People immediately reacted. It turned out that this guy felt that he was popular outside and drank spicy food, while his mother was eating rice bran for half a year at home. Just thinking about it made her cry.
Zheng Bajin also understood what he meant and said, "Okay, eat quickly, scoop out a bowl and go back!"
Xi Shunjin was very happy after hearing this, and stopped eating. Instead, he scooped out a large bowl of rice with the bowl in his hand, picked up a few pieces of fatter meat, and brought it back to his mother.
His mother is old and has lost all her teeth. She cannot eat lean meat and likes to eat fat.
Zheng Bajin was silent. This man was not without merit. Although he was poor, he would rather not eat himself, but he would rather be filial to his mother.
Xi Shunhai spoke: "It's not easy for my cousin either. My eldest uncle left early and it was my eldest aunt who raised him by herself. He was also very filial to her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left his wife just because she treated her badly." I haven’t found a wife yet.”
Zheng Bajin nodded, knowing that it was not easy for the men in this village. Just among the people who grew vegetables with him, three of them were singles and could not find a wife yet.
It’s not that there is a serious imbalance between men and women, but that many people are afraid of poverty, are deceived, or marry in a village outside Shili Village, and some people are introduced to marry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
But are they really that happy after they get married, just like golden phoenixes flying out of the ravine?
The answer is no, a lone phoenix is worse than a chicken!
It seems that by letting people develop the planting industry here, I not only help myself, but also help the men in this village.
They can finally find work to do instead of waiting to die in poverty.
Everyone ate silently and stopped talking. After a while, they ate all the meat and rice that Zhang Xiao'e made.
Zhang Xiao'e was a little embarrassed, glanced at Zheng Bajin, and explained: "I made less. I'll cook more next time."
The implication is that of course I didn’t know everyone was so good at eating.
People didn't have too many requirements. Although they only had one dish, they were very satisfied. However, Xi Shunhai thought in his heart that if he had known this, he would have pulled two vegetables from the door of his house to eat.
After eating a good meal, drank a few sips of cold water, and got busy again.
Zheng Bajin was fine for the moment and did not help Zhang Xiaoe collect the bowls. Instead, he walked towards the village alone.
There was no one to guide him. After they had eaten, they had to think that they were worthy of Zheng Bajin and had to work hard until dark.
The people in the village are not concentrated, there are one family here and several families there, but they all have one characteristic, they are all houses made of thatch.
Thatched cottages have a special feature: they are warm in winter and cool in summer. However, they are difficult to manage. Every few years, they have to plow the grass and replace the broken ones with new ones, which is very troublesome.
Zheng Bajin quickly found Xi Shunjin's home.
Xi Shunjin was talking to his mother: "Mom, eat quickly. I have already eaten. A boss came here to grow vegetables and brought meat to cook."
Seeing Zheng Bajin come in, he hurriedly said: "Mom, this is the boss." As he said that, he glanced at it with some embarrassment. There was not even a decent wooden stool in the house, only a few shabby, gray ones. I was really embarrassed to let Zheng Bajin sit on the grass pier.
The old man's face was covered with wrinkles and his eyes were dull, as if he could no longer see anything. He raised his head and said nothing.
There was still more than half of the rice in her bowl, but she was also reluctant to eat it. She was arguing with her son to let him eat. She was old and couldn't eat much at all.
Zheng Bajin took the bowl, handed it to Xi Shunjin's hand, and said, "That's enough. The old man can't eat too much at one time, otherwise he will get a bad stomach and be very troublesome."
This is common sense. An old man who has not eaten meat for a long time will not be able to digest it if he eats too much at once.
Xi Shunjin was a little angry at Zheng Bajin for taking his mother's bowl, but after hearing this, he came to his senses and nodded.
The old man spoke: "Yes, Xiao Jin, Mom has eaten too much and can't eat anymore. You can eat."
"Oh, I told you back then that as long as you and your wife live a good life, you don't have to worry about me, but you just didn't listen. Now you have to support this family alone, and you don't even have a child. How can I let go without worry? How can you live up to your dead father?"
The old man was chattering, and two tears rolled down his cloudy eyes.
"Old man, don't be sad. Don't worry, life will get better day by day. When the time comes, your son will find a new wife and honor you." Zheng Bajin comforted him and turned back to Xi Shunjin and said, "From now on, as long as you If you are willing to endure hardships, you will be able to have no worries about food and clothing in just a few years, do you believe it?"
Xi Shunjin nodded.
Zheng Bajin said: "You must believe that tomorrow will be better!"
The old man was very happy when he heard that Zheng Bajin was a big boss. He almost knelt down and asked Zheng Bajin to help his son find a wife.
Zheng Bajin grabbed her to prevent her from ruining his life, and reassured her that as long as Xi Shunjin did what he said, wouldn't it be easy to find a wife?
The old man took Zheng Bajin's hand and waved to Xi Shunhai.
Xi Shunhai hurriedly stretched out his old hand to hold his mother's.
His mother put his hand on Zheng Bajin's and said happily: "Boss, you are Xiao Jin's noble person. You must lead him out of this predicament."
Turning around, he said to Xi Shunjin: "From now on, you will listen to your boss and do your job well. You must marry a new wife to continue the family lineage of the old Xi family."
Xi Shunjin only nodded and looked at Zheng Bajin, feeling embarrassed. It was clearly written in his eyes that his mother was old and her hopes were placed on her son. However, she just failed to live up to her expectations and let her down.
Zheng Bajin thought of himself. When he was first reborn, wasn't he what he is now? His mother hated iron for not being able to become steel.
But, it's different. He is unreliable. Xi Shunjin is a hard-working person. However, he has no money to eat and clothes to wear, and he has no plans to be poor all his life.
After settling the old man, Zheng Bajin and Xi Shunjin went out together.
Zheng Bajin couldn't help but take a look at the pigs squealing from a smaller thatched house next to him, and asked curiously: "Don't you also raise pigs?"
"Alas, many people here raise pigs, but they are reluctant to eat them. It is the only source of income and the money for fertilizer for a year depends on it. Originally, I wanted to raise one more pig, but I sold one and kept the other for food, but, There is no food for it at all, and it is difficult to raise one."
"And in the past few years, the price of chemical fertilizers has been rising, and there is simply no pig left."
"Why don't you think about growing more vegetables? Since we have plenty of land, can't we raise one more pig?" Zheng Bajin sighed. It's not that these people have no vision, but that no one has given any advice.
In addition, women are not willing to marry in this village, and men are not motivated.
This is the so-called matching of men and women, so that work is not tiring.
Zheng Bajin had thought about it and must help this village. However, he could not give money directly, and he did not have so much money for charity. Instead, he had to guide them to rely on the mountains and the water to survive.
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