There were two uninvited guests. One was dressed in a suit, and the other was dressed like a chauffeur. Along the open door of Gao Bo's house, they could see a very new Santana parked on the side of the road.
Seeing the two people walk in with smiles on their faces, Gao Bo's father frowned and muttered.
Because he spoke quickly and in a dialect, Qu Sen could only roughly understand what he meant. It seemed like he was saying, "Why are you here again?" or something like that.
After the man in the suit entered with a smile, he saw a large group of young men sitting in the courtyard and preparing to eat. The smile on his face froze for a moment. However, it was only for a moment. He quickly said, "Uncle Gao, these are?"
"My son's classmates." Because the other party spoke in Mandarin, Gao Bo's father also slowed down his speech. One sentence was enough for everyone present to understand.
However, Gao Bo's mother hurriedly and quickly said a series of long sentences. Everyone felt like they were listening to a heavenly book again. However, everyone could see that whether it was Gao Bo's father or Gao Bo's mother, they were very unwelcoming of the two people.
Naturally, Gao Bo was not among the people listening to the heavenly book. After this kid listened to his mother's words, his face became very ugly. He spoke to his father in a dialect.
Gao Bo's father only replied with one sentence. The general meaning was for Gao Bo to ignore it and go to school.
The two uninvited guests did not know whether it was because the owner of the house did not welcome them or because they saw a large group of strong young men in the courtyard. They forced a smile and said, "Since there are guests at home today, we'll visit another day." After that, they left with the chauffeur.
After the uninvited guests left, Gao Bo did not give up asking. He continued to ask his parents what was going on with the two people just now.
Gao Bo's father did not say anything. He just kept telling Gao Bo to ignore it. In the end, it was Gao Bo's mother who told the truth. With Gao Bo's translation, everyone knew that the two men were here on behalf of a big boss who was preparing to acquire land.
The big boss was going to build a coking plant next to the village. Because he was only using the state-owned land in the east of the village, it had nothing to do with most of the villagers.
However, Gao Bo's family and a few of his neighbors who lived alone on the east side of the road were within the area they occupied. Especially the location of Gao Bo's house, which happened to be the place where the factory was connected to the highway.
According to Gao Bo's mother, the compensation given by the boss who was going to open a factory was neither high nor low. They had also negotiated with the village. After occupying the land, the village would arrange new homesteads for the occupied families.
Since they could build their own houses in the countryside, the cost would be relatively cheaper. If the villagers received the compensation for the land, they could still be somewhat wealthy if they built their own houses.
The average income in the countryside was not high. The families thought that if they built a new house and then moved, they could earn tens of thousands of yuan. It was quite suitable. Soon, they all signed the land contract.
However, even though they thought it was suitable, Gao Bo's family was not. Although his family's small wholesale department was not big, as the largest "comprehensive wholesale department" in Er He Village and the two surrounding villages, business was still very good. Now, it was not a problem to deal with twenty to thirty thousand yuan a year.
The couple had previously discussed that after the New Year, they would clean up the warehouse on the other side of the gate. They would also buy some fertilizer, small farming tools, and so on. After calculating, it would not be difficult to earn another ten to twenty thousand yuan a year.
If the current house was occupied, the new homesteads given by the village would not be next to the roadside. In the future, it would not be convenient to import and export goods. Naturally, business would not be good.
Therefore, when the big boss sent someone to sign the land occupation contract, Gao Bo's parents made a request. Either they compensate their family more money, or they ask the owner of the land occupation to help negotiate with the village and arrange for their new homestead to be located by the roadside.
The person in charge of the negotiation, the man in the suit who had just come, agreed to go back and ask the boss after hearing the request. However, after a few days, when the surrounding neighbors finished signing the land contracts, his face changed.
He said that the boss would give each family a limited amount of land. If the Gao family gave more, the other neighbors would not accept it. In the end, everyone would make a fuss about raising the price. Therefore, the boss would definitely not give them more money.
Also, if the Gao family still wanted to rely on the roadside homesteads, they would have to discuss it with the village. They could not interfere.
Gao Bo's parents naturally did not accept it. Therefore, the negotiation this time ended on a bad note.
A few days later, the man in the suit came again. This time, he told Gao Bo's parents that the project would start next spring. When the other families who occupied the land moved away, the Gao family would be the only one left. The electricity bureau would cut off the electricity, and the fence built by the factory would isolate the Gao family's small courtyard. At that time, the Gao family would not be able to do business, and the boss would not want this house anymore.
Therefore, if they were smart, they would quickly sign the contract while they could still get the money. Otherwise, they would regret it later.
When the man said this, Gao Bo's mother was really scared. Her attitude softened. However, Gao Bo's father was famous for his stubbornness. At that time, he slammed the table with the man and told him to cut off the electricity in the house and surround the courtyard with walls.
There was no way they could use the current price to buy the land.
Therefore, the negotiation ended on a bad note again.
In the following week, the man in the suit and leather shoes did not come to the door again. But last night, the couple was awoken by the stench. When they got up, they saw that there were several buckets of feces splashed on the outside of the door and the courtyard walls.
However, the couple woke up too late and did not see who did it.
During the day, they found out from the neighbors that when their house was splashed with feces last night, a van stopped outside their courtyard. However, when the neighbors smelled the stench and climbed up the wall to take a look, the van was already far away. They did not see the license plate.
Only then did everyone understand why Gao Bo's house was filled with puddles of water and the stench was so strong in the morning. It seemed that Gao Bo's parents had washed their house many times since they woke up in the morning. By the time everyone arrived, it was still not completely clean.
When Gao Bo's father heard his wife tell him everything, he also spoke up. He said that he thought that the man in the suit had not appeared for a week. Last night, his house was splashed with feces, and today, he showed up. It was possible that the person who splashed feces was hired by them.
Gao Bo's father's judgment was very logical. Everyone recalled the man in the suit. When he entered the house and saw so many young men sitting in his house, his expression became very abnormal. They all felt that this was very likely.
Gao Bo was even more furious. He said that he would not go back to school tonight and would stay at home. He wanted to see if they dared to send people again at night.
When everyone heard this, they quickly persuaded Gao Bo. The school's rules and regulations were not a joke. If it said that students were not allowed to spend the night outside, then it was absolutely not allowed. Anyway, the work in the field was not finished today and they had to come back tomorrow. Therefore, they let Gao Bo go back first tonight.
This was a good opportunity for everyone to discuss how they could best solve the problem Gao Bo's family was facing.
Gao Bo's parents did not want their son to stay at home at night. They were afraid that the other party would really send people again and Gao Bo would be impulsive and have a conflict with them.
Therefore, they asked everyone to hurry up and eat. When they were almost done, they urged their son to hurry back to school. It would be best if he did not come back tomorrow. They could handle the family matters.
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