CHAPTER XXVI
In the summer countryside of Bashu, the hot breath is like an impenetrable net, firmly wrapping every part of the body. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere is very little wind, and the white sun is scorching and the fire rises. The leaves were roasted and curled, the dogs were hiding in the shade and sticking out their tongues, and the hens had already gone into the shade and hid their heads under their wings to sleep comfortably—they could not understand how humans could have such a big head on such a hot day.
Ye Shu felt that his hands were almost swollen, and his throat was dry and smoking. The head of the judicial office took a sip of the water cup a little depressed, moistened his throat, and then continued to say: "Li Dongmei, don't talk nonsense, the previous things are not within the scope of today's discussion," she took a breath and continued: "What we are mainly discussing today is Li Qiuping's subsidy certificate. ”
Li Dongmei was really hot, her back and forehead were full of sweat, her clothes were wet with sweat layer after layer, she was born fat, and she couldn't stand the weather. Even if he was already sitting in a shady dam without the sun, there were still large strands of sweat flowing down the corners of his neck and forehead.
"Director Ye, don't talk nonsense," Li Dongmei said in a rough voice, "That proof is that my sister Li Qiuping herself is willing to hand over to our mother's family to help her collect, this money is specially used for Li Qiuping's medical treatment, what does Chen Aiguo want to go back for?" He's just for himself! In order to use it for Chen Chuan! She almost poked a hole in the side of the stool with one finger, then turned her face to Chen Chuan and softened her voice and said: "Chuan Wazi, you can't be a man without conscience, your mother has such a big illness, so serious, your grandmother and third aunt have paid a lot of money, and your father never tells you." ”
Without waiting for Ye Shu to speak, Chen Aiguo, who was squatting on the side, dusted off his cigarette ashes, and a pair of peasant-white eyes were yellow and bloodshot, looking straight at Li Dongmei, and the hatred in his voice couldn't be stopped: "Li Dongmei, are you still not human?" Oh, you paid for Li Qiuping's medical treatment? Phew! That's Li Qiuping's life-saving money! That's Chen Chuan doll's reading money! You and the old woman paid a lot of money? Why don't you say that 3,000 yuan bought a life for Zhaodi Baby?! He stood up abruptly - this man had barely spoken before, it should be said that in the previous mediation, except for Li Dongmei's non-stop talking, there was only Ye Shu's questioning from time to time, and the Chen family father and son basically remained silent.
But now it seems that, at least for Chen Aiguo, this silence has reached its limit.
He clenched his fists tightly, as if he was trying to restrain himself from rushing towards Li Dongmei in the next moment-Chen Aiguo forced himself to turn his head to Ye Shu, his face softened a little, although his voice was stiff: "Director Ye, I thank you!" You come to do this justice to our family! I'm useless, I still have to rely on Chen Chuan, a teenage doll, but Li Dongmei," he turned to his wife and sister again, and the resentment in his voice was so bitter: "I, Chen Aiguo, don't come to you now, because Li Qiuping still depends on me, and Chuan Wa'er still relies on me, but don't think that I just want to settle it with you," Under the blue sky and white sun, everyone saw Li Dongmei trembling, Chen Aiguo looked at her calmly, and said: "Our account, sooner or later, there will be a day." ”
Li Dongmei was full of excitement, jumping three feet high, this woman just wanted to howl loudly, and suddenly saw An Qing looking at her expressionlessly, the face of the judicial director was not very good-looking, Li Dongmei was spicy, in the end, she still had a brain, she smiled wryly, after all, she couldn't hold back, patted her thigh and screamed: "Look at that Chen Aiguo, he wants to kill someone!" ”
The crowd erupted in laughter, and some people said quips: "It's harder to kill you than to kill a pig!" Li Dongmei was so angry that she jumped up to see who was talking, but unfortunately there were too many people, and now was not a good time to spill, so she finally had to sit on the bench again, as if she hadn't heard anything.
Ye Shu had to slap the table again - thankfully, Chen Chuan took advantage of the inattention of people to hand her a piece of wood, and finally freed her hand, she pulled her throat a little helplessly and began to shout: "I'll say it again, don't talk about irrelevant things, our focus is on Li Qiuping's subsidy proof!" She glared at Chen Aiguo and motioned for Chen Chuan to pull his father away from Li Dongmei's side, "Chen Aiguo, now let's talk about the things that have been proven, the past has passed," the director of the judicial department slowed down his voice, sounding all sincere: "People always have to look forward." ”
Chen Aiguo took a deep breath, the middle-aged man's old wrinkled and deeply wrinkled cheeks twitched again and again, he gritted his teeth, and his cheeks bulged from time to time, which was plucking his teeth. In the end, in Chen Chuan's pleading gaze, the honest man Chen Aiguo finally gave in a step, he glared at Li Dongmei hatefully, and walked to the side to smoke.
Chen Chuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he felt that his calves and stomach were constantly twitching, as if the next moment he had the opportunity to completely fall on his stomach because of cramps, so he was ridiculed by everyone.
This imagination almost made him unable to open his legs, but in fact, people only saw Chen Chuan walking steadily in front of Ye Shu, and then spoke clearly—of course, he inevitably trembled a little too nervously—and said: "I ask my third aunt and grandmother to return my mother's subsidy certificate Li Qiuping to my father," he hesitated for a moment, and finally stumbled and said, "There are still subsidies for the past few years......"
Grandma immediately jumped up, as if someone had kicked her in the back, she jumped up from the bench with age-appropriate agility, with that vicious and undisguised look on her face, she threw herself at Chen Chuan without hesitation, dry, like a dry hand - a slap in the face, but in the end she was almost stopped by Chen Aiguo, and the man tried his best to control himself not to do anything to the old man, but just pushed her away.
But that didn't stop Grandma at all. She sat on the ground with the strength of her son-in-law, as if she couldn't feel the hot temperature of the bare cement surface, Mrs. Li gave full play to what she had learned all her life, and cursed her grandson who dared to ask her for compensation with all the words, and repeatedly said: "Sichuan baby! Your day thunderstruck! You don't have to die well! ”
With a blushing face, he slammed his right hand vigorously, up and down, his movements stiff and rigid, and his left hand pressed tightly against the seam of his trousers, as if nothing could get it out of the dark blue nylon fabric. The party secretary of the brigade glared angrily at Mrs. Li, and while driving Chen Chuan's grandfather like a duck to help the cousin up, he scolded in a thick local accent: "You still don't think you're embarrassed?" Hurry up and get it up! ”
The scene was chaotic. The heart-rending cries and sharp scolding of middle-aged and elderly women, the angry scolding of elderly men, and the laughter of the villagers, the atmosphere is really happy, they point fingers, some are naughty, and say a few witty words that they think are clever; Chen Jiawan's brigade secretary blushed and was so angry that he wanted to go up and give a kick to one person, the newly appointed judicial director of Triangle Town was dumbfounded, she stood behind the table and didn't know what to do with this situation, the honest man Chen Aiguo was aroused to the fire, and used brute force to drag his mother-in-law and sister-in-law out of his yard, while Chen Chuan felt desperate like a tide that would immediately drown him.
He felt bouts of discouragement and even more exhaustion. The boy opened his mouth to say something, and then he realized that it was too late to say anything, which meant that it was useless to say anything. Then he did something that no one expected - he went straight to the faucet, dragged out the long hose for flushing the yard, skillfully installed it, and turned it on to the maximum without hesitation in the center of the chaos.
The warm water flow of the summer almost immediately sobered up the initiators and participants of the chaos, and they looked at the expressionless Chen Chuan in surprise - the young man threw the water pipe to the ground, staring at these adults who were almost all related to him, his face flushed, and then Chen Chuan walked to Ye Shu's side in a few steps, picked up the books that had been knocked to the ground because of the chaos just now, and whispered to her with a little guilt and shame: "Director Ye, let you see the joke." ”
Ye Shu's heart swelled with huge sympathy, she shook her head, took the book handed over by the young man, couldn't help but pat Chen Chuan on the shoulder, and sighed.
With a blue face, he looked around until he looked away from the other party, and then gritted his back molars and jumped out almost word by word: "Don't make any more trouble!" He stared at the Li family, especially Grandma Li and Li Dongmei, and anyone could hear the gritted teeth in his voice: "If you make trouble again, I will let him shed his skin in Chenjiawan!" ”
Things are finally back on track. In the rural areas, for the peasants, the deterrent power of the village party secretary is greater than anything else. He can decide how many acres of land your family will divide and what kind of house to build, how much subsidy will be paid, how much money will be borrowed from rural credit cooperatives, and even how many villagers will be fed, drunk, and lasser. In the countryside, offending your parents and uncles is nothing, offending the secretary, just wait to wear all over the small shoes and finally be a man with your tail between your legs.
Li Dongmei didn't dare to make any more trouble, but it would never be possible to hand over the subsidy certificate as Chen Chuan said, and don't even think about the subsidy in the past few years! She also has two male dolls at home, and although the subsidy is not much, there are always dozens of yuan per month, and the food expenses for the dolls to go to school are settled.
In Li Dongmei's opinion, Chen Chuan is already able to top half an adult at this age, and he goes out to work for a month to be a restaurant boy with food and accommodation, eight or nine hundred a month, and more than 1,000 yuan if he is lucky! Much more productive than he reads!