Chapter 160

Wu Cuicui panicked all of a sudden. Her family was her source of strength. Without their support, she could have imagined how miserable she would be in the future.

But it is absolutely impossible for her to give up Li Lang!

Before she could say anything, the villagers protested one after another.

"Li Xiucai also has to be kicked out of Yaoyu Village. Not only does the scholar in other villages help the children in the village to read a few books and recognize a few words, how much do you think I paid him to write a letter to him last time?"

"how much is it?"

"One tael of silver! He said that his calligraphy treasures were so precious that no one else could ask for them. The one tael of silver was all for the sake of the people in the same village, so he sold them at a low price!"

"Mom, the village wanted to hire him to teach the children how to read, and Shu Xiu also offered a sky-high price, even more expensive than Master Xie in the town!"

"Not only does a person like him not bring any benefit to the village, but if he becomes an official in the future, he will be embarrassed if people know that such a thing came from our Yaoyu Village!"

"That's right, Li Xiucai must be driven out of the village!"

"Aren't you afraid of offending me?" At this moment, Li Xiucai felt helpless and extremely flustered.

"Our Wu family doesn't care about you anyway. No matter what Cuicui chooses, we will go to the examination hall to publicize what kind of virtue you, Li Xiucai, are!" The eldest brother of the Wu family received Lu He's signal and took out this heavyweight again. arms.

"This time, we have no temptation at all, and we don't care what compensation you make. We just simply disgust you and make you pay for your words and deeds!"

"No..." Knowing that they were not joking, Li Xiucai was completely confused and hurriedly shifted the blame.

"I didn't do this! Xu Daxiang forced me to do this. He gave me the idea. He wanted to marry his niece Xu Ruyi to me, so he wanted Cuicui to die! It wasn't me, I just... suffered it. His bewilderment was that he had a lot of money and said he could help me study."

Villagers, "???"

Xu Laoer, who had just returned to the village in a good mood and was ready to see how Li Xiucai was doing, said, "???"

Xu Mengxiao tried her best to hold back her laughter.

After that, there was another endless bickering.

However, the fire shifted to Xu Laoer and Li Xiucai. One of them kept denying what he had done, and the other tried desperately to blame themselves, trying to remove themselves from it.

Finally, in the evening, Lu Lizheng responded to everyone's request and expelled Li Xiucai and Li's mother from Yaoyu Village.

The Wu family is also planning to go to schools in the town, to Boyuan Academy, and to places frequented by scholars in Fucheng to publicize Li Xiucai's various evil deeds.

They are no longer afraid of embarrassment, they just can't swallow the bad breath of being teased over and over again!
Wu Cuicui still wanted to protest, but was directly disowned by her family. She came to Lu Lizheng in person to sign the disassociation letter, otherwise the Wu sisters-in-law would make a divorce.

Wu Cuicui was so frightened that she no longer dared to say a word. In addition, the child was affected by drowning and lost a lot of weight in a short period of time.

Although she shamelessly stayed at home, none of her sisters-in-law treated her well. They treated her harshly all the time. If you can't stand it, get out!

Xu Laoer was naturally punished. Although there was no evidence that he had done anything wrong, his reputation, which he had finally repaired, collapsed again, and his hatred and criticism of the old Xu family became even worse.

Lu Lizheng also warned them again that if there is a next time, he will not be polite again!
A few days later, Fan Lizheng, who learned that Yaoyu Village had actually kicked a young scholar out of the village, enthusiastically took them to Lihua Village.

It's just that Fan Lizheng didn't know what the Wu family was planning to do, and Li Xiucai and Li's mother also deliberately concealed it. By the time Fan Lizheng realized that something was wrong, their Lihua Village had been affected by Li Xiucai's infamous reputation and was no longer a human being.Later, Wan Zhixian and others were punished, and the new county magistrate took office three times. He learned that the Wu family had been making a lot of noise recently, and was afraid that other scholars would be implicated, and others would think that the scholars in their county were of extremely poor character.

He reported it to the prefect Duan and revoked Li Xiucai's meritorious service. He was changed from a scholar to a white servant and was banned from taking the imperial examination again for life!

"I heard that Mother Li couldn't bear the blow. She couldn't breathe and died." Lu Hai shared the good news with them.

Xu Mengxiao was not surprised. Mother Li was a proud and arrogant woman. She had been planning a plan for so many years, but it was constantly being sabotaged. It would be strange not to fall ill and die of anger!
"Now Li Xiucai is being forced by the angry Fan Li to teach the children in his village to read for free, otherwise he will be kicked out. Hearing that he now has no money to bury his mother, he secretly hooks up with the young girls and women in Lihua Village. people."

"I also heard that Fan Lizheng's daughter-in-law was very attentive to Li Xiucai. I wonder if Li Xiucai was deliberately retaliating against Fan Lizheng..."

Just as he was laughing, Lu Hai was kicked in the butt by Lu Lizheng.

"Why don't you go to the ground quickly!"

Half a month had passed since the day Wu Cuicui fell into the water, and the crops in the fields were almost harvested. Lu Li was busy with field taxes, and was too busy to touch the ground all day long.

But he was all smiles, "This year's crop harvest is good, even better than in previous years without drought. After paying taxes, everyone still has a surplus. It is estimated that it will be enough for a year, and the life of the village is a little better."

Xu Mengxiao thought that although there were good and bad people in the village, and most of them wanted to take advantage of themselves to survive, there were still many simple people.

If so, can you help me?
"Dad, maybe I can ask someone from the village to help pick the mushrooms I planted at the foot of the mountain."

Lu Lizheng immediately became serious, "Will this affect you in any way?"

"It's nothing. I'm looking for someone with reliable character. The salary has been negotiated, and I can save more energy. Taoyuan Township's branch in Fucheng will open soon. There will definitely be a huge demand for mushrooms in the future. If we do a good job, we might be able to return it. We will open branches in various places.”

"Okay, leave this matter to dad. I'll go find some honest and hard-working people. It's mutually beneficial and help them make some money." Lu Lizheng smiled happily and contentedly.

Under the leadership of Xiao Yatou, their family's life is getting better day by day. If you can help some villagers in need while you can, that would be great!

But just when Lu Li was busy with the village's taxes and was about to start this matter, that day, a carriage jolted over.

"Excuse me, is this Yaoyu Village?"

The women sitting at the entrance of the village collecting shoe soles, twisting straw ropes and gossiping immediately followed the sound -

Although the visitors were dressed in simple and low-key clothes, their aura made them stand up immediately.

"Yes, you are..."

Xu Mengxiao was making beauty cream at home when she heard people outside shouting in surprise and joy: "Li Zheng, someone from the county government is here! It seems that the newly appointed magistrate has something to do with you!"

Lu Li was so busy getting up that he didn't even have time to wash his hands that were doing dirty work, so he hurriedly led people to greet him.

Hearing this, Xu Mengxiao suddenly had a premonition and curiously followed him from a distance, and saw the two people next to Xinzhi County.

Her eyelids twitched heavily.

Magistrate Duan!
If the courtesy of the new county magistrate to Magistrate Duan shows the difference between superiority and inferiority, then Magistrate Duan also treats the people around him the same way.

In other words, this person of unknown origin has a higher position and a greater official title than Duan Zhifu!
(End of this chapter)

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