Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 234 Don't stop, make the fire bigger.

He Xiaotou chimed in, "That's right, my dad is right. Ever since you bought the oxcart, my family has had no source of income."

If you don't build roads for us or let us cross bridges, it's so inconvenient for us to travel back and forth.

Everyone in the village has made money, but we don't have a single penny. Whose fault is that if not yours?

The two of them sang in unison, becoming more and more excited as they talked.

Li Ruru shook her head, rubbing her forehead, amused by their logic once again.

She retorted, "So, I can't buy an oxcart? My workshop has to give you face when hiring? Who do you think you are?"

Chu Xiu kicked out, but before he could hit the person, Xiao Wu pulled him back.

He Dajiao thought he had escaped a disaster, but he didn't expect that in the next instant he would be kicked far away by Xiao Wu.

He slammed his head against the door and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Ah, you dare hit my dad? I'll fight you to the death!" He Xiaotou's only redeeming quality was his filial piety, a mindless kind of filial piety.

He screamed, but his body was tied to the chair and he couldn't move.

Xiao Wu lifted his foot again, sending him ten feet away.

The father and son lay together, and another pool of blood appeared on the ground.

Xiao Wu dusted off the dust on his feet with disgust and said, "Stop talking nonsense. If you're father and son, then lie down together neatly."

Li Ruru stepped forward and asked with concern, "Xiao Wu, are you alright?"

Xiao Wu chuckled, "I'm perfectly fine, but some people are probably not so good."

The two children, He Dajiao and He Xiaotou, who were not in good condition, were groaning and moaning.

Li Ruru stepped forward and said to Lü Da, "Village head, it seems that He Dajiao's family has harbored resentment against me for a long time, and I'm afraid they will cause trouble in the future."

I'm fine, but I'm worried they might target the workshop and ruin our business.

Lu Da was one of the original shareholders of the workshop, and the men and women from several clan elders present were working there to earn money.

They certainly couldn't let that happen.

Several clan elders expressed their opinions, saying, "He Dajiao's family cannot be allowed to live; keeping this person around will only bring trouble."

“The He family were originally outsiders. They heard that the He family village in the south didn’t want them anymore, so they came to our area.”

"He Dajiao is secretly causing trouble, and He Xiaotou can pick locks. These two are too dangerous."

"They might already be holding a grudge. If we don't drive them away today, they might secretly retaliate against us tomorrow."

The last sentence sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

Lu Da immediately made a decision: "We absolutely cannot keep someone like He Dajiao in our village."

Lu Da's wife quickly brought paper and pen, and Lu Da wrote the document with swift strokes and handed it to the clan elders.

Without the slightest hesitation, the clan elders signed and sealed the document in one go.

Xiao Wu untied He Dajiao's ropes and pulled his hand to quickly press his fingerprints onto the two documents.

"Get out, get out now, and get out of here as fast as you can."

Before it was completely dark, the villagers of Chenjia Village, having heard the commotion, had already gathered at the door for quite some time.

With a creak, the door was suddenly opened.

He Dajiao held her waist with one hand and the document in the other, her face full of disbelief.

He had just thought he could get away with this as usual, but Lu Da actually wanted to expel him from the village over such a trivial matter.

He looked up and saw a group of curious people, and suddenly felt that these faces were unusually familiar.

Although I usually don't like them, aren't these people my lifeline right now?

He knelt down with a thud and said, "Dear brothers and sisters-in-law, uncles and aunts, grandpas and grandmas, you must help me!"

The Li family, in collusion with Lü Da, bullied me, an honest man, and now they want to drive me out of the village.

"They can bully me today, they can bully you tomorrow. Our Chenjia Village can't let those two scoundrels run rampant and do whatever they want!"

Everyone looked completely bewildered. "Huh? Is that true?"

"No way, Li Ruru and the village head have done a lot of good deeds for the village, such as building bridges, roads and workshops."

"He Dajiao, have you done something wrong? Otherwise, the village head wouldn't be kicking you out."

He Dajiao didn't expect that his words wouldn't sway the group in front of him. They wouldn't listen to his side of the story and even sided with Li Ruru and Lü Da.

Oh no, what should we do?
He Dajiao suddenly spotted Chen Xiucai in the crowd and remembered a story she had heard before.

He shouted, "Lu Da is a scoundrel. I propose that we all cripple him."

In Datang, the village head, as the most basic official, is usually elected by the villagers themselves.

He Dajiao thought that if the people of Chenjia Village could elect him, they could also ruin him.

In fact, this is indeed legally permissible.

That's how it's described in the storybook; He Dajiao's dark face turned red with excitement.

He seemed to see a glimmer of hope; after today, Lü Da would no longer be the village head.

Without his support, Li Ruru wouldn't be able to make any waves.

But he overestimated his abilities. The onlookers just laughed and cheered, and no one dared to stand up and agree with him.

They're not stupid; they can tell who's good and who's bad.

In their eyes, Lü Da and Li Ruru were their benefactors, enabling them to earn money without having to become monks.

Walking on the repaired bridge and the smooth stone path every day makes me feel incredibly comfortable.

Several nearby villages still have dirt roads, and no one cares about the broken bridge.

In comparison, they are so fortunate.

He Dajiao persisted, saying, "I want to expose that Li Shi built bridges, roads, and workshops not for us, but for herself."

The crowd roared with laughter, "No matter who it's for, we're all benefiting too, what's wrong with that?"

He Dajiao glanced at Bai Lu and said coldly, "And her, she's not just Li's niece, she's someone with a very impressive background, she's the eldest daughter of the Bai family."

Bai Lu, who was called out, smiled and said, "It's the Bai family. Don't call them that if you can't read."

He Dajiao was at her wits' end and could only rant, "Whether it's the Bai family or the Bai family, as long as you hand her over, you'll get three hundred taels of silver."

Even if he's to be expelled from the village, he'll take someone down with him.

When the crowd heard about the three hundred taels of silver, their eyes lit up, and they immediately started whispering among themselves as they looked at Bai Lu.

Seeing that her plan was working, He Dajiao was smug and prepared to reveal more information.

"And also, I know quite a bit about the Li family. She..."

When I was a child, I secretly watched Widow Chen take a bath. My husband is no match for Widow Chen at all.

My son's head is too small, and he's not very bright. I've always suspected he's not my child.

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in surprise and covered their mouths in gossip.

He Dajiao is so bold, she says everything. Her son and daughter-in-law are right here.

"Waaah, I don't want to live anymore, I'm too ashamed to face anyone!" Widow Chen cried in the crowd, threatening to die.

The scene was in complete chaos, and Nie Tianlei once again made his silent move.

He Dajiao felt a sharp pain in her waist. She knew what she had just said, but her mouth just wouldn't let her control it.

He revealed even more details without reservation.

Li Ruru and Fang Xingzhi stood together, looking at Nie Tianlei with loving expressions.

Meeting their gazes, Nie Tianlei instinctively tried to stop the needles, but Peipei whispered in his ear, "Don't stop, make the fire bigger."

(End of this chapter)