Chapter 552

If it weren't for someone stopping him, Chen Xingbang could have beaten Wang Jinguang to death here.

"Stop hitting, stop hitting, if you hit again, you will really kill him!" The one who spoke was the village director Yu Yongfeng, who was in his forties. He really couldn't watch Wang Jinguang be beaten to death.

Chen Xingbang stopped his hand. Both of Wang Jinguang's arms were broken. He had been wailing just now. Now that Chen Xingbang stopped hitting, he shouted with a hoarse voice:

"Chen Xingbang, I'm going to the township to sue you! Just wait to go to jail!"

Once these words were said, many of the onlookers really broke into a cold sweat for Chen Xingbang. They didn't like this Wang Jinguang; this old bachelor stole chickens and dogs from time to time.

When everyone was working in the fields and not at home, he would take things from people's homes when they weren't paying attention.

So when Chen Xingbang beat Wang Jinguang hard, everyone watched the excitement and no one stopped him.

Now that Wang Jinguang said this, those families who had been harmed by Wang Jinguang naturally worried for Chen Xingbang.

"I go to jail?" Unexpectedly, when Chen Xingbang heard him say go to jail, he sneered and pointed outside and said:

"You sue! You go sue now! If you don't sue, you are a grandson!"

Wang Jinguang was suddenly confused by Chen Xingbang, not knowing what he meant, and others were mostly the same.

A few people understood, but didn't speak.

Seeing Wang Jinguang stop talking, Chen Xingbang said loudly:

"If you dare to sue, for the things you have done, see if the county will take you to be shot! What you committed is the crime of hooliganism! It's the same all over the country this year, the crime of hooliganism, no need for retrial, directly taken to be shot, go sue!"

The villagers really didn't know much about this matter.

Wang Jinguang was half-believing, Chen Xingbang pointed to Yu Yongfeng and said:

"If you don't believe it, ask the director if it's true!"

Everyone's eyes turned to Yu Yongfeng.

"It's true!" Yu Yongfeng nodded, "At present, there are too many messy things in the country, and the higher-ups have done such a thing. It's fine if no one sues, but if someone sues, as long as it is checked to be true, this kind of thing will really be shot."

Hearing Yu Yongfeng say this, Wang Jinguang really shrank his body in fear, feeling that his arm was not so painful, and he could endure it.

He didn't want to die!

"Pah!" Chen Xingbang spat at him and said fiercely: "In the future, when I go out, if you dare to knock on my door again, I will break your legs, knock out your teeth, and let you starve to death!"

Wang Jinguang shrank his body and didn't dare to speak. Chen Xingbang then left with the stick.

Is this Chen Xingbang still leaving?

After this incident, those who spread rumors about Li Xia at the head and end of the village felt that they should talk less in the future. This Chen Xingbang is really desperate when he goes crazy!

Chen Xingbang returned home, and Li Xia had already prepared lunch. She ate with Chen Xingbang and Hongqin, listening to Chen Xingbang talk about working in Northern Xinjiang, as well as the affairs of Li Jianguo, Li Anguo, and Li Long.

In front of Hongqin, Chen Xingbang didn't say anything about leaving together. He just told Li Xia:

"Tomorrow I will go to my dad's place to make this clear."

"Grandpa and Grandma don't pay attention to me anymore." Hongqin suddenly said, "The day before yesterday I was playing by the river with others, I saw Grandpa carrying things and walking back, I went ashore and greeted Grandpa, but Grandpa didn't pay attention to me."

Li Xia didn't speak, Chen Xingbang sighed, touched Hongqin's head, and said:

"Hongqin be good, I'll buy you toys in a while, okay?"

He originally thought this topic could divert Hongqin's attention to other aspects, but he didn't expect Hongqin to think about it and say:

"Dad, are you leaving again? Will you come back to buy me toys after you leave? Then can you not leave..."

Chen Xingbang felt his eyes sore when he heard this, and Li Xia covered her face and turned away.

Chen Xingbang rubbed Hongqin's hair, knowing that the child had become sensible.

The next day after breakfast, Chen Xingbang went to the village store to buy two cans and two bottles of wine to go to Chen Zhanggui's courtyard.

Father Chen Zhanggui, mother Shen Yujuan, younger brother Chen Qiangguo, and younger sister-in-law Luo Qiuyu were all in the courtyard. Seeing Chen Xingbang coming with things, they were all a little nervous.

"Brother, why are you here?"

"I'm back, come to see Dad and Mom." Chen Xingbang put the things on the ground.

"I'm fine, don't need you to see." Chen Zhanggui's tone was very cold.

"Brother, what work do you do in Northern Xinjiang? Do you earn money?" Chen Qiangguo was very enthusiastic and asked actively.

"Killing pigs, selling meat." Chen Xingbang returned two words. His attention was on Chen Zhanggui. Just now Chen Zhanggui spoke very coldly. He didn't know if it was because his father felt guilty about what he had done before and didn't want to talk to him, or if he was paranoid because of his bias.

Anyway, he didn't come to get close, Chen Xingbang said to Chen Zhanggui:

"Dad, I am your son, Hongqin is your granddaughter, even if you don't like me, I came out of this family anyway. When I am not here, can you act like a person?"

"I heard from Hongqin's mother that you ran to our courtyard and told her to remarry or find me in Northern Xinjiang, and that the courtyard and land must be left to you."

"Are you wishing I was dead and didn't come back?"

"How are you talking to me?" Chen Zhanggui didn't take Chen Xingbang's words, but instead looked for his faults, "I am your father, how I do things is none of your business!"

"That's fine, I won't care how you live in the future." Chen Xingbang wanted this sentence, "Don't stare at our courtyard, we are still alive!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

Yesterday, Chen Xingbang beat Wang Jinguang with two broken arms and multiple wounds on his body. No one expected that Chen Xingbang, who was usually kind to others, would be so ruthless.

So today he said harsh words to his father Chen Zhanggui, Chen Zhanggui scolded him a few words at most, but had no other way.

Chen Qiangguo didn't dare to say anything to his brother. He was afraid of being beaten.

Chen Xingbang came out of his father's courtyard and didn't go home directly, but went to another family's courtyard in the village.

This courtyard is one of the few brick houses and brick walls in the whole village, and there is a tractor with grasshopper legs parked in the courtyard.

This tractor was disliked by Li Long in Northern Xinjiang, but in this village, it is a divine existence.

The owner's surname is Niu, named Niu Jia Wei Guo, who returned from the army and had stayed in the car squad. This hand-pushed tractor is second-hand and can transport goods to earn freight.

Niu Jia Wei Guo has three brothers, the courtyard is quite good, but it is also a bit crowded because two of them are married.

Chen Xingbang came to find Niu Jia Wei Guo and discussed in a low voice:

"Jia Wei Guo, my courtyard and my family's land, I will sell them to you for two hundred yuan."

"What? You don't want your home?" Niu Jia Wei Guo naturally wanted it. The family is built well, but the place is only so big, the family has only so much money, and there are many places to spend money.

Building now can get a homestead, but the current family can't afford to build this kind.

He is the eldest brother, he has ideas about Chen Xingbang's words, if he buys it, he will move into the Chen family's courtyard, and leave this place to his two brothers, which is better than crowding together.

Two hundred yuan is really not expensive, this includes the homestead.

The Chen family's house is not considered old, it's a seven or eight-year-old house, quite good.

"Don't make a sound, I plan to go to Northern Xinjiang and not come back." Chen Xingbang said, "Let alone the house, that nine-fen land will also be given to you."

In fact, according to the current price, the house with land can be sold for two hundred and fifty or sixty.

He sold it cheaply, firstly because he wanted to sell it as soon as possible, and secondly because he didn't want to sell it cheaply to his father.

His original idea of coming back was to give the house and land to his parents and go to Northern Xinjiang himself, which was considered fulfilling his duty.

He followed his father to work at the age of fourteen without graduating from junior high school, and worked until he was twenty-five or twenty-six to marry a wife. Most of the family's belongings, including his own house, were earned by himself.

He followed his father for three years, and when he was sixteen or seventeen, he was able to stand on his own. At that time, his father basically stopped doing anything.

Chen Xingbang felt that it was enough.

It's time to consider himself. Hongqin's words solidified his decision.

If a father doesn't look like a father, don't blame the son for not looking like a son.

"Okay, two hundred, I'll give it to you now."

"I have written the contract, you take a look, is there anything to change, if not, you sign it, anyway I have already signed it."

"Yo, you prepared this? Okay, let me see."

"Are you afraid of my dad? After I leave, he might come to you to make trouble."

"What's there to be afraid of? With your contract, I'm not afraid!"

"That's fine, don't make it public before I leave in two days. We basically don't take anything when we leave, the things in the room are all left to you."

"That's feasible, thank you first!" Niu Jia Wei Guo was overjoyed when he heard this. Don't look at those things as second-hand goods, they are all old. If you want to fix a new set, it will cost a lot of money.

This is why it is said that a broken home is worth ten thousand strings of cash.

Niu Jia Wei Guo saw that there was no problem with the contract, went into the house and took two hundred yuan to Chen Xingbang, and Chen Xingbang took the money and left.

Niu Jia Wei Guo's two brothers came over curiously to ask about the matter, Niu Jia Wei Guo waved his hand and said: "Nothing, don't worry about this."

Although the two brothers are their own people, Niu Jia Wei Guo didn't intend to say anything. He came out of the army and knew that some things would only be kept secret if they were not said.

Once it is said, even if it is told to the most trusted person, it will not be kept secret.

Otherwise, wouldn't the saying "dead people keep secrets" be in vain?

Hongqin ran back to see when playing, and seeing that her parents were both at home, she ran out happily again.

"She is afraid that you will leave suddenly." Li Xia said softly.

"It won't happen. Let's not move the things in the house. Bring the money, pack a small bag of clothes, don't bring too much, everything can be bought there."

"Tomorrow morning, just pretend to visit relatives, you take Hongqin to Li Lou, I will go to the team headquarters." Chen Xingbang arranged things:

"Whoever you meet, say you are going to see your dad. Anyway, your dad is really back. After we arrive at Li Lou, see Hongqin's maternal grandfather, then find a car to the township, take a car on the side of the road to Yongcheng, buy a train ticket, and go directly to Northern Xinjiang."

The plan was very good, but Li Xia looked at the things in the house and was really reluctant.

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Most of these things were accumulated by her and Chen Xingbang bit by bit over the years. Giving them all up at once was really difficult to choose.

"In Shicheng, Without Xiao Long rented a courtyard for us, do you know how big that courtyard is?"

"How big?" Li Xia had never been to Northern Xinjiang, only guessing from some fragments Chen Xingbang told last time.

"Three times as big as our courtyard!" Chen Xingbang knew Li Xia's thoughts, so he led her to think towards the new home, "Just the vegetable garden in front can be one and a half times as big as our courtyard!"

"So big?"

"Heh, this is not the biggest. The biggest is Without Xiao Long's courtyard, one and a half times as big as the courtyard I lived in! He took a big job for the village, and the village director said, the piece of land in front of the eldest brother is up to him to divide, wherever he divides it counts!"

"That... that..." Li Xia couldn't think about it. If you really calculate it, just Li Long's courtyard is bigger than the land divided by his own family!

"Do you know? In the eldest brother's team, one person's ration land is five mu, the eldest brother's family has more than fifty mu including ration land and contracted land!"

"Ah?" Li Xia really couldn't think about it. More than fifty mu of land! A group in the village here doesn't have that much land!

"According to Without Xiao Long, we will contract more land next year. Do you know, Without Xiao Long bought a tractor, and the eldest brother also bought a tractor a few days ago..."

"That kind of tractor from the Niu family?" Li Xia yearned.

No farmer can resist the temptation of an iron ox.

"That's nothing? It's much more imposing than that, with four wheels in front, a small four-wheeled tractor!" Chen Xingbang said with a smile, "I heard that the eldest brother planted ten mu of melon seeds and earned more than five thousand in one year, and used this money to buy a tractor."

"What is a melon seed?"

"That... I'm not too sure, it's a bit like a watermelon." Chen Xingbang saw that it was far away, and pulled it back, "Don't tell anyone about our leaving."

"Why?" Li Xia was still a little puzzled, she hoped to leave openly.

"Last year, several of us went to Northern Xinjiang to earn money, everyone knows this. At the beginning of the year, Anguo took his family and left directly. Just this matter, everyone should be clear that Northern Xinjiang is really a place to earn money."

"Who in the village doesn't want to get rich? Look at everyone who is jealous of Niu Jia Wei Guo. If I really say it, look, not to mention others, just my younger brother Qiangguo, he will be the first to make trouble to follow me to Northern Xinjiang!"

Li Xia understood immediately.

In fact, Li Long had told them what he had heard before sending Li Qing Xia and Chen Xingbang on the train.

It was indeed heard, but it was heard in later generations, not about his own hometown.

And it was about ten years later.

At that time, young people who already had stable jobs in Northern Xinjiang took their wives back to their hometowns to visit. The hometown was in a mountainous area and relatively poor. I won't mention the specific province.

Anyway, it was basically taking a train to the region, transferring to a car to the county, taking a tractor to the county, then taking an ox cart to the village, and walking over several mountains to the team. He and his wife were dressed brightly, and the people in the village were all in ragged clothes.

The contrast was strong.

I won't mention the treatment at home, anyway, when leaving, several relatives within five generations in the village, young people of similar age, moved directly into the house with bedding, wanting to follow to Northern Xinjiang to make a fortune.

Fortunately, this person discussed it with his family, his wife went to the township to say she was buying things first, and he turned over the mountain at night, otherwise he really couldn't leave.

Li Long didn't say this because he didn't care about family affection. Anyway, the blood relatives had already moved out, all arrived in Northern Xinjiang, and all had relatively good arrangements.

He had no impression of the remaining people. Like Junshan, if he could help when he came, he would help. He had no intention of taking people out on his own initiative.

He was mainly worried that Chen Xingbang would be entangled when he went to bring his sister and children back, so he told such a story, still wanting to make them alert.

Chen Xingbang didn't care much originally, but after hearing Li Xia say those things after coming back, he understood.

Some people, even blood relatives, are unreliable.

That's why they discussed it this way.

When he said this, it diverted Li Xia's attention.

But in the evening, Li Xia couldn't sleep again. The bedding on this bed, the cooking utensils on the stove, the tools for working outside, and the various clothes she sewed with a needle and a thread, she was really reluctant to part with them.

Chen Xingbang knew her thoughts, but it was not easy to persuade her again.

The next day after breakfast, Hongqin still wanted to go out to play. Chen Xingbang and Li Xia told her they were going to take her to see her maternal grandfather, and she was very happy.

Grandpa and Grandma were not good to her, but Grandpa and Grandma were very good to her.

She immediately listened to Li Xia, changed her clothes, and followed Li Xia out of the door.

Despite a thousand reluctances, Li Xia only packed a small bag, carried the bag, and led Hongqin out of the door.

On the way, those who were working asked her what she was doing, and she followed what Chen Xingbang said, saying she was going to Li Lou to see her father.

"Your dad is back? Didn't he go to Northern Xinjiang?"

"That courtyard is still here, so I have to come back and see it." Li Xia said with a smile.

No one doubted, after all, this is human nature.

Chen Zhanggui, who was working in the fields, saw Li Xia taking Hongqin to Li Lou and asked the family members next to him:

"What is she doing?"

"Didn't you hear just now, she is going to see her dad." Chen Qiangguo said.

"Hmph." Chen Zhanggui didn't say anything more.

Chen Xingbang closed the door, carried the bag, and went to the team headquarters.

Village director Yu Yongfeng saw him coming and asked with a smile:

"Xingbang, what's the matter?"

There was no one else at the team headquarters, Chen Xingbang put ten yuan on the table:

"Director, I want to stamp a seal."

"What matter needs a seal?" Yu Yongfeng didn't expect Chen Xingbang to take out ten yuan, he put the money away calmly and asked.

Chen Xingbang took out a folded piece of paper and carefully unfolded it in front of Yu Yongfeng.

"Political review form?" Yu Yongfeng was startled when he saw it, and then looked at the unit name, "Shicheng Food Factory?"

He didn't know where Shicheng was, but obviously this was a political review form for a worker.

Could it be that Chen Xingbang became a worker?

"Director, stamp it, you also know my situation, what is written on this is not a lie, I need it urgently."

"You need it urgently?" Yu Yongfeng looked at the content written on it, and it was really not a lie.

He took the seal and stamped it, and asked:

"Why do you need it urgently? Did you really become a worker? When are you leaving?"

"Soon." Chen Xingbang said vaguely, "Don't let this matter spread."

This political review form is for the political review of temporary workers, after all, it is a food factory. He wanted to take it back to get it stamped, and the factory agreed, anyway, it is a letter investigation and political review for the village.

The reason why Chen Xingbang wanted to take it back was because the political review of Li Anguo was written in a mess, describing Li Anguo as a criminal.

Fortunately, the Jian'an Company knew Li Anguo's actual performance and didn't care. Everyone knew that it was because they were jealous that Li Anguo became a formal worker, so they wrote it like that, wanting to ruin things.

There are always some people who can't see others doing well.

Chen Xingbang put the political review form away, came out of the team headquarters, he didn't go to the main road, but took a detour to Li Lou.

In the future, this place will be rarely seen. Although this place is his hometown, he really has no attachment at all. (End of chapter)