Chapter 19 Helping Huo Beixi down from the ladder

After Huo Beixi took Sun Ping away, Hua Xiali went over to close the gate, and Hua's mother lit the kerosene lamp in the dark. There was often a shortage of electricity here, so every household prepared kerosene lamps and candles in case of emergency.

Sitting down to eat again, Hua Xiali said, "I hope today's shocking experience will have a real effect. Otherwise, Sun Ping will always come to cut off our electricity, which is not good. Besides, Qiuli will be on summer vacation soon, and we have to hurry up and prepare for our lessons by then!"

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Zhang Yongfeng lowered his head in self-blame.

"Brother-in-law, this has nothing to do with you. It's just that other people are too mean." Hua Xiali said hurriedly, fearing that Zhang Yongfeng would think too much.

As a live-in son-in-law, he really couldn't say much, otherwise the villagers would think that he, an outsider, dared to bully the villagers, and maybe everyone would unite to bully him.

There is a saying that goes, "When a man falls, everyone pushes him." This is almost the situation of their family now. After all, her father used to have a good job and a high income. Many people are jealous of him and hope that bad things will happen to him!

"Brother-in-law, this is one of the reasons why I let my eldest sister go back to school. Only if we are strong, no one will dare to bully us. From now on, my eldest sister and my younger sister should study hard, and mom should take good care of the family. The two of us should make money well. If our family works together, no one will dare to bully us in the future."

Zhang Yongfeng nodded firmly, "Yes, we will make money and make sure no one dares to bully us anymore."

Sun Ping's appearance affected everyone's mood. Everyone ate a few bites and stopped eating. Then they took turns to wash up. Hua Xiali was about to rest when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She walked out of the house with a flashlight in confusion, walked to the gate, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

"Huo Beixi." Huo Beixi's low voice came from outside.

I don't know why, but hearing his voice made Hua Xiali feel a sense of security for no reason. Maybe it's because in her past and afterlife, she often went to Huo Beixi's grave, swept his grave, chatted with him, and confided in him, secretly treating him as a friend and a family member. Is it related?

After all, if you confide your inner world to a living person, everyone will know it in the blink of an eye. However, if you confide in a dead person, not only will the depression in your heart be released, but no one will know about it.

Hua Xiali quickly opened the gate and looked at Huo Beixi in confusion, "What brings you to our house so late?"

Seeing Hua Xiali had a flashlight in his hand, Huo Beixi said, "Shine it." Then he walked to the power switch and took a look. He saw that the power switch was turned down by Sun Ping and there was no power. He climbed up the ladder and reconnected the power wires that Sun Ping had cut off.

Hua Xiali stood beside the ladder, holding up a flashlight to illuminate Huo Beixi. She looked up at Huo Beixi's tall figure, feeling a little touched and warm in her heart.

Huo Beixi has only been in office for a year, and no one knows him very well. The same is true for Hua Xiali. In his previous life, because of the lack of understanding and familiarity, and because he did not know how to ask the leader for help when something happened, his family suffered so much injustice.

But after several contacts with him, she felt that Huo Beixi seemed to be a good person except that he looked a little fierce and was a little silent.

He is the village party secretary of five small villagers' groups in an entire big village. He has so many people to manage and so many things to do, so it is normal for him to be a little fierce. Otherwise, how can he manage the village and carry out his work if the villagers are always smiling and frivolous with him?

Furthermore, the most taboo thing for leaders and employees is to become friends.

A superior is a superior, and a subordinate is a subordinate. Once they have close contact and become friends, the subordinate will become more and more demanding and interfere with the work of his superior. Therefore, it is right and necessary for Huo Beixi to be strict with everyone.

Seeing Huo Beixi turn around and reach out his hand to her, Hua Xiali thought that he wanted her to help him down, so she quickly reached out her hand, held his hand tightly, and looked at Huo Beixi seriously.

When his hand was held, Huo Beixi felt as if something exploded in his head. Looking at Hua Xiali's bright eyes and serious expression, he knew that she had misunderstood what he meant. Huo Beixi said nothing, and held the boneless little hand, then went down the ladder.

Her hands were so soft and smooth, and her skin was slightly cool.

"Huo Beixi, thank you." Hua Xiali said gratefully as he carefully helped Huo Beixi down from the ladder.

"Give me the flashlight, I'll check the wires." Huo Beixi finally said it.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Hua Xiali handed the flashlight to Huo Beixi and walked into the house. She hadn't given the handkerchief to Huo Beixi yet, so she went back to the room pretending to get it.

Huo Beixi took the flashlight and climbed up the ladder again, using the flashlight to check. There were indeed many wounds on the wires, all of which were evidence of Sun Ping bullying their family.

The wire has been damaged like this. It is definitely unsafe to use it any further. It needs to be replaced as soon as possible.

Finally, Huo Beixi turned on the power switch, and the room suddenly lit up with warm yellow light.

Hua Xiali came out with a handkerchief and handed it to Huo Beixi, "I bought this new handkerchief. It's the same model as yours. Thank you for your help."

"You're welcome." Huo Beixi took the handkerchief and put it in his pocket, then said, "If something like this happens again in the future, you must report it to the village in a timely manner. It is the village's responsibility to help the villagers solve their problems. If the villagers don't need it, then there is no need for the village cadres to exist. The village cadres serve all the villagers. These are their jobs. If they are unwilling to help you solve the problem, then that is their problem. You can come to me or go to the town to find someone."

"I understand." Hua Xiali nodded in agreement. In this life, she would never let those who bullied her family have an easy time. Although she had no ability, she could do as Huo Beixi said and find the right person. If that didn't work, she could then find the public security comrades, because the public security comrades also serve the people.

After Huo Beixi left, Hua Xiali closed the gate and was about to lock it when he opened it again and followed him out with a flashlight in hand.

When Huo Beixi saw the circle of light of the flashlight, he stopped and turned to look at Hua Xiali. Hua Xiali also stopped, and there was a distance of about one meter between the two.

At this time, the two of them were in the open space in front of Hua Xiali's uncle's house, so if they stood there, no outsiders would see them, let alone hear their voices.

"Huo Beixi." Hua Xiali hesitated and finally spoke, "Can I ask you a personal question?"

"You ask." Huo Beixi said, without any anger in his tone.