But he didn't have any snacks that the child liked, so he couldn't coax Zebao.

"Zebao, what are you doing here? Didn't you say you were going home to deliver the locusts?"

When Zebao heard the familiar voice, he turned around and threw himself on the visitor's lap, hugged his grandfather's calf, and complained in a low voice: "Grandpa, it's not that I don't want to go home, it's this big brother who wanted to trick me and asked me to tell him where Sister Li's house is."

Village Chief Li squatted down, holding his grandson in one hand. Hearing what Zebao said in his ear, he looked up at Xie Ming and asked, "Sir, what do you want to do with Miss Yue?"

Seeing that there were so many twists and turns just for asking for directions, Xie Ming could only comfort himself that good things come to those who wait.

"Master, my name is Xie Ming. The herbs my young master bought from Miss Li saved my old lady's life, so I came here to thank you."

Village chief Li didn't know when Li Mengyue started selling the medicinal herbs, but he knew that Li Mengyue often went up the mountain. In addition to hunting, she would also pick herbs and sell them in the pharmacy.

As for who the herbs were sold to, he didn't know. But he looked honest and didn't look like a wicked person, so maybe he really came to express his gratitude.

It would be bad if we chased him away and delayed Yue's business.

"If you want to find Yue girl, come with me."

"Master, my young master is still in the carriage. I will go and drive the carriage over."

"Okay, I'll wait here. Never mind, I'll tag along too."

Xie Ming did not object. Instead, he thought it was a good idea so that he didn't have to ask anyone else.

Seeing that Xie Ming's walking speed slowed down from fast to slow in order to take care of this so-called old man, Village Chief Li nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that he was not going to cause trouble for Yue girl.

Of course, even if there is trouble, their village is not afraid. Now, because of Yue Yatou, every household in the village lives the good life they have always dreamed of, and everyone thanks Yue Yatou from the bottom of their hearts.

Of course he would not watch Miss Yue being bullied. If Xie Ming and his young master wanted to take action, they would have to see whether he and the villagers would agree.

All the people in the village, young and old, with a hoe each, could get rid of Xie Ming and his servants.

However, the village chief didn’t know that the other party knew kung fu. Even if all the villagers were combined, they would not be a match for Xie Yunzhou and his servant.

But this cannot be blamed on the village chief. He has a limited vision and cannot think of so many things.

Fortunately, Xie Yunzhou really wanted to thank Li Mengyue and had no bad intentions.

When Village Chief Li and Xie Ming were walking towards the village entrance, Old Lady Li started howling.

When Xie Ming heard the cry, he felt something was wrong. He hurriedly said something to Village Chief Li and ran away quickly.

Obviously, Village Chief Li also figured out who it was from the voice and started to have a headache.

"Why is Old Lady Li not staying home to recover from her injuries? Why is she running out here?"

Thinking of Old Lady Li’s ability to make trouble, Village Chief Li said to his grandson, “Zebao, go home and pour out the locusts, then go to the fields!”

"Okay, Grandpa."

Ze Bao also recognized that it was the voice of Mingyu and Minghao's grandmother. Whenever he thought of the old woman betraying her good friend viciously, he couldn't help shivering and didn't dare to get close to the old woman.

After hearing what grandpa said, he ran away as fast as he could.

Village chief Li also quickened his pace, hoping that Old Lady Li would not seek death again by offending anyone.

He thought that Xie Ming, a servant, was not ordinary, let alone the identity of the young master that Xie Ming mentioned.

If Old Lady Li really wanted to commit suicide and offended Xie Ming's young master, even if he was the village chief of Xinghua Village, he would not be able to save her.

Thinking of this, Village Chief Li walked faster. He was glad that he had not been idle recently. He was either catching locusts in the fields or arranging work for people. His body was much stronger than before.

I can walk one mile without any waist pain or shortness of breath.

When Village Chief Li walked to the entrance of the village and saw the situation, he felt that he really understood Old Lady Li.

As he expected, he offended Young Master Xie Ming.

Old Mrs. Li was sitting on the ground, crying and wailing, trying to get the villagers to help her vent her anger.

However, this idea was destined to fail, which disappointed her.

Not to mention that Old Lady Li is a very bad person. Over the years, relying on her son's study in town, she always keeps saying that her son will become a high-ranking official and looks down on the villagers.

So many women, when they saw Old Lady Li, wanted to scratch her old face and would never help her.

Another point is that in the past, several women, in order to please Old Lady Li, thought that they would benefit from Li Jian's success in passing the imperial examination and becoming a high-ranking official, so they would flatter Old Lady Li with words.

But since Li Mengyue came to Xinghua Village, she has single-handedly enabled the villagers to earn money at their doorsteps, changing the living standards of the entire village.

No one took Mrs. Li’s son’s excuses about being an official seriously any longer.

After all, if we expect Li Jian to become an official and help his fellow villagers, we don’t know how long it will take, so we might as well seize the benefits that we see now.

Although Li Mengyue was so cruel to the Li family's old house, she had no grudges against the villagers.

Besides, Old Man and Old Lady Li were such cruel people. Not only did they torture Li Ang's family to death, they also sold the twins in order to allow Li Jian to study and become a disciple.

Although the villagers could not directly stop this matter, it made Old Lady Li's already bad reputation even worse.

Even if Mingyu and Minghao are not Grandma Li’s biological grandsons, she cannot sell the two brothers for Li Jian.

Some villagers knew that human traffickers could pay a high price of twenty taels per person, and they would not sell them to wealthy families as servants, but to some improper places.

Two good-looking boys were bought by someone, not a serious one at that. You can guess what will happen to them with just your toes.

Old Mrs. Li pretended to be deaf and dumb to all this. She only saw that the two children could be sold for forty taels of silver, which was enough for her son to study and find a master, along with the fifty taels she needed, plus the loose change at home.

She didn't care about the miserable fate of the twins if they were really sold by her.

The key reason why Mrs. Li was able to do such a bad thing was closely related to Old Man Li’s connivance.

Doesn’t Old Man Li know that Mingyu and Minghao are his grandsons? He knows very well how others will look at him if he sells his grandsons.

However, these are not worth mentioning compared to the fact that Li Jian was able to successfully pass the examination and become a scholar under the guidance of a famous teacher.

After all, Old Man Li’s lifelong obsession was that his son could become an official, so that the Li family could change their status and no longer be seen as a peasant in the eyes of the nobles, but that he himself could become one of the nobles.

Village chief Li was not unaware of what Old Man Li was thinking, and precisely because he knew it clearly, he sneered at Old Man Li.

He would stay as far away from them as possible when some people in the village tried to curry favor with Old Man and Old Lady Li overtly or covertly.

Fortunately for him, when Old Man Li and Old Lady Li were about to kill Li An's family, Yue girl came back and not only saved Li An and his wife, but also gave the twins a new life.

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