Chapter 15 Panpan, what is this? Three hundred yuan...
After returning to her mother's home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Grandma Chen and Grandpa Chen did not come back as expected.
After Chen Pan took the latest bus at 6 o'clock in the evening to go home, everything at home was exactly the same as before.
People in Qingshui Village are generally superstitious, but they also generally value etiquette.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when daughters return to their parents' homes. Older mothers often wait for their daughters and sons-in-law to arrive on this day. After their daughters arrive and sit for a while, mothers will rush back to their parents' homes with their daughters. If they return late, most families will stay at the parents' home.
So that night, many houses in Qingshui Village must have closed their shops.
At least the few houses near them, except for the elderly Grandma Wang's house, all the other houses had their doors locked.
Whether in the previous life or this life, Chen Pan has a very good ability to take care of himself.
Before it got completely dark, she quickly fed the cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and rabbits at home, and finally went to the kitchen to find food for herself and Xiao Hei.
Chen Pan's grandparents returned home the next morning. When they found that everything was normal at home, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen both breathed a sigh of relief.
Then from that day on, relatives began to visit their home in large numbers.
When Grandma Chen entertained several relatives who had actually come since yesterday but knew that they were not at home yesterday and were staying at Grandpa Chen's house, Grandpa Chen called his two nephews and went directly to the village cement factory.
They went out around ten in the morning, but when they came back at one in the afternoon, everyone's face was ashen.
“The cement factory over there won’t sell us cement!”
"When we got there, they first asked us to wait, saying that since it was Chinese New Year and no one was in the office, they couldn't sell us cement without permission and that they needed to make a phone call. But as we waited, something started to go wrong."
"Yes, after they finished their phone call, they pointed and talked at us for a while, and then they ignored us. We waited foolishly at the cement factory gate for a long time, but no one paid any attention to us. Finally, when the fourth child from my second uncle's family came out for lunch, he pulled us aside and secretly told us the truth. He said that the higher-ups had instructed that from now on, they would not do any business with my third uncle's family."
"We were furious when we heard that, and Uncle San immediately took us to the town to buy cement. As a result, even the two cement sellers in town refused to do business with us."
"They even seem to have photos of Third Uncle. As soon as they saw us come in, they started looking through them and comparing them."
Chen Pan's cousins were all indignant and explained to the elders in the family.
The eldest and second sons of the Chen family, who came with several girls and sons-in-law, all had changed expressions on their faces after hearing what their sons said.
"There's no doubt about it. That brat Li Decheng must be taking his anger out on us."
"Who is this person?"
"Dad, Third Uncle, what happened?"
"Yeah, I'm totally confused. Is it still the case that you can't buy anything with money these days?"
The Chen family's married daughters and their sons-in-law all looked in disbelief and suspicion.
“It’s like this—”
Seeing that everyone was curious, Chen Aiguo, who had always looked unhappy, recounted what happened on the day of the Little New Year.
Of course, what he said was still the part that everyone knew. As for the incident where his granddaughter hit Li Chengcai with a brick, he never told anyone a word from beginning to end.
Of course, when talking about this matter with others again, Chen Aiguo also realized that Li Chengcai's condition should have improved. At least he should have sobered up and told his parents what happened. Otherwise, according to Li Decheng's always stable and low-key personality, he would not have made the matter so obvious.
"Well, Uncle San, while we're here, my eldest brother and I will go to Liuping Town to buy some cement and sand. While we're gone, you guys quickly prepare the wood and clay, and then we'll try to fix your kitchen and roof today."
Chen Aidang, the eldest son of the Chen family, was known for his smooth dealings and his penchant for taking advantage of others. However, his eldest son-in-law was a rare example of a man of rare temperament. Pointing at his newly purchased motorcycle, he immediately suggested something.
"Then please trouble the two of you to go to Liuping Town and buy me two bags of cement. As for the sand, I can just dig some from the river myself. As for the roof repair later, there is no rush. I will do it myself in a couple of days. Anyway, the kitchen is basically not used in winter now." Looking at the empty space behind the big motorcycle outside, Chen Aiguo did not refuse and immediately went to Chen Pan's house to get the money.
Chen Pan’s house was actually their son’s previous house.
Ever since the last fire, Chen Aiguo thought about it and decided to put all the important family documents in Chen Pan's house.
Her room has many drawers and books, and in Chen Aiguo's opinion, it is the most suitable place to store passbooks and ID cards.
Of course, the dozens of dollars in cash he had that he didn't deposit in the bank were also kept in Chen Pan's house.
To prevent him from accidentally forgetting where to put his things, and also to prevent Chen Pan from accidentally dropping the books with his money and passbooks or lending them to other students, Chen Aiguo had specifically told Chen Pan when he put his things away. It could be said that the place where his family currently kept their money and passbooks was actually found by him and Chen Pan together.
It took Chen Aiguo several minutes to withdraw the money.
After returning, he gave Chen's eldest son-in-law ten yuan for the cement and gave them two extra yuan just in case. Finally, after the eldest son-in-law and nephew who bought the cement left, Chen Aiguo still entertained everyone as usual.
He appeared normal on the surface, but when he was talking to people, he seemed a little bit abnormal and absent-minded.
Everyone thought he was frightened or angry by the Li family. His reaction actually made everyone feel a little helpless and embarrassed.
Although many people came to Chen Pan’s house today, most of them were from the eldest and second sons of the Chen family.
Whether it is nephews and nieces-in-law, or nieces and nieces-in-law, everyone is slightly separated from Chen Pan's family.
In the case of Chen Pan's family, if they come to help her with the crops, or help buy cement and bricks for her family like today, or if everyone takes off their New Year clothes and goes to build a house for her family, everyone is actually willing to do so.
But when it comes to matters like the Li family, everyone instinctively doesn't want to get involved.
Even the second son of the Chen family, who usually has a loud voice and is considered to be very good at talking, did not dare to say anything at this time.
Their Qingshui Village has only had this one cement factory from the beginning to the end.
It can be said that the reason why their village's economy is better than several nearby villages was that in the past, it was because their village had the only water source nearby, the clear water spring, and now it is because of the cement factory opened by Li Decheng ten years ago.
Don’t look at this cement factory; it doesn’t look particularly large now.
But despite its small size, it provides long-term jobs for nearly 100 households in the village. During peak business season, the factory also provides part-time jobs for many villagers.
Even the only cement road in their village was proposed by Li Decheng, and he also provided almost half of the road construction costs.
Anyway, for the time being, Chen Lao Da and Chen Lao Er, who are both nearly sixty years old, dare not offend the real richest man in their village and township for the sake of their younger brother and sister-in-law.
Thinking about the people the other party knew, they were even more hesitant to act rashly.
No matter how important my younger brother is, he is not as important as the future of my son and grandson.
What's more, according to the current situation, the Li family just wants to vent their anger a little and should not go too far. There is no need for them to get involved in this matter.
Whether it is Chen Laoer's daughter and son-in-law or Chen Laoda's daughter and son-in-law, they are all ordinary people from several nearby villages.
Among these people, only Chen Lao Da's eldest son-in-law has had better financial conditions in the past two years because his family contracted an orchard. The financial conditions of other families are very ordinary.
After encountering a well-known rural entrepreneur, everyone's instinctive reaction was to stay away from this troubled place. Then, around 4 or 5 p.m., after the Chen family's eldest son-in-law and eldest son successfully bought two bags of cement from Liuping Town, they quickly said goodbye and went home.
The important relatives of the Chen Pan family are actually Grandma Chen’s family, plus several daughters and sons-in-law of the eldest and second sons of the Chen family.
After all the daughters and sons-in-law of the Chen family had come and left, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, when there were no guests at home, Grandma Chen told Grandpa Chen again that the Li family refused to sell cement to them today, and asked other businesses in the nearby villages not to sell it to them either.
Grandma Chen originally wanted to have a good talk with her husband about this matter, but seeing that he was still absent-minded, she didn't want to continue talking. She could only leave the room temporarily under the pretext of feeding the chickens and cows.
Originally, their family had a lot of hay, which was the main food for their old ox in winter and also the main burning material for their kang.
But because of a sudden fire, all the food for their old ox and the things they used to keep warm in the winter were gone in an instant.
As she went to the barn to dig out wheat bran and corn husks to mix with the cow feed, she saw that there wasn't much of them at home, and thought about how she would have to mix them with chicken and sheep feed after the cow feed. She scooped the contents out by the bag, spoonful by spoonful. Xu Chunhua, who had been cheerful and trying to have a good talk with her husband just moments before, suddenly burst into tears in the small warehouse.
Just as Grandma Chen was in the small storeroom, trying to recall the events of the past few days and trying to adjust her sudden sadness, she saw that there was no one else in the room. Chen Aiguo, who had been frightened at noon, immediately seized the opportunity and rushed to the small room to take out his personal passbook with 300 yuan missing and the house rental contract that suddenly appeared, and excitedly questioned Chen Pan.
"Panpan, what is this? Three hundred yuan! How dare you be so bold? Did you sneak out yesterday? Were you scammed?!"
Even Wang Qingshan across the street would need three months to earn those three hundred yuan. If they gave that money to Grandma Wang across the street, she could even live comfortably for a whole year. At this moment, clutching his passbook and the storefront lease contract, Chen Aiguo, a man who had weathered countless ups and downs in his life, was so furious he felt like his lungs were about to explode.
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