CHAPTER 600: CHAPTER 600: OLD MAN GAO BULLIED

Old Man Gao’s father was from another village.

Because of his family’s decline, he stayed here and met Old Man Gao’s mother, then settled down and married.

Though he was from a declining family, he had been in business before.

Old Man Gao’s father used the remaining money he had to buy a large piece of land in the village, intending to leave it all to his son after he died.

However, not long after Old Man Gao’s father passed away, the village chief set his eyes on this land.

The village chief borrowed the land from Old Man Gao under the pretext of his son getting married.

Clearly, both parties agreed that after the village chief’s family planted crops of sorghum, they would give the harvest to the bride’s family as a wedding gift and then return the land to Old Man Gao.

However, after the village chief’s son got married, he continued to occupy the land.

The excuses kept piling up.

Such as the daughter-in-law being pregnant, the grandson being born.

Old Man Gao, being someone who doesn’t fight or compete, was seen as easy to bully by the village chief.

Now, with the village chief passed away, his son and daughter-in-law have completely taken the land as their own.

Moreover, if Old Man Gao goes to ask for it, they show him an unfriendly face.

The village chief’s daughter-in-law was even more rude, once pointing at Old Man Gao’s nose, accusing him of harassment.

The family was already notorious as bullies in the village, and with a bit of money, while Old Man Gao had no support, they rallied others in the village against him.

They labeled him as an old man of bad character.

The village chief’s daughter-in-law smeared him further, saying that Old Man Gao tried to misbehave with her while her husband was away.

For a time, Old Man Gao bore the brunt of the slander and angered in his heart, he reported it to the authorities.

He never expected that the daughter-in-law’s family had connections with the town’s government.

In the end, not only were the bully couple not punished, but the county magistrate called Old Man Gao over and gave him five lashes.

It was Mole who couldn’t bear to watch and carried Old Man Gao back.

Since then, Old Man Gao has stopped interacting with the villagers.

However, the couple’s son, being young and unruly, would often lead a few other boys to make trouble at Old Man Gao’s house.

They would either throw urine at his house or climb over the wall into the yard and smash everything.

Sometimes Old Man Gao would scold and chase them, but he was never as nimble as those kids.

Even when angered by the children’s provocations, Mole would advise him to report it, but Old Man Gao felt it was useless.

Considering they were still children, he didn’t want to bother with it.

Speaking of this, Old Man Gao took a sip of tea: "The longer you live, the more you feel that sometimes people’s hearts are even worse than a dog’s."

He patted Big Yellow’s head.

Bai Zhi’er listened, puffing her cheeks in anger.

"How can this be? There are such wicked people! Grandpa Gao, I’ll help you get the land back!"

She waved her little hand and ordered the Xiu Luo Envoy to bring back the bully couple.

Old Man Gao was taken aback, though he still smiled and shook his head, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

"That couple is notoriously bad and difficult to deal with. It’s often said, better to offend a gentleman than a villain."

"Even Mole knows that these usual ruffians can’t compare to their wickedness, you’d better not provoke them, so as not to invite their resentment."

Bai Zhi’er folded her arms, her big watery eyes blinking: "I’m not afraid, I want to teach them a lesson so that they fear you when they see you!"

Soon, the Xiu Luo Envoy returned.

"The couple is not at home, some villagers saw them leaving the village in a hurry on an ox cart with their child half a stick of incense ago."