"Does he often pester you? If you don't want him to, you can talk to the captain and ask him to adjust."

The woman looked embarrassed. "Lai Hua is a notorious scoundrel in the village, and his family is particularly unreasonable. Because of this reputation, no one in the surrounding villages is willing to marry him. He just sees that my family has no support, so he bullies us, young and old."

"Wenlan, who are you talking to? Is Lai here again?"

"Grandma, it was the new manager Jiang who helped me get rid of Lai Hua."

An old lady with white hair and a thin figure walked out of the yard, but she walked lightly and looked in good spirits. She looked at Jiang Tang with a smile and said, "It's Secretary Jiang. Come in and sit inside. Thank you for helping my family, Wen Lan. If you don't mind, come to my house for lunch today."

Jiang Tang smiled and waved her hands: "No, no, you guys are busy, I'm leaving first."

Jiang Tang said as he was about to leave.

But Wen Lan pulled him back: "Secretary Jiang, please stay. If you don't stay, I'll feel bad."

"I'm eating at the third restaurant in front today. Hers should be ready by now."

The old lady thought the same and did not force her to stay. She said to her granddaughter, "Then go to your fourth uncle Luo's house this afternoon and tell him that Secretary Jiang is coming to our house for dinner in the evening."

Wen Lan nodded in response and said to Jiang Tang, "Secretary Jiang, I'll go to your house and call you before dinner."

Jiangtang felt that it didn't matter where they ate, as long as they could coordinate, so she nodded in agreement.

When going to eat at noon, Jiang Tang told Uncle Luo's house that they would go to the house next door for dinner in the evening.

Fourth Aunt Luo asked, "Auntie Huixian's family. Did the captain also put them on the list?"

Jiang Tang's eyes lit up. She was looking for this person, and it turned out that he was right next to her: "Can't they queue at home?"

"They are a family of lonely old people, with one old and one young. When cadres go to the countryside, they usually don't arrange for them to stay at her house. Although Aunt Huixian is in good health, she can't do much farm work. Yet, she insisted on letting Wenlan go to high school. Last winter, Aunt Huixian was still looking for food in the mountains even when it was snowing.

Almost encountered a wild boar.

Her family is short of food.”

Jiang Tang said, "I'll talk to her later. We'll have dinner at Fourth Uncle's tonight."

Aunt Luo Si was delighted to hear this. The cadres came to their house for dinner and were given food coupons and money, which was two or three cents a day.