coobybook Chapter 255: The Jiang Family Complained and Was Driven Out of the Village
Chapter 255: The Jiang Family Complained and Was Driven Out of the Village
There were many unexpected problems during the disaster relief efforts, but fortunately, everyone worked together and no one froze to death, and things gradually got back on track.
The daily food consumption is only a few hundred kilograms, and the donated money and grain can last for a few months. As long as they can survive the winter, when the spring plowing season comes next year, wild vegetables will grow in the fields and they can start farming. The people will have hope and the government will no longer have to worry about them.
The people were grateful to Magistrate Cao and praised him as an honest and upright official. They praised him and looked at this group of young people with more and more loving eyes.
This year's disaster relief food was particularly delicious. It was corn paste cooked with sweet potatoes and served with white radish pickles. It was sweet, delicious, thick and filling, much better than the brown rice they had eaten before.
Corn and sweet potatoes were quickly accepted by the people, and they also planted them the next year.
Shen Nanzhi could solve the food shortage. After all, it was only the people in the county who suffered from the disaster, at most tens of thousands of people. It was not a problem. It was just that charcoal was more troublesome. Without fuel, people would still freeze to death.
Shen Huai'en organized young and strong people to go out of the city to the mountains to chop firewood. With a sled, a few people could pull thousands of kilograms of firewood, which was quite efficient.
Originally, the boys were having a lot of fun pulling the sled, which was lighter than a carriage and was like a piece of cake to pull.
But when they saw Shen Yanli using several dogs to pull the sled, their faces turned dark instantly. Why didn’t they think of using dogs?
But there were not many dogs in the county at that time. Most of them were killed for meat. People could hardly survive, let alone dogs.
The living dog was too skinny to pull the cart, so they gave up the idea.
Shen Yanli helped to transport food back to the village, and he enjoyed this job.
He came back with some news, "The Jiang family was driven out of the village, and Village Chief Jiang had their house occupied."
Jiang Chen's family finally left Shimo Village, but under such harsh conditions, Shen Nanzhi was very surprised: "Why?"
"Many houses in Shimo Village collapsed. The village chief wanted to use Jiang Chen's house to relocate everyone, but the Jiang family was unwilling and angered the public, so they were driven out.
Village Chief Jiang said that they went to the capital to look for Jiang Chen, and threatened the villagers that they would come back for revenge.
As expected, except for Jiang Chen, the rest of the Jiang family members are not very smart. Only Jiang's father has some brains, but he can't take care of his wife and sons, and is not a qualified patriarch.
It was such a cold day, and their whole family went to the provincial capital, and they made harsh remarks. Aren’t they afraid that the villagers would go all out and kill them directly to prevent future troubles?
Although the villagers are bad, like to gossip about their wives and exclude outsiders, they are not vicious at heart and would not do anything to harm someone's life.
The Jiang family may only wish them good luck.
Just after talking about the Jiang family, Shen Huai'en came back and said, "The Jiang family has entered the city."
"Ah, why are you in the county? Didn't you say you were going to the capital to look for Jiang Chen?"
Shen Huai'en said: "In this kind of weather, going to the prefectural city is courting death. They have already seen clearly that they can reach the county town. It is impossible for them to go to the prefectural city. They can only settle down in the county town first."
"Ha, the enemy has come to our territory."
"I'll chase them away."
"No, you are in charge of disaster relief now, you have to treat everyone equally. People who accomplish great things should not act on emotion. Don't ruin your reputation for that family."
Now Shen Huai'en is a leader among scholars. They all respect him and are willing to listen to him. He is also popular among the people and they all call him Mr. Shen. His reputation is second only to Magistrate Cao.
As they were talking, Fang Cheng came to find Shen Huai'en and said, "Jiang Chen's family sued the village chief and is in the county government. What do you think should be done?"
"Sue the village chief? What are you suing the village chief for?"
Shen Huai'en felt a little disgusted. This family was really disgusting and they still hadn't stopped yet.
"They said the village chief occupied their houses and drove them out, and that he was a village bully."
"Ha, they still know the words of the village bully. It's not easy. Then let's go to court and make them give up completely.
Shen Yanli, come and go to Shimo Village and let Village Chief Jiang prepare."
"Okay, I'm leaving, Sister Nanzhi."
"Feed my big egg. These dogs are my treasures. If they become thin and hungry, I will only blame you. Also, be careful."
"I know."
Even if he doesn't eat, he has to make sure Dadan is well fed. Su Yanli likes Dadan very much, and the other children like it too. Now Dadan is everyone's favorite.
Shen Nanzhi watched him walk away. After all, he was a child and was happy to run errands and play.
At this time, the Jiang family members were staying in the side hall of the county government office, shivering with cold, their eyes dull, desperate and numb. Why did it become like this?
Jiang Mu's illness had not yet recovered. She kept coughing, her face was dark, and she was so thin that only bones were left. Only her eyes were still bright and sinister, like a vulture.
There was no charcoal brazier lit in the house. Their status did not allow them to be treated well by the officers. Besides, there was no one in the county government office. Everyone had gone to help with the disaster relief. Who had time to deal with them?
"Will the county magistrate accept our case? If he doesn't, we will go to the capital to file a complaint. I don't believe we will have nowhere to go to seek justice."
Mrs. Jiang was weak and too cold to talk. She said, "We have to be able to walk to the prefecture. There's snow everywhere now. We're lucky to be able to walk to the county town. Why go to the prefecture?"
The provincial capital is four or five hundred miles away from here. It takes two or three days to get there in good weather, not to mention when the city is closed due to heavy snow or snowstorms.
"Shut up and stop encouraging others. We have to show our strength and not let others look down on us."
Mrs. Jiang rolled her eyes, as if no one looked down on you.
It's a good thing that Jiang San's daughter-in-law left. She didn't have to suffer with us. She had no place to live in such a cold winter and had to leave her hometown and starve.
Mrs. Jiang was too lazy to say anything. She said that the village chief was just borrowing two rooms as there were not many good houses in the village. She tried to negotiate in a nice way and offered to return the food, but her mother-in-law refused. She felt that the chief was begging her for help and scolded him harshly.
In the end, those who had no place to live got angry and threw them out. At this critical moment of life and death, who would show mercy?
The mother-in-law was determined to go to the provincial capital to find her fourth son, but it took her a whole day and a night to get to the county town, and she almost died on the road. Now she suddenly wanted to file a complaint, and Jiang Dasao was convinced.
She just has a child and is too old to survive anywhere, so she can only follow, but she won't say much. Let her good mother-in-law take care of everything.
Anyway, as long as she and her child have food to eat and are not starving to death, it's good. Her son is the only grandson of the Jiang family. The mother-in-law dare not let anything happen to her eldest grandson and cut off the Jiang family's incense.
Village chief Jiang was so angry when he received Su Yanli's message. The Jiang family actually went to complain?
I was panicked, thinking that the villagers had gone too far, but who could blame the old woman for not listening?
Su Yanli said, "Grandpa Village Chief, my sister said, don't panic, she has thought of a solution for you, just follow her instructions."
The village chief's eyes lit up: "Thank you so much, Miss Nanzhi. What's the solution?"