Chapter 18: Pick the soft ones

Hua Xiali walked into the backyard, opened the small door, and went directly to Huo Beixi's house which was right behind her house.

Seeing that the door to Huo Beixi's house was open, she did not walk in directly, but turned her head to look around, then reached out and knocked on the door. When she got no response, she walked in hesitantly and lightly, calling out softly as she walked, "Huo Beixi, Huo Beixi, are you home?"

As they were walking, a wall suddenly appeared in front of them. Hua Xiali was so scared that she stepped back hastily. She was not careful and almost fell backwards. While she was still in shock, someone grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her forward. Due to inertia, she rushed forward again and crashed into the thick wall with a particularly strong "bang" sound.

After standing up again, Hua Xiali tapped her toes awkwardly. She was startled by the sudden appearance of Huo Beixi. She really didn't mean it. He appeared in front of her without any warning. She didn't even know where he came from.

"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Huo Beixi took two steps back and looked down at Hua Xiali.

Hua Xiali also nervously took two steps back, forced himself to calm down, and hurriedly said, "Huo Zhi... Huo Beixi, that Sun Ping always cuts off our electricity, preventing us from lighting at night, affecting our lives. My dad needs someone to take care of him at night, and my sister and I still have to study. Without electricity, it really affects us a lot."

In their previous lives, they had been silently enduring, always thinking that they could just endure it and it would pass. Later, they gradually realized that the weaker you are, the more people will bully you, and that people will only pick on the weak.

There are village cadres in the village, so how is it possible that there is no one to solve their problems?

"You go back first, I'll come later." Huo Beixi's eyes dimmed and he said in a deep voice.

Hua Xiali nodded, turned around and went out, then returned through the small door in the backyard.

When Huo Beixi arrived at Hua Xiali's house, Sun Ping was standing on the ladder. Huo Beixi walked into the yard and kicked the ladder away with one foot. Sun Ping also fell to the ground. For a man, the distance of one or two meters was not painful, and Sun Ping would not be really hurt.

Sun Ping opened his mouth to curse, but when he looked up and saw Huo Beixi standing there with a sullen face, he immediately stopped and became silent.

"Sun Ping, what are you doing in the Hua family?" Huo Beixi frowned deeply. "You are holding a pair of pliers in your hand. What are you doing? Cutting off the electricity?"

"No, no, Secretary Huo, you really wronged me. I just saw that Uncle Hua was not in good health and was worried that there was a problem with the line, so I came over to help check the line." Sun Ping got up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, and said with a smile.

"Secretary Huo, you must make the decision for us. Sun Ping has cut off our electricity dozens of times in the past few years, which has had a huge impact on our lives. If it happens again, I will report it to the police directly. I don't care about the reputation of the village. We have paid a lot of electricity bills, and the power supply station has not cut off our electricity. What qualifications does he have to cut off our electricity?" Hua Xiali said mercilessly.

If today's matter is not resolved, Sun Ping will continue to bully them in the future, and may even take advantage of Huo Beixi's absence from the village to retaliate against them.

It's not that Zhang Yongfeng doesn't care about this matter, but Zhang Yongfeng is a son-in-law, so it's not easy for him to intervene in this matter, especially for someone like Sun Ping. If he is given face, he will become more powerful and demand more.

But now Hua Xiali doesn't want to endure it any longer. He has to beat some people down so hard that they won't have the possibility to get up again. Otherwise, he can forget about living a peaceful life.

"You're addicted to reporting to the police, aren't you?" Sun Ping glared at Hua Xiali. He heard that she had reported to the police today and the Wang family had to pay 500 yuan in compensation. "If you dare to report to the police, I'll sew your mouth shut."

"Whose mouth do you want to sew? Whose mouth do you want to sew?" Huo Beixi kicked over, causing Sun Ping to stagger and almost fall to the ground. "I really didn't expect that someone would do such a thing that defies laws and regulations in the area under my jurisdiction."

Huo Beixi's face had completely darkened. There was actually someone in the village who was so powerful. It seemed that he had not done his job well enough.

Finally, Huo Beixi stepped forward, stretched out his hand and grabbed Sun Ping by the back of the neck, dragged him in front of Hua Xiali and the others, and said apologetically, "Auntie, I'm sorry, it was my mistake at work that made you suffer so much injustice. I will deal with this matter seriously. I will severely criticize Sun Ping at the meeting tomorrow. If it happens again, I will personally send him to the police station without waiting for you to report it."

Huo Beixi then looked at Sun Ping with cold eyes, "Sun Ping, apologize to the Hua family now and promise not to come again in the future."

Sun Ping felt that Huo Beixi's eyes were like cold arrows. He felt that if he didn't get the money today, he might not be able to leave the yard. He thought it was better to apologize first and settle the score with them later.

"Auntie, Xia Li, Qiu Li, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong, I will never come to your house again, please forgive me!" Sun Ping clasped his hands together and apologized humbly.

He really seems to be a flexible person, but the more such a person is, the harder it is to deal with him. After all, he did apologize sincerely.

"What guarantee do you have?" Hua Xiali didn't believe that Sun Ping was apologizing sincerely, so she had to place some bet so that Sun Ping would have some concerns before taking action.

"What what guarantee?" Sun Ping asked back.

"Write us a letter of guarantee, promising that you will never cut off our home appliances again and will not do anything to bully or harm our family. Otherwise, you have to compensate us with your house and homestead." Hua Xiali looked at Sun Ping sternly. She didn't believe in the three words "I'm sorry" that were said so lightly!

As long as Sun Ping wrote a letter of guarantee for her and signed it, if Sun Ping dared to do it again, she would just take the letter of guarantee to take the house and homestead.

"A letter of guarantee should be written. Go get paper and pen, I'll write it for him. After it's done, have him sign and seal it, and then I'll go to the brigade headquarters to stamp it." Huo Beixi said to Hua Xiali.

Hua Xiali hurried back to the room and brought back a piece of paper and a pen. Huo Beixi took the paper and pen and quickly wrote, "In the future, you must not only not bully the Hua family, but also other villagers. Otherwise, I will give your land as compensation to other families."

After Huo Beixi finished writing the letter of guarantee, he grabbed Sun Ping by the scruff of the neck and left. The ink pad was only available at the brigade headquarters, so Sun Ping had to go there to sign and seal.