Chapter 47: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 47: Shanggou Village 47

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Liang Yuanchao, I trusted you so much, yet you actually deceived me. You're not human, you're just a beast!"

Li Xiulan pointed at Liang Yuanchao's nose and cursed him loudly.

She indeed trusted Liang Yuanchao very much, always thinking he was a good Village Cadre, but she never expected Liang Yuanchao to treat her this way this time.

"Don't curse people randomly. When did I ever deceive you!"

Liang Yuanchao was expressionless, clearly intending to renege on his debt.

"Those ten mu of land at Shanbei were reclaimed by me hoe by hoe. You deceived me into giving the land back, and now you've contracted it to an outsider. Your heart has been eaten by a dog!"

Li Xiulan's face was full of grievance and anger.

A huge commotion broke out at the village committee, and nearby villagers all came to watch.

Pointing fingers and discussing animatedly.

Liang Yuanchao, however, looked righteous and fearless. He directly produced the statement signed by Li Xiulan herself:

"Li Xiulan, don't be unreasonable. It's written here in black and white that you voluntarily returned the land to the village committee. Now how the village committee handles this land, you have no right to interfere!"

Liang Yuanchao spoke righteously and confidently, and said to the watching villagers:

"Fellow villagers, you judge for me. Those ten-plus mu of wasteland at Shanbei originally belonged to the village team for growing tea leaves. Later it lay fallow, but it still belongs to the village committee. Li Xiulan lacked land, so I let her plant it for free for a year. Now I want to take it back. She originally agreed and signed the statement. Moreover, I gave her three hundred yuan as a reclamation fee, which is already not mistreating her. But now that I've contracted it to someone else, she's jealous and disagrees. Not only is she unreasonable, she's even acting neurotic and making a scene at the village committee. You all tell me: am I being unreasonable, or is she!"

A group of villagers who didn't know the truth all blamed Li Xiulan. After all, Liang Yuanchao's words were reasonable and well-founded, and there was the statement as evidence. Li Xiulan, besides having a loud voice, had no evidence to prove Liang Yuanchao deceived her.

"Xiulan, stop making a scene. We know your family is poor and suffering, but that's the village committee's land. They let you plant cassava for free for a year, which is already very good. What are you making a scene about?"

"Exactly, exactly. Your husband works away from home. Not fighting over that bit of cassava land won't starve you to death. Why make things unpleasant!"

"In my opinion, make big things small and small things disappear. Stop making a scene!"

Li Xiulan was surrounded by villagers pointing fingers. For a moment, she had a hundred mouths but could not speak. The grievance in her heart was unspeakable. Clearly Liang Yuanchao had deceived her, so why had she become the unreasonable one now?

"You, you..."

Li Xiulan was so angry her throat choked up, and she couldn't catch her breath.

Looking around, not a single person before her eyes would stand on her side.

"Liang Yuanchao, how can you bully me, a woman, like this!"

Li Xiulan cried from anger.

Liang Yuanchao, however, said coldly:

"How am I bullying you? Don't be unreasonable! Leave quickly. If you keep making a scene, I'll call the police!"

Li Xiulan was driven out of the village committee.

She could only return home with a heart full of grievance, crying.

At such a time, she felt that if there were a man to help her, she probably wouldn't be bullied by Liang Yuanchao like this.

After all, it was because she was a weak woman. Liang Yuanchao thought she was a soft persimmon, easy to manipulate.

She immediately thought of Niu Chunsheng. She felt Niu Chunsheng could help her with this.

But the next second she thought of the young woman by Niu Chunsheng's side. She knew she shouldn't disturb them, just as when she was pregnant with Wang Xiaohua, before the Family Planning Office came to ransack the house, she shouldn't have disturbed He Dazhu like that.

If she went to find Niu Chunsheng now, she would inevitably create many troubles she couldn't explain clearly.

So in the end, she could only go to the Health Station at the Village Entrance, use the Health Station's phone, and call her husband Wang Zhanggen to complain.

However, Wang Zhanggen's reaction disappointed her greatly.

"It's just a few mu of wasteland. If they want it, give it to them. Don't fight over it. Stay home and take care of the children. Don't do so much farm work. You can't handle it. I'll send you money every month!"

Wang Zhanggen on the other end of the phone said absentmindedly.

"Next year Erhai will also start school. And he doesn't have household registration, so tuition might cost several hundred yuan! What's wrong with me wanting to plant cassava to earn some money? Before, I partnered with Niu Chunsheng to open a Convenience Store, but you wouldn't let me do it. Now I plant cassava myself, and you have this attitude toward me. Wang Zhanggen, have you ever thought about me at all!"

Li Xiulan had a belly full of grievance and finally couldn't help but vent on Wang Zhanggen.

"Are you neurotic? Why are you losing your temper at me? It's not like I snatched your land! I didn't let you plant so much land because I didn't want you to work too hard. I didn't say I wouldn't pay for Erhai's tuition next year!"

Wang Zhanggen directly confronted her. His patience with Li Xiulan was long gone.

Li Xiulan was scolded into silence by Wang Zhanggen.

Endless grievance in her heart, but nowhere to pour it out.

She could only cry silently.

"Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up! Don't call me when you have nothing to do! I ran from my workstation all the way here. How much work is being delayed!"

Wang Zhanggen's tone was still so impatient. He simply couldn't empathize with Li Xiulan.

He didn't know how hard it was for Li Xiulan to take care of three children, nor did he know what those ten mu of cassava land meant to Li Xiulan.

That was Li Xiulan's spiritual pillar for living!

Through her own diligent hands, she reclaimed the land hoe by hoe. She put all her energy into this, not just for the cassava harvest, but also to exchange for spiritual peace.

But now, her efforts were completely denied by Wang Zhanggen with a light breeze and calm clouds.

Li Xiulan's tears fell splash splash, and her heart was broken.

However, she still chose to be strong. The heavy pressure of life had weighed on her head countless times, and she hadn't collapsed. This time was naturally no exception.

She wiped away her tears and said coldly to Wang Zhanggen:

"You haven't sent money back for two months. You must send some back this month!"

Wang Zhanggen coldly replied:

"Didn't you just sell cassava for over one thousand yuan? That's enough for your living expenses for several months. I won't send money back for now. I'm saving up to see if I can buy a Mobile Phone next year. Once I buy a Mobile Phone, calling to contact will be much more convenient."

"Why are you buying that thing? I heard a mobile phone costs several thousand yuan! Making calls is enough. Even if it's troublesome, there's no need to waste so much money!"

Li Xiulan hurriedly advised him; she did not want Wang Zhanggen to spend money on unnecessary things, after all they were originally very poor!

"What does a woman know? Hair long, knowledge short! Now almost everyone in the City has a Nokia; if I don't buy a mobile phone, how can I go out to eat rice with friends without losing Face? I'm too lazy to talk to you, hanging up!"

Wang Zhanggen impatiently scolded Li Xiulan thoroughly, not giving Li Xiulan a chance to speak again, and directly hung up the phone.

This made Li Xiulan so angry that she shouted at the telephone receiver:

"Wang Zhanggen, you bastard!"