Chapter 29
Zhou Laoer came out after finishing speaking. He had just separated and had a lot of things to do. At the very least, he needed to build a stove, otherwise he couldn't cook.
Zhou Yi wanted to watch the fun, so he stuck his head at the door of the upper room and looked inside, only to see Mr. Zhou and Boss Zhou scolding Da Lang a few words, and Da Lang kept crying that it was his first time to go. If you don't commit any more crimes in the future, this matter will pass like this.
On the other hand, Second Sister Li looked at the slap marks on Da Lang's face, and blamed Zhou Lao Er for being too aggressive: "His second uncle is also true. Da Lang is the eldest grandson of the Zhou family after all. Even if he wants to fight, it should be Dad. He is a second uncle." Uncle has such a heavy hand, and still faces so many people on the street, what face will Da Lang have in front of his classmates in the future!"
Zhou Boss kept a dark face and said nothing, but seeing that Zhou Lao Er hit Da Lang in his heart micro word.
Zhou Yi's heart became angry when he saw it, what the hell, I really can't be a good person. He rushed to Zhou Laoer and imitated what Li Ermei had said just now, without the slightest sense of shame in making a small report.
Zhou Lao Er was silent for a while, "It seems that I am meddling in my own business." Then he continued the work in hand. Wang Yan came over and nodded Zhou Yi's forehead: "Go and play, don't worry about your father's work." "
Oh." Zhou Yi stuck out his tongue, knowing that Wang Yan was going to comfort Zhou's second child, so he He ran away in a flash.
The family is separated, except for the house and the land, the second room is not available. Naturally, the sisters don't have to be busy hunting pigweed and feeding chickens and ducks. The big girl is used to doing it, so she can't take any time off, so she fetches water to clean up the two houses. Clean and tidy, Sanya hid in the house early in the morning and didn't know what she was doing. The five and six were so brisk, they all ran out to play with their friends in the village.
Zhou Yi looked at the sky boredly, and strolled out of Zhou's courtyard. There are about two hundred households in Xiawan Village, which can be regarded as a big village. The county is relatively close, and the men in the village can go to work part-time when they are not farming, so the whole village is usually quite peaceful.
It's a pity that the recent forced labor has seriously injured the village's muscles and bones. Less than one-tenth of the people who can afford the money, more people need to go out, and it is still unknown whether they will return.
In the past few days, the village has been shrouded in gloom. There are no old grandparents chatting and beating at the entrance of the village. Even the noisy children in the past seem to feel the heavy atmosphere, and the joy of fighting in the village is gone.
Zhou Yi walked all the way, seeing that there was no one on the sun-dried grain dam at the entrance of the village, which was still full of laughter and laughter in the past, and felt powerless again.
Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely is just an ideal rural life, but in ancient times, farmers were more likely to face the loess and their backs to the sky, and always prayed for God to reward them with food. The world is peaceful, officials are clean, landlords are kind, and family members are healthy. If you get sick, whatever you do here is waiting for your family to be ruined.
There is no Yile here to see Nanshan leisurely, only the helplessness of struggling to survive.
A few days later, the official sent to the village, and the labor team was about to set off.
"Father, father..."
"Shuanzi, Shuanzi, you must be well, and you must come back alive..."
"Dazhu, my child and I are waiting for you to come home..."
There were yelling and crying everywhere. In one piece, the officials scolded the people who saw them off, and the people in the village could not go any further when they reached the entrance of the village.
Some people hugged each other and cried bitterly. After leaving, I don't know if they can come back. Even if they can come back, they will be useless.
Zhou Yi asked himself that he was not a sentimental person, but at this moment he couldn't help but feel his eyes burning. He squeezed his little fist, he must prevent himself and his family from falling into such a situation.
The people who went to the room were surprised to see that Zhou Laoer did not go to labor, and Mr. Zhou pointed at Zhou Laoer with a cigarette bag: "Second brother, why didn't you go? Didn't you run away? You are going to kill us all. My son!"
Zhou Er Er looked at Mr. Zhou blankly: "Don't worry, I didn't run away, I am not included in the labor quota." "
You bought the quota with money? Where did you get the money?" Mr. Zhou was puzzled He looked at Zhou Lao Er.
Zhou's mother patted her thigh and called: "Why do you ask, I must have been ignorant of the money early in the morning and lost my conscience. I hid the money by myself and dug it from the public. My God, this big family I can hardly afford to eat, why are there such heartless people!"
Standing behind Mr. Zhou, Boss Zhou and Second Sister Li also looked at Elder Zhou suspiciously.
Zhou Er Er sneered: "Ma'am, it's useless to shout loudly, we have already separated, and you don't know if I can hide the money?"
Zhou's mother thought so too. Every month, he would take more than one or two taels of silver from the house, and the most he could do carpentry was like this, even if he wanted to hide money, he didn't have much money.
"Then where did you get the money?" Zhou's mother swept Zhou Er'er back and forth with her eyes like a searchlight.
"I borrowed it." At this moment, a deep voice came from the door, and the Zhou family looked at the door. At this point, Mother Zhou twitched the corners of her mouth, and Old Man Zhou lowered his eyebrows and eyes.
"Uncle!" When Zhou Yi saw the approaching person, he let out a whoosh and jumped on him.
The big man hugged Zhou Yi and laughed loudly: "My boy, you are growing strong again, your parents have given you delicious food!"
Zhou Yi was happy.
"Brother, why are you here?" Seeing this, Zhou Lao Er rushed up to meet him.
"Isn't your family separated? I haven't come to see it yet. I heard that nothing is divided. If I don't come again, my little sister will not be bullied to death, and my nephew will suffer with you!" Wang Hu looked at the Zhou family's upper room and said.
The people in the room he said twitched the corners of their mouths, so much emotion is for nothing.
"Brother..." Zhou Er Er scratched his head, although he was usually a neat person outside, but he was a little apprehensive in the face of this burly and straightforward brother-in-law.
"Brother..." Wang Yan came out of the room and saw Wang Hu, and cried out in surprise.
"Little sister." Wang Hu hugged Zhou Yi and followed Zhou Yi and his wife into the house. The people in the upper room of Zhou's family didn't dare to say anything, so they hid and went into the upper room. This Wang Hu is a well-known capable person in ten miles and eight villages.
He hunts for a living, and he dares to go no matter how deep the forest is. He was once famous in Guang'an County for beating a tiger by himself. Scared to pee. Earlier, Zhou's family exchanged a bag of food for Wang Yan to marry Zhou's second son. It was because Wang Hu was not at home, and his father was a medicine jar, so the stepmother wanted to marry her to Zhou's second son in order to improve Wang Yan's life. This cripple made her have a hard time in the future. For this, she didn't even want the gift money. Later, when Wang Hu came back from hunting in the deep mountains, he directly turned the family upside down. Not only did he punish his stepmother, but he also directly beat Zhou's house, wanting to take Wang Yan back. She was scared out of her wits, if Wang Yan hadn't made up her mind to protect Zhou's second son and live with him, maybe there would be no Zhou Yi siblings now. Wang Yan hurriedly stole a cup of sugar water for Wang Hu. Seeing that Zhou Yi was still on Wang Hu's body, she said angrily, "Come down soon, your uncle must be tired after walking such a long distance. " Waving his hand: "What are you talking about? I didn't take a breath when I came back from carrying two wild boars on the mountain. He is so small that he doesn't lose a little bit. It's no different from a pig or a hair!" Wang Yan also knew that her brother was born with a pig . Divine power, after hearing the words, I no longer say anything. Only Zhou Yi pursed his lips and was unhappy, why did this sound so unpleasant. Wang Huyi's nephew pouted, only to realize that what he said just now made Xiaowazi unhappy, so he hurriedly said, "Look at my mouth, my nephew is not a velvet hair, but a little man." Zhou Yi pursed his mouth Happy. Wang Hu calmed down Zhou Yi, and then he said to Wang Yan and Zhou Laoer: "You guys don't know how to send me a letter after you separated. Well, I heard that your two hundred taels of silver only came to twenty taels?" Zhou Laoer laughed dryly: "That's what happened!"
Wang Hu snorted: "If you want me to say that you are too soft-hearted, a man should be hard-hearted, otherwise he will only find trouble for his wife and children. If you notify me before the separation, no matter what, yours will not be able to escape. "
Although Zhou Laoer is in awe of Wang Hu, he also knows that Wang Hu treats Wang Yan sincerely, and he is also sincere to him, so he also confides in Wang Hu: "Actually, there is no money for going to the house." Calculated the money spent by Shang Fang over the years to Wang Hu, and finally said: "I also earned a sum of money a few days ago, and now I can live well.
" "You know it's not the material for studying, but you insist on wasting money. Isn't this burning money? You said you made a lot of money, what are you doing?"
Zhou Laoer whispered in Wang Hu's ear when he heard the words After a few words, Wang Hu listened, smiled happily, and slapped Zhou Laoer on the shoulder, making Zhou Laoer grin in pain. Zhou Yi twitched in empathy.
"Okay, you, it's better to have a craft, so I won't worry about your life. I originally said to give you some money, but now it seems that I don't need it. This time I brought half a wild boar. You are warming the pot!"
What Zhou Yi likes the most is his uncle's straightforward personality, and he can say whatever he wants.
"What's the matter, half a wild boar can be exchanged for a lot of money..." Zhou Lao Er wanted to decline.
Wang Huhu said with a straight face: "Why are you jittering like a woman, I just give it to you to eat, don't tell me I have to carry it so far away, and I want me to carry it back?"
Zhou Laoer saw that his brother-in-law pulled his face down, and then I dare not say anything.
"Brother, why didn't you bring Wang Yuan and Lingzi here? Now that we have separated, they can have a good time." Wang Yan asked Wang Hu.
Wang Yuan is Zhou Yi's cousin. He is fifteen years old this year. He is tall and big, with a simple heart and a simple heart. He is almost carved out of the same mold as Wang Hu.
Wang Ling is a cousin, one year older than Da Ya, with a quick temper and quick work. Wang Yan likes this niece very much.