<h4>Chapter 83: New Neighbor</h4>
The terrain of Lotus Flower Vige was special. It was built against the mountains and was surrounded by mountains. It could be considered a beautiful ce. The only w was the water source of the Lotus Flower Vige. Currently, there is only one old well in the entire vige. The water that the vigers usually drink depended on it. However, the old well was quite old. The water had be lesser bit by bit, and it mightpletely dry up one day.
There was a reservoir in the upper area, but it was not privately owned by Lotus Flower Vige. Instead, it was used by a few nearby towns. However, in recent years, there was not enough water in the reservoir. The government took it seriously and allocated a sum of money to rebuild the reservoir.
However, the border was in chaos and the treasury was empty. The silver that was allocated was less than half of what was needed, which made the river channel that was dug much smaller than expected. After the n changed, one of the river channels had to pass through a vige’s field.
There were a total of seventeen viges in Lotus Flower Town. Originally, the vige that met the most requirements was Apricot Flower Vige, but Apricot Flower Vige refused to obey. In the end, this bitter task fell on Lotus Flower Vige.
Although the two viges were only one word apart, their situation was worlds apart. Lotus Flower Vige was famous for being a dpidated vige, and there were less than twenty to thirty families. Apricot Flower Vige was different. They had nearly a hundred families, and every family had good farnd. It was one of the few “rich” viges that could eat noodles.
They were naturally unwilling to give up their fields.
Although Lotus Flower Vige was also unwilling, the people of Lotus Flower Vige did not have much say. How could they be a match for the Apricot Flower Vige?
When the vige headman heard the news on the fifth day of the New Year, he was so worried that he could not eat. He had asked the county magistrate’s advisor. Their vige was small. If they really wanted to dig a river, not only would half of their fertile fields be destroyed, but several houses would also be destroyed, including Yu Wan’s family’s residence.
Of course, he did not say anything for the time being. He nned to try to resolve it first. If he really could not resolve it, he would inform everyone after the New Year.
Shuanzi’s cow had already recovered. Shuanzi always drove the ox cart to send the vige chief to the county yamen. This matter did not escape him, nor did it escape Aunt Bai, who would go to the the vige headman’s house from time to time.
On the 11th of the month, the vige headman went to the county yamen again. Aunt Bai also went along.
As expected, they started arguing with the people from Apricot Flower Vige again.
The people from Apricot Flower Vige said, “How many people are there in your vige? How many people are there in our vige? Don’t tell me that you don’t care about the lives of the hundreds of people in our vige?”
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These words were really hurtful. A few hundred people were humans, but weren’t a few dozen people the same? Everything had a firste, first served basis. If they had chosen Lotus Flower Vige from the beginning, the vige headman would definitely not have anyints. However, this wasn’t the case! This was forcefully thrown to them. The vige headman couldn’t take this lying down!
The vige headman said angrily, “If the river was dug through your vige, it would only upy a few acres of your vige at worst. If the river was dug through our vige, half of our vige would be destroyed!”
“So what if it’s destroyed?” The people from Apricot Flower Vige muttered softly.
The voice was extremely soft, but Aunt Bai, who had sharp ears, happened to hear it. Aunt Bai ced her hands on her hips and cursed, “You bastard! What did you say?! Say it again!”
The person from Apricot Flower Vige straightened his back. “So what if I said it! It’s fine if your lousy vige is gone!”
“F*ck you!” Aunt Bai took off her size thirty-nine shoe and threw the shoe that had stepped on cow shit at his head!
Shuanzi first tried to mediate the fight, but he joined in the fight as he tried to do so. However, how could theypare to the people of the Apricot Flower Vige which has more people?
In the end, the vige headman, Aunt Bai, Shuanzi, and the dumbfounded old cow all returned to the vige with swollen faces.
“Aiyo! What happened? What happened to you guys?”
The three of them had just reached the vige entrance when they bumped into Aunt Zhang, who was carrying a wooden bucket to fetch water.
Aunt Zhang sized them up and was dumbfounded. “You fought with someone?”
Shuanzi and the vige headman felt embarrassed and returned to their houses dejectedly.
Aunt Bai took Aunt Zhang’s bucket anddle and fetched a bucket of water. She gulped down a few mouthfuls. “Little bastard! F*ck him!”
“Sister Bai, what’s wrong?” Aunt Zhang asked worriedly.
Aunt Bai told Aunt Zhang about the reconstruction of the reservoir. “…Your family’s fields, Shuanzi’s family’snd, Ah Wan’s family’s residence, and the Wang family’s ancestral grave have to be dug up by those bastards!”
Aunt Zhang was furious when she heard that. Just as she was about to scold those people to vent her anger, she suddenly nced at something from the corner of her eye. “Eh? What’s that?”
On the path outside the vige, an ox cart drove over at a moderate speed. It was not Shuanzi’s cart. The body of the cart looked very old and tattered, but it had a shed built on it. The wheels of the cart were uneven, and as it slowly walked on the rtively t path, it looked like it could fall apart at any time.
The cow was also in a miserable state. It was as thin as a matchstick and there were a fewrge bandages wrapped around its horns.
The ox cart stopped at the entrance of the vige headman’s house. The coachman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat entered the vige headman’s house. Not long after, the bruised and swollen vige headman walked out with the coachman and led the group deeper into the vige.
“Who is it?” Aunt Zhang muttered.
“They just moved in.” Little Chen had walked over at some point. She seemed to know about the fight so she didn’t ask anything when she saw Aunt Bai’s face.
“I heard he’s a teacher. He’s knowledgeable,” Little Chen said as she chewed on the melon seeds in her hand.
“Then why did hee to our vige? To look for Zhao Heng?” There was only Zhao Heng studying in the vige. When she heard that he was knowledgeable, Aunt Bai could not help but associate the two of them.
Little Chen did not like Zhao Heng now. When his name was mentioned, she felt even more annoyed. She said indifferently, “No way. He bought our vige’s residence and wants to stay in our vige.”
Aunt Bai looked like she had seen a ghost. “There are still people moving to this god forsaken ce?”
Little Chen red at her.
Aunt Zhang changed the topic. “What house did he buy? Is there an empty house in our vige?”
Little Chen said, “Of course there is. Didn’t Ah Wan’s neighbor move away long ago?”
They had moved away many years ago. It was a family with the surname Ding. They had one son and two daughters. Their son had unfortunately been taken away by the military, but their two daughters’ marriage was not bad. Their eldest daughter had found a husband who was diligent and honest. Their second daughter had married amoner from a foreign family.
The Ding family had two residences. The new residence was built by his second son-inw who provided the money. Later on, his second son-inw received his share of the family assets from his father. However, he had no one he could trust, so he invited Old Ding’s family to help manage the business.
After Ah Wan caused a ruckus and bought the Ding Family’s old house, the new house remained empty and no one had moved in.
Someone said that the mansion was haunted.
The slow ox cart stopped in front of the haunted house.
“Ah Wan is going to have a neighbor,” Little Chen said while munching on melon seeds.