allonlinenovel Chapter 201 Can your dead uncle come back to life?
Chapter 201 Can your dead uncle come back to life?
But why does the name Tiger sound so familiar?
She glanced at the person standing next to the village chief, and her memory immediately returned.
Tiger is that impotent man who tried to steal his own family's cured meat in the middle of the night, but instead got his butt pricked by the bamboo fence and was whipped fifty times by the village chief.
If you want to take the house back, just say so. Why make up some high-sounding reason? What kind of filial son are you?
Ye Xiaoxiao sneered, "Tiger, if you burn some paper money for your uncle, will he come back to life?"
Tiger noticed the sarcastic look Ye Xiaoxiao was giving him and glared back fiercely.
He Jing's face was stern and cold, conveying an aloofness that kept people at arm's length.
“Village chief, when I bought this house, I signed a contract, and it was a contract with broken bones.”
A "broken bone contract" means that the homestead land is sold outright, and the property cannot be redeemed after the sale.
In other words, the house that He Jing and the others are living in now belongs to them.
"Fine, if you don't want to return it, then give me ten taels of silver and I'll let you live in my uncle's house," Tiger said with a calculating look on his face.
Ye Xiaoxiao laughed. So that's what they were waiting for! To put it bluntly, they just wanted to extort money from her.
"Who are you calling uncle? My son Jing doesn't have such an unfilial nephew."
As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers who were watching burst into laughter.
Seeing the crowd laughing, Hu Zi lost face. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his ferocious eyes stared straight at Ye Xiaoxiao.
"To my shame, when I acted as the middleman, I forgot one thing, which was also a dereliction of duty on my part as the village chief." Li Shanhai looked embarrassed, but then tried to make amends.
He was the one who did wrong, yet he showed no remorse whatsoever.
"Traditionally, when it comes to selling a house, you have to go through the relatives first. That is to say, you can only sell it to someone outside the family if none of your relatives want it. At the time, Tiger's family wasn't in the village, so I didn't think to ask them. That was my dereliction of duty."
He Jing frowned. Their contract didn't include this clause, which gave the other party a loophole to exploit.
Seeing He Jing's expression, Ye Xiaoxiao realized that Li Shanhai had really pulled a fast one.
Bah! Shameless old bastard Deng!
"Village chief, what do you mean?"
When Hu Zi saw Ye Xiaoxiao ask the question, a wicked smile twisted at the corner of his mouth, and he spoke before the village chief could.
"Either return the house to us, or pay a ten-tael rent fee every year."
"I bet you're just obsessed with money!" Ye Xiaoxiao retorted without any politeness. "Why don't you just rob someone?"
“You can take the house back, but I spent ten taels of silver on it, and you must return it all,” He Jing said with a serious expression.
Ye Xiaoxiao chimed in, "That's right, and there are so many vegetables planted in this yard, we can't move them all. How about we give you a discount of three taels? If you pay us, we can move them right here tonight."
Anyway, their home in town was already furnished, and they had planned to move on an auspicious day anyway.
When Tiger heard that he would have to take money out of his own pocket, and not a small amount at that, he was at a loss.
hateful!
He never intended to actually take the house back; he just planned to squeeze a lot of money out of Ye Xiaoxiao's family. He never expected to be outmaneuvered instead.
Tiger tried to argue his way out of things by pointing out the flaws in the contract: "Since the village chief's contract back then was wrong, your bone-breaking contract is invalid, and you can forget about getting any money from me!"
"Village chief, what do you suggest we do?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked the village chief.
Li Shanhai looked troubled: "This...this...we're all neighbors, we can talk things out, we can talk things out. Hehehe—"
"Does the village chief's statement mean he has already thought of a solution?" Ye Xiaoxiao, disliking the village chief's attempt to smooth things over, left him speechless with her question.
"This this......"
Li Shanhai's old face scrunched up like a bitter gourd, but he couldn't come up with a compromise.
Ye Xiaoxiao kindly suggested, "Why don't we go to the government office and ask for instructions?"
"Oh no, no, no! There's no need to trouble the government with such a small matter. This village chief can certainly handle it."
Li Shanhai immediately waved his hand. If this matter were to go to the government, he would definitely get a scolding, and he might even lose his position as village chief.
Sigh! Back then, I came here partly to save trouble, and partly because my family was struggling financially and I wanted to make some money as a middleman. I never imagined that after all these years, I'd dig myself into this mess.
The village chief had smoked half a pipe of his pipe before calmly saying, "That contract is no longer valid. From now on, you'll pay Tiger five taels of rent for each year you stay. We'll settle the accounts annually, and that will settle all our previous debts. How about that?"
Tiger looked at Ye Xiaoxiao and the other person with a smug expression after hearing the village chief's words.
So what? The Li family is the head of Dongyuan Village. If you outsiders want to survive in the village, you'd better listen to the village chief.
"Alright!" Ye Xiaoxiao sighed.
Seeing the other party sigh helplessly, Tiger thought that the matter was settled and happily fantasized that he would have an income of five taels of silver every year. Wouldn't he not have to work all year round?
Upon hearing Ye Xiaoxiao's agreement, Li Shanhai's expression softened considerably.
He and Hu Zi exchanged a glance.
That means, don't forget the benefits you promised me!
Ye Xiaoxiao then added, "Then we won't live in this house anymore."
Ga?
Upon hearing Ye Xiaoxiao's next words, Hu Zi instantly lost his composure, his face filled with shock.
"Xiao Xiao, you need to think this through. There aren't any extra houses in the village for your whole family. If you don't stay here, are you going to have to live a life of hardship and exposure to the elements?"
Li Shanhai earnestly advised, "If this matter doesn't work out, wouldn't the benefits that Hu Zi promised to give me also be lost?"
"Xiao Xiao, listen to my advice. You have elderly parents to support and young children to raise; you can't afford this..."
Ye Xiaoxiao shrugged, interrupting the village chief.
"It doesn't matter."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Li Shanhai tentatively asked the man beside him with a stern face, "He Jing, what do you think? Xiao Xiao is immature. You are the head of the family. Give me a straight answer."
“Xiao Xiao is in charge in our family. Her opinion is my opinion.” He Jing also turned to go back into the house.
Seeing that things were not going to work out, Tiger felt a surge of anger rising in his chest. He rushed to the yard fence and kicked a hole in it.
After all that fuss, I didn't get a single penny out of the money!
Hearing the noise, He Jing turned around and stared at Hu Zi with cold eyes.
No one saw how he got there, and no one saw how he made his move.
In the blink of an eye, Tiger was kicked three meters away and lay on the ground yelling.