Chapter 1051: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1051: To Be Honest, How Much Did You Lose

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"What? Bald Uncle was arrested?"

Wang Erhai was somewhat surprised: "How did he get arrested?"

Liu Aidi said: "Last night some police came to my house and took him away along with quite a few others! By the way, your dad and my husband climbed over the wall to escape together, my husband was caught, I reckon he was caught too, you'd better come back and check the situation."

Hearing this, Wang Erhai finally understood what was going on.

His own old father's leg must have been broken when he went to Baldy's house last night to play Liucun, was chased by the police, and fell while fleeing!

No wonder he hemmed and hawed and kept refusing to answer directly!

"Auntie Aidi, I'm afraid I can't help in this situation."

"Why not? Aren't you a Village Cadre? You should be able to help a bit, right?"

"The village committee has already merged now; several nearby villages are all under Changjiang Village Committee management, and I'm no longer a Village Cadre."

"Is that so? Fine then, sigh!"

Liu Aidi sighed.

Wang Erhai couldn't help but add one more sentence:

"Auntie Aidi, I already told Bald Uncle not to keep running the gambling den, but he wouldn't listen, harming others and himself!"

Liu Aidi said:

"He originally didn't want to open it anymore, but those people kept coming to our house one after another, he couldn't refuse them, so he kept opening it. Erhai, my husband won't be sentenced to prison, will he?"

Wang Erhai said honestly:

"Operating a gambling den and gathering crowds to gamble are not minor charges; I'm afraid he really will be sentenced. Auntie Aidi, things have come to this, you can only try to accept it."

Hearing this, Liu Aidi couldn't help but cry.

Wang Erhai comforted Liu Aidi for a while, and after hanging up the phone, he immediately went to Wang Zhanggen with a dark face.

"Did you go play Liucun again?"

Wang Erhai asked directly.

Wang Zhanggen made a sound of surprise, then hurriedly denied:

"No, no, I don't play that cheating thing anymore!"

"You're lying! Auntie Aidi just called me and said the police went to her house yesterday and took Baldy away. Was your leg broken when you were fleeing?"

Wang Erhai got somewhat angry.

It's normal for old people to have some hobbies.

But if this hobby is gambling, playing Liucun, then that's not allowed!

This isn't just about losing money; it will also make the home chaotic!

Seeing he couldn't hide it anymore, Wang Zhanggen could only hem and haw and admit:

"I was just bored and played it casually. Why are you so angry? I didn't spend your money!"

Hearing this, Li Xiulan was also very angry:

"Wang Zhanggen, you really can't change your nature! Didn't you say you wouldn't go play anymore!"

Wang Zhanggen argued:

"Isn't it boring at home? Now there's no one in the rural area, it's not easy to find someone to chat with, it's just that Baldy's house is livelier."

Li Xiulan asked angrily:

"Tell me honestly, how much did you lose!"

Wang Zhanggen lowered his head, his eyes darting around:

"Not much, all added up, I just lost over ten thousand. Yesterday I hit the numbers, I could have recovered some, but then Baldy actually got arrested, what a big loss!"

As soon as he mentioned hitting the numbers last night, Wang Zhanggen got somewhat excited.

After all, he had played for so long, and it was still the first time he hit the numbers.

But then he ran into this mess!

It really left him speechless!

"Your leg is broken, and you're still thinking about hitting the numbers?" Wang Erhai laughed in anger, then said to Li Xiulan: "Mom, from now on you manage the family money, keep the passbook safe, don't let him squander it!"

Li Xiulan nodded: "Okay, okay, I'll hide the passbook later! I won't let him take it!"

Wang Zhanggen was depressed:

"You guys don't have to be like this, I definitely won't go play Liucun again!"

Li Xiulan said coldly: "Who believes your nonsense!"

Wang Zhanggen said:

"Baldy's been arrested anyway, even if you want to play, there's nowhere to play!"

Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran sent Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan back to their hometown in Shangou Village, ate a meal at noon, and then hurried back to County Town.

In the afternoon the sun was warm, Wang Zhanggen sat on a rocking chair in the courtyard in front of the door, basking in the sun.

He looked at his broken leg wrapped in thick plaster cast, staring blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Xiulan said to him:

"I'm going to work at the farm, I'll come back later to cook, call me if you have anything!"

Wang Zhanggen made an "en" sound, his gaze vacant.

The scene of being lectured like a child by Wang Erhai this morning was still vivid in his mind.

That truly stung his self-esteem.

But it finally made him realize that he no longer held decision-making authority in this family.

"Sigh, I'm getting old, I've become useless!"

Wang Zhanggen muttered to himself to the silent air.

What he said was wrong in itself.

Because he hadn't done any work for a long time.

If we're talking about being useless, he hadn't just become useless at this moment.

Just then, Yang Xiaocai pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.

"Zhanggen, you really broke your leg?"

Yang Xiaocai looked surprised.

He had heard this morning that Wang Zhanggen broke his leg while fleeing last night, and he hadn't believed it; now that he had come here and saw a plaster cast on Wang Zhanggen's leg, he finally believed it.

"Yang Xiaocai, what are you doing here?"

Seeing Yang Xiaocai acting furtively, Wang Zhanggen immediately became vigilant.

"Is your wife home?"

Yang Xiaocai didn't answer Wang Zhanggen's words, but asked such a sentence.

"She went to work at the farm."

Yang Xiaocai nodded: "In other words, there's no one else at home?"

Wang Zhanggen pulled a long face:

"Am I not human?"

Yang Xiaocai laughed cheerfully:

"Yes yes yes, Zhanggen, you're human too!"

"Get to the point if you have something to say, get lost if you don't!" Wang Zhanggen didn't indulge Yang Xiaocai, because Yang Xiaocai still hadn't repaid the money he borrowed from him last time!

"It's nothing much, just that there's nothing to eat at my home, and my son has already gone out to work, so I've come to borrow some rice from your house!"

Wang Zhanggen laughed in anger:

"Your fields are so good, why don't you farm them? You just know how to loaf around!"

Yang Xiaocai made excuses:

"I originally planned to farm this year, but didn't your family's Erhai take them over to make high-standard farmland?"

Wang Zhanggen didn't want to quibble with Yang Xiaocai so much, for fear that he would spread rumors everywhere, making it seem that he, Wang Zhanggen, was a stingy person!

So he coldly waved his hand:

"The rice is over by the Firewood Room, just go get it yourself, I can't move around conveniently!"

Getting Wang Zhanggen's permission, Yang Xiaocai smiled even more happily:

"Okay okay, thank you, Zhanggen!"

Yang Xiaocai walked into the Kitchen, opened the rice jar, took out a Red Plastic Bag from his pocket, and filled a large bag of rice.

Then he looked at this and that, rummaged through this and that.

"Yo, you even bought such a big Refrigerator, you really have money!"

Yang Xiaocai saw the Refrigerator in the Kitchen, opened the refrigerator door and took a look.

Inside there were still some Pork, Cured Sausage, Cured Meat, and some Vegetables.

Yang Xiaocai stretched out his Neck, looked outside the Kitchen door, and found that Wang Zhanggen was spacing out, not looking this way.

So he took out another Red Plastic Bag, put the Cured Sausage, Cured Meat, and Pork from inside the refrigerator into the bag, picking out the good ones to take; he didn't want the Vegetables. He also took a bottle of Sauce from the stove counter.

Then he walked out with Peace of Mind, smiling and greeting Wang Zhanggen:

"Zhanggen, I borrowed ten jin of rice from your home, I'll pay you back in a Short Term!"

Seeing him, Wang Zhanggen was annoyed, and waved his hand:

"Get lost get lost get lost, who knows when it'll be the Year of the Monkey and Month of the Horse before you pay me back!"

Yang Xiaocai was laughing cheerfully, and didn't get Angry even after being scolded.

He just left happily.