Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

"Is the owner of that quarry from our county?" Zhao Wenhao asked casually.

Wei Chunlan shook her head and gave a wry smile. "He's from another province, his name is Zhang Yan. I heard he's a distant relative of Liu Zhenghua's. We couldn't find him when the accident happened. Now, the medical expenses of the four people in the hospital are all covered by the town."

Liu Zhenghua, mayor of Hengtang Town, has been in office for more than two years.

Zhao Wenhao had met this man once last year. It wasn't a personal relationship, just an acquaintance.

Obviously, this contractor relied on Liu Zhenghua's connections, or it was Liu Zhenghua who was behind this matter.

Two died and four were seriously injured. This is not a light responsibility.

"That means these families haven't received any compensation yet?" Zhao Wenhao frowned, looking a little unhappy.

"Everyone's gone, where can we get compensation? This bastard deserves to be shot." Wei Chunlan was furious and couldn't stop cursing. "The town has only paid the medical expenses of the four people who are still in the hospital. As for the rest, they are still wrangling.

A few days ago, Er Tuozi's family carried a coffin to the town government to cause trouble, and Liu Zhenghua simply hid away. Later, it was Secretary Yan who came out to appease them and promised to take full responsibility, which temporarily calmed everyone's anger.

The so-called Secretary Yan is Yan Cheng, the father of Zhao Wenhao’s good friend Yan Bin.

This person has been in office for four years. He might have been transferred to the county after the new year, or even promoted further, but he never expected to encounter such a bad thing.

"Then Liu Zhenghua was not controlled?" Zhao Wenhao couldn't help but feel a little angry.

A man from another province was allowed to come to this town to quarry stone through Liu Zhenghua's connections. Now that something has happened, Liu Zhenghua certainly bears some responsibility.

If the two parties were truly related, or if Liu Zhenghua personally enriched himself, this would be a job-related crime, especially since two lives were involved.

Wei Chunlan shook her head. "How would I know this? I just heard it from the villagers. Last time they went to the town government to cause trouble and asked me to come along, but I was worried about what would happen to you, so I didn't go with them."

"Forget it, don't get involved in this matter. If Er Tuozi's family has any difficulties, come to us and we will definitely help if we can. But don't worry about the rest, you can't handle it."

Zhao Wenhao comforted his mother and said, "My sister and the others should be here tomorrow, and Gu Qiang will be here too. You knew about this, right?"

"I called back and your sister told me everything. She also told me to tell your dad not to do anything weird again." Wei Chunlan patted her waist and stood up. "Your dad usually comes back in the evening. I'll go to town and cut up some pig heads and tails for you."

Zhao Wenhao wanted to stop her, but he was really craving the pig Sanbao from his hometown, so he let his mother go.

In the evening, Zhao Aiguo finally drove his van back leisurely, humming an unknown tune.

Zhao Wenhao also found him as soon as possible. The future son-in-law of the Zhao family would come to visit tomorrow, so of course he had to give him some instructions to prevent Zhao Aiguo from doing anything out of line again.

Perhaps Zhao Wenhao didn't like Gu Qiang's mother very much, but he still had a good impression of Gu Qiang as a person.

Besides, Zhao Wenjing and Gu Qiang were in love with each other, so he certainly didn't want Zhao Aiguo to get involved and cause any trouble.

The next morning, Zhao Wenhao drove the van directly to town.

At about half past ten, the two people were finally picked up.

"Brother Qiang, how can you two carry all these things?"

Looking at the gifts that almost filled the entire back seat, Zhao Wenhao was speechless.

Coming from the provincial capital, they had to take several buses and carry a lot of things, which was really difficult for the young couple.

Gu Qiang didn't say anything, just smiled.

Zhao Wenjing, however, spoke up for him, "Gu Qiang said that this was his first visit, and he wanted to take care of all the relatives. He wanted to send gifts to his second uncle's family and his aunt's family, and he didn't want to leave anyone out."

Looking at this pile of gifts, it is estimated that it cost at least a thousand yuan.

With Gu Qiang's monthly salary of about 400 yuan, he spent at least three months' income.

Zhao Wenhao didn't say much, just shouted, "Get in the car."

Then he drove the two of them home.

"Wen Jing is back! Is this your boyfriend?"

"Aunt Liu, this is Gu Qiang."

"Hello, Aunt Liu!"

"Wenjing, you've been out for over half a year and you've become more and more beautiful! This young man is also very energetic, and he's a perfect match for you."

"Gu Qiang, this is Fourth Uncle, the one who lives in the back row of our family."

……

As soon as the van entered the village, we met many acquaintances along the way.

As early as yesterday, Wei Chunlan had spread the news that her future son-in-law was coming. So, this afternoon, when the men in the village saw the man in the car, they began to greet him.

In fact, over the past two years, countless people in the village have proposed matchmaking to Zhao Wenjing. Everyone in the village knows that Zhao Wenhao is now a wealthy man, a top figure in the county. If he could marry a girl like Zhao Wenjing, wouldn't his ancestors' graves be filled with joy?

Unfortunately, Zhao Wenjing now spends most of her time in the provincial capital, and now she has even brought back a boyfriend from the provincial capital, which has made these people give up this idea.

The van continued to move forward and finally arrived at the gate of the house amidst the sounds of greetings.

"Dad, Mom, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, this is Gu Qiang!"

Zhao Wenjing jumped out of the car first, and then Gu Qiang followed behind.

At this time, Zhao Aiguo and Wei Chunlan were already waiting at the door. Not only them, but even Zhao Aimin and Zhou Li had rushed over specially.

After hearing Zhao Wenjing's introduction, Gu Qiang hurried forward and called people one by one.

Zhao Aiguo pretended to be serious and nodded, but Wei Chunlan looked left and right, then smiled and pulled Gu Qiang into the courtyard.

"Wait, help me move the things down first. These are all brought here specially by Gu Qiang from the provincial capital." Zhao Wenhao hurriedly called out.

"Let me do it." Zhao Aimin came over and pulled his wife Zhou Li to help. "How did they bring so many things here?"

"Among them, there are some gifts from Gu Qiang as a gift to you two." Zhao Wenhao smiled and moved the various gifts from the car downstairs.

Originally, Zhou Li was reluctant to help move things, but when she heard that some of the things belonged to their family, she immediately became excited and went forward to help.

At this time, Gu Qiang had already sat in the main room, and Zhao Aiguo was chatting with him.

It's nothing more than asking about Gu Qiang's family situation.

"Okay, let's make lunch first. It's already eleven o'clock. They've had a hard time on the journey, and they must be starving."

Seeing Wei Chunlan still looking at her future son-in-law, Zhao Wenhao quickly stepped forward to help the embarrassed Gu Qiang.

"Oh, yes, yes." Wei Chunlan finally came to her senses and hurriedly called Zhou Li and Zhao Wenjing to help.