fruity fragrance

Chapter 111 111 Threats
When Xiucai saw Uncle Wu and the village chief, he was quite surprised. It was this surprise that made Uncle Wu and the village chief very satisfied.

"Wang Hao, why do you just let my fifth uncle and I stand here?" The village chief thought this was his Wangjia Village, and the scholar was still the kind and patient man he used to be, so when he saw the scholar, he couldn't help but put his hand away. Put on the airs of the village chief.

Uncle Fifth, who had been secretly watching the scholar, successfully caught the flash of displeasure on his face, and couldn't help sighing in his heart. The village chief really didn't know what to say about him.He came here to beg people to go back and solve their troubles, not to show off his might. When will he fully understand this?

"Cough cough." Uncle Wu coughed lightly to remind the village chief not to go too far. You are here to ask people to go back to solve the problem, not to show off your power and prestige to the village chief.

When the village chief heard Fifth Uncle's cough, he was obviously taken aback, and then suddenly remembered his purpose for coming here, so his face that was originally full of arrogance was replaced by a bright smile, even though he was extremely sad at the moment. unwilling.

The village head smiled at the scholar, and the smile on his face was kind: "Oh, nephew, I can see you."

Seeing the village chief's quick face-changing skills, the always upright fifth uncle turned his face slightly to the side unnaturally, with an expression of "I don't know this guy", although the expression is very light, so light that if you don't If you observe carefully, you will never find it, but Xiucai, who has been secretly observing every move of him and the village chief, still saw it.

The so-called visitor is a guest, and the scholar doesn't want to see the village chief, but since he came all the way, he should entertain them well.

Thinking of this, Xiucai welcomed the village chief and fifth uncle in, led them to the living room and asked them to sit down, while he poured a cup of tea for each of them.

When the village chief and fifth uncle came to the living room, they couldn't help looking up at the furnishings in the living room.A long chair with a strange style, in front of it is a long small table (tea table), on which is a tea tray, in the center of the tea tray is a pot-bellied teapot made of white porcelain, surrounded by a circle of white teapots. A teacup with a deep mouth made of porcelain.

As for the opposite of the chair, there is a tapestry woven with colored threads. The patterns on it are very abstract, at least for the two ancients, the village chief and the fifth uncle.

After pouring a cup of tea for each of them, Xiucai bent down and took out several fruit-shaped, slightly flat white porcelain boxes from the small drawer of the coffee table, put them on the coffee table one by one, and opened the lid on the box. , there are some small snacks such as small biscuits that are only available in modern times.

These small snacks were naturally made by Lin Guoxiang himself in an earthen oven at home. As for the white porcelain box, he also spent money to find someone to bake it. Originally, according to Lin Guoxiang's original intention, he wanted to use blue and white porcelain, but that thing It was too expensive and the kiln in this small town could not be fired, so I had to change it to white porcelain.

Both the village head and the fifth uncle looked at the snacks in the white porcelain box, including biscuits with cartoon patterns, cookies and some pastries that they couldn't name but were delicious.

Xiucai pushed Wei Wei slightly in front of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Guo Xiang made this himself, you guys have a try." Although this was polite, he did not respectfully call them Fifth Uncle as before He and the village head obviously deliberately revealed a layer of meaning to the two of them, that is, to tell Uncle Wu and the village head that he would not return to Wangjiacun again.

When the scholar first met Uncle Wu and the village chief, he immediately guessed their intentions. They came here to persuade him to go back to Wangjia Village. After all, his status as a scholar is still somewhat useful to a village.

The fifth uncle and the village head naturally understood the meaning of the scholar's words, and they looked at each other, with a hint of helplessness flashing in one eye, and anger in the other.

When the village chief heard Xiucai's words, he kept scolding him for not knowing what was good or bad, and he put down his dignity to invite him here, but he actually put on airs.If he hadn't been annoyed by the people in the village these days, he wouldn't have come here to suffer from the bird's anger.

In fact, the village head was unwilling to come here to invite the scholar to go back at first. The only thing he can benefit from leaving is his own home.His son Wang Jincai used to study with the scholar. Now that the scholar has left, wouldn't the position of teacher in the school fall to his son?Then he would no longer have to spend a tael of silver from the income of the school as a subsidy to scholars every month.

But he forgot that the reason why other villages send their children to the school in Wangjia Village is because the teachers in the school are scholars, not because of the face of the head of Wangjia Village. In fact, I don't believe that a person who failed to pass the exam several times in a row can teach any good students.

So when everyone heard that Xiucai was driven away by the village head, they ran to Wangjia Village to threaten the village head, saying that if he didn't invite Xiucai back to be a teacher, then he would return all the tuition fees he charged them. Five hundred Wen is not a small amount for the villagers.

From the very beginning, only the grandson of the village head, Wang Zhaobao, was able to study there in the school of Wangjia Village. Later, the children from all over the world were sent to school. They all came to school because of Wang Hao, a scholar. Now that the scholar is gone, it is natural to ask to drop out of school. of.

Now the village head became anxious, and finally remembered what Uncle Wu had said to him, so he hurriedly went to Uncle Wu to discuss countermeasures, but Uncle Wu asked him to invite the scholar himself, and he himself said something beside him If you persuade him, this may make the scholar change his mind and return to Wangjiacun.

The village chief was reluctant at first, but when he thought that the monthly income might decrease or even disappear all of a sudden, his heart ached. For the sake of the money, he had to follow what Uncle Fifth said.That's why the village will appear here now.

"Wang Hao, you are from Wangjia Village. Your mother, elder brother and sister-in-law are also in Wangjia Village. I think you should go back too?" The village chief said and picked up a piece of chicken cake shaped like a small mushroom. I put it in my mouth and tasted it, and found that it tasted good, so I took another piece and put it in my mouth.

The words of the village chief are undoubtedly a disguised threat, which means that your own mother and eldest brother and sister-in-law are all in my hands. If you are sensible, go back to me quickly, or don't blame me for being rude!
A wave of anger surged in Xiucai's heart. He never thought that the village head could be so shameless, and the head of a village would threaten people so brazenly.

Uncle Wu couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard the words of the village. The village is getting more and more excessive now. Originally, I just wanted him to come to the scholar to apologize sincerely, and then I would show affection by the side Speak some consoling words in a reasonable way, so that the scholar who grew up in Wangjia Village might be moved, and might agree to go back with them, but the village chief threatened directly when he came up.

There is no such thing as the head of a village here, he is no different from a rascal!
The village chief was afraid that the fifth uncle would refute him, so he swallowed the soft and sweet egg cake, and said quickly: "Of course, if you agree to go back, then I can ignore the unpleasant things that happened before. The houses and houses that have not been taken back All the farmland can also be exchanged with you."

What the village chief said sounds like a great gift to the scholar, but it is actually a blatant threat. Another meaning in the words is that if you don't go back, I will not only wear small shoes for your mother and eldest brother and sister-in-law, but also confiscate them. Your house and farmland leave you with nothing.

The village head still wishful thinking that Xiucai's family would have nowhere to go after leaving Wang's Village, so what if they lived in Lin's Village now, as long as he came forward to tell the village head here, wouldn't he be kicked out like that?It's just that he never thought that the house that Xiucai lives in now is their own, and even the homestead has been bought from Village Chief Lin. Even if Village Chief Lin wants to drive them away, he has no right to do so unless they leave voluntarily.

Xiucai was almost laughed at by the village head, but he quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, his face was calm, and he said slowly, "Thank you for the kindness of the village head, but I don't plan to go back to Wangjia Village again. It's gone." As for the old lady and elder brother and sister-in-law, if you go too far, then I will be blamed for being rude.But the last sentence was said in my heart.He still has a little confidence in himself, and he can't do anything else, but it is still possible to find a way to make the village head unstoppable.

When the village chief heard the scholar's words, a layer of anger suddenly flooded his face, and he said angrily: "Wang Hao, don't you know what is good or bad!"

The scholar stopped talking this time, and directly made a gesture of invitation, which directly kicked him out.If Lin Guoxiang were here at this time, she would be so happy that her eyes would be smiling, it was not easy, she worked so hard for so long and finally saved the anger that Xiucai had been fading for so many years.

The village chief was completely irritated by Xiucai's actions. He stood up suddenly and glared at Xiucai: "Since you are so ignorant of flattery, don't blame me for being rude!" But when he saw the chicken cake in the white porcelain box, he thought of his precious grandson at home, so he picked up the box of chicken cake without changing his face, as if he planned to take it away.

This time, Xiucai frowned directly, stopped the village, and said, "Cunchang Wang, should you return the things?" That proficient look knows that he usually takes things from the villagers, and it seems that he is used to it.

As soon as the village head was reminded by Xiucai, his old ashen face suddenly turned purple. He turned around and threw the white porcelain box in his hand heavily on the tea table. leave.

Uncle Fifth felt that his old face was burning hot, and this shameful village chief had completely thrown away his face.He patted Xiucai on the shoulder and said, "Wang Hao, don't worry about your mother and brother-in-law. Uncle Wu will watch over you and won't let the village chief mess around." He sighed and left.

What's the matter today? I lost face for nothing, and even messed up the matter.Uncle Fifth's anger was also surging up in his heart at the moment, and he planned to teach the village a lesson when he went back, otherwise Wangjiacun might be tossed into what he would turn into.

(End of this chapter)