Chapter 100
TWQQF ch 100 - Expansion of The House; A Deal Was Made (13)
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“That’s… That’s not what I meant!”
After being yelled at by Patriarch Liu, An Hung naing was less of a shrew, but that still wasn’t enough to shut her up, “Patriarch, what I meant to say was, after the incident at the Cheng’s a while back, now only were there scary animals like snakes and tigers and wolves outside and it was a hassle for us to leave town also . Isn’t it only fair for us to ask for compensation from the Cheng’s? We need our livelihood too, right, everyone?”
Toward the end, An Hung niang turned and asked the villagers . Her purpose was, naturally, to stir up discontent and hoping there she was able to get more villagers to stand on her side .
Sure enough, her instigating words made a few villagers stir afterward . A 40-something villager stood up, looked at everyone and said, “Patriarch, we are all aware that Mr . Cheng is a nice man and he has always been nice to us . We all remember that, but the wife of Sanzhen made a good point . My livelihood is to drive ox-drawn carriages for others but now I can’t even leave the village . I am going to starve to death in two days! I still have a wife to feed . Something has got to be done!”
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“Liu Daming, sit down first!” Patriarch took a look at him and said .
Liu Daming did not cause any further trouble . An Hung niang saw that nobody else had raised a fuss and sat down disgruntledly .
Cheng Xiao Xiao has remained silent this entire time . With the exception of the trouble-causing An Hung niang, she has to consider other issues .
For the safety of the villagers, she had essentially put these villagers under house arrest . They were right that this had caused great inconvenience for every one . Perhaps she needed to give them back their freedom .
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As for the other issues…
Cheng Xiao Xiao look at her father, curious how he would address this .
It was true that Cheng Biyuan was thinking about this . He looked at the villagers somewhat apologetically, “We are truly sorry . We had, indeed, overlooked that . Rest be assured, the villagers will be able to leave the village starting tomorrow . We won’t be stopping anyone anymore!
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“That being said…” Cheng Biyuan paused and frowned, “I believe that there will be dangers outside . Old Patriarch, I want to say this upfront, if anyone ran into any kind of dangerous outside of the village, we will not be liable for that . Of course, if anyone brought trouble into the village . Those are not on us either . I hope Old Patriarch will look into issues like that when they arise!”
“Mr . Cheng, you mean there will still be those who’d harm our villagers?” asked Old Patriarch with uneasiness .
Cheng Biyuan shook his head, “Old Patriarch, I can’t say for sure . Maybe, maybe not . We’ve all heard of self-fulfilling prophecy . I certainly wish for everybody’s safety!”
“Old Patriarch, Mr . Cheng . Don’t overthink this . What could possibly happen? As long as we leave everybody else alone . I have been wanting to leave the village for a while now . Let’s go and get some supplies from the town tomorrow!”
“Yeah, we can’t be kept here indefinitely . How’s that different than being in jail? Even thought Mr . Cheng said this was for our safety, but we can’t stay here forever, am I right?”
“What trouble could there be? We don’t have any treasures . It’s not like anyone want to rob us for our possessions . We have been needed to refill our supplies for a while now!”
“…… . ”