Two days later, at dawn, Song Shi led the successor of the Butcher Knife to the agreed bridge and waited for Li Qiang. Before Li Qiang came, he asked his eldest sister to buy steamed buns and soy milk at the street corner. The father and daughter ate while waiting. .
Finished eating the buns.
Song Shi unscrewed the lid and took a sip of the Patchouli tea he brought with him, and then Li Qiang came. Next to him was a young man, 1.6 meters tall, thin and frail, with slumped shoulders and a sluggish appearance.
"Brother Song, have you been waiting for a long time? Sorry, I got up late."
Not really.
The main reason was that the ancestor regretted it in the end and stayed on the bed refusing to open his eyes. In the end, he got violent and pulled him up.
No, people are still angry.
"It's okay, we've only been here for a while." Song Shi said calmly.
Li Qiang smiled and touched his head and said, "Brother Song, have you had breakfast? Can I treat you to something?"
"just eaten."
Li Qiang: "."
Even more embarrassed.
I took my younger brother and quickly bought two big steamed buns before starting on my way.
The two of them chatted along the way.
Bragging and slandering have shortcomings.
I don’t know why I mentioned the recent pork market.
The weather is hot, so the pigs are really hard to sell. They will go bad if left for a day or two.
"We can freeze it in the freezer, but the price of frozen meat will be lower!" Li Qiang let out a long sigh after finishing speaking.
"There's nothing we can do about it." Song Shi agreed, "Hey, speaking of this, I remembered something."
"During the days when my mother-in-law was in the hospital giving birth to her baby, didn't I have to watch over her? When I was fetching water for cooking in the water room, I heard from my aunt that a braised pork seller there had died suddenly."
"I thought at that time that I was a fellow traveler, so I asked a few more questions. In the end, guess what I asked?"
He had a mysterious expression on his face.
Li Qiang was also curious, "What's going on?"
"You know, there are quite a lot of braised pork, cold dishes and other roasted chickens and ducks in the market. That family set up a stall next to the entrance of the vegetable market. They sell everything and the price is cheap. Many people come to buy vegetables. I just bought some cold dishes and went back, so his business is pretty good."
"He sells well and takes away business. Other braised pork sellers can't sell as much money. After all, there are only so many people buying vegetables. If there are people who sell more, there will be people who can't sell anymore. "
"You know how vicious the people in the city are."
"We fought several times and the stall was knocked down several times."
"That shop and the others selling braised pork and cold dishes are as close as enemies."
"Then one day, the man from that family went out to have a drink and didn't come back until midnight. He was found dead in a ditch on the roadside the next day. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen. His face was buried in the mud and water, and he suffocated to death."
"It is said that he drank too much and accidentally fell into the ditch. He happened to be face down. He was drunk and had no strength to struggle, so he was covered to death."
"The aunt said that she was guessing that it was actually those sellers of cold vegetables and braised pork that pushed him into the ditch and covered him to death because he sold it too cheap and harmed the interests of others. But this is a guess and there is no evidence. ?The man’s parents and his mother-in-law had been arguing for a while without getting any results. Later, his mother-in-law remarried, and the two children were left to the grandparents with nothing to eat, nothing to wear, and they couldn’t even go to school. It’s a miserable life to be bullied.”
Seeing Li Qiang's eyes widening and taking a breath, Song Shi smiled and said, "You don't know where we are now. The aunt said that after the man in that family died, many unknown people came to the door and said They were friends of that man. They had borrowed money from them before they were alive. Some even had IOUs, saying that the debts were repaid to the old man, and that the old man should repay the money, otherwise his house would be smashed and burned, and he also told them to be careful about their house. With two children, the man's wife took away all the family's money when she remarried. How much money did the two old ones have? Everything that was slightly valuable in the family was taken away to pay debts, and not a single grain of food was left. I heard that they dig wild vegetables on the roadside every day to eat."
Song Shi pretended not to see the thoughtful look in Li Qiang's eyes and continued, "I asked one more question because I originally thought about whether I could go to the city to develop, but if I have to lose my life for money, it's not worth it. .”
The morning wind carries a hint of coolness.
Dew streaked across my ankles.
Li Qiang couldn't help but shiver, the sweat on his face slid down his cheeks, his thin vest stuck tightly to his back, and the chill rising from the soles of his feet reached the top of his head.
Song Dongmei felt horrified when she heard this.
She only saw her father selling pork as if it was easy. He was selling almost as much as he could on the road. He was collecting the bills in his pocket, but she didn't expect that there were so many dark and sinister things in the process.
horrible!
Dad treats them badly.
Dad doesn't like his daughter.
But what if I really don’t have my father anymore?
Song Dongmei thought of a whole set of French, French and Chinese programs in an instant.
Li Hong was also frightened out of his sleep.
He suddenly remembered the situation at home when his parents died one after another.
At that time, relatives came to the house asking for money, like bandits, and even the door panels of his house were removed and carried away. The cold wind blew in, and he and his brother huddled by the stove to light the fire to keep warm. I thought I was going to freeze to death that winter
Song Shi: My words have come to this. If you persist in persisting, you will be in danger of life or death.
The four went to the village.
Saw the pig.
Let’s talk about price again.
The last person drove two home.
It was Li Hong's first time to drive pigs. He was in a hurry and sweating profusely from exhaustion. Song Dongmei told him her own experience and gained the expressionless expression of an arrogant young man.
She doesn't care either.
Think of it as her being nosy.
Li Qiang smiled and said, "Mei Zi is still capable. Brother Song, you have a successor. How is it like me? My younger brother can't do anything and is not good at reading."
Song Dongmei: "."
Thank you very much.
But I don't think it's a compliment.
The two families separated by the bridge.
On the way, Song Shi asked, "How did you do in your final exam?"
I was so busy during this period that I forgot about it.
Song Dongmei's skin tightened, and all the muscles in her body were almost stiff. If you asked what children were most afraid of, the number one thing would definitely be being asked about their grades.
"The results haven't come out yet." She replied in a low voice.
"When are you going to get your results?"
"The teacher said to go to school on July 8th to get the notice."
"oh."
Song Shi seemed to ask casually.
Song Dongmei was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat.
Song Chunyu had already cooked porridge and fried two vegetables. When Song Dongmei came out from the shower, he took a bucket of warm water in and took a shower.
I went out and drank two large bowls of porridge, then lay down to rest.
I slept until four o'clock in the afternoon.
Before dinner in the evening, he went out for a walk. He came back with a solemn look on his face and said, "Don't let the eldest and second sisters sleep tonight. I'll kill both pigs."
Song Dongmei, Song Chunyu:.
The two looked confused.
Huang Simei reacted, "Has the water in the river swelled?"
"Yeah." Song Shi nodded and looked at the sky outside. There were clouds in the sky, but not many. However, according to the practice of previous years, the rainy season is just these days.
"We have to kill the pigs quickly. We don't have that much food at home to feed them."
(End of chapter)
