Lishan Village is built on the mountain. It has not many residents but a large area.
In the middle of the village there is a very wide sun drying flat for drying rice.
Next to Shaiguping, there is a wooden shed that was originally used to rest and enjoy the cool air during the drying of rice. It was later renovated and used for village meetings.
When the villagers heard the sound of the gong, they immediately went out to the meeting room.
The news about Lao Chen's family last night has spread. Everyone knows that there will be a village meeting today, and they have been looking forward to it.
There are too few entertainment activities in this era, and there are many people in the village who have suffered from Jiang Chunxiu and Sun Hong.
They all want to see them eat up.
In less than five minutes, everyone who can go to see the fun, no, can go to the meeting is gone.
The conference room was not big and could accommodate only a limited number of people, so most of the people stood outside, completely surrounding the small conference room on three floors and three outside.
Both parties involved in the incident were already in the conference room, with a fire-burning hall as the center, and Zhao Youchang stood in the middle to preside over the meeting.
Chen Zhaozhao's family is on the left with Yu Jinggui, Jiang Chunxiu, Chen Lili and Sun Hong, and Wang Erniu on the right. As for their other family members, they are not here.
Because Zhao Youchang only named those who participated in the incident, but they were not involved, so they hid at home and did not want to appear in such a humiliating occasion.
But in fact, I went to the outermost edge of the crowd of onlookers and watched secretly.
Zhao Youchang had everyone come and started to preside over the meeting. He didn't say much, he just emphasized the seriousness of the matter and the decision to deal with it.
Finally, he said: "Now you should apologize to Zhaozhao and promise not to do such a thing again in the future."
Jiang Chunxiu glared fiercely at Chen Zhaozhao, then at Chen Dawang and Liu Guihua. Chen Lili lowered her head and shed tears silently.
Sun Hong and Wang Erniu were also very angry, but they did not glare at Chen Zhaozhao because Yu Jinggui was here and they had nothing to do with Chen Zhaozhao.
Jiang Chunxiu is Chen Zhaozhao's grandmother, and Yu Jinggui has to consider this relationship to some extent when dealing with her, but they are different, and Yu Jinggui will not have any worries when dealing with them.
"Which one of you will apologize first?" Zhao Youchang asked unhappily when no one spoke after he finished speaking, and then directly arranged: "From left to right, Erniu, you start first."
When Wang Erniu was called, his face was red and pockmarked. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, I will never do such a thing again in the future."
After saying that, he walked outside.
He felt that he could not stay any longer. It was extremely embarrassing for the villagers to see him apologizing to a shameless loser.
Wang Erniu used to be Sun Hong. Sun Hong adjusted her mood and said with a smile: "Zhaozhao~ I'm so sorry. Don't worry, we will never do such a thing in the future."
After saying that, she wanted to leave, but Chen Zhaozhao called out, "Grandma Sun, wait a moment."
"What?" Sun Hong asked angrily.
"The promised compensation has not been paid yet." Chen Zhaozhao reminded with a smile.
"You..." Sun Hong wanted to curse, but after seeing Zhao Youchang and Yu Jinggui, she could only swallow her words. She reluctantly took out a few tickets from her pocket and handed them out, "Here they are."
Yu Jinggui looked at Zhao Youchang, who went to receive the money and counted it, "Only three yuan?"
"We don't have any money, that's all." Sun Hong said with a pinched neck.
"Twenty-five yuan, not a cent less." Yu Jinggui said solemnly.
"Twenty-five yuan?" Sun Hong couldn't hold back her suppressed anger, "She fell down by herself, not us two cows who pushed her down. Why should we pay for it? She still has to pay so much.
Twenty-five yuan? Why don’t you go and grab it? Chen Dawang, are you out of your mind because of your poverty?”
Lishan Village is very poor. In 1976, the average annual income of a family was only 100 yuan. Nowadays, if you have enough money, you cannot go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. Some people will go to the black market to buy things, and some people will not buy them at all.
But at the end of the year, I can only save about twenty yuan at most.
Twenty-five yuan is definitely a huge amount of money.
"You can take fifty yuan as a betrothal gift, but you don't have twenty-five yuan as compensation?" Yu Jinggui asked sharply, not believing her at all.
"The fifty yuan we gave Erniu to get a wife for, why should we compensate her?" Sun Hong said arrogantly, "There is nothing to compensate for."
"Okay." Yu Jinggui nodded and put her aside, looking at Zhao Youchang, "I'll finish my apology first."
Zhao Youchang nodded and looked at Chen Lili as Sun Hong passed by.
Chen Lili knew it was her turn, and she was so aggrieved that she cried out. She gasped and apologized softly, "Sister Zhaozhao, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, and I will never do it again."
After saying that, she ran away crying.
Before running away, he glanced at Yu Jinggui secretly. That look was full of grievance and pity, which was very pitiful.
Chen Zhaozhao noticed it and chuckled in his heart. It turned out that Chen Lili also liked Yu Jinggui.
Why didn't she find out about her previous life?
Most of the girls from all over the country like Yu Jinggui. How could she think that Chen Lili and Jiang Yuzhi don't like him?
She also shared with them that she liked Yu Jinggui, which was really stupid now that she thought about it.
She couldn't help but glance at Yu Jinggui. Such a handsome man was very rare outside. Who wouldn't be moved by the sight of him?
Yu Jinggui noticed her eyes and looked over, and their eyes met in the air.
Chen Zhaozhao felt her heart skip a beat. Yu Jinggui's eyes were so deep and charming that one could drown in them. She felt that few people could not be impressed by his appearance.
And now she was among the few people who didn't. Although she was caught peeping, she was not embarrassed and pretended to look away as if nothing had happened and fell on Jiang Chunxiu.
Looking at Jiang Chunxiu, she suddenly felt that her heartbeat had stabilized and her whole body felt relaxed. The pressure on Yu Jinggui was really too great.
Yu Jinggui looked down at her, because Chen Zhaozhao was sitting down to match his status as a wounded person.
Yu Jinggui stood and looked at her from above. He was amused by her serious and stiff way of looking away and turning her head, which made him laugh in his heart.
Jiang Chunxiu noticed the look between Chen Zhaozhao and Yu Jinggui. She glared at Chen Zhaozhao and secretly scolded her several times for being shameless. Then she spoke solemnly under the pressure of Yu Jinggui.
"Zhaozhao~ If you feel that grandma can't forgive you, then grandma is here to say sorry to you, as for the guarantee you want.
You are going to get married in the provincial capital, and what I did is just to get you married. Once you get married, I will feel at ease and won’t have to worry about you."
Look at the art of talking. They don't admit that they are wrong, and they apologize and guarantee in a high-sounding way.
Chen Zhaozhao actually admires Jiang Chunxiu's eloquence and her invincible cheekiness.
It's just so disgusting.
Chen Zhaozhao was so disgusted by her that he decided to go back in disgust, "I really feel that grandma is sorry for me, so I accepted grandma's apology.
Grandma is already quite old. She should worry less and toss less in the future. After all, she cannot bear the troubles when she is older. Worrying too much will make her age faster. I don’t want my grandma to look like she is eighty because she is only seventy years old because of worrying and tossing.
The same age, if that happens, I will be very heartbroken."
Jiang Chunxiu cares about her age and appearance. Although she is indeed old, she doesn't like others saying she is old.
Chen Zhaozhao knew this, so her words pierced her lungs.
Jiang Chunxiu couldn't hold back his suppressed anger, especially seeing her yin and yang look, so he shouted angrily, "Chen Zhaozhao, you unconscionable money-losing guy, I won't beat you to death if you don't see me."