Chapter 81: What Has Been Done
"Who can afford it?" Aunt Hua lifted her eyelids, her tone neither warm nor fiery as she retorted.
"But they just picked me, said our Hua Family folks are honest and trustworthy, not like some lazy, gluttonous wretches whose mouths seem to have feasted on feces, and now the business is in my hands."
"You two wolf cubs, treacherous dogs who bite the hand that feeds you," Hu Li stretched out her hand to hit Qin Xiangnuan, but the moment Qin Xiangnuan lifted her eyes and stared at her coldly, like a venomous snake, those eyes were terrifyingly cold, making Hu Li involuntarily shiver.
"Hu Li, have you had enough?" The Village Chief slammed the table angrily, "This is my home, not a place for you to beat children. If you want to beat kids, beat your own. These are Du Ping’s children, now separated from you. If I ever catch you hitting them again, you can forget about farming our land. The county is seeking to bring in business and might even repair the roads here in our village. If you destroy the unity of our village, don’t think I can’t handle you."
Here, no official ranks higher than a village official. What the Village Chief says goes. No one in the village wants to disrupt unity, daring to cut off everyone’s livelihood and the children’s path to school. Not just the Village Chief, no villager would agree to that.
Damaging the great socialist unity could lead to execution by firing squad a few years ago.
The Village Chief’s words turned Qin Guohua and his wife’s faces from green to white.
Hu Li, still not convinced, wanted to retort but upon seeing the Village Chief’s stern face, her usually sharp tongue dared not make a move.