Chapter 410 - 410 Abolished
410 Abolished
“Village Chief Cao, my family has been farming for generations, but three years ago, with the excuse of renting land, you took away my family’s right to produce on five acres of land. I went to your house to ask for rent, but you got someone to beat me up, causing one of my legs to be permanently disabled. I want to ask, what did I do wrong? I was farming honestly, and merely wanted an explanation from you, but you beat me up like that. Now you want me to forgive you? Who’s going to pity me? Do I have to live in your shadow?”
“Cao Xing! You only care about money, about your own interests! Our Laoshan Village once had a 1000-year-old ginkgo tree. It was planted by our ancestor 1000 years ago and has witnessed the Laoshan Village’s long history! No matter how poor we are, no matter how miserable our lives are, no one has ever dared to have any ideas about it. The significance this ginkgo tree’s existence can not be measured by in monetary terms! But what did you do? You colluded with someone for money and sold it on your own! You’re really an animal. No, you’re even worse than an animal! Forgive you? You should ask your dead father and grandfather if they can forgive you first!”
After Li An made the first move, the Laoshan villagers were no longer silent.
Almost everyone was able to voice their grudges with Cao Xing.
In this lawless place, Cao Xing was the local tyrant. His happy life had been built on the collective pain of the Laoshan villagers.
“This Cao Xing is really a piece of trash.” Chu Huan, who was standing at the entrance of the central room, couldn’t help but curse.
If Cao Xing had been in M City, he would have been shot several times for the crimes he had committed.
But here, he was fine and was even living a very comfortable life.
This was also the reason for his arrogance in front of Father Chu that morning.
Forcing Chu Ning to be his son’s wife was nothing to him.
After all, he had done far worse things than this in Laoshan Village.
However, he hadn’t expected that the Chu family weren’t people that he could provoke.
In the past, even if there were outsiders, they had to listen to him as long as they were in Laoshan Village.
However, Chu Yang had told him that if he didn’t respect the rules and laws, he would have to pay the price.
Although Chu Yang and Chu Se were young, both of them had experienced life and death situations many times. They were incomparable to Cao Xing, who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Even though Cao Xing had been beaten up miserably by Li An, no one pitied him.
This was what he deserved.
The injuries he was suffering now was nothing compared to the harm he had caused the Laoshan villagers previously.
“I know that everyone is very emotional right now, but can you first calm down? Our ultimate goal is to solve the problem. As for Cao Xing, let’s put aside our discussion about him for now.”
Chu Zhe gazed at the infuriated Laoshan villagers and spoke in a clear voice.
His words were effective, and the front of the Chu residence quickly returned to silence.
They knew that the reason Cao Xing could kneel on the ground without any resistance was definitely related to the Chu family.
“Let’s abolish the village chief system. In future, everyone just needs to live a good life.”
Chu Zhe’s voice echoed in the empty field in front of the Chu residence and traveled to the ears of everyone present.
About ten seconds later, the Dangshan Village Chief stood at the back of the crowd and was about to leave quietly.
However, just as he was about to leave, a gunshot suddenly exploded and reverberated in the valley.
It was Chu Yang who had removed the silencer from the front of the pistol and fired a shot in the sky.
“No one is allowed to leave this place,” Chu Yang said in an uncompromising tone.
The Dangshan Village Chief stopped in his tracks.
He knew that if he took one more step forward, the bullet would not hit the air but would enter his body.
Thinking of this, he could only sigh deeply.
Then, he turned and walked back to the Chu residence with a bitter smile.
Although he was not as notorious as Cao Xing, he was not much better.
“Cao Xing, what do you think about abolishing the village chief system?” Chu Zhe slowly walked in front of Cao Xing and said with a smile.
“I…have no objections.” At that moment, Cao Xing had difficulty speaking after being beaten up. He barely managed to move his lips and utter these words.
He had completely admitted defeat.
“Alright.” Chu Zhe nodded and then looked at the Laoshan villagers before him and said, “The former Laoshan Village Chief, Cao Xing, agrees with this suggestion. What does everyone think?”
The Laoshan villagers responded loudly after Chu Zhe finished speaking.
No one objected, not even the Dangshan Village Chief.
“Cao Xing, congratulations. You’ve survived for now. I’ll be back at any time. If I find out that you’re acting up again, your family will be reunited underground,” Chu Yang whispered menacingly into Cao Xing’s ear.