Chapter 068: The Cunning Man
"What's going on?" Zhao Xiaohe, who was closest to Liu Lihua, immediately stepped forward to help her.
"Village Chief, why are you tripping me? I have already agreed to go to Shou Ka!" Liu Lihua looked at Zhao Xiaohe with an aggrieved expression.
Liu Lihua's husband Zhao Guorong pushed Zhao Xiaohe away, and asked Zhao Xiaohe angrily while helping his wife: "Village chief, why are you trying to trip my wife? My wife has a bad appetite these days, maybe her son is already pregnant, if you trip up, can you be responsible?"
"I didn't trip her ......"
"Village chief, I admit that I was wrong to say that your wife was me that day, but she also scolded me!" Liu Lihua pitifully interrupted Zhao Xiaohe's defense, "Anyway, you are still the village chief, how can you take the opportunity to do such a thing? You are also very vindictive, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I ......"
Zhao Huazi interjected with a sigh: "Village chief, I saw you stumbling! ”
After speaking, he looked at Zhao Guorong and said, "But I don't think the village chief did it on purpose, Lihua didn't fall hard, it's almost over, help Lihua go back to the house to rest." ”
"You ......"
"Ouch," Liu Lihua choked up and shouted, "My feet are starting to hurt, and my head is a little dizzy, husband, what can I do?"
"I'll help you back to the house and rub it for you. Zhao Guorong helped Liu Lihua up, and regardless of Zhao Xiaohe, he went to the house to help.
"Oh, you ......."
Zhao Guorong shook off Zhao Xiaohe's hand, who wanted to stop them, and snorted coldly: "Village Chief! I see that you didn't mean to hold you accountable, what do you want? Do you still want my wife to go to the hospital on crutches to guard the card? Or do you plan to send my wife to the hospital for a film examination?"
"You ......" had already seen the cunning in their eyes, but Zhao Xiaohe had no choice but to retract his hand.
Zhao Wenming also saw their little Jiujiu, but at this time, Zhao Huazi "testified", if Zhao Guorong was forcibly stopped, in case the couple really asked Zhao Xiaohe to take them to the city for filming, there was no way, and in desperation, they had to go back to the house.
"Hey, Lihua's foot doesn't seem to hurt lightly, we have to go back and take care of her. After Liu Lihua's mother-in-law said this, she immediately pulled Liu Lihua's father-in-law and ran into the house.
"Village Chief, we won't delay you in doing things, and we'll go home. Zhao Huazi waved at Zhao Xiaohe, turned around and was about to leave.
Zhao Wenming immediately stepped forward to stop him: "What kind of house are you going back to?
"What kind of card?" Zhao Huazi pointed to Zhao Guorong's door angrily, "They are also involved, they don't go to keep the card, why should I go?"
"They don't go to keep the card, isn't it because you testified that Xiaohe tripped Liu Lihua?!"
"The village chief has already tripped over others, and he blames me for testifying? Could it be that he didn't even let people tell the truth?"
Zhao Wenming snorted coldly: "Don't think I don't know your little thoughts! Liu Lihua deliberately fell down and slandered Xiaohe, you deliberately helped, the purpose was to make Liu Lihua not keep the card, she was injured, Guorong and her in-laws had to stay and take care of her, and her family didn't go to keep the card to be punished, you can refuse to keep the card with the excuse of 'they don't go, you won't go'." ”
"So what?" Zhao Huazi didn't deny it, and pointed to Zhao Guorong's house again, "If you have the ability, pull Liu Lihua and her family to guard the card! I will go if they go! If they don't go, you don't want to pull me away!"
"Okay! Anyway, I have a video of you playing mahjong, so I'll call 110 now!
Seeing that Zhao Wenming really dialed 110, Zhao Huazi was anxious, jumped up and scolded: "You village cadres are simply a group of eye-rolling thieves! White-eyed wolves! When I asked my brother to donate, I nodded one by one, and my mouth was full of flattery! Now let you do me a favor, and you will forget about my brother's contribution to Zhao Jiazhou! You are simply ......."
At this time, his mobile phone rang, and he continued to curse while touching his mobile phone, "It's so ungrateful! I don't know what to do! If there is any more fundraising in the village in the future, I will definitely not let my brother ......."
Seeing that it was his brother Zhao Huaxiang's phone, he paused, turned sideways slightly, covered the microphone, and then connected the phone, and his tone suddenly became soft. I didn't want to say "brother" before I spoke, and I heard a stinking scolding from my brother in my ears.
At the end, Zhao Huaxiang angrily admonished: "If you don't listen to Xiaohe, I will let Xiaoyang close the chicken farm when the epidemic passes, and let Xiaoyang take the children back to the city to study, and you can beg for food alone!"
"Brother, I'm going to guard, can't I go to guard?" Zhao Huazi responded with a sad face.
He hasn't made any money in the past few years, and the capital of the chicken farm was borrowed by his brother, saying that he was borrowing, but in fact, he didn't expect him to pay it back. Because the elderly mother lives with him, the elder brother took this opportunity to buy this and that for his family, and the cost of his son's study in a private school is also covered by the elder brother. After all, he has to rely on his brother financially everywhere, so when he heard his brother's tantrum at this moment, he panicked.
"It's not enough to just keep the card! Hurry up and apologize to Xiaohe! I can't say anything out of nothing! I'm trying my best here to help Zhao Jiazhou purchase supplies to fight the epidemic, and you're racking your brains over there to play mahjong and make trouble, you really give me a long face! An old face!" Zhao Huaxiang gritted his teeth and finished speaking, and didn't wait for Zhao Huazi to answer, so he cut off the phone.
Knowing that his brother was really angry, and hearing his brother mention Zhao Xiaohe's name several times on the phone, and knowing that it was Zhao Xiaohe who secretly called his brother, although Zhao Huazi was angry in his heart, he didn't dare to attack at this time, and he didn't apologize, but softened his tone and assured Zhao Xiaohe and Zhao Wenming that he would be able to keep the card.
"Anyway, I don't have to go out to sell eggs now, I'm quite idle after taking chicken food every day, and I'm happy to arrange for me to keep the card for a few days." He said.
How could Zhao Wenming not hear his lies? He replied angrily: "I don't dare to let you keep it, according to the regulations set by the old secretary, you go to the drainage canal and keep it until 12 o'clock in the evening." ”
"Okay, I'll go. After Zhao Huazi finished speaking, he walked to the east of the village.
Another man involved in playing mahjong hurried to follow Zhao Huazi's footsteps.
Zhao Guorong has entered the house, at this time there is only one Hu Meilian left among the four mahjong players, seeing Zhao Huazi leaving, she followed slowly, and was stopped by Zhao Wenming.
"You go to the village and ask him to give you a bike to ride. Ride until ten o'clock and then go home. ”
Zhao Youzhi is riding a shared bicycle on patrol today, and there is a small radio on the bicycle that records the propaganda content of the epidemic, the radio is turned on, and the recording is played.
"I can't ride home until ten o'clock?" Hu Meilian made a bitter face, "Li Ming is busy counting grocery shopping today, and he has to go home late, so Congcong can't be hungry?"
"Do you still know how to care about Congcong?" Zhao Wenming stared at her coldly, "You locked Congcong at home alone, and you didn't think that he might be in danger all afternoon?"
"Cong Cong is five years old, very sensible, knows what is dangerous and what is not, and will not play around. ”
"You're almost thirty years old, aren't you so ignorant of the world?!"
Hu Meilian has always been afraid of Zhao Wenming, so she didn't dare to talk back, and walked down the avenue in front of her with her head down.
"Since you don't take Cong Cong seriously so much, then leave Cong Cong here with me!
"After all, Meilian is still very good, she won't say anything about her when you say that. It's just that the mahjong addiction is too heavy. After Hu Meilian left, Zhao Xiaohe, who was relieved, looked at the "mahjong" in his hand and spoke.
"I don't know about her yet, she just doesn't say anything, like Huazi. Zhao Wenming's originally gloomy face was slowly slowing down.
"Fortunately, Huaxiang is a sensible person, as soon as I called him to explain the situation, he called Huazi to say it. Hua Xiang said a word, and we said a hundred words. I also blame me for being careless, knowing that Huazi is so addicted to mahjong, I should have said hello to Huaxiang a long time ago, Huaxiang warned, maybe there will be no today. By the way, Guorong usually doesn't play mahjong, why did he get involved today? Let's ask. ”
Zhao Xiaohe said as he walked into Zhao Guorong's house again.
At this time, Zhao Guorong and Liu Lihua were peeking at the movement outside in the hall, and when they saw them entering the house again, they were both silent. Knowing that Zhao Xiaohe was here to ask about the situation, Liu Lihua immediately said them one by one like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
It turned out that the mahjong cards were made by Hu Meilian, and Hu Meilian and Zhao Huazi took the initiative to come to her house to play mahjong, and another villager was about to do so, and they were particularly uncomfortable with the lack of three and one, so they begged Liu Lihua to help find a card friend to play at her house, and was willing to pay a "table fee" of 100 yuan.
Liu Lihua didn't agree at first, and she couldn't stand their repeated begging before agreeing, but she didn't know where to find someone. When she was having a headache, Zhao Huazi offered to let her husband serve at the table.
"Although Guorong can play mahjong, they are all very small, and they have never been on such a big table. Huazi said that he took four-fifths of the shares on Guorong's side, and whether he won or lost, Guorong only accounted for one-fifth. Guorong is equivalent to making a foot, which is almost equivalent to helping Huazi fight. ”
"In other words, four people play mahjong, and Huazi accounts for two?"
Seeing Liu Lihua nodded, Zhao Wenming couldn't laugh or cry, "I don't understand, why is playing mahjong so fun?"
"Actually, Guorong only came to the table today, and they beat it yesterday and the day before yesterday. Today they thought that the three of them were not energetic in playing mahjong. The head of Xiaohe Village, the civilized accountant, really don't blame me for this, they all took the initiative to find me. As soon as you say it today, I also know that I am wrong, and I promise not to make an example! I swear, if there is a next time, you will punish my whole family to keep the card, from morning to night!" Liu Lihua swore an oath.
Knowing that she was not good at stubble, she took care of herself, Zhao Xiaohe and Zhao Wenming didn't bother to say anything, warned her a few times, and then went out.
"I've never seen anyone so addicted to mahjong! Zhao Wenming walked to a garbage can and angrily tore the "mahjong" to shreds one by one.
"It's really boring to be locked up at home every day. Zhao Xiaohe watched him tear "mahjong" fixedly, "It would be nice if I could take everyone to do some national entertainment at home." ”
"What kind of entertainment for all?"
Zhao Xiaohe shook his head: "I didn't think about it." The head hurts. ”
"Leave them alone. Let's take a look at Jiacheng's arrangement of procurement. ”
Zhao Xiaohe nodded, and the two came to the village committee together.
"The demand for tomorrow's purchases is a bit big, but there are few people who buy vegetables, and most of them ask to buy fruits. As soon as he saw them, Zhao Jiacheng presented the list to them, "It is estimated that if I buy this one tomorrow, there will be less purchases in the next episode." Tomorrow I will call all four members of the purchasing team. Xiaohe, you have great strength, you should go with them tomorrow. ”
"Okay. Zhao Xiaohe agreed.
Early the next morning, Zhao Xiaohe took Zhao Youzhi, Zhao Jiajie, Zhao Ping, and Zhao Jianguo to the town's bazaar again.
With the experience of the first time, and the second purchase was mainly fruit, the second purchase went more smoothly. In just over an hour, the procurement task was completed and I returned to the village smoothly.
After handing over the "baton" to Zhao Jiacheng, Zhao Xiaohe returned home, sanitized, changed clothes, washed his hair and bathed.
After a few days of cloudy weather, it finally cleared today, and after Zhao Xiaohe washed his changed clothes and dried them early, he didn't use a hair dryer to blow his hair, and sat directly in the yard to dry his hair while cutting his nails.
"Xiaohe! look!" Chen Lanlan suddenly ran out of the back door of the supermarket, and angrily raised her mobile phone to signal him to look.