She said to Xue Yanchen, "I need to go to the brigade leader's house and ask him to approve a plot of land for me to build a house. Once I've built the house, Xiaotian and I will move out. It will be easier to visit my parents outside, and we can also have some peace and quiet."
"I'll go with you," Xue Yanchen said.
"OK."
The two went to the brigade leader's house together, but the brigade leader said, "I can't handle this. Secretary Lai said that he is in charge of all matters related to the allocation of residential land in the village. You have to go to him."
"Thank you, Captain. We'll go to Secretary Lai's house now."
So they left the brigade leader's house and went to Secretary Lai's house.
As the weather gradually warms up and there is plenty of sunshine, sunny spots will be very warm.
In the Lai family's courtyard, Lai Chunming was sitting on a straw mat, basking in the sun. Fan Jinglan brought out a bowl of porridge from the house, sat down next to him, and carefully scooped out the porridge from the bowl and fed it to him spoonful by spoonful.
Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen entered the Lai family's gate one after the other and arrived at the Lai family's courtyard.
Lai Chunming was engrossed in eating, making muffled noises. He heard footsteps approaching and glanced at Luo Jingyan out of the corner of his eye. He immediately stopped eating, staring wide-eyed at Luo Jingyan with a look that seemed to be probing, then turned to one of fear.
Then he started shouting, the words of which were indistinct, sounding like "ai ya ai".
"What's wrong with you, Chunming?" Fan Jinglan asked, puzzled as to why he had suddenly gone mad again.
"Ah ee woo ee, ji li woo la, woo wa woo wa, ka ka ka ka, ah ah ah ah, woo~."
He rattled off a long string of words in a language no human could understand. In his panic, he pushed the bowl out of Fan Jinglan's hand and onto the ground, yelling, "Waaaaah, waaaaah, gaaaaah!"
He picked up the rice bowl that he had pushed away, aimed it, and smashed it hard in Luo Jingyan's direction.
"Waaaaah, waaaaah, Mama Mia!"
When the rice bowl flew over, even though Luo Jingyan could have dodged it, Xue Yanchen reacted quickly, fearing it would hit her. He reached out and blocked it in front of Luo Jingyan, knocking the bowl aside. The bowl was forced to change direction and landed in a pile of firewood nearby.
Lai Chunming, probably because he couldn't attack Luo Jingyan, refused to give up and started acting crazy again.
"Waaaaah, Mimi Baka!"
He then grabbed a broom from the side and swung it wildly at Luo Jingyan, making a series of strange noises.
Fan Jinglan snatched the broom from his hand and scolded him, "Chunming, calm down. They are our guests. You can't treat them like this, understand?"
"Waaaaah, waaaaah!"
Lai Chunming, mouth agape, ignored her completely and struggled for the broom with all his might. During the struggle, Lai Chunming, being stronger, pushed Fan Jinglan, causing her to stumble. Fortunately, Luo Jingyan came over in time to support Fan Jinglan, preventing her from falling to the ground.
"How are you? Are you alright?" Luo Jingyan asked Fan Jinglan.
"I'm fine, thank you."
Fan Jinglan stood up straight and said to Luo Jingyan, "I'm sorry, Chunming has mental problems. He offended you."
"fine."
Fan Jinglan walked back to Lai Chunming, who picked up a broom and banged it against her body several times. Fan Jinglan tried to take the broom from him, but Lai Chunming was too strong. Not only did she fail to take the broom, but she was also pushed and stumbled by Lai Chunming.
Even so, Lai Chunming still felt wronged, so he sat on the ground, patted the ground with both hands, and burst into tears.
Since Lai Chunming went insane and became disabled, Fan Jinglan has been taking meticulous care of her. Even so, her in-laws are still dissatisfied with her. Whenever Lai Chunming cries or makes a fuss, they accuse her of abusing Lai Chunming and even threaten that if she takes good care of Lai Chunming, they will go to her parents' home and get back the money her family owes them.
Fan Jinglan knew her family was struggling financially, so she could only endure Lai Chunming's behavior again and again, and still take meticulous care of him.
She coaxed Lai Chunming, saying, "Chunming, don't cry. Let's eat later, okay?"
"I want to eat grandma, grandma is the best."
Lai Chunming acted coquettishly, staring intently at Fan Jinglan, who couldn't help but blush.
"Chunming, stop talking."
"No, I want to eat milk."
"Okay, okay, you can have it tonight, don't say anything more." Fan Jinglan's face was so red it looked like it was about to bleed.
At this moment, an angry roar came from inside the house: "What is it now? Sister-in-law, my brother is not in his right mind right now. Can't you be a little more lenient with him? Don't provoke him all the time, really."
Lai Chunyang grumbled as he walked out of the house carrying his rice bowl.
When he saw Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen standing outside, realizing there were outsiders present, he quickly changed his demeanor completely, smiling at Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen and saying, "What are you two doing here? Is there something you need?"
Luo Jingyan said, "It's like this, I'm an educated youth who came here last year. I want to build a house outside, so I came to the Party Secretary to get a plot of land for building a house."
Lai Chunyang apologized, "You've come at the wrong time. My father went to a meeting at the commune and hasn't returned yet. Why don't you come back later?"
Luo Jingyan could only blame her bad luck: "Alright then, we'll come another day."
Just as Luo Jingyan was about to leave, Xue Yanchen showed no sign of leaving. He walked up to Lai Chunyang and asked, "How was your morning on the mountain? Did you find anything?"
Lai Chunyang shook his head: "There's been no progress yet. I'll go check again this afternoon."
"OK."
Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen left the Lai family. Luo Jingyan said, "He's a college student, but his manners are really too poor. He doesn't respect his sister-in-law at all. It's clearly his brother who has a problem, but he turns around and blames his sister-in-law."
"Something is a bit abnormal."
Xue Yanchen silently assessed Lai Chunyang's identity in his mind.
Surely their army doesn't have such low-quality, two-faced people.
Of course, he also felt that he was too arrogant. Even the best team has a few bad apples.
But can a bad apple be given such an important task?
If someone is of bad character, they are very likely to be untrustworthy, unable to stick to their principles, and prone to betrayal.
These are all just his guesses; without solid evidence, we must not make any rash conclusions.
“That Aunt Hu who used to try to marry her son off to me was actually a relative of the Lai family. They really are relatives,” Luo Jingyan said.
"You're talking about the person we met on the street that day, who called you aside and spoke to you alone."
"That's her. Later, her son married Du Yinan from our educated youth settlement, and they're probably expecting a child soon."
"oh."
"Since you think Lai Chunyang is not quite normal, why do you still like to get close to him so much?"
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