Tian Liwei waited in the living room for a long time before Qin Shu and Xie Lanzhi came hand in hand.

Xie Lanzhi handed the signed bid to Tian Liwei.

"As long as the seal is stamped, the 1 billion security deposit will be credited to your account within an hour."

It is called security money, but in fact it is toll paid to the Yunzhen government and is directly consumed internally.

When Yunzhen's economy just started to take off, the district party committee compound had to beg for alms from above. Money was needed for road construction, money was needed for poverty alleviation in villages and towns, the county town below owed teachers' salaries, etc. Money was needed everywhere.

Yunzhen is now in an awkward situation where it appears to be doing well on the outside, but is so tense on the inside that it can't even make ends meet.

When Tian Liwei heard that 1 billion would be deposited into his account in an hour, he was extremely excited.

He reached out to take the bid and promised excitedly: "I will go back and stamp it now and make this happen immediately!"

Xie Lanzhi raised the hand holding the bid slightly, causing Tian Liwei to miss it.

His face was calm, his voice was drawn out, and he spoke slowly, "One billion is not a small amount. We still need 200 million for the demolition payment of the southern part of Yunzhen. At least 300 million is needed for the initial construction of the trade city. This is 500 million. The rest of the money will be invested in the Beijing-Zhenzhou Expressway project."

Tian Liwei immediately showed an embarrassment: "What about the support for villages and towns, and the unpaid teachers' salaries? The teachers in the urban area are fine, they can hold on for a while, but the teachers in the county towns below have started to strike, blocking the county party committee every day and clamoring for the payment of salaries."

Xie Lanzhi's eyes turned cold. "From March of the year before last to now, in the past two years, the nine counties and districts of Yunzhen have owed teachers a total of tens of millions of yuan in salary. As the secretary, don't you think there is something wrong with this?"

Qin Shu knew that in this era, the problem of teachers’ salary arrears was serious.

I didn't expect it to be this serious.

Tian Liwei curled his lips and said, "What's the problem? If the higher-ups don't allocate money, how can we afford to pay salaries?"

Xie Lanzhi's voice sank a few degrees: "Are you sure the money wasn't transferred?"

Tian Liwei: "How could I not know whether the money was allocated or not? All the money passed through my hands."

Xie Lanzhi: "Yunzhen owes teachers' salaries, and allocated 60% last month!"

"This is impossible!"

Tian Liwei widened his eyes and refuted without thinking.

Xie Lanzhi said unhappily: "You signed it yourself, and the money is transferred to the project of supporting villages and towns, a total of 7 million!"

He had found out everything about this matter through Amuti before he officially took office.

Tian Liwei stiffened his neck and shouted, "Impossible! The situation down there is so serious, no matter how stupid I am, I would not dare to embezzle that money!"

Xie Lanzhi held the bid in his hand, pointed at him, and said sternly:

"Go back and check carefully to see through whose hands the money was spent."

"If this money is really used to support village and town projects, it's fine. If it goes to unknown places, you can expect to be investigated!"

Tian Liwei realized that the situation was not good, and he felt cold all over. He said in a tense voice: "I'll go back and check it out!"

He walked away, looking aggressive, as if he was going to fight someone to the death.

"Old man! I'm still here!"

Tian Kai, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his voice and shouted.

Tian Liwei paused where he was and turned to look at his son who was like a bullied person.

He thought that business was more important, so he left his son here first and would come back to pick him up.

But looking at Xie Lanzhi and Qin Shu, who remained expressionless, this couple had a lot of tricks up their sleeves. They sold out his son and would probably have to help others count the money.

Tian Liwei sighed and returned the same way.

Qin Shu stood beside Tian Kai with her pregnant belly: "How did you hurt your leg?"

Tian Liwei: "I interrupted him to make amends to my niece-in-law!"

Tian Kai: "I accidentally fell down the stairs."

The father and son spoke in unison, but their words had different meanings.

Tian Liwei glared at his son coldly, as if he was angry at him for being too frank, not knowing that crying children get candy.

Qin Shu stared at Tian Liwei with a playful look in her eyes: "You are really willing to do this. You are not afraid of losing your balance and breaking your son's third leg."

Tian Liwei was already humiliated, so he became even more shameless, and said with a smile: "Knowing what he did last night, I went home and whipped him with a belt. He ran and I chased him, and now he broke his leg. Even if his leg wasn't broken, I would have broken it!"

Qin Shu smiled but said nothing. She sat on the sofa and said to Tian Kai, "Take off the plaster and I'll re-set the bone."

Tian Kai shuddered as he thought of the pain he experienced in the clinic last night.

He said weakly, "Sister-in-law, why don't you just forget it? I'm afraid the old man will get angry and interrupt me again."

In fact, he was just afraid of pain and didn't want to experience hurt a second time.

Seeing Tian Kai was hesitating, Xie Lanzhi kicked his intact right leg in annoyance.

"So I told you to tear it down. So many people lined up to ask my Ah Shu to see a doctor but she didn't even have the chance. Don't be ungrateful!"

"I'll tear it down, I'll tear it down!"

Tian Kai dodged and started fighting with a wronged look on his face.

Tian Liwei wanted to stop it, but seeing Xie Lanzhi's attitude, he thought he might as well give it a try.

If his son experienced secondary trauma, he should just consider it as an apology to Qin Shu.

He walked over and helped his son remove the plaster.

Half an hour later.

“Ahhhhh——!”

Tian Kai, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly sat up straight, making a deafening sound of slaughtering a pig.

The whole building could probably hear it.

Qin Shu covered her aching ear and glanced at Tian Kai, whose face was pale.

"Keep your voice down! If someone doesn't know, they might think I'm slaughtering pigs!"

Two tear marks slid down Tian Kai's face, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Sister-in-law, is my leg useless?"

He could no longer feel his legs.

Qin Shu lowered her eyes and looked at Tian Kai's slightly swollen left leg. She said calmly, "Try to walk a few steps on the ground."

Tian Kai shook his head violently and sobbed, "I can't even stand up, I can't walk."

Qin Shu said kindly: "How do you know it won't work if you don't try? Stand up and try."

"I don't! I feel like I'm going to die and be disabled for the rest of my life."

Tian Kai was immersed in his own world, feeling more and more aggrieved, and looked like he couldn't accept it.

Xie Lanzhi couldn't bear to see his wife coaxing other men in such a sweet voice.

He took a step forward, grabbed Tian Kai by the collar with one hand, and dragged him off the sofa roughly.

"Just stand when I'm told to. Why are you being so pretentious?"

Tian Kai screamed, "Ahhhhhh!!! Dad! Save me! The Xie family's prince is trying to murder me!!"

His eyes were closed and he didn't notice that his feet were firmly on the ground.

Seeing his son's cowardly look, Tian Liwei couldn't help but wipe his face.

He has no idea how he raised his son. Not only is his skin delicate and tender, but he is also more delicate than a girl.

Tian Liwei suddenly said: "Akai, you stepped on dog shit!"

"Where?! Where?!!!"

Tian Kai jumped up and down, looking extremely disgusted.

Seeing his son being lively, happy and energetic, Tian Liwei showed a gratified smile on his face.