Chapter 53 pt 1 (1/2)

The gong in front of the Zheng Lizheng’s house sounded again. Unlike Zheng Lizheng’s joy before, he was obviously much more haggard this time.

This time it wasn’t him who led the ringing, but it was Patriarch Xue who replaced him.

On the steps in front of the main house, a few chairs were placed, and all of them were the most respected people in the village. Only Patriarch Xue was standing with a pipe in one hand and speaking solemnly to the densely packed villagers below.

“Let’s not mention the previous matters. Who does not do something wrong once in a while. Old Zheng really wanted to do something for everyone. I will testify about this matter. There is nothing true about him being greedy for money and not sharing with everyone. Look and see. I came to him before, and for a few days, he has been lying on the kang from illness.”

Suddenly, countless eyes were all looking at Zheng Lizheng, who was sitting above them. There was nothing bad in their eyes, most of them were pitying him and controlling their own emotions.

But this pity and sorrow was placed on Zheng Lizheng’s head, which made him feel uncomfortable. It’s just that he can’t blame anyone, who can he blame? Patriarch Xue’s words really let the villagers’ grievances disappear. Even if the other party really has some thoughts, he himself was not careful and was fooled by the nobles, and now he is ridiculed by an old adversary.

“Let’s not talk about anything else. It made everyone waste their efforts and no one would like it. Now that things are like this, it’s no use just complaining. Now that there is such a thing in front of us. Some people want to buy this mountain. Still should we sell or not sell? If you sell, the price is definitely not as high as the price paid by the rich man, but everyone knows that the broken mountain is not worth that much money. So this thing tells us, don’t be greedy for those things that you did not deserve. It’s never so easy for money to fall from the sky. It’s best to be honest and work-oriented.”

“The patriarch is right. If we were not greedy for the money, we wouldn’t have been fooled by the nobleman.”

“We were greedy.”

This sentence was full of lament and sorrow, but it also seemed the lament and sorrow was for Zheng Lizheng. They obviously didn’t mock him, but it seemed to be to him. Really, shrewd for a lifetime yet stumbled in front of the old horse, exposing his shortness in front of the old opponent, who was still talking about the length to the villagers as if to show the public.

Just as Zheng Lizheng sighed to himself, there were already villagers on the field asking who wanted to buy it and how much silver they would take out.

Patriarch Xue showed a smile, first raising his hand to quiet down the crowd. After the villagers calmed down, he said: “We all know this person. He is one of our own. It won’t be the same as that of the outsider, who was able to fool us. After all, we know him very well.”

“Then Patriarch, please tell me, who is it?”

“Yeah, who would pay such a big sum of money to buy this place?”

Patriarch Xue said: “It’s Gouzi from the second family of Xue Lianxing’s 1 family. He is willing to pay a hundred liang silver to buy this mountain.”

There was a surprised panic below.

“Gouzi from Lianxing’s second family?”

“Didn’t that kid go to school?”

“Why does he want to buy the land?”

Patriarch Xue raised his hand to quiet the crowd again and then said: “Well, I can’t tell you clearly, so let Gouzi himself come and talk to everyone.”

Following his voice, a young man walked up from the side. It was Gouzi from the second family of the Xue family.

But this Gouzi seems to be different from the previous Gouzi. Xue Gouzi has been seen by many villagers before. How to describe this child. His appearance is not bad, but he doesn’t like to talk. He just walked in the village with listlessness and lack of energy like the countryside dogs that are everywhere in the village.

Now it is different. The waist is straightened, and the style is different. Anyway, the villagers didn’t know any complicated words, and they didn’t know how to describe it. It felt like he had changed from a countryside dog to a hunting dog specially raised by hunters. The energetic temperament and aura is different from the people in the village.

He went to study in town and was completely reborn!

Of course, some people recalled the previous match at Xue Lianxing’s house. At that time, this Xue Gouzi showed an extraordinary appearance. Ordinary people would not let the two elite masters boast about. It’s just that it didn’t matter to them at the time, but now it does. Seeing Xue TingRang who stood in front of a crowd of people without showing any timidity, they felt even closer to him.

After Xue TingRang stood still, he first bowed to Patriarch Xue and other village veterans. This caused several old men to all stroke their beards and nod. Then he turned to face the villagers below.