Just when Wang Bo and Wang Li were arguing.
In the temple, Shagen and the others were ready to go back for dinner.
A dozen bicycles and a temple repair engineering team set off from the temple.
"Uncle, how old am I this year?" Shagen asked while riding his bicycle.
"Why are you asking?" A simple and honest middle-aged man asked, and he was the captain of the temple repair team.
"I just want to know."
"You came here at the age of sixteen. You have worked in Tagong for five years. You should be twenty-one now." After the temple repair team leader finished speaking, he asked Shagen again: "Why do you ask?"
"Nothing." Shagen snickered. He is old enough to get married.
Although Sha Gen looks stupid, he is not really stupid. He knows it in his heart and is smarter than many people.
A few people rode for a while.
"Uncle, how much money have you saved for me?" Shagen asked again.
"Why do you ask?" The captain of the temple repair team likes to ask questions clearly and always likes to ask rhetorically.
"I just want to know."
"Accountant!" The temple repair team leader called the accountant over.
"Captain, what's going on?"
"How much money have we saved?"
"It must be fifty or sixty thousand."
"Five or six?"
"six."
Shagen also heard it from the side, "Uncle, bring it up to me."
"What are you doing?" the temple repair team leader asked.
"I want to go home and build a house and marry a wife." Shagen did not hide it this time. The captain still needs help with getting a wife.
"We have grown up." The captain of the temple repair team laughed, "When I go back during the Chinese New Year, I will find you a good wife."
Even around 2000, marriage in rural areas was mainly based on blind dates.
They went along the road to a place to eat.
At this time, Wang Li was walking on the road alone.
Wang Bo didn't turn around and come back to pick her up.
Wang Li was tired and thirsty, and happened to see Shagen and the others passing by.
"Hey" she waved hurriedly.
But the temple repair captain and others ignored Wang Li.
People at this time have learned to mind their own business.
Only Shagen turned his head and looked hard at Wang Li.
I recognized Wang Li as the woman who worshiped Buddha very devoutly.
Only then did he stay, while everyone else left.
Thirsty, so thirsty, Wang Li grabbed Shagen's water bottle and poured it into her mouth.
Wang Li's movement of drinking water seemed very charming. Shagen looked at it blankly, her heart seemed to move again, her face turned red again, and she lowered her head shyly.
When the legal age for marriage is reached, winter is about to pass and spring is coming, Shagen needs to start a family.
Let Wang Li sit in the back, and Shagen sets off on his bicycle.
"Hey, what's your name?" Wang Li asked.
"I don't have a name. People in the village call me Shagen." Maybe Shagen doesn't have an ID card yet. It's not clear whether he has a household registration. But if you have a household registration, you should have a first name, at least a surname.
"You're not a local, are you?" Wang Li asked, asking for details.
"I'm from Hebei, and I came here to build a temple." As expected, Shazhu explained his origin.
"Then you have accumulated great virtues." Wang Li only talked about Shagen's affairs and did not mention anything about her own affairs. She is a thief and takes great care of her privacy.
"I am an orphan. As long as I can remember, I have followed the adults in the village to build temples to earn a living. Temple building is a craft passed down by our village ancestors."
The two chatted casually, talking about stupid things.
Wang Li didn't even tell Sha Gen what her name was.
She was wary of Shagen.
Arrived at a nearby town.
Wang Li took out some money and gave it to Shagen, "Thank you, please go back."
Shagen is too embarrassed to ask for it.
"Just take it!" Wang Li stuffed the money into Shagen's pocket.
Shagen rode away, leaving behind a message: "I didn't give it to you for money."
Wang Li smiled and turned away.
But Shagen rode back again. He took a necklace from his neck and put it in Wang Li's hand.
"What is this?" Wang Li asked.
"The magic pestle was given to me by the lama in the temple. Give it to you. It can ward off evil spirits." After Shagen finished speaking, he rode away.
At this moment, Shagen liked Wang Li. His heart was agitated.
Wang Li looked carefully at the Demonic Pestle, and heard the faint sound of the temple in her ears.
outside the wall.
The people of the temple construction project team are eating.
They were holding fast food cups one by one, sitting in the corner, or squatting on the ground.
It is normal for them to eat like this.
At this time.
The accountant is back.
"Have you eaten everything?" The accountant went to the bank to help Shagen withdraw money.
"Did you get it back?" the captain asked.
"I got it back." The accountant held a brown handbag in his hand.
He took out a large envelope from inside, containing Shagen's 60,000 yuan.
"Shagen! Shagen!" The captain called Shagen over, "I got the money back for you."
Shagen stepped forward and took a look, with a heartfelt smile on his face.
"Shagen, look, it's 60,000, right? Ask the accountant to send it back to you." The captain reminded.
The accountant sealed the envelope, "Shagen, let me tell you, if you send it back, 60,000 yuan will become 59,400 yuan. You have to pay for postage."
It is difficult to tell whether this statement about postage is true or false.
Some people say that it is not that high, and only 100 postage is charged for 60,000 yuan.
Some people say that at the post office agency, the upper limit is 5,000 per time, and the postage fee is 50. If you ask for 60,000, you need 12 times, which is exactly 600 postage.
In any case, at that time, transferring money across regions was indeed a bit troublesome.
Nowadays, it is more convenient to use mobile banking, and normally there is no handling fee.
"Six hundred yuan?! Sixty thousand yuan for postage?" Shagen looked surprised and dissatisfied, thinking the charge was too high.
The accountant explained: "It is stipulated by the state."
"Six hundred yuan can buy a donkey in my hometown." Shagen was still planning to buy a donkey. He thought about starting a family and living a life in the future, so he had to plan carefully.
The accountant was speechless and looked at the captain.
The captain advised Shagen, "Shagen, you save 600 and lose 60,000. I'd better send it back to you."
Several other workers also said:
"There are a lot of thieves out there. I'll steal them for you again."
"Don't talk about stealing, I'll rob it for you."
All they meant was, don't save on postage, otherwise the 60,000 yuan will be gone.
It is not unreasonable for them to say so.
But Shagen didn’t believe it, “How could there be so many thieves?”
The captain advised again: "Listen to my uncle and ask the accountant to send it back to you."
"Sixty thousand yuan is less than the weight of a brick. I can't take it back!" Shagen said and left. He refused to mail it back.
"This kid is quite stubborn."
Zhou Qiang was passing by nearby and happened to hear these words.
He shook his head and smiled, "Being stupid is not stupid at all, but stingy.
But the more stingy you are, the bigger problems you will cause. "
In the movie, Shagen's 60,000 yuan can be regarded as tricking the male protagonist to death, and also tricking the strongest supporting actor to death.
Zhou Qiang didn't go over to talk to him, he just left and continued wandering around.
At night.
Zhou Qiang took a sip of shredded beef and a sip of wine, still enjoying himself outside.
At this time, a young junior came from a distance.
Seeing Zhou Qiang walking unsteadily, he hurriedly asked: "Hey, are you okay?"
"It's okay! Who are you?" Zhou Qiang smelled of alcohol and looked drunk.
"I'm stupid."
"Silly Gen? He turns out to be a fool!" Zhou Qiang shook his head, seeming to be a little disdainful.
Seeing Zhou Qiang like this, Shagen was a little unhappy: "I'm not stupid."
"You're not stupid, why are you called stupid?"
"I'm not a fool, I'm a fool." Shagen was a little anxious. He's not stupid, he's smart.
"They are all the same, they are all from the stupid generation." At this time, Zhou Qiang tore off a piece of beef and asked Sha Gen: "Do you want to eat it?"
"I won't eat." Shagen was embarrassed to take advantage of others.
"Look, you said you're not stupid. You won't eat meat. How can you be a fool?" Zhou Qiang looked contemptuous.
"Then I'll eat it." Shagen took the beef and took a big bite.
“Look, you don’t understand why you can’t just eat food from strangers.
All children know this.
You still say you are not stupid? ! "Zhou Qiang despises Shagen again.
"I" Shagen had a mouthful of beef in his mouth and didn't know whether to eat or vomit.
"Look, aren't you stupid? I said a few words and you lost your mind. You are really stupid!" Zhou Qiang said without mercy.
At this time, Shagen finally realized that the person in front of him was deliberately looking for trouble.
He ignored Zhou Qiang and walked into the wild.
"Hey, idiot, what are you doing over there at night?"
Shagen paused and continued to move forward. He decided that no matter what the drunkard behind him said, he would not reply.
"Hey, idiot, there are wolves over there, be careful to eat you!" Zhou Qiang shouted again.
"I'm not a fool." Shagen replied again, "I know there are wolves over there, and I'm looking for them."
"What are you doing with the wolf?"
"I say goodbye to them."
"What? What did you say?" Zhou Qiang didn't seem to understand.
"You don't understand even after I tell you." Shagen was a little proud.
"I do not believe."
"If you don't believe me, just follow up and take a look."
"Then I want to see." Zhou Qiang paused, "I want to see how you were eaten by the wolf."
"Wolves don't eat me. They and I are friends."
"Friend? You are indeed a fool. There is no way a wolf can be a friend."
"Why isn't it possible?"
"Why? Let me ask you, what will happen if a little lamb meets a wolf in the wild?"
"Will be eaten by wolves."
"What will happen if a child encounters a wolf in the wild?"
"have no idea."
"Don't know? Haha, he will definitely be eaten by wolves."
Shagen remained silent. He knew Zhou Qiang was right.
"Have you heard the story "Mr. Dongguo and the Wolf"?" Zhou Qiang asked.
"Have not heard."
"Then have you heard the story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"?"
"I think I've heard this before."
"Now that you've heard of it, do you still think wolves are good?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about. I know that Fugui and Yulan won't eat me."
"What?" Zhou Qiang didn't seem to understand.
"We've arrived." Shagen stopped and shouted: "Fugui! Magnolia! Come all!"
"You won't see me if you don't come back!"
Following Shagen's shout, seven wolves appeared one after another in the distance.
"I'm going home to get a wife!"
"I have been here for five years, and every New Year, you have been here with me to visit the construction site."
"When I go back this time, I won't see you."
"Hey, idiot." Zhou Qiang said, "Do you dare to come closer?"
"Why should I come closer?"
"I want to see if they eat you?"
"I won't go there."
"You don't dare?"
"Who says I don't dare!" Shagen became stubborn and took a few steps forward, then turned around and asked, "Do you dare to come over and take a look?"
"Why don't you dare to do this? Remember when I went up to the mountains to hunt tigers and went into the sea to catch dragons? I didn't do anything else?"
"No, it's just bragging!" Shagen walked forward.
"Don't believe it. I was so powerful back then." Zhou Qiang followed.
When Shagen and Zhou Qiang got closer and closer, the wolf reacted.
They bared their teeth and made low calls.
Shagen stopped.
He looked at the wolf hesitantly.
"Hey, idiot, they don't react like you are a friend." Zhou Qiang said sarcastically.
"Fugui, Magnolia, it's me." Shagen talked to the wolf.
Those wolves were walking around uneasily, staring at Sha Gen and Zhou Qiang, as if they wanted to rush over at any time and eat Sha Gen and Zhou Qiang.
"Hey, Shagen, be careful, this is the wolf about to attack." Zhou Qiang reminded.
Shagen nodded, clenched the flashlight in his hand, feeling a little scared, "How about we go?"
"Okay, for your sake, let these wolves go now."
"Let's walk backwards, don't turn your back to the wolf." Shagen reminded.
"I understand, it seems you are not stupid either."
"I told you I'm not stupid."
Shagen and Zhou Qiang slowly retreated, but the wolves did not follow.
After a while.
They stayed away from the seven wolves and returned to the town.
"Hey, Shagen, are you and those wolves still friends?"
Shagen said nothing. He was a little unhappy because he thought he was friends with the wolf.
"Shagen, come on, have a drink."
"I don't drink."
"If you're a man, you'll eat meat and drink wine."
Shagen felt that he was a man, so he drank a sip of wine and ate a piece of meat.
"Shagen, where are you from?"
"Hebei."
"Oh, I'm from Jiangxi. Where are you from in Hebei?"
"I am."
"Shagen, my name is Zhou Qiang, you can just call me Brother Qiang. In this world, I am also a person."
"Brother Qiang, why don't you marry a wife?" Shagen asked proactively.
"I have no money."
"If you don't have money, why don't you work to make money?"
"I made 100,000 yuan before, but I was cheated."
"What? Were you cheated?"
"Yes, I worked for seven years and earned one hundred thousand.
Falling in love with a beautiful woman and thinking about getting married and having children.
But one day, she said that her father was ill and needed medical treatment, and she wanted to borrow money from me.
I gave her all 100,000.
She disappeared. "
"Gone? How could it be missing?"
"The ID card she showed me was fake, and her hometown address was also fake. I've looked for her, but she's not there. She's just a liar!"
"If you were defrauded of money, let's make more money."
"Shagen, do you think I can be a liar?"
"cannot!"
"Why not? If others lie to me, I will also lie to others."
"This is wrong. If you are a bad person, you will go to hell after death. This is what the lama in the temple said."
"Then I wasn't deceived in vain?"
"Be careful in the future and don't be fooled again." Sha Gen sympathized with Zhou Qiang.
"Hey, Shagen, I have no money, please help me buy a train ticket."
"Where's the train ticket?"
"Aren't you leaving? Where are you going?"
"I go."
"Then let's go together. I'm going to the capital."
"Okay. Brother Qiang, where will you stay tonight?"
"I'm staying in a hotel."
"Then let's meet at the train station at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"great, see you tomorrow."
After saying goodbye to Shagen.
Zhou Qiang went to the wild again.
He killed all those wolves.
The reason is very simple. These wolves have all eaten people.
The smell of blood attracted other wolves.
Zhou Qiang killed them all without stopping.
(End of chapter)
