Chapter 65: The awful thing
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Tang Shengkai dropped the straw he was carrying and stared at the young man standing nearby, his eyes narrowed slightly and his hands clenched into fists. But thinking about their current situation, he didn't strike out.
Li Qingzhu naturally felt the anger in Tang Shengkai. He sneered in disdain and was about to say something else when Village Chief Li had recovered and pulled him away.
"That's enough, Li Qingzhu, look at what you look like."
Li Qingzhu was not annoyed when Village Chief Li pushed him away, and continued to speak casually, "Third Uncle, you know what kind of person I am."
Village Chief Li was furious. He looked up and saw many villagers gathered in and around the courtyard. He announced loudly, "A few days ago, Li Qingzhu, Xu Erfeng, and Zhang Xiaoguang were responsible for helping to repair this house.
We agreed to complete the repairs within three days, with each person receiving 10 work points per day. However, these three people pretended to obey our orders and failed to complete the work properly. I hereby declare that their work points for these three days will be cancelled and will not be counted towards their total work points for this month.
Xu Erfeng and Zhang Xiaoguang didn't dare to complain after hearing this. After all, they really didn't work hard. They did hang out with Zhuzi sometimes, but they usually didn't dare to challenge the village chief.
Li Qingzhu was different. He had been spoiled for a long time. After hearing what Village Chief Li said, he curled the corner of his lips slightly.
"Uncle San, the work points have already been recorded. It would be bad to erase them. Will the commune have any opinions?"
Village chief Li understood the implication of Li Qingzhu's words, but he ignored it and walked out.
He felt a little unwell and needed to go home and rest. If he waited any longer, he might get angry to death. The villagers inside and outside the courtyard were all whispering about it.
Before the village chief walked out of the yard, a loud "wow" from not far away almost scared the village chief Li to death.
Then I heard, "Oh my god, I'm going to die. Who is this rotten bastard who slandered my son?"
They worked so hard for three days, even eating their own meals, and yet they don't even get a single work point."
He cried and cursed without slowing down his pace at all, and the onlookers tacitly made way for him.
Old Mrs. Zhou stumbled over, as if she had suffered a great injustice. When she saw the village chief coming up, she started to tear him apart, "Li Da, you wicked and heartless thing, Zhuzi is your nephew, your nephew.
Isn't that better than those outsiders who don't know their background? You actually helped those people bully your own nephew, are you still a human being? "
Village Chief Li was so annoyed by Old Zhou's tantrums that he lost his temper. "He asked for the work himself, but he didn't do it properly. How can I give him work points?"
"Who? Who said he didn't do his job well? Stand up right here. Our Zhuzi was clearly doing his job well, who is slandering him like this?
Oh, you black-hearted people, just because our old man is lame and the family has no pillar, you bully us orphans and widows like this."
Ding Lingzi couldn't help laughing when she heard Old Mrs. Zhou's wailing, and Sister Miao felt ashamed.
Old Mrs. Zhou had very good ears. Seeing Ding Lingzi smiling, she looked at her fiercely.
Ding Lingzi was startled at first, then rolled her eyes. "Aunt Zhou, even though I haven't read much, I know that orphans and widows don't use it this way."
Old Mrs. Zhou didn't care what Ding Lingzi said at all, and her anger was directed directly at Ding Lingzi.
"You slutty bitch, tell me, is it you who said that the pillars of my house are not repaired?"
"I don't need to tell you, it's obvious. Why don't you just go in and take a look for yourself?"
Old Zhou spat a mouthful of thick phlegm towards Ding Lingzi. Ding Lingzi didn't react for a moment, and as she saw the phlegm about to hit her, she widened her eyes and had forgotten how to react.
Tang Yue was nauseated. No one noticed how the little girl moved. Ding Lingzi only felt someone pull her body to the side, finally avoiding the attack of the thick phlegm.
Ding Lingzi didn't have time to look back to see who helped her, but she was angry.
"Old Mrs. Zhou, you are so disgusting. What did I do to provoke you? Why are you spitting on me?"
Seeing that the thick phlegm hadn't hit the target, Old Zhou was still preparing for another mouthful, but the village chief pushed her away. "Alright, stop it. You still think it's not embarrassing enough?"
Old Mrs. Zhou had never been pushed by the village chief before. She sat down on the ground and started howling.
"Hey, come and take a look! This ungrateful guy! My boss's leg is lame because of him. He can't do any work anymore."
This black-hearted thing actually wants to bully us orphans and widows."
The villagers who were watching could no longer bear to watch.
"That old Mrs. Zhou has really had enough. She's been repeating these words over and over again for years. Even if she hasn't said enough, we've heard enough."
"That's right. Ever since the village chief became the village chief, my family hasn't gained anything, and all the good things have gone to their family. This is going to never end."
"That's right. Year after year, the people in Li Laoer's family have the easiest jobs. And that Li Qingzhu, if it weren't for the village chief, I don't know how many times he would have been in jail. It's just endless."
The village chief naturally heard the villagers' discussions, and he himself felt that he had let down the people as the village chief over the years.
Ignoring Old Mrs. Zhou's wailing, Village Chief Li closed his eyes, as if he had made up his mind. He bowed to the onlookers.
The villagers stopped talking abruptly and stared at Village Chief Li in a daze.
Old Mrs. Zhou didn't know what Village Chief Li was going to do, but she never stopped swearing.
"Dear fellow villagers, I'm truly sorry for all these years. I don't think I'm qualified to be the village chief. From today on, I will no longer be the head of Daobei Village."
Suddenly, everything around became quiet; even Old Mrs. Zhou stopped talking.
She looked at Village Chief Li in disbelief, the curse words she was about to say stuck in her throat.
Li Qingzhu didn't expect that Village Chief Li would cause such a scene. He was stunned for a moment and then laughed.
"Uncle San, you're really not young anymore. Since you don't want to do it anymore, why don't you recommend me to take the position? I'm quite satisfied with the title of village chief."
Old Mrs. Zhou had originally felt that since Village Chief Li was no longer the village chief, their family would have no one to rely on. Who could she ask for benefits in the future?
Just as she was about to step forward and tear Village Chief Li apart, she heard what her son said, and she felt that it was absolutely right.
He stood up from the ground quickly, without even shaking off the dirt on his body, and grabbed Village Chief Li's arm.
"Yes, Lao San, look at our Xiao San'er. He is sensible, capable, and smart. Go to the commune and talk to the director. You don't want to be the village chief anymore. Let our Xiao San take over."
Village Chief Li's face looked as if he had eaten feces. He didn't know how the mother and son could say such things. He really didn't want to even open his mouth.
The villagers were speechless. How could there be such shameless people? Didn't they know their own worth?
Then someone in the crowd shouted, "We don't agree."
"Yes, we don't agree. If anyone lets Li Qingzhu be the village chief, we will go to the county to make a scene."
"Yes, let's go to the county and sue him. Let's expose all the evil things he has done over the years."
“Yes, we disagree.”
The voices rose in volume. Old Mrs. Zhou had been about to retort, but she hadn't expected the number of people shouting to grow. In the end, almost everyone was furious. Li Qingzhu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
Old Mrs. Zhou seemed to have lost her hearing amidst the sounds of disapproval, and could only see mouths turning into bloody jaws biting towards her.
I don’t know if it was because she was stimulated, but she suddenly closed her eyes and fell backwards.
Li Qingzhu was not far from his mother. When he saw his mother fall, he thought she was pretending as usual, but he still cooperated and quickly stepped forward to support her.
He wanted to say a few more threatening words, but this time the villagers were unmoved and the noise did not subside at all.
Li Qingzhu's face darkened. He quietly pinched his mother's arm, signaling her to wake up and fight back. However, after pinching her several times without any reaction, he lowered his head to check on her.
It doesn't matter if you look at it.
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