"Indeed, Auntie Qiubo, now that you’ve harvested so much grain, we didn’t ask you to share some with us. We’ve been very kind to you. You can’t keep this rice-growing method a secret from everyone."
"Laogeng, your granddaughter just won’t do. You need to educate her well. She keeps benefits to herself and doesn’t think about our fellow villagers. I’ve never seen such a selfish girl. No wonder Ya Molian decided to leave her and return home."
Clan Chief Lin was about to pick up his shoe and throw it at those spouting such nonsense when he heard their words.
But a hand was holding him back, stopping him. He looked down to see Lin Laogeng, who, though looking gloomily at those people, still endured without fighting back, thinking about something unknown.
As an outsider, the words of those people infuriated him, his veins bulging in anger, surging with the impulsion to walk over and beat them up.
"In your eyes, don’t I exist as your clan chief!" he roared at them.
Despite the majority of the troublemakers being from the Ya Clan, there were still a small portion of people from the Lin Clan. Seeing this made him incredibly upset. These people were making him lose face.
It was Caisang’s ability to produce rice twice a year, what does it have to do with anyone else? They dreamed openly, yet came collectively to harass Caisang.
Do they really think they get to call the shots in Ya Village?
"Clan Chief Lin, we’re after Caisang, nothing to do with you," a woman disrespectfully said to Chief Lin.
She belonged to the Ya Clan, and had no connection with the Chief of the Lin Clan, no need for courtesy. In any case, she definitely wouldn’t allow the water supply to her land to be cut off.
"Oh, I get it. Caisang fleeced us for so much silver, and in the end, probably presented it to you, didn’t she? That’s why you’re defending her, helping her to fleece us, right? Clan Chief Lin, your actions are disgraceful! How could you do this? And you’re the chief of a clan."
Clan Chief Lin was so infuriated by the woman’s words that his face turned red. He really wanted to resort to violence.
"What’s wrong with Clan Chief Lin? Did we offend you?"
Just as Clan Chief Lin was about to lose his temper, a familiar voice came from behind everyone. It turned out that Caisang had returned.
The people at the front did not see Caisang when they turned around, but those at the rear saw her clearly. Some screamed, the weakness in their legs causing them to sit on the ground.
There was one thing though, no one dared to run away in front of Caisang.
Looking at them with a disdainful expression, Caisang snorted, "I thought you could argue with me a few times. I didn’t expect you all to be so weak!"
She stretched out her hand and stroked the head of the black leopard next to her.
A few of the braver men in the village were also too frightened to speak when they saw the black leopard next to Caisang.
"Sangsang, you... Ah!"
Clan Chief Lin finally squeezed out of the crowd and was about to talk to Caisang. However, upon seeing the black leopard by her side, he was also stunned.
She... Didn’t she say earlier that she was going to ask a friend for help? Was she referring to this black leopard?
"Sangsang, where did you... where did you bring this from?"