Chapter 224

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Secretary Wang had actually received the Leader's "hint," after all, the Leader had just said in the car not to put on airs...

Secretary Wang's three hundred yuan gift money had just been given, and it immediately drew the attention of many ordinary folks.

After all, no one had ever given this much as a gift before... usually it was ten or twenty yuan; seeing someone suddenly give one hundred yuan as share money, people were more or less shocked.

Chai Mi didn't bother with anything else, merely nodding slightly to acknowledge it.

Subsequently, a few people followed Liu Zhanggui and sat down at a table.

Before long, Liu Zhijing returned alone... the reason being Geng Yanfeng stated his heart was indeed not well, and he had no way to come eat.

Of course, Geng Yanfeng did indeed have some heart issues. Chai Mi knew this perfectly well in her heart...

Geng Yanfeng didn't know what had happened here; he thought Chai Mi had simply called him... to give a gift.

Giving a gift? That was absolutely impossible.

Liu Zhijing put it that way, and Chai Mi spread her hands, indicating she didn't care.

Then Chai Mi started PUA-ing Liu Zhijing: "Da Zhi, you go tell your dad: Chai Mi's old great-uncle is in no condition, says the drive was bumpy and rattling all the way, uncomfortable, can't move..."

Liu Zhijing, obedient as a child, turned around and loudly told Liu Zhanggui.

Liu Zhanggui was accompanying a few leaders eating melon seeds; hearing this, he didn't dare say anything, just said: "Da Zhi, go brew a pot of tea."

Liu Zhijing went off.

Meanwhile, Liu Xuejun and Township Head Huang both had a slight change of expression, not too pronounced.

Some things, let the bullets fly for a while.

However, Secretary Wang took the lead in stabbing Geng Yanfeng in the back: "Leader, I'll drive on the way back... safety first, after all."

The Leader neither opposed nor agreed.

Secretary Wang knew this was tacit consent.

Over there, Chai Chunwei was frantic, personally ran out to find Geng Yanfeng, and then the couple walked back in arm in arm.

Upon entering, they headed straight for Song Qingshan to give their gift; Chai Chunwei took two hundred yuan out of a wallet, her hands trembling slightly: "Giving two hundred, Chai Chunwei."

Chai Min felt at this moment that she couldn't keep yielding to Chai Mi in everything; just now she had a faint melancholy feeling that all the limelight had been stolen by Chai Mi...

So, Chai Min didn't quibble, and just accepted the money.

As a result, Chai Chunwei and Geng Yanfeng had just planned to go to Liu Zhanggui's table to sit with the leaders, but were directly stopped by Song Qiushui.

"Hey hey hey, what are you doing? Where are you going? Did you ask me? You just want to sit randomly?" Song Qiushui wasn't like other people who speak gently; her voice was quite pleasant, but Song Qiushui's way of speaking was always unpleasantly weird, a point Liu Zhanggui and the others had suffered deeply from.

"Go sit there..." Song Qiushui gestured at a single table by the door. "That's where the family sits."

"I... where I sit, what business is it of yours?" Chai Chunwei was very dissatisfied.

"Sit or don't sit, do I give a damn? Who the hell gave you the guts to yammer at me? Our Village Chief doesn't even dare talk back to me, who the hell do you think you are..." Song Qiushui planted her small hand on her waist and started spraying: "Know what a Toast Master is? Today, I'm the Toast Master, I damn well tell you where to sit, you go sit there happily. Want to eat or not, if not, get lost."

Chai Chunwei's face turned iron-green, caught in a dilemma.

She wanted to flare up, but the leaders were there...

But enduring it felt wrong too, so she looked at Liu Zhanggui...

"Village Chief, I'm going to your table..."

Liu Zhanggui froze for a moment; he was just about to muddy the waters, but got glared back by Song Qiushui: "Village Chief, what do you mean?"

Liu Zhanggui sucked in a breath: "Not my girl, I didn't speak... don't you come at me..."

"You damn well wanted to speak... I saw your mouth move."

"Eating melon seeds..."

"You let her sit at your table today, in a bit I'll chase you out to sit outside too, give you two strips of kelp silk and three peanuts to eat." Then Song Qiushui directly slanted her eyes at Chai Chunwei: "I'm telling you, whoever you find today won't work, just go to that table over there... even if you bring your dad it's useless. Anyway, I said it, today the family sits at the door table, whoever opposes me, I'll damn well arrange for them not to get served."

Then Song Qiushui looked at Liu Zhanggui: "Village Chief, do you oppose?"

Liu Zhanggui smoked without daring to speak: Qiu Shui, this girl, is good.

Chai Chunwei couldn't swallow the anger, so she went over and pulled Chai Mi, wanting to reason: "Chai Mi, what do you mean? Look at the door table..."

There was indeed a table set at the door, and on it there really were two strips of kelp silk, three peanuts, and nothing else.

The table was a small table, no chairs, not even stools, just two wooden stakes.

Very obviously, this table had a big problem...

And a huge problem at that.

"Isn't this humiliating people? What do you mean, my old aunt comes home to give you a gift, your family has a happy event, and you arrange my old aunt at that table? Isn't this deliberately making things difficult for me?"

"Is that so?" Chai Mi said unhurriedly: "I think it's perfectly normal. Old aunt, don't get any ideas; I don't manage the table arrangements. The Toast Master arranges seats based on gift amount. I remember when you got married, ten-plus years ago, our family hadn't split yet, my grandpa and those grandpas went over and gave a thousand yuan... that's been ten-plus years, prices have depreciated to what state, you give two hundred, it's the same concept as others giving ten and someone suddenly giving one yuan. So you going to that table, not wronged at all."

Chai Mi spoke, smiling: "This is still me considering there are many people today, not wanting to quarrel. Otherwise, you think I'd want your two hundred yuan of lousy money? You, sit if you want, don't sit then go back."

"Chai Mi!!! You wait for me!!!" Chai Chunwei gnashed her teeth in rage.

"Yo heh... Village Chief, my old aunt says..."

Before Chai Mi could finish, Chai Chunwei got scared and hurriedly lowered her head to apologize: "Okay okay, you're ruthless... I'll go to that table."

Geng Yanfeng looked at Chai Mi with a face full of shock: "Chai Mi, you're making me and your old aunt lose face at the door? It's the Old Chai Family's face being lost, how do you let outsiders see you."

"Outsiders?" Chai Mi hehehe'd laughing: "Aiya, you're the outsider. I'm the Old Chai Family, you're the son-in-law, don't talk nonsense. You give two thousand, I'll send you to that table; if you don't add more, you go to the door table. The one losing face isn't me, what do I fear... I can totally say: aiya, it's old aunt's noble character, seeing many people, unwilling to take up space... old aunt, look, I stand on the moral high ground, I'm invincible."

"Huhu..." Chai Chunwei and Geng Yanfeng were both nearly driven mad with anger.

But, fundamentally no one spoke up for the two of them.

The surrounding people, fundamentally didn't care how Chai Mi spoke or acted.

There were even those playing deaf and dumb, like Liu Zhanggui...

Liu Zhanggui came over not to eat melon seeds but to watch the show; with a beaming smile he said, "Oh my, you're all one family, what's there to quarrel about? Wherever you sit is fine... Chunwei, you just sit at that table, I don't believe it, even if you go sit there, Chai Mi still won't be able to make things difficult for you and not serve you dishes. It's the same wherever you eat... you go to that table, good, quiet, no one fighting you for dishes."

"Village Chief..."

Village Chief, are you fucking blind? Is that table meant for people to sit at?

Who knows if Liu Zhanggui was blind before, but right now he's pretending to be blind.

"That place is so good, right by the door... so carefree... we're all ten people to a table, look how good Chai Mi is to her aunt, she even arranges a private seat for you, fixes you up with a two-person table, no one fighting you for dishes, eat as much as you want..."

"I'm fucking not eating anymore." Chai Chunwei was so angry she was full of it.

Chai Mi laughed: "Then that's great, saves money."

Chai Chunwei now truly knew what 'fire shooting up three zhang' meant; if it weren't for the Leader being present, if it weren't for the Leader just this morning promoting Geng Yanfeng to be the Leader's driver, with a raise, Chai Chunwei would really want to blow up right now.

But, it was very obvious she didn't dare blow up now.

Just now, after being messed with by Chai Mi, Chai Chunwei felt her own image and Geng Yanfeng's job had both been affected; she absolutely must not cause trouble herself and let the Leader see it, or the loss would be even greater.

But, right now Chai Chunwei found it very hard to decide.

If she listened to Chai Mi's bullshit, the result might just be becoming a laughingstock afterward: Heard about it? Chai Mi's old aunt, went to give gift money, wasn't even allowed a seat at a table...

If she didn't listen to Chai Mi's bullshit, in a fit of anger today she could only get angry once.

After all, whether it was Chai Chunwei or Geng Yanfeng, neither dared make a scene at this occasion.

But that table by the door was impossible to go to; going there would be too humiliating.

So, Chai Chunwei and Geng Yanfeng conferred and decided to go back to the old house and wait a while.

This is called retreat to advance...

Chai Chunwei and Geng Yanfeng went out, but actually the two of them had "no way out"...

After all, there was no one at the old house right now...

Chai Zhongxiao and his wife were in Chai Mi's east room staying with Lao Liutou, listening to Lao Liutou give them a lesson; the lesson content was also extremely simple.

Lao Liutou: "Chai Old Seven, how do you two have the nerve to show your shameless faces and only come over today? Did you two die yesterday..."

So Chai Zhongxiao and his wife really hadn't seen the things happening outside with Chai Chunwei and the others.

Outside today it was practically a sea of people; quarreling at the door, but inside the room they really hadn't heard it...

As for the other few people at the old house, Chai You De was at home not yet sobered up, but generally when counting heads, no one counts Chai You De as a person... while Che Lianyun happened to be rushing over to Chai Mi...

In a frantic hurry...

As a result, right at the door she collided full-on with Chai Chunwei and her husband.

With a thud...

Chai Chunwei and Geng Yanfeng were both knocked three meters away...

Chai Chunwei cried "aiyo," looked at her scraped leg, then looked up and saw a shrunken version of a mountain of meat lying right before her eyes.

"Third Sister-in-law..." Chai Chunwei recognized the person before her; the anger that was about to flare up instantly went down.

Chai Chunwei didn't dare provoke Che Lianyun; although normally Chai Chunwei acted high and mighty in front of others, Che Lianyun and Chai Zhongxiao and his wife lived in the same courtyard, and every festival when Chai Chunwei returned to her mother's family, she had to read Che Lianyun's face.

This little sister-in-law of hers didn't dare turn the tables and discipline her third sister-in-law.

Of course, mainly they weren't in the same weight class.

"Chunwei... this is..." Che Lianyun, her body full of fat, after being collided with, aside from her flesh trembling a bit, her body didn't move an inch.

She had come in a frantic hurry, originally aiming to find Chai Chunwei and her husband to discuss her own promotion issue.

Her attitude was naturally much better than usual.

Chai Chunwei climbed up from the ground, touched her bleeding arm and leg, feeling a somewhat (killing panic) pain; she complained that Chai Mi really wasn't a thing, then said to Che Lianyun: "Third Sister-in-law, that Chai Mi calf plaything, no one manages her, she's acting like a tyrant at home; I came over with good intentions to give gift money, she deliberately made things difficult for me, insisted on making us two sit at that small table by the door, wouldn't even give a sip of soup... Chai Mi is too much not a thing..."

Chai Chunwei was furious: "No matter how you put it, I'm the aunt returning to her mother's family to give gift money, not spending money, and I still can't eat from my big brother's bowl? And there are outsiders, there's the Leader, this girl is crazy, insists on crossing me, even got a crazy girl to act as Toast Master... she, no salvation."

Speaking of Chai Mi's bad points, Che Lianyun immediately found common ground with Chai Chunwei.

"Chai Mi..." Che Lianyun shivered all over, the horizontal flesh on her face wrinkling directly into steamed bun folds: "Big Brother is done for. Now whatever anyone says at home doesn't count; ever since Chai Mi said her mom was tired, this fuss she's been making at home... she's nearly worked several people to death. Her mom pretends to coax the child, can't be seen all day; Chai Youqing plays dumb, asks three questions knows nothing. Now even the old master and Old Man, no one dares provoke her... she's the Big King of the house."

"What..." Chai Chunwei, who hadn't returned to her mother's family in months, was extremely shocked: "It's gotten to this situation..."

"Still this situation... hehe..." Che Lianyun sneered: "Little sister, let me tell you. Just how much Chai Mi is not a thing..."

Che Lianyun then started saying Chai You De falling from the roof himself was pushed by Chai Mi, saying her son Chai Dajun's ruined prospects were directly filtered to say Chai Mi felt uncomfortable just looking at her own born son and wanted to take a knife and chop him, not mentioning her own provocation, insistently saying Chai Mi had nothing better to do than come up and give her several big slaps...

Also said Chai Mi incited that stupid cunt Song Qiuping to assault Old Man for no reason, drive to crush Chai Chunfang, smash her own home's glass at midnight, block her own home's chimney.

Now Chai Mi, just short of killing and arson.

In Che Lianyun's mouth, Chai Mi had already become the whole village's public enemy; dogs seeing her would have to walk around... cats seeing her would get leg cramps... people seeing her would have to kneel and welcome her, shouting "Old Buddha, auspicious greetings to you"...

Chai Chunwei and Geng Yanfeng looked at each other: Holy shit! Isn't this exactly the Three Family Village One Harm...

"Such a thing that bullies the old and scolds the young, Third Sister-in-law, how can you endure it?"

Che Lianyun froze for a moment: The point is whether I can endure it? The point is we should be "united in hatred," mutually help, common progress...

"What way is there? She trapped Old Master out of five thousand yuan, and cheated me out of one thousand yuan, living days carefree." Che Lianyun deliberately turned the topic to money: "I earn less, don't have as much money as her; if I get promoted to senior professional title this year, have money, I'll also handle affairs, then I won't arrange a table for her either..."

Chai Chunwei had read many books, naturally understood Che Lianyun's meaning, but she deliberately pretended not to understand, just avoided the heavy and said: "Right, next time our several families have matters, we won't tell her, I'll let her show off."