Chapter 32 There is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave!
The main room was empty at this moment, with nothing in it.
So the round table and long benches that had been moved out were moved in again under the order of the team leader Chen Xiling.
After all, there has to be a place to sit during a meeting.
"Aiguo, you come in too!"
Looking at Chen Aiguo standing at the door in a daze, Chen Xiling also called him in.
Afterwards, a group of people sat down around the octagonal table in the house.
"Old Four, what caused all this trouble today?"
"No matter what, it's the kid's uncle who came to visit. It's been so many years since the relative came to visit. Why did he start fighting?"
Chen Xiling looked at Old Man Chen, sighed, and said helplessly.
Old Man Chen is the fourth oldest in the clan.
Hearing Chen Xiling's question, Old Man Chen's eyes rolled and he pretended to be confused.
"Third brother, no one knew he was coming. He didn't tell us in advance."
"As soon as he came in, he started beating people up, talking about dividing the family property and getting a divorce, and even beating up Aiguo's mother. I still feel like I'm dreaming!"
Although Old Man Chen is not well educated, he has become more shrewd over the years and has his own little tricks.
Now that the captain of the team has arrived and he is a family member, of course he has to occupy the moral high ground first.
Chen Xiling looked at him deeply, then looked at Li Changhe and persuaded him tactfully.
"Uncle, you said we are all relatives. Why can't we talk calmly? Why do we have to make a fuss about it and let everyone know about it and make fun of us?"
Li Changhe smiled disdainfully, then looked at Chen Xiling and said in a cold voice: "Captain Chen, let's not beat around the bush. My sister has become a joke in your team all these years."
"I was standing outside the door just now and could hear people teasing her, saying that she had no brothers from her mother's family to help her, so she was bullied like this!"
"To be honest, I was also an educated youth sent to the countryside, and I have been to the countryside before. I have seen many biased families, but it is rare to see one as biased as yours."
"They are both sons, so the third child was raised by his biological mother, while the second child was raised by his stepmother."
"In fact, having said that, it doesn't matter whether they are relatives or not."
"Besides, our family is from the capital, which is tens of thousands of miles away from here. Whether we can meet again in this life is another matter."
"Everyone, be happy. I've said, either get a divorce or I'll take my sister and the child away. Anyway, I heard that you don't like a girl. She can't compare to your eldest grandson."
"Otherwise, you two can split up the family and let my sister and the others live alone!"
Li Changhe didn't want to argue with the Chen family. These grassroots cadres had their own logic and methods in doing things.
If you keep arguing with them, you will slowly fall into their language trap.
The best way is to cut the Gordian knot.
"Uncle, don't be so excited. Even if you let your sister divorce, she is still an educated youth. Can she go back?"
Chen Xiling nodded lightly.
Li Changhe smiled disdainfully and said, "Captain Chen, do you think I came here just to take a look?"
"To be frank, my father is now an associate professor at a university, and he is a level 16 associate professor. My mother is a level cadre, and my wife's family is even higher than us."
"My grandfather's salary is at administrative level 5."
"With a family like ours, if my sister hadn't gone to the countryside, do you think the Chen family would have anything to do with us?"
"Is it difficult for us to let my sister return to the city?"
"In fact, we can let my sister go back to the city directly, but my parents don't want to. After all, my sister is married and has children here, and we don't want to be the kind of family that abandons the husband and children."
"That's why my parents asked me to come and see it for myself. I was really shocked when I saw it."
"There are some things I won't say, but Captain Chen, you are the captain of your brigade, you should know what kind of life my sister is living."
Li Changhe responded bluntly.
As for the previous levels, the levels of my parents are real, but as for the so-called grandfather, it is complete bragging.
Within administrative level 5, let them guess.
Anyway, can the people here go to the capital to verify it?
Sure enough, after hearing Li Changhe's words, Chen Xiling's expression changed several times.
What kind of identity does one have to be within administrative level 5, like Gao Cheng?
But looking at Li Changhe's attitude, it doesn't seem like he is lying at all.
The key point is that Chen Xiling is also embarrassed now, because to some extent, Li Changhe is telling the truth and is right.
Li Changhe's current rebellious style is no different from those kids from the provincial capital that he saw in the county in previous years.
Don’t think that there were no special young people in previous years. In fact, some people were more arrogant and unscrupulous at that time!
Chen Xiling then looked at Chen Aiguo who was huddled aside and frowned.
"Aiguo, this is still your family's business, what do you say?"
Chen Xiling asked Chen Aiguo again.
Chen Aiguo glanced at Li Changhe, then at his parents, and then said firmly: "Uncle, I don't want to divorce Xiaojun. I want to separate the family and live alone!"
"You little bastard"
"Fourth!"
At this time, Old Man Chen stood up angrily and wanted to hit Chen Aiguo, but was stopped by Chen Xiling's stern voice.
"I won't agree to divide the family. At worst, we can get a divorce and you can take your sister away!" Chen Wangshi stopped talking nonsense at this time. No matter how aggressive she was, she knew what administrative level 5 meant.
"I don't want a divorce!"
When he heard that his mother asked him to divorce, Chen Aiguo immediately retorted.
Li Changhe also smiled disdainfully and said, "It doesn't matter. After the divorce, we can go back to Beijing. It won't be hard to find my sister even if she brings the child with her. There are plenty of older educated youth returning to the city these days."
"But your two sons are divorced at such a young age. I wonder who would dare to marry a daughter to your Chen family."
"When people hear that you two forced your second son to divorce for your youngest son, word of mouth will spread all over the place. No good family would want to marry a family with such bad morals."
Li Changhe's sarcastic tone made Old Man Chen and Mrs. Chen Wang furious, but they also looked terrified.
Nowadays, the customs in rural areas are much more conservative than those in cities. If a family gets a divorce, they will be the laughing stock of the surrounding area.
After all, the idea of "marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog" is still very popular in rural areas.
If Chen Aiguo really gets divorced, not only will Chen Aiguo's reputation be damaged, but it will also be difficult for their third son to find a partner. No good family will look for a partner from such a family.
"Uncle, don't say such harsh words. Let me discuss this with the fourth brother and his wife. You go and catch up with your sister first, okay?"
At this time, Chen Xiling said helplessly to Li Changhe.
Li Changhe knew that Chen Xiling was most likely trying to persuade the old couple.
Afterwards, Li Changhe walked out and saw Haiwen standing outside the door. He felt a little embarrassed. He was so focused on dealing with things that he forgot about Haiwen.
"Let's go upstairs and sit down!"
Li Changhe pulled Haiwen into the room where Li Xiaojun and the others were staying.
In the main room, Chen Xiling sighed after seeing Li Changhe leave.
"Old Four, his fourth aunt, this brother Xiaojun is a powerful person!"
Why did he rush here? It was because someone informed him that a young official from the county brought Li Changhe here, so he had to come and take a look.
"No matter how powerful he is, what can he do? Now we are the people who make the decisions. Can he still be the king and dominate the world?"
When Chen Wangshi saw Li Changhe leave, she spoke more firmly.
Chen Xiling looked at her pitifully. Women are indeed short on knowledge and long on hair.
"Old Four, let's just listen to what his aunt said, don't take it seriously! Forget about anything else, think about the looks and attitudes of those young men who came to the mountains to hunt every year in the past two years!"
"From the district to the county and then to the commune, we must provide good hospitality and care, and not allow the slightest mistake to occur!"
"A few days ago, I heard that those people were all...
"Why is that?"
Although Chen Xiling didn't say it, Old Man Chen had seen so much over the years, how could he not understand the meaning of his words.
"Why else? Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you!"
"Let's be honest. Xiaojun has done a lot of work since she came into your family. Aiguo's annual income is also in your hands. The two children are so dedicated. Are you really so partial to them?"
"Don't blame the uncle for being angry. I'm also angry when I hear this. What are you two going to do about this?"
"We lived under the same roof before, it was just a matter of who stuttered more and who stuttered less, I couldn't say anything."
"But now, you have used the money of the Aiguo couple to build a new house, and now you are moving in with your third child. Ask around in the neighborhood, is there anyone like you who would do this?"
When Chen Xiling said this, he also became a little angry.
Old man Chen could only tell the truth at this moment.
"Third brother, to tell you the truth, we didn't intentionally mistreat Aiguo and his wife. It was not that the eldest brother came back a while ago and said that there was a female employee at the forest farm who wanted to find a match for the third brother."
"We don't want to think about it. We want to give the third brother some confidence. If the girl from the forest farm comes to see that there is a new house, it will be easier to talk to her, right?"
"We were thinking that after the third child was grown up, we would save some money and give it to Aiguo and his wife so that they could rebuild the old house. But who would have thought that by coincidence, someone from the Li family would come today."
After hearing what Old Man Chen said, Chen Xiling had no choice but to go on a blind date with a worker to save face for the third son, at the expense of the interests of the second son.
"Okay, it's too late to talk about this now. The kid's uncle has clearly calculated you. Either you honestly separate from Aiguo, or force Aiguo to divorce and let him take Xiaojun away."
"I still say the same thing. Once this marriage is divorced, not only will you still be patriotic, but I think your third brother's blind date will also fail."
"Who's kid from a decent family gets divorced these days?"
"Besides, why can't you two see the situation clearly now? What kind of family does Ren Xiaojun come from now? They are not workers. They are all cadres in the family, and some are even high-ranking officials."
"For a family like this, if we count three generations back from our ancestors in Chenjia Village, can we get their door?"
"You are still here arguing with me. Where did I come from?"
"Capital!"
"Let's not talk about anything else. Just ask the eldest brother to tell the girl in the forest farm that the third brother's second sister-in-law is from a high-ranking official family in Beijing. What do you think the girl in the forest farm thinks?"
"You two can't tell the difference at the critical moment. It's just that patriotic fools have good fortune. Xiaojun hasn't abandoned you and is unwilling to divorce you at this time."
"I have been blessed for several lifetimes, why don't I know how to cherish it!"
At this moment, Chen Xiling was so disappointed that he scolded them. After all, he was a team leader and his horizons were much broader than those of the old man and his wife.
Sometimes when I talk and chat with officials from the commune or even the county, I can also hear some gossip and listen to their bragging.
Now, he has more bragging rights.
Wow, within administrative level 5, what level is that!
There is smoke coming out of the Chen family’s ancestral grave!
(End of this chapter)