The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the servants standing behind me all left one after another. I suddenly had a bad feeling.
I vaguely sensed a hint of danger, so I used my peripheral vision to carefully look at the bodyguards around me.
Patriarch Liu stopped smiling. His face became gloomy. He touched the big ring on his hand and his tone became gloomy: "What did you want to say just now? I'll give you another chance.
Reorganize the language!”
I knew he was threatening me, but now that I was here, I had no intention of leaving easily.
I took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I came here to divide the land between the two villages. I think this is unfair and should be re-divided."
As soon as I finished speaking, Patriarch Liu's sharp gaze shot towards me, and his voice became even colder: "At the beginning, it was your Shuanglong Township who said you wanted to divide it like this. We have always maintained a neutral attitude. Now you are troublesome
Are you thinking of coming to us to negotiate peace?"
I was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't you say that this was a grudge from decades ago?"
He sneered and said, "Do you know why we locked you up?"
I looked at him and shook my head to show that I didn't understand.
He ate his food slowly and said calmly: "Because you Shuanglong Township insisted on setting this rule at the beginning, and we actually didn't agree with it at the time. But if you insist on doing this, what can we do?
What should we do? Now that we want to make peace, do we really think that we, the people of Qinglong Township, are stupid?"
After hearing what he said, I understood why Patriarch Zhou insisted on asking me to come to Patriarch Liu. It turned out to be this.
In my silence, Patriarch Liu asked me again: "Did someone named Zhou send you to talk to me?"
I shook my head and said, "No one, I came here on my own."
He seemed to think he heard wrongly and asked me again: "What?"
"I came here on my own. No one asked me to come. In fact, I am not from Shuanglong Township."
"Where are you from?"
"I'm from Yulin Village."
"Are you from Yulin Village?" He stared at me in surprise and said for a long time, "How come I haven't seen you before? Boy, I'm warning you not to do the same thing as me. I know all the villagers in Yulin Village."
I continued: "I had an accident a month ago and was rescued from the river by Cheng Xiaohu and his two brothers. Then I lost my memory. Now I have been living in Cheng Xiaohu's house, and I can be considered half a Yulin Villager."
Patriarch Liu narrowed his eyes, took a breath and said, "I have heard about this incident. It turns out that the person Cheng Xiaohu saved was you!"
I nodded, but he still looked puzzled. He was stunned for a while and said, "No one really sent you to tell me this?"
I nodded heavily and said: "No one really sent me here. I volunteered. I just owe Boss Huang in the county more than 30,000 yuan. He stipulated that I should pay it back within a month. During this time, I went to the fields with Xiaohu."
, I discovered that there is so little land in our village, and when I asked people, I found out that part of the land is in Shuanglong Township. Then I went to the patriarch Zhou first, and he asked me to come to you."
"Haha." When Patriarch Liu heard what I said, he laughed again, but his smile looked strange.
I didn't say anything more, because I had already told him my purpose, and I was just waiting for his reply.
After a while, he asked me again: "What do you think? So many people in the two townships have not spoken out about this matter. Do you think you can solve this matter by yourself?"
"I know that this has been a grudge between your two townships for decades, and no one has ever come forward to resolve it. But I think it shouldn't be like this! We are all farmers, and land is definitely the most important. If we don't rectify it, it will really get worse.
The poorer." I said plausibly.
Patriarch Liu suddenly sighed: "It's rare! It's rare for a guy like you to dare to stand up! Not bad, not bad."
I saw that he seemed less serious than before, so I hurriedly said: "What do you think of Patriarch Liu?"
Patriarch Liu sighed and said: "But the problem is that this matter involves too many people and things, and it was the people of Shuanglong Village who first proposed such a division. It is impossible for us to regress now, right?"
After a pause, he continued: "Even if I agree, there are so many people in the village and not everyone will agree."
After being silent for a moment, I said: "So, Chief Liu, you want the people from Shuanglong Township to come and talk to us?"
"Yes, to put it simply, we need an apology."
It seems that this matter is really difficult to solve, because I really can't do it. Let the Zhou patriarch come to Qinglong Township to apologize on behalf of the entire township.
But I still want to know what happened decades ago?
Maybe you can find a solution from it!
So I asked Patriarch Liu: "Chief Liu, I really want to know what happened decades ago? Why did the two townships have such a big conflict?"
"It's a long story, but there's also a poignant love story in it."
"Oh, really?" I suddenly became interested.
"I was still young at that time. It was said that a young man from Shuanglong Township fell in love with a girl from our Qinglong Township decades ago. Both of them were well-known. They got married soon, but the man changed his mind after getting married.
He was out doing mischief every day, but his mother still defended him, saying that it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines."
Patriarch Liu paused and continued: "Indeed, it was normal at that time. Generally, big families had concubines with good memories, but the girl didn't like it. This girl was also a ruthless person. She used scissors to cut off the man while he was asleep.
That man was castrated."
I subconsciously tightened my legs and felt a sudden pain. This is a cruel person!
Patriarch Liu continued: "When the man's mother found out, she tied up the girl and found bandits to humiliate the girl. The girl had a hot temper and others thought she would commit suicide out of mind. However, the girl returned alone.
I went to kill the man's whole family, and then the girl also jumped into the sea. After that, Shuanglong Township and Qinglong Township were at odds with each other. That's probably it, no one knows the details."
I took a breath after hearing this. This is indeed very complicated. I'm sure everyone has a point. It just depends on how the villagers on both sides view this matter.
What puzzles me the most is that since it has been so long since this incident, why haven’t you gotten over it yet?
Maybe people have forgotten it a long time ago, but there are still some elderly people in the villages on both sides who are still worried about it.
After thinking for a while, I said again: "Clan Chief Liu, now I finally understand why your two villages are so disconnected. But Chief Liu, it's been so many years, shouldn't we all turn our differences into friendship?"
Patriarch Liu sneered and said, "What's the use of telling me all this? Again, if the man named Zhou wants a solution, let him come to me in person."
I hurriedly said: "Clan Chief Zhou said that as long as you agree, he will agree."
Patriarch Liu snorted again: "Nonsense! I am the head of Qinglong Township, and I agreed to mediate for no reason. What do the villagers think? How will I show my face in the future?"
After all, it is still a matter of face.
Regardless of whether it is Patriarch Zhou or Patriarch Liu, they actually want to resolve this matter, but neither side can afford to lose face.