I Helped the Whole Village Get Rich, and You Steal My Melons and Get Me in Trouble?

While at university, Su Tian started a business and found himself a kind, capable wife. As soon as he had a little money, he set his heart on returning to his hometown to help the villagers get rich.

He invested a million yuan to lease neglected fields from the elderly at a high price and grow pumpkins. He even promised to share the profits with them and help them prosper by growing pumpkins. But just as the pumpkins ripened, groups of village elders stole them on a massive scale.

"You're so rich. What's wrong with me taking a few of your pumpkins? Have you no conscience?"

"You grew pumpkins on our land and didn't give us any. I'm old, so what if I came to take some? And you call us thieves? Is your heart made of stone?"

Su Tian tried to negotiate with the village, but the elders showed no remorse. They went even further and destroyed every last pumpkin he had invested a million yuan to grow.

The village said, "The elderly are struggling. What's wrong with them smashing a couple of your pumpkins? You even want to call the police and have them arrested. Have you no conscience at all?"

Years later, Su Tian, now a Forbes-listed millionaire, looks at the still-impoverished mountain village and sneers. "Serves you right."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.