If only Zhou Daliang's family did this, the Chief might not hold a grudge against him, but he wouldn't have a good impression either. If it were only the three families whose houses collapsed doing this, the Chief would at most spread his anger a bit more thinly. But if most, or even all of the families in the village did this.
What he felt was wrong would become right.
County Magistrate Fu himself thought it was normal since, after all, the weather had only completely cleared up these past few days.
Seeing that County Magistrate Fu treated it as a usual occurrence, deep down, the Chief also felt that it was normal.
He let out a sigh of relief and couldn't help but sigh again when looking at the mildewed grains in the yards of each household.
His own family was in a relatively good situation, without any damp or mildewed rice or wheat. But there were not a few among his relatives who suffered this plight, and as the kin of the villagers and Chief himself, it was indeed worrying.
