Lin Ye hadn't finished his noodles when He Shujuan came to cause trouble again, and even brought Yu Guanghui over.
Lu Wanqing pressed her face against his, held him down, and told him to focus on eating, saying she could do it herself.
She had just stepped out of the room when she bumped into He Shujuan, who was barging in recklessly.
"Get out! Who told you to come in!" Lu Wanqing looked at He Shujuan, who was craning her neck to peer inside, and showed her no politeness whatsoever!
He Shujuan swallowed hard, then walked out dejectedly, saying, "What are we eating? It smells so good!"
After causing trouble for Lu Wanqing, she went to Yu Guanghui's house and hadn't eaten. Now, smelling the aroma of noodles, her mouth almost watered.
Lu Wanqing had no time to care whether she was hungry or not, and went straight to the point: "Aunt He, you don't really think you can get half of our rice and crabs, do you? Secretary Yu, now that you're here, tell her whether the agreement we signed back then is valid or not. If she keeps making trouble, don't blame me for being impolite."
Everyone thought Yu Guanghui would act impartially like a village secretary, but to their surprise, the old man cleared his throat and began lecturing Lu Wanqing in a serious tone: "Lu, although you signed an agreement, agreements can be changed at any time. That plot of land belongs to Aunt He's family. Since there is a dispute, it should be resolved through negotiation. Now, you two discuss it!"
Lu Wanqing was momentarily stunned, thinking she had misheard. When did He Shujuan manage to get Yu Guanghui to speak up for her like this?
She had a bad feeling, could it be...?
Her guess was correct. When He Shujuan brought Xu Bowen to the hospital and encountered Yu Xiaojun, she already knew about the relationship between Xu Bowen and Yu Guanghui.
They all have the same ear shape, which is very rare here. Yu Xiaojun has it, which he inherited from Yu Guanghui. Xu Bowen has it, but how did he get it?
After returning from the hospital, she pulled Li Miaolian into the house, closed the door, and, holding a broom, ordered her to kneel down.
Completely bewildered, Li Miaolian finally admitted, under He Shujuan's combination of beating and intimidation, that Xu Bowen was Yu Guanghui's son.
At first, He Shujuan couldn't accept this fact.
The eldest son is dead, and the second son is a hopeless case. Xu Bowen is sensible and mature, and she finally saw hope in him, but he has no blood relation to the Xu family. This is more painful than having a hundred yuan stolen from her!
Her anger surged, and she kept hitting Li Miaolian with the broom, making her scream in pain.
Xu Bowen, who had been angrily taken to the hospital by his grandmother outside and then inexplicably brought back home, heard his mother's voice and hurriedly pounded on the door, shouting, "Mom, what's wrong? Open the door!"
Li Miaolian, who had not resisted before, seemed to suddenly find courage upon hearing her son's voice. She grabbed the broom and looked at He Shujuan with a frightening gaze: "Mom, now that you know, Wenwen and I can't stay in this house anymore. Let's leave now and go find Secretary Yu to make him take responsibility."
"No, you can't take Bowen away!" He Shujuan felt a pang of pain in her heart at the thought that Xu Bowen would never call her grandma again.
Li Miaolian was also furious. "Then what do you suggest? I will never separate from Wenwen. You can't force me to my death!"
In fact, Li Miaolian's one-night stand with Yu Guanghui was out of necessity. Her husband suddenly fell ill and needed to be taken to the hospital. At the time, the only bicycle in the team belonged to Secretary Yu, so she had no choice but to sacrifice herself for her husband.
Strangely enough, her belly remained unchanged even though she slept with her husband every day, but she got pregnant after just one night with Yu Guanghui.
He Shujuan had calmed down by now. If she wanted Xu Bowen to continue being her grandson, she would have to keep her and her son.
But she was unwilling to do nothing.
Finally, Li Miaolian rolled her eyes and gave her an idea: even if Yu Guanghui knew about the existence of the illegitimate child, he wouldn't dare to make a fuss, so she could get a lot of benefits from him.
Upon hearing that there was something to gain, He Shujuan's earlier unpleasantness vanished instantly. Whether Xu Bowen was a member of the Xu family or not was no longer so important; the most important thing was that her family would be able to live a life of luxury from now on.
Sure enough, after being rebuffed by Lu Wanqing, she turned around and went to find Yu Guanghui.
As noon approached, Yu Guanghui was leisurely waiting for lunch when He Shujuan came to find him, and he was quite impatient.
When she pulled him aside and told him that Xu Bowen was his son, he was stunned for a long time. Then, remembering the hints Lu Wanqing had given him, he had no choice but to beg her not to make a fuss.
As the Party branch secretary, this kind of conduct was fatal to him, and he had no choice but to agree to He Shujuan's request.
In fact, he knew in his heart that he could not afford to offend either Lu Wanqing or He Shujuan, so he let them negotiate on their own.
Since that's the case, Lu Wanqing didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated the matter: "Aunt He, did you invite the Party Secretary over to put pressure on me? You probably don't know, but I've known about Xu Bowen's background for a long time."
Upon hearing this, He Shujuan's pupils dilated. She turned to look at Yu Guanghui, only to find him calm and composed, seemingly unsurprised.
"Since you already knew, why didn't you say anything?" He Shujuan asked with a stern face.
Lu Wanqing smiled contemptuously, "Do you think everyone is as despicable as you! Since you've gone too far today, I have nothing more to say to you. If you dare to cause trouble again, I'll expose this!"
Now it was Yu Guanghui's turn to get nervous. He quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Lu Zhiqing, don't be angry. How about this? Didn't you promise to give Aunt He two hundred catties of rice a year? Let's not wait until after the autumn harvest to give it to her, let's give it to her now!"
He Shujuan narrowed her triangular eyes, seemingly uninterested in the suggestion, and said in a domineering manner, "You all hurry up and harvest the rice. I want to take back that land and grow it myself."
"I rented for two years. You can't just say you don't want to rent anymore! This is a breach of contract, and you need to pay compensation." Lu Wanqing glared at her.
After two years of irrigation with the spiritual spring water, the soil of this land will be completely transformed. When that time comes, He Shujuan can take it back and plant whatever she wants to grow, and she will have a good harvest. But she just had to do it!
"What? You still want compensation? You still owe me 150 kilograms of rice for a year's rent! How dare you talk about compensation!" He Shujuan wouldn't pay a single penny.
Lu Wanqing shrugged and said indifferently, "Since you're not going to compensate me, then I don't need to pay the rent either! I'll harvest the rice in a few days and return the land to you!"
Yu Guanghui also thought it was a good idea, so he told He Shujuan to think it over carefully.
He Shujuan thought of that piece of land, where the rice was growing so well that one mu could yield at least 1,500 jin of millet, but 150 jin of rice seemed like not so much.
Thinking that she would need to secretly ask Yu Guanghui for favors later, she agreed.
"I can do without rice, but you'd better keep your mouth shut."
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