Chapter 289

“Brother Ling, it’s almost done here. Let’s go and measure the land.”

Guarantor Liu who gave those workers one last warning came over with a big smile. Ling Jingxuan glanced his dad who was standing by the road, who seemingly wanted to help, helplessly shook his head. As he was ready to leave, he saw that the village head was walking their way with a large group of people behind. So he stopped his steps. After he had an eye contact with Yan Shengrui, the radian at the corner of his mouth grew wider.

“Jingxuan, I heard that you bought all those wasteland for reclamation? You can’t grow out of anything there. You kid, why didn’t you make some inquiries before buying it?”

Ling Qicai came up and showed a worried appearance as a senior of his, and those onlooking villagers slowly approached them. It would be a total like if they said they were not jealous. Seeing those workers already started to work, how could they not covet of the pay? Some self-righteous people even thought, wouldn’t it be better to hire them the familiar faces in the same village than those outsiders?

However, they seemed to forget that, although acquaintances make things easier, acquaintances would also be ones who would ensnare you! Ling Jingxuan was not stupid. Finally he had shaken them off, how would he ever give them the chance to stick onto him again? Unless he got his head cracked by the door!

“You can’t, but it doesn’t mean I can’t. Do you bring so many people here only to say such nonsense to me?”

His long and thin phoenix eyes showed undisguised irony, Ling Jingxuan meaningfully swept over a dozen of people behind him. And Yan Shengrui and Chu Ci on both sides, one was proud and dominant, while the other was indifferent and aloof, like two guarding angels protecting him.

“How are you going to plant it?”

Hearing that, casting embarrassment behind, Ling Qicai asked with a nearly exciting tone. If he could get a method from him, maybe they would also buy some wasteland and try it. But they would never expect that all the wasteland of Qingyang County belonged to Ling Jingxuan now. Even if Ling Jingxuan could forgive them and tell them, they could only buy wasteland from the next door county. Besides, he was not that kind of people who could forget about the pain when the scare was healed.

“I don’t feel obliged to tell you, do I?”

Casting a glance at them with a grin, Ling Jingxuan totally showed him no face. All people under Ling Qicai’s lead looked quite embarrassed, and now finally remembered what they had done to him. But most of them had their eyes infected with total resentment. Apparently they thought Ling Jingxuan was too vindictive and still kept those things in his mind. Totally not like a big man!

But they seemed to forget that, in those years, they only tried to force him to die. Ling Jingxuan already showed them enough face that he didn’t take the initiative for the retaliation. Anyone with a little conscience should feel faulty. Besides, if he really grew out something out of the wasteland, that would be some fortune-making thing. Who would tell it to others?

“I was just asking. If you don’t want to tell, forget about that. Jingxuan, I see that you hired a lot of people. How much land on earth?”

Ling Qicai was embarrassed. With a dry smile, he forced himself to turn his eyes elsewhere. On the wasteland, the workers were hard at work, no matter whether they could plant something or not, only this scene could already make people jealous.

“What does it have anything to do with you? Brother Ling, is the head of your village getting too old and it’s time for someone else to take up the position?”

Before Ling Jingxuan opened his mouth, Guarantor Liu cut in. He was not someone of Ling village, of course he wouldn’t show anyone face. Besides, giving his connections, he didn’t need to put a minor village head in his eyes. Although he had long heard that all people of the village were not so friendly to Ling Jingxuan, after all, he had never seen it with his own eyes. Today, after seeing it himself, he found it was true. Forget about how Brother Ling used to be. Now even the magistrate had to show him some respect. As long as those people had brain, they should show some respect at least. What was their attitude now? Questioning him? So stupid!

“Hehe… This is not in my jurisdiction, if you have a problem with it, why don’t you suggest to Excellency Hu?”

Knowing that he was helping him, Ling Jingxuan also did not brush his kindness, while sweeping over at Ling Qicai whose face greatly changed. These people were tough like cockroaches. No matter how he taught them a lesson, they would come to stimulate him every now and then. Did they want him to see some blood before giving up? To be honest, facing those farmers, he really didn’t want that.

“As long as you nod, I will definitely take care of it for you.”

Guarantor Liu was not a kind person, seized the opportunity to suck up to Ling Jingxuan.

“If there is nothing else, I gotta go.”

Throwing him a light sweep, Ling Jingxuan turned to Ling Qicai. He asked for it!

“No, no, oh right, your aunt’s household registration thing was done yesterday. Does she need homestead to build a house?”

The village head stammered, apparently, still trying to cotton up to him. Usually, the homestead wasn’t big, so guarantors wouldn’t accept such cases, usually it would be the village head who took care of it. But…he seemed to have forgotten, Guarantor Liu was here. Given his relationship with Ling Jingxuan, he’d take care of it even if he only wanted to buy one mu of homestead, right?

“No need to trouble you, Guarantor Liu will take care of it for me. Excuse me!”

After saying that, Ling Jingxuan turned and walked away. He did not want them to get related to him again using this thing. It had really bothered him a lot.

“Don’t annoy us if you want to live a peaceful life. If you don’t, let me know. I don’t mind making you restless!”

Before he left, Yan Shengrui threw them a warning look, Ling Qicai almost spit out blood hearing him. Although Chu Ci said nothing, his indifference nearly made one freeze to death, it is people like ice. Guarantor Liu was more straight, with undisguised disdain on the face. Those people were so mad but none dare make a complain, since that scene how Ling Jingxuan taught the old Ling family the lesson was still visible before the eyes.

“Dad, now what? The villagers want to help Ling Jingxuan and earn some money, but we haven’t had time to say that.”

After quite a while, Ling Qicai’s big son Ling Chengyu said so. As the village head, if he could not do something for the villagers, then his position was not necessary anymore. Ling Jingxuan’s attitude was hateful, but he couldn’t ignore the opinions of the villagers.

“What can I do? We… wait, is that Chenglong? Come on! Let’s go have a look.”

Indignantly throwing a stare at his son, as Ling Qicai was about to turn to leave, his eyes inadvertently swept over and saw that Ling Chenglong who was supervising those workers, a trick quickly flashed across his eyes, and then he walked over leading the villagers.

“Chenghu, it seems that Ling Jingxuan has really made a lot of money. I see he has bought a lot of land. Haven’t you hit it off with Ling Chenghua recently? How about let her get some money from him for us?”

Among the onlookers in the distance, several men who looked like as*holes got together. And  one of them, a man with a sharp beak, looked at the bearded man as strong as a bear in the middle with a smirk.

That beard man was called Zhang Hu, a local ruffian, who often brought a bunch of chairwarmers to rob people everywhere, because he was tall, a lot of people were all afraid of him. Not long ago, he inadvertently hooked up with Ling Chenghua and made love to her secretly many times. Although people of the old Ling family didn’t know, those buddies of Zhang Hu knew it clearly, who were all jealous of her for hooking up with a xiucai’s unmarried daughter.

“Get lost. Is that something what we could think?”

Waving his hand, Zhang Hu turned to leave, in an angle no one could see, he was calculating. Such a great opportunity to make some easy money, how could he miss it?