Next, Xiaolong Village became bustling with activity. People from neighboring villages came to help carry bricks. Money makes things easier. Truckloads of building materials were transported to the village entrance. There used to be several public houses here for the village children to go to school. Later, the children went to study in the town, and the houses were left idle.
The dilapidated house certainly couldn't be used as a factory. Since there was an investor involved, it was demolished and rebuilt. The new house was built by the roadside at the entrance of the village, which would be the face of Xiaolong Village, so that passersby could see it at a glance and it would also be convenient for parking.
During this time, Su Xiaonuan went to town to find a tutor for Moxi. Her bicycle almost became Moxi's personal vehicle, and she would go back and forth to town every day for tutoring.
On market days, Moxi would take half a day off to set up a stall. The goods she brought back from the provincial capital would sell out in just two markets. She also earned her first twenty yuan. After paying back her sister-in-law's initial investment, she had a considerable amount of private money.
That day, Su Xiaonuan was at the entrance of the village with her two sons, looking at the factory buildings that were rising from the ground and the road, thinking to herself, "Why hasn't Moxi come back yet, it's so late today?"
As darkness fell, there was still no sign of Moxi.
Zhang Yulan also ran out. "Xiao Nuan, why hasn't Moxi come back yet?"
"Mom, how about I go take a look?"
"No, it's already dark. You can't go. If anyone's going, it's me."
"Where are you going?" Mersey walked over from the darkness.
"Moxi, you're back?" Zhang Yulan's heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, immediately settled down.
"Where's your bicycle?" Xiao Nuan noticed something was wrong.
"I'm so angry!" Mo Xi started cursing. "That wicked woman, Lan Yin, deliberately crashed my bicycle with her car and then had her man threaten me."
"Lan Yin's man? Is it Jiang Yi?"
“No, it’s a man old enough to be her father,” Mersey said angrily. “That woman is shameless; she turned around and married an old man.”
“I’m not interested in her man. Let’s get straight to the point about the bicycle. Has it been compensated?” Su Xiaonuan said. If it hasn’t been compensated, she will go to town right now to demand it back.
"They gave me two hundred yuan in compensation, but they threw it at me," Mo Xi said, her voice trembling with tears. "You have no idea how smug Li Chunxiang and Lan Yin were. When I was picking up the money, they even stepped on my fingers."
"Let me see your hands!" Zhang Yulan reached out to grab her daughter's hand.
"Mom, let's go back first. It's dark here and we can't see anything."
Moxi's hands were swollen from being stepped on, and Zhang Yulan burst into tears, "This heartless mother and daughter are inhuman! How could they do such a cruel thing? Just wait, Mom will definitely get justice for you."
"Mom, where are you going?"
"Of course, we'll go to the Lan family's house."
"They live in town and haven't gone back to the village. Where are you going to look for them?"
"Then I'll go talk to the village chief. This is outrageous!"
Moxi wanted to call her back, but Xiaonuan took the ointment and opened the lid. "Let her go. If we don't talk to her, she'll probably be too angry to sleep tonight."
"Sister-in-law, how can someone be so wicked?" Moxi asked, enduring the pain. "And I used to be so close to her."
"Your sister-in-law will avenge you." Xiao Nuan gently blew on her fingers. "Don't touch tap water, and don't do anything. Just stay home and read books. Don't do anything else."
"Sister-in-law, this is going to be tough. I see all the town leaders are with that old man of hers," Mo Xi said worriedly. "She's got quite a background. Not only has Lan Yin changed her identity, but Li Chunxiang has too. It seems like she's up to no good. We need to be careful."
"Fear not! We'll use earth to dam the water, and we'll block the soldiers when they come!"
Aunt Hua and the village chief came with Zhang Yulan.
Murthy's fingers were covered in ointment, so thick that there was no gap between them when they were spread out.
"That's a bit too ruthless, isn't it?" The village chief frowned. "We're all from the same village, and everyone has seen how good you've been to the Lan family. I never imagined that the Lan girl could be so vicious."
"Village chief, you have to stand up for Moxi!" Aunt Hua cursed angrily. "That damned woman Li Chunxiang, if she dares to come back to the village, I won't let her off. Raising such a bad daughter is unforgivable."
Aunt Hua felt guilty, thinking that Moxi had incurred the hatred of Lan Yin and her daughter because she helped her. She secretly vowed that she would definitely fight back for Moxi when she had the chance.
"Village Chief, Aunt Hua, please have a seat."
"You silly child, you're injured like this, and you still care whether we sit or not?" The village chief patted her on the shoulder. "Take good care of yourself, we won't bother you anymore. Have your aunt bring some medicine over tomorrow, it's quite effective."
"Thank you, Village Chief!"
"Xiao Nuan, let Mo Xi drink a couple of sips of this health tonic. Just a couple of sips will make her fall asleep quickly and stop the pain. When she wakes up, the pain will be relieved. Give it a try, it's guaranteed to work." Aunt Hua squeezed Zhang Yulan's hand. "Sister-in-law, don't be sad. I will avenge Mo Xi."
After they left, the family sat down around the table for dinner.
Zhang Yulan fed her daughter with the food.
Su Xiaonuan fed Dou Dou and Guo Guo.
The two children watched and then started teasing their aunt, laughing at her for being so big and still needing her grandma to feed her.
Moxi's glaring and puffing cheeks at the two boys were useless; he was constantly embarrassed by them.
"Dou Dou, Guo Guo, you're not allowed to talk about your aunt like that. A bad person stepped on my hand and broke it. You can't laugh at your aunt, okay?"
"Oh." After realizing their mistake, the two of them stopped eating and ran to their aunt's side, one on each side helping her blow on the air, and even raising their little fists to say they wanted to beat up the bad guys for their aunt.
"Then hurry up and finish the rice in your bowls. Only by eating can you grow tall, and only when you grow tall can you fight bad guys." Xiao Nuan tapped the bowl. "Come on, just a few more bites and we'll be done."
After saying that, she took a spoon, scraped the food in the bowl together, poured in some soup, mixed it well, and fed each child a few bites before picking up her own bowl to eat.
I wasn't in a good mood, so I didn't even want to eat the food. I just poured some vegetable soup over my rice and ate it in a few bites before getting up to clear the table.
During this period, Moxi has been doing almost all the housework, such as washing dishes, while Xiaonuan has wanted to do it but hasn't had the chance.
"Put it down quickly!" Zhang Yulan went into the kitchen and brought her a bowl of hot food. "I've kept a bowl of food warm in the pot for you, eat it quickly first."
"Mom, I'm full." Her eyes welled up with tears. "Don't save any dishes for me separately in the future."
"I was worried you wouldn't like cold food. Don't you always drink hot water?" Zhang Zhulan placed the dishes in front of her. "Eat some more!"
Unable to refuse their hospitality, she divided some of the food in Moxi's bowl and some in her mother-in-law's bowl. When she finished dividing the food, she found that there was a fried egg at the bottom of the bowl.
"Mersh, you're injured, here, have some."
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