The village head felt extremely wronged. He had done nothing, yet early in the morning, Liu Kui had lashed out at him.
The most crucial thing was that he had absolutely no idea why. He couldn't help but get a bit irritated.
"What are you talking about so rudely? What do you mean by 'trying to get something for nothing'? Over the years, when haven't I listened to you..."
Suddenly, the village head's wife coughed beside him. Although she was also extremely angry, she knew that some things couldn't be overheard by others, so she quickly reminded the village head.
The village head also came to his senses and didn't rush to quarrel with Liu Kui.
"Come in first. Can we talk about things inside? Don't stand in the yard and shout."
Thankfully, Liu Kui wasn't that impatient. Although reluctant, he still followed the village head into the house.
But his politeness only lasted until he entered the door.
As soon as he stepped in, Liu Kui started spewing a whole bunch of unpleasant words at the village head.
He said that the village head only took money but didn't do anything, only knew how to take advantage, and even used the phrase "occupying the latrine but not shitting."
The village head was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking. "Are you under a spell today? Just tell me what's going on! You come up and start scolding without explanation. Who knows what happened?"
Liu Kui sneered. "Village head, are you really stupid or just pretending?"
The village head was even more confused. "How the hell should I know what's going on? What do you mean by'really stupid or pretending'? Just make yourself clear. Otherwise, we won't get along from now on!"
Liu Kui was furious. "Fine, then don't get along! Anyway, you know very well who benefits and who suffers!"
Today, Liu Kui's words were full of innuendo. No matter what he said, he was implicitly scolding the village head.
The village head was completely enraged. "What advantage? Are you ever going to stop? If you're having some kind of crazy fit, just go out and see a doctor! Isn't Dr. Ji not very busy recently? Instead of arguing with me here, you might as well go to him for a check - up. Don't act like a mad dog biting everyone around!"
"You still have the nerve to talk about me?" Liu Kui reached out and grabbed the village head's collar. "A few days ago, you sounded so good. You said that even if the land was distributed to individual households, the Yun family would never get a single cent of benefit. But I went there today. Guess what? Their land has already been plowed once, and they're about to start sowing! So all your words were just for my ears? I think you're really a coward now. You can't even handle a few kids. If you can't handle this simple thing, then just spit out the benefits you took from my family! Don't put on airs here. You take my things on one hand and give favors to others on the other."
The village head was completely dumbfounded. Did Liu Kui know what nonsense he was talking about?
The village head hated the Yun family even more than Liu Kui. How could he give them any favors?
"Are you blind?" The village head was completely enraged and started cursing. "Why don't you open your dog eyes and take a good look? That piece of land is the hardest to manage in the whole village. When we were still working for the commune, not much grew on that land. In the last couple of years, except for cutting pigweed and sowing a symbolic handful of seeds, who even cared about that place? I specifically picked that land for the Yun family. Wasn't that your suggestion? Why are you blaming me now?"
Liu Kui simply wouldn't accept the village head's explanation. "What do you mean 'I'm blind'? Who are you calling a dog? Go and take a good look yourself. If I tell a single lie, may I be struck by lightning!"
Seeing Liu Kui so confident, the village head was also a bit confused.
This wasn't right. He had led the Yun family there himself. Even though it was already dark last night, he couldn't be so blind as to give them the wrong land.
Moreover, because of the poor quality of the land, he had even quarreled with Yun Jianzhou last night. How could the situation have reversed like this?
The village head frowned. Could it be that those clever kids from the Yun family had come up with some good ideas?
How was that possible?
Giving them that piece of land, they'd be lucky not to starve to death!
The village head simply couldn't believe what Liu Kui was saying. He quickly went out to see for himself.
Liu Kui followed the village head there angrily. Before they got close, they found that in the short time Liu Kui had been away, the Yun family had already plowed the rest of the land.
Not only that, they even saw the Yun family carrying a pile of saplings from somewhere and planting them one by one in the holes.
The village head couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyelids hard, blinked several times, and looked up only to find that it was really true!
He then pinched his thigh hard. After confirming that it wasn't a dream, he almost dropped his jaw in shock.
Liu Kui sneered and stepped forward. "See, I didn't lie to you. Village head, you're really not being fair."
"This has nothing to do with me!" The village head couldn't help but raise his voice to defend himself. "I really gave them the worst piece of land, the kind that even a dog wouldn't want, just as you said. Who knew they'd come up with this idea?"
The village head turned to Liu Kui. "I was even scolded by the Yun family last night. If you don't believe me, go and ask around! Anyway, I definitely didn't let them get any benefits. Everything was done according to your wishes. I've done nothing wrong to you!"
Seeing the village head so confident, Liu Kui was a bit shaken.
He turned to look at the other side. "Fine, those little brats are even more capable than I thought. They managed to get through this difficult situation. We shouldn't have given them any land in the first place!"
"You make it sound so easy." The village head glared at Liu Kui. "This is a policy from above and must be implemented. If I didn't give them land, they'd have more grounds to complain. If they reported me later, I'd be in big trouble!"
"Just let it go like this?" Liu Kui was extremely unwilling.
He angrily pointed at the Yun family's direction. "If they can't grow vegetables, they cut pigweed. If they can't cut pigweed, they plant fruit trees. They really have a lot of ideas!"
"What are you so impatient for?" The village head said. "This piece of land is lucky if it can grow two crops a year. Even if they plant fruit trees, they may not grow well. Just wait and see. I don't believe they can really turn waste into treasure!"
Hearing what the village head said, Liu Kui felt a bit better, but it didn't mean he had no grievances against the village head at all.
"Then let's wait." Liu Kui snorted. "If their fruit trees really grow, I'll come and have a good talk with you, village head!"
After saying that, Liu Kui angrily led his son away.
The village head watched his swaggering back and spat hard on the ground.
This Liu Kui really helped when he could, but he was really a nuisance when he couldn't!
Actually, if you thought about it carefully, it was obvious that the village head wasn't being two - faced. But Liu Kui kept nagging at him. It really made one grit one's teeth in rage!