The prolonged silence from the outside world suddenly made Wang Shuli, who was originally very calm and confident, feel somewhat apprehensive.
However, with the appearance of a question, his heart instantly calmed down. After all, he had not deviated from his elder brother's arrangements!
"Where are you from? What are you doing in Lijiapo?"
Upon hearing the two questions, Wang Shuli couldn't help but let out a smug smile.
However, his entire head was covered by a black cloth bag, so no one could see it.
Seeing that Wang Shuli remained silent, Li Guoqing kicked him in the shoulder and shouted, "Speak!"
Wang Shuli felt a surge of anger. He withdrew the smile from his lips, composed himself, and then said in an exceptionally innocent voice, "I just heard that someone was raising the roof beam, so I wanted to join in the fun."
Li Guoqing kicked him on the other shoulder, "Tell the truth!"
After a moment of hesitation, Wang Shuli finally stammered, "Well, I'm a relative of Liu Dagai from Guanyutai. I heard there's someone in your village who has a grudge against him..."
Li Guoqing was both shocked and furious, and looked at Li Xiangdong beside him.
Li Xiangdong waved his hand, signaling him to continue asking questions.
"Go on! Stop talking nonsense, only say half of what you mean!"
Wang Shuli rolled his eyes, feeling a churning in his stomach. Rural people really do use vulgar language!
"I heard he cast a curse on that new house and asked me to come and watch the excitement, to see if anything goes wrong during the roof-raising ceremony!"
Li Guoqing reached out and slapped him hard across the face, yelling, "You despicable wretch!"
Wang Shuli angrily retorted, "I've already told the truth, why are you still hitting me!"
Li Guoqing kicked him to the ground, yelling, "That's why I'm hitting you!"
Li Xiangdong understood.
Since Wang Shuli has come to him, he might as well collect some interest on behalf of his past self.
Wang Shuli eventually limped back to Panjiazhuang. Li Guoqing, who had been following him, watched him enter Pan Dachun's house and not come out for more than twenty minutes before returning to Lijiapo.
He wiped the sweat from his brow, downed a cup of honeysuckle tea in one gulp, and asked Li Xiangdong, puzzled, "Second Brother, how do you know he didn't go to Liu Dagai's house?"
Li Xiangdong sneered, "It's just using someone else to do the dirty work."
Such a trivial skill! Look how smoothly Wang Shuli answered; it's obvious he had already tricked him into revealing the information beforehand and was now deliberately letting him know.
He first claimed to be a relative of Liu Dagai, then mentioned that Liu Dagai had a grudge against him. If Li Xiangdong had discovered the two knives earlier, he would have immediately connected the dots between Liu Dagai and Zhenyan.
If Li Xiangdong hadn't discovered those two knives before, now would be the perfect time to expose them.
Think about it, who can control their anger when they suddenly find out there's a problem with their new house upon completion?
Let alone Li Xiangdong, who has a history of assault, even an ordinary person would probably bring people to beat him up!
However, this is probably not just a scheme to kill someone with a borrowed knife, but also a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Sure enough, Wang Shuli, Liu Dagai's distant relative, did not go to Guanyutai, but instead went to Pan Dachun's house in Panjiazhuang.
Pan Jixian, Pan Dachun's eldest son and Pan Jiwen's elder brother, is currently disinfecting Wang Shuli's swollen head with gentian violet.
Wang Shuli couldn't swallow this insult any longer. He mumbled, "Brother, this brat attacked me so viciously, you have to avenge me!"
Pan Jixian said, "No rush. Let's take a look first."
Wang Shuli confidently patted his chest and assured him, "No need to look, this kid has definitely taken the bait. If he wasn't angry, why would he hit me so hard!"
Pan Ji patted his shoulder lightly, "Thank you for your hard work."
Pan Jiwen peeked around outside the house. He tiptoed back into the main room and asked his father, Pan Dachun, "Dad, what is my eldest brother doing?"
Since his brother-in-law Hu Shusong lost his official position and went to prison, he was also kicked off his position as brigade leader.
Nowadays, Pan Dachun rarely leaves his home except for work. His face is always gloomy, his hair is completely white, and his face is deeply wrinkled, making him a completely different person from the Pan Dachun who used to be so successful.
Although the new station manager of the Wudahe Commune Pumping Station has already been replaced, neither he nor Li Jin managed to secure the position, so the two were essentially tied.
But right now, Li Jin is still the captain of the Lijiapo brigade, while I've been dismissed.
As Lijiapo grew wealthier, Li Jin became much more assertive, and it was said that he could even have a say in front of Secretary Liu.
Pan Dachun grew angrier and angrier, so he made a phone call to bring his eldest son back from his studies at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University in Beijing.
Pan Jixian originally wanted to come back and ask what was wrong with his family.
How did my uncle end up in prison and my father become an ordinary citizen?
So, Pan Jixian brought Wang Shuli back with him, who insisted on coming to the countryside to see the sights.
When his mother, Hu Shuli, saw her eldest son return, she cried with tears streaming down her face and told him in detail about all the injustices she had suffered these past few days.
Pan Dachun, puffing on his pipe, asked his son, "Is there any way to get Pan Mingzhong removed from office?"
He still wanted to be the captain.
Pan Jixian's brainpower was clearly greater than the combined brainpower of the other three members of his family. Within a day or two of returning, he had a clear understanding of the situation in the three brigades of Panjiazhuang, Lijiapo, and Guanyutai.
“Pan Mingzhong’s rubber products factory is already up and running, so it won’t be easy to take it down now.”
Pan Ji first extinguished his father's restless heart, "The culprits who harmed my uncle are Li Jin and his son Li Xiangdong. I will chop off their hands and feet first, and then deal with them slowly later."
Although Wang Shuli himself was unaware of the situation, Pan Jixian knew his extended family relationships inside and out.
Wang Shuli calls the sister-in-law of Liu Dachun's wife Shan Yongju's cousin's daughter "cousin-aunt," so by that logic, Wang Shuli should call Shan Yongju "cousin-aunt."
Pan Jixian didn't have to put in much effort. He just found someone to tell Liu Dagai's older brother, Liu Dage, the story of the small landlord's family, and mentioned that Li Xiangdong was building a new house.
Liu Dage hated Li Xiangdong to the core. All his precious grandson did was bully two girls, and Li Xiangdong beat him so badly that his legs went weak and he wet his pants whenever he saw a little girl!
However, if this kind of thing were discovered, it would create a deadly feud, so he couldn't do it.
Liu Dage's eyes darted around, and he went straight to his younger brother Liu Dagai's house, bringing along two knives he had prepared.
After thinking it over all night, Liu Dagai and his wife finally decided that fortune favors the bold and that they had no choice but to take the risk for a better future!
Once Li Xiangdong dies, all the good things in his family will belong to Li Weijun and Liu Yuxiu, and thus all of them will be theirs!
However, when Liu Yuxiu mentioned this, her daughter stopped her.
"Dad, how could you do this!"
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