"No!" The village chief immediately became anxious. He stepped forward and tugged on the man's clothes: "Mr. Zhao, the decision is now in Xiao Ran's hands. How about you admit his mistake?"
"No, say a few nice words."
Xiao Ran and the others had been in the village for nearly ten days, but they left without knowing when. They had to settle the matter quickly.
Mr. Zhao's face was a little confused. He had just scolded Xiao Ran so hard, but now he was so slapped in the face.
"Impossible! What did I say wrong?" Mr. Zhao was still stubborn.
"I told you that in the future you can find someone else to do the shopping in the village, and the village chief doesn't have to waste time on me!" Xiao Ran sneered and looked at the three of them.
"Xiao Ran, what Mr. Zhao just said was indeed inappropriate, but he is also worried about the village. Don't think nonsense."
The short old man who had been silent until now finally spoke, with a shrewd look in his eyes.
"Yes, let's admit his mistake for him, don't worry too much about it." The village chief nodded repeatedly.
Mr. Zhao was a little unhappy and wanted to say something, but the village chief blocked him directly.
I regret a little. I knew that Mr. Zhao was not nice to speak before, so I regret bringing him here now.
"Oh? So?" Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows.
"So see if you can stop the acquisition." The village chief said quickly: "As for the peach blossom matter, it's easy to discuss."
Now that Xiao Ran planned to take Li Hua away directly, they were unsure.
"Discuss? How to discuss?" Xiao Ran became interested and crossed his arms.
"We have discussed this. We can purchase it for you every five years. This will not delay silkworm raising too much."
The village chief carefully looked at Xiao Ran's face, fearing that he would be unhappy.
"Five years?" Xiao Ran was a little surprised.
"Five years is already the limit. I heard that you also went to Peach Blossom Forest. You should know how difficult the road is. It is also a bit far from Peach Blossom Village. We can't spend all our time there." The short old man said again. Open your mouth.
"Five years? What do I want? I can't do business every five years?"
Obviously, Xiao Ran was not satisfied with their statement.
"The villagers originally disagreed, but we tried our best to persuade them." Mr. Zhao said with a dark face: "We talked for a long time for five years before they relented."
Xiao Ran didn't take it seriously and smiled: "Making money is not easy in the first place. If they find it hard, they don't have to accept it! They want to make money from our Chu family, but they don't want to contribute! How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
The village chief's expression changed: "Then what do you want? According to what you said before, we can't do it twice a year!"
Maybe the villagers have to spend their time in the peach blossom forest all year round, and they won't be able to raise silkworms well, but the gain outweighs the loss.
"Once a year, if you can accept it, we still have to talk."
"If it doesn't work, please come back!"
Xiao Ran directly gave them an ultimatum, and the three of them glanced at it with some hesitation in their eyes.
"Xiao Ran, five years is already what we can strive for..."
"Stop talking, can you please come back?" Xiao Ran interrupted the village chief.
With that said, regardless of the livid expressions of the three of them, they went back to the house.
Laifu stepped forward: "You three, this way?"
Helplessly, the three of them had no choice but to leave first.
"Once a year, wouldn't it be a little embarrassing?" Chu Yanhong had just been listening to the conversation of the four people in the room.
In fact, Chu Yanhong secretly wanted to spoil the people in Taohua Village. These people were too ambitious and greedy, and even a group of people couldn't feed them enough! Simply stop the acquisition, otherwise everyone will think that the Chu family is easy to bully.
"Don't be afraid, it's time to give them a wake-up call! Let them understand that we only let them go for Li Hua's sake!"
"If they are sensible, they will naturally treat Li Hua better."
After all, Li Hua didn't want to leave with them, so Xiao Ran could only try to get more protection for him.
Chu Yanhong nodded and said nothing more.
"Leaving tomorrow?"
Xiao Ran nodded: "Yes, we won't go shopping today."
"How about we go see Uncle Li?" Chu Yanhong said, actually wanting to let those outside see the Chu family's attitude clearly before leaving.
"I think so too!"
With that said, he asked Qingtong to inform the old man. The old man was naturally happy and happened to go check on Li Tieniu before leaving.
When Li Hua returned home, he was still being harassed by the villagers. He was irritated when he heard the sounds outside suddenly quieted down. He was relieved when he heard another knock on the door.
I just thought it was those villagers again, pretending not to hear and ignoring them.
Laifu knocked on the door outside until his arms were sore, and Li Hua didn't go out either.
On the contrary, the villagers observing in the dark were a little curious. When they saw Xiao Ran and others at the door of Li's house, Li Hua did not open the door.
It seems that Li Hua's kindness to Xiao Ran is indeed very deep, otherwise he would not dare to treat people like the Chu family like this.
Everyone was a little surprised, and at the same time they wanted to hug Li Hua's thigh even more tightly.
"You'd better shout!" Xiao Ran guessed the attitude of the villagers and said.
Laifu shouted loudly, and it took Li Hua a while to hear him clearly.
Hearing Laifu's voice, he was stunned for a moment before reacting.
He hurriedly opened the door, saw Xiao Ran and the others, and smiled awkwardly: "I didn't know it was you, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay!" Xiao Ran waved his hand and helped the old man walk into Li's house.
As soon as everyone entered, Li Hua saw the villagers watching the excitement outside and closed the door directly, blocking their sight.
Not being able to see what was going on inside, everyone was a little disappointed.
But looking at the large number of gifts that Qingtong and Ah Cai had in their hands just now, they looked very valuable, and they couldn't help but feel a little envious. Even jealous, why is the Li family so lucky to save the old man and Xiao Ran.
When several people entered Li's house, Li Hua did not prepare anything in advance and could only let a few people drink water.
"The main reason we came here this time is to see Uncle Li before we leave." Xiao Ran took the initiative to speak.
"Don't worry, my dad is fine now. Come with me!"
It was still the largest room, but the door was locked. Li Hua took out the key.
"Why is it locked at home?" Chu Yanhong was a little confused. She finally rescued the person, but why was it locked again.
"Villagers keep coming to my door these days, and I'm also afraid of being discovered."
Li Hua sighed and opened the lock.
Mr. Chu was also a little helpless. He saved Li Tieniu, but he was still locked in the room. I really don't know if they really helped him.
When he walked into the room, it was a little dark. The windows were covered with cloth by Li Hua, for fear that the villagers would see something from outside.
Xiao Ran frowned in such a cage-like room.
But the room was clean and tidy. Li Hua must have put a lot of thought into it. It was at least much better than the previous cabin.
"You guys are here?"
Li Tieniu saw that Mr. Chu was a little excited, and the old man hurried forward: "Don't move, be careful."
