Hushan Village, in a courtyard in the second phase of the new village.

A middle-aged couple was having dinner under the light.

The house is now a square, bright, clean and comfortable room, without the muddy and damp smell of the previous adobe house.

The light was an energy-saving lamp, so bright that I could even see the pockmarks on the face of the woman opposite me.

The meal had vegetables and meat, although it was just one plate, but it was much better than the greasy dishes a few years ago.

There was a glass of wine and a handful of peanuts in front of the man.

The couple had wine and meat in their own house. In this quiet evening, it was a simple yet happy dinner.

But the two people sitting at the table did not have any happiness on their faces, but instead looked worried.

The woman, who was wearing a red T-shirt and a waistband, leaned forward, looked at the man's face, and whispered, "Are you really going to agree to Baoxingwa?"

For many people in the village, the title of village chief belongs exclusively to Gu Daqiang.

The man frowned, picked up the glass and drank silently.

"I'm asking you a question!" The woman couldn't help but poke the man with the other end of the gun.

The man turned his head and glared at her, "What does it matter?"

"Why doesn't it matter?" The woman looked anxious. "Cadre Huo has done us a favor!"

The man exhaled a heavy breath from his nostrils, "I know!"

"You know! You knew and yet you still promised Baoxingwa!" The woman said bitterly, "Zhan Baoxing is such an ungrateful person. We can't do that!"

The man drank the wine in the glass, a look of pain appeared on his face, "Bao Xingwa said that as long as I cooperate with them tomorrow, he will help me get back the wages that Qian Renping owes me, and give me an extra 2,000 yuan in interest! He has already sent 10,000 this afternoon."

As he spoke, the man took out ten thousand yuan from his pocket and handed it to the woman.

Looking at the stack of red bills on the table, the woman stopped talking.

The man was a carpenter. At first, he was recruited by Gu Haitao and worked with Gu Haitao. Later, Gu Daqiang and Gu Haitao, father and son, chose to develop outside. Qian Renping's Renping Construction Company was recruiting people again, and the salary offered was higher than that of Gu Haitao. Gu Daqiang did not stop them. After thinking it over, he decided to stay in the village to work.

After two years of work, he earned a total of more than 100,000 yuan in wages, but Qian Renping paid him like squeezing toothpaste, and after two years, he still owed him more than 50,000 yuan.

Later, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply stopped working with Qian Renping and found another way to make a living on his own.

But the money has been delayed.

Because of this, he went to Qian Renping's company to make trouble and was beaten.

I went to find Zhan Baoxing, and he patted his chest, but it was of no use.

He also went to find Qin, a cadre who was already an official in the town at that time. Qin said he would help ask about it, but there was no further response.

It is really a big temptation for him to get the money back now.

He looked at the woman and said, "Cadre Huo is very lucky and has a good life. He doesn't need me. I just want the money back. 50,000 yuan!"

The woman sighed, poured him another glass of wine, and handed him the snack. "Let's eat."

After dinner, the woman quickly cleared the dishes and went into the kitchen.

The man silently drank the last sip of wine, stood up and walked out of the room.

His leg was slightly lame, because it was broken by the thugs under Qian Renping when he went to collect a debt.

He sat under the eaves, lit a cigarette and smoked silently.

At night, the couple closed the courtyard gate and the door of their room and went into the bedroom.

The open windows allow for a pleasant cross breeze.

The two of them lay on the mat, each with a thin blanket covering their chest and abdomen.

Listening to the faint sounds of cars and people outside, the man suddenly asked, "How much money did the cooperative distribute last year?"

The woman said, "More than 10,000 yuan. The industrial park has made such a big fuss, but in the end, it's not even half of what Cadre Huo made back then. Zhan Baoxing really has no conscience!"

The man did not respond, and the room fell silent again.

After a while, the man spoke again, "I heard that the buildings in the next few batches are full of problems?"

"That's right! We hadn't lived here for long. The rooftop was leaking, the toilet flush was broken, and the electrical wires burned out. We were lucky. We have lived here for several years without any problems."

The man slowly sat up from the bed, took out cigarettes and lighters from the bedside table, and started smoking silently.

The woman looked at his back, pursed her lips, grabbed the quilt and said nothing.

"Forget it, I don't want the 40,000 yuan."

Suddenly the man spoke.

The woman sat up suddenly, and the man turned his head to look at her, "Don't blame me."

"It's your fault, you idiot!" The woman suddenly laughed, punched him, and then tears rolled out of the corners of her eyes.

"Why are you crying? Never mind. I still want it!"

The woman twisted his waist angrily, "Don't change! If you don't want it, then don't want it! We can earn it ourselves!"

The man nodded and patted his thigh. "Money and paper, if you don't have them, you can earn them again. If you have a bad conscience, you will never sleep well for the rest of your life!"

The woman wiped her eyes and said, "That's right!"

The man snorted, "You are so ignorant and yet you are criticizing me!"

The woman said nothing, but silently reached out her hand and twisted the flesh around her waist again.

The man bared his teeth and growled, "You won't need your claws anymore!"

"No! No need!"

"You damn bitch, you're going to make trouble!" The man put out his cigarette, turned around and pressed forward.

Ten minutes later, the woman leaned on the man's chest and said, "Honey, I think you look like a hero today."

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