Chapter 27 Another Way
After washing up, Gu Jianguo didn't go to sleep. Instead, he sat on a small stool at the end of the bed and smoked a cigarette. He was tall, bent over, his arms resting on his knees, frowning as he smoked, looking depressed and depressed.
After beating up Zhao Erhai and the Zhang family, he wasn't in a good mood. He blamed himself for his hasty decision to arrange a marriage for his eldest daughter, and for his lack of fighting spirit in all those years of comfort.
When he retired, if he had used his connections and made some advances, he would have been able to work in a factory, or even be sent to the police station. If that were the case, how could Zhao Erhai dare to do such a thing to his daughter?
Even if he had actively participated in the election of the village party secretary and served as the village party secretary, no one would have dared to harm his children.
He was a Party member and had served in the military. With these qualities, who in the village could compare to him? Being a village Party secretary was easy.
Perhaps he was too exhausted from the military and the battlefield, and after retiring he wanted to take a good rest, but this was the result of his rest. He felt sorry for his wife and children.
Wang Yueju watched him smoke three or four cigarettes in a row. She couldn't bear it any longer and snuffed out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand. "No one wants this kind of thing to happen to their children, but we're unlucky enough to have it happen to us. What can we do? What's the point of you being so listless?"
Gu Jianguo sighed heavily and was about to go to bed, but Wang Yueju pushed him away and said, "Go rinse your mouth."
Gu Jianguo had no choice but to go out to rinse his mouth. When he came back and lay on the bed, he heard his wife say, "Don't think too much."
Gu Jianguo looked at the dark night in silence for a long time and said, "It's my fault. As a man, I should do my best to give my wife and children a good life, but I didn't."
Wang Yueju leaned over and held his head against her chest, gently patting his back as if comforting a child. "You've done very well. My four children and I all think you're great."
Wang Yueju spoke from the heart. Rural people valued boys over girls, and she had given birth to four daughters but no sons. Yet, this man never said a word to her and treated all four children very well.
Marrying him is the greatest blessing in her life.
"I'll go out and look around after a while to see if there's any way to make money." Gu Jianguo is not a person who is always discouraged. Just like his daughter Xiao Si said, he is only 38 and has many years to work hard.
Wang Yueju smiled when she saw that he was no longer depressed. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Gu Jianguo's heart was warm. He had a wife who understood him and four caring little cotton-padded jackets. He was happier than anyone else.
People who got up early in Zhangjiazhuang found that Zhang Tiefeng, the son of the village chief Zhang Shugen, was pulling a cart out of the village. The cart was covered with a thick quilt, and Zhang Shugen, who was covered in wounds, was lying on it.
What was also strange was that Ge Fenglian and Zhang Shuangping, who were following the cart, had swollen faces, and it was obvious that they had been slapped many times.
What happened to the Zhang family? Who beat them? Why?
Some people couldn't contain their curiosity and went up to ask questions, but naturally they didn't get the results they wanted.
Watching the Zhang family leave, everyone gathered together and whispered, "Tsk tsk tsk, who did they offend at this time? They were beaten so badly."
"It's either someone they can't afford to offend, or someone they can't talk to."
"If you do too many bad things, you will get your comeuppance one day."
The person who said this had some issues with the Zhang family, and everyone knew the reason. After hearing what he said, some people followed suit.
This man was Zhang Guangtian, a villager from Team 2 of Zhangjiazhuang. Zhang Shugen's family was also from Team 2. Two years ago, when the land was distributed, Zhang Guangtian had originally been awarded a good plot, but Zhang Shugen abused his power and traded his own inferior plot with Zhang Guangtian's.
After this incident, the two families had a big fight. The result can be imagined. Zhang Shugen was the village party secretary, so Zhang Guangtian naturally could not compete with him.
However, because of this incident, Zhang Shugen's prestige in the village was greatly reduced.
"Have you heard? Zhang Shuangping stole the girlfriend of Gu Jianguo's eldest daughter from Shangshui Village."
"Everyone knows this. Didn't you see her working for the Deng family before she even got engaged?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, this family loves to steal other people's things."
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Zhang Shuangping was unaware of the villagers' gossip after they left. The family walked for about an hour to the town health center. They first carried Zhang Shugen down for a doctor's examination, who revealed three broken ribs.
In this case, he had to be hospitalized. Zhang Tiefeng took the money to pay the hospital bill. His wife followed him and whispered, "Who did you offend? You're being beaten so badly."
Zhang Tiefeng waited in line with his head down, not saying a word. What was he talking about? He felt that the beatings from the Gu family were light. He didn't want his wife to know about such a shameful thing.
After completing the hospitalization procedures, the group helped Zhang Shugen to the ward. Coincidentally, Zhao Erhai was also staying in this ward.
Zhao Erhai was beaten up by the Gu family yesterday. He saw how tough the Gu family was, especially Gu Jianguo. When he thought of his murderous look, his heart couldn't help but tremble.
He didn't dare to hate the Gu family, nor could he hate them. He really liked Gu Yimin. But he hated Zhang Shuangping and Ge Fenglian. If they hadn't said those things in front of him, he wouldn't have thought of forcing himself on Gu Yimin.
In the end, the plan failed and he was even beaten and sent to the hospital.
He was a rough guy to begin with, and it was strange that he could hold back when he saw the Zhang family. Enduring the pain all over his body, he rushed over and slapped Zhang Shuangping in the face, and kicked Ge Fenglian.
If he hadn't been pulled apart, he would have pinned the two women to the ground and beaten them to death.
"I'm telling you, you have to pay for all my medical expenses, or I'll tell everyone about this. Anyway, I'm single and I'm not afraid of anything."
Zhao Erhai was pinned to the bed and still yelled at the Zhang family, who had no choice but to do as he said. As he said, he was a bachelor and had nothing to fear, but they still had to live.
If this matter were to get out, the spit would drown their entire family.
Seeing the intense conflict between the two families, the hospital staff suggested that they move into separate wards. However, Zhao Erhai said, "I want to stay in the same ward with them. I need someone to take care of me while I'm in the hospital."
Zhang Tiefeng couldn't stand the humiliation, nor could he afford to lose face, so he completed the hospitalization procedures and left with his wife. Ge Fenglian and Zhang Shuangping had no choice but to wait on the two patients in the hospital with their pig-like faces.
Zhao Erhai was a scoundrel, and he said a lot of teasing and insulting things to Zhang Shuangping, but Zhang Shuangping could only endure it. What else could he do?
"Why don't you just forget about what happened between you and Deng Zhiming?" While going out to fetch water, Ge Fenglian whispered to Zhang Shuangping that she was really exhausted.
But Zhang Shuangping gritted his teeth and said, "We've come this far, how can we just give up? Isn't there another way? If this method doesn't work, we can try another one."
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