In the battle for water, Xiahe Village won an unprecedented victory, winning ten flags. Each flag was a five-day water period, and ten flags were a fifty-day water period. Next year's harvest was guaranteed.
The battle for water was a big win, and the men, women, and children in Xiahe Village were in a state of excitement. They were all talking excitedly until they returned home after the gathering, about so-and-so, what happened to the children of Lao Zhu's family, and so on. Xiahe Village won, and the village elders and Li Zheng happily went straight to the village's ancestral temple to express their condolences to their ancestors. They were greatly relieved.
When Lao Zhu's house was preparing to have dinner, Li Zheng from Xiahe Village led a few young people into the gate of Lao Zhu's house carrying a jar of old wine, a pig thigh, and a bag of rice.
"Uncle Zhu, you have raised two good grandchildren, especially your little pig. Today is very good. This is something I have discussed with the village elder, so please don't refuse." Li Zheng, a resident of Xiahe Village The uncle, who is in his forties and is a well-rounded person, talks to his grandfather with his hands folded.
The battle for water was won, and the whole village celebrated together. Grandfather just refused and accepted, and then invited Zheng Zheng and the other young men to sit down to have tea and drinks. Li Zheng declined, saying that there were other young people who wanted to leave. He thanked his grandfather for his kindness and soon led a few young men to leave.
In the evening, Father Zhu made an exception and drank a few more glasses of wine, making him slightly tipsy.
The uncle of the Zhu family also came home from the ancestral hall, as if nothing happened, and as usual, he had the proud feeling of a scholar.
Time passed slowly like this for more than a month. Zhu Pingan rode an old scalper to school. During the break, he came out to teach the two Lolita about Shooting the Condor and Swordsman. Apart from the fact that the master talked about more and more things, the rest was basically Nothing changes.
Oh, that’s not for nothing. Every time before telling a story to the big and small loli, there is an added activity, which is to watch the big and small loli dance the bunny dance and sing the song of bang bang. Of course, eating is inevitable.
Regarding the useless ability of luck, Zhu Ping'an has done many experiments and has roughly clarified part of it. Guangzong Yaozu, these four words are the key. You can check luck once every ten days, and you can watch it for about three seconds each time. Time is very useless.
In addition to these, Zhu Ping'an also used Chen's name to visit neighboring houses and told his aunt and daughter-in-law to give them raw materials for free, let them process them into bags, and then buy them from them. The price is 10 cents. The aunt and daughter-in-law went to Mrs. Chen to confirm. Mrs. Chen was also smart. Although she knew that Zhu Ping'an was using her name, she calculated the accounts and felt that she had made a profit, so she assured them that it was true. In short, except for the eldest aunt, the third aunt, and the fourth aunt, the whole basket was given to these aunts and daughters-in-law. After excluding the labor cost, Chen went to the town and sold it to a store, earning more than a tael of silver in one fell swoop. It's just a pity that when I went to the cloth store to buy rags, someone bought them. This made Chen, who had earned more than a tael of money, heartbroken.
Time passed slowly like this for more than a month. At dusk more than a month later, Zhu Ping'an rode the old scalper and wandered home as usual. The only difference was that this time, many people gathered at Lao Zhu's house again. When he saw Zhu Pingan coming back on the old scalper, he looked sympathetically.
What happened? Zhu Pingxin trembled.
When I opened the door, I saw that the house was in a mess. My mother, Chen, was lying on the ground crying like a woman. My eldest brother, Zhu Pingchuan, was also crying with red eyes.
Father Zhu Shouyi was lying on a stretcher, trying to comfort the crying Mrs. Chen with a painful expression. One leg was intact, but the other leg was wrapped in a white cloth, and the white cloth was still soaked with blood...
Seeing this scene, Zhu Pingan was almost stunned.
In his mind, Father Zhu was a strong, ox-like man. Although he was not good at expressing himself, the love he gave was no less than that of Mr. Chen. Moreover, he was also the pillar of his own family, using his body to support his own family. Keep out the wind and rain. It is precisely because of such a tough guy that he can be carefree like a child when he travels through time. Before going to town to sell rabbit skins in the morning, Zhu's father smiled and asked Zhu Ping'an if he still wanted the rice paper from last time.
However, this iron-clad man was now lying on a stretcher with a painful expression.
Father Zhu was so honest, honest, and righteous, and he never made enemies with others. This time we are going to the town again. There will be no danger. It can only be someone who does something wrong.
"Who, who hurt father?"
There seemed to be a fire burning in Zhu Ping'an's heart. Gulu suddenly climbed down from the back of the ox and ran to Zhu's father with red eyes, tears sliding down his angry little fat face.
"Don't cry. I'm fine. The doctors have said that I haven't hurt my muscles or bones. I just need to rest for a month." Zhu's father was lying on the stretcher, enduring the pain and trying to comfort everyone.
The rest of the Zhu family were also there. The women were all confused and didn't know what to do. The fourth uncle also had a look of shock on his face. This time it was the town he went to with Zhu's father. It's just that the uncle on the side has some evasive eyes.
"My second brother and I went to the town and sold the rabbit skins for money. We didn't go far when we were surrounded by five or six people. Those people asked the second brother if his name was Zhu Shouyi. The second brother said yes and asked what they wanted to do. What, they asked the second brother to pay back the money, saying that the second brother borrowed 10 taels of usury more than a month ago, and now the interest has become 15 taels. The second brother was confused at that time, and he had never borrowed the money. ....."
"The man took out the IOU written by the second brother himself and said it was written in black and white and don't try to deny it. He robbed us of more than 100 yuan for selling rabbit skins, and then he started beating people without explanation. He said that this time it was just a light one, and he gave us his legs first. Keep it, if you can’t get the money out in three days, your legs will be really broken..."
When the fourth uncle talked about what happened in the town, he still looked frightened. Even he was kicked twice.
"Second brother, why did you borrow the money? What bad things did you do outside?" Grandfather was so angry that he almost fainted. He stood in front of Zhu's father with a thick stick and blew his beard, staring at him and asked loudly.
"Dad, how can my Shouyi know how to borrow money!" Mother Chen cried and protected Zhu's father.
"No, Dad, I don't have any money to use, so what should I borrow money for? Besides, my son can't read a word, how can he write an IOU!"
Father Zhu looked aggrieved and bitter. I was beaten for no reason, and I was still suspected when I returned home, which made me feel very bitter.
"It's definitely not the money my father borrowed!" Zhu Ping'an said loudly with red eyes.
"But your father's name is on the IOU, and he even had his fingerprints printed on it." The fourth aunt on the side also felt a little unbelievable.
"My dad can't even write!" Zhu Ping'an retorted angrily, and the little fat man's face turned red with anger.
Things seem to have reached a dead end. Loan sharks will not come to people to ask for money for no reason. People will only ask for money based on the IOU when they sign and post the loan. If they make it up casually, the county magistrate will not let them go. However, Zhu's father obviously had never borrowed a loan with high interest rates, and he did not sign a deposit.
So where did this loan sharking come from? ;
