Chapter 509: Incurring a blood loss now
Gu Hongwei remained silent with a stiff face, no matter how much his aunt scolded him, he neither refuted nor agreed to her demands, which infuriated her to the point of asking the village chief to mediate.
Tong Yao and Guo Jinnian quickly understood the situation from his aunt’s words. It turned out that his aunt had her sights set on the Gu Family’s land. She thought that since Gu’s father was dead and Gu Hongwei was studying in Kyoto, she should naturally inherit the family fields.
She originally assumed that once she brought up the matter, Gu Hongwei would agree. To her surprise, Gu Hongwei flatly refused without even a hint of hesitation, and disregarded the kinship between them.
Thankfully, she hadn’t backed Gu Hongwei in the past; otherwise, she’d be at a great loss now.
The village chief thought the aunt’s claim was unreasonable. Although the aunt had married and left the village, Gu Hongwei remained a villager, and he was certainly in his favor.
He thus said, "The land belongs to Hongwei, and he can give it to anyone to farm. This is the first day of your brother’s death; stop making a fuss here and go back!"
However, the aunt grabbed Gu Hongwei’s sleeve and refused to let go. She felt that the village chief was biased and began to speak rudely.
Contorted in anger, she said, "He doesn’t farm the land in Kyoto, so who should he give it to if not me? Are you trying to embezzle our land by saying this? Let me tell you, being the village chief doesn’t matter. The land must be given to me to farm. If it’s not given to me, I will stir trouble in the town."
Flushed with anger, the village chief responded, "No matter where you stir up trouble, it won’t work. This land is Hongwei’s, only he has the right to decide what to do with it. I haven’t taken advantage of any villager ever. If you don’t believe it, feel free to go and stir up trouble in town."
"I will stir up trouble, do you think I won’t dare?" The aunt’s ugly face was fully exposed as she pointed at Gu Hongwei and hurled insults again, "I knew you wouldn’t amount to anything and had no heart! I was right about you back then. Wait and see! Even if you graduate from university, you will never amount to anything. You’re heartless, and you should have died with your father. You shouldn’t be living in this world."