Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter Four Hundred Sixty-Five

No matter whether Su Wan was working as a hotel manager or as a hostess outside.

Such a person with extraordinary temperament, a great beauty standing before him, indeed put Lin Facai under great pressure, and he didn't dare to shoo Su Wan away like he did Su Wu, barely squeezing out a smile and saying, "Oh, it's little Wan, you're back home?"

"Yes, there's been trouble at home, so I came back to check in. Uncle Facai, can we go inside to talk?" Su Wan said.

Lin Facai frowned and said, "Little Wan, if you're here about little Qin's matter, then forget it, our little Qin has already been promised to someone."

"Whether little Qin is promised to someone or not, today we're here as guests to visit Uncle Facai. Here are two bottles of Maotai brought back from the city. I've heard that Uncle Facai likes to drink, so please accept this small token of respect." Long Xiaoshan brought the liquor he had been holding up.

Lin Facai swallowed.

In Long Xiaoshan's hands indeed were two bottles of Maotai.

Long Xiaoshan had heard from Su Wu that Lin Xiaoqin's father was a drunkard who liked to drink. Since he always had a stock of such things in his Space Ring, he took some out.

Lin Facai stared at the two bottles of Maotai.

His eyes lit up with greed. Maotai, the drink for national leaders, he had only heard of it before and had never tasted such a high-end alcohol.

Feeling the itch of the alcohol worm in his belly, Lin Facai said, "How could I accept this?"

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Long Xiaoshan smiled and walked in with Su Wan and Su Wu.

A middle-aged woman, still looking charming, stood at the entrance of the living room. Seeing Lin Facai bring in three people, one of whom was Su Wu, her expression turned extremely ugly as she shouted, "Lin Facai, what are you doing, why let this kid in the door?"

Lin Facai said, "They are little Wan and her partner coming to see me, they were thoughtful enough to bring a gift, how can I not let them in?"

"Auntie." Su Wan and Long Xiaoshan called out.

Su Yueqin snorted and, with bad grace, turned around and walked into the back room.

Long Xiaoshan and the others walked in and sat down on the chairs in the living room. Long Xiaoshan handed the liquor to Lin Facai, who hurriedly put the liquor away in the inner room.

After a while, he came back out, pulling Su Yueqin with him.

Su Yueqin's face was still unfriendly. After some urging from Lin Facai, she poured a few cups of tea and sat down forcefully to the side.

Long Xiaoshan and Lin Facai exchanged a few pleasantries, not mentioning little Qin at all. Moreover, Long Xiaoshan spoke with wit and humor and distinguished bearing, which gradually eased the wariness of Lin Facai and his wife. Only Su Wu scratched his ear and cheek and kept glancing upstairs anxiously from time to time.

However, Su Wan had already warned him on their way over to listen to everything Long Xiaoshan said, so he didn't dare to make a peep.

After a while, Long Xiaoshan looked around the bare room and said, "Uncle Facai, Aunt Yueqin, this house of yours seems to have quite some years on it."

Lin Facai replied, "Isn't that the truth? It was built when my dad was still around, more than thirty years ago."

Su Yueqin voiced her dissatisfaction from the side, "Isn't it because you're no good? I've been following you for over twenty years. What did you say at the beginning? That you would give me a good life. Pfft, a good life, not a single day of a good life, just hardships."

Lin Facai clearly was somewhat henpecked, muttering under his breath with a rather unsightly expression.

Long Xiaoshan looked around and commented, "I see Uncle Facai's health isn't that great either."

"Exactly, I injured my spine in a mining accident back in the day, left me disabled. Now I can't do any heavy work, otherwise, our house wouldn't look like this," Lin Facai said as if he had found someone to confide in, clutching onto Long Xiaoshan's words.

"Didn't the mine offer any compensation?" Long Xiaoshan said.

"Where there's compensation, everyone signed a waiver before going down into the mine," Lin Facai said helplessly.

"Legally, such agreements are invalid. If it's a work injury, there must be compensation, especially for high-risk jobs like mining. You could sue them," Long Xiaoshan said.

"This... Who dares to sue? The mine is owned by the village secretary's family. Who would dare to sue them without seeking death? In these years, with mine collapses, the village has suffered deaths... Let's not talk about this anymore, I'm straying from the point." Lin Facai stopped talking immediately after being pulled by Su Yueqin.

"Uncle Facai, the village secretary you're talking about, isn't that the family who has a marriage arrangement with your daughter, Lin Xiaoqin?" Long Xiaoshan said.

Lin Facai offered an embarrassed smile and said, "Yes, that's right."

"I heard from little Wu that the village secretary's family offered eighty thousand yuan, and you agreed to give little Qin to them," Long Xiaoshan continued.

"This..." Lin Facai's expression changed.

Su Yueqin furrowed her brows and said loudly, "Haven't I said, let's not talk about this? If you continue, just get out."

"Aunt, little Qin and I truly love each other. Please let little Qin marry me. Isn't it just eighty thousand? I can earn it. I refuse to believe that with my own two hands, I, Su Wu, can't make eighty thousand," Su Wu said urgently.

"Get out, get out of here," Su Yueqin said, standing up in a rage.

"Su Wu, you sit down," Long Xiaoshan commanded.

He looked at Su Yueqin and smiled lightly, "Auntie, don't be angry. This kid is a bit muddle-headed, but he genuinely likes little Qin. Just sit down, and hear me out, okay?"

Long Xiaoshan spoke gently, but the aura of authority and potent strength he carried, being in a high position, shrank Su Yueqin's momentum back, seemingly more pressured than facing the village secretary.

Su Yueqin sat back down, muttering, "I'm telling you, whatever you say is useless. The dowry has been paid, little Qin is definitely going to marry over there..."

Long Xiaoshan didn't reply. He picked up the shoulder bag he was carrying, opened it, and began pulling out a stack of money after another, laying out a total of eighteen stacks on the table.

Seeing the large pile of money, Lin Facai and Su Yueqin were also stunned.

So much money laid out before them had a strong impact.

Especially for a family as impoverished as theirs.

Swallowing hard, Lin Facai said, "Xiaoshan, what... what are you trying to say?"

Long Xiaoshan smiled and said, "Uncle Facai, this is one hundred and eighty thousand. How about using it as little Qin's dowry?"

Lin Facai's eyes fixed on the money, burning with intensity. One hundred and eighty thousand! That was enough to build a big tile-roofed house for the family. Yet, thinking of the village secretary Su Songwang's tyranny, it was like a bucket of cold water doused on Lin Facai.

With a pained expression, he said, "Xiaoshan, it's not that I don't want to... the secretary has already given the dowry. If I dare to breach the contract, he'll have people kill me."

"Uncle Facai, what if I could also heal your back injury?" Long Xiaoshan said.

Lin Facai replied, "How could that be possible? I've had this back injury for over a decade, and spent a lot of money without being cured."

"Just because others couldn't cure it doesn't mean I can't. Little Wu was badly beaten yesterday, and look at him now, jumping around lively. It was me who cured him," Long Xiaoshan said.

Lin Facai looked at Su Wu in astonishment. He remembered how badly Su Wu had been beaten up the day before, battered and unconscious, with blood all over his head.

He was puzzled about seeing Su Wu today, without a single sign of injury.