Chapter 323

Village chief Wang Changlin's eyebrows furrowed slightly, forming shallow grooves as if bearing the weight of heavy thoughts. He sat there quietly, saying nothing, lost in a brief and profound contemplation. After quite a while, he slowly raised his head, fixed his gaze on Xiao Weiguo across from him, and began to recount the specific details of the deceased. "Let's talk about Wang Xuezhu first. He's actually from my own clan and shares my surname; according to our family seniority, I even have to respectfully call him uncle. He is already sixty years old this year, with no children, and has lived as a bachelor his whole life, never settling down to build a family. In the past, he basically just stayed home all day doing nothing, qualifying as one of our village's guaranteed relief recipients. But just last year, a new textile mill was built over in Xiaotun. Figuring he was just idling around at home, he went and signed up to apply for a job. Heh! You'll never guess what happened? They actually gave him a job as a gatekeeper!"