Chapter 60 Fighting for position

"What's the matter? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

Li Guoqiang walked closer and saw the expressions of Shao Ruian and others, and he couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Hearing his question, Shao Ruian and others looked at each other, and then Chen Jianjun, who was the most outgoing, took the initiative to come forward and whispered something in his ear.

"Brother Qiangzi, do you know what the people in the village call the little girl who invited you to stay at her house behind her back?"

"What to shout?"

"Disaster!"

"???"

Seeing Li Guoqiang's puzzled look, Chen Jianjun quickly pulled him aside and began to explain carefully.

After listening to it, Li Guoqiang finally understood why the villagers called Xu Dani a disaster star.

It turned out that when Xu Guangshan's daughter-in-law gave birth to Xu Dani, she had a difficult labor due to an abnormal fetal position and was unable to give birth to Xu Dani after several hours.

Seeing that there was a high possibility of two deaths, the matchmaker who was delivering the baby came up with an idea, saying that if the pregnant woman could put a few slices of fresh wild ginseng in her mouth, she might still be saved.

Therefore, in order to save the lives of his wife and son, Xu Yukun, who was extremely anxious, immediately ignored the opposition of others and wanted to go into the mountains to collect ginseng overnight.

Seeing that he couldn't stop Xu Yukun, Xu Guangshan had no choice but to accompany him into the mountains.

However, before the father and son could reach the ginseng field they had discovered in the past, they were suddenly attacked by a tiger.

Afterwards, Xu Yukun died on the spot, and Xu Guangshan accidentally fell off a cliff while fleeing in a hurry.

At the same time, Xu Yukun's wife miraculously gave birth to Xu Dani.

Just as the family was happily waiting for Xu Guangshan and Xu Yukun to come back, they waited until dawn but no news came.

In the end, it was Xu Guangshan's pet dog Da Huang who ran back with injuries all over his body to report the news. The villagers then organized people to go into the mountains and rescue Xu Guangshan, who had been seriously injured.

When Xu Yukun's wife heard the news that her husband had been killed, she could not bear the blow and fell ill. Not long after, she died.

Although Xu Guangshan survived, not only was his lower body paralyzed, but he also suffered from underlying illness.

If it weren't for his physical disability and his worries about Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani, he would probably have committed suicide long ago.

Since then, Xu Dani was gradually regarded as a disaster star by the villagers. Except for her brothers Xu Guangfu and Xu Guanglu, who would occasionally help Xu Dani's family, other families in the village basically avoided them when they saw them.

If it weren't for the sudden earth-shattering storm a few years ago that made the villagers restrain themselves a lot, Xu Dani probably wouldn't have dared to run to Xu Guangfu's house to pick him up.

At the same time, this also made Li Guoqiang understand why Xu Dani became so sensible at such a young age, and why Xu Guangfu did not take the initiative to introduce Xu Dani's family to Shao Ruian and others, but directly introduced them to him. It turned out that Xu Guangfu had already expected that except for Xu Dani's family, no other family would look down on him, a sickly child.

Humph! You were pretending to be a gentleman before I called you, but now you are dumbfounded!

Seeing that Li Guoqiang had remained silent, Chen Jianjun could not help but feel proud. He then quickly pretended to be concerned and asked, "By the way, Brother Qiangzi, I heard that you have to pay 15 cents a day for accommodation where you live. Isn't that a rip-off?"

"How about I help you find someone in the village and see if there are other families willing to let you stay overnight?"

"No, I'm living quite well now. Not only did they not charge me for the accommodation, they also let me sleep on the entire northern kang. The little girl even helped me heat the kang, cook, wash my feet and clothes. You have no idea how comfortable I slept last night!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang waved his hand without thinking and rejected Chen Jianjun's hypocrisy. He also showed off his generous treatment in front of him.

Then, without waiting for Chen Jianjun to raise any questions, he suddenly became serious and continued in a deep voice: "Also, since we are from the same hometown, I advise you not to say some things carelessly. If someone reports it to the higher-ups, it will be hard to explain!"

Hearing this, Chen Jianjun's expression instantly became as if he had swallowed a dead fly.

After Li Guoqiang finished speaking, he did not pay any more attention to Chen Jianjun. He walked straight to the crowd and stood quietly waiting for the donkey cart to arrive.

When Chen Jianjun saw Li Guoqiang like this, his face became even uglier. Then, while cursing in his heart that Li Guoqiang would be killed by Xu Dani, the disaster star, he returned to stand next to Shao Ruian and others.

Shao Ruian and others saw that Chen Jianjun looked unhappy, but no one was so tactless as to come forward to ask about the situation. They just pretended that nothing had happened.

Not long after, a gurgling sound came from the village road not far away.

Then he saw the five villagers standing on the other side quickly run up, and without waiting for the donkey cart to stop, they jumped on the donkey cart and found a Feng Shui throne to sit on.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang immediately jogged after them. He did not compete with the villagers for the position of the donkey cart. Instead, he directly passed the donkey cart, ran to the small mule cart behind, and jumped into the passenger seat.

Then, without waiting for Sun Jinwang to react, he took out the five cents and a White Rabbit candy that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and handed them over.

When Sun Jinwang saw the White Rabbit milk candy, his eyes widened, and then he quickly reached out to take the money and the candy and put them in his pocket.

At this time, Shao Ruian and others finally reacted and ran over to get on the car.

Among them, Wang Zhiyong and Shao Ruian successfully grabbed the last two positions on the donkey cart by virtue of their relatively strong bodies and long legs.

Shang Xiuzhen and Xu Wanling, by working together, were a little slower and successfully grabbed the last two spots on the mule cart.

Only Chen Jianjun, who was slow to react due to anger, Zhao Dabao, who was burdened by his fat body, and Zhang Chunyan, who was of a gentle nature, were left. They all stood beside the mule cart and looked at Sun Jinwang anxiously.

Sun Jinwang looked at the three of them, especially at Zhang Chunyan, who had a pretty face and was very lovable. Then he looked at Li Guoqiang who was sitting next to him. Thinking of the White Rabbit candy in his pocket, he finally shook his head in embarrassment and said, "Well, there is no room on the bus. You should go to the market next time!"

After saying that, he hurriedly whipped the horse and drove the mule cart out of the village.

(End of this chapter)