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Chapter 278 Selling the Land
The village chief's face darkened, and he said sternly, "Tian Guilan, since you can't come up with the money, and you're still complaining about this and that, and you're still ungrateful! And since you think your family has too much land, why don't you exchange it for your forests and land? It's a waste to keep all these fields and forests in your family!"
"Hmph, you're lazy and incompetent, and you're not good at management. These precious resources are completely useless in your hands." The village chief, hands behind his back, paced back and forth, and continued to scold. "Why not give them to someone more capable and willing to contribute? That would be a contribution to the village!"
The Zhao family now has a full fourteen acres of land, plus four mountains. The amount of land is currently the largest in the village.
The Zhao family's land was once the envy of everyone in the village. During the busy farming season, the lush green crops made people jealous.
However, ever since Xiuying and her seven daughters separated from the family, the family's situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the family's fields have gradually become abandoned. The once fertile land is now overgrown with weeds and barren.
This year, the 14 mu of land was in a terrible state, with no crops to be found. There was only withered weeds.
The village chief said sternly, "Let the Zhao family give up two mountains and four mu of land, and let this matter be settled. Everyone should make concessions and stop arguing."
"Otherwise, the Ma family will continue to live in the Zhao family's house. If they keep making trouble like this every day, no one will have a good life! The Zhao family shouldn't feel wronged. After all, you were in the wrong first, and this is already the lightest punishment." The village chief put his hands on his hips and raised his voice, "Did you hear clearly?"
When Tian Guilan heard what the village chief said, she immediately shouted: "You want two mountains? Those barren mountains, huh, are of no use to me. Only Xiuying and those short-sighted people in the village would think of reclaiming them!" Tian Guilan put her hands on her hips, her face full of disdain and disgust, and saliva flying everywhere.
But I really can't bear to give up those four acres of land! They are all excellent farmland, and the harvest every year is quite good! This year, it was Xiuying's scheme that caused me to have no harvest at all.
Tian Guilan frowned, her eyes full of heartache and reluctance. Handing over these four acres of land would be like cutting off her own flesh!
The village chief snorted coldly, his eyes as sharp as a torch, seeing through Tian Guilan's thoughts at a glance, and asked coldly: "Tian Guilan, stop pretending, I know what you are thinking. I ask you now, have you made up your mind? Will you serve Ma Ergun's family, or trade for the land? I'm going to say it straight up, after today, there will be no room for negotiation!"
The village chief folded his hands across his chest, his expression serious and his tone firm, showing no mercy to Tian Guilan at all.
"Think about it carefully, don't think you can drag it out. You must give me a definite answer today, don't think about getting away with it!" The village chief took a step forward and stared at Tian Guilan, "I don't have that much patience to wait for you! I still have to busy myself with repairing the wall." The village chief's eyes became more and more fierce.
Tian Guilan swallowed hard, pretending to be arrogant, and said with her head held high: "What are two mountains and four acres of land? My Zhao family is rich and powerful, with plenty of land!"
Tian Guilan deliberately puffed out her chest, trying to make herself look more confident, but her slightly trembling voice still exposed her guilty conscience.
"I don't care about this little thing! My Zhao family has plenty of assets and doesn't care about this little thing." Tian Guilan said as she glanced at everyone.
The village chief frowned, his face filled with impatience, clearly not wanting to waste any more time arguing with Tian Guilan. He waved his hand decisively, saying, "Stop nagging me. Hurry up!"
The village chief's face was gloomy and his tone was hurried. It was obvious that he had lost his patience with Tian Guilan's unreasonable demands.
Afterwards, the village chief immediately called his youngest son, Li Shenghui, and sternly instructed him, "Shenghui, quickly sign a document for these two families, clearly stating everything, to avoid any further trouble in the future!"
Li Shenghui quickly responded, "Okay, Dad!" Li Shenghui did not dare to delay and quickly found paper and pen.
Li Shenghui swiftly placed the written document neatly on the table and said, "The document is already written. If you find it's ok, please put your fingerprints on it."
Tian Guilan muttered, reluctantly stepping forward. She casually glanced at the document, dipped her finger in the ink, and pressed it firmly. Wang Fuping glanced at the village chief, and when he nodded, he also stamped his finger firmly.
After the two of them each put away their own copy of the document, Tian Guilan turned around angrily, cursing: "Hmph, this is such bad luck!" Tian Guilan left in a hurry without looking back.
Ma Ergun and Tian Fuping stayed behind. Ma Ergun smiled and said to the village chief, "Village chief, this time we are grateful for your justice. Otherwise, we don't know how this matter would have ended."
Tian Fuping also echoed: "Yes, Village Chief, you took the trouble.
But, you know our family situation, I am alone... I really can't do it..."
Before Wang Fuping could finish her words, the village chief interrupted her impatiently: "If you can't take care of the land, you can go to Xiuying and ask if she wants to buy it. If she does, you can sell it and get some money, which is better than leaving it idle!"
The village chief knew very well that the Ma family relied entirely on Wang Fuping's hard work to manage those few acres of land. It was not easy for a woman to be so hardworking and capable.
On the contrary, Ma Ergun was like she was in confinement every day. She did not do any work and just ate and slept.
But this is their business, so I shouldn't interfere too much.
Meanwhile, Xiuying's daughters were also busy. The heavy work in the fields was handed over to the servants, and the construction of row houses for the servants would have to wait until the wall was completed.
There was a target in the yard. Taohua, Shiliu, and Guihua were holding crossbows, preparing to practice shooting seriously. Wang Dali was instructing them, his expression focused and his eyes sharp.
Taohua pursed her lips, gripped the crossbow tightly, and encouraged herself secretly in her heart: "I must hit it!"
Shi Liu had a serious look on his face and adjusted his movements according to Wang Dali's instructions.
Pomegranate muttered quietly, "I must hit the bull's eye this time."
Guihua's eyes were determined, and she took a breath: "I must not mop this time."
Little Six and Old Seven were concentrating on practicing using pepper spray.
I saw Xiao Laoliu tightly holding the bottle of anti-wolf spray, her little face tense, her eyes staring straight ahead without blinking, and she was muttering: "If a bad guy comes, I'll spray him like this!"
The seventh sister was not to be outdone. She repeatedly made the motion of pressing the spray button and simulated the "hissing" sound of the spray with her mouth.