Chapter 18 Chapter 18 [VIP]
The call was from the hospital.
The person who called was not Chen Bing, but another person who went to the meeting with him.
"Old Wang, you don't need me, do you?" Even though the person opposite repeated it three or four times, Zhuang Xiu still couldn't believe it.
The voice on the other end of the line rose an octave: "If I need you, I'll be that turtle bastard! From now on, my family will have no fart fever!"
Zhuang Xiu: "..."
Such a strong oath, it seems to be true.
"Old Liu will be sending the official document back soon. If you still don't believe me, wait until the people from Qilipu and Liuliting get back and go ask them. It's such a big deal, do you think I'm joking over the phone?"
After hearing his repeated assurances, the shock and surprise on Zhuang Xiu's face were gradually replaced by excitement and excitement.
I held the receiver and trembled for a long time before I remembered to ask him why he called: "Yeah, why are you calling from the hospital? Who's in trouble?"
"Who else could it be? Old Chen," Old Wang explained quietly. "I fell on my way out of a meeting, and I didn't bring much money with me. That's why I called you to bring the money."
Although she was happy, when she heard that Chen Bing had fallen down while walking properly, Zhuang Xiu couldn't help but tease him: "Hey, how can you be so useless?"
Chen Bing fell after he missed a step while going down the stairs after coming out of the auditorium.
Today is National Day. When we went to the city for a meeting, several people didn't take the meeting seriously.
I just thought it was just like usual, planning future work and explaining the priorities after the holiday.
It was not until the meeting when the Urban Construction Bureau staff produced a map with the word "demolition" marked on it that he vaguely realized that the demolition that had been discussed for several years had come to fruition.
In the past few decades, Huancheng District has always been the most prosperous area in Yu City.
Therefore, many people think that this demolition will be expanded and renovated with Huancheng District as the center, and several urban villages in Huancheng District will be demolished first.
Of course, some people also say that a new city center will be built on the outskirts of the city.
But this statement sounds too outrageous. After all, who would give up a place that has been prosperous for decades and open up new territory instead of going far away?
Therefore, this statement was only spread in the villages around Yu City, and it had been a daydream for several years.
Unexpectedly, this unrealistic daydream actually came true.
The future city center of Yu City will really be located on the vast arable land in the east.
Qilipu, Liuliting, Yaozhuang, Lijia Village, Jicheng Village... There are a total of nine villages on the demolition list.
Looking at the red-headed document handed down to him, Chen Bing's face was calm and expressionless, but his fingers holding the document couldn't stop shaking.
I was clearly excited, but my eyes couldn't help but turn red when I breathed.
Crying tears of joy? That's how the idiom is used, right?
During the several-hour meeting, Chen Bing sat upright from beginning to end, not daring to show his inner joy, for fear that the people from the Planning Bureau and the Urban Construction Bureau would take back their village's quota for demolition.
It wasn't until the meeting was over and the matter was settled that he dared to laugh out loud.
After coming out of the auditorium, Chen Bing read the red-headed document in his hand over and over again. This unreal feeling was like a dream.
But he was so focused on reading the documents that he didn't notice the steps under his feet. As a result, he missed a step and ended up in tragedy...
After learning about the demolition, Zhuang Xiu hurried to the broadcasting room and informed everyone of the news in a trembling voice.
"I just received a notice from the village chief. It has been confirmed that our village will be demolished!"
At 12:30 noon, the scorching temperature reached its peak of the day.
The cats and dogs in the village were all lazily lying in the shade, ready to take a nap. After finishing their meals, every household also prepared to take a nap while listening to the National Day special programs on the radio or TV.
But when Zhuang Xiu's voice spread to every corner of the village, the cheers coming from each courtyard made the wind, which was gradually losing its heat, boil again.
Soon, Wang Shunmin came back with the good news of the demolition.
In addition to posting the demolition arrangements on the bulletin board, each household received a dozen-page plan book on the demolition schedule.
Chen Bing was still in the hospital, so Wang Shunmin was asked to help everyone solve the problems regarding the demolition.
"Are they really going to demolish it? When?"
"Demolition can't be done with just words. We have to follow the schedule step by step. I estimate it will not be until next year at the earliest."
"Where will we live after the demolition? Will we be given new housing?"
"Isn't it in the plan? The new house won't be divided until everything is finished and we move back."
"Since we're going to tear it down, can you give me some money in advance? I want to buy a gold bracelet."
"...That's a wonderful thought. Okay, okay, you all go back first. We'll talk about it in detail after Old Chen comes back and we have a village meeting."
After returning home, Qiao Jiaxin stared at it for a long time.
Plop, plop...
Every time she turned a page of the plan, her heart would beat faster. It felt like a lottery ticket, where every word on it was worth a fortune.
Sitting aside, seeing her sweating profusely, Liu Shuqin slowly
Can be demolished,
After all, you will have a new house to live in, and you don’t have to worry about mice getting into the house or unstable water and electricity.
But what she didn't know yet was that they would get more than just a new house.
"call……"
After summarizing all the key points of the plan, Qiao Jiaxin breathed a sigh of relief.
"How is it? What's written in this book?" Liu Shuqin asked as she moved closer.
Qiao Jiaxin moved the draft book in front of her and explained it to her in the most understandable way: "The house and yard we live in now, as well as the land we rented to the village, will all be demolished, and we will be compensated after the demolition."
There are three compensation plans for this demolition, for each village to choose from:
The first is to just give money, with house and land prices compensated at different prices;
The second is to only give the house, and then return the demolished area at a higher ratio after the relocation;
The third type is half money and half house. After the demolition, a part of the compensation and transition fee will be given. When you move back, you will be compensated with a new house of a certain area according to the reduced ratio.
The specific choice will have to wait until the villagers vote to decide which one to choose.
However, according to Qiao Jiaxin's comparison, the third compensation plan is cost-effective. If nothing unexpected happens, the several villages that are demolished this time should choose the third plan.
Of course, the scope of compensation is not limited to the existing residential area and arable land, but also an additional amount of money will be given according to the specific number of people in the village.
Just like that register, only those whose names are on it can get the money.
"Then if you have a house and money, how much can we get?" Liu Shuqin fanned the door a lot faster when she heard that there was a house and money. "Can we get 5,000 or 6,000? We don't need a big house, a 40-square-meter one would be enough for the two of us to live in."
Qiao Jiaxin: ???
Five or six thousand? Forty square meters?
Grandma was still too conservative about the demolition.
Because it was the first batch of villages to be demolished in Yu City, everything was based on the highest compensation standards.
"Our house is about 700 square meters, the yard is 50 to 60 square meters, plus 6.5 acres of land, the total is..." Qiao Jiaxin said while holding up four fingers.
"Only four thousand..." Liu Shuqin was a little disappointed.
Qiao Jiaxin shook her head.
"forty thousand?"
Qiao Jiaxin shook her head again.
"Four hundred thousand?"
After shaking her head again, Qiao Jiaxin directly announced the answer: "Four million!"
"Four, four hundred..."
When Liu Shuqin heard this number, her mind buzzed.
She knew four hundred and forty thousand, but when she added the two numbers together, she had no idea.
Four million, that's a lot of money, right? Wouldn't it fill up the entire bed?!
Liu Shuqin's voice trembled as she repeatedly looked at the number Qiao Jiaxin had calculated. "Impossible? Did she overestimate it? Four million! How could our shabby house be worth so much?"
Qiao Jiaxin took her hand and nodded in confirmation, "Grandma, it really is that much. It's not just the money. The area of the house we finally got is probably more than a thousand square meters."
“More than a thousand…!”
The impact of this number was so great that Liu Shuqin almost couldn't breathe.
Qiao Jiaxin: "It shouldn't be all at once, but it's probably not much different."
According to the demolition plan, the relocation area accounts for 60% of the residential area, and the compensation accounts for 20% of the demolished area. Then the cultivated land is converted into residential area...
Substituting into the formulas one by one, we finally get these two numbers.
More than four million yuan in compensation, plus a house of more than one thousand square meters.
Not to mention the 1990s when material was relatively scarce, even in the era when Qiao Jiaxin lived, this was a huge sum of money!
Picking up the draft paper with numbers written on it, Liu Shuqin was clearly smiling, but tears were flowing uncontrollably.
"That's great! We have money and a house. We finally don't have to live a hard life anymore!"
She was afraid that she would be too old to take good care of her granddaughter and would fail to live up to her daughter L's trust in her.
Now that she has money and a house, she doesn't have to be afraid of anything!
"Grandma, don't cry," Qiao Jiaxin wiped away Liu Shuqin's tears with her hands. Seeing her cry, she also shed tears. "Demolition is a happy event. We should be happy."
"Yes, yes, don't cry anymore. Let's not cry anymore."
After sniffing, Liu Shuqin folded up the plan and placed it neatly on the table. "Now that you have the money, you can go to school without worry. You can study for a university, graduate school, doctorate, or master's degree. If you want to go abroad, that's fine. Grandma can support you!"
With money, Liu Shuqin, like other people in the village, began to imagine her future life.
However, the first person she thought of was her granddaughter.
"Yes, yes, yes. I also have to prepare a dowry for you. Gold necklaces, gold bracelets, gold rings, everything must be the best. I absolutely won't let you suffer any grievances in your husband's family!"
Liu Shuqin treated money as she treated her own love and gave it all to her granddaughter.
People often say that men become bad when they have money, but the opposite is true for women.
Having money will only make grandma love you more.
However, grandma's love doesn't increase for everyone, like Qiao Jiaxin's four uncles.
Once upon a time, she would often think about them and consider the future of them and their children.
But now, from her grandma's endless chatter, Qiao Jiaxin didn't hear a single word about her uncles.
Qiao Jiaxin knew the reason, it was because they were no longer worthy.
…
After autumn, the temperature is no longer as hot as in midsummer.
Several consecutive rains turned everyone's short-sleeved shirts into long-sleeved shirts, but they failed to suppress the excitement brought by the demolition.
After the document was issued, the village held two collective meetings.
The first was a voting compensation plan.
He and Qiao Jiaxin guessed correctly at the time that most villagers agreed with the third option of giving both money and houses.
The second was a mobilization meeting regarding demolition.
The purpose is to get everyone to actively cooperate with the city's demolition, sign and fingerprint the demolition consent form as soon as possible, and not become a "nail household" that holds the entire village back in order to gain a little more petty profit.
"Sister? Are you home?"
Early in the morning, Liu Shuqin was cooking when she heard a hurried noise outside the yard.
"Hey, here I come."
When I opened the door, there were about ten people standing outside as if they were about to start a war.
There were Chen Bing, several village committee secretaries, and several relatives of the Wu family.
Liu Shuqin felt something was wrong, but still invited them in.
It was a rare weekend, and Qiao Jiaxin wanted to sleep in, but she heard the voices of several men talking in the outer hall. She couldn't fall asleep at all, so she got up, got dressed, and came out of the house.
"Why are you awake? Go back to your room and sleep for a while." Seeing Qiao Jiaxin come out, Liu Shuqin said to her in a gentle voice.
"No more sleep, I'm awake."
While buttoning her clothes, Qiao Jiaxin walked to her grandmother and greeted her uncles and aunts.
The atmosphere in the room was a little tense.
Liu Shuqin stood near the door, and all the relatives of the Wu family stood opposite her.
Chen Bing and the village secretaries seemed to be standing in the middle, impartial, but in fact they were still on Liu Shuqin's side.
Qiao Jiaxin's right eyelid kept twitching: What happened?
"Sister-in-law, when you rented the land to me, you said that the extra five percent would belong to me. That's why I agreed to pay you such a higher rent."
"Old Chen insists that it doesn't count without a written document. Can you provide proof to prove whether this is true?"
For a moment, the eyes of the men in the Wu family fell on Liu Shuqin, hot and urgent.
They came to ask for land.
Starting next month, people from the Surveying and Mapping Bureau will come to the village to measure the area of each household in turn.
However, the area of arable land is too large to be measured, so the village statistical documents are mainly used.
Liu Shuqin has a total of six mu and five fen of land under her name. She had put her fingerprints on the land a few days ago, but the people of the Wu family objected to the area of their own property, thinking that five fen was missing.
Before Liu Shuqin could say anything, the Wu family member sighed heavily and played the sympathy card: "Sister-in-law, in all these years, I haven't paid less rent than this, right?"
"You've had a tough time these past few years. When you came back with your granddaughter two months ago, you didn't have much money. As soon as Old Chen told me about this, I immediately paid next year's rent."
"It's not easy for our family to manage so much land. We have a good harvest every year so that we can earn more money to share with you..."
Those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see things more clearly.
No matter how sincere Uncle Wu's words were, Qiao Jiaxin didn't listen.
She only knew that he wanted to take away her grandmother's land.
Liu Shuqin will receive a considerable amount of compensation for this demolition.
Although her name was the only one on the collective household registration in the village, her family did have a real three-story building. Even though it had been abandoned for more than ten years and no one lived in it, compensation was still paid based on the square meter, not a cent less.
It doesn’t matter if there is little arable land at home. After all, the compensation rate for a house is higher than that for arable land.
When the house was being built, everyone in the village advised her and Qiao Fenglai not to waste money on building it so high, saying that their children would go to live in the city in the future and no one would want to live in a shabby building in the village.
But now?
Among the people in the village who lost the most money and houses, she could be ranked in the top ten!
Envy! Jealousy!
Even if one's family can get hundreds of thousands of yuan in compensation and a resettlement house of one or two hundred square meters, there will always be unsatisfied people who want more.
"Sister-in-law, to be honest, it hasn't been easy for my family over the years."
"In order to earn more money from farming, I didn't even build him a decent house when I got married. His family is still squeezed into that small house of just a few dozen square meters."
"My brother-in-law broke his leg a few years ago, and my eldest uncle also fell ill two years ago. He has to take medicine every day. Farming has damaged his health."
"I just want to get back some of my hard-earned money, really. I wouldn't be greedy for anything more."
Liu Shuqin is soft-hearted, and the villagers know this better than her four sons.
Because he was soft-hearted, Qiao Wensheng had been the one in charge and her backbone for the past few decades.
Precisely because of their soft-heartedness, they concluded that Liu Shuqin's grip must not have been tight enough.
Seeing that Liu Shuqin was somewhat moved by his words, Chen Bing also hinted, "Sister-in-law, when my brother said he would give the land to the Wu family, was there any additional contract? We'd better stick to the contract."
Chen Bing was afraid that she would be persuaded.
She deserves a larger share of the house, but you can't just give it away casually just because you have a lot of houses, let alone ask for it without any basis.
If I give it to them today, there’s no guarantee that someone else might show up later and say that Qiao Wensheng had promised them something.
Then what's the difference between her and the fat meat in the eyes of the vultures? Then anyone can come and have a bite.
"No, I thought we were all family, so I didn't sign a contract."
Liu Shuqin paused for a moment and then continued, "But I remember very clearly that at the time, Old Qiao said that we wouldn't charge you for the extra five cents of land, but he didn't say we would give it away for free."
Soft-hearted? Soft-handed? Soft-hearted?
To her, it seemed like it happened in a previous life.
Ever since she decided to bring her granddaughter back, she has been prepared to support the family.
Because of her soft-heartedness, she had suffered too much at the hands of her sons.
Now that I have enough to eat, I will naturally not foolishly step into the traps of outsiders.
He had used this trick of playing the victim more than ten years ago.
When they were discussing the rent that year, he kept talking about how difficult it was for his family, saying that they had risked almost everything to take over the land. He also said that all the relatives of the Wu family were going to work on the land, and he envied them for being able to follow their son to the city and live a good life...
Now that I think about it, what he said back then was just to lower the price.
But it turned out that his method was indeed useful to the old couple back then.
Thinking that it was not easy for so many people in the Wu family to make a living, and that the land at home was empty anyway, and unable to bear Liu Shuqin's tears, Qiao Wensheng reluctantly took a step back.
I promised him that as long as he didn't lower the rent, I would not charge rent for the extra five mu of land.
The Wu family did not continue to ask for more money. On top of the original rent, they "generously" gave some more money.
But in fact, he only used the money of three mu of land to rent five mu more.
Seeing that Liu Shuqin did not give in as he had expected, the words the man had prepared in advance were stuck in his throat.
After finally speaking, he almost bit his tongue again, "Sister-in-law, I, I didn't say that at the time. My brother said he would give me the land. Otherwise, how could I give you so much extra money every year?"
"My family didn't take advantage of you."
Liu Shuqin's tone of voice remained calm, but that did not prevent every word she said from carrying weight.
"My family is in this situation now. We have to spend so much money every month. If the house is demolished, we won't be able to farm the land anymore. I, I..."
The man continued to cry poor, his words becoming somewhat incoherent, and he was still trying to arouse Liu Shuqin's sympathy.
Unfortunately, Liu Shuqin's heart is now harder than stone.
She doesn't want what's not hers, and she won't give up even a penny of what's hers!
"Your family is in a bad situation, but you can't just take our land with a few words. It's not easy for you to support such a big family. I, an old woman, have to raise my granddaughter alone. How can it be easy for me?"
Seeing that soft tactics didn't work, they suddenly put away the bitterness on their faces and revealed their true colors.
"I don't care about you. You promised to give it to me, so it's mine. No one can stop it."
"That's right! If you don't give it to me, I won't sign. At worst, we won't demolish it and we'll both be poor!"
"You were so kind when I was collecting the rent, but now you're killing me. Ha, I'm not a pushover!"
The miserable atmosphere in the house suddenly became tense.
There were many people coming to the Wu family, and they were all men in their thirties and forties.
The overlapping voices seemed to want to eat the two of them alive.
But even so, Liu Shuqin had no intention of pushing forward.
"You want to try to scare me? Go ahead," Liu Shuqin said, patting her clothes nonchalantly. "I'm not the only one who'll be offended if you don't sign. If the demolition doesn't work and I don't even rent the land to you, I won't be the one who suffers."
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. She has nothing anyway, so why should she be afraid of their threats?
Turning around and helping Qiao Jiaxin straighten her collar, Liu Shuqin said, "Since we've laid it out in the open today, let's make it clear. Don't try to do anything crooked in the future, or I'll risk my life to drag a few people to the King of Hell to have a talk."
This was the first time Chen Bing heard Liu Shuqin say such tough words.
Where was that cowardly, unspoken sister-in-law? How did she become so unyielding after only two months of moving back home?
Following up on her words, Chen Bing continued to speak to the Wu family, "As usual, the contract is the most important thing. Since you didn't sign the contract in the first place, and my sister-in-law also said that there's no such thing as giving it away for free, let it go."
"If you really feel you've been wronged, then we can go to the city and sue them, but then it's going to be really ugly."
The people of the Wu family fell silent.
What’s the point of them coming in greater numbers?
I thought I could get some advantage, but ended up getting nothing.
It is true that money can give people courage.
Who would have thought that Liu Shuqin, who was once weak and timid, would be so strong today that nothing could break her.
Not only them, but also Qiao Jiaxin, who witnessed her grandma's "war of words", looked up at her with an incredible look, and when they were not paying attention, she secretly gave her a thumbs up.
Grandma has really changed. She has become a strong and resolute woman.
"After all these years, the Wu family is still so shameless!"
The next day, when Qiao Jiaxin went to the grocery store to buy something, she mentioned that a group of men from the Wu family came to her house yesterday to ask for land, and Aunt Wu cursed.
After spitting out the melon seed shells in her mouth, she continued with a look of disgust, "He keeps going on about how poor his family is, but he never mentions the fact that they bought a house in the city."
Aunt Wu who runs the convenience store is called Wu Juhua. Although her surname is also Wu, she is not from the same family as those "blood-sucking bugs" from yesterday.
Wu Juhua's shop not only sells the most complete range of goods, but she also knows the most about the gossip in the village.
There was nothing she didn't know about the Zhang family's affairs or the Li family's gossip.
"In fact, our village lost money when we agreed to rent the land to him."
The Wu family was not native to Jicheng Village. They fled here from the north when they were young.
His family had no land in the village. In the early years, they relied on helping other families to earn some work points. Later, in the 1980s, when the young and strong labor force of every household went to the city to work, he thought of renting land from the village.
The money for renting the land was borrowed, and the farming machines were also borrowed, but I made a lot of money from the rented land.
Although their actions are somewhat unacceptable, it must be said that this family is smart.
Later, they also anticipated that the population of the village might decrease, so they chose to save money to buy a house in the city. Even if the house in the village was dilapidated, they would still choose a good location in the city, just thinking that one day the whole family would move to the city to live a leisurely life.
This was the only step they took wrong.
The houses that the Wu family bought in the city were all mortgaged, and they had to repay the money every month. Even if they could get compensation from demolition in the future, they would still have to use it to fill the holes in those houses.
So all in all, they didn't get much benefit from this demolition. A large family of people only got a few hundred square meters after conversion.
In addition, their names were not on Jicheng Village, so they could not get much compensation for the demolition.
Leaning against the cabinet, Wu Juhua asked curiously, "Tell me again, how did your grandmother confront them yesterday?"
Speaking of Grandma's eloquence yesterday, Qiao Jiaxin put down the recorder and couldn't stop praising her. "At first, they started crying poor, pretending to wipe away tears in an attempt to soften Grandma's heart. Then, when Grandma disagreed, they immediately changed their attitude and started to act sarcastic and try to cheat her."
"But my grandma wasn't afraid. Her voice didn't get any louder from beginning to end, and there wasn't a trace of fear in her eyes. She was just like Lady She in the opera, neither humble nor overbearing."
Most of the rural women Qiao Jiaxin had met were vulgar when they quarreled.
He put his hands on his hips, cursed, and smashed pots and bowls, like a firecracker that was about to explode.
Good people are often bullied. Only by showing their worst side can they protect themselves and let others know that they are not easy to bully.
But my grandma is different from them. No matter how the wind blows from the east, west, south or north, she remains calm and composed.
It's like a soft nail. It looks easy to knead, but if you really try to do it, you will only prick yourself and bleed.
After hearing Qiao Jiaxin's description, Wu Juhua couldn't help but gasp, "Tsk tsk, if it were in the past, if your grandfather hadn't stepped in, I would definitely have given in."
Liu Shuqin is soft-hearted and doesn't know how to refuse others. She has been taken advantage of many times in the village before:
She helps people take care of children, sews clothes, and sometimes even helps plow the fields.
No matter who it is, you can coax her into helping you by just saying a few nice words.
In the past, Liu Shuqin was kind, to put it nicely, but easy to bully, to put it bluntly.
Thanks to Qiao Wensheng who often stopped her at home, she didn't suffer too much.
In fact, many people in the village were afraid that Liu Shuqin would be targeted during this demolition and bullied into giving away her house for nothing.
It now seems that they were worrying too much.
Liu Shuqin can now not only protect herself, but also her granddaughter.
"Auntie, let's take this one."
Among these recorders, Qiao Jiaxin chose the one with the best cost-effectiveness.
I bought a tape recorder to practice English listening.
In the past, she would have bought the cheapest one, but grandma said that they would no longer have to live a hard life, so don’t be too hard on yourself and just spend the money you need to spend.
Wu Juhua brought a plastic bag and put the tape recorder box and instruction manual in it. "Okay, thirty-two yuan."
Thinking that she studied hard, she went into the house and found a few more batteries for her as a gift.
When Wu Juhua went to get the batteries, a man and a woman came into the store.
"Didn't you say you were going home? Why are you in the store?"
"I'm thirsty. I want to drink a bottle of soda. Is that okay?"
"Okay."
The woman looked to be in her early twenties, not much older than Qiao Jiaxin. She walked with a light step, like a dancing butterfly.
The man following behind her looked very handsome, but his fawning look made him look like a dung beetle that was not worthy of being on the stage.
Walking around the shelves filled with soda, the woman felt at ease, as if she were at home. "Auntie? Do you have any cold soda left?"
"No," Wu Juhua muttered unhappily when she heard the familiar voice. "It's winter already, and you're still drinking cold drinks. Don't come to me for painkillers next time you have a stomachache."
When Wu Juhua came out of the house with the battery and saw the man following the woman, the expression on her face suddenly froze.
Coming to the counter, the woman put down the soda in her hand and said calmly, "Then I'll have a bottle of Arctic Ocean."
Wu Juhua didn't say anything, but just handed her the screwdriver, and then glanced at the bags in the man's hand.
"Whose girl is this? She's so pretty." The woman asked after looking Qiao Jiaxin up and down.
The woman was a very straightforward person and praised Qiao Jiaxin in front of her without any hesitation.
Wu Juhua introduced, "Nier L from the Qiao family is called Qiao Jiaxin. Her mother is your Aunt Qiao, and she and your mother have been friends since they were young."
When she heard that she was Qiao Fenglai's daughter, the woman leaning against the counter couldn't help but stand up straighter, extended her hand, and introduced herself: "Zhang Yan'er L, my mother is Zhuang Xiu, you can call me sister."
Zhang Yan is six years older than Qiao Jiaxin. Like her mother Zhuang Xiu, she is carefree and outgoing.
I usually work in a department store in the city and only go home on weekends.
The man next to her is her boyfriend, Zhou Kai.
As she spoke, she went to the shelf and took out a bottle of soda, opened it, and placed it in front of Qiao Jiaxin. "Drink it, I'll treat you."
Since it was already open, Qiao Jiaxin couldn't refuse, so she smiled and thanked her: "Thank you, sister."
Drinking the soda in her hand, Zhang Yan glanced at Zhou Kai, who seemed a bit redundant in the room, and said coldly, "Why don't you go back?"
"You haven't reached home yet. I won't leave until I take you home."
Zhou Kai's tone was gentle. Even though he knew he was being ignored, he still stuck to him. "Do you want something to eat? Buy some snacks to take back?"
"You're so willing to spend money on me," Zhang Yan said without hesitation, simply fulfilling his flattery. "Okay, then. I'll pick some more."
After another round of scanning the shelves, Zhang Yan filled several bags with snacks.
Anyone who sees it will have a share.
Qiao Jiaxin hadn't even finished the soda in her hand when she was stuffed with a bag of dried sour plums and a bag of instant noodles.
After finishing the drink, Zhang Yan burped happily. Before leaving, she playfully said to Wu Juhua, "Then I'm leaving."
"Middle, go slowly on the road."
After saying that, he also said goodbye to Qiao Jiaxin who was beside him, "See you next time, Sister Qiao."
After Zhang Yan and Zhou Kai left, Wu Juhua sighed in frustration and dropped the rag in her hand on the table.
Looking at Wu Juhua's appearance, Qiao Jiaxin vaguely smelled a hint of "melon".
"Jiaxin, you have to be careful when choosing a partner in the future. Don't be blinded by someone who looks good."
Qiao Jiaxin: ???
Weren't we supposed to be talking about Zhang Yan? Why did it get to me?
After swallowing the soda in her mouth, Qiao Jiaxin guessed, "Is that Sister Zhang Yan's boyfriend?"
"Yes," Wu Juhua replied, then changed her mind and said, "No, it was my ex-husband. We divorced after the Chinese New Year."
When talking about this, Wu Juhua felt sorry for Zhang Yan.
In order to marry Zhou Kai, Zhang Yan tried to commit suicide at home. Zhuang Xiu and Zhang Laosan advised her several times, saying that Zhou Kai was not worthy of her and that she would have to live a hard life if she married him, but she didn't take them seriously.
Unexpectedly, his words came true and Zhang Yan really jumped into the fire pit.
Zhou Kai has a city hukou and his parents are factory workers, but they look down on Zhang Yan, thinking she is rustic, vulgar, and not presentable. Even if she is pretty, she is just a worthless piece of flowered cloth.
After they got married, Zhou Kai's true nature showed up, and he often beat her and took his anger out on her.
But every time Zhou Kai knelt down and begged her, she would choose to forgive him.
After going back and forth like this for two or three years, Zhang Yan finally chose to divorce.
Unexpectedly, only half a year had passed and the two of them were entangled again.
It's simply going to piss off all those who care about her!
"If that guy really liked Sister Zhang Yan, why would he be willing to hit her?" Qiao Jiaxin asked doubtfully while eating the bag of instant noodles in her hand. "And if he didn't like her, why did he come to her?"
"Silly girl, do you really think that guy wants to marry Zhang Yan?"
"Don't forget, our village is going to be demolished soon."
Wu Juhua's words instantly awakened Qiao Jiaxin.
Yes, the person a man wants to marry is not necessarily a wife.
It could also be a house and money.
Looking at the entire Jicheng Village, Wu Juhua is still the most capable.
After meeting Zhang Yan's ex-husband that day, within a few days, he dug up all the dirty deeds Zhou Kai had done in the past few months.
"This man, huh, deserves to be cuckolded!"
"Who says it's not true? You have a good life but you have to be an adulterer."
"Alas, you're just saying this after the fact. I told you from the beginning that this guy has a lot of trouble with his eyes and is destined to have a romantic relationship. He's not going to be easy to deal with."
While waiting in line to have their quilts fluffed in the village office, several aunts sat leisurely on their own quilts, joking about Zhou Kai's little troubles.
Ever since the city's demolition notice came, the village has been bustling with activity every day, and anyone could become a topic of conversation.
But compared to these little things in their own village, the aunts and cousins are still more willing to discuss the right and wrong of outsiders.
When it comes to gossip, they are still very exclusive.
"Jiaxin, you've also seen that Zhou guy, right?"
As they were chatting, the aunt suddenly changed the subject and threw the conversation to Qiao Jiaxin, who was waiting in line ahead of them, trying to pull her into their circle of gossip-eating. "What do you think of that man?"
Qiao Jiaxin was observing the tools used to fluff cotton and carefully watching the technique of the person in front of her, and almost failed to respond to her aunt's words.
"It's hard to say, but he doesn't seem like a good person and isn't worthy of Sister Zhang Yan."
Qiao Jiaxin didn't know anything about Zhang Yan and Zhou Kai at the time, and she judged people based entirely on her intuition.
From the first moment she saw Zhou Kai, she had a feeling that this man was not a good person.
Judging from the information Wu Juhua had obtained, this was indeed the case.
Zhang Yan and Zhou Kai divorced not only because she could not stand his domestic violence, but also because she discovered that he was cheating on her during their marriage.
Zhang Yan has been married to Zhou Kai for several years but has never been able to conceive.
She also wants to have a child, a fruit of their love.
It wasn't until that day when Zhou Kai brought a pregnant woman home and told her he wanted a divorce that she became completely disappointed in their love.
As the saying goes, God has eyes and is on Zhang Yan's side.
Zhou Kai thought he was bringing the Zhou family's incense back home, but he didn't expect that he was actually bringing a green hat.
He's happy to be a dad.
He didn't realize it at first until he accompanied her for a prenatal checkup and the doctor told him that the number of weeks of pregnancy was wrong. The woman was also hesitant, and he finally felt the feeling of being betrayed.
"Whose child is it? His second uncle?"
"What a poor memory you have. His uncle, his father's brother."
It has to be our family.
As an uncle, you love your nephew.
The woman was actually Zhou Kai’s uncle’s mistress L. After she became pregnant, she didn’t want to live an unrecognizable life anymore.
But his uncle had a family and children, so it was impossible for him to marry her. After thinking it over, he decided to let Zhou Kai, his nephew, take over.
What a good idea of keeping things within the family. We are all descendants of the Zhou family, so who is not a father?
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