"Let me be clear, we didn't hit anyone. Someone was sneaking around in front of our door, and I didn't know who it was. For my own safety, I took self-protection measures."
"Mom, look at me, he kicked me!"
Jiang Guihua was covered in mud, her hair was disheveled, and there was a bucket next to her. It was her own bucket, and the second deputy hall recognized it.
"What are you doing?" She stepped forward to help her up, then turned to Zhou Shengnan and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing? Ask your good daughter what she is doing sneaking around outside our yard so late at night!"
When Zhou Shengnan glared at her, Jiang Guihua became intimidated. She touched her forehead and found the scar there was left by Zhou Lanhua.
A good father will have a good son.
"Guihua, what are you doing here? It's so cold at night, and we and them..." The Second Deputy Hall looked up and lowered his voice, "We don't have a very good relationship with them, so what are you doing here?"
Jiang Guihua is almost thirty years old, and now she is pouting, feeling so aggrieved that she is about to cry.
"Why are you crying? Are you feeling wronged? Look at the two trees in front of our yard, they were both killed by you!" Qiuhua was furious.
The Second Vice-Chancellor rolled his eyes at Qiu Hua and said, "The elders are speaking, is it your turn to point fingers? You are just an outsider, it is not your turn to speak here."
"Who said it's not her turn? Qiuhua is my second daughter. Don't change the subject. You said she did this. What should we do? Either I go to the police station early tomorrow morning, or I go to the team and tell them about it. I want them to play it on a loudspeaker so that everyone in the village can hear it."
Jiang Xiang didn't want to waste time talking to them, so she gave them two options.
The Second Deputy Dean remained silent for a long time before he gritted his teeth and said, "Are you really going to be so ruthless?"
"Favor? Have we ever had favor?" Jiang Xiang couldn't help but think of the past.
"Your house used to be next door to ours. When I was a child, there were two bowls of soup at home, and my mother would always ask me to bring one bowl for you to try. At that time, you had just given birth to Jiang Guihua, and there was no one to take care of you. It was my mother who brought you food every few days. Do you still remember?
But later on, our relationship grew distant. Can you tell me why?"
Jiang Xiang looked at her, and the Second Deputy Hall sneered and said, "Why? It's because our family moved away and our lives have improved. You can't get close to us, so you hold a grudge against us."
"Haha, people need face and trees need bark, do you really not know this, or are you deceiving even yourself?
When my family was renovating the house, I thought that since we had a good relationship, you would definitely come to help. But it turned out that Dad was naive.
That day, my father shouted outside your door for a long time, asking your father to come out and transport sand. He had given him the money and had agreed on it a few days ago, but his voice was hoarse from shouting, and your father pretended to be asleep and couldn't get up.
When we were putting up the beam, you piled up five big sand piles at your doorstep overnight to prevent our beam from coming in. Do you remember?
From the beginning to the end, I still haven't figured out what kind of grudge we had that you're making things so difficult for me."
The second deputy hall remained calm and said, "There's no grudge. You guys build the houses, and I'll build the roads. Isn't that okay? Building roads is a good thing!"
"You have to do this good deed when we're putting up the beams? You're truly a kind person!
A kind man is often ridden upon, and a kind horse is often bullied. Do you really want us to be poor and destitute forever? So you are high and mighty, and occasionally do something for us so that we will be grateful.
Later, when we gradually became successful, you became jealous and created such despicable obstacles!
Now look at your daughter, she's like a rat's son, digging holes!"
"You! Jiang Xiang, I advise you not to go too far! You usually speak softly and tenderly, pretending to be so gentle and kind, but you're just fooling others, you can't fool me!" The Second Vice-President simply gave up pretending and said bluntly, "I didn't intend to have a good relationship with you guys in the first place. If you really want to make this a big deal, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep your position as the Fourth Vice-President."
Jiang's fragrance rushed to her head. Zhou Shengnan supported her shoulders from behind. The warmth from these big hands came over her, and she slowly calmed down.
"Are you worthy of her gentleness and kindness? Jiang Guihua is still young. If this gets out, probably no one will come to her house to order embroidery.
Don’t you know what kind of person your son-in-law is? If you don’t know, I’ll tell you! "
When Jiang Guihua heard Zhou Shengnan mention her man, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.
"I think you'd be lonely if you went in alone, so I'll send both of you in. It would be so much fun to have a couple as companions!"
"No, no, no! You are going to destroy our family!" Jiang Guihua was anxious.
"What are you doing! Are you my daughter? How can you be so spineless?"
"Mom, do you really want to watch my wife and I go to jail?" Jiang Guihua begged in tears, "Let's just give in. This tree is my fault. Can't I just pay the money? Those things in the past have nothing to do with me. They were all done by you and Dad. Why do you want to implicate us?"
“Bang!”
Jiang Guihua was slapped hard in the face.
"You bastard!"
"Mom!"
The second deputy hall master was shaking with anger. She glared at her good-for-nothing daughter, then looked at them with hatred. Finally, she slumped down and lost her temper.
"What do you want?"
"No problem. First, the two camphor trees at the entrance are several decades old, so I'll compensate them according to their price.
Second, Jiang Guihua herself wrote the evidence, signed it, and we want to keep it. We will not interfere with each other in the future.
Third, you must resign from your position as Second Vice-Chancellor immediately."
Jiang Xiang and the second deputy hall master were both shocked. They didn't expect Zhou Shengnan to be so cruel. You know, the position of the second deputy hall master is no different from the top scholar in ancient times for their family.
The second deputy's lips were purple, his face flushed with excitement, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.
"No, I will take responsibility for what I have done. I can agree to the first two, but not the last one!" Jiang Guihua still had some backbone.
Jiang Xiang looked at Zhou Shengnan as if he wanted to say something, but he held her hand down.
"Just because of the first two things, you think I'll let you go? That's naive. If you still want to be the second deputy hall master, then write a written agreement and don't compete for the position of hall master in the future. You must remember that you are not worthy of the position!"
"Okay, I agree." The second deputy hall master had nothing to say.
After the two of them signed their names, Zhou Shengnan stopped making things difficult for them and let them go back.
"Do you really want her to quit her position as the second deputy hall master?" Jiang Xiang closed the door and couldn't help asking.
"you guess."
"I can't guess, tell me."
Zhou Shengnan took her hand and said, "I know you are soft-hearted, and I didn't really ask her to quit, but if I hadn't said that, would she have agreed to my conditions so readily?
What I said later is correct. Given her character, is she worthy of competing for the position of hall master?"
Jiang Xiang knew that he was right, but she felt that this was too shameful.
"As long as you have a clear conscience, that's all. Besides, she can't compete with you even if she has the chance. Your craftsmanship is the best, as is your morality."
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