HCB Chapter 205 Money was stolen
Chapter 205 Money was stolen
"Son, what happened to you? Open your eyes and look at mother, my son, my poor son!" Aunt Xu sat on the ground, holding Xu Baoqiang, whose face was covered in blood, in her arms, crying and wailing. Xu Laosan, who was standing beside her, was squatting beside her with a sad face, his face full of helplessness and heartache.
"Make way, make way, the carriage is coming!" Uncle Zhao drove the carriage over and shouted several times to the people who were gathered in three layers before he separated the crowd.
"Xu Laosan, stop letting your wife cry. Hurry up and put your son in the car and send him to the county hospital." The captain shouted to Xu Laosan with a serious face.
"Captain, I, we..." Xu Laosan looked at Wei Zhongping with red eyes and an embarrassed look.
"What's going on? Hurry up. Why are you dawdling? You'll lose your life if you delay any longer." Wei Zhongping looked at the dithering Xu Laosan speechlessly.
I really don't understand why this couple, who usually treat their son as their lifeblood, are still dragging their feet at this point.
"It's not that we don't want to take the baby to the hospital, it's that our family has no money, Captain!" Xu Laosan slapped his thigh hard, tears flowed down again, his eyes full of resentment.
"What, no money?"
This shocked everyone who was watching.
Except for a few daughters, everyone in Xu Laosan's family was indeed quite lazy, but they were not poor. After all, the first two girls received high betrothal gifts and would bring something back from their in-laws from time to time. Just look at Xu Baoqiang who dressed neatly every day and always dressed himself like a city person, and you will know that his family could not be that poor.
"It's true, Captain." Xu Laosan wiped his face and said with hatred, "When the child's mother and I first heard the news, we asked her to find the money and take the child to the hospital, but...but the place where we usually hide our money is nothing but a few rat droppings. Even the few coins in the cabinet are gone. Now there is not even a single food coupon in the house."
"Oh my God, was this stolen suddenly?"
"How is that possible? This hasn't happened in our brigade for years."
"Could it be that this Third Xu is too stingy to even spend money on his son's medical treatment?"
Xu Laosan's words shocked everyone instantly. After a group of people discussed it, they found that no one had heard any noise last night. Even those who lived near Xu Laosan's house shook their heads.
"How could a thief suddenly break in? I had diarrhea last night and ran to the toilet for half the night, but I didn't hear any noise at all."
"I felt stuffy last night and slept with the window open. I even heard Xu Lao San snoring, but I didn't hear anything else!"
Wei Zhongping and Secretary Lu looked at each other and saw a hint of annoyance in each other's eyes, especially Secretary Lu. He didn't want to get involved in the affairs of Xu Laosan's family. If he hadn't stopped his eldest son at home today, his son would probably be standing here and howling to celebrate. Just when he left, the bastard said that he would go to the county to ask someone to buy firecrackers for fortune-telling.
"Dad!" Mu Rujun pulled Bai Nuo and Fan Lianhua over, stood behind her father-in-law, and called out in a low voice.
Secretary Lu tilted his head slightly and said, "Take Bai Zhiqing and stand away. Don't get close to that family!"
"Hey, I know!" Mu Rujun lowered her head slightly, suppressed the upturned corners of her mouth, and nodded to her old man.
Secretary Lu glanced at Xu Laosan's family of three, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
Although Secretary Lu was somewhat scheming when dealing with people from other brigades and communes, he was very protective of his own family. Otherwise, he would not have run out to stop his eldest son from breaking Xu Baoqiang's leg.
Moreover, after that happened, he did not think it was the daughter-in-law's fault like some elders in the husband's family did, or show disgust. Instead, when he heard someone gossiping about his daughter-in-law behind her back, he got very angry on the spot. That was also the first time he abused his power for personal gain, and he punished those people severely.
At this moment, seeing Xu Baoqiang's miserable appearance, Secretary Lu actually felt very happy. Not to mention the younger generations who grew up under his care, there were more than a hundred households in their Qishui Brigade, and each household had several younger generations. Who of his son's generation was not grown up under his care? And who could be more important than his son and daughter-in-law?
Only those confused guys who are good friends with the Xu family would think that Xu Baoqiang is their nephew who grew up under their care, and they would protect that bastard Xu Baoqiang in front of the educated youth from outside.
A piece of trash is also worth protecting!
"Old Lu, stop standing there. What should we do?" The team leader moved closer to Secretary Lu with a melancholy look on his face.
Secretary Lu twitched his lips, resisting the urge to roll his eyes and saying, "Don't ask me. My son is probably already preparing to go to the county to ask someone to buy firecrackers."
“…” The captain looked at Secretary Lu speechlessly.
After all, they grew up together and worked together as partners in the brigade. As soon as Secretary Lu said this, Wei Zhongping knew what he meant.
"Why, you still want to protect her?" Secretary Lu sneered, and glanced slightly sideways at the young educated youth standing with his daughter-in-law, and whispered, "I heard from my daughter-in-law that Xu Baoqiang has been pestering the young educated youth Xiaobai recently. I don't need to tell you what his plan is. Is that good-for-nothing lying over there more important, or the young educated youth you two treat like your own daughter? You decide for yourself!"
"Then what am I thinking about? Damn it, why didn't anyone tell me about this?" Wei Zhongping's face suddenly turned cold.
"Alright, stop crying. Either you two carry the man home and treat him yourselves, or you can get in a carriage and go to the county. Even if you don't have money, the old rules are to pay it back with work points. It's not like you two don't have work points."
Let him pay? Dream on!
The captain shouted, and in an instant, the crowd and the old man of the Xu family, who had been noisy and lively just now, immediately quieted down.
Aunt Xu had originally been thinking of asking the team leader to pay, or directly using the team headquarters' money to treat their beloved son's illness and injuries, but she became anxious when she heard this.
Their family had so few work points, and basically relied on that damn girl Xu Laidie to earn full work points every day to support them. If they used all of that to pay for money, what would they use to exchange for food at the end of the year? Their son and they would starve.
"No, no, Captain. All the work points have been exchanged for medicine fees. What should we do at the end of the year? Captain, you can't do this." Aunt Xu was so anxious that she didn't even care about Xu Baoqiang in her arms, and hurriedly got up from the ground.
Wei Zhongping knew what the other party was up to, so he rolled his eyes and had no intention of saving face for the other party.
"Why, you two are planning to ask the brigade to pay for it? Fine, everyone knows that the brigade's money is saved bit by bit by everyone in our brigade tightening their belts, and every penny is used for the development of our entire brigade.
After all, it was public money, and everyone in the Qishui Brigade had a share. The brigade had originally planned to apply for tractors from the commune next year, and this matter had been notified last year.
Now you want the brigade to take out the money for your son for nothing, you have to ask everyone first if they agree. If everyone agrees, then we at the brigade have no objection."
"That's not possible. Why?"
"Yeah, who knows if your son offended someone outside and this is retribution. Why should we use our money to settle the matter for your family?"
"Yes, we don't agree. What a scoundrel! How dare you use our money? How shameless!"
Before Aunt Xu could say anything, several people in the crowd who had conflicts with Xu Laosan's family immediately jumped up. In their opinion, even if the money was wasted, that bastard Xu Baoqiang didn't deserve to use it.
"The daughters and nieces of those families were bullied or molested by Xu Baoqiang and the scoundrels he usually hung out with. Because of them, the girls' reputations were ruined, and many of them were married off far away."
Fang Meng came over at some point and stood beside his little girl, bending down slightly, lowering his head and whispering softly.
Bai Nuo nodded in understanding: "No wonder those aunts and uncles are so angry, I just saw them secretly laughing."
Fang Meng lowered his head and smiled: "Lu Wenhua borrowed the captain's tricycle to go to the county to buy firecrackers."
"How do you know?" Bai Nuo turned his head and looked at Fang Meng with a smile on his face.
Fang Meng pursed his lips, raised his hand to rub the tip of his nose, and whispered, "The person I introduced to him."
"Who are you introducing?" Bai Nuo became even more curious. It wasn't even a festival, so where could he get firecrackers?
"Ahem!" Fang Meng lowered his head a little and spoke even more quietly, "I asked him to go find his little cousin!"
"..." Bai Nuo twitched his lips and quickly lowered his head, his little shoulders shaking.
Yes, it should not be difficult to ask her cousin for help. If her cousin knew that Xu Baoqiang was still interested in her, she would definitely give him the firecrackers for free without saying a word. If it was not enough, she could even find materials on the spot to make a batch of firecrackers for Lu Wenhua.
After all, for a child who grew up in a military-industrial family compound, this matter...can't be difficult at all!
Bai Nuo suddenly thought of the tricycle, then looked up at the carriage that Uncle Zhao was driving towards him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
She finally remembered what she had forgotten!
If they really needed to send someone to the hospital urgently, her captain should have ridden a tricycle. That would be much faster and more stable than a horse-drawn carriage.
did not expect……
Sister Rujun's husband actually rode away first!
"Captain, you can't be so inhumane. My child is already in this state, are you going to watch him die?" Seeing that his wife was still fighting with those people for those useless things, Xu Laosan stood up tremblingly, looking pitiful and miserable, as if she was a poor creature being collectively bullied.
Secretary Lu's brows twitched slightly, and he glanced at Wei Zhongping indifferently. If this matter were to get out, it would affect the reputation of their brigade.
Although personal vendettas are important, we cannot let their family affect the reputation of the brigade.
Secretary Lu was helpless and was about to speak, but he still underestimated the old friend who he thought was straighter than steel.