Chapter 298: A Fight Breaks Out (Part 1)

If Sun Wenju hadn’t mentioned it, Feng Biao would have long forgotten about this matter.

Back then.

Just after Xiaoyue was raped, Sun Wenju, as Wang Dafa’s brother-in-law, to appease Feng Biao, had specially allocated funds in the name of the village committee to help him renovate his old house.

It was said then that the money need not be repaid.

But Sun Wenju added that for bookkeeping purposes, Feng Biao should write an IOU just for formality.

Feng Biao, always straightforward, didn’t think much of it and casually wrote the note.

He thought this incident from seven or eight years ago was long past, especially since it had never been brought up in the village over the years.

Unexpectedly.

The village Mayor now brought up this old matter. What was his intention?

Feng Biao was stunned.

He agreed to repay the money but didn’t understand how this debt was related to Wang Dafa, “Mayor, I’ve recently invested in a small project and don’t have any cash on me right now. Can I give it to you next month?”

Even though his nephew was wealthy, Feng Biao still didn’t want to lose face.

Sun Wenju took another sip of tea, speaking slowly, “Biao, don’t talk to me about it, talk to Dafa. The village committee owed Dafa some money for a project a while back. We didn’t have the funds at the time, so your IOU was used as collateral. Now, you owe him the money.”

Everyone present, except for Feng Biao, understood the situation clearly.

Zhao Qingfeng understood everything. Wasn’t this just his uncle conspiring with his brother-in-law, using their power to bully his own uncle?

Then there was Sun Wenqiang.

As his uncle’s childhood friend, he had a superficial friendship with him and was probably about to play the ‘good cop’ role.

Just as he was thinking this.

Sun Wenqiang indeed spoke up.

He quickly walked up to Feng Biao, patting his shoulder with righteous indignation, “Biao, let’s not stoop to Dafa’s level; he’s just a bastard!”

“Listen to me, I’ve never cheated you.”

“We definitely can’t agree to his terms easily. He said he’d give twenty acres of land and twenty thousand yuan, right? We shouldn’t let him off so easily. Let’s ask for more.”

“Dafa, let me mediate this. You add another ten thousand. Don’t just give the money away, let Xiaoyue and Biao have a good talk. How about that?”

Hearing Xiaoyue’s name, Feng Biao momentarily froze.

Their houses were on opposite streets in the village. On a clear day, he could see her hanging clothes and soothing her children through the fence.

Zhao Qingfeng caught the change in his uncle’s expression and understood the power of emotions.

Fear not the ten thousand, but the what if.

Zhao Qingfeng didn’t want to leave any chance for these people. Before Feng Biao could respond, he interjected, “Stop arguing. Even if my uncle agrees, I won’t.”

“What?”

Wang Dafa was taken aback.

“…”

The village Mayor frowned as well.

“Little Feng.”

Sun Wenqiang shook his head lightly, “This is an adult’s matter. You’re just a kid; don’t get involved. Go wait at the convenience store for your uncle. We’ll let him go back soon.”

Feng Biao felt the same way, urging Zhao Qingfeng to leave first for the sake of face.

Zhao Qingfeng disagreed.

“Uncle, is this just your matter? Buried in that land are not only your parents but also my grandparents. As their grandson, how can I stand by and do nothing?”

“So even if you agree, I will never agree.”

“Besides, our family isn’t so easily bullied.”

“If anyone dares to force you, I’ll go back to the county and find the newspaper. I’ll say that the village Mayor of Lishu Village, in collusion with my uncle and his own brother, is trying to coerce and deceive villagers to seize their land.”

Well said.

These words.

Caused laughter.

The village Mayor looked at Sun Wenqiang and then at Wang Dafa, and the three of them laughed together.

From the village Mayor’s perspective.

Everything that happened in the village could be resolved within the village itself.

The village Mayor was the sky of the village, a local emperor, so to speak.

What was Zhao Qingfeng talking about?

Going to the press?

Heh.

It was debatable whether reporters could even enter the village, let alone whether villagers would dare to speak up!

Such a naive child, daring to speak out. Does being a university entrance exam top scorer make him invincible? Doesn’t he know who is the king of the village?

Naive!

Young!

Ignorant!

And.

If the village Mayor wanted to retaliate against a villager, he had countless ways to make their life miserable.

As long as Feng Biao’s household registration was still in the village, he could always find a way to make him suffer.

“Little brat, get lost.”

Wang Dafa didn’t take Zhao Qingfeng seriously at all, waving his chubby hand dismissively.

The village Mayor also ignored him, continuing to focus on Feng Biao.

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