Chapter 61: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 61

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Li Xiulan arrived as agreed at the convenience store Niu Chunsheng and Lin Xiaofang run in town.

As soon as she entered, Lin Xiaofang told Li Xiulan with a beaming face:

"Sister-in-law Xiulan, let me tell you some good news!"

Li Xiulan asked curiously:

"What good news?"

Lin Xiaofang said:

"I'm pregnant! I'm going to be a mother too!"

Li Xiulan did not feel happy for Lin Xiaofang in her heart, yet she had to put on a smiling face to congratulate her:

"Xiao Fang, congratulations then, I really envy you and Chunsheng!"

Lin Xiaofang laughed:

"What's there to envy about us? Sister-in-law Xiulan, you gave birth to three sons, other families envy you!"

Li Xiulan could only smile and not speak.

The bitterness in her heart only she herself knows.

At this moment Niu Chunsheng said to Li Xiulan:

"Sister-in-law Xiulan, Village Secretary Liang will be here soon; once he arrives, you can get the demolition compensation!"

And right then, Liang Yuanchao arrived.

He came on a motorcycle.

He parked the motorcycle outside the convenience store and walked in.

Niu Chunsheng hurried forward to greet him.

Incidentally stuffing the three thousand yuan prepared in advance into his pocket.

Liang Yuanchao took the money, tacitly understanding.

He came before Li Xiulan:

"Xiulan, didn't you say before that you'd only sign the demolition agreement if you got the money first? Now I've brought the money, let's sign the demolition agreement with Chunsheng as witness."

Liang Yuanchao directly took out the three thousand yuan Niu Chunsheng gave him and handed it to Li Xiulan.

Li Xiulan counted the money twice, confirmed the amount was correct, and finally signed and pressed her fingerprint on the demolition agreement.

"After you return to Shanggou Village, don't go around telling people you've already received the demolition compensation. If other villagers find out, they'll all come demanding compensation, and I'll have a hard time as a village cadre."

Liang Yuanchao instructed Li Xiulan like this.

Li Xiulan nodded in agreement:

"Okay, Village Secretary Liang, I definitely won't tell anyone!"

Niu Chunsheng said with a laugh:

"Alright, this matter is satisfactorily resolved, everyone's happy! Village Secretary Liang, Sister-in-law Xiulan raising three kids alone is really not easy, please take more care of her in the future!"

Liang Yuanchao chuckled:

"Rest assured, if she has any trouble she comes to me, whatever I can help with I'll definitely help. My purpose as Village Committee Secretary is to help villagers solve problems!"

Niu Chunsheng said to Li Xiulan again:

"Sister-in-law Xiulan, actually Village Secretary Liang wasn't deliberately making things difficult for you; he was just following regulations before. As for the cassava field matter, it was all a mistake caused by poor communication. Please also understand Village Secretary Liang's difficulties; he has devoted heart and soul to Shanggou Village, doing his utmost."

Li Xiulan said:

"As long as he doesn't deceive me, I won't make things difficult for him. I just want to live my life well; I don't care about anything else!"

Then she asked Liang Yuanchao:

"Now that I've got the demolition compensation, what about the homestead land? Wasn't it said each household would get a new plot of homestead land?"

Liang Yuanchao said with a smile:

"I just asked the staff at the town government about this. The homestead land matter is already on the agenda. Within this month, town government personnel will enter the village to measure the area of everyone's old houses. Once the measurements are done, approval for the new homestead land will begin."

Under Niu Chunsheng's mediation, Liang Yuanchao and Li Xiulan finally reached a settlement, both sides getting the results they wanted.

At noon, Niu Chunsheng still wanted them to stay for lunch.

Li Xiulan declined; her children were still at home, she couldn't leave them unattended.

Liang Yuanchao also said he wouldn't stay to eat; there was still work to do at the Village Committee Office.

So both said goodbye and left. Liang Yuanchao even enthusiastically gave Li Xiulan a ride, the two returning to Shanggou Village together.

When they reached the village entrance, the village entrance convenience store's new owner Li Yunxia saw Li Xiulan sitting behind Liang Yuanchao on the motorcycle, cracking sunflower seeds while gossiping with the old people gathered at the village entrance:

"Look, why is Li Xiulan sitting on Village Secretary Liang's motorcycle?"

The old grandpas and grandmas at the village entrance, as well as idle villagers, all looked over.

They couldn't help but discuss this situation animatedly.

"Could Li Xiulan have seduced Village Secretary Liang?"

Someone in the gossiping crowd suddenly blurted out this sentence.

Everyone was in an uproar, then began voicing their own opinions.

The conclusion they reached was that it really was possible.

"Sister-in-law Xiulan isn't that kind of person, right?"

Facing everyone's suspicion, Li Yunxia asked in stunned surprise.

A villager, however, spoke with firm conviction:

"Li Xiulan is exactly that kind of person! Don't forget she previously seduced Yang Dafu and He Dazhu, and even caused He Dazhu and Liao Chunhua to divorce!"

"Exactly exactly! You know a person's face but not their heart! Don't look at how pitiable she is! A pitiable person must have a hateful aspect!"

Liang Yuanchao didn't hear the gossip of those uncles and aunts at the village entrance; if he had heard it, he would have been half dead with anger.

He simply escorted Li Xiulan home, yet it was actually spoken of like this!

After escorting Li Xiulan home, Liang Yuanchao went to the Village Committee Office.

As a result, when he worked at the Village Committee Office until evening and returned home, he discovered his own wife Zhou Aidi with a black face, and the moment she opened her mouth she launched an interrogation:

"Where the hell did you go today?"

Liang Yuanchao was somewhat baffled, completely unable to figure it out.

"I've been working at the Village Committee all day today, what's the matter?"

Zhou Aidi asked coldly:

"Are you sure you really were at the Village Committee working the whole time? You better not deceive me!"

Liang Yuanchao immediately replied with displeasure:

"Speaking of which, what's wrong with you today? Did you take the wrong medicine?"

Zhou Aidi sneered:

"Hehe, you still want to keep it secret! Everyone in the village knows, today at noon you rode a motorcycle carrying that slut Li Xiulan back from outside!"

Liang Yuanchao immediately didn't know whether to cry or laugh, a face full of innocence:

"I went to Town to handle some business, on the way back I happened to run into her, so I gave her a ride back along the way, what's wrong with that?"

Liang Yuanchao didn't want to tell Zhou Aidi that he exceptionally gave Li Xiulan the demolition compensation early, otherwise it would be even more impossible to explain clearly, so he just told this one white lie.

However, Zhou Aidi heard his words and immediately seized on a loophole:

"Before, Li Xiulan and you still quarreled very unpleasantly over the demolition matter, how come you suddenly made up now? You even took the initiative to give her a ride? And she just so happened to agree to get on your motorcycle? You better not tell me all this is normal!"

Liang Yuanchao for a moment had no way to defend himself:

"Don't be so suspicious, okay? Li Xiulan and I really have nothing going on!"

Seeing Liang Yuanchao's reaction, Zhou Aidi instead believed the villagers' rumors and gossip even more, and questioned sharply:

"Liang Yuanchao, is it me being suspicious, or you having a guilty conscience? Li Xiulan is famous for being loose, this is something the whole village knows, why did you still have to bring her back from outside on your motorcycle?"