Chapter 13 Think about it yourself

Lu Debang and Zhang Hongfa distributed food to Shen Meng and asked Shen Meng and others to wait in the house for a while. They had to go to the production team to get things and find a wooden board to carry her away. Shen Meng readily agreed.

When he went out, he saw a group of old people gathered at the door of Lu's house, so he waved his hand and sent them away.

"Go back to work, don't earn work points, come here to watch the fun, and don't yell at me when the grain and meat are distributed at the end of the year."

Everyone watched the village chief chase people away. Those who knew what was best left first, while others walked away, looking towards the Lu family.

On the way back to the production team, Lu Debang frowned and said, "You said you wanted to compensate Zhenping's wife ten yuan and thirty kilograms of fine grains. Why didn't you discuss it with me and just made the decision directly? If others knew about this, would they be willing?"

"Hmph, so what if you don't want to? The production team's cow butted a man and nearly killed him, and they didn't even hire a doctor. If this gets out, our Lujia Village production team will become famous in the commune. Zhenping will come back and let it go, but don't forget that Zhenping knows someone in the county government. If he makes a fuss, who will be held responsible?"

Lu Debang was a little disapproving, and curled his lips and said: "I think you think too much, Ren Zhenping is a reasonable person."

"Let's be honest. The ones injured are his wife and the mother of his children. He is out there defending his country. His family, fellow villagers and people who grew up with him are dying. Do you think he would be willing to do that? Think about it carefully."

Lu Bangde was silent after hearing what he said. He knew Lu Zhenping's temper. Sometimes when he got ruthless, it was really scary.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Zhang Hongfa sighed and patted his shoulder.

"Debang, don't judge by appearances. Shen Meng is Zhenping's wife after all. She was injured by the production team's cow. We don't know if she can survive. If the village cadres don't make a decision for her at this time, how will the members of the commune see it? It's only because her parents are honest that they didn't make a fuss to the commune. If you try someone else, they will definitely make a fuss and ask the production team for compensation! Besides, your nephew wants to join the army. He is fifteen years old this year. If he joins the army..."

He didn't say anything else, but patted Lu Debang's shoulders twice. They were all young people as village cadres, and many relationships had to be re-established, and things had to be done fairly, otherwise people would not be convinced.

Lu Debang's heart skipped a beat at this time. Lu Mingyang's children have grown up. If Shen Meng can't get through this hurdle, she will definitely leave a message for Lu Zhenping. Whether it will be good or bad words depends on their performance.

Thinking of this, and looking back at my previous attitude, I broke out in a cold sweat. These days, if one person serves in the army, it brings honor to the whole family. If you do well in the army, you will have a bright future. But sometimes, no matter how hard you work, you still have to find your own way.

"Yes, yes, I was distracted. Hongfa, you're right. Let's go and get money and food for Zhenping's wife. Oh, let's see if the production team has any more tickets and take some. I just heard that Uncle Shen and his family don't plan to go back tonight. Let's find someone to go to Shenjiaji and pass on a message to them."

"Hahaha, okay, I'll listen to you." Zhang Hong pointed at Lu Debang and laughed. The two of them discussed how to move and send things to Shen Meng. He was thinking about asking the woman at home to bring something to see Shen Meng and then sell it at a good price.

Half an hour later, Shen Meng was carried back to her home lying on a tattered door panel. The people staying at Lu's house looked at her miserable, half-dead appearance and began to believe what Wang Guizhi had said before.

Several people with leaky mouths pointed and talked towards the old courtyard of the Lu family.

Zhou Jiaojiao moved from a spacious brick house to the shabby house where Shen Meng lives now. She felt a huge gap in her heart. She had bought a lot of things before, which she had saved up little by little. Now they were all piled on the kang. She couldn't clean them up and had no place to put them. Her eyes were red with grievance. Lu Jiaxuan looked at her and felt very distressed.

"Don't be sad, Jiaojiao. I'll make you a few cabinets later. The house that mom built for us when we got married is also very spacious. Let's move there later!"

Zhou Jiaojiao frowned slightly and shook her head gently.

"No, autumn is coming soon. My parents are old, so they should live in the house. We are still young and strong, so we should live here. I will find some newspapers to cover the windows. We can clean up the house and live in it."

Looking at his sensible wife, Lu Jiaxuan felt incredibly soft in his heart.

"Jiaojiao, you've been wronged."

"No, I won't feel wronged as long as I'm with you and we can live a good life together."

Zhou Jiaojiao didn't want to move to Liu Sanjin's house. She and Lu Jiaxuan lived a sweet life together. They only came to the old house for meals and played around as they pleased. It was different living in the old house. Any noise would be heard by others.

She was planning on asking her parents-in-law to build a yard for their four rooms, even if it was just an adobe house, so they could live their own lives behind closed doors, that would be more enjoyable!
Liu Sanjin lived comfortably in the big house. She felt sad to see her youngest son and daughter-in-law move back, but she herself did not want to move back to the old house. She saw that the roof was about to collapse if it was not repaired. It happened that at this time Lu Jiaxuan told her that Zhou Jiaojiao was unwilling to move in, saying that she was old and needed to live more comfortably.

Liu Sanjin was so moved that he once again felt that his daughter-in-law Zhou Jiaojiao was caring and that Shen Meng, that little bitch, was just a debt collector. When her eldest son Lu Zhenping came back, he would definitely let Zhenping divorce her.

Shen Meng didn't know what was happening here. She was now talking to the village chief's sister-in-law Tian Guihua and the branch secretary's mother Chen Jinling. The two of them came together, holding eggs, brown sugar, and some dried vegetables in their hands.

"Good boy, take good care of yourself, you will get better. Your Mingkai is still so young, he can't be without a mother. If you have any problems in the future, come to me and I will take care of it for you."

"Yes, sister, I didn't know you had such a hard life before. Everyone was busy earning work points. Some people were evil-minded and wanted to take advantage of others without any ability. Don't worry, my uncle is the village chief. Although he is young, he is fair and will not let our fellow villagers suffer any loss."

Both of them had something to ask for in their hearts, and they tried various ways to say nice things to Shen Meng, but nice words were only one aspect, but they also really wanted to make friends with her. After going through a life-and-death experience, he was able to get his house back, so he was a smart man.

"Oh, I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself, my sister-in-law and aunt. I can get my child's house back now, thanks to the blessing of the two leaders. When my son Zhenping comes back, I will ask him to find the village head and the party secretary to thank them."

Hearing what Shen Meng said, Tian Guihua and Chen Jinling looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of thanking them, they just wanted them to not hold a grudge against Shen Meng for not helping them find a doctor.

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