Chapter 214 - 214: Step Back

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Tong Tiehu stared with a stern expression, his gaze sharp as a knife, “Go wherever you want, Anping Village can’t tolerate such sinister people anyway.” “Village Chief, they know they’ve made a mistake, give them another chance. They really won’t dare again. Once more, give them one more chance!” Qiao Qinghe pleaded.

“You think they really won’t dare?” Tong Tiehu counter-questioned, “You didn’t see what happened just now, do you know how hysterical the Sun family has become?”

Out of sympathy for his grandson, he didn’t revisit the details to spare Tong Sanlang further embarrassment.

However, his tone had hardened, “Qinghe, there’s no room for discussion on this issue.”

“These three people have to leave Anping Village today.”

“But they have nowhere to go!” Qiao Qinghe became anxious.

“Doesn’t your family own farmland? They could build a shack in the field. When you exiled Changshun and his family, that’s what he did,” Tong Tiehu suggested.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Qinghe’s face turned red.

He had been misguided back then with his single-minded determination to nurture Sun Junyan, which resulted in him over-exploiting Qiao Changshun. However, all of this is in the past now.

Now, the most important thing is the trio of Sun Junyan, Qiao Meipan, and the Sun family!

“Village Chief, the three of them are all injured. It’s only April, if they live in a shack, they might not make it!”

“It’s not too cold now, if they wrap themselves properly with blankets, they can make it through,” Tong Tiehu said firmly.

“Village Chief, this is a matter of life and death. Can you let them leave after they’ve recovered? Please tolerate them for a few more days. In their current state, they definitely won’t cause any trouble, 1 promise!” Qiao Qinghe put down his pride and pleaded continuously.

Tong Tiehu pondered for a moment and nodded, “Okay, you can start building a shack for them. Once they recover, they will leave Anping Village immediately.”

If these three were to die because they can’t endure the hardship, he, who originally held the moral high ground, might end up looking unreasonable.

“Absolutely, absolutely.” Qiao Qinghe nodded continuously, secretly relieved.

At least they weren’t expelled immediately, which indicated that things could still change.

Thank goodness they were seriously injured!

“Treat their injuries well. With Doctor Wu present, they will recover quickly.” Tong Tiehu turned around and ordered several women to carry the Sun family and Qiao Meipan down.

“Alright, all of you can disperse now.” He waved his broad hands gesturing everyone to leave.

Although it was not a busy farming season, each household had chores to do. Once the excitement had subsided, everybody retreated back home.

Tong Tiehu and Tong Sanlang drove the ox cart home, while Qiao Xiaomai hesitated for a moment before following them.

She didn’t actually have much to say to Qiao Qinghe.

“Xiaomai, are you going to town?” Tong Tiehu asked.

“Yes. My father’s leg has been hurting, so we’re going to see a doctor.”

“That’s perfect, we can go together. I’m heading to the Academy to see Sun Junyan’s teacher. A student like him should be expelled,” said Tong Tiehu.

This time, he was really going to cut off all of Sun Junyan’s escape routes, step by step forcing him into a dead end.

The grudge he harbored today was massive.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai subconsciously glanced at Tong Sanlang.

Tong Sanlang stood tall, leading the ox with his hand, staring straight ahead, not even casting a sidelong glance in her direction.

Seeing him like this, she inexplicably felt like laughing.

In the beginning, she was afraid that the villagers would gossip, and she was afraid that Tong Sanlang would overthink, so whenever she saw him, she would want to run and hide.

But it’s different now.

It was plain that now it was Tong Sanlang who wanted to avoid her.

She was sure that Tong Sanlang’s current thoughts were the same as hers when her period first began: From now on, I really hope we don’t see each other again.

This was dreadfully embarrassing..