Chen Xiaoniu nodded quickly and went to the kitchen to get busy. She wanted to make some egg pancakes. Her father loved egg pancakes the most. Oh, and there was also vegetable porridge. Cheng Qiao had made it before, and her father liked it too.
White smoke came out of the chimney of Chen Weidang's house. Aunt Wang from next door wiped her tears. The two houses were separated by a wall, but Aunt Wang heard their conversation clearly. She put on her old cotton-padded jacket and went to look for Li's mother.
I don’t know which family’s rooster crowed early. When one rooster crowed, the other roosters started to crow “cock-a-doodle-doo”. Xuhui supported Li’s mother and walked in from outside.
"Mother Huan, I'm sorry for raising a bad son, and causing your house to burn down. But I've made a note of this account, and I'll definitely pay you back when I'm done with this busy period."
Ermao heard this and went back to his room. Then he took out a stack of money and handed it to Li's mother: "Aunt, here are 200 yuan. I earned it with Brother Huan. I will compensate you to build a house first. If it's not enough, I will earn more."
Mother Li did not reach out her hand, but looked at Li Huan. Li Huan patted Ermao on the shoulder and thought for a long time before making up his mind to speak:
"Starting tomorrow, you will take over your father's job. If you don't understand something, ask Xuhui. And use this money to pay tuition. I remember there is an accounting class in the county town. You can sign up for it."
Cuihua's lips trembled as she looked at Li Huan in disbelief. She knew that this boy would keep his word, but if Chen Weidang was convicted of murder and Ermao wanted to take this position, Li Huan would have to pay a greater price to achieve his goal.
"Huanzi, thank you, but you should find someone else. Ermao... is not worthy."
Ermao also nodded. He said that he had no diploma and no knowledge. He was just a junior high school student. How could he be an accountant
"Brother Huan, let Xuhui do it. He is a high school student."
Li Huan shook his head. Xuhui was going to take the entrance exam for military school, so he could help occasionally.
The big girl also thought of her job: "Mom, my job at the supply and marketing cooperative is probably going to fail. I might as well sell it and get some money back to fix up Aunt Li's house first."
Cuihua felt a pain in her heart. It was such a good job, but now she couldn't keep it. Who should she sell it to? The girl was suitable, but she was also Chen Weidang's child.
"Sell it to Wang Xianghua. She can't concentrate on her studies. It's better for her to start working early."
Cuihua nodded and asked Xiaoniu to go find Xiang Hua when it was daybreak. If she was willing, Aunt Wang would definitely agree.
The sky was turning pale as Cuihua went out with her backpack on her back. The little girl even turned a corner and went straight to Aunt Wang's house.
When Aunt Wang learned that the eldest girl was going to sell her job, she readily took out eight hundred yuan and handed it to the younger girl, asking the eldest girl to hand over the job today.
When Chen Xiaoniu saw so much money, her eyes lit up. They finally had enough money to improve their family's living conditions and could also find someone to build a house for Aunt Li.
The big girl took the money and took Wang Xianghua to the county town. Li Huan and Wang Xiangyang went home to have breakfast first, then washed up a little and went out.
Such a big thing happened in Xiangyang Village, and it was necessary to report to the commune. At this moment, the commune secretary was sitting in the conference room with a grim face, and everyone else was staring at their cups in a daze with a sad look on their faces.
A student who was recommended to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, because of a personal grudge, actually set fire to a house and took the lives of his own sister and her family.
Not only did he cheat on his wife and divorce her, he also cruelly harmed his pregnant wife, leaving her to die of cold and beating, leaving two lives.
Chen Weidang, the old village chief of Xiangyang Village and the current accountant, put the interests of the country above his own and stopped Chen Damao's evil deeds in time, but he also committed the crime of murder.
And the homemade gun, they knew it belonged to Li Huan at first sight. This homemade gun had made great contributions and was a benchmark for the villagers of Xiangyang Village to get rich.
But this benchmark eventually became a murderous weapon. They didn't know how to judge these triangular debts, let alone whether Li Huan should be punished.
"You two should first tell me how to deal with Comrade Li Huan."
The commune secretary took out a cigarette, but when he put it in his mouth, he took it out again. This cigarette was given to him by Li Huan. What should he do with this little gangster
The director of the commune spoke up: "Secretary, Li Huan himself is also a victim. Besides, he has already asked for leave and has delegated his power. It is obvious that the man named Wang Xiangyang is incompetent and has nothing to do with Li Huan."
"Yes, Secretary, Cheng Qiao has been admitted to a university in Beijing. Li Huan went to Beijing with Cheng Qiao. What happened here has nothing to do with him."
The commune secretary knew very well that Li Huan was a very good person and he could trick the entire commune, from himself to the old gatekeeper, into doing things around him.
"Then tell me how to deal with Wang Xiangyang."
"I don't have enough ability to be the village chief."
"But he was recommended by Li Huan. If he doesn't do it, who else can do it?"
"At most, I can get him a job as an accountant, which will save Li Huan's face."
"Then who will be the village chief of Xiangyang Village? Li Huan has already gone to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. He will definitely leave for a distant place after graduating next year."
"What about Xuhui? He is the son of a martyr and has good abilities."
"I don't know. I seem to have heard Li Huan say that he also wants to take the college entrance examination."
For a moment, there was no sound in the conference room until Li Huan opened the door of the conference room. He was frightened by the smoke inside and thought he had arrived in heaven.
"You finally showed up, kid. We've been waiting for you since midnight."
Li Huan apologized embarrassedly. The commune leaders would definitely know about this kind of thing at the first time, and of course they would have to hold a general meeting, but there was nothing he could do.
"Tell me, what should we do? This time not only is your Xiangyang Village finished, but mine is finished too."
Chen Weidang killed people in the county town, so the commune secretary was also implicated, and even the county magistrate is about to go crazy, so the top priority is to come up with a good thing that can cover up this bad thing.
"Secretary, now that we have reform and opening up, why don't we attract investment and build a large wholesale market in the county so that the people can have enough food and clothing."
The commune secretary's eyes lit up. What could be more important than the people's livelihood? "Adequate food and clothing" - what a high-sounding idiom.
"Do you have a solution?"
"As long as you agree and participate, I will certainly have a way."
"Okay, if you can get this done successfully, I'll approve your application."
Li Huan was delighted. Oh, yes, there is also Tie Niu. He glanced at Wang Xiangyang and began to stammer. The commune secretary waved his hand to stop Li Huan from saying the next thing:
"Wang Xiangyang, you are not capable enough, so you can only take over Chen Wei's work. As for the position of village chief, let's talk about it after Li Huan graduates."
Wang Xiangyang's originally uneasy heart was finally put at ease. Even if he was asked to be the village chief now, he wouldn't dare to do it. His little heart just couldn't take it.