Chapter 19 Helping Huo Beixi down from the ladder
After Huo Beixi took Sun Ping away, Hua Xiali went over to close the gate of the courtyard, while Hua's mother lit the kerosene lamp in the dark. There was often a shortage of electricity here, so every household prepared kerosene lamps and candles in case of emergency.

Sitting down to eat again, Hua Xiali said, "I hope today's meal can really serve as a deterrent. Otherwise, it won't be good if Sun Ping always comes to cut off our electricity. Besides, Qiuli will be on summer vacation soon, and we have to hurry up and prepare for our lessons by then!"

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Zhang Yongfeng lowered his head in self-blame.

"Brother-in-law, this has nothing to do with you. It's because others are too mean." Hua Xiali said hurriedly, fearing that Zhang Yongfeng would think too much.

As a son-in-law, he really can't say much, otherwise the villagers will think that he, an outsider, dares to bully the villagers, and maybe everyone will unite to bully him.

There is a saying that goes, "When a man falls, everyone pushes him down." This is almost the case in their family now. After all, her father used to have a good job and a high income. Many people are jealous of him and hope that bad things will happen to him!

"Brother-in-law, this is one of the reasons why I let my eldest sister go back to school. Only when we are strong, no one will dare to bully us. From now on, my eldest sister and little sister study hard, mom takes care of the family, and the two of us make money. Our family works together, and no one will dare to bully us in the future."

Zhang Yongfeng nodded firmly, "Yes, we will make a lot of money and make sure no one dares to bully us anymore."

Sun Ping's appearance affected everyone's mood. Everyone ate a few bites and stopped eating. Then they took turns to wash up. Hua Xiali was about to rest when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She walked out of the house with a flashlight in confusion, walked to the gate, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

"Huo Beixi." Huo Beixi's low voice came from outside.

She didn't know why, but hearing his voice made Hua Xiali feel a sense of security for no reason. It might be because in her previous life, she often went to Huo Beixi's grave, swept his grave, chatted with him, confided in him, and secretly treated him as a friend and family member. Could it be related?

After all, if you confide your inner world to a living person, everyone will know about it in no time. However, if you confide in a dead person, not only will your inner depression be released, but no one will even know about it.

Hua Xiali quickly opened the gate and looked at Huo Beixi in confusion, "What's the matter with you coming to our house so late?"

Seeing Hua Xiali holding a flashlight, Huo Beixi said, "Shine it." Then he walked to the power switch and took a look. Seeing that the power switch was turned off by Sun Ping and there was no electricity, he climbed up the ladder and reconnected the wires that Sun Ping had cut off.

Hua Xiali stood beside the ladder, holding a flashlight to illuminate Huo Beixi. She looked up at Huo Beixi's tall figure, feeling touched and warm in her heart.

Huo Beixi has only been in office for a year, and no one knows him very well. The same is true for Hua Xiali. In his previous life, because of lack of understanding and familiarity, and because he did not know how to ask his superiors for help when something happened, his family suffered so much grievance.

But after several contacts, she felt that Huo Beixi seemed to be a good person except that he looked a little fierce and a little silent.

He is the village party secretary of five small villagers' groups in an entire big village. He has so many people to manage and so many things to do, so it is normal for him to be a little fierce. Otherwise, how can he manage the village and carry out his work if the villagers are all smiling and frivolous with him?
Moreover, the most taboo thing for leaders and employees is to become friends.

A superior is a superior, and a subordinate is a subordinate. Once they have close contacts and become friends, the subordinate will become more and more demanding and interfere with the work of the superior. Therefore, it is right and necessary for Huo Beixi to be serious with everyone.

Seeing Huo Beixi turn around and stretch out his hand to him, Hua Xiali thought he wanted her to help him down, so he quickly stretched out his hand, held his hand tightly, and looked at Huo Beixi seriously. When his hand was held, Huo Beixi felt as if something exploded in his mind. Looking at Hua Xiali's bright eyes and serious expression, knowing that she had misunderstood what he meant, Huo Beixi said nothing, took the opportunity to hold the boneless little hand, and then went down the ladder.

Her hands were so soft and smooth, and her skin was slightly cool.

"Huo Beixi, thank you." Hua Xiali said gratefully after carefully helping Huo Beixi down from the ladder.

"Give me the flashlight, I'll check the wires." Huo Beixi finally said it.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Hua Xiali handed the flashlight to Huo Beixi and walked into the house. She hadn't given the handkerchief to Huo Beixi yet, so she went back to the room and pretended to get it.

Huo Beixi took the flashlight and climbed up the ladder again, using the flashlight to check. There were indeed many wounds on the wires, which were all evidence of Sun Ping bullying their family.

The wires have been damaged like this, it is definitely unsafe to use them any further and they need to be replaced as soon as possible.

Finally, Huo Beixi turned on the power switch, and the room suddenly lit up with warm yellow light.

Hua Xiali came out with a handkerchief and handed it to Huo Beixi, "This is a new handkerchief I bought. It's the same style as yours. Thank you for your help."

"You're welcome." Huo Beixi took the handkerchief and put it in his pocket, then said, "If something like this happens again in the future, you must report it to the village in time. It is the village's responsibility to help the villagers solve their problems. If the villagers don't need it, then there is no need for village cadres to exist. Village cadres serve all villagers. These are their jobs. If they are unwilling to help you solve the problem, then that is their problem. You can come to me or find someone in town."

"I understand." Hua Xiali nodded in agreement. In this life, she would never let those who bullied her family have an easy time. Although she had no ability, she could do as Huo Beixi said and find the right person. If that didn't work, she could then find the public security comrades, because the public security comrades also serve the people.

After Huo Beixi left, Hua Xiali closed the gate and was about to lock it when he opened it again and followed him out with a flashlight in hand.

When Huo Beixi saw the circle of light of the flashlight, he stopped and turned to look at Hua Xiali. Hua Xiali also stopped, and there was about one meter between them.

At this time, the two people were in the open space in front of Hua Xiali's uncle's house, so no outsiders would see them standing here, and no outsiders would hear their voices.

"Huo Beixi." Hua Xiali hesitated but still spoke, "Can I ask you a personal question?"

"You ask." Huo Beixi said, without any anger in his tone.

(End of this chapter)