Leisurely mountain village

Ye Huan tossed and turned, not knowing what time she finally fell asleep. She didn't wake up until after nine in the morning. When she went downstairs, she saw that everyone was there. The wind and rain outside still showed no signs of stopping, only that they had subsided a little.

"Uncle~" Jingjing ran to Ye Huan's side, and Ye Huan picked her up. "Jingjing, have you had breakfast?"

"Yes, I've eaten. I ate with my great-grandfather, grandpa, and grandma. I ate a big steamed bun," Jingjing said to Ye Huan, who then felt much better.

Ye Huan's mother didn't have to get up early to pick vegetables today, and she couldn't go out to work because of the heavy rain. So she steamed big meat buns in the morning. Since there are many people and animals in the family, she also cooked a big pot of porridge.

Ye Huan drank her porridge and ate a large meat bun, staring blankly at the wind and rain outside the door, her eyes unfocused.

By almost noon, the wind and rain had finally subsided, but judging from the sky, it seemed there would be another storm that night. So Ye Huan's parents and Bai Jie quickly went to the vegetable garden to check on the situation.

There's no way we can avoid losing money, so let's see how much is left. If we can still get some, we can take it back and eat it ourselves; there shouldn't be any problem.

Ye Huan told Jingjing to stay home and play with her great-grandfather. He went to the village office and called the village chief and several other old men to Bai Jie's house.

"If my sister-in-law hadn't called me, she and Jingjing would have been dead last night. I don't know how the village tolerates people like that. I'm just saying this today: if they don't let me get my revenge, I'll break up the cooperation with the village. Let them do whatever they want." Ye Huan rarely lost his temper.

The argumentative voices attracted more villagers who had come out. When they saw Bai Jie's collapsed house, their faces turned grim. Ye Huan saw that Eighth Master's family had also arrived, and he also saw Ye Gou.

He lunged forward, grabbed Ye Gou by the collar, and dragged him all the way to the house. No one could persuade him otherwise. "If you're even human, take a good look. This is what happens when you swindle hundreds of thousands from that mother and daughter. Why should they tolerate a maggot like you? Huh?"

"Xiao Huan, let go of Xiao Gou, he's still young." It was Aunt Ba's voice.

"I respect you, and I call you Eighth Grandfather and Eighth Grandmother. Don't act like you're old and domineering. If you don't give me an explanation today, you'll see." After saying that, Ye Huan slapped Ye Gou across the face.

Ye Gou was dumbfounded, his wife was dumbfounded, and the Eighth Uncle and Eighth Aunt were even more dumbfounded. Eighth Aunt didn't care whether the ground was dirty or not, she sat down on the ground and started wailing.

"You, what right do you have to hit someone?" Ye Gou didn't dare to yell at Ye Huan.

"I'm beating you up, you piece of trash." Ye Huan kicked him again, sending him tumbling several times.

"Let me tell you, I won't take all 100,000 yuan. If you don't get 100,000 yuan within three days, I'll kill you." Ye Huan spat at him.

Then, looking at Eighth Uncle and Eighth Aunt, he said, "What kind of favoritism is this?"

The village chief and several elders were also frightened by Ye Huan. They were really going to beat him. Seeing Ye Huan lying on the ground like a dog, not moving at all, they were afraid that he might be beaten to death.

"I have no money, so either you kill me or I'll give up." Ye Gou was desperate; there was absolutely no way he would come up with any money.

"Alright, remember what you said today." Ye Huan nodded, then looked at the village chief. "What did the village say?"

"Xiao Huan, what do you think?" The village chief didn't know what to say. With so much money, Ye Gou would definitely not take it.

"Alright, I understand. From now on, my agreement with the village is null and void. You can go have fun on your own." Ye Huan waved his hand and then walked up to Ye Gou.

“You know I have some money now. I’ll hire some street thugs in town, ten thousand each, to keep an eye on you every day. They’ll beat you up every time they see you, and flirt with your wife whenever they see her. I’ll play along with you.”

"You dare, Ye Huan, you dare~~" Ye Gou was dumbfounded, and his wife was even dumbfounded.

"Do you think I dare? Anyway, I have plenty of money now. I can spend tens of thousands a year to play you until I ruin you." After saying that, Ye Huan went home without looking back.

He was disappointed in everyone, especially the village chief, who was too soft-hearted.

When he got home, he told his grandfather about it, and his grandfather nodded, "I'll take responsibility if anything happens. If it really doesn't work, we'll change the village chief. Let's see who dares to complain then."

Hearing his grandfather's domineering words, Ye Huan nodded. He had been studying and working outside for many years and was not familiar with many people in the village. He didn't care about saving face. If he didn't get his revenge, no one else would have a good time.

Before afternoon had even arrived, right after lunch, rumors spread through the village that Ye Huan and the widow Bai Jie had gotten together. Ye Huan tried to kill someone, but his grandfather stopped him.

Then they saw the old man come to Lao Ba's house with a bamboo whip. The village chief and several old men in the village tried to pull and drag them, but the old man kicked them all over.

"Whoever stops me today will be my mortal enemy, Ye Wuju." After saying that, he kicked open the door of Lao Ba's house, went in, dragged Lao Ba out, took out a rope, and hung Lao Ba directly from the big locust tree at the door.

They went back in, pulled Ye Gou out, and hung him on the tree again. They took a bamboo whip and lashed him mercilessly, whipping him until his skin was torn open and blood was flowing freely.

The eighth brother wasn't much better off; he had been whipped twice, and the lashes burned on his body. "Big brother, I was wrong, I was wrong."

"Where did you go wrong?" Grandpa Ye Huan asked, pointing at him with his whip.

"I shouldn't have let Hook talk nonsense. Please spare us, we're really going to die." Lao Ba was genuinely afraid of this cousin, a fear that ran deep in his bones, a fear he had developed from being beaten since childhood.

"You're full of filthy scoundrels! Your own sister-in-law is in trouble, and instead of helping her, you've learned to smear her! The Ye family doesn't have a beast like you. Today, either I'll beat your whole family to death, or you'll get out of Ye Family Village!" Ye Wuji was truly enraged.

The grandson clearly did a good deed and saved two lives, but what happened? He was actually smeared by his own family. How could he tolerate that?

The village chief and several old men were also stunned. How many years had it been since the Ye family had expelled anyone? Why today?!

"What are you looking at? I'm not dead yet! You're going back on your word?" Ye Wuju glared and lashed Ye Gou with his whip again, causing him to let out a miserable howl.

The eighth son's wife and Ye Gou's wife were crying so hard they couldn't make a sound, and they didn't dare to utter a word. Whenever the Ye family member lost his temper, no one dared to stop him.

Seeing this, several families from other clans gained a deeper understanding of Ye Wuju's status. Although he usually didn't get involved in affairs, the village couldn't do anything important without his approval.

"And you, Daming, if you don't want to be the village chief anymore, then replace him. You handled Lao Ba's matter very poorly," the old man said domineeringly.

"Sigh~" Village Chief Ye Daming didn't dare to speak, and could only sigh deeply.

"Big brother, you can't kick us out! What can we do if we leave?" Old Eight wailed, truly panicked this time. Being expelled from the village meant being removed from the family genealogy. He wouldn't dare do that, no matter how bold he was. How could he face his ancestors?