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Chapter 29: I will not offend others unless they offend me

The mother was holding the hand of a chubby woman, walking quickly and talking excitedly. Behind them was Qiu Jianshe, who did not interrupt but just followed silently.

"Mom! Third Aunt, Dad!" Qiu Huoming came forward. He glanced at Third Aunt. She was holding a snakeskin bag in her hand and didn't look like she was here to sell fruit.

Usually, she came pushing a cart.

"Huo Ming, you've grown so tall!" Third aunt obviously liked him very much. She stopped and looked at him with a smile.

"He has suddenly grown a lot this year, with such thin arms and legs that I'm afraid they'll be blown away if the wind is strong. We're almost home now, let's talk slowly after dinner." Chen Suniang pulled her forward.

Qiu Huoming pinched his arm. What’s the big deal? He clearly has muscles.

"How did Third Aunt meet you?" Qiu Huoming asked in a low voice as they walked side by side with Qiu Jianshe.

"Your third aunt went to the city to buy something. She happened to be near your mother's factory. They came back together and met me on the way. You can squeeze in with me tonight and let your mother and her sleep in your room."

"Yeah." Qiu Huoming responded. He had to hide the blank tape and the money he carried with him later.

The eldest sister quickly cleaned up the dishes and left the living room to them.

But no one in their village knew about the "land acquisition", so where did he get this information?

Qiu Jianshe did not hesitate at all this time. He nodded, and the three of them started to discuss it.

With this interruption, Chen Suniang immediately forgot what she was going to ask before, and a hint of surprise appeared on her face.

"Bullshit, what era is this, and we're still talking about Feng Shui!" Qiu Jianshe's face turned red, and he stood up suddenly, his chest heaving with anger.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw several dishes on the table.

Chen Sumiang pulled Qiu Jianshe to a chair and sat down, "Lao Qiu, calm down. They are probably trying to occupy our homestead under the guise of feudal superstition."

Qiu Huoming had mixed feelings in his heart, holding the bowl in his hand and not knowing what to say for a moment.

Qiu Huoming listened in the corner for a while and saw that his father seemed to have suddenly become enlightened. He quoted theoretical knowledge one after another and talked about policies all the time. He felt relieved, as these were enough to bluff people.

Halfway through the meal, he couldn't help but say, "Brother, sister-in-law, have you heard the rumors in the village?"

"Jiahe and I will go too, to provide extra help." Third Aunt echoed.

"Huo Ming's words reminded me that there are only three possibilities for non-agricultural transfer now, one is to enter college, one is to join the army and be promoted, and the other is..."

A trace of resentment appeared on Third Aunt's round face, "She said that our family's Feng Shui had suppressed my cousin's family. She also said that only one of our families failed before the other could rise. A few days ago, they were clamoring to re-divide the homestead... …”

The third aunt hurriedly pulled Qiu Huoming aside and asked him carefully about his recent situation at school.

When this sentence was spoken, everyone was stunned. The third aunt opened her eyes wide and looked at Chen Suniang. They vaguely felt that this might be the fact that the eldest uncle's family was clamoring to change the homestead.

Although Qiu Jianshe's emotional intelligence is not high, he works in the county party committee after all, so he has a good brain and understood it after thinking about it.

Chen Suniang understood immediately. She glanced at him and said, "Study hard. There's no need for a child like you to get involved in this matter."

"Let's celebrate. I didn't expect Third Aunt to come. It's double the happiness." Qiu Huoming said with a smile, "Our teacher said that he will take our contestants to the provincial capital next Tuesday. They will stay for two days and return on April 4st."

After hearing these words, Chen Suniang's eyes turned red and Qiu Jianshe clenched his fists.

The atmosphere in the house suddenly became gloomy, and my younger sister suddenly felt that the pig's trotters in the bowl were not so fragrant anymore.

Qiu Huoming looked at the family members present, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He said, "Dad, Mom, Third Aunt, we shouldn't be angry. If we are angry, we will play into their hands."

This matter can be big or small. Nowadays, what people believe in is that officials will not investigate unless the people sue them.

These words suddenly hit Qiu Huoming like a blunt object.

"Did you buy the pig's trotters?" Chen Suniang looked at Qiu Huoming suspiciously and asked.

"He wanted me to drop out of school and work in a chemical factory. I remember there were some problems with the factory, and several workers were injured. I refused, so he came to our class and falsely accused me of stealing a bicycle..."

Chen Suniang slammed the table and wiped away her tears. "Today is Tuesday. I will go back to the workshop tomorrow to ask for leave. I will leave early the day after tomorrow and get the job done on the same day. I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. This damn family! Kill them!"

His brows knitted together, "Land acquisition!"

Qiu Jianshe didn't care about these things in the past, but now that it involved his family, he naturally became cautious. He pushed away the bowl and chopsticks and thought of a red-headed document he had seen in the office before.

He and his two sisters filled their bowls with porridge and sat on the stools against the wall. The younger sister gnawed on a pig's trotter without even raising her head. The older sister had a good lunch and was less interested in the evening meal.

These words immediately made Chen Suniang explode, "How dare they touch my son! I will go to the village and smash their house!"

"You should go back to the township at the weekend and go find the village chief directly. Tell him about this matter openly. Say that they are feudal and superstitious and are harming the villagers. The bigger the incident, the better. I heard that Qiu Sheng's household registration has been moved to the county. How did he and his aunt get their household registrations? You can talk about all this."

He had been a soldier and attended the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University in the army. He had two or three classmates in the commune. When they met each other during the Chinese New Year, they were always polite. If he really wanted to make trouble, there would be people to support him.

Qiu Huoming seemed to be thinking about something. What his mother said made sense.

Qiu Jianshe thought about the consequences of this incident and suddenly felt a little soft-hearted. He muttered, "If they change, should we just forget about it?"

Scenes of what had happened in the past flashed through his mind, and he suddenly understood something.

The eldest sister gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "If my eldest brother is successfully framed, he won't be able to get into college, and he won't be able to work in the factory! They won't want a thief... and he won't be able to find a wife in the future!"

The three adults sat on each side of the table. Qiu Huoming finally escaped from her clutches by serving rice to the third aunt.

Qiu Jianshe drank the porridge in the bowl in silence.

Seeing that they were still soft-hearted at this time, Qiu Huoming immediately fanned the flames. He said quietly, "My eldest uncle came to the school to look for me yesterday, and he brought Director Chen from our office with him. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would be unhappy."

Chen Suniang rolled her eyes at him. Rural people value kinship, and she didn't know how to solve the problem appropriately.

Kids these days have no personal privacy, Qiu Huoming sighed to himself.

Qiu Huoming also wanted to go and stared at Chen Suniang eagerly.

"Okay, then, go back to the countryside and be careful." Qiu Huoming had to give up.

Chen Suniang asked about their recent situation in the countryside, and the third aunt answered in detail.

Jiahe is my third uncle, who is a big and strong man and is responsible for the military.

The little sister echoed softly: "Dad, they are bad people."

"What rumor?" Qiu Jianshe looked confused.

"My mother married later and has no say in the village. My father is an honest man and my second brother is disabled. They dare not say a word when they are wronged. I... I see this with my own eyes and feel really suffocated. So I'm going to the city to buy things to tell you that Jianjun's family is not a good family. You should be careful."

"Huo Ming is successful now. I'm afraid this family will cause trouble again!" said the third aunt gritting her teeth.

He first returned to his little room, made his bed, and packed tomorrow's textbooks into his schoolbag.

I wrapped the cardboard box containing the blank tapes with tape all around, mainly to prevent mice from gnawing on it, and put a board on the seal. Then I stuffed it back under the bed and put some sundries in front of it to cover it up. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it.

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