Chapter 83 Post-event processing

Although Liu Cuifang was reluctant, she had to obey the secretary Zhao’s words and took her three sons and daughters-in-law to the village committee. Lin Yuexi saw that everyone was walking towards the village committee under the authority of Secretary Zhao. She closed the door, told Ziyan and Xiyun to lock the door from inside, stay at home and do their homework, and not go anywhere, then went to the village clinic.

Lin Yuexi hurried to the village clinic and saw Lin Fugui, Li Sanru, Lin Dashan, and Lin Wan sitting on the chairs waiting for her. Looking at the four of them in such a miserable state, Lin Yuexi suppressed a smile and used disinfectant to treat their wounds. Fortunately, they were all external injuries, and they would be fine after taking some antibiotics and resting for two days.

After the wounds were treated, they all went to the village committee. At this time, Deputy Secretary Zhao was speaking with a furious expression. Lu Zhendong and Liu Cuifang were explaining. Lin Yuexi walked in and listened for a while, but she didn’t hear the two of them get to the point. She simply went over and said, “Secretary Zhao, they can’t explain it clearly, let me tell you.” Secretary Zhao nodded and motioned for Lin Yuexi to start speaking.

Lin Yuexi took a deep breath and said, “Today is Sunday, my two children and I woke up late and were having breakfast at the dining table. Lin Fugui, Li Sanru, Lin Dashan, and Lin Wan stormed into my house, demanding that I give them 30 yuan every month as filial piety money, saying that if I didn’t give it, they would take my radio, sewing machine, and bicycle as compensation.”

“My in-laws came over to reason with them, and Li Sanru said she would go to Lu Cheng’s army unit to make a fuss and accuse him of not respecting his father-in-law. Then they started fighting!”

Secretary Zhao asked Lin Fugui, “Is your daughter telling the truth?” Lin Fugui’s lips were swollen, and he couldn’t speak. The villagers who came with them said loudly, “Lin Yuexi is telling the truth…”

Li Sanru, upon hearing this, still argued unwillingly, “My daughter, she should be filial to us.”

Chen Dapeng, the village chief of Taohua Village, pointed at Lin Fugui and Li Sanru and laughed, “Lin Fugui, Li Sanru, I really didn’t expect that you would actually come to your daughter’s door today and demand 30 yuan every month! Do you know how much Secretary Zhao’s monthly salary is? 40 yuan.”

“Village chief Chen, I later said that I only wanted 20 yuan, but Lin Yuexi still refused.”

“Shut up! You, Li Sanru, why should Lin Yuexi give you money, and at such a high price? Do you think there’s no one in Qinghe Village?” Li, the village chief of Qinghe Village, was furious.

Secretary Zhao saw that the village chief had spoken, and knew that he should say something. Secretary Zhao said seriously, “The country encourages filial piety to parents, but your kind of forcing your married daughter to give you a certain amount of money every month is wrong. So we not only advocate for filial piety, but we also resolutely oppose this kind of behavior.”

Liu Cuifang, seeing that Secretary Zhao was saying this, also calmed down. She said to Secretary Zhao, “Secretary Zhao, Li Sanru is being too much. Not only did she say that if we don’t give her money, she would take our things as compensation, but she also threatened to go to my third son’s army unit to make a fuss and have the army expel her. Therefore, Li Sanru, this troublemaker, must be dealt with…”

Secretary Zhao, after listening to this long speech, started to have a headache! He thought to himself, although the higher-ups said that Lu Cheng was a hero of our county, and we should take care of his wife, children, and parents, this is really their family matter! How should I handle this?

Lin Yuexi saw that things had developed to this point, and she couldn’t let the Lin family get away with this easily this time. She knew that she had to take this opportunity to get rid of this poison in the Lin family and avoid future worries.

So Lin Yuexi took another deep breath and said to Secretary Zhao, “Secretary Zhao, you all know that my husband Lu Cheng has made contributions to the country, and he almost became a vegetable last time. After he recovered, he was awarded a first-class merit and went to the military academy to study. Deputy Secretary Li also said that he is not only the glory of Qinghe Village, but also the glory of our entire county. But Li Sanru wants to smear him. She smears Lu Cheng, which is smearing Qinghe Village, and even our Qian’an County…”

Secretary Zhao, upon hearing this, realized that Lin Yuexi was right. Li Sanru was really smearing a large group of people. If this reached the ears of Deputy Secretary Li of the county, he, the secretary of the commune, would be punished.

Lin Yuexi continued, “My husband is risking his life for the country, but Li Sanru, this damned stepmother, repeatedly brings her children to bully me. Today, her son even wanted to steal my bicycle, sewing machine…”

“All the villagers can testify to these things today. Secretary Zhao, you have to do justice for me. If you don’t do justice for me today, I will have to go to the county armed forces department or Deputy Secretary Li…”

All the villagers, after hearing Lin Yuexi’s words, said, “Secretary Zhao, we can testify. Lin Dashan said publicly that if we don’t give him money for his old age, he will take our sewing machine and bicycle as compensation…”

Secretary Zhao, after hearing this, asked Lin Dashan, “Lin Dashan, did you really say that?”

Lin Dashan, this fool, still didn’t realize the seriousness of the matter. He stiffened his neck and shouted, “I did say it, so what? Lin Yuexi has been eating and drinking for free in our family for so many years, she should give us money.”

“Hahahahahaha…” Lin Yuexi burst into laughter, “Lin Dashan, you said the Lin family is your family?”

Lin Dashan realized that he had made a mistake. Lin Yuexi was pointing out that he was not Lin Fugui’s biological son.

“Haha, that’s so funny, you’ve been pretending to be the son of the Lin family for so long, you’ve treated someone else’s daughter as an outsider…”

Everyone in the village committee burst into laughter. Lin Dashan’s face turned red, he wanted to argue but didn’t know what to say, so he could only glare at Lin Yuexi fiercely.

Li Sanru, seeing everyone laughing at Lin Dashan, stood up and said, “So what, my Dashan is surnamed Lin, he is a member of the Lin family, and he will be the head of the Lin family in the future…”

As soon as Li Sanru said this, everyone laughed even harder!

“The head of the Lin family, it seems that the Lin family has a lot of wealth to inherit. Since you are so rich, why are you asking your own daughter for money? Hahahahahaha…”

Lin Dashan, upon hearing this, was even more embarrassed. Secretary Zhao frowned and looked sternly at Lin Dashan, “Lin Dashan, your behavior is wrong. No matter what, you can’t threaten your own family in this way.”

Lin Yuexi put away her smile, her eyes firm as she said to Secretary Zhao, “Secretary Zhao, I think this matter can’t just be let go. Their actions today have seriously affected my family’s life and damaged Lu Cheng’s reputation. I hope the commune can seriously educate and deal with them, make them realize their mistakes, and also serve as a warning to others in the village. We can’t let this kind of bad behavior spread in our village.”

Secretary Zhao thought for a moment, nodded and said, “Lin Yuexi, you’re right. I’ll have them apologize to you now…”

Li Sanru, upon hearing this, immediately shouted, “Why should we apologize? We raised her for so many years, what’s wrong with asking for some money?”