"Indeed, Old Ji, your grandson cries whenever he can’t find you, right? We’re probably going to chat late into the night. Why don’t you go home first?" another elder suggested.
He felt like he was about to spit up old blood.
He just made a small suggestion, and they shoot him down this way. Did they even respect him as an elder anymore?
"Fine, I’ll go home."
Since he was not well-received here, they could handle the matters themselves. He had no obligation to be involved. He dramatically swung his sleeves at them and turned to leave.
Land Officer Uncle Jin watched him go, then turned back to face the several elders of the Ya Clan with some difficulty.
"Uncle Jin, don’t bother with him. The more you treat him seriously, the more he tries to call the shots," one senior of the Ya Clan said to Land Officer Uncle Jin.
"Exactly, he should look at whether or not he has the ability to act so pretentious!"
Another elder chimed in, each of them was worried about the water usage, and they were even afraid that they wouldn’t be able to persuade Lin Caisang. Now that they’ve finally persuaded her and the Ya Clan can also use water, and he still wants to be in charge!
He’s just like Clan Chief Ya, clueless!
"Come on, let’s discuss how to use this water."
Seeing them speak this way, Land Officer Uncle Jin didn’t continue to bother with Elder Ji.
Anyway, he genuinely despised how Clan Chief Ya and Elder Ji were conniving and causing trouble in the village. As long as they were not saying something opposing in front of him, he was relieved, even if he was grinding his teeth in anger.
Elsewhere, Elder Ji left the group and went straight to Clan Chief Ya’s house.
Since there were two people watching Clan Chief Ya’s house, he didn’t want to cause Clan Chief Ya trouble, so he said he needed his help with something at home and pulled him out of his house.
Soon, the two of them were sitting in Elder Ji’s house; one was in a low mood, and the other wore an expression of deep resentment.
"That Ya Molian, he’s truly ruthless, how could he do such a thing?!"
Upon hearing Clan Chief Ya recount what had happened in his house in the past few days, Elder Ji angrily slammed the table. He cursed Ya Molian for being ungrateful, forgetting how good the Ya Clan had been to him back then.
Of course, when it came to Ya Molian’s true identity, Clan Chief Ya naturally didn’t dare mention it to Elder Ji.
He was scared that if this got out, not only would the two who were keeping an eye on him be tipped off, but Ya Molian could also get angry and wipe out their entire family in a fit of rage.
He was not ready to face such a catastrophe.
"Back then, we stood up for him and let him move out to live on his own. We thought that Ya Tu’s family was too extreme in their actions. But it seems that this Ya Molian is just as vicious!"
"Isn’t that the truth?"
Clan Chief Ya sighed lightly and shook his head.
"Well, it’s useless to talk about these things now. You just said, what does Lin Caisang want to do?" he asked.
"What can she do? It’s nothing more than offering the valuable stuff from her house to buy others’ favor." Elder Ji said grumpily.
"Clan Chief, you tell me, she’s winning people over, not wanting any smell of blood on herself, shifting all the responsibilities onto others, and playing the good person. What the hell is this?"