Chapter 617: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 617: Come Back With Me, Don't Make a Scene!

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Lan Menglian spoke these words righteously and confidently, as if she were the one in the right.

And in fact, she truly felt in her heart that she stood on the right side.

She was weak, she was poor, so she believed she was right.

This was her logic and cognition.

However, she did speak one truth: she and Liang Xinghua, if they truly spent one hundred thousand yuan to buy Wang Zhanggen's raw house, then this small family formed by her and Liang Xinghua truly could not go on living.

The reason she brazenly came here to make a scene was nothing more than to survive, nothing else.

"Lan Menglian, how can you speak like this? We sold the house to your family out of kindness!" Li Xiulan stepped forward to speak at this time.

Originally she still felt the selling price of one hundred thousand was too low, wondering how much money she would lose, but unexpectedly Lan Menglian was so shameless that she felt one hundred thousand was too high; it was obvious she just wanted to freeload.

"How can I not speak like this? Isn't what I'm saying the facts? Don't think that just because you have three sons you can run amok in the village; everything must be reasonable, right? My mother-in-law hanged herself in your building, so you must be responsible. Even if this goes to the police station, the police station will think what I say is reasonable!"

Lan Menglian's tone was very determined; today she had gone all out.

Her unreasonable and shrewish appearance reminded Li Xiulan of herself when she was young.

Back then, when Liang Yuanchao deceived her and she lost those ten mu of cassava fields at Shanbei, she also went all out to argue with Liang Yuanchao.

It can only be said that sometimes fate is a cycle of reincarnation.

After twists and turns, it returned to the starting point.

But now at this moment, compared to then, there were differences.

The weak one now was no longer Li Xiulan, but Liang Yuanchao's daughter-in-law.

"I've figured it out now: you're poor, so you're right, right?"

Wang Erhai stepped forward at this time, his attitude very cold:

"Get lost. We won't sell the house to your family anymore. If you want compensation, fine—go file a lawsuit. After you win against us, we'll compensate you!"

"Erhai, don't speak like that." Li Xiulan felt some sympathy for Lan Menglian in her heart, so she hurriedly stopped her second son from speaking too absolutely.

"Mom, you're just too soft-hearted. This matter is settled now. I work in the county town and live close to home; I'll handle it. We can't let others think we're easy to manipulate. With her attitude, even if our house rots in our own hands, we can't sell it to her!"

Wang Erhai's attitude became firm, and Lan Menglian instead panicked a bit.

The child was in her arms, still crying nonstop.

Originally she only wanted to maximize her benefits, thinking that if she made a scene, the Wang family would make concessions; even if they couldn't get the Wang family's raw house for free, they could at least pressure the price down.

Unexpectedly, Wang Erhai didn't indulge her; they directly said they wouldn't sell the house, and they weren't willing to give her compensation either, telling her to go to court to sue.

She and her husband Liang Xinghua both had low levels of education; how could they go to court to sue?

They didn't even know how the lawsuit process worked.

And if they wanted to hire a lawyer for help, they couldn't afford that money.

Wang Erhai had seized on exactly this point, which was why he acted without fear.

If they really fought, how could the Liang family possibly fight against them?

Not to mention they now had many connections in the county town; even if the Wang brothers were as poor as Liang Xinghua, the Liang family still couldn't fight against them.

There was only one reason: they had three brothers, while the Liang family had only Liang Xinghua as a single son.

The rural area was just this realistic and cruel.

Having more sons in the village meant being able to gain the upper hand in disputes and struggles.

This survival environment was also an important reason why rural areas generally valued males over females.

"Meng Lian, don't make a scene anymore!"

At this moment, Liang Xinghua arrived.

After Lan Menglian took the child to the Wang family to reason with them, he smoked one cigarette after another, thinking left and right, and the more he thought, the more he felt something was wrong.

So he hurriedly caught up, wanting to stop Lan Menglian's unreasonable behavior.

If they faced another family, making a scene might actually gain them some benefits.

But facing the Wang family, making a scene was useless.

Times were different now.

In the past, Wang Zhanggen in the village was just a joke; now that his three sons were all successful, who saw him and didn't speak well, not actively offering a cigarette?

"Husband, why did you come?"

Lan Menglian saw Liang Xinghua appear and showed surprise.

Previously, it was because Liang Xinghua cared about face and was unwilling to come actively seek a resolution that she came herself to negotiate with the Wang family.

Unexpectedly, just as she arrived here with her front foot, Liang Xinghua caught up with his back foot.

"Come back with me, don't make a scene anymore! Don't let people laugh at us!"

Liang Yuanchao pulled Lan Menglian and was about to leave.

Lan Menglian hurriedly broke free and said:

"I'm not making a scene; I just want to survive. What's wrong with me!"

Yes, she just wanted to survive; what was wrong with her?

Her family was poor, and even surviving required great effort; under such circumstances, what did being laughed at matter!

"If you keep making a scene, believe it or not, I'll lay hands on you!"

Liang Xinghua became anxious.

He is a man, and before outsiders, he must have face.

Lan Menglian being like this now really does not give him face.

Lan Menglian trembled, and for a moment could not speak.

She argued for this family based on reason, never expecting her own man would, for the sake of so-called face, not stand with her.

This is probably a common ailment of poor people.

Die for face, suffer while alive.

The present Liang Xinghua, the former Wang Zhanggen, are both like this.

In the end Lan Menglian stopped making a scene, because she knew that if she continued, Liang Xinghua would really beat her in front of outsiders.

"Take the children back; the rest, I will discuss with Brother Changgen!"

Liang Xinghua snapped at Lan Menglian.

Lan Menglian silently wiped her tears, hugged the child, and went home.

After Lan Menglian left, Liang Xinghua sincerely apologized to Wang Zhanggen:

"Brother Changgen, I'm sorry; the woman is unreasonable, please don't take it to heart."

Saying this, he also handed over a cigarette.

Wang Zhanggen received the cigarette, counting it as accepting his apology.

"Xinghua, let's sit down and chat while drinking tea."

Wang Zhanggen greeted Liang Xinghua to sit and chat, then asked:

"Honestly tell me, you took out ten thousand to buy our house—is it really that you can't go on living?"

Liang Xinghua showed a bitter smile on his face and denied it outright:

"No, don't listen to that woman's nonsense; living, we can definitely live on. These days, no matter what, it's impossible to starve to death. It's not the sixties or seventies anymore... it's just that living is difficult, difficult only..."

Wang Zhanggen then asked:

"Working outside, how much can you earn a month?"

Liang Xinghua answered vaguely:

"Not much, but not too little either; won't starve to death, won't starve to death..."

Liang Xinghua was telling the truth, but the truth was only half told.

His family of three in Shenzhen indeed would not starve to death, but lived very difficultly.

Especially now his wife had to take care of the child and could not go out to work.

This was equivalent to him alone having to support a family of three.

Every month rent, electricity, food, drink, defecation, urination—after deducting these fixed expenses, he basically had no money left.