Chapter 35 The Village is in Turmoil
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Lin Cuicui ignored Tang Shengkai and kept staring at her daughter. She really wanted to ask her daughter where she got such great ability to actually get a place for her father to join the army.
Just now, when they were on the donkey cart, she heard the head of the family say that although the recruiters had a good attitude, their requirements were very strict. If you can't do it, then you really can't do it. How did she get a place for her father?
Isn't Li Mingxuan a doctor? His medical skills aren't very good, and he can't even cure the headmaster's illness. So how can he be so capable?
"Yueyue, when do you think we should leave?"
Tang Yue looked up at her mother, her lips tightly pursed. "When are we leaving?" A few days earlier or later wouldn't make any difference. So far?
Wait! Tang Yue's eyes lit up. A smile appeared on the corners of her lips. "Mom, will the train arrive soon?"
Lin Cuicui had never ridden a train, but she had heard from others that it was extremely fast, even faster than a horse-drawn carriage.
"Pretty fast, right? You little girl, Mom asked when you're leaving?"
"Hey, everyone, come out and see! Tang Shengkai, who wanted to be a high-ranking official, is back! How's it going, Tang Lao San? You're going to be a soldier now, aren't you? How can you still be interested in our little Qiligou?"
The donkey cart entered the village. Not long after it had gone a short distance, Li Yuanzi was waiting eagerly under the big elm tree. When he saw Lin Cuicui and the others coming back, he hurried over to tease them.
Today, she went to the city with the villagers to buy New Year's goods, and she saw Tang Shengkai queuing in the recruitment team. Li Yuanzi was unhappy at the sight and felt jealous.
Why is Tang Shengkai so special? We were all born from the same mother, but he's the only one who wants to join the army. What's going on? Is he addicted to being a hero?
She had heard that those who had made military achievements on the battlefield would be assigned formal jobs when they returned. Wouldn't Tang San's family be different from theirs in the future?
How can that be?
Li Yuanzi didn't even have the mood to buy New Year's goods. She had been waiting quietly in the corner. Finally, Li Yuanzi heard that Tang Shengkai didn't get the job, and she felt so happy.
He deserves it! He thought he was so capable and wanted to join the army. How flattering!
She went to find two women who came with her from the village, bought some things quickly, and came back in a hurry.
As soon as she got off the donkey cart, she went straight to the team leader's house.
"Captain? Captain, are you home? Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"
The team leader and his family were sitting on the kang, rubbing corn. When they heard Li Yuanzi's loud voice, the team leader's wife, Qian Wenli, curled her lips and said, "She always has so much trouble."
The captain was also puzzled. He heard that Li Yuanzi and others went to the city to buy things today, so why did they come back at this time? It shouldn’t be like this!
The team leader threw down the corn cob in his hand, put on his clothes, and went to the field.
Li Yuanzi had already pushed the door open and entered the outer room. When she saw the captain lift the door curtain, she howled hurriedly.
"Captain, this is bad. Tang Lao San is going to run away. I saw him apply for a job today."
"What? Applying?"
"Yeah, I went shopping in the city today and saw him queuing there. What do you think Tang Shengkai is thinking?
He didn't want to stay in a good production team, but insisted on joining the army.
He looks so skinny and his legs are not in good condition. Which army would want him?
Fortunately, the people in the army thought the same as I did. In the end, they thought he was too thin and too old and didn't want him.
But Captain, we can't start this.
If these people don't work hard in the production team, who will farm our land in the future?
Who pays the state's grain tax? Tang Shengkai just wants to escape. Captain, you can't give him a letter of introduction.
We can’t let him take advantage of any loopholes.”
The captain was a little confused by Li Yuanzi's outburst, but he understood the general situation.
How come he hadn't heard anything about Tang Shengkai enlisting in the army? The captain's face also looked a little gloomy.
The number of people in each production team is fixed, and no one can leave at will.
Now that the country is in the process of developing production, everyone has gone out. Who will stay in the production team to work?
But considering the situation at Tang Shengkai's house, it might be a good thing for them to leave. After all, there's no telling when those spies might arrive.
"Captain, what are you thinking? Why don't you say something? Tang Shengkai isn't going to run away this time. What if he comes up with some bad idea next time?"
The captain ignored her and went back into the house. Li Yuanzi followed him directly.
"Hey, Captain, what do you mean? Are you trying to protect Tang San? If that's the case, I'll go to the village and make a scene."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out. The captain wanted to say a few words to them from behind, but Qian Wenli tugged at his sleeve.
"Why are you calling her? Don't you know who she is?
Even if you stop her now, she will still tell everyone in the village when she leaves our house later.
Everyone knows it, so why would you stop me?"
"Hey, you didn't even get the job, so why are you going out and talking nonsense?
I don't know how Tang Lao San offended Li Guiqin's family. His biological child is not as good as the one he picked up from outside. "
"Humph, that's right. Otherwise, this Tang Shengkai might not have crawled out of Li Guiqin's belly.
Otherwise, why would they be like enemies, day after day, even after breaking up, there's still no peace."
"Don't talk nonsense. It's already late, if you keep saying those useless things, be careful that someone will sue you."
Qian Wenli rolled her eyes at the captain and said nothing.
The team leader put on his clothes and shoes and went out of the house. As a result, Li Yuanzi was yelling with a group of villagers under the big elm tree, and he didn't say a single good word about Tang Shengkai.
The villagers didn't have much to talk about, so they took this matter seriously and started chatting with each other, making it quite lively.
After hearing this, the team leader really thought it would be a good thing if Tang Shengkai could apply for the job. Maybe if he became successful in the future, he could even help the villagers.
Some people felt that Tang Shengkai had become a little wild after being a hero, and wanted to go out and become an official to earn a salary, and did not want to work in the production team anymore.
Some people think that Tang Shengkai was chosen because the spies often came to the village, and that his family was unsafe, which might also affect the villagers. Such a choice should be made with the village in mind.
Anyway, there were all sorts of things going on, but the captain didn't do anything about it. Some things he could manage, but some things were beyond his control.
However, if the third brother really wanted to join the army, he thought the last option was the most likely.
After shouting for a long time, they saw that Tang Shengkai and his family had not returned yet. It was time to cook, and the people all went home to cook, but Li Yuanzi did not leave.
She would wait here. When Tang Shengkai and his family came back, she would let all the villagers come out to see that he was a heartless person.
Lin Cuicui became unhappy when she heard Li Yuanzi making a fuss in the village. She had tolerated her before because she was her second sister-in-law.
Now that we've broken up, what else is there to say?
Lin Cuicui stood up directly on the donkey cart, pointed at Li Yuanzi and started cursing.
"Li Yuanzi, keep your mouth clean. You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."
"Oh my, it's as if I'm afraid of you. What's the matter? You dare to do it but not to take responsibility? You went to the county town to apply for a job, and now you don't dare to admit it.
What? You didn't get the job, so you just want to quietly pretend it never happened? Pah! How could that be? It's not something you can produce.
What's going on? Are you addicted to being a hero? Do you think that being a hero once means you'll always be a hero?
Have you forgotten that you are from Qiligou? Do you not want to work for Qiligou anymore? You still want to be a soldier? Go and be a ghost."
Lin Cuicui was not very good at scolding, and she was so angry that she couldn't refute Li Yuanzi who kept talking like a machine gun.
Li Yuanzi had a loud voice to begin with, and his shouting directly woke up everyone who had returned home to light the fire and cook.
"Third brother, Li Yuanzi said you applied for a job. Is that true?"
"Third brother, do you really not want to stay in Qiligou anymore? Do you want to go out and become an official?
Being a soldier is not easy. What if there is a war? On the battlefield, your head is pinned to your crotch."
"Third brother, there's no place like home. Don't put yourself in a difficult position because of the spies. Didn't Comrade Chen say that those spies won't harm the villagers at all? You don't have to leave."
"Look at what you said. If we don't leave, we'll be fine. But how can their family withstand the spies coming to their door again and again?"
"Yes, Third Brother, you go ahead.
Being a soldier is a good thing. Those spies won't dare to go into the army and kill people, so you'll be safe."
Lin Cuicui said nothing, her eyes flickering across the faces of the villagers. These people, these...
Tang Shengkai pulled Lin Cuicui to sit down, jumped off the donkey cart, and walked step by step into the crowd.
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