Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 158 157. Lin Xiao got into big trouble ( words please subscribe)

That night, Lin Xiao slept on the bed in Han Xixi's apartment.

Smelling the faint scent of gardenia on the quilt and pillow, he slept soundly and firmly.

In fact, he received a bunch of photos from Xixi last night and originally wanted to rush back overnight.

But the flight I could catch was at around 1:00 in the morning.

I had been drinking and couldn't drive home after getting off the plane, so I had to sleep in Ninghai's house.

So after thinking about it, I decided to give up.

He slept in the apartment until dawn, took a shower and changed into new clothes - he had stayed in the apartment twice before and had left the clothes he brought here. He and Xixi both agreed that they would come here often in the future.

Xixi even left a separate space for him in the closet to store his thin set of pajamas and outerwear.

Fresh wash.

There is no razor, so I can't shave off my untidy beard.

Lin Xiao didn't bother to care. He looked in the mirror and thought he looked quite manly, so he went straight to the airport.

The ticket he bought was for 9 o'clock.

It was only 7:30 when we arrived at the airport and passed security.

Lin Xiao found a place to have breakfast, and then wandered around the shops in the terminal hall. He accidentally discovered the Kalia brand, and there was a photo of Han Xixi at the door of the store.

He raised an eyebrow and decided to support his wife's endorsement.

However, when I walked into the store and looked around, I found that it was really damn expensive. A broken alloy bracelet cost 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, which was simply a rip-off!
He finally knew where the endorsement fees his wife received came from!

I had been thinking of buying a piece of jewelry as a surprise gift to confess my love to Xixi, but after seeing the price I gave up - it's not that I can't afford it, I just don't want to be taken advantage of.

Finally, when we were about to exit the store, we saw the perfume section.

What a coincidence, one of the new products of the season is a gardenia-scented perfume, which comes in a small, cute bottle.

The only thing that's not cute is that it sells for over a thousand.

Lin Xiao pouts and buys it - after being an ordinary person for a long time, his consumption concept is now extremely simple, and he pays attention to the price-performance ratio when buying anything.

However, I can't talk about cost-effectiveness to please my wife, so I can only accept the price.

After paying the bill, we sat for a while and it was almost time to board the plane.

Luckily I wasn't late today.

Landed in Ninghai at almost 11 o'clock.

He parked his car at the airport, paid 80 yuan for parking, and drove straight to Anyang County.

Lin Xiao stepped on the accelerator all the way to 140 and felt inexplicably nervous.

I have never wanted to see Xixi so badly before.

I don’t know why I felt so enthusiastic today. I don’t know if it was because I slept on her bed in her apartment last night, or because I received so many photos of her and saw her feet walking on the land where I lived.

This sense of immersion in scene swapping.

For some inexplicable reason, he suddenly decided that this girl would be his wife for life.

Thinking of this, I stepped on the accelerator harder and faster, and before I knew it, the speed was about to reach 160. Only then did I realize it and quickly slow down.

It would have taken him an hour to drive on the highway, but he arrived in 45 minutes.

When I got home, I hadn't had lunch yet.

As soon as I parked the car in the yard, I saw a man and a woman of similar height sitting on stools in the shadow of the yard, huddled together with their cell phones, talking loudly.

"Ouch, this guy is chasing me!"

"How do I use my ultimate move? Which button should I press..."

"It's over, it's over, I'm running out of blood!"

"..."

Basically it was Han Xixi who was shouting.

Lin Yu said nothing, staring firmly at the phone screen. His slightly furrowed brows betrayed his patience. He was obviously a little annoyed by this chattering sister-in-law, but he dared not speak out.

When Lin Xiao saw this scene, he was really surprised: Can the two of them play together?

See him get off the car.

Both men merely glanced at him before continuing on in the heat of battle.

Lin Xiao stood alone, looking disheveled in the wind.

"So, love can disappear? Why did I drive all the way home?"

He was speechless.

I simply didn't bother to pay attention to these two guys and went upstairs to the kitchen, then I realized something was wrong.

There was something particularly dazzling on Han Xixi.

He turned his head and saw two glittering gold bracelets on her slender, white wrists.

"Ok?"

He turned back, leaned closer to her and asked, "Where did this come from?"

Han Xixi had no time to pay attention to him. She was so absorbed in the battle that she only managed to reply, "My mother gave it to me!"

These four words made Lin Xiao's eyelids twitch again.

"mom?!"

Is this a change of name?!
Did I go to Haicheng for one day, or was I on the battlefield for a year? !
He seems to have been in prison for many years and after being released he cannot keep up with the pace of society.

I went to the kitchen on the second floor, confused.

Dad was making a fire while mom was cooking. Smoke was curling up from the stove. The couple were both smiling but very busy.

Seeing him come in, the two of them glanced at him and continued to do their own things.

"???"

Lin Xiao was stunned. How come my invisibility function was automatically awakened after I went out? No one can see me?

He turned around twice in boredom.

"When do we eat?" he asked.

"Right away, right away!"

My mother then answered, but she was busy cooking and had no time to look at him.

Lin Xiao confirmed that he was not invisible and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he asked jokingly, "How was your time with Xixi yesterday?"

As soon as these words came out, my mother, despite her busy schedule, took the time to roll her eyes at him.

Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat: What does this mean? Are there conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law so soon?

"What's wrong?" he asked anxiously.

"You bastard, I'll settle the score with you later!"

Zhou Xiuping was indignant. She sprinkled some salt into the pot, wiped her apron with her hands, and shouted downstairs: "Xixi, it's time to eat~~"

A friendly smile.

Full of tenderness.

Even my throat was clamped.

Lin Xiao was stunned and thought: Mom, you have never spoken to me in such a gentle tone!
But I am even more puzzled, this situation doesn't look like there is any conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?

After thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me.

It should be that the fact that he and Xixi got their marriage certificate has already been known by his parents.

This can explain why the big gold bracelet and Xixi changed their words!

He touched his nose, feeling very guilty, and didn't dare to say another word.

The dinner table.

There were seven or eight plates, with a combination of meat and vegetables, meat and soup.

Han Xixi held the bowl of rice, not at all reserved as he was last time. He picked up the food and ate it as if it was his own territory, uttering various exclamations.

"Mom, this bamboo shoot is so crispy!"

"Mom, your stir-fried choy sum is delicious!"

"Mom, did you make this rice cake yourself?"

"Dad, you're really good at making fire!"

"..."

Lin Xiao watched helplessly as his parents were almost coaxed into pouting, and he felt numb.

No, it’s fine if you praise my mom’s cooking skills, but what’s the point of praising my dad’s cooking skills?
This flatterer has no bottom line!
During this meal, Lin Xiao realized his insignificant status in this family and said nothing.

After dinner, he used the excuse of taking a nap and pulled Han Xixi into the bedroom.

As soon as he entered the room, he pushed her against the wall and kissed her.

"Well……"

Han Xixi was caught off guard, his hands were crossed and nailed to the wall by one of his big hands, while his other hand held his waist tightly.

Xixi couldn't resist at all and was trapped in this brutal attack.

It took a long time for Lin Xiao to let her go, his heavy breathing carrying a hint of revenge.

"What are you doing..." Han Xixi was kissed so hard that she bit her lower lip and asked softly.

This soft and seductive posture almost made Lin Xiao lose his mind.

It took me a long time to wake up.

"You didn't even pay attention to me when I came back. You're deliberately leaving me alone and trying to play hard to get, right?" he questioned.

"Who... who left you hanging!"

"Then why are you ignoring me?"

"I, I didn't ignore you!"

Han Xixi said seriously, "I'm very busy. I play games with my brother and eat the food my parents cook. How can I have time to talk to you?"

Lin Xiao burst out laughing.

"Dad? Mom? You call me so affectionately!" He stared into the little girl's eyes, his arms around her waist and pinching her hands still in place.

"..."

Han Xixi was overwhelmed by this intimate distance. Her face turned red like a cherry and her tone became increasingly depressed. "Then what else can we call if not mom and dad... They all know that we have obtained the marriage certificate and have already taken out the gifts for our daughter-in-law..."

Lin Xiao understood, it was indeed the case.

He sneered, "So you'll obey?"

Han Xixi looked shy: "What if I don't obey..."

Lin Xiao laughed: "Didn't you tell me seriously that you wouldn't agree to be my girlfriend if I didn't confess my feelings to you? What's the situation now? You don't want to be my girlfriend, but my daughter-in-law, right?"

Han Xixi became more excited when he heard this.

Taking advantage of his laxity, he pulled his hands out from his grip and slipped out from under his armpits.

"Hey, I need to explain this to you clearly!"

Han Xixi put her hands on her hips and said in a reasonable tone, "Since we got the marriage certificate before we started dating, we must separate our relationship from that of our parents!"

Lin Xiao frowned: "What do you mean?"

Han Xixi said, "You called my parents mom and dad right after we got our marriage certificate, but we were actually still in a contractual relationship at that time! Although the contract is no longer in place, we also... But as you said, since the marriage certificate is the end point, then no matter how we progress, it does not affect your parents being my parents. Now that they know that we have obtained the marriage certificate and are willing to accept me as their daughter-in-law, what's the problem with me calling them mom and dad?"

Lin Xiao tilted his neck and frowned, following this logic for several circles and almost got dizzy.

In the end, I was left in a state of confusion by her twisted logic.

He pounced on her and tried to suppress her with force, but the girl was quite agile and jumped away.

"You still want to launch a sneak attack? I, Han Xixi, will not fall in the same place twice, huh!" Xixi looked proud.

"..."

This time Lin Xiao finally understood what it meant that only women and villains are difficult to raise!

He put his hands on his hips and said helplessly, "No! You are willing to be our daughter-in-law, why do you still care about so many details? Don't you know my feelings?"

Han Xixi smiled brightly: "I know!"

Lin Xiao was helpless: "I know, but you still want me to chase you and play this kind of game of first love!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xixi's face immediately turned gloomy and she became angry.

"I'm just my first love, I'm 22 years old, what's the problem?"

"..."

Lin Xiao knew he had said something wrong and immediately put on a silly smile.

As expected, love makes people relax, and as soon as he started to talk, he revealed his state of mind when he was in his thirties and had been involved in the sex industry in his previous life.

From the perspective of a big star in the previous life, this kind of drama of coaxing little girls is indeed boring.

But from Xixi's perspective, it is reasonable for her, a good girl who has been strictly controlled by her family since childhood and has never been in a relationship, to hope that the person she likes will give her a romantic and warm confession.

more than this.

If she didn't have any longing or hope, Lin Xiao would doubt whether she really liked him!

I immediately realized that I was totally wrong and that I had not been serious enough about this matter.

at the moment.

Han Xixi was still mumbling: "You're not my first love, of course you don't care..."

These words are full of jealousy.

Lin Xiao smiled bitterly: "Alas, here we go again! I said, Jiang Xueying is not my ex-girlfriend, we have never held hands!"

Han Xixi immediately put her hands on her hips and said, "From your tone, you sound very sorry, right?"

Lin Xiao quickly denied: "No, no, I am just glad that I have preserved my innocence. I leave everything to you!"

Han Xixi was coaxed into laughing, but didn't want to show it, so she pretended to snort coldly.

Lin Xiao understood.

He walked up to her, took her hand, and pinched her chubby little face.

"what!!"

Xixi was still angry and looked stubborn and sulky.

Lin Xiao smiled angrily: "I brought you a gift, do you want it?"

Han Xixi wanted to say no, but when she thought about how he had brought it back from Haicheng, this thought was enough to brighten her mood instantly.

"what?"

"Dang-dang-dang!"

Lin Xiao took out the perfume and presented it to her.

I plan to spray some in the air after unpacking the box, and then give her a romantic confession.

Isn’t this enough to live together?
Looking at Xixi's happy expression, Lin Xiao felt that he could definitely speed up tonight.

But just one second after this thought came to mind, Han Xixi's face suddenly turned gloomy again.

"Gardenia-scented perfume?"

"Yes, don't you like the scent of gardenia the most?"

"..."

Han Xixi was speechless.

No matter how Lin Xiao looked at it, he didn't think this expression meant happiness or touching.

I was a little panicked for a moment.

"what happened?"

"Do you know why I like the scent of gardenia?" Xixi asked coldly.

"I know. You said last time that it was because of "Later"..."

He didn't say anything else, he already understood.

Oh, "Later", this song is written for my first love Jiang Xueying!
Lin Xiao, well done!
……

This perfume succeeds in having the opposite effect.

Originally, after my mother found out that they had obtained their marriage certificate, she went out and bought a bright red quilt to cover them that very day. The house had just been renovated and everything was brand new inside and out, making it look like a new house.

But because Lin Xiao committed suicide, Han Xixi savagely took over the bridal chamber, slept alone in the bridal chamber, and kicked Lin Xiao out.

He could only follow suit and go to Lin Yu's room to take a nap.

As for Lin Yu... Why is the young man taking a nap? What a loser!

Lin Yu: "???"

In the afternoon, my parents went out to buy paper money for the Qingming Festival. Tomorrow is Qingming Festival.

Lin Xiao suggested taking Han Xixi for a stroll on the river bank. She readily agreed and then brought Lin Yu along.

Lin Yu was sitting on the sofa playing games and really didn't want to go.

The sun was blinding enough, he didn't want to be brighter than it!
But under the dual tyranny of his sister-in-law and eldest brother, he finally ignored Lin Xiao's hints and chose to follow the real boss.

Lin Xiao was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He vaguely felt that his status in this family was getting lower and lower. He saw that Lin Yu, who was at the bottom of the food chain, was about to surpass him.

Half past three in the afternoon.

The weather in late spring is pleasant, and the sunlight is already somewhat dazzling.

The breeze brushed across my cheeks like a felt blanket, warm and gentle, yet not stuffy or hot.

The three of them walked along the path in the field.

The two brothers were undoubtedly frank. Xixi wore a straw hat from home. The khaki style gave her a Parisian fashion show feel.

Lin Xiao felt that the five-dollar straw hat suddenly had the charm of a high-end luxury item.

Sure enough, the degree of fashion completion depends on the face!
Netizens never lied to me!

After walking for about ten minutes, we reached the river bank.

The river is actually the Chaobai River, or more precisely, the Chaoshu River.

This river runs through the entire Anyang County.

The river is a small one with calm water flow, so it is called Tidal River.

When it reaches the lowest reaches of Chaobai Town, the water is about to merge into the Nanjiang River, the mother river of Nanzhou Province. The flow becomes turbulent, and white waves appear.

That’s why it is called “Chaobai River”.

The name of Chaobai Town also comes from this.

Now in the upstream Linjia Village, the river water is completely different, being warm and gentle.

Originally there was no river embankment, and all the children in the village grew up in the tidal river.

Lin Xiao inherited the childhood memories of his original body.

The slice of summer is watermelon, scorching sun, golden rice fields, and the splashing water in the tidal river.

In the past few years, in order to protect the water quality and riverside ecology.

The government funded the construction of an earthen embankment along the coast. On one side of the embankment are villages and farmland, and on the other side is the Chaoshui River and trees and bamboo forests along the river bank.

After several years of protection, the grove that was almost cut down has recovered well and is now lush and green again.

The three of them soon reached the riverbank.

Because of the light bulb, Lin Xiao couldn't hold hands with his wife and could only be forced to enjoy the scenery.

Along the way, they met several villagers who looked at Han Xixi with inquiring eyes.

Lin Xiao took the initiative to introduce: "This is my wife!"

The villagers were not surprised at all and tactfully stopped talking.

Han Xixi was still angry and whispered, "Who is your wife?"

Lin Xiao said, "In our place, we call anyone we bring home our wife! Besides, you've already worn the gold bracelet, and you've called your parents your wife. My mom has a loud speaker, and now, let alone Linjia Village, I'm afraid that everyone in the neighboring village knows that she has a daughter-in-law. Can I still tell others that you are my girlfriend?"

Han Xixi was speechless and could only glare at him angrily and walk away.

Lin Xiao was smiling triumphantly, then he noticed Lin Yu's squinting eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"You said mom is a loud speaker, be careful or I'll tell on you!" "Say that again?"

"..."

Lin Yu shrank his neck, not daring to provoke this man with turbulent emotions, and walked away.

Lin Xiao snorted coldly: If I can't cure my wife, I can't cure you? !

……

The three of them walked along the river bank until sunset and then returned.

When I got home, my parents were already preparing dinner.

At the dinner table, Zhou Xiuping asked enthusiastically: "Xixi, tomorrow is Qingming Festival, and our family is going to the mountain to visit the graves...Are you going?"

This question is actually asking whether she will go home tomorrow.

Xixi said calmly: "Go, I want to go!"

This answer made Lin Jianping and Zhou Xiuping look happy.

Ever since they found out that Lin Xiao’s girlfriend was actually his wife, the couple felt excited and emotional. They wanted to give their audacious son a good beating. He actually hid such a big thing from his family. What a bastard!
In fact, the couple still haven't adjusted their mentality yet.

This pair of gold bracelets had been prepared long ago.

Ever since Lin Xiao said he had a girlfriend, Zhou Xiuping felt that good things were about to happen, so she prepared this big gift to give to her daughter-in-law when they got engaged.

She never thought that her son would skip the steps of dating and engagement and get the marriage certificate directly!

This caught Zhou Xiuping off guard.

Before, I always complained that my son was not paying attention and progressing slowly, but now, he is moving too fast and it’s unbearable!
She quickly took out the gold bracelet and put it on Han Xixi last night - whether she liked it or not was one thing, but her family's attitude was another.

Fortunately, Xixi didn't dislike it at all and put it on very happily.

I didn't take it off all day.

Zhou Xiuping became more and more satisfied. Today, when she looked at her daughter-in-law in the sunlight, she thought she was more and more beautiful.

She thought that the gold bracelet would only look gorgeous on Xixi's fair and slender arm, and it would be a waste for the ugly new brides in the village to wear it.

Zhou Xiuping was extremely happy.

Even if Xixi didn't want to go to the grave, she had no objection, even though it was normal for a new bride to worship her ancestors.

But they haven't had their wedding yet, so there's no need to be so serious about this etiquette.

Unexpectedly, Xixi agreed again.

How could this make Zhou Xiuping and Lin Jianping so happy?

"Xixi, eat some vegetables. This goose was sent by your second aunt's family. They have been raised for several years. I stewed it for more than an hour. You are too thin. Eat more!" Zhou Xiuping kept persuading.

Han Xixi no longer felt strange at all and said with a smile, "Okay, Mom, I'm eating it. It's delicious!"

The whole family was smiling.

Only Lin Xiao sat aside, watching his wife eating with relish, thinking that her career as a star might soon be coming to an end.

After dinner, the two took a walk in their yard.

Lin Xiao was surprised to find that several lights had been added to the yard, making it as bright as day.

It clearly wasn’t there a few days ago!

He was speechless. He had told his father a long time ago to put up a few more lights in the yard, but his father always thought it was unnecessary and never added them.

But now...

Lin Xiao smiled bitterly. Now he understood how much of a shock a new daughter-in-law could bring to his parents.

Now my waist and legs don’t ache anymore.

If Xixi suggested to tear down the house and rebuild it on the original site, the old couple would probably start the work overnight.

His suspicion that he had fallen to the bottom of the food chain was increasingly confirmed.

"Are you really going to the mountain with us to sweep the graves tomorrow?" Lin Xiao asked after walking around twice.

"Yes~"

Han Xixi spoke in a natural tone, and obviously didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Lin Xiao said seriously: "Then why don't you go home and go to the grave with your mother?"

Han Xixi said, "No need! Mom is a married woman, so she doesn't need to go with her uncles to visit the graves. Dad's family is far away in Qinghe, and he only goes back every two or three years during the Qingming Festival. He won't go back this year, so I'm fine!"

Lin Xiao nodded, thinking it made sense.

Han Xixi looked over with a stern face: "Why, do you think I am not presentable enough to meet the ancestors?"

Lin Xiao laughed: "How could it be!"

As he said this, he naturally took her little hand.

Han Xixi felt a little embarrassed, afraid of being seen by her parents-in-law, but Lin Xiao was very domineering, so she reluctantly gave in.

"The cemeteries in our village are all concentrated in one place. Tomorrow we will visit the graves, and most of the village will gather together. I'm afraid you will be recognized!" Lin Xiao said.

"Oh, like this!"

Han Xixi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't worry. After two days of experimenting, I found that no one would recognize me. People in the village probably don't care much about the entertainment industry. I went to the vegetable garden with your mother yesterday and met a lot of people, but no one recognized me!"

Han Xixi said this with a look of joy and excitement on her face.

Obviously, for a big star, it is a wonderful feeling to be able to be in an environment where you don’t have to hide or worry about being recognized.

Here, she is Han Xixi, no longer Han Xixi!

This kind of strange sense of existence is difficult for ordinary people to understand!

Lin Xiao felt the same way, but he couldn’t say much!
After walking around for half an hour, I went upstairs to wash up and go to bed.

Lin Xiao failed in his attempt to break into the palace and was sent to Lin Yu's room, where he was despised and angry by his brother but dared not say anything.

Lin Jianping and Zhou Xiuping didn't understand why the couple wanted to separate.

But he could only frown and arrange the beds - although there were many rooms in the house, the original wooden beds were all burned by Lin Xiao who had chopped firewood. The beds were all new, and there were only three of them.

……

The next day is tomb-sweeping day.

The entire Linjia Village knew that Lin Xiao had brought back a fair and beautiful wife, but strangely, no one recognized that she was the big star Han Xixi.

Even if a few young people think she looks like her, they dare not think about it that way.

After all, no matter how successful Lin Xiao is, it is still very outrageous for him to marry a popular star.

Plus, there’s a difference between the screen and real people.

Therefore, those who feel that the couple looks familiar can only conclude that they look "similar", and thus they are more impressed by how capable Lin Xiao is, as he could actually find a wife who looks like a big star.

Final conclusion: You still have to be an official!

That afternoon, Lin Xiao received a call from Ninghai. The caller claimed to be the marketing manager of Guijia Group's Ninghai branch. He was assigned by Vice President Zhang Mucheng to liaise with Deputy Mayor Lin on the field investigation of Laoya Mountain.

Lin Xiao's face brightened.

I didn’t expect Guijia Group to act so quickly and take action so quickly.

He agreed immediately, and the two sides agreed to meet at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

hang up the phone.

Lin Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still called Qin Zhenggang to report the matter.

Qin Zhenggang was a little hesitant. "The county hasn't approved the development of Laoya Mountain yet. If we contact the developer to investigate, is that against the rules?"

Lin Xiao said seriously: "It depends on how you say it. If something goes wrong, it's against the rules. If nothing goes wrong, it means taking the initiative and taking a step forward, right, Qin Zhen?"

Qin Zhenggang laughed out loud on the other end.

Lin Xiao continued, "It's just an inspection. It's not like we're asking Guijia Group to sign the contract on the spot! If we really want to sign the contract, we can't avoid the county. If the leaders still refuse to put aside their concerns and refuse to eat the fat meat in their mouths, then there's nothing we can do! At most, the cooperation project will fail. It's not like we'll be punished for our efforts to attract investment, right?"

Qin Zhenggang smiled and said, of course this is impossible!
Only then did he feel relieved and said, "Okay, I'll call the head of Shangguan Village and prepare for the reception tomorrow!"

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay Qin Zhen!"

The next day, Lin Xiao got up very early.

Without even having the time to give his wife a good morning kiss, he drove to the office and watched the people in the office set up the venue and prepare materials.

After a busy morning, I went to the canteen at 8:30 and took two eggs and a bun to eat.

At nine o'clock, a group from Guijia Group arrived.

The team was led by Fan Liwei, general manager of the Ninghai branch, and he was accompanied by four young people.

Qin Zhenggang took the lead and warmly received the distinguished guests, and introduced the background materials of Laoyashan in detail in the conference room.

Of course, the part about Guan Yanwang was not omitted.

After all, this matter could not be concealed. When Lin Xiao was promoting the product to Zhang Mucheng in Haicheng, he told him the whole story.

Zhang Mucheng was very surprised at that time.

The Guijia Group has hotels all over the country, including more than 30 resort hotels, and they have quite a bit of contact with officials from various places.

Every time we went on an inspection, the people who received us praised us in every possible way. We pretended to be a small piece of land with a posture of kicking Mount Tai and punching West Lake. Problems such as inconvenient transportation and backward economy were never mentioned at all.

Zhang Mucheng was able to work his way up to the level of vice president in Guijia Group. He had already developed a pair of sharp eyes and could easily find faults in Wang Po's words.

However, it is rare to see someone like Lin Xiao who stabs himself right away, so I have a better impression of him.

Plus, there’s Meng Zhaodong as the matchmaker.

Even though Zhang Mucheng was not very interested in the land, he still arranged for the local branch to inspect it.

Lin Xiao had already stripped naked in front of Mr. Zhang, so it was simply redundant for him to keep pretending to be a woman with a pipa and half-covered face at this time.

That's why I spoke to Qin Zhenggang early in the morning and told him to just tell her about the dark history directly without covering it up.

Qin Zhenggang is a man of his word, and the two of them hit it off immediately.

The brief discussion ended.

The group drove straight to the scene at Laoyashan, where Shangguan Village Chief Guan Baozhong was already waiting there with village cadres.

Another on-site review.

Guan Baozhong's understanding of this territory is even more detailed than Qin Zhenggang and Lin Xiao, and he talked about it in great detail.

Fan Liwei, who led the inspection team, looked increasingly bright.

Lin Xiao knew at first glance that this was possible.

He immediately stepped forward with a smile and told the propaganda slogan "The duck knows first when the river water is warm in spring" and other favorable factors, including the fact that the construction of the Chaobai Town highway entrance and exit had already started.

This made Fan Liwei's face brighter.

"After the highway is built, how long will it take to drive here?" he asked.

"It only takes fifteen minutes. It's very convenient!"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "If a resort hotel is really built here, our town promises to widen and renovate the road extending from the national highway to the foot of the mountain to ensure the driving experience of tourists. We will definitely actively cooperate with the developer to complete the hotel development!"

Fan Liwei nodded repeatedly, his joyful expression unable to be concealed.

The inspection went smoothly.

Of course, Fan Liwei would definitely not make a decision on the spot. Such a big case must be carefully considered and weighed carefully.

The delegation had a working lunch in the town.

Only then did he shake hands with Qin Zhenggang and Lin Xiao, have a cordial conversation, and then leave.

Watching the vehicle go away, the two smiled at each other, both knowing that this was going to work.

……

I took a nap in the office at noon.

After taking care of some chores in the afternoon, Lin Xiao left work half an hour early because he was worried about his wife at home.

However, just as the car arrived at the gate of Zhoujia Village, the phone suddenly rang.

It was the propaganda officer Zhou Baoping who called.

Although the ringing sounded normal, Lin Xiao felt it was somehow weird.

I answered the call with my doubts in my mind: "What's wrong, Baoping?"

Before he finished speaking, a hurried voice came over.

"Oh no, Lin Zhen, a fight has broken out!" Zhou Baoping said in a panic.

Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

"Who started the fight?" he asked.

"In the village, there's a fight in Shangguan Village!"

"Ah? Explain clearly!"

"The villagers from Shangguan Village and Xiaguan Village started fighting!"

Zhou Baoping panicked, "Just now the village director called and said that more than a dozen villagers from Xiaguan Village carried hoes and shovels and ran to the Shangguan Village Committee to cause trouble. The two sides started a fight over a disagreement! Now Qinzhen and Jiazhen have already gone there, you should hurry over too!"

Lin Xiao frowned when he heard this.

Without saying much, he turned around and drove towards the Shangguan Village Committee.

He asked anxiously, "What's going on? Why did Xiaguancun come to Shangguancun to cause trouble?"

Zhou Baoping said: "I don't know either! But I heard that it was because of the development of Laoya Mountain!"

Lin Xiao frowned even more.

In fact, when he heard the name Shangguancun just now, he immediately thought of Laoyashan.

The fight didn't start early or end late. A developer just came to inspect in the morning, and the fight broke out in the afternoon. It was difficult for him not to connect the two things.

But connections are connections.

Lin Xiao couldn’t understand what the development of Laoyashan had to do with Xiaguan Village?
Although both villages are named Guan, they actually belong to two village committees. The villages are not adjacent to each other, and there is a huge Chaobai Town between them. In many senses, the two villages have nothing to do with each other.

If Shangguancun sells land for development, it is possible that Xiaguancun will be jealous.

But now we live in a society ruled by law. Can you just pick up a hoe and start a fight just because you are jealous, and then take a share of other people's profits and put the money from other people's land sales into your own pocket?

This is too unbelievable!

Lin Xiao asked Zhou Baoping, but he was also vague and didn't explain clearly.

Lin Xiao simply gave up.

Step on the accelerator and head straight to Shangguan Village Committee.

When we arrived ten minutes later, the entrance of the village committee was already a mess.

A dozen young and middle-aged villagers crowded at the door, clearly divided into two groups, all with red faces and thick necks, shouting at the top of their lungs.

Qin Zhenggang and Jia Minglu stood in the middle, their lips turning white from shouting!

Seeing Lin Xiao coming, the two men didn't even have time to look at him, and continued to use their hands and feet to separate the two angry groups of people.

Also working hard were several village cadres, police officers from the police station, and people from the village committee.

However, despite this, the villagers are still furious.

It is obvious that they think that the law does not punish everyone, and they adhere to the law of unity in the clan society, and do not take public officials seriously at all.

Lin Xiao squeezed in to take a look.

In addition to the people carrying hoes and shouting, there was blood on the ground. Several people were lying there groaning, covering their faces with blood.

This shows how brutal the battle just now was.

Lin Xiao didn't have time to figure out the situation, so he quickly joined the maintenance team and used all his strength to prevent a second battle from happening.

Soon, two more cars of police arrived and stabilized the situation.

The villagers were evacuated, the wounded were sent to the hospital, and the ground was in a mess.

A group of people were sitting in the village committee office, all of them were disheveled, their clothes were torn, their shoes were trampled and lost, and Qin Zhenggang's face was scratched at some point.

There is no dignity left for a state official at all.

Jia Minglu was so angry that he pounded the table. "We can't just let this go! I have to go tell Zhang that we must detain those ringleaders. If we don't take it seriously, they will think our town government is a pushover!"

Village director Guan Baozhong was also furious: "That's right! We are now living in a society ruled by law, but they are still acting like hooligans. How shameless! The land division between the two villages was made clear more than a decade ago. Now that they see that our Shangguan Village is selling land, they are jealous again. They don't care whether they are right or wrong, and they come here with shovels and hoes to make trouble. They almost smashed my village committee, and several villagers were injured! I must settle this account with Xiaguan Village!"

Guan Baozhong was panting and his face was flushed, obviously he was very angry!

"Snapped!"

Qin Zhenggang slammed the table hard, and the paper cup of water on the table bounced on the spot.

Everyone in the room was shocked.

"Settling the score? Don't you think the matter is not big enough?" Qin Zhenggang asked in a thunderous voice.

Guan Baozhong blushed: "Qin Zhen, it's not us who are causing trouble, it's the people from Xiaguan Village who are causing trouble!"

Qin Zhenggang said with a dark face: "No matter who started this, this matter will be stopped! The town will handle the rest! I'm saying this today, if you dare to go back to Shangguan Village to cause trouble, you will not be the village director anymore, and the development of Laoyashan will be cancelled, and we will all go our separate ways!!"

With the last sentence, he pounded the table angrily, causing the paper cups on the table to bounce on the spot again.

Although Guan Baozhong was not convinced, he still endured it.

The room was silent for a moment.

Lin Xiao then asked: "Um... why did Xiaguan Village come here to cause trouble? Isn't this piece of land in Laoya Mountain the private mountain of Shangguan Village?"

When this question was asked, everyone in the room looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Lin Xiao knew that there was indeed something behind this matter.

I didn't ask any more questions at the moment.

After returning to the town, Qin Zhenggang casually put a few Band-Aids on his face and called a meeting of all the cadres in the hospital to arrange the follow-up response to this incident.

Pay attention to public opinion and appease the masses, and at the same time negotiate with the police station to prevent villagers from the two villages from causing trouble again.

After all the arrangements were made, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Only then was the meeting adjourned.

Seeing that Qin Zhenggang's face turned black with anger, Lin Xiao knew that everything that happened today was due to his insistence on developing Laoya Mountain, so he didn't dare to get into trouble.

So after the meeting, he went to the office of Deputy Mayor Jia Minglu - if he didn't find out the whole story today, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to sleep well all night.

Jia Minglu is a native of Chaobai Town.

Although his surname is not Guan, he knows something about the historical entanglements between the two villages.

Especially when it comes to Laoyashan.

Today's incident has become so serious that he no longer hides it. He closes the office door and tells everything that happened.

Actually, it’s easy to explain.

Although the two villages of Shangguan and Xiaguan are not adjacent to each other, the farmlands and forests of the two villages are connected.

Decades ago, the two villages belonged to the same village committee.

Later, due to the development of the town government, land expropriation and farmland sales, the two villages had more and more conflicts and frequent armed fights.

In order to avoid disputes, the two villages were deliberately divided into two village committees, and the village collective assets such as farmlands and private hills were also clearly divided, and there was no more dealings between the two sides.

It was actually a good thing.

But the bad thing is that this happened seventeen years ago, when Guan Zhenshan was the village director.

Guan Zhenshan was from Shangguan Village, so when the two villages were divided, he forcibly included Laoya Mountain, which was closer to Xiaguan Village, into the territory of Shangguan Village.

At that time, this guy had a lot of qualifications and background. The people in Xiaguan Village dared not speak out and were forced to obey and accept another piece of hill as their own.

In theory, this matter has been clearly resolved.

However, this resentment has been pent up in the hearts of the villagers of Xiaguan Village, so much so that when Guan Zhenshan was arrested that year, Xiaguan Village was celebrating together. The whole village held a buffet for three days, and the fireworks and firecrackers could be heard throughout the town.

However, Laoyashan still stayed in Shangguancun.

Now, this mountain is going to be developed again, and it is legal and compliant commercial development.

How could the villagers of Xiaguan Village not be jealous?

So with one person taking the lead, all the young and middle-aged men in the village obeyed his orders and rushed to Shangguan Village in a menacing manner, and then today's dispute happened.

Lin Xiao listened to this history.

He held his breath and concentrated throughout the whole process, and never uttered a word.

As the protagonist who has pushed for the development of Laoya Mountain, his original intention is to utilize the most outstanding scenic resources in the town to drive the development of the entire town.

But by some mistake, the old grudge between the two villages was stirred up, leading to today's dispute.

For a while.

He didn't even know whether he was doing the right thing or the wrong thing!

(End of this chapter)