Chapter 48 Are you sure you want to do such a shameful thing?

"You said it, and we all believed you."

Xiao Jinchuan looked at the secretary, then glanced at the crowd watching the excitement, and slowly spoke.

"According to the rural homestead management regulations, housing construction must not encroach on collective or other people's homesteads, and the projection of a house must not exceed the land boundary."

"In other words, your overhanging eaves are also considered to be encroaching on other people's residential land."

The tall man's expression changed instantly: "How is this possible? This doesn't count!"

"Why doesn't it count? Didn't you hear Deputy Captain Xiao say that the projection of a building cannot exceed the boundary of the property? Your entire roof exceeds the boundary, so it must count!"

Even if the short guy is wrong, he will still take the blame. Now that he is right, it is impossible for him to be nice to the tall guy.

"Now that everything is clear, can I ask him to remove the eaves of their house?"

Xiao Jinchuan nodded: "Theoretically, it's possible."

"But... we're all from the same village, so we need to be considerate of each other. I've come up with three solutions. You two should discuss what to do."

The short man thought about it and felt that what Xiao Jinchuan said made sense.

"Okay, go ahead and tell me."

"First, the Zhou family will compensate the Wu family with 20 work points as a lump sum for occupying the roof. The Wu family must also agree in writing not to pursue the matter further."

Xiao Jinchuan found out everything on the way here. The tall man's surname was Zhou and the short man's surname was Wu.

Because the two families lived close to each other, there were constant frictions.

This time, because the Zhou family was renovating their new house and occupied some space, they were caught red-handed by the Wu family, which caused such a big fuss.

Tall Lao Zhou immediately refused: "No, no, it's just such a small space and you want 20 work points from me. Why don't you just go and rob it?"

"You're willing to exchange 20 work points for mine, but I'm not willing to do that."

Xiao Jinchuan immediately proposed a second plan.

"Second, a physical exchange. I saw a jujube tree in the Zhou family's backyard, planted right next to the courtyard wall. We can give the tree to the Wu family in exchange for keeping the eaves. The Wu family can pick the jujubes anytime, but they can't cut down the tree."

Old Zhou was even more unwilling to hear this. This jujube tree had been growing for so many years. He was asked to give it to someone else for nothing, especially to Old Wu. This would be more painful than killing him.

"That won't do. This date tree of mine is at least ten years old. I can't give it to him for nothing."

The short old Wu was furious: "You don't want this, you don't want that. Do you think you'll be happy only if you take advantage of me? You can't take advantage of everything!"

"I don't care what you say, I just don't want to. Don't even think about taking any advantage from me."

Seeing him like a stubborn donkey, Old Wu angrily pointed at him and said, "Deputy Captain Xiao, you saw it too. He's not cooperating at all. He's just trying to take advantage of our family. I'm going to give him a beating today!"

As he spoke, Old Wu began to roll up his sleeves, looking very angry, but fortunately he was stopped by the secretary next to him.

"Don't be impulsive. Aren't we all discussing this? Besides, have you forgotten that you two were fighting before and you couldn't hit anyone else?"

When Old Wu heard this, he became even angrier.

"You really are a family, right? You don't hit people in the face, and you don't expose their shortcomings when you scold them. He took advantage of me, and you still want to expose my shortcomings. You, the Zhou family, are going too far!"

The secretary got a headache after hearing this and quickly denied that this was not what he meant.

The people around watching the fun were enjoying themselves. Life on the island was monotonous and even the things they did every day were pretty much the same.

What I look forward to most is that someone will have some fun, and it would be best if I could watch the excitement for the whole day.

"If you ask me, you should just have a fight. Whoever wins will be the boss!"

"No, no, Old Wu has already suffered a loss. If he gets beaten up again, there will be no point in him talking to anyone."

"Then what should we do? Deputy Captain Xiao makes a suggestion, and they reject it. Isn't this just embarrassing?"

The secretary also felt that these two were deliberately making things difficult for him. How could they be so stubborn?

"So, do you two have any better ideas?"

Old Wu's eyes rolled. "Either he gives me some compensation, or he knocks down the roof and rebuilds it. I won't accept anything else."

"Bah, you bastard, you're still trying to take advantage of me and want money. You want it or not? I can't give you any money. I've almost finished repairing the house, so there's no way I'm going to tear it down."

Hearing Lao Zhou's attitude, I knew there was no way we could have a good conversation.

Xiao Jinchuan pinched his brows and interrupted their quarrel: "Stop arguing for now, I'll think of a solution."

The two of them stopped talking at the same time, waiting for Xiao Jinchuan to come up with a solution.

Song Yunqing stood in the crowd, admiring Xiao Jinchuan's helplessness and secretly laughing in his heart.

Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao had led soldiers before, and he had brought out all the tough soldiers, no matter how tough they were. He didn't expect that when he came to the small Xingyong Island, he would be stumped by the daily trivialities.

Seeing Song Yunqing's smiling face, Xiao Jinchuan strode up to her. For some reason, he always felt that Song Yunqing should have a way.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Song Yunqing was a little surprised: "How do you know I have a way?"

Xiao Jinchuan's brows relaxed: "So it's true?"

Song Yunqing's eyes widened: "Oh no, I've been tricked out."

"Let me hear you."

Song Yunqing became arrogant and said, "What good will it do if I tell you?"

"In the evening I cook, I wash the dishes, I do the laundry."

Song Yunqing smacked his lips and thought for a while, feeling that it was not enough.

She waved her hand, and Xiao Jinchuan leaned over. She whispered a few words into his ear, and saw Xiao Jinchuan's face turn red instantly.

"you……"

"No way? No way, forget it!"

Xiao Jinchuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

Song Yunqing smiled like a cat that had stolen some fish: "It's very simple, just give them a taste of their own medicine."

She only said this one sentence, and Xiao Jinchuan immediately understood.

He walked into the crowd and spoke to Lao Zhou and Lao Wu who were still angry with each other.

"The last option is that you don't need to compensate me for anything. Since your roof, Old Zhou, takes up space in Old Wu's house, the Wu family can use the space under the roof for free."

Old Wu immediately asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Jinchuan walked to the eaves and pointed at the corner of the wall covered by the eaves.

"This area is sheltered by the Zhou family's eaves. It's protected from the wind and rain. You can store farm tools or some grain here to make up for the loss of occupation!"

When Zhou Yi heard that he didn't have to pay for anything or demolish his house, he immediately agreed.

Old Wu refused to give in, feeling that he had been wronged.

Xiao Jinchuan pulled him to a deserted place and spoke in a low voice.

"Is your son going to join the army next year? The political review will include checking your neighborhood relationships. Don't lose sight of the big picture over such a small matter."

Old Wu immediately came to his senses. Yes, it was nothing for the Zhou family to occupy such a small piece of land. If this matter affected his son's enlistment in the army, it would be a real loss.

"Oh my, Deputy Captain Xiao, thanks to your reminder. I agree to this proposal!"

Old Wu thought about it, then walked over and compared it. The place was not wide, but it was a good place to put tools and give the puppy some cool air.

There's no loss if you calculate it this way.

He turned to Lao Zhou and said, "Today, for the sake of Deputy Head Xiao and the Secretary, I agree to this proposal. But you must be more careful when building houses in the future. If something like this happens again, I won't let you off so easily."

Old Zhou glanced at him sideways, said "huh" and turned back.

When the secretary saw that such a big conflict was resolved by Xiao Jinchuan in just a few words, he felt impressed.

"In the past, the two of them would quarrel for three days and three nights over a small conflict. This time, it was all thanks to Deputy Captain Xiao."

Xiao Jinchuan looked at Song Yunqing tenderly: "Actually, you all saw it. This was all my lover's idea."

The secretary nodded appreciatively: "Deputy Head Xiao and your wife are truly a match made in heaven."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Song Yunqing felt a little embarrassed no matter how thick-skinned he was.

"Well, I still have clothes drying at home, I'll go back first."

Xiao Jinchuan looked at her back and felt like he was running away.

After this incident, Song Yunqing's image in other people's minds improved a lot.

In the past, because of her identity, everyone was only tolerable to her on the surface. In fact, there were many people who felt in their hearts that she was not worthy of Xiao Jinchuan.

After this incident, not everyone changed their minds, but at least half of the people changed their views on her.

What's worthy or not worthy? Didn't you see that Deputy Captain Xiao sometimes has to ask her for advice?

Now that the problem was solved, Old Wu finally felt relieved.

Before leaving, he muttered, "Luckily, the girl from the Tian family told me in time, otherwise I would have been taken advantage of by Zhou."

Only after the matter was finally resolved did Xiao Jinchuan come to the office.

"Sorry, I was delayed on the way."

Zhao Hu looked up: "It's okay, I guess you haven't been here for so long, you must have something important to do."

Xiao Jinchuan hummed, then hurriedly picked up the notebook and prepared to go out.

"Deputy Captain Xiao!"

Zhao Hu called him.

"Are you going to check on the transportation of supplies?"

"Well, the county is sending someone to inspect. The storage of supplies on the island is particularly important, especially this time, we can't be careless."

"Don't worry. Since you didn't show up this morning, Old Chen has already gone to the dock to keep an eye on it. He's always steady and prudent, so there's nothing wrong."

Xiao Jinchuan felt a little relieved, but still prepared to go and see for himself.

"I'll go take another look."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Zhao Hu didn't force him anymore.

When Xiao Jinchuan walked to the dock with the notebook, he saw Chen Zhicheng diligently counting the goods, writing down the types and quantities in the notebook before letting people move them away.

Seeing Xiao Jinchuan coming from afar, Chen Zhicheng trotted over to greet him: "Deputy Captain Xiao."

"How is it, are the quantities correct?"

"Don't worry, Deputy Head. I've personally checked all the quantities, so there won't be any problems."

Xiao Jinchuan nodded and asked Chen Zhicheng to continue the inventory, while he looked around to make sure everything was put into the warehouse.

"Store this carefully, don't let it get wet."

Suddenly, he felt a burning gaze.

Xiao Jinchuan suddenly looked up...