Chapter 19: Enemies Are Bound to Meet

However, just as he finished his meal and was preparing to find a place to rest for a while, he saw an old man with a hunched back carrying a basket, and a six or seven-year-old little girl. The old man had been standing at the entrance of the restaurant, wanting to come in to eat, but was too timid to enter.

He was just about to call these two in, seeing that this grandfather and granddaughter probably had no money in their pockets. Since they had met, he had to give them a bowl of rice to eat.

However, at this moment, the boss said: "Go, go, go, go somewhere else. Don't loiter at our door, coming and going!"

Su Yang was instantly dissatisfied: "Boss, what kind of way is that to talk? All who come are guests. Even if they don't have money, you can't treat them like this! Whatever they eat today, I will pay for it!"

Hearing this, the boss walked to Su Yang's side with an apologetic face and said: "That's not what I meant. If people from other places came, even if they were beggars, I would give them a bowl of rice. But do you know where they are from? They are from Huatian Town!"

Then he lowered his voice and said to Su Yang: "They are out selling apples, but there are people in Huatian Town who don't want them to come out and sell. Whoever dares to come out and sell, their legs will be broken! This old man's daughter-in-law secretly came out to sell apples a while ago and had her legs broken by someone; she is still in the hospital now. There are too many people now; if I give them even a bite of food, local thugs will come to cause trouble. Not just my shop, everyone on this street is the same!"

Su Yang was horrified to hear this. What kind of situation was this? Was there any direct connection between the two?

The boss said: "You probably don't know yet, but a Deputy Town Mayor in their Huatian Town has hooked up with local thugs and people from the county Public Security Bureau, completely monopolizing the apple trade, not allowing villagers to come out and sell apples privately. That old man must have apples in his basket, which is why I didn't dare let them come in to eat!"

The boss was also looking at Su Yang's imposing appearance and temperament, which is why he spoke; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered. Su Yang was even more surprised after hearing this: "What kind of society is this? Don't they come out to report it?"

The boss said: "Naive! That Deputy Town Mayor of theirs is the son of our County Executive Vice County Magistrate, so do I need to continue telling you? I can see you are from out of town, so I advise you not to meddle in other people's business!"

A burst of nameless fire ignited in Su Yang's heart. These were the common people of Huatian Town, the place where he was about to take office, and such shocking things actually existed!

He said: "Since that's the case, I won't make things difficult for you. Bring half a catty of meat and two more bowls of noodles, just pretend they are leftovers from my meal, and then I will carry them to the door for them to eat!" After saying this, he took out fifty yuan and placed it on the table.

The boss, also looking at the face of the fifty yuan, said "Hmm," and quickly brought out the noodles and meat.

Su Yang carried them directly outside and said to the old man: "Old man, I see you haven't had lunch. I accidentally bought too much food just now, so you can have the rest!"

The old man's hands trembled, and tears welled up in his turbid eyes. He choked up, not knowing how to thank him. From the time they left home last night until now, they hadn't eaten anything except for a few apples. He could go without eating, but his little granddaughter couldn't; she really couldn't hold out.

The little girl said: "Thank you, Uncle. Grandpa and I will eat one bowl, and the other bowl, I want to take to Mommy, is that okay?"

Su Yang suddenly felt a lump in his throat: "Of course you can!"

Afterwards, he said to the old man: "Old man, I just heard the boss here say they don't let you come here to sell apples, so why did you still come?"

The old man choked up and said: "My daughter-in-law is in the hospital. If we don't pay the money, we will be kicked out of the hospital. She is still young; if she doesn't get treatment, her leg might be crippled later. We were forced to come out, but no one dared to buy our apples, and we didn't dare to sell them in the market, so we could only carry them around everywhere..."

Su Yang took a few hundred yuan out of his pocket and said: "Old man, I don't have much money on me. Take this few hundred yuan to the hospital to pay the fees. In a few days, I will think of a way to help you!"

The old man thanked him profusely, but Su Yang felt a heavy weight in his heart. How could such things happen under the bright sky? Even if it happened to any old person, he would feel very pained, let alone in Huatian Town, where he was about to take office!

He secretly made up his mind that after he took office, he would definitely pull out these malignant tumors one by one and return a bright and clear world to the common people!

Thinking of this, his brain suddenly went "Boom": Li Jianguo's son, wasn't that his college classmate Li Tian?

When he met Minister Gao at the Organization Department earlier, Minister Gao had mentioned it, but he just couldn't remember.

This dog thing was a bad seed back in college, failing exams every year, but an expert at fighting and harming girls outside. Unexpectedly, such a degenerate actually ran to Huatian Town to be a Deputy Town Mayor. It really is unfair fate!

Thinking back to those years, Li Tian was like a toad wanting to eat swan meat, chasing after Xu Xiuli, but Xu Xiuli still liked him, who was tall, handsome, fierce, and sunny, and thus the two had already formed a grudge. Later on, after he became the secretary to Municipal Party Committee Secretary Liu Zhengyang, Li Tian licked his face and looked for him several times, wanting to invite him to dinner, but he was rejected by him. Now it seems this grudge is completely settled!

But before that, he still had to go see Executive Vice County Magistrate Li Jianguo. ===== CHAPTER 20 =====