Chapter 246

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Time flew by; in the blink of an eye, four or five days had passed.

During these four or five days, the village could be said to be in utter chaos.

Several reporters, claiming to be from the Root-Digging Program Team, directly dug up every detail of Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong's past.

They not only published reports but continued to follow up...

Such as: Chai Zhongxiao had been a deserter when he was young... and previously Chai Zhongxiao's background wasn't good; he married Wang Huirong, and they still don't have a marriage certificate now, belonging to an unregistered marriage... Chai Zhongxiao once took out a loan to marry a wife for his second son Chai You Fu; the loan back then wasn't much, only six or seven hundred yuan, but he didn't pay it back, and later Chai Zhongxiao became a blacklisted household, with interest compounding for over ten years; this loan plus penalty fees has now reached forty-three thousand... Chai Zhongxiao, to renovate the old house back then, stole the purlins from the village committee's house in the village, stealing over twenty purlins from the village... The stones of the house Chai Zhongxiao lives in now were stolen from Fuxing Temple on Longfeng Mountain next to Sanjiacun; even the window frames were stolen from the temple... Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong owe the village about thirteen thousand two hundred catties of grain over these years... The leather shoes Wang Huirong wears seem to have been stolen from a neighbor's house, and she can't even fit into them... Chai Zhongxiao's house has two ropes, stolen from the railway construction team that originally built the railway... Chai Zhongxiao seems to have an improper relationship with his daughter-in-law Che Lianyun...

One report after another came out.

The village was in an uproar.

Chai Mi had nothing to do these past two days, so she went to the township to submit the electricity certificate. Also, she irrigated the fields with Chai Youqing. They had already irrigated four mu of land these past two days.

She got up a bit late today because she stayed up late irrigating the fields last night. After getting up, Chai Mi washed up and prepared to call her maternal aunt to go to the market together.

Of course, mainly she wanted to hitch a ride on Liu San's vehicle and buy more things along the way.

But before she left, Song Qiushui came idling over.

As soon as Song Qiushui arrived, she started laughing until she bent double.

Even the sunglasses she was wearing were shaken off by her laughter...

"Hahahahahahaha... I can't take it, I'm going to die laughing at home. Your grandfather's taste is really damn heavy, he even dares to do that with Che Pangpang..."

"Don't talk nonsense; if they weren't caught in the act, it doesn't count." Chai Mi said with a smile: "I really don't know who this reporter dug this up from; this kind of groundless rumor, he dares to report it."

"It must be true; if it weren't true, why doesn't Che Lianyun refute it?"

"Xiao Doubao isn't out until the day after tomorrow; how can she refute it?"

"What about Chai You De?"

"Chai You De is in the hospital?"

"Hehe, then didn't your grandmother Wang Huirong refute it either?" Song Qiushui said with a pout.

Indeed, regarding the matter of Xiao Doubao and Chai Zhongxiao having an improper relationship, Wang Huirong indeed did not refute it.

Of course, Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong haven't come out these past two days, so everyone isn't clear about what they mean.

But many people in the village are quite convinced that there is indeed some problem with the relationship between Chai Zhongxiao and Xiao Doubao.

"Anyway, I didn't catch them myself, so I dare not talk nonsense. This kind of ugly matter, family shame should not be publicized; from now on I don't take the surname Chai, I take the surname Mi... tomorrow call me Mi Chai." Chai Mi wore an innocent expression.

"You say..." Song Qiushui became interested, she asked in a low voice: "Then what reaction will Chai You De have after he is discharged from the hospital?"

"How would I know?" Chai Mi thought for a moment: "My Third Uncle hasn't recovered yet; he's in the hospital. But I plan to go see my Third Uncle for half a day, and along the way lend him some money, buy him some good food, to let him recover quickly. Look, am I a good eldest niece? I'm not holding grudges..."

"You damn well don't mind making a big deal out of it!!!" Song Qiushui wore an expression of I know you too damn well: "With that little scheme of yours, I could hear the clinking from home. Your Chai family old house will definitely have an Ultimate Showdown in a couple of days."

"Maybe they won't even fight."

"Forget it; as long as no one dies, that's not bad."

Both of them actually held the idea of watching the excitement about this matter.

Relatively speaking, the previous few pieces of news weren't too explosive, but the last one was indeed quite explosive.

Of course, this was all done by the newspaper office reporters, and has nothing to do with Chai Mi.

If asking about the root cause, it was Sun Yuguang who stirred it up...

However, Sun Yuguang didn't fare well either.

Because Sun Yuguang went to make trouble, he also went to squat in the bamboo cage.

Fortunately, the village decided to arrange people the day after tomorrow to bury Chai Chunfang.

If not buried soon, who knows what trouble might arise.

As for the matter of Sun Yuguang's two daughters beating Chai You De, it's now dropped. First, Chai You De's injuries weren't particularly serious; he just fractured two places, not a particularly serious injury. Second, after determination, the two daughters indeed acted in the heat of grief over losing their mother, and Sun Shengli insisted it was her who hit him.

And there was no one testifying nearby, resulting in the final determination that Sun Shengli was the one who hit him.

And Sun Shengli is only eight or nine years old, just about one or two years older than Chai Xiu, currently in third grade of elementary school, and there's simply no way to continue investigating...

Finally, Sun Shengli received the punishment of going to the Special School to study for half a month.

As for compensation, it's out of the question. After all, it's normal for an eight or nine-year-old child to be unable to pay.

The final result is that Chai You De basically has to pay out of pocket himself.

Of course, this matter hasn't ended so quickly. That group of reporters are still digging; maybe they can dig up something else.

"I don't know about other things, I just know the township says: Chai Zhongxiao's family owes grain to the village and needs to resolve it; otherwise other people in the village will feel it's unfair and it will have a very bad impact. Also, the issue of Chai Zhongxiao and his wife farming several daughters' land needs to be resolved." Song Qiushui knew some inside information, so she analyzed: "This time, they're finished. Chai Mi, you're really ruthless. Once that group of people with cameras reports it, the county will investigate Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong, and they have especially many mistakes. I feel they won't get past this hurdle this time..."

Chai Mi was quite calm about this matter, just smiling and saying: "I think this time Chai You De should kick the old man and old woman out. No one wants them; who wants a bunch of starving Chai Zhongxiaos? When the old man and old woman have nowhere to live, I'll go ask them: Didn't you say raising sons prevents old age? How did you let my Third Uncle get kicked out..."

Song Qiushui's eyes held autumn water, she extended her thumb: "That's ruthless to the maternal grandmother's home."

"Alright, let's go to the market. Haven't been to the market in a long time; along the way go check the foot traffic there, whether it's feasible to open a small restaurant later."

Chai Mi said, and took Song Qiushui to prepare to go to her maternal aunt's home.

But Su Wan said she also wanted to go to the market.

Chai Mi asked her what she wanted to go to the market for, and she said she just wanted to go out for a stroll...

The countryside doesn't have too many lively places, especially in this era of scarce resources; going to the market has become people's biggest activity to see new things, relax, and entertain themselves.

Before Su Wan gave birth to her third child, she almost went to every market. Here it's commonly called going to the big market; generally the local area has a market every five days.

Although the market is small, everything is sold there.

From small things like pots and pans to large things like cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, everything is for sale.

It sounds chaotic.

In reality, it's also chaotic...

Especially cattle and sheep, they really can be bought back at the market.

Our family's Old Qingniu was also bought at the market back then, costing over four hundred yuan at the time. After buying it, we drove it straight home; the person and the ox walked for half a day.

Although we have vegetables at home, grown ourselves, things like firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea still need to be bought at the market. Although the supply and marketing cooperative and small shops usually sell these too, they're expensive.

Things at the market are relatively cheap.

Su Wan indeed wanted to go to the market.

"Mom, you carrying the child to go, how tiring? Staying at home is so much better." Chai Mi persuaded.

"Alright... I was just thinking of buying two small outfits for the third child. Since the third was born, they've only worn one new outfit; the rest are all Xiu'er's hand-me-downs..."

With Su Wan putting it that way, Chai Mi had no choice but to agree to let Mother go to the market too.

The whole family going, leaving only poor Chai Xiu alone in the room...

"How about this, Xiu'er, you go along too. Otherwise you're not really watching the house anyway."

"Sure."

The mothers and Song Qiushui went to the market together.

As for Chai Youqing...

Watering the fields suits Chai Youqing better.

But since Su Wan is carrying the child to the market, how the group would go became a problem.

Originally Chai Mi wanted to go to Maternal Aunt's home, riding in Liu San's small truck; although that truck was already twelfth-hand, at least it could shelter from wind and rain, not bad.

But now considering there are quite a few people, there's no way.

Walking, five or six li of road, Chai Mi has no problem, but Su Wan carrying the child would be scorching, very hard to endure.

Daring not to take her on a bicycle either, this road isn't too good, all bumpy and jolting won't work.

"Is the tractor still at your place?" Chai Mi asked Song Qiushui.

Song Qiushui spread her hands: "Da Zhi came out, so I returned the tractor. I wanted to keep it, but after all, that one isn't the village's, it's his own, he still has use for it."

"Returning it is even better, saves your old dad from going to buy diesel to fuel it himself." Chai Mi said: "Qiushui, you go ask Da Zhi if he's going to the market? We'll ride his tractor."

"Definitely going, just don't know if he's left yet. On market day, his shop definitely opens, just counting on fleecing people that day." Song Qiushui seemed quite familiar with Liu Zhijing's business: "His repair shop, usually no one, only the market has some people, mostly repairing bicycles. Or someone repairing a tricycle or something. His business is good, generally doesn't open for several days, once it opens it's a big haul. Repairing a vehicle, earns more than Bi Te Ma selling a vehicle."

Chai Mi nodded.

Repairing vehicles originally makes money, parts worth a few yuan, sell to you for dozens, that's called human relations. Sell for a hundred or two, that's called conscience not too black. Sell for several hundred, that's adding insult to injury, you can't do anything.

For a hundred or eighty li, there's only this one repair shop.

Da Zhi's main stance: you damn well love to repair or not, if not go to the county, carry the vehicle there...

At this time, most people can only suffer a silent loss.

Rare goods command high prices, repair shops are the same.

But recently Da Zhi had an incident, the repair shop has been closed for over ten days, this market day it naturally still has to open, otherwise people would think he's not doing it anymore.

So, Song Qiushui went to see if Liu Zhijing had already left.

After all, this kind of work doesn't need two people, so Chai Mi just waited at home.

After a moment, the putt-putt-putt sound of a tractor came, Song Qiushui sitting on the tractor, returned in high spirits.

The tractor was still the same, that cotton quilt was still on the vehicle, luckily it hasn't rained recently, otherwise it would be miserable.

Chai Mi helped Mother Su Wan onto the vehicle, then carried Chai Xiu up, and only then got on himself.

"Da Zhi, your dad and mom are both at home..." On the road, Su Wan and Liu Zhijing chatted about daily life.

Chai Mi leaned against the carriage, not knowing what to say, but feeling truly happy inside.

All the grievances of the previous life, now about to see the dawn's light, this time Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong are thoroughly finished, with Chai Mi's understanding of Chai You De and Che Lianyun, Chai Zhongxiao's couple will definitely be driven out.

Of course, Chai Mi is also waiting for Chai Zhongxiao to be driven out by those two.

That way, it will definitely bring a series of other things.

The scheme of killing with a borrowed knife, Chai Mi has used repeatedly without fail.

Only, always a bit regrettable that Chai You Fu has been very quiet recently, even the sickly Chai Min is quiet to an extreme.

Very weird.

The tractor soon passed the fields below Chai Mi's house, Chai Mi shouted from the vehicle at Chai Youqing who was watering: Don't just stay in the fields, come back home in a bit to check, no one's home, you have to watch the house.

Chai Youqing only answered once, then went back to busy watering.

These two days, Chai Youqing has already watered seven or eight mu of land, speed is quite fast, just a bit perfunctory, can only solve the crops' drought problem for a few days.

Problem, Chai Youqing also argued stubbornly with Chai Mi, saying this and that, lecturing a bunch of principles.

Chai Mi couldn't be bothered to deal with him, just felt should buy two more water pumps, throw them in the well, this way faster. And can test if other families in the village also water fields, sell a well, might earn a little money, and help other families' crops not fail, truly killing two birds with one stone.

"Qiushui, is your family watering fields?"

Song Qiushui's family doesn't have much land, just one mouth got allocated land, the rest are mountains, that piece of land is also near the village.

"That you have to ask my dad, I don't care. Anyway it's just over one mu, whatever happens happens. Total failure isn't just me alone. Worst case everyone drinks the northwest wind together."

Song Qiushui anyway isn't too keen on watering fields.

"My family watering fields..." Liu Zhijing said while driving: "My family has more land, if you're not using that well, I want to use it. When the time comes, however much money, I'll give you."

Liu Zhijing not only wants to water fields, but wants to water more, recently tight on cash to the extreme. The repair shop not opening, his own family cheated out of over ten thousand by Che Lianyun, simply adding frost to snow. Originally a well-off family, now even facing famine.

Liu Zhijing complained behind his back about Liu Zhanggui no less: You doing village chief so well, dried the family out to famine, so outstanding.