You Called Me Heartless. Now That I'm Gone, the Whole Village Regrets It

After graduating from college, I returned to my hometown to start a business, leading the villagers to grow astragalus and get rich.

But as soon as I started making a little money, the villagers, egged on by the village Party secretary, set their sights on me, their “middleman.” They said I shouldn't profit off them and demanded that I give them the entire purchase price instead.

They even called me a greedy cheat and an ungrateful bastard...

In a fit of anger, I walked away.

Now the villagers are all panicking.

“Your astragalus can't be sold and is rotting in the fields. What does that have to do with me?”

“Your son's leg was broken by someone and he's lying in the hospital, but you can't pay the bills. What does that have to do with me?”

“Your family has no rice to eat...”