Chapter 205 The Money Was Stolen

"Alright, stop wailing. Either you two carry the person home and treat them yourselves, or you get on the carriage and go to the county. If you don't have money, that's fine too. We'll use your work points to pay the debt, as usual. You two are not without work points."

Ask him to pay? Dream on!

The captain shouted, and in an instant, the once noisy crowd and the Xu family elders fell silent.

Aunt Xu had originally planned to ask the brigade leader to pay for her precious son's medical treatment or to use the brigade's funds directly, but she became anxious upon hearing this.

Their family only had so many work points, and they basically relied on that brat Xu Lai Di to earn full work points every day to support them. If they used all of those work points to pay off debts, what would they use to exchange for grain at the end of the year? Their son and the two of them would starve.

"No, no, Captain! All the work points have been used to pay for medicine. What are we going to do at the end of the year? Captain, you can't do this!" Aunt Xu was so anxious that she didn't even care about Xu Baoqiang in her arms and quickly got up from the ground.

Wei Zhongping knew exactly what the other party was up to, so he rolled his eyes and showed no intention of giving them any face.

"What's wrong? You two are planning to ask the brigade headquarters to pay for it? Fine, everyone knows that the brigade headquarters' money is saved by the entire brigade by tightening their belts, and every penny is used for the construction of our entire brigade."

That's public money after all, and everyone in Qishui Brigade has a share. This money was originally intended by the brigade headquarters to apply to the commune for tractors next year, and this matter was already announced last year.

Now you want the brigade headquarters to give your son money for nothing? You need to ask everyone if they agree first. If they all agree, then the brigade headquarters has no objection.”

"That won't do! Why should I?"

"Yeah, who knows if your son offended someone outside and that's why he's suffering the consequences. Why should we use everyone's money to settle things for your family?"

"Yes, we disagree. What kind of rubbish is this? How dare they use our money? Have they no shame!"

Before Aunt Xu could speak, several people in the crowd who had conflicts with Xu Laosan's family immediately jumped up. In their opinion, even if the money was wasted, Xu Baoqiang, that bastard, didn't deserve to use it.

“The daughters, nieces, or nephews of those families were bullied or harassed by Xu Baoqiang and some hooligans he usually hung out with. Because of them, the reputations of those girls were ruined, and several of them had to marry far away.”

Fang Meng, who had walked over at some point, stood beside his little girl, bent down slightly, and whispered to her with his head down.

Bai Nuo nodded knowingly: "No wonder those aunties and uncles were so angry. I even saw them secretly laughing just now."

Fang Meng smiled and said, "Lu Wenhua borrowed Captain Uncle's tricycle to go to the county to buy firecrackers."

"How did you know!" Bai Nuo turned her head and looked at Fang Meng with a smile in her eyes.

Fang Meng pursed his lips, raised his hand to rub the tip of his nose, and said softly, "The person I introduced to him."

"Who is he introducing?" Bai Nuo was even more curious. It wasn't a holiday, so where were they going to get firecrackers?

"Ahem!" Fang Meng lowered his head even further, his voice even softer, "I told him to go find his little cousin!"

"..." Bai Nuo twitched her lips, quickly lowered her head, and her little shoulders trembled.

That's right, it shouldn't be difficult to get this done by asking her cousin. If her cousin knew that Xu Baoqiang was still after her, he would definitely give it to her for free without hesitation. If that wasn't enough, he could even find materials on the spot to make a batch of firecrackers for Lu Wenhua.

After all, for kids who grew up in military industrial family compounds, this kind of thing... can't be difficult at all!

Bai Nuo suddenly thought of the tricycle, then looked up at the horse-drawn carriage that Grandpa Zhao had brought, and his lips twitched slightly.

She finally remembered that she had forgotten something!

If they were really in a hurry to get someone to the hospital, her team leader should have brought a tricycle; that's much faster and more stable than a horse-drawn carriage.

Unexpectedly...

It was actually ridden away by Sister Rujun's husband first!

"Captain, you can't be so inhumane! My child is already like this, are you just going to watch him die like this?" Seeing his wife still arguing with those people over useless things, Xu Laosan stood up shakily, looking pitiful and miserable, like a pathetic wretch being bullied by the group.

Secretary Lu's brow twitched slightly, and he glanced at Wei Zhongping indifferently. If this matter got out, it would affect the reputation of their brigade.

Personal grudges may be important, but they shouldn't tarnish the reputation of the entire brigade because of one family.

Secretary Lu was about to speak when he realized he had underestimated his old friend, whom he thought was as straight as steel.