"Since you trust me, just focus on running the workshop."

"Oh well."

Xiang Baiwei did what she said and went to the grain workshop that day to survey the terrain.

Three days later, early in the morning, the two brothers who were deceived by Xiang Baiwei began to use carts and tractors to pull bricks, cement and other materials there.

The noise was quite loud and attracted people from the village to watch the fun.

Just after Jiang Sui finished setting off the firecrackers, someone pulled him aside and asked, "What are you doing? Do you think the grain workshop is a little small and want to expand it?"

"No, let's do something else." Jiang Sui didn't say much. He chatted with the man for a few words, then put on his work clothes and went to work.

A week later, the newly built workshop entered the final stage of decoration.

Liu Mei, who had to return home after recuperating from her injuries in the county town, saw the newly built building next to the grain workshop as soon as she entered Xiangjiazhuang.

Xu Xiuxiu, who came to pick her up, explained, "That was done by Xiang Baiwei. I heard she was going to open a new one. She has so many ideas."

"What's going to be opened? Isn't a grain workshop enough?" Liu Mei suppressed her curiosity and didn't dare to go over there.

After arriving at the residence, Liu Mei packed her things and gave Xu Xiuxiu the gift she had specially bought in the county.

Those were the new fashionable silk scarves in the city. Liu Mei bought three at once and gave them all to Xu Xiuxiu.

A few days ago, Xu Xiuxiu went to the market in town and wanted to buy silk scarves but didn't find anything she liked. She held the three scarves Liu Mei bought for her and said, "Thank you, Xiaomei, how did you know I needed this?"

"I remember hearing you say that before." Liu Mei shared the snacks she bought with her. "Do you like it?"

"I like it, of course I like it. The things you bought are much better looking than those in the town's supply and marketing cooperative. If you have time someday, let's go shopping in the county department store together, shall we?"

"Why do you suddenly want to go to the city?"

"that…"

Xu Xiuxiu remembered that the last time she watched a movie in the next village, she fell in love with a pretty handsome young man from the same village.

She felt that the look in the young man's eyes was also very dramatic.

Maybe you can give it a try yourself.

"Xiu Xiu?" Liu Mei walked over curiously and waved her hand in front of her eyes, "What are you thinking about? You didn't even respond when I talked to you."

"I was just wondering when I can have time to go to the county town." Xu Xiuxiu smiled but didn't dare to tell the truth.

After the incident with Li Dazhuang, she actually began to have some doubts about Liu Mei.

Although these doubts have not yet been made public, she no longer trusts Liu Mei as much as before.

After a while, Liu Mei was still a little worried about Li Dazhuang, and couldn't help asking, "I heard from someone that on the day I got into trouble, the man who had been looking for trouble with Xiang Baiwei came to look for you again?"

Xu Xiuxiu nodded: "Yes, I don't know those crazy people at all. Who knows where they came from? They caught me and said that I sold them a bad watch and cheated them of their money, and asked me to pay compensation."

"Watch?" Liu Mei asked knowingly, "Isn't it the one I gave you before?"

"Yes, I clearly put it well. I don't know how I could have lost it." While Xu Xiuxiu was speaking, she observed Liu Mei's reaction subtly.

Liu Mei, who was much more experienced than Xu Xiuxiu, saw through her plan at a glance: "I told you not to carve your name on the back of the watch. Also, have you found out who stole it?"

"No, no one will admit it, and I'm afraid of ruining my relationship with the people living here, so I don't dare to look for them in a big way." Xu Xiuxiu was very upset. She got involved in this lawsuit for no reason. "I wanted to call the police and let them handle it, but Li Dazhuang threatened me. He said that if I dared to call the police, I would be finished."

"How can there be such a person!" Liu Mei slammed the table in anger. "No, this matter must be investigated. You can't be blamed for nothing. If you don't dare, I will go with you to call the police and let them investigate carefully."

"But…"

Xu Xiuxiu followed her and walked out of the yard in silence.

Each of them had their own ulterior motives and was waiting for the other to speak up and call a halt first.

After all, Liu Mei was more patient.

"Xiaomei, I think we should not do that," Xu Xiuxiu stopped and held Liu Mei, "That Li Dazhuang looks scary, and I heard that his uncle works in the factory, and he has a lot of particularly vicious friends. Let's not offend him, right?"

Liu Mei looked at her with a look of dismay: "Are you just going to swallow this loss? This matter obviously has nothing to do with you, are you willing to be bullied by him like this?"

Xu Xiuxiu thought of what Li Dazhuang said before and grinned: "Actually, this matter is not as terrible as you said. During the days you were in the hospital, Li Dazhuang came to see me several times. Every time, I firmly stated that I was not the one who lied to him."

"He doesn't look like a reasonable person. Will he believe you if you just say you didn't do it?" Liu Mei looked at her suspiciously, her heart clenched into a ball with nervousness.

After Xu Xiuxiu unilaterally tested Liu Mei with a not-so-clever method, she thought her judgment was correct and nodded happily: "Yes, he believed it. Although he didn't believe it at first, he saw my firm attitude and decided to arrange for his friends to check it out again. So, let's not call the police."

"So that's how it is. That's good. Just keep waiting patiently. Maybe you can wait until Li Dazhuang finds out the truth." Liu Mei looked relieved and took Xu Xiuxiu back to the room. "I came out of the hospital today and bought some delicious candies. You can try them too. I think you will like them."

"You're so nice to me."

The greedy Xu Xiuxiu picked up the pile of candies with a smile.

Liu Mei, who was behind, slowly put away her smile.

Xu Xiuxiu was quite lucky. She was able to handle Li Dazhuang's problem so easily.

It’s a pity that the situation was handled too well, so the blame cannot be put on her now.

And with Jiang Sui's help, Xiang Baiwei was no longer likely to be framed.

Now, the person who should be most worried about the situation is actually herself.

Liu Mei kicked the door in annoyance.

It's such a hassle. I originally thought that this matter would be automatically resolved by staying in the hospital.

But now it seems that this matter is a sword hanging over our heads, and we don’t know when it will fall again.

This is so annoying. Li Dazhuang might arrange people to guard the free market. If I want to buy something or make a transaction in the future, I won’t be able to go to the free market.

While Liu Mei was feeling annoyed, Jiang Sui had already set out for the North Machinery Factory in the county.

Xiang Baiwei was busy and couldn't get away, so she couldn't go with them.

(End of this chapter)