The carefree life of Yang Shuisheng, the village miracle doctor

"Old Yu! You're finally back."

Just as Yang Shuisheng was about to explain the situation, Zhang Qiuju pointed at him first and complained to Yu Jian in a shrill voice, "Look at this idiot Yang! He came to our house and caused trouble, insisting that our things belong to him, and even tried to steal them."

"Is there no law left in this world?"

"Qianwei and her classmates are all watching!"

"That's right, Uncle Yu, this person is so unreasonable. He came here and immediately claimed it as his own."

"He was holding a hoe and trying to fight, it was terrifying."

Yu Qianwei's classmates chimed in, all talking at once, portraying Yang Shuisheng as a villain who came to cause trouble and intended to rob her.

"Yang Shuisheng, you're something else."

Upon hearing this, Yu Jian's face immediately darkened, and his eyes filled with disappointment and anger as he looked at Yang Shuisheng: "You're not stupid anymore, but you've learned to come to my house and cause trouble, and you even want to steal my things?"

"Who gave you the guts?"

Yang Shuisheng ignored his questioning and looked at the chattering young people. He simply calmly reached out and handed the slightly crumpled shipping label to Yu Jian.

"Director Yu, take a look at this first before you say anything."

Yu Jian took the shipping label with suspicion and unfolded it to examine it.

The document was indeed stamped with the red seal of the supply and marketing cooperative, and it stated that Comrade Yang Shuisheng had deposited a batch of items. Below the items were listed: fruit candies, peach crisps, sponge cakes, rice, flour, meat, and other items.

Without saying a word, he took the shipping label, turned around, and quickly walked into a nearby temporary storage room.

Inside were piles of items needed for tomorrow's banquet. He carefully checked his order form and the actual goods, and his expression turned somewhat grim.

Sure enough, there were extra rice, noodles, meat, eggs, candies, and pastries.

Embarrassingly, they had forgotten to order fruit candies and sponge cakes from their own order.

The two items on Yang Shuisheng's shipping label could fill this gap perfectly.

If he acknowledges this shipping label, it would be tantamount to admitting his negligence, forgetting to purchase items, and almost embezzling someone else's goods.

If his daughter's city classmates found out, where would he, as the village head, put his face?

If this gets out, it'll be a joke!

But if you don't admit it...

Yang Shuisheng used to be mentally challenged, and although he's recovered now, he doesn't have any connections in the village. Who would believe him?

Since the items are already at his house, if he refuses to admit it, Yang Shuisheng will at most suffer in silence.

The weight of the words of a former mentally challenged man versus those of the village chief is self-evident.

Yu Jian's mind raced, his expression shifting rapidly.

Ultimately, his desire to save face and his disdain for Yang Shuisheng, an insignificant person, overwhelmed his meager sense of justice.

He composed himself, took a deep breath, and walked out of the room with the shipping label.

"Yang Shuisheng, I have just looked through everything carefully and taken inventory of my belongings."

He walked up to Yang Shuisheng, his face now serious as usual, even showing a hint of anger at being falsely accused, and handed the shipping label back.

"Everything I bought for my family is accounted for, and everything matches the bill."

"But there's nothing of yours. I think you must have made a mistake."

"Did I make a mistake?"

Yang Shuisheng took the consignment note and looked at him coldly: "The comrades from the supply and marketing cooperative said it themselves. The goods are to be delivered to Director Yu's house in Taohua'ao. You can pick them up with the receipt."

"The items are currently in your side room: rice, flour, meat, candy, and pastries—everything is there, and the quantities match."

"Director Yu, would you dare to show me your order forms and compare them?"

"Right about what?"

Yu Jian was taken aback by his question, but immediately retorted, "I know my own family's things. But you, a penniless fool, where did you get so much money to buy these things?"

"Two hundred yuan is no small sum. Where did you get the money?"

"You don't need to know where I got my money. Anyway, I didn't steal or rob, it was all earned honestly, so I don't need to report to you."

Yang Shuisheng's tone remained calm, but the sharpness in his words was already showing.

"All I know is that I paid for the items, arranged for their transport, and now they're in your house, but you don't acknowledge them."

"Director Yu, are you trying to rob me outright?"

"What do you mean by outright robbery?" Yu Jian was embarrassed by his words and raised his voice, "I said, the goods didn't even reach my house."

"Either the supply and marketing cooperative forgot to pack your goods, or you made a mistake."

"Instead of arguing with me here, you should hurry up and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask. Don't delay my family's important business tomorrow."

As he spoke, seemingly to change the subject and ease the awkwardness, he pointed to the tables and chairs that had just been removed outside and said to Yang Shuisheng, "Alright, stop standing there."

"If you're really bored and have nothing better to do, you can lend a hand and move those tables and chairs inside and set them up. If you do the work, I'll invite you to stay for dinner tonight."

His words, though seemingly magnanimous, were actually a condescending act of charity and dismissal, an attempt to gloss over the matter.

"Fine, Director Yu, you won't admit it, is that it?"

However, Yang Shuisheng didn't move at all, nor did he look at the tables and chairs. He just looked at Yu Jian, and suddenly smiled, a hint of mockery in his smile: "Alright, I'll go to town now to find the supply and marketing cooperative and the tractor driver who delivered the goods today, and have them come and confront you."

"Let's see whose stuff it is, and let's see if this shipping label in my hand is valid."

After saying that, he picked up his hoe, turned around, and strode out of Yu Jian's yard.

Watching Yang Shuisheng's resolute departure, Yu Jian's unease and panic intensified.

If this fool really brings the people from the supply and marketing cooperative to confront him on the spot, wouldn't his words just now be exposed?

That would be even more embarrassing!

Moreover, judging from Yang Shuisheng's confident demeanor, he didn't seem to be bluffing.

Does he really have the money to buy those things?

Should we chase after him now and return the item to him?

Although it's a lot of stuff worth over two hundred yuan, it's still better than losing face in front of my daughter's classmates and in the village.

Yu Jian started to have second thoughts and subconsciously took a step forward.

"Old Yu! Where are you going?" Zhang Qiuju reacted quickly, grabbing his arm and pulling him aside. She lowered her voice, "You think you can just spit out the meat that's already in your mouth?"

"Are you crazy? All that candy, cakes, and meat is perfect for tomorrow, saving us the trouble of buying more."

"You don't know anything!" Yu Jian said irritably, shaking off her hand and lowering his voice, "That kid said he's going to the supply and marketing cooperative to find someone. What if he actually finds them and the accounts don't match? Where will we put our faces then?"

"Qianwei's classmates are all watching."

"What are you afraid of?" Zhang Qiuju glared, looking unreasonable and domineering. "So what if he comes? We'll just say we didn't notice during the inventory, and his things might have been mixed in with other bags, so we didn't see them."

"Anyway, the stuff is in our house. We can't claim it, so what can he do?"

"He's a penniless idiot; no matter how much you ask, who would believe he has the money to buy so many nice things?"

"When the people from the supply and marketing cooperative come, we'll insist that we don't know anything and let them investigate on their own."

"Besides, I think the people at the supply and marketing cooperative wouldn't bother with a fool."

The more she talked, the more reasonable she felt, and she thought her idea was flawless.

As Yu Jian listened, the scales in his heart slowly tipped again.

Yes, no matter how arrogant Yang Shuisheng is, he's still just a poor kid with no connections.

As the village head, he was the one whose word was law in Taohua'ao.

I have some influence with the supply and marketing cooperative.

If we persevere, we might not necessarily lose.

"Fine, we'll do it your way." Yu Jian gritted his teeth and made up his mind. "We won't give him the stuff. Let's see what kind of trouble he can cause."