Chapter 73 Song Xingzhi: Has the Iron Tree Bloomed?

Upon hearing this, Zhong Aiguo's expression immediately froze.

Oh no, he's going to get thoroughly roasted by Zhang Chunxue now.

Sure enough, when he turned his head, he saw Zhang Chunxue looking at him with a mocking expression.

"Oh my, Village Chief Zhong truly lives up to his surname..."

Zhong Aiguo felt a chill run down his spine. He swallowed hard and quickly turned to scold Zhong Jingui, "Ahem! I accidentally mispronounced your name just now..."

"Zhong Jingui, what you did was really despicable! Your own family is in trouble, why are you blaming others?"

"Zhang Chunxue and you have settled things today, why are you still holding onto this?"

Zhong Jingui was almost furious: "Brother Aiguo! What do you mean I'm holding a grudge? Tell me yourself, who else but Zhang Chunxue could do something like this?"

"Why are you blaming me now?"

The older woman who was on good terms with Zhang Chunxue rolled her eyes: "Who else could it be?"

"Your mouth is always chattering away; you've offended countless people!"

"It's not impossible that they're thinking of taking this opportunity to teach you a lesson, and also to pin it on Chunxue..."

"Thinking about it this way, Chunxue was really wronged!"

Other villagers were also discussing it.

"That's right, nobody knows who did this, and after they did it, they pinned it on Chunxue, and then they just disappeared without a trace, and nobody even bothered to think about who they were..."

"That Aunt Chunxue really took the blame for something terrible!"

Zhong Aiguo coughed lightly again: "Alright, alright! It's dinnertime! What are you all still standing here for?"

"Guobang! Hurry up and take your sister back!" he yelled at Zhong Guobang, then started bothering the onlookers.

"You lazy women! Hurry up and go home to cook!"

"And you lazybones! Didn't you do enough work today?"

"Disperse! Disperse!"

The villagers who had been watching dispersed with laughter and went home, and Zhong Jingui was also dragged away by Zhong Guobang.

But seeing that Song Xingzhi was still standing there without moving, she gritted her teeth and made a crunching sound.

But in the end, Zhong Guobang still managed to drag her away.

Zhong Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief after everyone had left, and looked at Song Xingzhi: "Secretary Song, there's nothing else here, shall we go back?"

"This has made you come all this way again, without even saying a word..."

"It's getting late, why don't you come to my place for a quick bite?"

Song Xingzhi simply smiled gently: "Brother Aiguo, I have something to say to Sister Chunxue."

Zhong Aiguo didn't think much of it when he heard this, and nodded: "Okay, I'll go back first! Your aunt has already prepared the meal."

Song Xingzhi's smile became even gentler: "Brother Aiguo, you should go back first, don't keep your wife waiting."

Zhong Aiguo paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, oh, then I'll be going..."

But as he walked halfway there, he began to think that something was wrong.

Song Xingzhi has been acting really strange lately. Before, I always called him Uncle Aiguo and his wife Auntie. Why did he suddenly call her "Sister-in-law" just now?

He began to recall when Song Xingzhi started to change his address, and then he remembered what happened this morning in Zhong Jingui's courtyard.

At first, Song Xingzhi called him "Uncle Aiguo"! But after Zhang Chunxue started calling him "Brother Aiguo," Song Xingzhi changed his address accordingly.

Upon realizing this, Zhong Aiguo felt as if struck by lightning, and his mind became completely clear.

"No way? No way? Our Secretary Song hasn't had a girlfriend or any romantic feelings in all these years..."

"Could it be that Zhang Chunxue is really going to win him over?"

"What's in it for him? Is it Zhang Chunxue's three sons and one daughter? Is it because Zhang Chunxue is already a grandmother, and once they get married, he can become a grandfather?"

Zhong Aiguo couldn't understand it, not even a million times.

He felt he was probably overthinking it.

With this question in mind, Zhong Aiguo was still preoccupied while eating dinner at home, and several times he almost stuck his chopsticks into his nostrils.

His wife raised her hand and smacked him on the head, startling both his sons and daughters-in-law.

"What's going on?" Zhong Aiguo asked, looking completely bewildered.

"I just asked you what you're doing!" Zhong Aibo's wife, Yang Lifang, looked at him with a stern face. "Is my cooking really that bad? You'd rather stick it in your nose than put it in your mouth?"

Zhong Aiguo's lips twitched: "I was just thinking about something."

Yang Lifang immediately rolled her eyes: "Being a village chief is like being a government official! You think you can have all the work to do? Do you think you have that many things to think about?"

"Isn't this village just full of trivial matters every day?"

Zhong Aiguo clicked his tongue: "I'm not thinking about village affairs, I'm thinking about Zhang Chunxue's affairs."

Yang Lifang raised an eyebrow: "Chunxue? What about Chunxue now?"

His eldest son chuckled twice: "Aunt Chunxue really gave Dad a hard time today!"

The second son also chimed in with a smile: "Mom, you were cooking at home just now, didn't you see that Dad was taking Aunt Jin Gui's side today, and he got roasted by Aunt Chun Xue again."

Yang Lifang immediately looked disgusted: "I told you you're not a good village chief! Don't you understand the principle of helping those in need, not your own?"

"If I were Zhang Chunxue, I wouldn't bother talking to someone like Zhong Jingui. I'd just go up to her and slap her twice across the face first!"

Zhong Aiguo glared at her: "You're so rude! All you do is act tough at home! But outside, you're just like Zhang Chunxue!"

"Zhang Chunxue's approach was truly brilliant! With just a few words, she made Zhong Jingui lose all face and dignity!"

"She didn't even have to lift a finger!"

He shook his head again: "Besides, I'm not even thinking about her and Zhong Jingui's affair."

He looked at the younger members of his family and lowered his voice, saying, "I'm thinking about Zhang Chunxue and Secretary Song's matter."

Yang Lifang frowned immediately: "What? Could it be that someone is spreading rumors about Chunxue and Secretary Song?"

She immediately started cursing: "These people are just bored and have nothing better to do! People in other villages may not know what kind of person Secretary Song is, but don't we people in our own village know?"

"That's a monk!"

"But Chunxue, Guosheng has been dead for almost six years. Are these people still going to stop her from remarrying? Wouldn't that be just like her mother-in-law?"

"What? You insist on forcing her to remain chaste, don't you? Are you waiting for the court to issue her a chastity memorial arch?"

Her second daughter-in-law couldn't help but cover her mouth and burst out laughing.

Zhong Aiguo was speechless: "Look at you, look at you! I only said one sentence, and you can say a whole bunch of things!"

"I just find Clerk Song a bit strange, don't I?"

He told Yang Lifang about his discovery, and then added a sentence at the end.

"I think Clerk Song is deliberately trying to smooth over the issue of seniority with Zhang Chunxue! Although no one had ever cared before..."