Chapter 21

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The village chief had heard about this farce from his son on the way here. He had a headache.

Auntie Wu had married into Ancient Tree Village a few years ago and had never been ‘clean’. Many people in the village did not like her.

It was only because she had restrained herself a little in the past few years and coupled with her pleading that he let Zhao Yan and the others stay at her house.

Logically speaking, the rent they offered was considered high in this town. Unexpectedly, she was still not satisfied…

Disappointed, he walked through the crowd to Auntie Wu.

“What did I tell you? These are important guests handed over to us by the town. I even repeatedly instructed you to take good care of them. Is this how you take care of them?”

Auntie Wu’s face was pale and she could not speak for a moment.

The village chief shook his head. “Forget it. After what happened, your family definitely can’t stay here anymore. I see that there’s some empty land in the back of the mountain. Divide it out and build a house for this mother and son.”

The village chief moved very quickly and was already instructing Chen Dashan to get people to measure the land.

Auntie Wu could no longer cry. She desperately pulled at the village chief’s clothes.

“Don’t. You’re pushing me to my death!”

The village chief shook off her hand expressionlessly and said coldly.

“As long as you want to live, you can always find a way out. If you’re lazy like this, no matter how much wealth you have, it will be exhausted by you.”

With that, he walked straight out. The crowd was no longer in the mood to watch the farce and followed him out.

After a few steps, the village chief suddenly turned around.

He looked at the eldest son of the Su family and had an idea.

“Xiaoqiu, it will take some time to build a house. Can you ask your parents to let them stay at your house for a while? Let them leave after the house is built. I’ll get them to pay you the rent.”

Xiaoqiu was surprised and could not decide.

“I have to talk to Father and Mother about this.”

At this moment, Wang Cuizhi finally returned from outside. She had gone to town and bought some cloth.

The group gathered around her and told her what had just happened. She listened for a while and finally understood.

She looked at Auntie Wu, who was pale in the distance, and said gently, “We’ll listen to the village chief’s arrangements.”

At this moment, Xiaoqiu had already carried Su Ling to the fields and told her parents what the village chief was thinking.

Su Changsheng was silent for a moment before agreeing.

“Auntie Wu did such a thing. She’s really embarrassing our Ancient Tree Village. This child is really pitiful. Doesn’t our family have a woodshed? Let’s clean it up and let them stay there first. What do you think?”

Xu Fengqiao had no objections and nodded in agreement.

Xiaoqiu hurriedly went to the village chief’s house and expressed his parents’ thoughts to him.

That afternoon, Wang Cuizhi packed her things and officially moved into the Su family with Zhao Yan.

Su Ling was naturally overjoyed. She kept going in and out of the woodshed and even helped to sprinkle water and sweep the floor. After being praised by Wang Cuizhi a few times, her tail was wagging.

Su Changsheng and Xu Fengqiao returned in the evening. Seeing that they had already cleaned up the woodshed, they heaved a sigh of relief.

The rent they gave was more than Xiaochun and Xiaoqiu’s monthly salary combined. After receiving so much money, they wanted to help them do more things.

Dinner was prepared by Xu Fengqiao. She cooked white rice and made two dishes for the first time.

It had been a long time since the Su family had proper food. Basically, they only had wild vegetables and porridge every day.

Everyone ate happily. In the end, not a single grain of rice was left, and the dishes were all eaten.

Xu Fengqiao was originally quite nervous. Seeing that they were all getting used to it, she was finally relieved.

However, at night, Wang Cuizhi secretly found her and gave her some money.