Chapter 87: An Excuse for Frugality
But without evidence, the village chief could only put the matter aside and plan to come back another day if there was sufficient evidence, remove Liu's father's job and replace him with a more reliable person.
After what happened today, he really doesn't have to take action anymore.
Many people in the village are already dissatisfied with the behavior of the Liu family father and daughter on a daily basis.
The village chief is well aware of this, but there is no way to control it.
Liu's father didn't do anything out of line, so he couldn't find an excuse to scold him, nor could he punish him.
As for Liu Yingying, the village chief was even more helpless. After all, it was the Liu family's child's business, and as the village chief, he had no way to interfere in other people's family affairs.
All I can do is watch and worry, there is no solution at all.
After what happened today, Liu Yingying directly sent others to jail. In the eyes of the village chief, she deserved it. It was not that he favored Lu Bin and Jiang Xian, but he truly felt that Liu Yingying did things without considering the consequences, which was simply too much.
If she is not disciplined strictly, she will become lawless.
Father Liu is not a person who knows how to educate his children. If he had paid more attention to his children, things wouldn't have turned out like this today.
Father Liu was busy taking care of himself, so naturally he had no time to take care of the things happening in the village.
He had to find a reliable person to take care of the affairs at the educated youth center. At least the food for the educated youth could not be too bad.
The educated youth who were not allowed to go to the countryside to help suffered this for no reason in the village.
Besides, the salary that the village pays to Liu's father every month is not a small sum. This job is simply a piece of fat meat. Many people are eyeing it. Now that Liu's father has come down from that place, there is no telling how many people are scrambling to do this job.
It is not easy for everyone to make money these days. If one could have a job and get the salary to supplement the family income, life would be much better for every household. Therefore, he could just pick out a reliable person from those who want to compete for the job. He could even pick one more person to supervise each other. In this way, he would not have to worry about someone deducting the fees in the educated youth center.
The village chief thought this in his heart, and decided that when he had time one day, he would carefully consider finding a new candidate suitable for the job.
He can just ignore Liu's father.
There are educated youth who have gone to the countryside in several villages nearby, and some of them are from the provincial capital. Everyone knows them. If they talk to each other and talk about the food in their village, those who don't know may think that the educated youth are treated harshly in their village. He feels ashamed just thinking about it, and he resents Liu's father more and more.
The whole village has lost face, so how could the village chief not complain about it?
At this moment, when he saw Liu's father standing next to him, he felt that he was becoming more and more annoying.
He wished that Father Liu would disappear from his sight immediately, otherwise, he really couldn't guarantee that he would not transfer all his anger to Father Liu.
If you can empathize with her and think about it, you can actually understand it. After all, it was Liu Yingying who did it, not Liu's father.
The village chief also knew that his behavior was indeed a vent of anger.
If you put yourself in his shoes, you will understand how anxious Mr. Liu is feeling at this moment.
Whenever I think about the mess at home, I feel really bad.
Liu Yingying is still locked up. If it were anyone else's family, they would probably be worried. After all, she is their own child. How could they not care about her at all?
On second thought, the village chief recalled what Liu's father had said just now in the village, at the educated youth center, and he found it ridiculous to think about it.
He was so afraid of Lu Bin's revenge that he chose to push his own daughter Liu Yingying out as a shield.
Then what else can't he do?
Father Liu was still standing there, hesitating whether to take the ox cart and go back with Jiang Xian and Lu Bin.
He didn't know that during the few minutes he stood there, the village chief had already imagined a lot of things in his mind.
There are all kinds of thoughts, but to sum up, they are all dissatisfaction with him and Liu Yingying.
But Mr. Liu was a bit stupid and didn't realize at all that he should pay the fare.
Dealing with Liu Yingying's affairs now is enough to make him anxious and exhausted, and on top of that, there is still that old woman waiting for him at home.
When I get home, if I knew that he had lost his job, I would be so angry with him.
He is not dominated by his wife, but he can't stand Liu Yingying's mother nagging him all day long.
After such a long time, no one can stand it.
What the village chief just said was directed at the three of them, but Father Liu did not dare to speak directly.
He was still struggling in his heart, afraid that he would be in trouble if he sat in the same car with Lu Bin and Jiang Xian, so he didn't dare to speak.
As for Jiang Xian and Lu Bin, they already had a plan in their minds. After coming out of the police station, they planned to go to the clothing store in the town to look for new clothes.
Naturally, there is no plan to return to the village.
At this moment, after hearing what the village chief said, the two of them decisively refused and said, "Uncle village chief, we will not go back with you on the ox cart. We still have things to do in the town. We will go back after we finish our business."
Jiang Xian took the initiative to speak. She rejected the village chief's idea with an apologetic look on her face. She knew that the village chief was doing it for their own good.
The distance from the village to the town is not far. If the two of them had to walk, they would still have to walk a long distance. If they had a ox cart, it would be much more convenient.
Lu Bin was there, and after hearing Jiang Xian's words, he nodded immediately, indicating that Jiang Xian's meaning was the same as his.
It looks like the wife follows the husband's lead.
There was an extremely indifferent look on his face, which clearly showed that he didn't care about what was happening around him.
He listened to whatever Jiang Xian said, and didn't care about the rest.
But it was this expression that made the village chief feel that there was some misunderstanding.
He just thought that Lu Bin and Jiang Xian were reluctant to take the ox cart home in order to save those two cents.
Immediately, others frowned.
I somewhat disagreed in my heart, thinking that there was no need to save these two cents. If I worked a little longer in the fields, I could earn the money back. There was no need to save money at all.
After listening to what Lu Bin and Jiang Xian said, he felt that they were just making excuses to avoid riding the ox cart.
These days, it is not the busy farming season, and every household has nothing to do. On weekdays, they don't come to the town. At this moment, Jiang Xian and Lu Bin said they wanted to do something in the town, but what could they do? It was nothing more than a lie.
In the eyes of the village chief, these are all excuses.
He wanted to persuade the two of them not to save the money. If possible, he could pay for the fare for them. After all, it was not that much.
But he was afraid of hurting the self-esteem of Jiang Xian and Lu Bin. After all, nowadays, there are not many young people of their generation who have the same thoughts as them and know how to be frugal.
He felt sorry for the two children from the bottom of his heart. They were so young, but had to live such a hard life. After all, their family financial situation was there.
The village chief hesitated for a long time, frowning, as if he wanted to speak but didn't dare to.
This made Jiang Xian feel a little confused.
I don’t know why, but the village chief had that expression when he looked at the two of them.
His expression was much more serious than when he had just come out of the police station taking the statement.
Jiang Xian has always been a straightforward person. He likes to speak directly when he has something to say.
She obviously saw that the village chief had something on his mind, so she asked directly:
"Village Chief, what's wrong with you? Do you have something to say to me and Lu Bin? Just tell us directly. We will never be angry."
Jiang Xian probably guessed in his heart that the village chief probably had some unspeakable secret that he wanted to tell them.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be so entangled. In her heart, although she didn't know much about the people and things in this village.
However, from Lu Bin's attitude towards the village chief, it can be seen that Lu Bin respects the village chief very much in his heart.
Jiang Xian naturally respected the village chief very much.
After what happened today, Jiang Xian also felt that the village chief was a fair person from the bottom of his heart.
They did not protect Liu Yingying just because she was from their village.
We chose to handle the matter fairly and impartially, resulting in neither person being wronged in the slightest.
If the village chief had intervened in today's incident and prevented her from calling the police, things would not have gone so smoothly.
In Jiang Xian's heart, she was very grateful to the village chief.
Otherwise, the evil person Liu Yingying would probably still be at large.
After hearing Jiang Xian's words, Lu Bin raised his eyebrows. In fact, in his heart, he had probably guessed what the village chief was thinking.
After all, the village chief had helped him a lot on weekdays.
Lu Bin basically knew what the village chief was thinking without having to guess.
It's just a suspicion that he and Jiang Xian didn't take the ox cart back just to save money.
Lu Bin rubbed his forehead helplessly, thinking that it was really not like that. There was no need for that at all. Besides, he was bringing Jiang Xian with him.
If he wanted to save money, he would save it on himself.
There is no need. Just save money from Jiang Xian.
He loves his own wife so much that he is completely reluctant to let Jiang Xian suffer even a little.
Lu Bin wanted to explain things to the village chief and ask him not to misunderstand.
The village chief was also a straightforward person. After hearing Jiang Xian's question, he spoke directly:
"I say, you two kids, don't be too frugal. There's no need to suffer this hardship. This ox cart costs only two cents for two people."
"You can't save money this way. If you have the time, you two can take a bullock cart back to the village. The time saved can earn back the two cents, or even much more."
"I know your family's conditions are not good, but there is no need to be so harsh on yourself."
The village chief really couldn't stand it anymore and felt that Lu Bin and Jiang Xian were just trying to endure the hardship.
This is totally not the way they should live at their age.
He couldn't help but persuade him.
After the village chief's words came out, the people around him suddenly became quiet. Even the villagers who had come to watch the fun at the beginning and followed them to the police station to take statements suddenly became quiet. Originally, they were chatting, but when they heard the conversation between the village chief and Jiang Xian, they immediately held their breath. After all, in their hearts, the village chief's words were really, how to say it, rubbing people's faces on the ground.
If Jiang Xian and Lu Bin were anyone with a thin skin, and really wanted to save the travel expenses, they would.
How could he not feel embarrassed when being exposed by the village chief at this moment?
How could a grown man like Lu Bin endure this?
If he turns against them, they will have to think carefully about which direction to run in order to avoid being implicated.
To their surprise, Lu Bin and Jiang Xian were stunned after hearing the village chief's words.
He stood there without reacting for a long time. Only after the two looked at each other did he come to his senses.
Jiang Xian was obviously shocked. He didn't expect the village chief to say such a thing.
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