Chapter 156 She's caught in the middle
"Stop hitting him!" Li Zhaodi waited for her family to stop the crowd, looking at her husband with heartache.
His body was covered in footprints, he was covered in dirt and grime, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth. There were also several bloody marks on his face, probably from some woman.
Getting scratched by a woman will leave a scar!
"Why did you hit him so hard!" Li Zhaodi quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped Zhang Aijun's face.
The moment Li Zhaodi touched Zhang Aijun's face, he winced in pain, making her heart clench.
Liu Nian smiled wryly, surprised that Li Zhaodi seemed to dote on her husband.
Zhang Aijun looked at Li Zhaodi with a spineless expression, and even burst into tears, causing Li Zhaodi's brows to furrow even deeper.
"Your family promised that whoever voted would get ten yuan each! We voted, but we haven't seen you give us any money!" The young widow stood up from the ground, dusted herself off, and said, "He's clearly just trying to fool us. If I don't hit him, who should I hit?"
"Who said we're not paying?" Li Zhaodi's words stunned the group, who then looked at her in surprise.
"Pay me? Of course!"
"Then hurry up and make it up, I need to go home and take care of my kids!"
A group of people immediately surrounded them.
Even the Zhang family father and son were stunned. Zhang Aijun looked at his brother-in-law and then at his wife and said, "Where would we get that much money?"
Li Zhaodi sighed and said, "The money is for my younger brother's wedding. It's meant for the bride price and building a house. Use it first to tide us over."
"We'll pay it back when we've made some money," Li Zhaodi said to Zhang Bingtian. "Is that alright, Dad?"
This means they are asking Zhang Bingtian if he is willing to borrow the money from the Li family. If he agrees, the Zhang family will have to pay it back; if he doesn't, the money cannot be used today.
Seeing their menacing expressions, Zhang Bingtian had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "Fine!"
"I didn't expect them to actually give me money?" Zhang Suzhen looked on in surprise.
A group of people gathered around Li Zhaodi with great joy, and Li Zhaodi's younger brother, Li Feng, began to hand out money to everyone.
Just like they said, it's ten yuan per person.
This was an unexpected windfall! Neither the young widow nor the woman in the floral cotton-padded jacket expected to receive money simply for spreading a rumor.
Seeing that Liu Nian had no objections, they received the money with great delight.
After taking the money, they turned around and left quickly, as if afraid the Zhang family would regret it.
Meanwhile, the village committee announced the election results.
"Zhang Aijun received the most votes! 320 votes!"
Zhang Aijun breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Bingtian was overjoyed.
But no one came to congratulate them. Only the Zhang family members watched the crowd with smiles, their heads held high. They felt that finally someone in their family could make a name for themselves in the village, and they could finally hold their heads high for once.
“Brother-in-law, you need to find a way to pay this money back quickly.” Li Feng walked over and said to Zhang Aijun, “This is money that my brother and I kept for our wedding.”
The Li family was doing alright, but they had to borrow a lot from others to prepare for the wedding. They finally managed to scrape together enough money, but Li Zhaodi ended up giving it all to Zhang Aijun.
Li Feng wasn't without resentment.
"Of course!" Zhang Bingtian said smugly. "Your brother-in-law will be the Party Secretary from now on, so he'll pay you back in no time. What are you afraid of?"
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