Yun Fujin could tell that the other two had something up their sleeves. Worried that they might get into trouble, he followed them.
The village head had sprained his ankle, which was swollen like a bun. It hurt so much when he put weight on it that he hadn't even gotten out of bed.
The three of them came without even saying hello. Early in the morning, the village head was cornered right on the edge of his kang.
"What are you doing?" The village head hadn't even dressed properly yet. He quickly covered himself with the quilt. "Who visits people so early in the morning?"
Yun Jianzhou unceremoniously sat down on the head of the kang. "The village head had a good sleep last night, didn't he? Sleeping on the kang is much better than sleeping in a stinky ditch, right?"
Yun Jianzhou smacked his lips. "I just walked around there once yesterday and felt like I was soaked in the stink. I scrubbed my clothes for a long time when I got back. Does the village head still smell? Let me have a sniff."
As Yun Jianzhou said this, he leaned over. The village head was startled and quickly dodged backward.
"What are you doing? It's bad enough that you come uninvited so early in the morning. Why are you so rude?"
"Us men don't need to be so particular about these things." Yun Jianzhou slapped the village head on the back, which made the village head stare blankly.
"Just say what you want to say!" The village head was almost driven crazy by Yun Jianzhou.
This hooligan was really hard to deal with.
Yun Que'er skipped into the room. "We saw that it was already dawn and thought the village head should be awake. So we want to ask how the village head's plan went last night. Which piece of land are you going to allocate to our family?"
Who would be so eager to get land? The village head was a bit displeased.
"Your family doesn't do things this way. Even if you want land, you have to wait. Can I still shortchange you?"
Yun Jianzhou scoffed without any concealment. Who knew if the village head would shortchange them?
Although he was the village head, he had done plenty of things where he didn't keep his word.
Moreover, he always played the fence - sitter. If they didn't come to ask for the land right away, this matter might be dragged on and eventually forgotten.
Yun Fujin, who had followed them, coughed lightly to remind Yun Jianzhou that he shouldn't be so rude. Even if they wanted the land, they were going too far.
Yun Jianzhou didn't care about all those things. He pretended not to hear Yun Fujin's reminder and moved his butt closer to the village head.
"Village head, don't tell me you haven't made up your mind yet. Time waits for no one."
The village head was a bit angry at being pressed. "Why doesn't time wait? What difference does it make if it's a day earlier or a day later? I'll definitely give it to you! Why are you in such a hurry? Do you think I'm some kind of person?"
"That's not necessarily true." Yun Que'er took the opportunity to chime in. She skipped over to Yun Jianzhou and asked him to pick her up. She sat on his lap and then started counting on her fingers as she talked to the village head. "Look, if the land you give our family is small, then the land for other families must be a bit bigger. But not every family in our village has as many people as ours. You're being kind by giving them a larger area, but they may not be able to manage it. Isn't that going to delay the progress? The commune is still raising pigs, and the pig grass has to be supplied every day without interruption. And autumn harvest is coming soon after summer. We still have to hand in the public grain later. We can't afford to waste time."
Although Yun Que'er's words made perfect sense, the village head was so angry that he wished he could find a place to bang his head against.
How could everyone in their family be so eloquent? They left him with no room to refute!
But God was watching. They had divided the land in the same way in previous years, and they had managed to finish the work then, too.
Yun Que'er just wouldn't let go of this small flaw, making it impossible for him to agree or disagree.
The village head had actually planned yesterday that even if he agreed, he could just renege on his promise later. Who knew that the Yun family would corner him early in the morning.
The village head thought that he couldn't agree to this so easily. Otherwise, they might become even more demanding. So he said,
"There's still some pig - grass in stock at the commune. Autumn harvest is still a long way off. Delaying for a day or two won't make the sky fall in our village. Go home and wait. I'll discuss it with the secretary later and naturally give you an answer. Go, go. I haven't even dressed yet. What are you doing blocking the edge of my kang?"
Yun Que'er seemed to have anticipated that the village head would use this excuse to fob them off. She continued to pester him.
"That's okay. We'll go out now while you get dressed. If you want to have a meal, my third sister is cooking at home. You can just go to our place and eat. After that, we'll go to the secretary together and sort this out face - to - face. Then no one will owe anyone anything, and this matter will be settled, right?"
Yun Que'er had blocked all the village head's escape routes. Even if he had a thousand words to refute her, Yun Que'er would have ten thousand words to shut him up.
The village head knew that he had fallen into a trap this time. Who asked him to beg the Yun family for help when he couldn't get out?
Now it was good. They had caught him with a handle, and he had to agree even if he didn't want to.
The village head had no choice but to wave his hand helplessly. "All right, all right, you pesky little girl. Go out. I'll change my clothes and go with you."
Only then did Yun Que'er beam with joy. She jumped off Yun Jianzhou's lap and skipped out.
Yun Jianzhou chuckled twice. It was still Yun Que'er who was smart and quick - witted. She had quickly solved the problem.
The village head's wife had just come back from picking up some coal cinders at the railway crossing. As soon as she entered the house, she saw the three Yun siblings standing in a row waiting at their door.
After seeing her, they didn't say what they were here for. They just greeted her and then continued to stand there with their eyes downcast.
The village head's wife was puzzled. She quickly went into the house to ask and only then found out that the village head had been blackmailed by the Yun family.
"These little brats!" The village head's wife was so angry that her forehead was on fire. "I'll go and find them! How can they bully people like this?"
"Save it." The village head pulled his wife back. "What they said is right. I was really saved by them. What can I do if I don't agree now? That little smarty in their family will surely make the whole village know about it. Then where will I, the village head, put my face? Do you really want everyone to know that I was stuck in the stinky ditch all night?"
Many people had come to visit the village head after he came back yesterday. He had told everyone that he had gone to someone else's house to drink. He simply didn't have the face to tell them about his embarrassing situation. Otherwise, the villagers would have despised him!
"But we can't just let them take advantage like this, right?" The village head's wife angrily put her hands on her hips. "I can see that you're just a coward! If it were me, I'd rather die in that stinky ditch than agree to them!"
"Save it." The village head waved his hand impatiently. "Do you want to make this mess even worse? Argue? Argue your ass! It's not you who actually fell into that ditch. I don't believe you'd be willing to starve to death!"