Mountain village beauty: Brother, don't stop!

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: The Fierce Woman Liu Xiulan

The next day, the village road construction had already started, but Zhao Youquan was nowhere to be seen because he was at home being scolded by his wife.

"Kneel down and don’t get up, tell me if you don’t want to live with me anymore, taking the family’s money to repair the village roads, and so much of it at that! What are we going to live on later? What will we eat?"

His wife, Liu Xiulan, was so angry her face was fiery red as she made Zhao Youquan kneel on the washboard and harshly slapped him twice. freewebnσvel.cøm

"Wife, if I don’t use the money to repair the roads, then I will..."

Zhao Youquan explained to Liu Xiulan with a face full of grievance.

"I don’t care what happens to you! If you have no money, your wife would rather not suffer with you!"

Liu Xiulan was almost ten years younger than Zhao Youquan, and had she not seen his money and power, she would never have married this "useless" old man.

Now that Zhao Youquan’s family fortune was nearly emptied by the road repairs, Liu Xiulan was, of course, unwilling.

"Wife, all these years I have supported you with the best of food and drink, I have never mistreated you, shouldn’t you consider my feelings when you say this!"

Zhao Youquan was getting angry.

"And now you dare to talk back to me?"

"Slap!"

Liu Xiulan slapped Zhao Youquan again, leaving five finger marks on his face accompanied by a burning pain.

The beaten Zhao Youquan finally became submissive; in the past, he could still be tough because he could get money from the village, but now without any means of income, he could only swallow his anger.

Otherwise, if Liu Xiulan really walked away, he would truly lose on all fronts.

"Wife, rest assured, I’m still the village chief, I will definitely be able to earn this money back for you in the future!"

Zhao Youquan, touching his red-hot cheek, said.

"Hmph, you still have the nerve to say such things to me. Take a look at Wang Hao. In the same village, you can only rely on your position as village chief to embezzle a few hundred thousand, while he spends nearly thirty million on renting land for greenhouses."

"Don’t you know about this? And you keep trying to hinder him, don’t you feel any shame? You may be fine with it, but I can’t stand it!"

Liu Xiulan was not buying any of Zhao Youquan’s excuses and continued speaking disdainfully.

"Now you can’t even hold onto the few hundred thousand in hand, how unlucky am I to have followed such a loser!"

"It’s all that Wang Hao’s fault, I must..."

"Creak!"

Just as Zhao Youquan was about to curse out loud, the front door suddenly opened, and he saw Wang Hao’s head poke in.

He caught sight of Zhao Youquan kneeling in the hall with Liu Xiulan holding up her palm high.

"Yo, which act are you two playing now?"

Wang Hao asked with a broad smile on his face.

Zhao Youquan saw Wang Hao and immediately his face darkened, he hurriedly stood up, glaring angrily at Wang Hao.

"What are you here for?"

Liu Xiulan’s face was also unpleased, being Zhao Youquan’s wife after all, Wang Hao was the one who indirectly caused their family’s wealth to be squandered, making her life difficult as well.

"Nothing much, I was just passing by the village chief’s house and wanted to stop by to let you know that I’m leaving."

Wang Hao said nonchalantly.

"You’re leaving?"

Zhao Youquan’s heart leaped with joy, thinking only if Wang Hao were gone, then the villagers would still be at his Zhao Youquan’s command.

"Yes, I’m leaving, but I’ll be back very soon!"

Wang Hao continued saying meaningfully.

"Maybe next time I’ll bring the county head over to take a look."

Zhao Youquan’s face had just brightened a bit but was doused by Wang Hao’s bucket of cold water, and he was instantly stunned.

Inviting the county head to take a look? At what? Could it be to see the roads built in the village?

"So... when is your next return?"

Zhao Youquan’s attitude changed on the spot.

"I can’t say for sure, it might be ten days, or it might be half a month!"

"What?"

"One or two months, I can’t say for certain!"

"Then... you don’t have a specific time?"

"Depends on my mood, I guess!"

Zhao Youquan’s eyelids twitched continuously. What did ’depends on my mood’ mean? Was it to imply that he would come back earlier if he wanted to get back at Zhao Youquan, and later if he didn’t? This was clearly a blatant threat!

"Oh, look at that expression, Mr. Village Chief. Are you regretting fixing the roads for the village now? If you truly don’t want to repair the roads, then I’ll just go have a word with the county official."

Upon seeing Zhao Youquan’s grinding teeth, Wang Hao deliberately used the county official to press him.

"Where, where, am I, Zhao Youquan, the kind of person who doesn’t keep his word?"

As soon as he heard that Wang Hao might complain to the county official, Zhao Youquan immediately changed his demeanor and squeezed out a smile.

"Are you speaking honestly?"

Wang Hao asked knowingly.

"Of course, I’m speaking from the heart. I will definitely fix this road, it’s my duty as the village chief to seek welfare for our people of Chen Village!"

Zhao Youquan nodded and bowed, edging closer to Wang Hao as he spoke.

"Wang Hao, we’re from the same village. If you meet the county official, please put in a good word for me. Rest assured, I will definitely make sure this road is fixed!"

Wang Hao snickered to himself, thinking that if it weren’t for the county official, Zhao would have tried to kill him long ago.

Liu Xiulan, who was standing aside, grew angrier as she listened, wondering why they didn’t just tell the county official to cancel the job, or have the county allocate funds for the road instead. Why should their family have to pay this unjust expense, and what would become of her future days!

"Zhao Youquan, you bastard. If you want to fix the roads, then fix them!"

Liu Xiulan raised her hand and struck Zhao Youquan, cursing him all the while.

"I see you don’t want to live with me anymore. Make up your mind today, do you want to stay with me or fix the roads?"

This was Liu Xiulan’s final ultimatum to Zhao Youquan. freewebnovel.cσ๓

"Wang Hao, don’t think I don’t know, you’re just settling personal grudges. Today, I will not let Zhao Youquan repair the roads, so what if I don’t? If you have the guts, go and tell on us to the county official!"

Liu Xiulan exploded in a fit of shrewish rage, venting all her anger onto Wang Hao.

Wang Hao remained silent, but gave Zhao Youquan a meaningful look.

At this moment, Zhao Youquan wore a face full of grievance. It was one thing for Liu Xiulan to throw a tantrum when it was just the two of them, but he hadn’t expected her to actually hit him in front of Wang Hao.

Despite being the village chief, Liu Xiulan gave him no respect at all.

"Fine, you won’t fix the road, then!"

Wang Hao appeared indifferent.

"That’s right, we won’t fix it!"

Liu Xiulan pointed at Wang Hao’s nose and cursed.

"You brat, you and that shameless widow Zheng Cailian. You think you’ve been very secretive? Do you think nobody knows about your dirty little affair?"

"If you keep forcing us to fix the roads, I’ll broadcast your scandal throughout the village. A widow, pretending to be pure in front of others but can’t stand loneliness in private and steals men everywhere."

"Who knows how many men this woman has slept with behind closed doors, or if she’s contracted any diseases. And with her husband always unwell, who knows if the child is even his?"

Liu Xiulan’s words became increasingly unpleasant.

"Wang Hao, is that child yours by any chance? If I spread this gossip, how do you think the villagers will view Zheng Cailian? How would she and her daughter ever live in the village?"

Liu Xiulan had gone mad, it seemed. Wang Hao hadn’t expected her to utter such crazy talk.

Having heard these words, Wang Hao’s expression darkened instantly.

"Are you threatening me?"