Rebirth of an Old Farmer: Escape from Famine with Children and Grandchildren

Although what happened at home should have been kept secret, the Shu family did not deliberately conceal it. Instead, they allowed the secret to spread even faster between the two villages.

Soon, the behavior of Liu's two sons and the old lady spread by word of mouth among the villagers.

The villagers of Darong Village were very angry when they heard the news. They felt indignant about what happened to the victims; while the people of Xinghua Village were worried and anxious, fearing that their village would also be involved in this dispute.

There are rumors that the Shu family army enforces the law strictly and impartially. Are they worried that this strict attitude will also affect their own village?

After all, if someone in your family is serving in the army and your relatives left behind in your hometown are suffering such insults and persecution, who can easily swallow such shame?

At the beginning, most people living in Xinghua Village adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

Because everyone knew that Liu Zijing and the county magistrate had an unusual relationship, and perhaps the latter could protect the former from sanctions to some extent.

But to everyone's surprise, the news that finally came out was that County Magistrate Ren confiscated all of Liu Zijing's property and handed over all the collected evidence to General Shu.

This action undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the villagers and also caused widespread speculation: It seems that even a powerful figure like the county magistrate Ren did not dare to challenge General Shu head-on!

Therefore, under such circumstances, people's hearts naturally become uneasy.

In fact, the reason why everyone is so respectful to Liu Li as if he were holding a golden Buddha is not because of his noble character, but because they value the powerful background behind him.

But now it seems that that layer of protection is obviously no longer indestructible.

When a person in an advantageous position is still useful, there will be many flatterers around him in order to share the benefits; but once he loses the power and status in his hands, these flatterers who once surrounded him will instantly scatter and look for new masters to curry favor with.

Liu Lizheng really couldn't sleep that night, and his mind was full of thoughts about how to save his sons who were about to face imprisonment.

After finally making it to dawn, a series of rapid and forceful knocks on the door broke the pre-dawn silence.

Upon hearing the noise, the eldest sister-in-law of the Liu family quickly stood up and ran to open the door. However, as soon as she opened a narrow gap to let her eyes through, a group of people who had been waiting for a long time rushed into the yard like crazy...

"Hey! What on earth are you doing?"

Liu's eldest sister-in-law screamed.

The rest of the family rushed to the door to see what had happened, but when they saw the old neighbors from Xinghuazhuang standing outside the door, everyone's face showed an expression of astonishment.

As the head of the family and the highest leader of the village, Village Chief Liu frowned and looked gloomy at this moment: "Liu Hongyu, what are you trying to do by bringing so many people to my house?"

Liu Hongyu had a disdainful smile on his face. Now that he had said this, there was no point in making further excuses. "I just came to see you and asked you to give up your position as village chief."

Although he had been fully prepared for this, he couldn't help but tremble violently when faced with it. "Hmph! You're a wretch who can do nothing but cause trouble. What gives you the right to ask me to resign from my position?"

Liu Hongyu sneered, "Stop deceiving yourself, buddy, and give up struggling!"

"You've already offended our great patron, General Shu. If you continue to occupy the toilet and not be able to defecate, how can you lead the villagers forward? If so, I'm afraid the entire Xinghua Village will be implicated and suffer!"

To be fair, if you had taken the initiative to request to resign, you might have been able to save some face. It is really sad that you have fallen to this point now!

Faced with this scene and the sarcastic remarks ringing in his ears, Village Chief Liu gnashed his teeth in anger and almost lost control: "Haha, so all the good deeds I've done for you during my tenure are regarded as bullshit?!"

As soon as the words fell, several people who had deep grudges against the Liu family took the opportunity to stir up trouble and refuted:

"That's a bit too much."

"It's true that he usually performs his duties as a village cadre diligently, but he always likes to prioritize his own family members to enjoy the benefits brought by the preferential allocation of village resources."

"That's right! The arable land here is extremely limited and precious, but all the good quality land is basically owned by the Liu family for growing crops."

"And those small vendors who worked hard to earn their fortunes also need to give a considerable portion of their income to the Liu family as 'shares'."

He simply refuses to take any loss at all!"

Everyone was talking at once, as if they wanted to pour out everything they had been holding in their hearts and had no chance to say.

Everyone's words flowed like water, without interruption.

Hearing these words, Village Chief Liu could hardly stand. He felt dizzy and weak.

The noise around him seemed to drown him completely.

Liu Hongyu waited patiently until everyone had finished venting their anger before slowly looking at the pale-faced Village Chief Liu and saying, "Old Liu, you've seen it too. This isn't me targeting you, but your family went too far. They brought this upon themselves."

Seeing that Village Chief Liu seemed to be about to collapse, Liu Hongyu hurriedly added: "We came here specifically to inform you about this matter."

There was a hint of worry in his tone.

"The government is aware of the personnel change and has expressed support."

Liu Hongyu continued speaking, trying his best to make his voice sound gentle and polite.

"So, don't mention that you are the village chief when you go out next time."

After saying this, Liu Hongyu's tone became a little tougher.

"There's one more thing I need to remind you of. Please complete the land transfer as soon as possible."

After saying this, Liu Hongyu led everyone away from the scene with a smug look on his face.

As the group of people walked away, Liu Yan and Liu Meng looked at their father with expressions of shock and fear, their faces full of disbelief and disbelief.

"Dad, what should we do now..."

Liu Yan's voice was trembling, and he obviously felt helpless about the sudden change.

At this time, Village Chief Liu's face looked extremely ugly, and he didn't even want to say a word.

Facing his sons' anxious gazes, he just stood there silently with his head down, as if nothing else mattered.

Seeing this scene, the two brothers couldn't help but look at each other. When they were about to ask something more, they suddenly saw Village Chief Liu suddenly open his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood with a "puff" sound!

"father!"

Immediately there were cries of terror.