Old Mrs. Su was angry, annoyed, and a little panicked.
But asking her to take out the money would be like asking for her life, which is absolutely impossible.
Just at this moment, the old village chief, leaning on his crutch, pushed through the crowd of onlookers and walked into the main hall.
She hurriedly pushed her son aside and walked over, angrily complaining:
"Village chief, look at this ungrateful little white-eyed wolf Su Qiao. She even said she was going to sue her own father. Please help us teach this damn girl a lesson. If we don't discipline her, she will really become lawless."
The old village chief knocked his cane hard on the dirt ground, and glared at her fiercely with his cloudy but bright eyes:
"What are you yelling about? I heard everything you just said."
Old Mrs. Su shrank her neck, opened her mouth, but in the end she dared not say anything else.
"Village Chief..."
Old Mrs. Liu was afraid that Old Mrs. Su would do something bad again, so she wanted to step forward anxiously.
Su Qiao held her back, then looked at the old village chief calmly: "Village chief, since you have heard everything, please give us your opinion!"
"The Su family wants to kick my mother and me out, so shouldn't they return our land to us? Without the land, will my mother and I be left starving?"
"When the land was distributed, it was calculated based on the number of people. I believe the village chief doesn't want our Xiaohe Village to be known as a place where people died of starvation, right?"
Although it is already 1984, food is still in short supply and every household relies on the little bit of land to make a living.
For country people, without land there is no food, and without food there is no way to survive.
"Besides, my tuition fees over the years were all saved bit by bit by my grandfather with great effort.
In order to send me to school, my grandfather went to the mountains to dig ginseng and got injured, so he passed away early. "
Su Qiao spoke slowly and clearly, and his words made sense, which impressed the village chief and many other people.
Sure enough, people who have read books are different.
"Village chief, my grandfather has passed away, and my grandmother has had a hard time living alone. Now they want to kick my mother and me out, shouldn't they return the money to my grandmother
Regardless of justice or fairness, they must pay the money, otherwise I will have to risk my good reputation and sue them in the government."
Before the village chief could say anything, Old Lady Liu could no longer stay there and hurriedly pulled Su Qiao to a corner:
"Qiao'er, don't be silly, this little money is not worth your bad reputation.
Don't worry, I've saved some money for you to go to college, and I'll sell the pig at home to get enough money for the first year."
"Besides, my old lady is here to ask for money, it's not your turn as a kid."
Liu Chunfang, who followed, also hurriedly said, "Qiao'er, mom is still here."
"Mom is about to get a divorce, why would you care about your good reputation? Let me do whatever you want. You just need to study hard. Mom and grandma will definitely let you go to college even if we have to sell everything we have."
"You, you finally showed some strength for once."
Old Mrs. Liu stared at her daughter with disappointment, her wrinkled face full of bitterness.
Liu Chunfang's eyes were wet again, and she looked at the old lady with a guilty look: "Mom..."
"Okay, okay, even if it's for Qiao Er, you have to grit your teeth and hold on for a while, understand?"
Old Mrs. Liu knew that now was not the time to talk about this, so she quickly interrupted her.
The old village chief looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Old Lady Su and her son:
“Mrs. Su, just like Xiao Qiao said, you have an obligation to send her to receive an education.
You should take the money, and the land. Since you want to divorce and separate the family, you should give the land to them."
When Old Mrs. Su heard this, what else could she do