After the marriage was broken off, the husband's family regretted it

Wang Jieba lived a happy life. When he had no money, he went to the gambling house, and when he had money, he went to the brothel.

Everyone in the village knew about it, and they all felt fortunate that they did not help Wang Jieba.

You can't keep the money in your hands, so you deserve your gold jewelry to be stolen.

The village chief was smoking alone in the yard.

"Village Chief, are you at home?"

The village chief looked up and saw, isn’t this Li Ji?

The village chief looked at Li Ji suspiciously. "What's the matter?"

"Yes, village chief, there is indeed something."

"Village head, as you know, the fish pond in the village collapsed during a heavy rain. Also, the road that the villagers built together before also collapsed. Do you think it can be rebuilt? After all, it will be very inconvenient if it is not repaired."

"Li Ji, it's not that I don't want to build it. I am willing to build it. But there is no money in the village. I have always been aware of this. And if we really want to build it, every household must contribute money, or silver."

"I have calculated it before. If every family contributes silver, at least one family would have to contribute more than ten taels of silver. The materials we used before were too poor, and the soil was cheap, so it was washed away by the heavy rain."

"If we want to build it again this time, we must use good materials."

Li Ji didn't expect to use so much silver.

"Village chief, see if you can get the Yuntao family to pay for this sum of money."

The village chief looked at Li Ji in surprise.

"How can you say such a thing?"

Li Ji touched his head embarrassedly.

"Village Chief, this is not just my opinion. It is the result of our discussion. Yun Tao's family has silver. A few hundred taels of silver is nothing to her, but it is different for us."

"That's enough to feed us for several years, so I think it's appropriate for her to give it."

"Look, she gave Wang Jieba a few gold jewels. If you sell them, they will fetch several hundred taels of silver."

"She is so generous to outsiders. We are all from the same village, so she should be even more generous to us. Otherwise, it would be unfair to the people in our village."

The village chief looked at Li Ji coldly, "If you think it's okay, I have no objection. Those of you who have discussed it can go to Yun Tao to talk about this matter. I have no objection."

Now Li Ji was stunned.

"Village Chief, shouldn't you be the one to say this? You are the village chief, the only chief in our village."

"Besides, your family is close to Yuntao, so your words will surely be easier to say. Yuntao might be more likely to agree. Besides, Yuntao is so generous to others, so she is very generous to our village."

"Please let me think about it. I need to think about this matter carefully."

Li Ji left unwillingly, and when he left he deliberately glanced at the village chief.

I didn’t expect the village chief didn’t agree. It would have been great if he had agreed.

The village chief was puffing on his cigarette. "Mother Yan, what do you think we should do about this? I can't bring myself to say it out loud."

Yan Niang said angrily, "You really want to say it, but they are using you as a tool. If you really say it, it would be shameless. How will Yun Tao see you?"

"Don't forget that Yuntao's workshop is in the village. Those people dare not speak out because of Yuntao's workshop, fearing that they will have no work. That's more than one tael of silver a month. If you speak out, you will offend Yuntao, not the others in the village."

"People will say it was your village chief's idea and it has nothing to do with them. I'm telling you, don't talk about this matter."

Yan Niang, I am the village chief after all, and those places are broken and need to be repaired."

"It's easy. Let every household contribute money and everyone will share the burden. Those who don't have money can still contribute their labor."

The village chief thought this made sense, but wouldn't that offend the people in the village?

Yan Niang was very angry when she saw the head of the family's hesitation, "Offending Yun Tao or offending the people in the village, which one do you think you can't bear the most?"

"Don't forget that our two sons work for Yun Tao, and they get paid two taels of silver a month."

"My two daughters-in-law also work for Yuntao. Their wages are lower, but together they make three taels of silver. For the four of us, that's seven taels of silver a month."

"That's 84 taels of silver a year, not counting the food and fabrics they occasionally give out in the workshop. And our grandchildren are studying in the school."

"Don't you have 100 taels of silver in a year? I think you are getting old and confused. You can't get any benefits from your current position as village chief. It doesn't matter whether you are the village chief or not. In my opinion, you should offend everyone in the village rather than Yun Tao."

"Boss, this is hundreds of taels of silver. Hundreds of taels of silver. You should think it through carefully."

After hearing what Yan Niang said, the village chief suddenly realized.

"Mrs. Yan, you're right. I almost got confused."

Yan Niang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, they just have no good intentions. Whoever talks about this kind of thing will offend Yun Tao. If they come again, we will share the blame. We are all part of the village."

"If we need to pay, everyone should pay together, and no one will take advantage of anyone else. Everyone is calculating loudly, and they are slapping each other in the face."

Li Ji waited for a few days but saw no movement from the village chief, and thought he had forgotten about it.

The next day, I went to the village chief's house and asked, "Village chief, didn't you tell Yun Tao?"

"No, I've thought about this for a long time. It's better for every household in our village to contribute money. If you don't have money, you can contribute someone else."

“This way everyone will feel involved and will cherish it more.”

Li Ji's mouth twitched after hearing this, "Village Chief, this is not good."

"Each household needs more than 10 taels of silver, which is quite a lot."

"Yes, I admit it is indeed a lot, but Yun Tao has to bear it alone. What if she disagrees and evacuates the workshop?"

"Li Ji, don't forget that our village can be prosperous now because of Yun Tao's workshop. She can support the entire village, and her workshop must not be moved away."

Li Ji snorted in his heart, of course you don’t agree, your family can earn about 100 taels of silver a year from Yuntao’s workshop.

But there are only two people in my family working in the workshop, and we only earn 40 taels of silver in a year. To build these fish ponds and roads, we have to pay more than 10 taels of silver. Wouldn't it be that our family has worked for nothing for half a year? What a loss! Moreover, the road was spent the most by Yuntao's family.

"I've thought about this question too. We all rely on Yuntao now."

"But village chief, the road in our village is the one used the most by Yuntao's family."

"Why don't you talk to Yun Tao and ask her to pay for the road repairs, and we can split the fish pond equally."

The village chief never thought that Li Ji was petty before, but now he suddenly thought that Li Ji was very short-sighted.