Liuxu went back to her room angrily. Wenwu was very hungry, so he picked up the bowl and chopsticks to eat, and finally finished a bowl of white rice.

"Slow down, be careful not to choke. It's not good for your stomach." An Haitang gave him a distressed look.

Li Xiumei also felt distressed: "You still say you're not hungry."

Wenwu smiled honestly and slowed down.

"I've bought the car. I'll go through the formalities tomorrow."

"You should take a day off. You're tired."

"No, your strength will be restored after a night's sleep."

He ate another bowl before putting down his bowl and chopsticks to rest. An Haitang poured him a cup of hot tea, and the three of them chatted around the fire.

Li Xiumei whispered: "Wenwu, please let Liuxu go back tomorrow and write a letter to her parents to explain the situation clearly to avoid misunderstanding."

Wenwu nodded: "If you don't tell me, I will guess what nonsense she is talking about. Don't listen to that. She has said many things to me before, but I ignored her."

An Haitang asked: "What did you say? Did you say that your family would all eat royal food and become city dwellers?"

"No," Wen Wu took a sip of tea, "It's just those words."

An Haitang said with a smile: "It's still very tempting. Many people can't pass this level."

"Haha, my mother and I have passed this test, don't worry." Wen Wu smiled and patted her head.

Li Xiumei brought him half a bucket of hot water and asked him to soak his feet to relieve his fatigue. She said, "We work hard and don't care about it. What's wrong with going abroad? The moon abroad is rounder than the one in our village?"

"Haha, Mom really knows how to speak." An Haitang was amused by her. In that era, not to mention the moon abroad, even the moon in the city was rounder than the moon in the village. It was really good for Li Xiumei to have this insight.

Liu Xu was in the room and vaguely heard their conversation. She tossed and turned in anger and couldn't sleep at all.

"Work hard on your own, and I'll let you know how difficult it is to work hard on your own!"

At dawn, Liuxu got up early, didn't eat anything, didn't say hello, and left silently.

Li Xiumei originally wanted to ask her to eat something, but she was really annoyed by what she said, so she endured it and let her go.

Wen Wu stood under the window, opened the curtains a little, watched Liu Xu leave with her bag, and whispered to An Haitang: "She left, I guess she will have to complain to her father when she gets back."

"Will I give you some shoes to wear?" An Haitang asked, wrapped in quilt.

Wenwu smiled and said: "The chief is a very just man, but the wife is a bit difficult to deal with. She will definitely be a bit troublesome, but it doesn't matter. Let's make a living in our hometown safely, and their mother and daughter can't do anything to us."

"Yes." An Haitang nodded.

During breakfast, Li Xiumei asked about Zhang Xiaohua, and An Haitang said, "Don't mention it. What the family said when I sent Zhang Xiaohua home last night almost pissed me off."

"Does it mean that it is useless for girls to go to school, lose money, and marry into other people's homes in the future?"

"Yes, I'm so angry. Xiaohua is only 9 years old, so she's not allowed to go to school. She has to do farm work at home and take care of her younger brother. It's so pitiful!"

Li Xiumei said: "We have no way to help now, and it is not a problem of one or two. Preferring sons over daughters is a common phenomenon in the village." An Haitang said: "This kind of family that favors sons over daughters will lead to a very bad problem. Girls cannot After receiving a normal education, most boys are pampered and pampered, raising a bunch of An Daqiang-style waste."

Wen Wu comforted An Haitang: "Don't worry, the matter will be solved step by step. We will work together and we will be able to solve it."

"Yeah." An Haitang stopped talking. She kept saying that Wenwu would find a way to help her achieve it, which would invisibly put pressure on him.

She went out with Wen Wu, who accompanied her to Zhang Xiaohua's house. Zhang Xiaohua had already chopped up a lot of pig food early in the morning and cooked meals for the whole family. She was carrying a bucket of water on her thin body and was about to fetch water.

"Sister Haitang, brother Wenwu," the little girl called them, saying, "I discussed it with my mother last night. I got up in the morning and finished all the work, and I can go to school for half a day. In the afternoon, I will come back to hunt pig grass and take care of my brother. Cook dinner.”

An Haitang was very aggrieved. He wanted to speak but Wenwu stopped him. Wenwu said: "Okay, then you go to school quickly, and uncle will fetch water for you."

Wenwu took her pole and bucket, and the little girl bowed and thanked her, then trotted into the house. After a while, she took two sweet potatoes cooked in pig food, and ran away with her schoolbag on her back.

An Haitang looked heartbroken. Thinking about modern times, the family doesn't know how to pamper such a tiny little girl, but Xiaohua has to work so hard.

Wenwu quickly filled the water tank at Zhang Xiaohua's house. Zhang Xiaohua's grandma came out of the house and smiled when she saw Wenwu and called him into the house to drink tea.

Wen Wu ignored her and left Zhang's house with An Haitang. An Haitang thought about Xiao Hua's hurried appearance just now and said to Wen Wu: "Let's go to school and tell the teacher that there are girls like Xiao Hua who are late for school. It's troublesome." Teacher, don’t punish me.”

Wenwu nodded: "Okay, I'll go there in a moment, you go to the clinic, I won't delay your business."

The two of them saw the village party secretary standing at the intersection from a distance, waiting. When they got closer, they saw the sad look on his face and knew that the township chief was putting pressure on him again.

"What should we do? The higher-ups are always trying to pressure me with big words, asking me to get through your ideological work as soon as possible and not to hinder the investment of foreign entrepreneurs."

"Bullshit investment, I'll go to the township chief later and I'll talk to him!"

"Ugh!"

"He can't negotiate here. I will go to the county and report the situation to the county leaders. You should do a good job in the ideological work of the villagers. Everyone must stand firm in protecting the village environment from pollution."

The village party secretary nodded: "Okay, I will go from house to house to talk about it later."

Wenwu and An Haitang separated at the intersection. Wenwu went to school first, and An Haitang went to the clinic.

The village party secretary went from house to house. Each household explained the dangers of pollution in detail and filled out the voting form again. After walking past the last house, he was walking back when he was blocked by two young men on the path in the woods.

These two young men were unfamiliar to him, but he had never seen them before. Seeing that their faces were not friendly, he cheered up and shouted: "Which of you are from which village?"

The two young men didn't answer. They jumped on the old party secretary, punched and kicked him, pushed him into the muddy ditch, and pushed his head into the muddy water several times.

The old party secretary struggled and shouted for help, but this forest was remote, there were no homes, and there were very few people coming and going.

"Old immortal, you have three days to give up the brick factory and tell An Haitang to get out, otherwise I will make you look good!"

"Did Shen Yongjun call you to mess with me?"

The young man pushed him into the muddy water again and said harshly: "If you dare to say that a second time, I will kill you!"

Another young man smiled ferociously: "Old man, don't forget, you have two little granddaughters who have to go through this section every day when they go to school. Be careful to give me a taste of it!"


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