Chapter 187:
“How’s it going?”
As soon as Li Sanmao got home, he sat down at the table under the sunshade, and let out a sigh of relief thinking about what had just happened. Luo Zhi’er quickly came up and asked.
Immediately, a strong smell of alcohol hit her nose, and Luo Zhi’er raised her hand to fan it away…
Li Sanmao was a bit tipsy from drinking: “Sorry, wife, I fumed you!”
“No harm done, but next time you’re not allowed to drink so much!” Luo Zhi’er said. She didn’t like men drinking; she felt that once they drank, people weren’t normal, couldn’t control their own behavior or emotions, and it would affect family harmony.
“Okay!”
“Tell me quickly, how did that matter go?”
“It’s done!”
Li Sanmao looked at his wife with somewhat admiring eyes. “Wife, you’re really amazing. Luckily you held me back, otherwise today’s farmland would definitely have been confiscated!”
“Hehe, what’s that? I just calmly analyzed it. Husband, don’t you think so? You’re sometimes just too impulsive!”
“I didn’t realize it before, but now I know. I’ll change in the future!” Li Sanmao said seriously. A man with prospects and achievements who couldn’t even control his own emotions, what big things could he accomplish?
“However, Second Brother’s farmland was confiscated!”
“That was within expectations!”
Actually, whether Old Li Tou and their farmland was confiscated or not didn’t affect Luo Zhi’er’s mood, nor did it affect Li Sanmao!
It wasn’t her farmland to begin with anyway, and she had to be sent to work in the farmland from time to time!
But thinking deeper, if they all came out without farmland, wouldn’t the burden of the whole family fall on Li Sanmao’s shoulders?
That would be too pitiful! How much hunting would he have to do?
“Wife, thank you!”
Li Sanmao, taking advantage of the alcohol, hugged her waist and buried his face beside her belly!
“Thank you for what?”
“Thank you for caring about your husband! I feel very lucky and very happy!”
“Hehe! You big oaf, let go quickly before Miaomiao sees. Wait for me while I make you some honey water to sober you up!”
“Okay!” Li Sanmao looked at her like a child, acting spoiled!
Speechless!
This big oaf, Luo Zhi’er ran off as if fleeing…
The atmosphere was somewhat ambiguous!
But they needed to hurry and start making money. Luo Zhi’er always felt that Old Li Tou and the others seemed about to return!
The next day, Li Zhengxin held a village meeting and explained the handling of Old Li Tou family’s farmland!
“Everyone, the government officials haven’t formally pronounced judgment on Old Li Tou family’s imprisonment. For this confiscation of farmland, let’s play it by ear and postpone it for now.”
The people below immediately buzzed with discussion!
“Li Decai’s family just had a little grandson, so give Li Lei’s farmland to him!”
Li Decai was delighted.
“Li Wei’s family just had Second Brother and Third Child, so allocate Jiayong and Jiabao’s farmland to him!”
Li Zhengsen’s eyes showed pride. These things that originally belonged to him were finally rightfully taken back!
“What? Li Wei’s wife gave birth? Twins?”
Luo Zhi’er was dumbfounded. When did this happen? Li Sanmao was completely in the dark too…
Actually, it was the evening of the day Luo Zhi’er took Miaomiao to pick petals. For some reason, she went into premature labor and gave birth at home in the middle of the night.
Chun Xing gave birth prematurely; it was a month early! She nearly died giving birth…
The two children were as small as mice and needed careful nurturing!
Originally, they didn’t want the village to know they were in the village, but then she suddenly gave birth to two male descendants. Zhao Xiaomei finally had some happy news!
Back then they said she had a belly full of daughters, but now Wei Wa’s wife gave birth to two sons at once!
Wouldn’t they spread the news throughout the village? This was farmland allocation, a huge joyous event! A major event!
“For the other two families, Li Ergouzi is paralyzed and a waste, giving it to him is wasteful, and he committed a grave error and was supposed to be driven out of the village. For Zhao Anyi’s family, allocate Li Ergouzi’s farmland to them. For the remaining Li Wanliang family, allocate from the village’s other remaining farmland!”
After announcing the results, these two families were actually unhappy. After all, Li Ergouzi’s farmland was barren. The couple had been lazy for years, burning snakes to eat, never properly tending the farmland, especially that field with cogongrass as tall as a person!
The other family too, those were the leftovers picked by others. How could it compare to Old Li Tou family’s fertile farmland, which they saw Li Daqiang carrying pig manure to fertilize year after year…
“Village Chief, I’m not convinced. Why?”
Zhao Anyi was extremely displeased. Not only was Li Ergouzi’s land poor, his stealing and trickery behavior was bad, he was paralyzed and useless, his wife ran away—it felt inauspicious!
“Because I’m Zhao Li Village’s Village Chief. If you’re not happy, plenty of others are. You can give up this land, and next time there’s a chance, we’ll allocate to your family!”
Zhao Anyi was stunned and glanced at Li Sanmao: “Hmph! Li Depei’s family has so much good farmland, you don’t allocate it, but give us this inferior stuff. I’m not convinced!”
“Didn’t I just say about Old Li family? Their case hasn’t been decided yet. If you’re still set on their farmland, then wait! Wait for the case result, then we’ll allocate!”
“But if they’re acquitted and released, don’t regret it!” It might even mean no Li Ergouzi farmland left; allocation happens when farmland becomes available.
This isn’t certain—either wait for village male descendants to die of old age, or die unexpectedly and be removed from the household register. Sometimes you wait years with none, sometimes several go at once!
In comparison, Li Ergouzi was still lucky—at least alive. Li Depei family in prison was even better!
“I’m willing to wait!”
Zhao Anyi said.
He had planned it out. Even if Li Daqiang’s family of five, with Li Gui released, Old Li Tou, heh, not necessarily.
Today others got theirs; no one to compete with him for now!
Hmph! This Li Zhengxin, two-faced and three-knived. Not long ago he told him to wait, today he changed his tune—who knows what benefits he got?
His eyes rolled. Who else? It must be Li Sanmao used some trick to change Li Zhengxin’s attitude…
“Li Sanmao, tell me, your dad and them all went to prison, you didn’t obediently hand over the farmland, but did this shady operation. Too selfish. People like you shouldn’t stay in Zhao Li Village!”
The other family, Li Wanliang, also said: “By rights, since you went to prison, you should hand over your share too. The village is kind-hearted and didn’t mention it. Can your dad and them still come out? Everyone knows it’s impossible. Is this reasonable behavior?”
Li Sanmao’s face was cold: “First, the village rules are based on Dongli Country’s handling of criminals for confiscation. Our family’s case isn’t judged yet, and it’s not specified as heavy criminal, exile, let alone beheading or other death penalty criminals. So on what basis do you determine to confiscate my Li Sanmao’s farmland?”
“My dad, Oldest Brother, fourth brother—they’re still in prison, but does that count?”
The people below fell silent!
