Chapter 151: Chapter 151: The Silver Has Returned
"No, I heard someone notified the authorities, and the village head is bearing the blame alone." Lin Sanshui added one more thing, "Although this was reported by someone from our village, I guess Young Master Nan was behind it."
Otherwise, ordinary people filing complaints wouldn’t get such a proactive response from government officers; it might even be settled through collusion.
Yet, today’s matter was resolved extremely swiftly.
Even though the village head stepped down, the Lin Man family was liberated and could finally return to the village to live. It wasn’t a waste of the ten taels after all.
Gu Nian found out about this when Wuxin came to deliver Silver to her.
At that time, Wuxin was still angry about Gu Nian’s disrespect towards Nan Jin Yu, so he handed the ten taels to her with a sour face and deliberately explained, "My master asked me to give this to you."
Gu Nian was unaware of the village head’s affairs then and asked him with a puzzled expression, "Why is your master giving me Silver out of the blue?"
"This is the ten taels the village head took from Lin Pandi. Now that the village head has been arrested, the money naturally needs to be returned. What belonged to you, you should get back," Wuxin said. "Take it quickly. My master has been off his feed these days, and I need to go into the mountains to find something fresh to improve his diet."
Only then did Gu Nian accept the Silver, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Wuxin, "Hero, can you take me into the mountains with you? I’ve never been deep into the mountains before!"
It is said that those near mountains rely on the mountains, those near water rely on the water. However, the mountains are full of wild animals, preventing villagers from venturing further.
Gu Nian thought, in these undeveloped mountains, surely there are many undiscovered treasures and herbs, right?
However, Wuxin ruthlessly declined, "You have quite the imagination. I’m not my master, who grants your every wish. Besides, you just spoke ill of my master yesterday, yet you want me to take you into the mountains? Not a chance."
After speaking, Wuxin turned and left.
Gu Nian made a face of discontent, "Cheapskate, was I badmouthing your master? At most, I just complained about how sharp his tongue is, right?"
Gu Nian ran into the house and told Mrs. Jiang about the Silver, and naturally didn’t hide it from Lin Pandi either.
However, since it was originally her money, Gu Nian didn’t give the Silver back to Lin Pandi.
Mrs. Jiang took Gu Nian aside and said, "Niannian, I have something to say to your sister Pandi. Wait inside the house and no matter what happens outside, don’t come out, okay?"
Speaking seriously, Mrs. Jiang received a nod from Gu Nian, who then went inside.
Once Gu Nian was back inside, Mrs. Jiang called over Lin Pandi, "Pandi, have a seat. Auntie wants to talk to you."
Lin Pandi had just used the wash basin water to cook pig feed and was feeding the pigs. Hearing this, she quickly responded and came over to sit on the bench beside Mrs. Jiang, "Auntie, what do you want to say?"
"It’s like this, the village head has been arrested, and the new village head has agreed for your parents to return to the village. You know about this, right?" Mrs. Jiang asked.
The smile on Lin Pandi’s face froze instantly, then she nodded, "Yes, I know."
Mrs. Jiang directly pulled out the contract of sale from her pocket, handed it to Lin Pandi, and said bluntly, "The village head has been arrested, and the ten taels he took from you were given back. This is your contract of sale. You don’t owe our family anything now. Staying with us forever isn’t right. Since your parents have returned to the village, you might as well go back to your home, too."