Chapter 16: The Little Daughter-in-law

"Brother, thank you so much." Zhu Yuejin was inevitably polite on the phone, but he didn't say clichés like ordinary people like "sit and drink", in the end, he was a township leader.

"A piece of six."

As soon as Lin Yuanfang put down the phone, the owner of the public phone reached out to Lin Yuanfang to collect money.

"What's so expensive?" Lin Yuanfang asked in a southern dialect: "It's not more than two minutes." ”

"Ah, the people of the south?" The owner of the walkie-talkie listened to Lin Yuanfang's authentic Nanan accent, and quickly changed his mouth and said, "Then one piece." ”

Lin Yuanfang realized that he and Zhu Yuejin were talking on the phone in Mandarin just now, and the owner of the walkie-phone thought he was a foreigner, so he charged a high price for the phone. I really didn't expect that a pay phone would also be charged according to the accent.

"It's expensive too." Lin Yuanfang took out five yuan and handed it over to the owner of the public phone.

"God, is this still expensive? I am charging according to the regulations of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, two cents per minute, you play four cents for two minutes, plus an agency fee of six cents, which is exactly one piece. The owner of the public phone rummaged through the drawer for change, and shouted grievances: "Look at the countryside below, the public phone charges there are only thought miles, two yuan a minute, and there is no price at all." ”

"Expensive?" Lin Yuanfang took the four yuan that the owner of the walkie-phone had found, and said in surprise.

"But no, can I still coax you?" The owner of the public phone was indignant and was very dissatisfied with Lin Yuanfang's disbelief in his words.

Lin Yuanfang shook his head and turned to leave. He hadn't called in the countryside, and he really didn't know that a public phone in the countryside would be so expensive. The peasants are really the most pitiful people in the world, and they are obviously the poorest class, but when it comes to things like electricity and phone calls, they pay several times more than the people in the city. No wonder people say that these unreasonable policies are simply beggars snatching food from their bowls!

The Archives of the Construction Committee is not far from the Planning Bureau, two or three hundred meters away, and Lin Yuan walked a few steps away. When he was about to arrive at the gate of the Planning Bureau, Lin Yuanfang saw two women standing at the gate and looking into the gate, and the back of the woman on the right looked very familiar, it was the eldest sister Lin Yuanli.

Lin Yuanfang walked forward quickly and said, "Eldest sister." ”

"Ah......" Lin Yuanli was startled, turned around and found that it was Lin Yuanfang, so she breathed a sigh of relief, "Far away, it's you." Didn't you go to work? ”

Lin Yuanfang knew that Lin Yuanli meant to ask him why he was not in the Planning Bureau, so he smiled and said, "I also work outside." Eldest sister, why are you here, what is the matter with me? ”

"Alas, far away, my sister really has something to ask you!" Lin Yuanli said and pulled the hand of the woman next to her, Lin Yuanfang noticed that the woman next to her, twenty-six or seventeen years old, although she was dressed rustic, but her appearance was very handsome, she was a typical rural daughter-in-law, but at this time, her eyes were red and she looked a little haggard. I don't know what happened to the eldest sister pulling this little daughter-in-law over? Could it be that this little daughter-in-law is also bullied by others, and the eldest sister comes over to ask him to call the shots for this little daughter-in-law?

Lin Yuanfang saw that the gate was not the place to speak, he groaned for a while, and said, "Sister, let's go, let's eat in my dormitory." ”

The corridor of the dormitory is not spacious, and there are miscellaneous items such as residents' tables, cutting boards, briquettes, and coal stoves, which make the space even more cramped. Lin Yuanfang turned sideways to help a bicycle that was about to fall, let Lin Yuanli and the little daughter-in-law over, took out the key to open the door of the dormitory, and pushed the door in.

"Juanzi, let's go." Lin Yuanli saw that the little daughter-in-law was standing timidly at the door and didn't dare to move, so she took her arm and dragged her in.

The little daughter-in-law refused to take a step, she pushed back, and looked at Lin Yuan with her eyes a little timid.

"It's okay, let's all come in." Lin Yuanfang laughed, revealing his snow-white teeth, as bright as the sun.

With Lin Yuanfang's approval, the little daughter-in-law took a step and walked into Lin Yuanfang's dormitory with her head down.

The dormitory was very basic, with a desk, a bed, an old-fashioned wooden box common in the countryside, and two stools. The only thing that is on the top of the grade is the Juhua brand desktop electric fan on the desk.

"Sit down." Lin Yuanfang pulled out the two stools, asked his sister and little daughter-in-law to sit down, and asked while carrying a thermos, "Do you want to add tea?" The reason for this question is because in the rural areas of Pinan, there is no habit of drinking tea. In their opinion, boiling water is so sweet, but it is bitter and astringent when tea is added, which is similar to drinking medicine.

"Boiling water is in the middle." Lin Yuanli spoke, then turned her head and asked her little daughter-in-law, "Juanzi, what about you?" ”

"No, no, I'm not thirsty." The voice of the little daughter-in-law was like a mosquito.

Lin Yuanfang poured two glasses of boiled water and put them in front of Lin Yuanli and his little daughter-in-law.

"Say, eldest sister, what's the matter?" Lin Yuanfang sat on the bed.

"Well, what shall I say?" Lin Yuanli's face was also a little embarrassed.

When the little daughter-in-law saw Lin Yuanli's expression, her eyes turned even redder, and tears were about to burst out of her eyes, she gently pulled Lin Yuanli's sleeve with two fingers, and whispered: "Sister Yuanli......"

"Okay, I said, I said, Juanzi, you 覅 (邙南土语, don't mean. The pronunciation is bao, which is different from the standard pronunciation of Xinhua dictionary) crying. Lin Yuanli couldn't help but feel soft-hearted, stretched out her hand to stroke Juanzi's hair, raised her head and said to Lin Yuanfang: "Far away, did you ask Zhang Luojian's position to be removed from the township?" ”

"Zhang Luojian?" Lin Yuanfang was suddenly stunned, and immediately understood, "Do you mean the militia company commander in your village?" ”

"Yes." Lin Yuanli said.

"Has he been removed?" Lin Yuanfang said in surprise.

Lin Yuanli pulled Juanzi's hand and said, "Juanzi, what do you mean by that?" You say, I can't come. ”

Juanzi lowered her head and wrung her clothes with her hands, and said in a small voice: "Not yet, but Village Chief Wang said that Township Chief Zhu has decided to submit it to the Township Party Committee for study, and the decision will come down soon." ”

Lin Yuanfang nodded, Township Chief Zhu was angry for him. In the end, it is the township leader, and the style of doing things is different, when he talked on the phone just now, Township Chief Zhu didn't even mention this matter, but he did it for him quietly and privately.

Knowing that Zhang Luojian was about to be withdrawn, Lin Yuanfang was overjoyed, with Zhang Luojian as an example, the blind guy in Fangzhuang Village dared to bully the eldest sister's family in the future. However, he still couldn't figure out what Zhang Luojian's removal had to do with the little daughter-in-law in front of him? Could it be that this little daughter-in-law's family was also bullied by Zhang Luojian because of Jiao Ti Liu?

Thinking of this, Lin Yuanfang asked quietly, "What's wrong?" ”

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Today's three watches, this is the first watch, to compensate for the one watch owed yesterday. There is a second shift around 12 o'clock.