Chapter 46: Offending the Village Head

  Fu Kang returned to Tiehua Street, sent Mei Jie and Huanyu back to the hair salon, Liu Handong left his phone number for them, and then continued to run business and pull customers. In these two years, the city has developed greatly, many communities are not accessible by public transportation, taxis are hard to hail, and black cars have their uses. If luck is good, it's not difficult to earn over a hundred yuan in one night.

  Mei Jie sent Huan Xi to the backyard, and called Na Na and Xiao Ya over for a meeting. She lit a cigarette and said seriously: "I've thought it through, I'll support Ni Er in re-reading for a year and getting into college, and then I'll continue to support her."

  Nana sneered, "Mei Jie, you have so much money that you don't know where to throw it, right? Nian Er's family is struggling, her parents are both ill, and she still has a younger brother in school. Can you really afford to take care of them?"

  Xiao Ya also said: "That's right, in this era, good intentions are not rewarded. The country doesn't care, what's the point of being kind?"

  Mei said: "I'm willing, I don't care about those messy things at Ni'er's home. I just want to support her in going back to university. Her parents and brother are dead, I can't take care of that either. This store is a joint venture between the three of us. If Ni'er wants to live here and go back to school, I just want to hear your opinions."

  Nana said: "Alright, anyway Nier's living expenses won't be much, and when she graduates from college, we'll have a rich relative too."

  Xiao Ya also said: "I agree, as long as I don't have to spend any money."

  Mei Jie spat out a mouthful of smoke: "You two are still somewhat decent, haven't disappointed me with the pure teachings I've given you."

  There was a guest at the door, so Mei's sister returned to the backyard and entered her bedroom. On the bed sat a three or four-year-old little girl with sparkling eyes looking at her, her eyelashes blinking rapidly.

  "Mom, are you going to do business?" The little girl asked with her head tilted, this was an agreement between her and her mom, every time her mom did business, she would hide in the closet.

  "Mom is not doing business today, accompanying Little Yaner to play." Mei sister sat on the edge of the bed and played with her daughter's building blocks.

  ……

  Huadeyi called Director Jiao again, but the other party's phone was turned off. It seems that this time he really offended him badly.

  He was furious, 999 heads were knocked down, just one head short, what a pity! The leader in charge of construction at the Transportation Department is like the God of Wealth, ordinary people can't even find a way to fawn on him. But he himself thought of ways to cater to his interests, only to end up with the horse kicking its own hoof, now he's in trouble, the project is lost, and all previous investments have gone down the drain.

  "Big brother, how is it? Is there still room for recovery?" Huabao asked. In fact, the major shareholder of Pengcheng Engineering Company was Village Director Hua Deyi, and Huabao was just a figurehead who took charge of things on the surface. Major decisions were all made by big brother.

  "It's over." Huā Déyì said with a gloomy face.

  Zhao Yufeng came in cautiously and nodded: "Brother-in-law, Village Chief."

  "Son of a bitch, can you handle things? Your mother's good deeds have been ruined by you, and it wouldn't be unjust to beat you to death."

  The ashtray fell with a loud crash to the ground.

  Zhao Yufeng was scared out of his wits. In the past, when his brother-in-law got angry, he would always scold his sister, but today he wanted to scold his mother-in-law, which showed that he was really furious.

  "Sister, sister-in-law, this can't be blamed on me. Mei Zi is unwilling to refund the money and quit her job. What can I do? Am I supposed to force her to go up there? That's a five-star hotel, a place where high-society people come and go."

  Flower leopard kicked his leg and shouted: "What the hell are you doing, finding all these unreliable people? Do you know what level of leadership Director Jiao is? Can he be offended? I'll kick you to death!"

  Zhao Yufeng dodged and explained: "Brother-in-law, I know I was wrong, I won't dare next time."

  The flower leopard is merciless, grabbing him and slapping his face results in four big mouths.

  "Hua De Yi waved his hand: 'Leopard, it's done.'"

  Hua Bao withdrew his hand, still fuming with anger: "Big brother, what do you say we do?"

  Huadeyi sank into thought for a moment before saying, "Director Jiao's side can't relax, continue to increase the stakes, and have someone mediate. There should still be a glimmer of hope. That Mei Zi, I'll make her regret messing with me! She's ruined my business, I'll make her wish she were dead!"

  As he spoke, he broke the cigarette in his hand in half on the table.

  Hua Bao said: "Big brother, don't worry, I'll definitely get it done for you."

  ……

  Huā Déyì is the director of Huāhuǒ Village Committee, and he wants to take over the hair salons on Tiězhā Street. It's a trivial matter, but he doesn't use people properly, so he handed this task over to Huā Bào, who has a simple mind and strong limbs.

  Hua Bao is good at fighting and values loyalty, but when it comes to playing dirty tricks, he's not as skilled. He usually uses simple and rough moves. That night, he arranged for four or five younger brothers to bring iron rods and axes to Meimei's hair salon to cause trouble.

  At 10 o'clock at night, five thugs came over, cursing and swearing. The hair salon was still open for business. A traveling salesman who had just gotten off a long-distance bus was in the store, knocking on the back, asking if there were any special services with a fake serious face. The thugs then entered, smashing the red lantern at the entrance with one stick, scaring Nana into screaming.

  "Give me a smash!" The leading guy swung his iron rod, sweeping the inferior cosmetics, combs and scissors in front of the mirror to the ground. Just as he was about to start smashing, there was a sudden rumbling sound. A white van stopped at the entrance of the store, and a person got out of the car with a small fire extinguisher tube, exuding a fierce aura as they entered.

  One of them stepped forward to block him and was knocked down by a fire extinguisher.

  The other thugs stopped smashing the store and charged at him, waving their weapons. The man held up a fire extinguisher and sprayed out a stream of white foam, blinding them. A few loud crashes were heard, and the thugs' heads took a solid hit, stumbling and falling to the ground.

  Mei's sister ran over from the backyard and was shocked at the sight: "Dong Ge!"

  The newcomer was Liu Handong. He couldn't put his mind at ease about the girls from Huanxi, so he made a detour to take a look and didn't expect to run into the smashing of the store.

  Liu Handong picked up a guy from the ground and asked who sent him.

  "You dare to oppose Brother Leopard? I'll make sure you don't die." The young man was still extremely arrogant.

  Liu Handong rushed forward, knocking him so hard that his mouth and nose bled. He tossed him aside: "Tell Hua Bao, this store is under my control, Liu Handong's territory. If there's anything, have him come find me to talk."

  The hooligans got up from the ground, holding their heads with big bumps, and slunk away.

  The frightened customer also picked up his bag and ran away.

  "Hey, I haven't paid yet." Nana chased after him.

  Liu Handong took a look at the smashed store and thought it wasn't too serious, "Mei Jie, be careful when sleeping tonight, find something to prop up the door."

  Mei said: "Don't worry, I've seen it all before. If they come again, I'll call 110 and report them."

  Liu Handong said: "If there's something going on, you call me first, I live close by, it's convenient to come over."

  "Thank you." Mei Jie saw Liu Handong off, Nana didn't catch up with him and came back too. They closed the door ahead of time, pulled down the rolling shutter, locked it, cleaned up the mess, and stopped doing business for today.

  "Mei Jie, who did you offend?" asked Xiao Ya.

  "Offended Flower Delight." said Mei Jie.

  Nana and Xiao Ya stared at each other, Huadeyi was the local tyrant of Huahuo Village, he stomped his foot, the whole street would shake, offending him, afterwards it would be impossible to survive on this street.

  "It's already offended, saying anything is useless." Mei sister was very defiant.

  Xiao Ya said: "Let's change places."

  Mei's sister said with a nonchalant expression: "We've paid a year's rent for this place and can't get a refund, I'm not willing to leave."

  ……

  There is a large self-built house in Huahuo Village, with a building area of at least over 1,000 square meters. This is the home of Huadeyi, the director of the village committee. The decoration style of the whole house is more rustic, using many golden glazed tiles and yellow ceramic tiles. The shadow wall at the door is inlaid with a magnificent scenery of the sun rising from the East Sea by mosaic. Various flowers and grasses are planted in the courtyard, and there are two cars parked in the garage: a BMW 5 Series and an imported Peugeot 207 hardtop convertible sports car.

  The flower leopard came in a hurry, and Hua De Yi, wearing a golden pajama, received him in the living room.

  "Brother, it's not easy to handle this matter," said Hua Bao.

  "Your mother's... You can't even handle a simple sale, you're useless. Go crash into a tofu and die."

  "These women have someone backing them up."

  "Where did you come from?" Hua De Yi calmed down, lit a cigarette and tossed one to Hua Bao.

  "This man is called Liu Handong, lives in Huo Lianhe Jia, is a tough guy, has been a soldier and fought battles, has been locked up, last month he had a fight with people from Shifeng Group, on the spot he killed six of them. That's right, Gu Changjun was also killed by him."

  Hua De Yi took a deep drag on his cigarette, enveloping himself in smoke, and began to ponder.

  As the village branch secretary and village director, he holds great power. This life is precious, it's not worth having conflicts with this kind of desperate person. Many big brothers who dominate society die at the hands of unknown small-time hooligans because they are too arrogant. These are lessons learned from bloodshed.

  "What's the relationship between this Liu Handong and Mei Zi?" Huā Déyì asked in a low voice.

  "It doesn't matter, we haven't known each other for long. But I heard from Zhao Yufeng that he and the little girl in the hair salon have a good relationship, maybe she's his confidante or something."

  Hua De Yi took a deep drag on his cigarette, and basically figured out the ins and outs of the situation. This Liu Han Dong was Xiao Nizi's client, and after repeated encounters, they had developed feelings for each other, so he risked his life to help them. But then he thought again, wait a minute, this little girl isn't a virgin, is she? If Liu Han Dong had slept with her, how could she still be selling her body? And if he hadn't slept with her, where did the feelings come from?

  With years of experience wandering in the rivers and lakes and on the political scene, Huayuan Village Chief temporarily couldn't understand the reason behind this. However, there was one thing he understood: a commoner's anger can lead to bloodshed within five steps, Liu Handong, is not someone to be trifled with.

  "Leopard, don't move for now, think of another way." Huadeyi said.

  "What's the solution? Either pour gasoline in the middle of the night and set fire to the house?" Flower Leopard was just as cunning, not one bit inferior to Zhao Yu Feng.

  "Damn it, next door is a mess! The iron slag street is all over the place, and if it catches fire, there's no way to save it. What if my house gets burned down too?" Huā Déyì couldn't help but scold, and after scolding, he secretly blamed himself: "Quality, quality, I must pay attention to quality, after all, I'm a People's Congress representative!"

  "Find the landlord and get him to show up, then kick these whores out." Huā Déyì said.