What Li Yuanlang discovered was that there were suddenly a few pieces of wood leaning against the door of the thatched house.

When he came over just now, he looked through the gap in the wooden board wall and clearly remembered that there was nothing at the door. He was deeply impressed by this sudden change.

When Niu Guihua heard that it was a cadre from the county who visited her family's subsistence allowance home, her puzzled expression immediately turned into a respectful smile.

Luo Yang introduced Li Yuanlang to Niu Guihua, "This is our Li... Section Chief Li..." He deliberately changed the word "Li" for Li Yuanlang into the word "Li".

"Section Chief Li, Cadre Luo, please come to the house quickly." Niu Guihua warmly greeted Li Yuanlang and Luo Yang as she walked towards her new tile-roofed house.

On the way, Li Yuanlang looked at the thatched house and asked Niu Guihua, "Is that thatched house usually occupied by people?"

Niu Guihua replied: "Back then, Tie Mao, oh no, it was Mayor Qiu who helped my family get dilapidated house renovation funds to flip this house. The family moved out of the old house. No one lives there anymore, only some sundries are placed there.

Something like that.”

Li Yuanlang nodded slightly and followed Niu Guihua into her new home.

The house is not big, only about 60 square meters. According to the common way in rural areas, there is a corridor and kitchen, and the east and west bedrooms.

Niu Guihua let Li Yuanlang and Luo Yang into the east room. To the north of the room was a large kang. There was a wardrobe on the kang, which contained quilts, mattresses, pillows and other bedding.

Although the furnishings in the room seemed simple, it was clean and tidy, but there was a pungent smell of potion in the air.

"Two cadres, please sit down." Niu Guihua politely asked Li Yuanlang and Luo Yang to sit on the edge of the Kang, while she was busy boiling water and making tea.

"No need, we just want to find out about the situation from you." Under Li Yuanlang's eyes, Luo Yang went to the kitchen to deal with the cow osmanthus who was boiling water, while Li Yuanlang walked to the door of the west room, gently opened the door and walked in.

The same layout, but the difference is that there is a man lying on the kang. When someone comes in, the man quickly turns his head inwards and looks at Li Yuanlang in surprise with wide eyes.

The man is in his forties, with green stubble showing through his newly shaved beard. He has deep-set eye sockets and is very thin. He looks sick at first glance.

"Who are you?" The man's voice was weak. He wanted to struggle, but for some reason he couldn't move.

Li Yuanlang took two steps and came to the man's side and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm from the county. I'm here to visit and verify the situation of your poor family."

After hearing this, the man felt a little calmer and said weakly: "He is a high-ranking official in the county. Please take a seat."

Li Yuanlang tugged on his clothes and sat by the kang. He asked about the man and learned that his name was Lai Dazhu and that he was Niu Guihua's husband. His lower body was paralyzed due to the overturn of the tractor. His condition had worsened in recent days and his whole body was weak. It was even difficult to sit up.

Li Yuanlang came mainly to inquire about the relationship between Qiu Tiemao and Niu Guihua, and intentionally or unintentionally led him to Qiu Tiemao.

Lai Dazhu didn't shy away from it, and told him a lot about Qiu Tiemao. Qiu Tiemao was working in Donggangzi Village, and knowing that Niu Guihua's family was in a difficult situation, he applied for subsistence allowances and dilapidated housing subsidies for her family.

He is said to be a great benefactor to her family.

However, he and Niu Guihua developed feelings over and over again, and this relationship between a man and a woman also greatly reduced this gratitude.

At first, Lai Dazhu was so angry that he was almost cuckolded under his own nose. It is difficult for any man to accept it. But then he thought that he was completely useless. His wife Niu Guihua was only in her thirties, which was the age when she needed a man.

.Besides, Qiu Tie pretended to be the deputy mayor, had power and strength, and had obtained many benefits for his family, so he simply turned a blind eye and pretended not to see Quan.

With this attitude, his family and Qiu Tiemao lived in peace and harmony.

"In this case, why do you still need to write a letter to report Qiu Tiemao?"

"Oh, there is no way." Lai Dazhu shook his head helplessly, "It's all the fault of that boy Lai Cheng. He is my distant nephew. He said that his boss saw that my family was in trouble and wanted to sponsor me to go to a hospital in a big city for treatment.

The condition was that we had to write a letter of complaint against Qiu Tiemao and my wife. I didn't agree at the time. After all, Qiu Tiemao was also our family's benefactor, and we couldn't be ungrateful. But Laicheng told me that Qiu Tiemao was also our family's benefactor.

Tie Mao has the support of big shots in the county. My report letter will be suppressed by the big shots, but it is just a formality, just to fool his boss. After thinking about it, I think it is true, Qiu Tie Mao can become a high official, and there is someone designated above.

I wanted to protect him, so I gritted my teeth and asked Lai Cheng to write the report letter on my behalf, and I signed my name and fingerprinted it."

Having said this, Lai Dazhu licked his dry lips, and Li Yuanlang hurriedly took the boiled water next to him, held his head and fed him a large drink of water.

His throat was no longer dry, and Lai Dazhu spoke with more energy. He shook his head and sighed: "Who would have known that my report letter made Qiu Tie lose his job, and Lai Cheng's boss also lost his promise to treat me.

Alas, I am really looking at myself in the mirror - I am not a human being inside and out. Qiu Tie was dismissed from office, and he originally promised to help my family apply for a loan to build a chicken farm, but this also failed. Alas, I am really a fool." You see.

When he came out, it was obvious that he regretted his actions.

"So, you don't hate Qiu Tiemao, but you do it out of helplessness and because you want to take advantage of Boss Laicheng's opportunity to treat you." Li Yuanlang asked understandingly: "But that's not the case in the testimony.

Said?"

"Testimony? What testimony?" Lai Dazhu was obviously stunned and denied: "I didn't say anything about testimony. You see, I'm like this. Where can I talk about testimony?"

Lai Dazhu said that he only signed his name and fingerprinted the report letter written by Lai Cheng, and did nothing else.

Li Yuanlang frowned slightly and asked if Lai Dazhu had any skin injuries. The strong smell of potion in his house made Li Yuanlang sure if Lai Dazhu had used it.

Lai Dazhu shook his head and denied it, and said that his wife Niu Guihua was not injured, so who was this potion for?

After comforting Lai Dazhu for a few words, Li Yuanlang came out of the west room, and Luo Yang was also trying to trick Niu Guihua. Seeing Li Yuanlang and the two looking at each other, they returned to the east room. Luo Yang provided similar information to Lai Dazhu. Niu Guihua and the others had

They were all deceived by Lai Cheng's sweet words, and ended up in vain.

"Have you asked Niu Guihua about her testimony?" Li Yuanlang asked after some thought.

"After questioning her, she told the truth mostly in her testimony, without any embellishing."

"Well, Lai Dazhu said that no testimony was recorded for him. At present, it seems that there are illegal operations." Li Yuanlang said with emotion.

He was about to say something more, but now Niu Guihua came in with a tea cup, so he had to swallow half of his words and start arguing with Niu Guihua.

Of course, they could no longer ask about Qiu Tiemao, for fear of arousing Niu Guihua's alarm. After all, they came as staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau this time, and they had to get down to business more or less, talking about poverty-stricken households.

topic.

After talking for about half an hour, Li Yuanlang asked to go to the toilet. Most rural areas have dry toilets, which are built in the yard. To put it bluntly, feces and urine can be seen with the naked eye, and there are flies and mosquitoes flying around.

Very unbearable.

Niu Guihua pointed out the toilet in the corner of the yard to Li Yuanlang, while Luo Yang pretended to take a small notebook and record the topics of inquiry in order to distract Niu Guihua.

It must also be said that Luo Yang's brain reacted very quickly. He must have guessed that Li Yuanlang's visit to the toilet was fake, and he must have had other purposes.

Sure enough, when Li Yuanlang walked out of the house, it happened that the dry toilet was not far from the old house. Niu Guihua's domestic dog was locked in the woodshed next to the old house. He heard Li Yuanlang coming over and barking through the door.

Li Yuanlang was so anxious that he quickly turned back and looked into the tile-roofed house. Fortunately, Niu Guihua was entangled by Luo Yang and didn't notice it. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without hesitation, he walked to the old house as quickly as possible, walked low to the door, moved the pieces of wood, and pulled the door open. With a creaking sound, the door opened.

As soon as he entered, the strong smell of medicine in the room penetrated his nose, which was exactly the same as what he smelled at Niu Guihua's house.

The old house is not big, and the kitchen is right when you enter it. Because it has not been used for a long time, there are a few farm tools and sundries piled up.

Li Yuanlang made a general observation and found nothing unusual. He walked into the back room. The layout was very simple, just a kang bed and an old cabinet on the kang.

He jumped onto the earthen bed and looked directly at the old cabinet, which was locked with an iron lock. He put his ear to the cabinet and listened carefully, but there was no sound.

Could it be that I made a mistake in my judgment?

From the moment Li Yuanlang walked into Niu Guihua's yard, especially when he saw that the door of the old house was deliberately blocked with wooden blocks, he became suspicious. After entering Niu Guihua's house and talking to Lai Dazhu, he had a vague hunch, but he didn't

I don't know if this hunch is accurate.

Therefore, Li Yuanlang took advantage of the excuse of going to the toilet and secretly came out to investigate the old house just to verify his hunch.

Now that he saw that the old house was as quiet as before, without any abnormal noise, Li Yuanlang was a little unsure. Could there be deviations and mistakes in the hunch he trusted so much?

He walked around again, looking for hiding places. In order not to arouse Niu Guihua's suspicion, Li Yuanlang had no choice but to give up and slowly walked towards the door of the room to leave.

There was a "bang" sound as soon as he walked over, like a sound like a stone falling to the ground. Li Yuanlang immediately stopped and listened carefully with his ears raised.

There was no one else in the house except him, so how could there be any noise?

He stood there without moving, and the sound never appeared again. Li Yuanlang thought for a while, rolled his eyes, and realized the plan.

He took steps and pretended to be striding out the door. He went to the door and pushed it open, deliberately closing the door with more force. Then, he tiptoed to the corner and observed carefully.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw the big iron pot in the kitchen rising slowly. A man had the big iron pot on his head, raised his hands high, and put the big iron pot on the side. The person's head was fully revealed, and a picture appeared.
Chapter completed!