AWB Chapter 167 You're my son-in-law, so we're family.
Chapter 167 You're my son-in-law, so we're family.
"They're all here, freshly picked, still glistening with dew."
Li Xiaotao pointed to those melon mountains.
At this moment, the villagers all gathered around, looking at the three large trucks with awe and excitement in their eyes.
Some of the bolder children tried to touch the car wheels, but their parents slapped them away, saying, "Don't touch them! Can you afford to pay for them if you break them?"
Yang Dong jumped out of the second car and winked at Li Xiaotao: "Sister Tao, the brothers skipped breakfast and rushed all the way here. Shall we get started?"
"Go!" Li Xiaotao waved her hand. "Start weighing! Inspect the goods!"
With this order, Li Family Village was put into full operation.
In the crowd, Niu Guihua was standing on tiptoe, peeking inside, still holding a handful of uneaten sunflower seeds in her hand.
That shout of "Captain Qin" just now made her ears ring.
When Niu Guihua realized that the imposing man who had jumped off the Liberation truck was none other than her own "jinx" son-in-law, she spilled all the melon seeds she was holding into her crotch with a "whoosh."
My dear maternal uncle!
Isn't this her jinxed son-in-law?
Niu Guihua's eyes widened as she stared intently at the three cars, each bigger than a house, and then glanced at Qin Rushan, who was being treated with utmost respect by Li Xiaotao.
What did that brat Li Xiaotao just say?
The head of the county transportation team?
Goodness! These days, everyone who drives a car is a big shot, and the person in charge of the car must be some kind of superhuman.
Even a little bit of profit leaked from their hands would be enough for the Li family to live on for several years!
"Dabao! Dabao!"
Niu Guihua was so excited that she trembled all over. She grabbed Li Dabao, who was drooling over the car, and pinched him hard, making him scream.
"Mom! Why are you pinching me!" Li Dabao winced in pain.
"I'll pinch you, you blockhead! Look at that guy over there!"
Niu Guihua pointed at Qin Rushan, her wrinkled old face beaming, "That's your brother-in-law! That's Qin Rushan!"
She slapped her thigh suddenly, spitting everywhere: "I knew that old Taoist priest was a demigod! He was right! What does 'using evil to subdue evil' mean? This is it! That brat Xianglian has gone off to enjoy herself! No wonder she had a bicycle and a big pig's leg on her last homecoming, she's got a real fortune!"
As long as Qin Rushan is filial to his mother-in-law, he can eat not only pork legs, but even dragon meat every day!
Once Niu Guihua understood this, she no longer remembered how Qin Rushan had embarrassed her when he brought Li Xianglian back to her parents' home last time.
When it comes to money, face is nothing!
She grabbed Li Dabao's arm and dragged him towards the front of the crowd.
"Come on! Come with me! That's our son-in-law, such a high-ranking official. From now on, let's see who in the village dares to look down on you!"
As Niu Guihua pushed her way forward, she used her shoulder to shove aside the villagers blocking her path, her arrogant demeanor making it seem as if she wanted to announce it to the world through a megaphone.
"Make way! Make way! Don't block the way!"
Niu Guihua's voice instantly rose eight octaves, and her fawning tone could be smelled from three miles away.
"Oh dear! Son-in-law! Rushan! Your mother is here! Look at the mess you've made! Why didn't you tell me you were coming to the village beforehand? I could have gone to kill a chicken for you!"
Qin Rushan was leaning against the car door, a half-smoked cigarette in his hand, his brows furrowed so deeply they looked like they could wring water out of them.
He saw the old man jumping around in the crowd from a great distance.
Seeing her approach, he spat a mouthful of cigarette dung onto the ground before she could speak.
"What's up?"
Qin Rushan's voice was impatient, his hands were in his pockets, and he didn't want to pay any attention to him.
He knew that if he came to Lijia Village today, he would definitely run into this old man.
Niu Guihua seemed not to understand what was being said, and her old hand made a move to grab Qin Rushan's sleeve.
"Oh dear, Rushan! Look at the mess this has made!"
She grabbed nothing but empty air, not feeling embarrassed at all, and casually patted the hard paint on the truck.
"You've come to Lijia Village on such a big business, why didn't you send a message home? Your mother would at least have slaughtered a chicken and made you a bowl of hot noodles!"
Niu Guihua raised her voice very high, as if afraid that the surrounding villagers wouldn't hear her.
As she spoke, she stuck out her big buttocks, pushing Li Weimin, who was in charge of taking notes, aside and forcing herself to stand right next to Qin Rushan.
Qin Rushan took a step back, creating some distance.
"No need. I'm here on official business; it has nothing to do with the Li family."
"How can it not be a problem? You're my son-in-law, so we're family!"
Niu Guihua laughed so hard her eyes disappeared, and she lowered her voice:
"Tell your mother the truth, you must have made a fortune on this trip, right? How about we arrange a job for your brother Da Bao too, so he can learn to drive and see the world?"
This brother-in-law is capable; he should definitely help his brother-in-law out.
After Da Bao got a car and became a driver, he could choose any good girl from the surrounding area.
Qin Rushan sneered and crushed the cigarette butt in his hand under the car wheel.
"Da Bao? My caravan doesn't hire people who only know how to eat. If you want to arrange something for him, go ask the commune if they're hiring odd jobs."
Niu Guihua's face stiffened for a moment after being retorted, and she pursed her lips, but then quickly put on a smile again.
"Look at what you're saying! Da Bao is an honest and quick-witted child! If all else fails, you can give your mother a few dozen yuan from the money you made selling melons this time. I'll save it for Xiang Lian when we get home, and that way you two will have a more stable life in the future, right?"
Why is Qin Rushan so stubborn? He's making excuses even when we're just trying to arrange a job. Since he won't give us a job, let's just give him the money.
The surrounding villagers all grimaced at what they heard.
This Niu Guihua is truly a leopard that can't change its spots; she's more interested in money than her own father.
Li Xiaotao felt nauseous watching from the side.
She walked over in a few steps and slammed the ledger shut in her hand.
"Aunt Niu, this money is the hard-earned money of the whole village. Captain Qin is just doing what the rules say. If you're obsessed with money, go home and take a look at your bedding. Don't embarrass yourself here."
Niu Guihua glared with her triangular eyes, about to throw a tantrum, but when she turned her head and met Qin Rushan's face, which was as black as an iron pot, her heart skipped a beat.
She had seen the dagger in that evil star's hand before.
"What business is it of yours, you brat, when I'm talking to my own children and son-in-law!"
Niu Guihua muttered something, but her feet unconsciously shrank back.
Qin Rushan didn't have time to watch her act.
He turned and jumped into the driver's seat, gripping the steering wheel with one hand, and uttered a sentence from above.
"If you want money, let Li Dabao go work in the fields himself. If you dare to mess with Xianglian's name again, I'll tear down your lousy kang (heated brick bed)."
The villagers waiting in the long line behind them were already getting impatient.
The sun is getting increasingly scorching; if we miss loading the truck, we'll be throwing money away.
"Niu Guihua! You old rascal, are you still not done yet?"
A dark-skinned man in the crowd couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Captain Qin is here on official business, what are you doing gossiping about! Don't delay everyone from weighing their goods!"
That shout was like lighting a powder keg.
"That's right! Get out of the way! Don't block the way!"
"Are you obsessed with money? Don't you even take a good look at yourself in the mirror?"
"If you don't get out of here, I'll throw all your rotten melons into the ditch!"
The insults came like a tidal wave, one wave higher than the next. Even those who wouldn't dare to mess with Niu Guihua normally dared to spit on her now, relying on their numbers.
Niu Guihua had never been treated like this before.
She whirled around, hands on her thick waist, veins bulging on her neck, and started yelling at the crowd: "What are you wailing about! Huh? Shut your filthy mouths! It's none of your business what I'm talking to my son-in-law! You're all meddling in other people's business, you'll all rot your tongues!"
"Son-in-law? Does Captain Qin even acknowledge you?"
The dark-faced man in front also got angry, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to charge forward, "Stop trying to make yourself look good! Didn't you see Captain Qin's face is as black as the bottom of a pot? It's only because he's polite that he didn't beat you up. If it were me, I would have slapped him across the face long ago!"
"Try touching me!"
Niu Guihua, chest puffed out, was about to charge forward, acting like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water. "Come on! Kill me! Killing me will make Qin Rushan pay up! This isn't over until he pays a hundred or two hundred yuan!"
"Snapped!"
Li Xiaotao slammed the account book heavily on the table.
"Aunt Niu."
Li Xiaotao didn't get angry, but just glanced coldly at the truckload of watermelons waiting to be loaded. "Captain Qin said he won't accept unripe watermelons, nor watermelons from troublemakers. If you say another word, I'll remove your family from the list of this team. You can keep those hundreds of pounds of watermelons to rot on your bed."