The village head blinked his eyes, then suddenly sat up straight, roaring furiously.
"What else do you want to do?!"
The suddenly enraged village head caught Liu Kui off guard. It was the first time he had seen the village head get angry at him, and he felt a bit annoyed too.
"What are you trying to show off for? It was the Yun family that got you into this mess. If you have the guts, go settle the score with them! What's the use of shouting at me?!"
The village head suddenly burst into laughter, his face twisted in madness.
"Shout at you? Mr. Liu, why don't you take a good look at yourself in the mirror? Without me, who do you think you are? How could you be living such a good life today? You've been egging me on to deal with this person and that person all day long. Well, now it's great. I can't be the village head anymore! I've lost everything, and yet you still ask me if I'm just going to let it go?"
The village head suddenly got up, grabbed Liu Kui by the collar, and shook him desperately. "Liu Kui! You really think I'm a fool! I've been ruined because of you, and you don't feel even a bit of guilt. You even want to squeeze the last drop of blood out of me. You... You're really something!"
Liu Kui gave the village head a disgusted look. It was the village head's own incompetence that got him removed from office. What did it have to do with him?
Liu Kui pushed the village head away forcefully, knocking him down onto the kang. It seemed as if he had completely forgotten how enthusiastic he used to be when they addressed each other as brothers.
"Who are you taking your anger out on?" Liu Kui pointed at the village head's nose and scolded viciously. "You deserve it!"
With that, Liu Kui left.
The village head lay on the kang, smiling bitterly. He had spent his whole life begging and struggling, but in the end, he got nothing and ended up in such a situation. It turned out that it was all not worth it.
Liu Kui cursed as he walked out of the village head's house. "Damn bastard! He has no ability but dares to scold me. He's crazy!"
He turned around and pointed at the village head's yard, shouting angrily.
"You deserve to be removed from office! Why don't you just die!"
The passers - by all heard Liu Kui's scolding, but no one sympathized with the village head.
Yun Que'er, who was on her way to go fishing by the river with Ji Chengxuan, passed by. Seeing Liu Kui being overbearing while the villagers turned a blind eye, she couldn't help but sigh.
Actually, these people might not necessarily like Liu Kui that much. But the saying "the enemy of one's enemy is one's friend" was true. Especially in this situation, the village head was like a wall that everyone was pushing down. So everyone was united in hatred and would even echo Liu Kui's scolding of the village head.
Yun Que'er sneered. The village head had brought this on himself, and she didn't plan to pity him. But Liu Kui was probably no better than the village head.
She hoped that Liu Kui would be more humble and restrain his arrogance. Otherwise, no one knew who would be the next unlucky one.
After scolding enough, Liu Kui turned around and was about to go home when he bumped into Yun Que'er and Ji Chengxuan.
He frowned and sneered disdainfully, his gaze falling on Ji Chengxuan.
"Xiaoxuan, your family has a clean background. Why are you hanging out with someone like this? Aren't you afraid that one day she'll get into trouble and drag you down with her?"
Ji Chengxuan looked at Liu Kui for a while, then suddenly smiled.
"Yes, Uncle Liu, you're right. We should really stay away from those unseemly people. What if someone is doing evil behind the scenes and gets caught? Those who are close to them will surely be in big trouble. Am I right, Uncle Liu?"
Liu Kui always felt that Ji Chengxuan was implying something. It didn't seem like he was really agreeing with him.
He frowned for a while. When he saw Ji Chengxuan pulling Yun Que'er away, he suddenly understood what Ji Chengxuan meant.
Good! This little brat was actually cursing him!
He clearly meant that the village head was already in decline, and the next one to be dragged down would be Liu Kui!
Liu Kui was filled with anger. This Ji Chengxuan must have been led astray by Yun Que'er.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He turned around and strode towards the clinic.
As she walked, Yun Que'er was thinking about Ji Chengxuan's previous reminder. There were some things that the village head couldn't do anymore. Even if the village head himself no longer had the ability to do anything and had to accept his fate, Liu Kui might not be the same.
Hearing what Liu Kui had just said to Ji Chengxuan, it seemed that he was still not willing to accept that the village head had fallen from power. After all, they had benefited a lot from their cooperation.
But if someone else...
Liu Kui was unwilling and would surely seek revenge.
"What are you thinking about?" Ji Chengxuan asked.
Yun Que'er replied blankly, "I'm thinking about what Liu Kui would do if he wants to harm our family."
"Whatever can really bring benefits to your family is what he would most like to destroy," Ji Chengxuan said.
Yun Que'er was instantly enlightened. Right! Their family's saplings!
Thinking of this, Yun Que'er suddenly lost the mood to go fishing.
"No, I have to go home and tell my elder brother to put up a fence around the orchard."
"It's useless," Ji Chengxuan grabbed Yun Que'er. "As long as there are people who don't like your family, no matter if it's Liu Kui or not, the fence won't stop them. You might as well think about how to make them not take action."
But this was actually a very difficult thing to achieve.
Yun Que'er understood the principle that a tall tree catches the wind. Even if it wasn't Liu Kui, there would be Zhang Kui or Wang Kui. There were always many things that were hard to guard against.
"Or make the consequences of this thing so great that they can't bear it," Yun Que'er thought for a long time, then suddenly slapped her palm.
"Right, what are you going to plant on your family's land?" Yun Que'er asked.
"Thanks to my father, the land our family got is most suitable for planting corn. There's also a plot of land for peanuts beside it," Ji Chengxuan said.
Yun Que'er closed her eyes and thought carefully. Corn was still the main food for people. It was indispensable, and the granaries also liked to store this kind of food that was not easy to spoil and could be stored for a long time.
Peanuts could be used to extract oil, so they were also in great demand.
Moreover, both of these things were easy to grow and didn't require much care.
Now that they didn't have to earn work - points and eat from the common pot, every family could plant their own land, and the yield would surely be much higher than in previous years.
After setting aside the family's rations, the rest would naturally be sold for money. But who would they sell it to?
Yun Que'er suddenly came up with a good idea. "Why don't you go home and talk to your father about it?"
Ji Chengxuan saw Yun Que'er smiling mischievously and couldn't help but shiver.
"Do you know that your current expression is really scary?" Ji Chengxuan said. "Have you become a bit crazy after outwitting so many crazy people?"
"Not really. I just came up with a good idea," Yun Que'er leaned close to Ji Chengxuan's ear and whispered something to him.
Ji Chengxuan thought it over for a while and finally nodded.
"It's a good idea, but you need an intermediary."
"You're right..." Yun Que'er fell into deep thought.