Gu Jianhua, who had a lot to say: ...
Hearing Lu Huaijiao's spoiled and arrogant voice, some of the others thought that Lu Huaijiao's personality was really domineering. Naturally, there were also quite a few people who envied Lu Huaijiao.
If you can win over a troublemaker like Gu Changzheng, it seems that being beautiful really does have its advantages.
Lu Huaijiao had no idea what they were thinking. If she had, she would have told them that she was not only beautiful, but also very rich.
However, since we didn't know at the moment, we gave up on that idea.
Gu Jianhua wrote two letters of introduction on the spot, stamped them with the official seal of the Dawancun brigade, blew on the ink on the paper, and handed the letters of introduction to Lu Huaijiao.
“The county town is a bit far, so go early and come back early. Stay close to Lao Si and don’t get lost. If you do get lost, call the brigade. Do you remember the brigade’s number?” Gu Jianhua instructed Lu Huaijiao as if he were instructing an eight-year-old child.
Gu Changzheng raised an eyebrow at the old man.
Isn't the old man afraid that his favoritism towards the little troublemaker will encourage her to become spoiled?
Lu Huaijiao nodded and said, "I understand, Dad. Call me if you need anything."
"Okay, go ahead."
Gu Jianhua also had to go to work.
Lu Huaijiao took the letter of introduction and handed it to Gu Changzheng. She then pulled out two pages of densely packed paper filled with numbers. She had rushed to finish these before coming to the fields.
The record clearly showed how much money Li Xiaoya had taken from her, used her, and lent her. She hadn't calculated it carefully before, but she figured it must have been a lot.
But this morning, after she had a clear mind and carefully calculated everything, she discovered that over the past two years, the money she had spent on Li Xiaoya, in small amounts, totaled more than five hundred yuan.
Such a large sum of money is not enough to support one person, let alone an ordinary family in a village, who would not have spent that much in two years.
She had invested so much food, clothing, and money in Li Xiaoya, only to be met with inexplicable hatred from Li Xiaoya in return. Lu Huaijiao felt she should have used that money to feed a dog; at least the dog would guard the house and wag its tail at her.
Li Xiaoya is an ungrateful wretch who can't be tamed.
In her past life, she didn't care and was a bit foolish to be deceived by Li Xiaoya. In this life, she will not fall for Li Xiaoya's tricks again.
"Dad, this is all money that Comrade Li Xiaoya owes me. If I can't get it back, can I use her work points to pay off the debt?" In Lu Huaijiao's dictionary, there is no such thing as mercy.
Li Xiaoya did something outrageous, so she wanted revenge. And she was the type to settle scores immediately and never let them linger overnight.
Therefore, he handed the two pages to Gu Jianhua, and did not forget to offer suggestions.
Gu Jianhua held the two pages of paper in his hand, looking at the list of items on them. His brows were so furrowed that they could almost trap a fly!
"This Comrade Li Xiaoya actually cost you so much money?"
Lu Huaijiao nodded vigorously, repeatedly agreeing with "uh-huh."
Gu Jianhua held up the letter in his hand and showed it to Li Xiaoya: "Comrade Li Xiaoya, what do you say about this?"
"I...no, I didn't, Captain, Lu Huaijiao is just making things up. I've never used her money or borrowed money from her." Li Xiaoya naturally refused to admit that she had borrowed money from Lu Huaijiao.
Her family wasn't well-off, and the money she borrowed over the few times totaled two hundred yuan. If she were to pay it back, where would she find that two hundred yuan? Besides, she was smart enough not to write an IOU when she borrowed the money, so even if Lu Huaijiao brought it up now, she could just deny it.
Li Xiaoya was determined not to admit it.
She raised her head and stared at Gu Jianhua with a serious expression: "Captain, Huaijiao said that I borrowed money from her. So I want to ask where the IOU is? If there is no IOU, she is just making baseless accusations against me. I beg you, Captain, to help me."
"So that in the future, if she becomes a person, she can make up a reason and get others to owe her money."
"I believe that you, the brigade leader, would not arbitrarily smear us educated youth just because Huaijiao is your daughter-in-law."
Li Xiaoya was incredibly stubborn.
At this moment, the workers who were supposed to be starting work arrived one after another. When they heard Li Xiaoya's words, they couldn't help but turn their heads and look at Lu Huaijiao to the side.
Lu Huaijiao had long expected Li Xiaoya to make excuses, but she didn't expect Li Xiaoya to dare to even smear Gu Jianhua.
She immediately got angry.
He reached out and tugged at his sleeve, indicating that he wanted to go up and hit someone.
But it inadvertently revealed the bruises on her arm.
Gu Changzheng's eyelids twitched, and he quickly pressed down on her hand that was pulling up her sleeve, letting her pull the sleeve down. He turned to look at Li Xiaoya and said, "Since Li Zhiqing says that my wife has wronged you, let's go to the post office to check the remittance record and your work points for the past two years."
"If I remember correctly, Li Zhiqing went to the post office to send money to your family several times, right? With your work points, which you can't even support yourself, how could you possibly have extra money to send to your family?"
As soon as Gu Changzheng said this, the educated youths nearby nodded in sudden realization. Yes, Li Xiaoya just dawdled at work all day, and her family was not well-off. Where did the money she sent to her family come from?
The educated youth inevitably thought of Lu Huaijiao, who had previously been on good terms with Li Xiaoya.
Everyone knew that Lu Huaijiao was the richest person in the educated youth settlement. Back then, many male educated youths tried to curry favor with Lu Huaijiao because of this, but they were all inexplicably shoved into burlap sacks, which made them give up on the idea.
Looking back now, the person who put those sacks on them and made them no longer dare to approach Lu Huaijiao was probably Gu Changzheng.
However, although they guessed it, no one dared to say it out loud, after all, Gu Changzheng's shady ways were well-known far and wide.
Since the matter couldn't be investigated further, the educated youth could only focus on things they were more curious about, so at this moment they all turned their questioning gazes toward Li Xiaoya.
Li Xiaoya felt extremely hot under their gazes, but she was determined to deny it to the death.
"I didn't, don't talk nonsense."
“Li Xiaoya. You borrowed money from me four times, fifty yuan each time. The first time was in August 1973, when you said your mother's hand was crushed while working in the factory, and I lent you fifty yuan. The second time was on New Year's Day in 1973, when you said your younger brother fell into the water and was rushed to the hospital, and you borrowed another fifty yuan from me. The third time was in May 1974, when you said your father fell off a machine tool in the factory. The fourth time was last month, in May 1975, when you said your older sister had a miscarriage after being beaten by her abusive husband.”
Lu Huaijiao spoke with certainty, her almond-shaped eyes filled with unwavering resolve.
"Li Xiaoya, I don't know if I remember clearly? Do you want me to recall your tone and expression back then?"
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