A person may like many people in their lifetime, and may try different women at different stages. They will encounter many women with different personalities. If someone is too introverted and insecure and has been masturbating for thirty years, then they can't blame others. They don't pursue, yet they still want to save face. They don't act like a rogue or a scoundrel, but instead think and hope that a Lin Daiyu will fall from the sky. How is that possible?
Some women may be good for dating, while others may be good for friendship.
But the person you ultimately choose to marry may not be the one you love most...
Sometimes, the person you love most after you marry turns out to be your true love, but not necessarily the most suitable person for marriage...
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Xu Guozhong is lucky; he found the person who loves him most and is the most suitable to marry him. This guy is always out there talking nonsense and playing around with women.
He can have fun with girls as young as sixteen or seventeen at a hair salon, but his ugly wife at home has sacrificed too much for him.
The wife felt that her husband was the village accountant, which gave him prestige, and was therefore willing to make such sacrifices...
Just like some men who find a pretty face and feel proud to have a wife, washing her feet every day when they get home, and kneeling down to beg her to stay when she gets angry, crying and clinging to her leg, this kind of man is probably also doing it for the sake of saving face.
Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a little emotional, thinking how wonderful it would be to have a wife like Liu Bingbing in the future, with her looks and the dedication of Xu Guozhong's wife.
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Chen Chu drank about half a glass of wine, and his wife wisely went to the west room.
And as he left, he said to Chen Chu, "Brother, what do you want to eat? Tell your wife. We didn't have enough food for you two, so she'll cook some more for you..."
"Sister-in-law, you can go ahead with your work. This is enough, there's plenty of food..."
In the countryside, food is served in generous portions, even when served on plates. Unlike restaurants where the portions are so small, it's a rip-off.
"What's up?" Xu Guozhong asked casually. "Someone as high-ranking as Deputy Village Chief Chen wouldn't come to my humble abode for no reason..."
Chen Chu chuckled.
After you've eaten and drunk your fill, let's get down to business.
Xu Guozhong curled his lip.
He sneered, "Deputy Village Chief Chen, this should be a good thing for you and Village Chief Zhang Cai! I'm just a village accountant, it's none of my business! Whether things go well or not, I'm still a village accountant. If the village has more money, we can eat and drink more; if the village has less money, we can eat and drink less. Anyway, who knows whose mouth it ends up in, whose stomach it's in, and whose big brick house it's in..."
Chen Chu laughed, thinking to himself that he'd eaten his fair share of these things over the past year, but why not take advantage of them? He knew he had to entertain the higher-ups; how could things get done without a feast? The leader would arrive, and after a warm welcome, at noon, they'd pull out two roasted sweet potatoes and some roasted corn from the stove and say, "Sir, here you go, this is your lunch..."
If you do this, do you still want to be a cadre? All officials are corrupt; you can't be an official if you're not corrupt. It's just a matter of how and how you do it.
Chen Chu chuckled: "Director Xu, I'll be frank with you. You're the best person to help with this. I've thought it through. I'll find a few mahjong experts, like you, Wang Xiaoyan, and Dr. Yuan. Look how cunning Dr. Yuan is! He plays almost every day, but nobody can catch him. Wouldn't it be too easy for you guys to beat Sun Wu? We'll make Sun Wu penniless, and then..."
"Pah!" Xu Guozhong's face turned cold.
He had also drunk half a jin of liquor, and his face was flushed.
"Chen Chu! You're really something, aren't you? You've got a lot of dirty tricks up your sleeve! Okay, this idea is pretty wicked, not bad. I was just saying, are you always thinking about how to mess with people? How come you have so many dirty tricks up your sleeve? How the hell did you come up with them? I see now, no wonder I'm so unlucky, it's all because of you! You scoundrel, you've lost all conscience... Help you? Keep dreaming!"
Chen Chu laughed heartily.
"Fine...fine, Accountant Xu, you're not going to do it, right? Fine, I'll find someone else..."
"Pah! Go find whoever you want! I don't care about you! Pah..."
Chen Chu sighed, got off the kang (a heated brick bed), put on his shoes, and casually said, "Zhu Na's mother, Zhu Mengmeng; Wang Xiaoyan; Doctor Yuan; Sun Wu... um, that's enough people for this mahjong game..."
Chen Chu said this and strode out.
Xu Guozhong was stunned.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Mengmeng's eyes lit up. She jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), not even bothering to put on her shoes. She grabbed Chen Chu's arm in a few steps, and before she could even react, she fell flat on her face, ending up hugging Chen Chu's leg.
"Brother! My...my dear brother, please...please don't go...haha..."
Chen Chu sneered: "What are you doing? It's not a holiday, why are you kneeling down to me?"
Xu Guozhong laughed heartily, grabbed Chen Chu's leg, and sat down on the ground: "Just now, I was just joking with you! What matters in our village is what matters to me, Xu Guozhong; what matters to you is what matters to me, your brother. Besides, it's all for the benefit of our village, you tell me..."
Xu Guozhong thought for a moment and continued, "You know, that kid Sun Wu is a bad influence. He got arrested by the police for playing mahjong, bringing shame to our village. He's brought shame to our village, so the loans from above won't come through. If the loans don't come through, our village chief and deputy village chief won't get promoted because they don't have good performance. If they can't get promoted, they can't become township head, and they can't become town head or county head. Our county is still a poor county. If you can't become county heads, then our county will always lag behind. If we lag behind, we'll always be vulnerable to attack. If we're vulnerable to attack, our economy won't develop. If we can't develop, it will delay our country's lunar exploration project..."
"Ahem... Director Xu, well... I just wanted to talk to you about this today, nothing more. Since you've agreed, that's fine. I'll get on it right away."
"Brother, um…" Xu Guozhong swallowed hard. "You were saying you were playing mahjong and you seem to be short of players, so I can…"
"Missing people? No, we don't! Look..." Chen Chu said, counting on his fingers for Xu Guozhong: "Sun Wu, Zhu Mengmeng, Doctor Yuan, Wang Xiaoyan... We have enough people!"
"Not enough! Absolutely not enough! How can that Wang Xiaoyan be counted! That old bastard is cunning and ruthless; he can't be included!"
Chen Chu laughed: "The main thing is to win Sun Wu's money, teach him a lesson, win until he's bankrupt, and then we'll return all the money to him. That way, he might change his ways."
"Oh...Is that so?" Xu Guozhong seemed to have a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
Chen Chu laughed: "What else did you think? What do you think we'll do with all the money we win?"
Xu Guozhong said through gritted teeth, "I thought... all the money won... would eventually go to Sun Wu..."
Chen Chu laughed heartily.
"Director Xu, we have enough manpower already, we don't need any more, I'm leaving!"
Xu Guozhong grinned and said, "Vice Village Chief Chen, my good brother, isn't that enough? You guys don't need someone to make tea and pour water, do you? I can pour water for you, sweep the floor, and help with odd jobs, is that not allowed? You can't refuse my desire to contribute to our village! I'm a villager too, right? And I'm also a village cadre... This... educating our villagers is a duty I, Xu Guozhong, have to undertake! You can't refuse! Otherwise, I'll... I'll report you, you, you don't agree to my contribution to our village!"
Chen Chu laughed heartily, thinking to himself that this damn Xu Guozhong was like a donkey, you had to go along with him.
Xu Guozhong, like a lapdog, looked at Chen Chu and said, "Is it okay?"
"Alright, Director Xu, you're a veteran in our village. How about this, you pack your things and come with me to Wang Xiaoyan's place to get him out."
Xu Guozhong curled his lip.
"Wang Xiaoyan? Can he handle it?"
Chen Chu smiled.
"Wang Xiaoyan really deserves credit for this! Putting everything else aside, he never loses money when playing mahjong, that's a skill. His goal is to win money from Sun Wu and teach him a lesson. Who else would you turn to but someone like Wang Xiaoyan?"
Xu Guozhong sighed, thinking that Wang Xiaoyan was quite suitable, but he was unconvinced and felt that he was more suitable. However, this kid always messed up at crucial moments, and Chen Chu dared not use him. Maybe Sun Wu would not win, but Xu Guozhong would win everything.
After discussing it, the two went directly to Wang Xiaoyan's house.
In rural areas, gates are usually left unlocked, so there's little chance of theft.
Furthermore, in winter, there are usually people at home, so there's even less chance of anyone stealing anything.
The dim light shone from Wang Xiaoyan's house, and Xu Guozhong couldn't help but purse his lips.
"Look! That old bastard Wang Xiaoyan really knows how to save money! He only uses such a small light, do you think he'll save that little bit of electricity money to buy paper money later?" This guy has a pretty sharp tongue.
As the two reached the door, Xu Guozhong was about to push it open when he froze.
This is the same door he kicked in last time, and Wang Xiaoyan even extorted four hundred yuan from him!
This...this is still that same broken door, isn't it? It's just been nailed shut again. Xu Guozhong was seething with anger, thinking, "Damn Wang Xiaoyan, that old bastard, he swindled all my money and didn't even replace the door! He's still using this damn broken door!"
He was so angry he really wanted to kick him, but he didn't dare. Kicking him would have relieved his anger, but he would have lost his money, and that old bastard would still try to extort money from him.
Xu Guozhong couldn't help but look at Chen Chu behind him and said, "Chen... Deputy Village Chief Chen... you, you come here..."
Chen Chu laughed, thinking to himself that Xu Guozhong also had something to fear! This kid was like someone who had been bitten by a snake once and was afraid of a rope for ten years. But that's normal. What kind of poop wouldn't Wang Xiaoyan poop? He's the kind of guy who would pluck feathers from a passing goose.
Xu Guozhong hadn't gained any advantage in their several encounters, so it was understandable that he was afraid.
Chen Chu cleared his throat and knocked on the door.
"Is Uncle Wang home? Is Uncle Wang home? I've come to bring you some New Year's goods..."
"Who is it?" Wang Xiaoyan heard the New Year's greeting inside, and before he could even tell who the voice was, he rolled off the kang (a heated brick bed).
I'm so happy! Who brought me New Year's gifts in the middle of the night? Is it my future son-in-law who came to propose marriage?
Wang Xiaoyan happily shuffled towards the door in her slippers, her leg still limping and not quite working properly...