The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 53: Championship Bonus, Overestimating This Bunch of Extremes
He laughed, wanting to agree, but paused, quickly walked to his desk, took out some tickets from a drawer, and handed them over: "This is the subsidy for your championship win."
The tickets were held together in a thin stack with a paperclip. Ling Chengyan glanced over them; there were at least three or five types of tickets, with a locally printed pink food coupon on top.
"This..." Ling Chengyan hesitated a bit.
Prizes should be awarded openly, giving them like this in private felt a bit tricky to her.
"Don’t overthink it, mainly because you won three championships this time, so the county adjusted the rewards and decided not to announce this subsidy publicly," Zhang Hanchao explained with a smile.
This was genuinely considering her interests since after all, a woman outperforming all the men in the county to win three championships, plus winning two grand awards - a brand-name bicycle and a radio - was enough to make many envious.
Ling Chengyan accepted the tickets, thanked him, and took her leave.
It was said that the district had richer and more abundant resources. With these tickets, she could shop around a bit when the time came.
After leaving Zhang Hanchao’s office, Ling Chengyan discreetly greeted Zhang Wanxiang, Li Huaihua, and a few others, then rode her bicycle home.
The setting sun was like a salted egg yolk hanging in the sky, tinting the light clouds with a faint dye.
Riding her bike, the cool evening breeze gently lifted the hair by her ears, making Ling Chengyan feel comfortable and leisurely.
Unintentionally, she started humming the song of the guerrillas. When passing by the river beach, she casually picked up two big birds, each one fatter than the wild ducks at noon, weighing four to five pounds each.
The two birds were tied to the back seat, with milk powder packed in her satchel. Ling Chengyan cheerfully headed home, and upon reaching the village entrance, she astonishingly found not a single child in sight, which made her furrow her brows.
Usually, by evening, it was when the village kids gathered in gangs to play and make a ruckus, especially loving to play around the village entrance’s yard and the millstone. Whenever someone entered the village, these mischievous monkeys would spread the news throughout the whole brigade in no time.
She continued cycling home and soon arrived at the educated youth’s spot beside the brigade headquarters, which was also her home with the children.
Since there were no obstructions, Ling Chengyan saw from afar that many people crowded around her house’s door, vaguely hearing people shouting and children crying...
In an instant, Ling Chengyan understood why no one was at the village entrance; they had all come to her house to watch the commotion!
The entrance was crowded tightly with people. Ling Chengyan didn’t want to shout for people to make way, so she looked at the bell on her handlebar and pressed it hard, ding ding ding...
Someone turned back at the sound and saw Ling Chengyan, who was pushing her bike, and instantly felt a bit embarrassed: "Lianxiang is back!"
"Liansheng’s wife is back..."
The crowd automatically made a path for her. Ling Chengyan pushed her bike inside.
Inside the gate, Wang Lianxiang lay on the ground, covering her head with both hands, eyes closed, unsure of her condition.
Zhou Xiuying sat on the ground, wailing tragically over Wang Lianxiang, with the eldest daughter-in-law Shao Darong and the third daughter-in-law Li Xiaoxia standing behind Zhou Xiuying and her daughter. At the opposite door, Xiaoyu held a shovel in both hands, with a fierce look like a soldier guarding a city.
"Liansheng’s wife is back!" someone shouted from the crowd.
Zhou Xiuying’s wailing halted suddenly, then she threw herself onto Wang Lianxiang, sobbing: "Oh, my poor daughter, perfectly fine and got hit to death with a shovel... if you go, how will I live..."
Ling Chengyan ignored her, parked her bike at the corner, took down the two big birds from the bike, and walked towards Xiaoyu, who suddenly became emotional.
"Sister..." Xiaoyu called, tears rolling down uncontrollably, unable to speak properly.
Xiao Xing also ran out from the house, hugging Ling Chengyan tightly. Ling Chengyan dropped what she was holding, took Xiao Xing by the shoulders, and seeing the little girl’s swollen face, fury surged up: "Who hit you?"
"Auntie! Auntie said we ate beef without giving any to her or grandpa and grandma, said we were ungrateful, fed and forgetful... I stopped her from taking it, so she hit me..."
Comparatively, Xiao Xing was more articulate than Xiaoyu, clearly explaining the reason behind the incident.
Ling Chengyan wiped the tears from Xiao Xing’s face and pushed her towards Xiaoyu: "You two, go inside!"
Xiao Juan and Cui Cui, who had been inside the house, also came out then, taking over the two kids. Xiao Juan wiped Xiaoyu’s tears and said, "I still don’t know how to prepare Shi Tou’s milk powder..."
Cui Cui nodded towards Ling Chengyan and led Xiao Xing inside. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Watching the older and younger ones go inside, Ling Chengyan was just about to turn when there was another commotion in the crowd at the gate, and someone yelled, "The old party secretary is here!"
Turning back, she indeed saw the crowd parting as Wang Futang hurried in with the security director from outside. Seeing the pair lying and sitting on the ground, Wang Futang’s face turned darker: "Second family’s wife, what are you causing now? Isn’t there already enough to laugh at?"
Zhou Xiuying’s voice rose sharply, slapping Wang Lianxiang and crying out: "Poor Xiang Xiang, you got hit to death with a shovel, and no one is standing up for you..."
Ling Chengyan squinted at the mother and daughter, coldly saying: "Crying injustice? When can the thieves who rob at the door cry injustice? Ha, you’re really good at flipping the blame!"
Before she finished speaking, she had already picked up the shovel Xiaoyu used earlier, held it high and said: "Since I’m being falsely accused of something I didn’t do, I might as well make it true!"
As soon as she finished her words, the shovel in her hand came crashing down towards Wang Lianxiang.
Her strength was greater than the average person’s, and fueled with anger, her force was even stronger. As the shovel slammed down, it carried a whistling wind.
Zhou Xiuying was so frightened she forgot to wail, yelping and collapsing to one side. Wang Lianxiang was even more terrified, rolling just in time to narrowly avoid Ling Chengyan’s shovel.
The place where she rolled was a path paved with half-bricks, firmly mixed with soil over the years.
Ling Chengyan brought down the shovel, and three or four half-bricks shattered, with some fragments flying, hitting Zhou Xiuying and Wang Lianxiang, scaring them into another bout of crying and screaming.
The shovel hit the ground, as Wang Futang’s shout of "Stop!" just came out.
Looking at the shattered blue bricks on the ground, Wang Futang and the onlookers fell silent in unison.
Xiao Juan and Cui Cui watched the scene outside through the window, both feeling a bit thankful and reflecting, grateful to be on good terms with Ling Chengyan’s family. When the children were wronged, they couldn’t completely shield them, but neither did they stand idly by.
Wang Futang’s raised hand shook along with his heart, letting out a sigh of relief, and lowered: "Fourth daughter-in-law!"
Ling Chengyan still held the shovel, but upon hearing the call, she looked up at Wang Futang, her face calm, devoid of rage, as if she hadn’t been the one about to wield the shovel.
