 70s generation today does not place so much emphasis on reading, but in the hearts of these older generations, intellectuals are worthy of respect.
"Village chief, what did you say? An Zhong and Xu Yunniang are intellectuals?" some old people asked anxiously.
"Yes, An Zhong and Xu Yunniang are both university teachers, and An Zhong should be the descendant of Mr. An." The village chief replied.
"What?!" everyone was surprised.
Mr. An's deeds are unknown in the village. Even three-year-old children can sing Mr. An's nursery rhymes.
Almost every generation in the village has benefited from Mr. An.
Therefore, apart from the great man, Mr. An is the benefactor of several generations of them.
Later, the imperial court was in great turmoil and finally collapsed.
Mr. An realized that the situation was going to change, so he taught them some security methods, such as digging tunnels, digging holes, and ambushing.
Therefore, other villages and farms were burned, killed and looted by the islanders, but their villages and farms were preserved.
"Since you are Mr. An's descendant, why did you say that before and scold Xu Yunniang before?" An old lady pounded her chest with a look of regret.
"You bullied An Zhong before, you really deserve to die!" A white-haired old man slapped himself hard.
"Uncle An, Aunt Yun, you spit at me right in front of me, you deserve a beating." As he spoke, a slap was heard in the crowd.
Some even knelt down and tried to beg for forgiveness from An Zhong and Xu Yunniang.
An Zhong and Xu Yunniang did not expect that the villagers who had been so ferocious just now would now kneel down and beg for mercy, leaving them helpless.
However, they soon came to their senses and hurriedly helped up the villagers who were kneeling on the ground.
Finally, the secretary came out and said a few words with great emotion, which made many people cry. They also regretted their actions even more and asked An Zhong for forgiveness.
An Zhong was a little confused. Was that Mr. An really his ancestor?
At this time, Huo Linyuan gave Envoy An Zhong a look.
An Zhong knew it was definitely Huo Linyuan who did it.
Therefore, An Zhong was able to shamelessly admit it and accept everyone's apology.
When everyone saw that An Zhong accepted their apology, they went home and took out the food they were willing to eat and gave it to An Zhong.
When An Zhong refused to accept it, they started to throw tantrums and insisted that An Zhong accept it.
Fortunately, An Lan came out and said, "Everyone doesn't want to embarrass Dad. Dad's identity is sensitive now. If the Red Soldiers find out, he will be spared another round of criticism."
When everyone heard this, they stopped their crazy actions and took the food home.
After everyone left, Xu Yunniang and An Zhong looked at Huo Linyuan with confusion in their eyes.
Seeing this, An Lan had to step forward to explain to his parents.
Previously, Huo Linyuan planned to use this as a handle to threaten the team leader, the village party secretary and the village chief to take care of Xu Yunniang and An Zhong.
However, An Lan felt it was safe. What if after they left, the three people thought that the dead could keep secrets better and attacked An Zhong and Yun Niang? Then the Emperor Gao would be far away, and she would not be able to get there even with the system.
An Lan asked Huo Linyuan to inquire about the affairs of the village, and he actually found out some useful information.
The hero named An was second only to the great man in influence on this farm. Unfortunately, he died at the hands of the Japanese while protecting the villagers.
An Lan still felt a little guilty about taking advantage of Mr. An, but the system told her that An Zhong was indeed Mr. An's descendant, but only a collateral branch.
After hearing this, An Lan had no more worries.
An Zhong and Xu Yunniang felt that the two were too bold. What if An Zhong was really the descendant of Mr. An? The consequences might be something they could not bear.
However, Anzhong was very glad that he was the descendant of Mr. An. In the future, he and Yunniang would never be excluded, discriminated against, scolded or beaten again.
Huo Linyuan fixed the roof, doors, windows, and kang bed the next day.
Of course, this was not the work of Huo Linyuan alone, but all the strong laborers in the village came to help.
Although it was a voluntary act by the villagers, Xu Yunniang felt guilty about it and prepared a meal with meat for them.
The villagers worked hard and enjoyed their meal.
Time passed quickly, and today was the day An Lan and Huo Linyuan went back.
When Xu Yunniang heard that An Lan was going back, she was very reluctant: "When you get married, send us a wedding photo. We can't attend your wedding."
An Lan gave Xu Yunniang and An Zhong a hug, his eyes slightly red: "I will."
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