Chapter 67
Han Shengyi wanted to stop him, but as soon as he took a step, he stopped on the steps.
It is now two o'clock in the afternoon. The weather is gloomy and the breeze has disappeared. The air seems to be frozen in mid-air, making people feel irritated for no reason.
Chu Shao had his considerations. Chu Jiujiu was sitting safely in the house, so he wouldn't do anything too impulsive. However, he wouldn't let the Xu family go so easily either.
In this case, even if Han Shengyi really tried to stop him, Chu Shao would not listen to him.
Well, when encountering such a thing, it is better to let him vent than to hold it in.
Chu Shao had already left, and Han Shengyi stood on the steps, but he hadn't moved. He was thinking about some things. When he went to the commune, because he was still a child, people didn't shy away from talking to him. Even if it was just a few words, when put together, he could know some things that others couldn't know.
For example, the director and deputy director of the town do not get along with each other. One has just finished inspecting the commune, and the other one is coming tomorrow, just like a competition. For another example, the deputy director is in charge of the dam, but he rarely comes here himself. He always sends someone else to come, and every time, the person sent will not stay in the commune, but go directly to the dam to find out the situation from Xu Changhe, the team leader of Xujiawan.
Han Shengyi lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then turned and went back into the house.
"Jiujiu, what's the name of Section Chief Feng's lover?"
Chu Jiujiu had stopped crying. She leaned on Wen Xiuwei's shoulder. When she heard Han Shengyi ask her, she didn't get up, but just blinked her eyes and said, "Chai Yaozu."
Han Shengyi remembered that Section Chief Feng's lover was the dam's chief engineer, but he couldn't remember his name. After getting the answer, he said to Wen Xiuwei, "Wen Zhiqing, I have something to do in town. I'll try to be back before dark. If I'm not back, you can take Jiujiu to the team headquarters and stay there for a while. I'll come back to find you."
Wen Xiuwei nodded. Chu Jiujiu stood up when she heard it. "Why are you going to town? Where is Chu Shao? Where did he go?"
Han Shengyi: "I'm going to town just in case. Chu Shao, don't worry about him. He knows his limits anyway. You two just stay in the village and don't go anywhere. We don't know when the people from Xujiawan will come. I can also ask about Xu Jie's current situation when I go to town."
With such serious injuries, as long as they are still alive, they must have been sent to the town hospital. After saying this, Han Shengyi left. Chu Jiujiu wanted to call him back, but she didn't know what else to say. Sitting back down, she and Wen Xiuwei stared at each other, and in the end, they could only sigh.
After sighing, Chu Jiujiu turned her eyes and looked at Wen Xiuwei: "Wen Zhiqing, what do you think of my family?"
Wen Xiuwei: "Very good."
Chu Jiujiu: "Yeah, I think it's pretty good too. You can try staying here for a few days. If you feel comfortable, then don't leave!"
Wen Xiuwei: “…”
How come at this time, Chu Jiujiu still has the mood to sell her home to her?
He looked at her speechlessly, but after a second, Wen Xiuwei couldn't help laughing again. She put her arms on the eight-immortal table, thinking about something, and replied perfunctorily: "Let me think about it, let me think about it carefully."
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Over at Xujiawan, not long after Chu Jiujiu and the others left, someone found Xu Jie lying in the boiler room. Fortunately, they found him early, otherwise he would have died after being attacked by the second wave of coal blocks.
Upon learning that his son was burned by coal in the boiler room, Xu Changhe immediately dropped his work at the dam and, along with his wife, took Xu Jie to the town hospital. When he arrived at the hospital, he got angry at the doctors and nurses. Before the doctors began to perform the rescue, they had to explain to him why they needed to rescue him, which wasted too much time and caused Xu Jie's condition to worsen.
When Chu Shao arrived at Xujiawan, there were hardly any people there. The men were working on the dam, the women were working in the fields, and the only ones who had time to eat melons were old men and women. When they saw Chu Shao coming towards them with an axe in his hand and looking murderous, they didn't dare to step forward and simply scattered.
In fact, Chu Shao did not do anything bloody. He asked which family Xu Jie was from, then smashed down with an axe and split open the door of his house.
Xu Jie has three older sisters and one younger sister. The eldest and second older sisters are married, and the third older sister went to the hospital. Only the younger sister is left at home. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she ran out quickly. Seeing the silver light flashing on the axe, the younger sister screamed and hid back in the house with her head in her hands.
At this time, Xu Changhe's popularity can be seen.
He was the one who had the final say in the village, and the villagers were suppressed by his high-handed tactics, which was why they had no complaints. At this moment, a young man who clearly had a grudge against Xu Changhe came over. They poked their heads out of their homes, grumbling for a while, but never went out to stop him. They just listened as Chu Shao smashed down with his axe, smashing down his front door, smashing his iron pots, and even the windows and doors. A family portrait hung on the wall, with only three people in it. Xu Jie sat in the center, and Xu Changhe's four daughters were not even in the picture.
Chu Shao looked up at the framed family portrait and swung the axe again. The sharp blade smashed the frame and embedded itself into the wall of Xu's house, which showed how much strength Chu Shao used.
He tensed his arms and lifted the axe with force, then Chu Shao turned around and smashed all the water and rice jars in his house.
He didn't take a single cent from here. He came here simply to destroy their home.
In a blink of an eye, the Xu family was in a mess. Chu Shao stood outside, with no intention of entering the inner room. The Xu family's younger sister hid on the bed, secretly watching him. Chu Shao noticed that someone was looking at him, so he turned his head, and the Xu family's younger sister immediately retracted her head.
"My name is Chu Shao."
He looked at the door to the inner room.
"If anyone in your family wants to know why I came here today, go ask that bastard Xu Jie what he did."
"Tell your father that he should be thankful that Xu Jie didn't succeed, otherwise, his death wouldn't have been an accident."
The younger sister of the Xu family hid in the inner room trembling with fear. She heard every word Chu Shao said. Finally, there was no sound outside. After a long time, she came out. By then, Chu Shao had already left.
The younger sister of the Xu family was at a loss as to what to do when she saw her dilapidated home. Suddenly, her eyes fixed on the family portrait that was cut in half. Chu Shao's technique was very precise. He just hit Xu Jie's face and split his head into two parts.
This is the brother of others who can fight for his sister, but her brother is an extremely selfish, despicable and dirty beast.
…
Chu Shao told Han Shengyi to watch over Chu Jiujiu and Wen Xiuwei at night because he thought he wouldn't be back for a while, and it was risky. He might even get caught by the people from Xujiawan. But even if he got caught, even if he got beaten up, he still wanted to get rid of this anger.
Unexpectedly, there was no one in Xujiawan to stop him. He walked into Xujiawan smoothly and then came out smoothly.
Moreover, when he returned to Qingzhu Village, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, earlier than Han Shengyi.
After returning to his home, Chu Shao put down the axe and scooped himself a bucket of water to drink. Just as he put the bucket to his mouth, two figures ran out of the house.
Chu Jiujiu: "Where have you been?"
Wen Xiuwei: "Why are you holding an axe?"
Chu Shao opened his mouth halfway: "..."
After a second of silence, Chu Shao calmly replied, "I'm going to destroy Xu Jie's house."
Chu Jiujiu's eyes widened. "Just destroyed his house?"
Chu Shao: "Why, you're still disappointed, you want me to kill someone?"
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
She was not disappointed, she was shocked. After all, every time Chu Shao acted impulsively, it was extremely violent and bloody.
Wen Xiuwei: "What did you smash in his house?"
Hearing her question, Chu Jiujiu couldn't help but look up at her. Receiving Chu Jiujiu's puzzled gaze, Wen Xiuwei explained, "Let me see if it's expensive. If it's cheap, I don't have to pay. If it's too expensive, I can argue with them, and I don't have to pay."
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
Since there is no need to compensate, why are you asking?
Chu Shao replied, "I didn't smash anything valuable, just the doors, windows, rice jars, and pots and pans."
Wen Xiuwei half closed her eyes and said nothing more.
When Wen Xiuwei stayed at the Chu family, there was no one around, and her thoughts became clearer and clearer. The more she thought, the more she understood that Chu Jiujiu was right. The boiler room exploded suddenly, and no one could control it. Moreover, Xu Jie walked over by himself. The old lady could also prove this, so she couldn't blame anyone else.
Xu Jie's injury was his own fault, and Chu Jiujiu's injury was all Xu Jie's fault.
—That disgusting and despicable bastard.
Chu Shao had finished drinking the water. When he put down the scoop, Wen Xiuwei asked him, "When you were in Xujiawan, did you know how Xu Jie was doing?"
Chu Shao: "I only know that Xu Jie has been sent to the hospital. I heard from the villagers that he is dying. There is not a single piece of healthy flesh on his body. It is hard to say whether he can survive."
The villagers like to exaggerate when they speak, and Wen Xiuwei can't be sure whether this statement is accurate or not. It seems that she has to wait for Han Shengyi to come back.
Everyone assumed that Xu Changhe was preoccupied with saving Xu Jie's life today and wouldn't leave the hospital until Xu Jie was alright. Therefore, the Xujiawan people wouldn't arrive until at least midnight or tomorrow. Who knew that around 5 or 6 p.m., just as dusk fell, Xu Changhe arrived angrily with a group of men at Qingzhu Village.
There was a militia guarding the village entrance. Seeing Xu Changhe approaching, he hurried back to report the news. The captain hadn't been home yet, having been waiting for this to happen. Upon hearing the news, he whipped out his belt, slammed the table, and shouted, "Go! Call out all the men in the village, young and old, so the people of Xujiawan can see if Qingzhu Village is easy to bully!"
Chen Jiefang agreed crisply. He was a real member of the Chen family. Although he was called Jiefang now, it was the name he changed when he grew up. When he was a child, he was called Chen Dazhuang, the captain's cousin.
Chen Jiefang went out to call people. Wow, in just one afternoon, the news that Xujiawan was going to fight with Qingzhu Village spread throughout the village. The people who came may not know why they were going to fight with Xujiawan, but they knew that they were part of Qingzhu Village, and they could not stand by and watch their village being bullied.
Xu Changhe's eyes turned red with anger. His son was still lying in the emergency room of the hospital with his skin burned. Xu Changhe actually had no idea why Xu Jie had become like this, but he heard from the villagers that before Xu Jie became like this, he was with a little girl named Chu Jiujiu, and that little girl ran back to Qingzhu Village after Xu Jie had the accident.
If she didn't do it, why did she run away?! There must be something wrong!
Xu Changhe didn't think about it. His son was in his twenties. What could a little girl do to him? Besides, the boiler room was not ordered by Chu Jiujiu. It was his order. If you really trace the root of the problem, it should be his father who harmed Xu Jie like this.
Xu Changhe was so angry that he didn't care about anything else. When he arrived at Qingzhu Village, the first thing he did was to yell and look for the team leader.
"Chen Daming, come out! Hand over Chu Jiujiu from your village!"
When the captain heard what Xu Changhe said, he laughed out of anger. It was amazing. He hadn't even gotten rid of Xu Changhe yet, but he was already calling for his own board.
The captain walked up to Xu Changhe with a few people and sneered, "What era is it now? You still like robbing women. Xu Changhe, if you are tired of living, just tell us directly. We have guns here, so it's not impossible for us to give you a ride."
After the captain finished speaking, the militiamen beside him immediately moved their rifle bags behind them in a demonstrative manner. Xu Changhe was not afraid of him. What had allowed him to serve as the captain of Xujiawan for so many years? Wasn't it because he had a firm grip on the militia? With a contemptuous snort, Xu Changhe raised his hand, just as he was about to ask the people behind him to show their guns, when he saw a group of villagers behind the captain.
Some of them were holding hoes, some were holding shovels, and there were also women. They picked up rolling pins and ran over here in a hurry.
Xu Changhe only brought about twenty people, while the captain had at least a few hundred people.
The sheer number of people made Xu Changhe's heart tremble. He swallowed hard and said in a timid tone, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you think I'm a Japanese invader? I'm asking you for Chu Jiujiu. She almost killed my son. I want her to pay for it!"
The director of women's affairs sighed and retorted, "It's unlikely that the Japanese invaded the village, but Captain Xu, you really do look like one of those white-faced traitors in the opera."
Chen Jiefang came a step later and heard what the women's director said. He laughed heartily, "If you're not a traitor, you wouldn't say something like, 'Jiujiu pays with her life.' Everyone knows that only traitors would confuse right and wrong, selling out their own ancestors and still claiming they're right."
Xu Changhe's face turned red and white at their ridicule. The captain stopped them and asked everyone else to be quiet. He asked Xu Changhe, "How old is your son?"
Xu Changhe didn't know why he asked this, "Twenty-four, what's wrong?"
"Then do you know how old Chu Jiujiu is?"
Xu Changhe really didn't know that when he got stuck, the team leader immediately yelled back, "She's only ten years old! A twenty-four-year-old man was half-killed by a ten-year-old girl. Do you think it's possible? You don't even know what happened, and you come to us to ask for her, and we haven't even asked you for her yet! Your good son, first he behaved like a hooligan to the educated youth who went to the countryside, and then he behaved like a hooligan to Jiujiu from our village. God have mercy on her. How old is she? Your son is simply a beast!"
Xu Changhe hadn't expected this. When he heard the captain's words, his eyes began to flicker. Only then did he remember why Xu Jie was with a little girl he didn't know. It was impossible for the little girl to provoke him. And according to Xu Jie's criminal record, he had indeed harassed many little girls...
But he couldn't say it out loud. Even if it was true, he couldn't admit it. He had come this far. No matter what the truth was, he had to take Chu Jiujiu away today. He couldn't let his son suffer in vain!
"Don't spit blood and slander me. Where's the evidence? If you just say it with your own words, I'll believe you. If I don't believe my son, I'm a pig!"
Chen Jiefang rolled his eyes. "Even if you're a dog, it has nothing to do with us. As for the evidence, the people in your village saw it, does it count as evidence? Chu Jiujiu herself, does it count as evidence? And the educated youth he bullied is also here with us, does it count as evidence? If you think this isn't enough, then quickly call your son over and we'll ask him thoroughly to see if he'll reveal anything that we can use as evidence."
Xu Changhe: "My son is still in the hospital, what are you worried about?"
Zhang Qingfa: "I also want to ask you what your intentions are. You want evidence that Xu Jie is a hooligan, but we also want evidence that Chu Jiujiu harmed Xu Jie. Wasn't his injury caused by the sudden explosion in the boiler room? Then let me ask you, how could a ten-year-old child open the boiler room? If you insist that she opened the boiler room, fine, let's go to your village and let her open it again."
The Women's Director said, "What are you talking about? Jiujiu stays in Qingzhu Village every day. How would she know where the key to the Xujiawan boiler room is? She can barely pull weeds, so how could she possibly be shoveling coal into the boiler room? By the way, Captain Xu, who keeps the key to your village's boiler room?"
Xu Changhe: “…”
He didn't say anything, but the bunch of keys on his waist spoke for him. Every time he moved, the keys collided with each other, which was very eye-catching.
Xu Changhe was blocked by them and couldn't say a word. At this time, Wen Xiuwei brought Chu Jiujiu to Xu Changhe.
Knowing that Xu Changhe didn't recognize her, Wen Xiuwei introduced her to Xu Changhe: "Captain Xu, look, this is Chu Jiujiu."
As soon as he saw her face, Xu Changhe's heart skipped a beat. It was over. It must be his son who was the first to act like a hooligan. This kind of appearance was what his son liked most!
Feeling he had no room for debate on this point, Xu Changhe didn't want to leave just like that. Remembering what someone had reported to him when he came here, he immediately started shouting again, "Oh, right, there's also a guy named Chu Shao. He smashed my house to pieces. Where is this guy? He broke into our house while we were away. Is there any law in this world?"
The captain was relieved to see Chu Jiujiu sober, but when he heard these words, he couldn't help but look at Chu Shao behind Chu Jiujiu. Before he could ask, Chu Shao had already stepped forward and said, "Yes, it was me."
Xu Changhe finally felt proud. He looked at the captain and said, "Well, you have nothing to say now, right? Good boy, you dare to admit it. You have guts. Come with me. I won't ask you to pay me. I know you can't afford it. We'll talk about it when we get back to the village."
Chu Shao didn't move a step. He said, "Well, your son took advantage of my absence and tricked my sister away, trying to be a hooligan to her. According to you, you should also hand him over to our village and let us deal with him, right?"
Xu Changhe: "How can it be the same?"
His son didn't succeed, but Chu Shao did smash their family's pot. In the countryside, smashing a pot is more insulting than peeing on someone's ancestral grave!
Chu Shao laughed with an unclear expression. "It's different. I smashed your pots and pans, and you can buy new ones for just a few cents. But my sister almost died at Xu Jie's hands. She ran fast today, but if she had been a little later, she would have suffered the same fate as Xu Jie. Who should I settle this account with?"
Xu Changhe: "Xu Jie is my son. I know my son. He would never do such a wicked thing! Don't think he's like you. He's a complete bandit before he even grows up."
Chu Jiujiu was about to step forward and argue when she heard this, but Wen Xiuwei held her hand tightly and pulled her back. They had already agreed that Chu Shao and Wen Xiuwei would do the talking. Chu Jiujiu just stood there listlessly. She was the weaker party and couldn't act too assertive, otherwise Xu Changhe would grab her by the hair.
Wen Xiuwei: "Captain Xu, you really can lie with your eyes open. In the entire Xujiawan, everyone knows what kind of person Xu Jie is. He is a natural pervert. He likes women, especially little girls who have not grown up. Wasn't Xu Jie arrested in the town a while ago? The reason is the same. He hugged and kissed a twelve-year-old girl in the street. He dared to do it in the street, behind people's backs. What else can he not do?"
Xu Changhe was shocked. How did she know this?
Many villagers in Xujiawan did know about it, but he ordered them not to tell anyone. Could it be that Wen Xiuwei was too beautiful and others could not resist her request, so they told her everything?
A bunch of useless things!
Chen Jiefang made a vomiting motion. "This is so disgusting! This isn't the first time. Xu Changhe, don't think I'm being harsh. Your son is truly a nuisance to us."
Xu Changhe was furious at what he said. Just as he was about to point his finger at Chen Jiefang and scold him, someone suddenly came speeding towards him on a bicycle, shouting, "Captain!"
The two captains, Chen Daming and Xu Changhe, both looked over, but the other party was from Xujiawan. Chen Daming knew that he was not being called, so he retracted his gaze.
Xu Changhe frowned. This person was the one he left in the hospital. It must be something bad that he came here in such a hurry.
When he finally rode in front of him, Xu Changhe asked nervously, "How is it? Is Xu Jie awake?"
Still awake, the messenger had a mournful look on his face, not understanding how he could be so unlucky to have to deliver such a letter. "Captain, you should hurry back to the hospital. Your wife is arguing with the doctor. The doctor said Xu Jie's lower body is so badly burned it's stuck to his thigh. There's no other way, it has to be removed. Your wife won't let you and is throwing a tantrum in the hospital."
Xu Changhe was stunned. He didn't understand where the next thing was. When he understood, he almost fainted.
Xu Jie's lower body is the lifeblood of the Xu family!
He is so old that it is impossible for him to have a son. If Xu Jie's breasts are really cut off, then their family will be completely extinct!
When they heard that they were going to cut that place, all the men grimaced. It sounded painful. Chu Jiujiu didn't know where that place was, but when she looked at Xu Changhe's expression, she felt particularly refreshed.
She unconsciously raised the corners of her lips, and Xu Changhe was shocked. He was in a daze and suddenly saw Chu Jiujiu smiling.
With his eyes red, Xu Changhe immediately rushed over to grab Chu Jiujiu.
"My little cousin, it's all your fault! I'm going to kill you!"
Before Chu Jiujiu saw how Xu Changhe rushed over, Wen Xiuwei had already stood in front of her reflexively. Alarm bells rang in her heart. As Xu Changhe just came in front of her, a hand with bulging veins grabbed her neck and forced her to turn in another direction. Then, the other hand reached out and slapped her in the face.
Xu Changhe was stunned. In this moment, Chu Shao grabbed his neck again and pulled him in front of him. At the same time, he kept exerting force with his hands: "If you curse again, I'll show you who will kill whom first!"
Chu Shao roared, the veins in his neck popping out. Seeing Xu Changhe start to roll his eyes, the captain quickly went over and pried his hands apart, "If you have something to say, talk. Don't use force!"
The people of Xujiawan also quickly rescued their captain. Xu Changhe was stimulated by Xu Jie's incident and had lost his mind. He wanted to rush forward again, but the militiamen of Qingzhu Village stood in front of Chu Shao and others. They all had guns, so even Xu Changhe had to consider his own weight.
Just when the situation was at a stalemate, another series of bicycle bells rang out. The team leader was also puzzled as to why there were so many people riding bicycles today. He looked up and found that he knew the person this time, it was Chen Sanzhu.
I thought Chen Sanzhu was just coming back to the village to visit his second brother, but unexpectedly, Chen Sanzhu stopped in front of Xu Changhe. Seeing Xu Changhe's red face and thick neck, he frowned and said, "Captain Xu, the deputy director wants to see you."
Xu Changhe was panting. He looked at Chu Shao, as if he wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Hearing Chen Sanzhu's words, he said impatiently, "I'm busy!"
When Chen Sanzhu heard these two words, his face suddenly turned cold. He grabbed Xu Changhe's arm, pulling him to stagger. In Xu Changhe's ear, Chen Sanzhu lowered his voice and said, "You dare to make trouble! Even Director Yang knows what Xu Jie did! First he harassed the educated youth, and then he harassed the girl. Xu Changhe, you didn't remember a word I said to you, right? I want to kill you now. Hurry over! If Director Yang takes over the dam because of this, you will die!"
His son's life or his own life, which is more important? Xu Changhe finally reacted, his expression became panic. Chen Sanzhu got on his bicycle and was about to leave. Xu Changhe also planned to follow him. Before leaving, he still didn't want to let Chu Jiujiu and the others go, but Chu Jiujiu was protected by the people of Qingzhu Village, and he couldn't do anything to her. In the end, he could only look at Wen Xiuwei viciously.
"Hurry back to the village! You are an educated youth from Xujiawan. You ran to another village without my permission. You are deserting your post!"
Hearing this, Wen Xiuwei was stunned for a moment, but soon her expression became firm. She took a step forward and said loudly to Xu Changhe, "Captain Xu, I will never return to Xujiawan again. Your attitude scares me, and Xu Jie is also a hidden danger to me. Don't worry, I will report the specific matter to the town, and then we will see how the town decides."
If she was sentenced to go to another village, that would be fine, but if she was sentenced to return to Xujiawan, she would run away.
No matter how bad the consequences of escaping are, they will not be worse than returning to Xujiawan.
Chu Jiujiu was delighted when she heard Wen Xiuwei's words. She looked up at her encouragingly. Wen Xiuwei also smiled at her, but she didn't look so happy. On the other side, the director of women's affairs heard what she said. She reacted in a second and immediately looked at the captain.
She whispered, "Captain, this is Xiao Ding, the educated youth."
Just four words were enough. The captain immediately remembered what happened in the morning. Chen Jiefang and Xie Hongying were looking at him, but Zhang Qingfa didn't think of this. He was still looking at Xu Changhe.
It felt like this was a particularly critical moment, and the captain had to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise they would have a lot of trouble after Xu Changhe left.
After just a second of thought, the team leader made the decision, "No need, Wen Zhiqing. We in Qingzhu Village welcome you to come here to work in the countryside. Zhiqing Xiaoding just told me this morning that he wants to go to Xujiawan. It's perfect. You two can swap. I'll inform the commune tomorrow. Swapping is not that troublesome, and there's no need to file a report."
The team leader had made the decision, so the matter was set in stone. The exchange was merely a matter of changing positions. The educated youth's files would be kept at the commune, and subsidies would be distributed from there. Wen Xiuwei's name would still be in Xujiawan, and Ding Yiming's in Qingzhu Village. Both educated youth agreed, as did the team leader of Qingzhu Village. Originally, Xu Changhe's approval was needed, but word of what had happened today would soon reach the commune. To avoid unnecessary trouble, the commune would undoubtedly disregard Xu Changhe's opinion and instead separate them.
The educated youth came to the countryside. If something happened in the countryside for no reason, once the higher-ups held them accountable, no one would be able to escape. The commune leaders were not stupid and would not take such a risk for Xu Changhe.
Seeing that they dragged Wen Xiuwei to Qingzhu Village without asking him, Xu Changhe became even angrier. He wanted to say something else, but Chen Sanzhu lost his patience and asked, "Are you leaving or not?"
Xu Changhe heard it and nodded to him quickly, "Let's go."
Chen Sanzhu got on his bicycle and rode away. Xu Changhe looked around, snatched the messenger's bicycle, climbed on it clumsily, and then chased after him in a crooked manner.
Chu Jiujiu looked at this scene and felt strange. Why would Xu Changhe be so submissive to Chen Sanzhu? Isn’t Chen Sanzhu just a gangster?
Chu Jiujiu didn't understand, and soon, she didn't want to understand anymore. Suppressing her joy, Chu Jiujiu continued to stand beside Wen Xiuwei. She watched as Wen Xiuwei kept thanking the captain. The captain felt embarrassed by her thanks, and after everyone from Xujiawan had left, he waved and told the villagers of Qingzhu Village to disperse.
There weren't so many people around, so the captain felt more comfortable talking to Wen Xiuwei. "Wen Zhiqing, the bed problem at the Zhiqing site will take some time to resolve. During this time, you should..."
Before she could finish her words, Chu Jiujiu was so excited that she jumped up and said, "No need to solve it! Wen Zhiqing will live in our house, with me!"
When the captain heard Chu Jiujiu speak and saw how full of energy she was, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Jiujiu, are you feeling better so soon?"
Chu Jiujiu froze for a second, then she smiled. "I wasn't well at first, but seeing how wise and brave the captain was, and how he saved Wen Zhiqing from this dire situation in an instant, I was inspired. Oh, and now I'm well again!"
The captain laughed and scolded: "You little idiot, you've been infected, you're really talking nonsense."
However, it's good that nothing happened. It's not a bad thing that the child is a little narrow-minded. The team leader will not bother with her. It's late, and it's time for him to go home for dinner.
After the team leader and others left, Chu Jiujiu and his friends were the only ones left at the village entrance. They also went back. On the way, Han Shengyi, who had hurried back from the town, stopped them.
Chu Shao turned around and asked him, not knowing what was going on: "Where have you been? Why did you come back just now?"
Han Shengyi didn't need to answer. Chu Jiujiu ran over to him excitedly and said, "Brother Shengyi went to the town to find some help for us! You called Chen Sanzhu, right? He's so powerful! When he showed up, Xu Changhe was scared away!"
As she spoke, Chu Jiujiu gave him a thumbs up.
Upon learning that Xu Changhe had been there and had gone back in disgrace, Han Shengyi smiled and looked up at Chu Shao: "I didn't find Chen Sanzhu. I went to the town to find Section Chief Feng's wife, and then her wife took me to meet Director Yang, the new director of our town."
Wen Xiuwei asked him, "How do you know that finding Director Yang will work? Isn't it said that Xujiawan and the town are in the same boat?"
Han Shengyi: "There are several leaders in town, and not all of them are on the same page with Xujiawan."
He said half and hid the other half. Chu Jiujiu and the others only understood half of what he said. They felt that they understood it, but if it were them, they probably still wouldn't know what to do.
Han Shengyi smiled lightly and did not explain. This kind of factional dispute is indeed a bit complicated for ordinary people.
Chu Jiujiu tilted her head and looked at them for a while, then jumped up, trying to attract their attention. "Alright, alright! Now that everything is over, let's go back and eat. I didn't eat lunch, and now I'm starving!"
Wen Xiuwei and Han Shengyi both laughed when they heard Chu Jiujiu's words. The matter was resolved, and their mood became lighter. Chu Shao's temperament was colder than most people. He didn't laugh, and even looked at Chu Jiujiu with disdain. "Who's eaten? No one has eaten, only you. You can't stand being hungry for three minutes. Tell me, what do you want to eat tonight? Dumplings are okay?"
The Chu family had fine grains, but not much. They could only eat things like dumplings, which had to be made with white flour, every few months, usually on big days like Chinese New Year, the Winter Solstice, and birthdays.
Chu Shao was so generous today that he wanted to take out the white bread dumplings from home. Chu Jiujiu's eyes lit up and she immediately replied crisply, "I want the ones stuffed with zucchini and eggs!"
Two days after Erhuang started laying eggs, Dahuang also started laying. Now the Chu family can harvest two eggs at a fixed time every day, but because there are many people and few eggs, it is difficult to save them. After finally saving a few, seeing the look on Chu Jiujiu's face, she wants to squander them all again.
Chu Shao: "You look like an egg to me."
Chu Jiujiu: "Then wrap me in it. I'm big. Remember to put a hundred zucchinis in and mix them with me."
Seeing that she dared to talk nonsense with him, Chu Shao immediately raised his hand as if to hit her. Chu Jiujiu pretended to scream and hid behind Wen Xiuwei in an instant. Just like that, on the country road, in the cool breeze, the four of them laughed and walked towards the Chu family.
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