How could Xia Dinghai dare to go see the official? His family was so stingy, but they gave Xia Qianqian thirty taels of silver without hesitation, which meant there was something hidden that he didn't know!
"The money has been paid. I don't owe you anything now. Can I leave?" Xia Dinghai bit his back teeth hard, his eyes full of hatred.
Xia Qianqian weighed the money and said happily, "Please do as you wish."
Xia Dinghai ran away with the hoe on his shoulder. Fan Ming said worriedly, "Qianqian, is this really okay? What if they come to cause trouble again..."
"I'm not afraid of them causing trouble, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to collect the money. So, if there is a next time, I will have to trouble you uncles again." Xia Qianqian said with a smile.
Fan Ming sighed. It was not because he was afraid of trouble, but he did not quite understand Xia Qianqian's thoughts. Blackmailing people is also illegal! He had just blackmailed the Jiang family, and now he was blackmailing the Xia family. If it got out, it would be bad for his reputation.
"Village chief, I'm young and a girl. It will be difficult for me to expand my business. I can't just send anyone who makes things difficult for me to the government, right?" Xia Qianqian said.
Fan Ming thought about it and said sympathetically, "In Yangliu Village, I can still have a say."
"But I want to leave Yangliu Village. I don't want to stay in this poor mountain village forever." Xia Qianqian suddenly became serious.
Fan Ming was shocked. The other villagers were also frightened. All they wanted in their lives was to have enough food and clothing. Pingning Town was already a "big world" in their eyes, and they didn't dare to even think about leaving Yangliu Village.
"So, I won't always follow the law, and I'll occasionally take crooked paths. I have to use different methods to deal with different people." Xia Qianqian said. Now her opponents are only in Yangliu Village, but what about the future? When she leaves Yangliu Village, what kind of people will she meet? She would rather have a stronger reputation.
Under the dim light, Xia Qianqian's thin little face was filled with determination.
Fan Ming and others did not expect that she had such ambition. Although they did not support her, they did not openly attack her either.
At this time, they would never have thought that Xia Qianqian could really walk out of Yangliu Village and make her way to the state capital and the capital...
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In the middle of the night, the lights were on in the main house of the Xia family. All the Xia family members gathered there, all with their heads hung and looking dejected.
Others died before they could accomplish their mission, but they were foolish enough to jump into a pit dug by others and were blackmailed of thirty taels of silver by Xia Qianqian!
These thirty taels of silver will be saved for buying land after the spring.
Just now, they thought of a new way to deal with Xia Qianqian: buy all the fields in Yangliu Village that produce kiln mud, so that Xia Qianqian can't dig kiln mud, and naturally can't make tiles.
However, they realized it too late! The money had already been stolen.
"Dad, is this the only way we can be blackmailed?" Xia Dingfeng said depressedly, "In fact, even if this matter is reported to the government, we don't need to pay so much money."
"Hey, do you think I don't know?" Old Man Xia kept sighing, "This is what the Gu family wanted!"
Xia Dingfeng's expression changed drastically: "What? Gu family?"
"Isn't it?" Grandma Xia felt sorry for the money, her eyes were swollen from crying: "Xia Qianqian, that little bitch, is so insidious. Not only did she cheat her own people, but she also asked the Gu family to pressure us. I really... have no reason to say anything!"
This was the scene Xia Dinghai saw when he ran back. He was immediately glad that he didn't argue with Xia Qianqian anymore and ended the matter in time.
"Mom, does the Gu family really support Xia Qianqian?" Xia Dinghai asked.
"Isn't it? In the middle of the night, the housekeeper of the Gu family came to our house and told us as elders to be more generous so that we can do business better in the future." Old man Xia frowned, "But I agreed, and the Gu family didn't say how many tiles they want to order this year."
That's all for today, I'm really tired. I'll update earlier tomorrow, muah~
(End of this chapter)