Chapter 14 You did a great job
The power of these two dollars was great, and even the other gossipy old men and women were frightened.
The group first arrived at Mrs. Li's house. Her beloved grandson, the scorer Xiao Li, was still reading a book in the house.
Seeing this large group of people coming, Mrs. Li's family members also came out, looking puzzled.
"Mom, what's going on? Secretary, you're here too?"
Mrs. Li’s eldest daughter-in-law Fang Hua had a vague feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Sure enough, the branch secretary spoke up: "Since you're all here, I'll just explain to you that your old lady spread rumors and slandered the families of soldiers, and her thoughts are not right. Today, I will help mediate. Your family will compensate Su Heng two yuan, and this matter will be settled privately."
"What?" The Li family almost blacked out.
The old man in this family died early. Old Mrs. Li was the child bride of the Li family. She had suffered bullying all her life, but now she has become the eldest elder in the family. She suddenly became domineering and arrogant.
Normally her gossip is just annoying, but now that she has improper thoughts, it's serious.
Fang Hua wanted to say something else but was stopped by Li Qinxue.
This was a critical period for him to fight for a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. It was already very embarrassing for his grandmother to cause such trouble at this time, and it could not be made any bigger.
Otherwise, if the superiors find out, he will be the first one to be punished.
"Secretary, my grandmother is old and confused. We acknowledge this and we will pay compensation."
Li Qinxue said as he bowed to Su Heng again: "I apologize to you on behalf of my grandma. I'm sorry."
Seeing her beloved grandson bowing his head and apologizing to others, Old Lady Li felt even more uncomfortable than if he had asked her for money.
She was so anxious that her eyes turned red, and she hated Old Lady Zhang who instigated her.
Su Heng accepted his gift firmly and said, "I accept the apology and compensation, and we are even now."
But although their previous accounts have been settled, he still has accounts to settle with other people in the village.
This scorer is also a master at cooking the books.
Li Qinxue heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and quickly turned around and asked his mother to go into the house to get the money.
On the other side, the family of Old Lady Zhang, who was notified by the enthusiastic onlookers, saw it and had no way to hide, so they could only accept it.
The old man who was in charge of Old Lady Zhang's house was still alive, and Old Man Wu immediately gave her a big beating, almost knocking out Old Lady Zhang's teeth.
"Spendthrift old woman! You've spoiled our family by telling us all the wrong things!"
"You dare to hit me? I gave birth to three sons for you. I won't live anymore, you heartless old man!"
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The two were still quarreling despite being old, so Mrs. Zhang's sons hurried over to separate them.
The whole family suddenly fell into chaos, which amazed the onlookers.
Secretary Chen had completely lost his patience and told them to stop, as they couldn't refuse to pay the money they were owed.
In the end, both families paid a total of two dollars.
Su Heng counted the scattered banknotes in her hand. It could be seen that they were the savings of the two old ladies. Most of them were worth a few cents, and she held a handful of them.
She counted the money and put it in her pocket, which became bulging.
Now we have the money to buy food.
Su Heng narrowed her eyes and was in a very good mood.
In the future, if there are any villagers who want to gossip, they will probably be more restrained after seeing the example of these two families paying compensation.
"Okay, I'll keep my word. As long as you don't do it again, I won't hold you accountable."
What else could the two families say? Their hearts were bleeding when they gave the money, and they also had deep resentment towards their old lady.
"But if I hear anything again, it won't be as easy to talk to you as it was this time."
Secretary Chen also said, "Be careful with your words from now on. You should have a clear idea of what you can and cannot say. Okay, let's all go."
After everyone left, Su Heng followed the secretary and his family back and took out a dime and handed it to the secretary.
"Secretary, I'm so grateful to you today. Otherwise, I would have suffered such a loss. This is a small token of my appreciation. Please buy some candy for the children at home."
When Secretary Chen's wife He Xiu saw him, she was immediately attracted to him, but Secretary Chen refused.
He sighed: "Take it. I also know the situation of the Lu family. Thank you for your hard work."
After a pause, he continued, "But I still hope you can live a good life with the Lu family kid. He is a good person, but he just had bad luck. Now he is like this, alas!"
Su Heng understood what he meant. He was actually afraid that he would not be able to endure the hardship and would divorce Lu Mingchuan.
After all, the Lu family really has no labor force, and the young couple has no children. Who would be willing to stay with a cripple all the time?
But Su Heng's supernatural powers are slowly recovering, and there is still hope that Lu Mingchuan's leg can be cured.
Even if she divorced him, she would cure Lu Mingchuan before leaving.
It's not that she is a saint, she just can't bear to see the hero trapped in the yard waiting to die for the rest of his life.
Su Heng smiled and said, "I know, Lu Mingchuan is fine."
As she said this, she stuffed the money into the pocket of the little girl following behind He Xiu.
"Use this to buy some candy. It's your sister's treat."
The little girl was stunned and didn't dare to take it. She wanted to return it to her, but Su Heng had already walked away.
She waved to the branch secretary's family and ran away quickly.
He Xiu suddenly felt bad. The Lu family's situation was indeed not good.
She took the money from her little daughter's pocket and said to the Party Secretary, "I didn't think Su Heng was any good before, but I didn't expect he's actually a very honest person."
Secretary Chen glared at her and said, "Those people are gossiping behind my back. Don't have any more contact with them in the future."
"I know! I'm not stupid!"
"Mom, I want to eat candy. Sister Su said she would give it to me."
"Eat! You can't go without me. I'm worried that your mother will treat you badly!"
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Su Heng returned home and couldn't help laughing as soon as she entered the door.
Lu Mingchuan had already peeled the rabbit skin, washed and cut the rabbit into pieces and placed them in a ceramic bowl, ready to fry when Su Heng came back.
Seeing Su Heng like this, Lu Mingchuan was a little confused.
"Lu Mingchuan, guess what I was doing just now?"
Lu Mingchuan: “I don’t know.” But it looked like he had picked up money.
Su Heng took out a handful of money and waved it in front of him twice.
"I'm going to collect the debt! Four dollars can buy a lot of eggs!"
Su Heng smiled with her eyebrows curved, her teeth showing but not her eyes.
Lu Mingchuan was puzzled: "What account?"
So Su Heng told him exactly what had happened.
At the end he asked, "Am I awesome?"
"Yeah, that's amazing, you did a great job."
Lu Mingchuan responded, lowered his head but held the crutch tightly in his hand.
He didn't ask Su Heng why she didn't call him, because she could handle it well enough on her own.
But I still kept the accounts of these two companies in my heart.
Su Heng was so happy that she didn't notice it.
She carefully brought the money into the house and put it in the tin can where the original owner kept his money. She felt very happy looking at the money.
Still thinking about the rabbit in the kitchen, I put the money down and went to cook.
Rabbit tastes better when stir-fried. Spicy rabbit cubes and spicy rabbit heads make me drool just thinking about them.
"Can you eat spicy food?" Su Heng did not forget to ask Lu Mingchuan.
Lu Mingchuan nodded: "Okay."
"Okay, let's have stir-fried spicy rabbit today!"
Lu Mingchuan helped to light the fire. There were a few strings of dried chilies hanging under the kitchen beam. Su Heng cut a large bowl of them, which were bright red.
Heat the pan with cold oil, and sauté dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and minced garlic.
“Ahem—”
Both of them were choked, but they had to admit that it was really delicious.
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