Third Grandpa was startled, not expecting Village Chief He to come to admit his wrongs.
Village chiefs are always the most powerful figures in each village, respected and yielded to by the villagers. Even when a village chief did wrong, he would not admit it, yet Village Chief He personally came over to admit his mistake, this was really...
Third Grandpa didn't know what to say.
But their families still had to live in the village and might need the help of Village Chief He in the future, so he said, "Village Chief, this was the Lu Family's wrongdoing; it has nothing to do with you. The affair is past, let's not talk about it."
Gu Jinli cracked a smile and continued after Third Grandpa's words, "Indeed, you don't have to take it to heart. With County Captain Jiang and Uncle Shang around, the Lu Family can't bully our few families."
