Amid their conversation, Wang Chen and the others followed the village chief into the small living room of the main house.
Once inside, the village chief warmly invited Wang Chen and his companions to take a seat, while Liu Cuihua went to prepare tea and water, and Liu Meng brought out a bounty of fruits and pastries from the back room.
Watching the family of three bustling about, Wang Chen, Zhang Hu, and Liu Shitou all felt a distinctive sense of discomfort and surprise.
The village chief's family was notorious throughout Taoyuan Village for their domineering and rude behavior.
Usually, only when someone important from town or a wealthy person visited, would the chief's family warmly receive them.
If it were just villagers coming over, they shouldn't even dream about being served tea or offered cigarettes proactively; merely sitting inside for a while was contingent on the chief's family mood and whether the visitors had come bearing gifts.
