Chapter 427: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 427: Niu Chunsheng's Call

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"You're right; it might really be evil spirits at work. We must hurry and change the feng shui."

Li Xiulan nodded in agreement with Wang Zhanggen's view.

She was even more superstitious than Wang Zhanggen. Once, during her most difficult time, she thought life had no way out, but in the end she got through the crisis by asking immortals.

Wang Xiaohua, sitting inside the house, heard his parents' words clearly.

A wry smile appeared on his face.

But he did not refute anything.

Now he deeply realized that learning to keep silent was far more important than learning to speak.

He also deeply understood that behind every seemingly absurd behavior of his parents, there was a reason for its formation.

As their child, he should try to understand them, rather than refute them or deny them.

"How about this: tomorrow I'll go to the neighboring town to ask the Shenpo. That Shenpo is very efficacious. Let her help us drive away evil spirits first, then invite the Geography Master to look at the grave."

Li Xiulan said this, appearing somewhat impatient.

Evil spirits had entered her home, so naturally she could not wait a moment; she had to hurry and drive them away.

"Fine, then you go to the neighboring town tomorrow."

Wang Zhanggen nodded in agreement.

They quarreled constantly, but on the matter of superstition, they were surprisingly of one mind.

No, one shouldn't call it superstition; one should call it their faith.

It was the spiritual pillar that supported them in continuing to live in a life of poverty.

This was essentially the same as Westerners believing in God.

There was no superiority or inferiority.

They were all simple spiritual pillars.

How could they be labeled superstition?

Just then, Li Xiulan's mobile phone rang.

The ringtone music of "Moon Above" rang loudly throughout the courtyard.

Li Xiulan hurriedly took out her mobile phone and looked at the phone number.

It was Niu Chunsheng calling.

She did not want Wang Zhanggen to misunderstand, so she answered in front of Wang Zhanggen.

"Niu Chunsheng is calling; let me answer."

Wang Zhanggen was expressionless and did not respond.

Li Xiulan answered the phone:

"Hello, Chunsheng, what's the matter?"

Niu Chunsheng's voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Xiulan, is your husband okay? Is there enough money for the medical treatment? If not, just tell me."

Niu Chunsheng was indeed good at socializing. He knew Wang Zhanggen had been sick and hospitalized, so he asked about this as soon as he spoke. But obviously, his purpose for calling was definitely not for this.

"Chunsheng, thank you for your kindness. My husband was just discharged from the hospital."

Li Xiulan was full of gratitude.

"Good, good." Niu Chunsheng sighed in relief, then said: "Didn't Xiaohua agree to come tutor my daughter Lin Xin? Now Lin Xin is on summer vacation. Ask Xiaohua when he's coming down to the county town."

Li Xiulan hurriedly said:

"Okay, I'll ask him later... By the way, Xiaohua is going down to tutor your daughter. Does he need to rent a room outside?"

"No need, no need. I have an empty room here. He can just stay at my home."

"That's too embarrassing. I'm just afraid Xiaohua will disturb you. Won't your wife have any objections?"

"It's fine. What objections could she have? I'll tell her later."

Niu Chunsheng was very generous. He also said:

"When Xiaohua comes, let him treat my home as his own. No need to be so reserved. Food and lodging are free. He just needs to tutor my daughter well. Whether my daughter can get into high school next year depends entirely on him."

Li Xiulan hurriedly said:

"I will definitely make Xiaohua tutor Lin Xin well. I'll make sure Lin Xin gets into high school!"

Li Xiulan had just hung up the phone when she saw Wang Zhanggen pulling a long face.

"This Niu Chunsheng is being too good to you and Xiaohua!"

Wang Zhanggen's tone was somewhat displeased.

He was just like that. If others treated him badly, he was displeased; if others treated him too well, he was also displeased.

"Don't be angry. Niu Chunsheng needs our Xiaohua to tutor his daughter. Isn't it normal for him to treat us well? Whether his daughter can get into high school still depends on our Xiaohua!"

But Wang Zhanggen said at this time:

"Later, let Xiaohua rent a room outside. Renting a single room in the county town costs only a few hundred yuan a month. We can't afford it? Don't go stay at someone's house. Niu Chunsheng speaks generously, but his wife may not think so. When Xiaohua took the college entrance exam back then, we went to his house as guests, and his wife was not very happy."

Undeniably, although Wang Zhanggen had a bad temper, his sense of smell was still quite sensitive.

Lin Xiaofang indeed did not welcome these poor country people coming to visit.

When Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan entered her living room at that time, she even made them put on shoe covers before they could enter.

"Alright, then I'll go talk to Xiao Hua right now."

Li Xiulan turned and walked into the house.

"Xiao Hua, your Uncle Chunsheng is asking when you'll go to his house to tutor his daughter. If you've got nothing else going on, go tomorrow."

"Okay." Wang Xiaohua nodded in agreement.

Li Xiulan then instructed:

"You must tutor his daughter well, absolutely no slacking off. After all, they said they'll pay you ten thousand yuan in wages, so we must be worthy of the money they're spending, and worthy of our own conscience, understand?"

"Got it, Mom. I'll tutor her daughter well."

"Also, your Uncle Chunsheng will probably invite you to eat and stay at his house. When that happens, you must not agree. That's their house, we're not their family, eating and living together with them isn't proper. Tomorrow when you go down to the County Town, find a rental house first, then go visit them, understand?"

"Rest assured about this, even if you didn't say so, I wouldn't stay at their house."

Wang Xiaohua recalled that day when he went to repay the money, the conversation between Niu Chunsheng and Lin Xiaofang that he overheard outside the door.

Niu Chunsheng treated him and his mother very well, this is an indisputable fact.

But Lin Xiaofang doesn't look too favorably on their family, that's also an indisputable fact.

They're husband and wife, he's an outsider, he absolutely cannot let a trivial matter of his cause a quarrel between them.

Li Xiulan went into the room, took out five hundred yuan, and handed it to Wang Xiaohua.

"This five hundred yuan is for your rent and meals. If it's not enough, call me then, I'll send some more down."

Li Xiulan actually wanted to give Wang Xiaohua more money, she also knew that in the County Town, rent plus meals, five hundred yuan definitely wouldn't be enough.

But there was no choice, the family didn't have much money left now.

Earlier, treating Wang Zhanggen's illness had already emptied the family savings, now the family only had seven or eight hundred yuan left.

Giving Wang Xiaohua five hundred, she'd have three hundred left, and tomorrow going to Ask God would still need money.

As for Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai's side, she was also too embarrassed to ask them for money.

After all, for Wang Zhanggen's medical expenses, they paid nearly three hundred thousand.

Can't put any more economic pressure on Eldest Brother and Second Brother.

Otherwise their Company might not be able to keep operating.

Being parents, being a bit poorer, suffering a bit, it's actually nothing, just endure it and it'll pass. Anyway, in the Rural Area they can be self-sufficient.

Not burdening their children, that's a bottom line that must be held.

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