Hao Yinhua winked at the two girls and asked them to pretend to go to the backyard to find a ladder and find something they could wander around for a while.
Unable to escape, he took the ladder out of the warehouse one step at a time.
While waiting for the ladder, Hao Yinhua felt regretful in her heart, secretly blaming herself for going home too quickly today.
Forget it, their trip to Wangjiagou to fish in Erdaohe Village is over.
They were not allowed to catch it, otherwise no one would be home at this time.
This morning, on the other side of Wangjiagou, another group of government officials wearing different official uniforms from Capt. Zhao's men came. Behind them were officers from each village and villagers drawn from each village.
It is said that from now on, these people will help Wangjiagou fill the gap in the dam to prevent flooding to other villages.
Then the yamen servant sounded the gong and announced that the idlers should leave quickly and ask them to tear down all the shacks in Erdaohe. He said that daring to catch fish these days would cause trouble and would not be allowed in any village, not even a single fish.
What if the fish flops onto your feet? Can you pick it up?
If there is an order from the town pavilion, you cannot pick it up.
Listen, is this still human language?
The villagers were so angry that they realized for the first time that perhaps the most unreasonable ones were these people in official uniforms, as if they didn't want the people below to have enough to eat, and they turned the tables on them, saying that Erdaohe Village was the only one to blame. , because if they were asked to pick up fish, Erdaohe Village would definitely try to get the fish to jump on their feet and describe fishing as picking up fish. They would also say that the people in their village were too cunning, causing other villages to come to help fill the dam. Look at them.
Even so, the villagers didn't listen to the yamen servant at first and only looked at Liu Laozhu.
They only listened to their own honest words and searched for Capt. Zhao in the crowd. They also listened to Capt. Zhao.
The two men told them to evacuate, and then they evacuated the shed.
But Capt. Zhao didn't come to Wangjiagou this morning.
Liu Laozhu specifically ran to ask the government officials what was going on, saying that yesterday Capt. Zhao allowed everyone to fish as normal, and that Erdaohe was different from other villages in that they were serious fishermen.
The yamen officer replied that Capt. Zhao was not in charge of the specific affairs of each village, which meant that Capt. Zhao was not able to speak well. He also said that this matter was the request of the town pavilion, and asked Liu Laozhu: "I still want to find you. Are you a local official in Erdaohe Village? You go to the town immediately, and the town pavilion will look for you."
Liu Laozhu couldn't twist his thigh with his arm, so he had to ask everyone to go back to the village to do household chores today, and wait until he came back from town.
Then Liu Laozhu left with his front foot, and they were not slow in demolishing the shed.
Not allowing fishing is like who wants to hang out in Wangjiagou. What a good place. The river water soaked Ba Tai's feet in mud. As a result, many boys in the village were whipped by the government officials and even beaten. Kicked.
Hao Yinhua's son was whipped, and his son also had a stubborn temper. The other boys in the village who were whipped were also anxious. Wang Yusheng took the lead, and everyone became so angry that their necks became thick and their faces turned red, and the government servants became violent.
We can’t destroy the shed in the blink of an eye, so why don’t we demolish it bit by bit? Why do you beat people up? If we have something to say, what mistake did we make that we deserved to be beaten by you?
The ladies hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, telling the boys not to quarrel with people in official uniforms. After all, a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. Li Zheng has already left. Today, my cousin and fourth uncle haven't gone to Wangjiagou yet.
Hao Yinhua thought:
Speaking of which, my cousin didn't go today, so I lost my backbone. After Li Zheng left, there was a panic. But the eldest brother of Lao Wan's family was right, don't suffer from boredom. Then she and her old sisters forced the hot-tempered boys at home to go home quickly. Don't prick the eyes of the government officials, lest they come to Erdaohe again. of stubble.
Unexpectedly, I was blocked by my cousin's old mother-in-law and uncle's sister-in-law when I got home.
At this time, unable to wait any longer, the ladder was brought in. Hao Yinhua glared hard at Sanyou's wife from behind when she was climbing up the ladder.
They lived in the east and west courtyards, and Hao Yinhua knew very well that her cousin's courtyard kept a lot of good stuff.
Although Hao Yinhua didn't understand why her cousin did this, and she even tried to persuade her a few days ago, but she had to admit that her cousin was no longer the cousin she used to be.
Since Xianghua became the convener, Hao Yinhua felt that she no longer had the confidence to preach in front of her cousin.
Because she asked herself, and imagined it when she couldn't sleep at night, would she dare to go to that stage and talk like a babble in front of the whole village? The answer is that she can chat about everyday things, and she dares to shout even when she is following the crowd, but if she goes to the stage to give a serious speech, she will be so nervous that her palms will sweat, and she will not be able to say a single word.
It can be seen that she can't even do such a small thing. No matter how good she is at persuading, she can't compare to her cousin's ability to preach.
Furthermore, since my cousin Shen Shen Nao Nao started stocking up, the Li Zheng family and the four major surnames in the village all started stocking up. This matter is not a big secret in the village.
I heard that the four major surnames bought grains from relatives in other villages, including coarse and fine grains. A good believer in the village tried to ask: "What are you doing all this for?"
The answer I got was very perfunctory, saying that the rat still had 30% of his grain saved, so buying grain was always a business matter, no matter what.
But the more perfunctory it was, the more mysterious it seemed to everyone, especially Uncle Sun, one of the four surnames, who said that it is right to follow a smart person when doing things. If you can't figure it out, just follow it. This is how my family thinks to collect food.
As a result, Hao Yinhua now saves a lot of bean cakes, and the whole village is inexplicably saving whatever they can. At present, some families in the village are not in a hurry to marry a wife next year, and they are still clamoring to go out before Akari, and they want to use all their money to buy food. When asked, it is always right to have more food.
Thinking of how much food was stored in her cousin's house, Hao Yinhua couldn't hold it back. When Sanyou's mother-in-law rode up the courtyard wall, she said, "If you jump from my house on the springboard and stick, you can just jump, but don't move around."
These words made the old lady a little dissatisfied.
If it weren't for the close relationship, she would have wanted to curse.
While letting her eldest daughter-in-law take over, the old lady was so tired that she climbed up the courtyard wall before frowning and saying, "Eldest niece, I asked you to say this because I am her mother-in-law and the grandma of my grandchildren. What can I do? "
I thought to myself: How dare you, a cousin of yours, dare to interfere with my old lady? No matter how we are a family, who are you?
Hao Yinhua didn't dare to contradict him. It was true. They were a family, and she couldn't let him jump over the wall if it wasn't for this reason.
However, Aunt Sanyou's words made Hao Yin angry.
After the third aunt Gu Sufen jumped over, she helped her mother-in-law get off the wall and murmured: "What she said was so unpleasant. It seemed that she was using my mother as a thief. She didn't know that my brothers and sisters usually interacted with this person." What are you talking about, cousin? We live in the east and west courtyards, so it seems that we are not talking about our family's affairs lightly."
The old lady stared at her daughter-in-law: "Is there something shameful in our family that we are afraid of telling others?"
"No, mother, what I meant was that she said don't move. I feel sorry for you. Don't move. Even if you really take something, it will be your grandchildren's honor to their grandmother. Besides, you can't talk to her at all times. What does it matter?"
Hao Yinhua almost climbed up the ladder and jumped over.
She stepped on the ladder and pinched her waist and said: "Huh? His aunt, you really thought I couldn't hear what you were saying, so you jumped over and turned against me. Do you have the ability to say it in front of me? Besides, what I said is Are you treating your aunt as a thief?"
Hao Yinhua thought to herself: I am treating you as a thief.
"If you are so nagging, come back quickly. Why does it have nothing to do with my family? You can jump over my house with a wooden stick. Can I explain clearly? That's what I mean."
Hao Yinhua still sighed in her heart, she was shameless and pouting. My cousin’s sister-in-law is the worst person.
Over the years, she knew too well that if her cousin hadn't given birth to a son, it would have been over a long time ago and she would have been bullied to death.
Even though they gave birth to four eldest grandsons to the old Xu family, they still suffered a loss compared with the eldest family when the family was separated.
Besides, my cousin's sister-in-law accidentally revealed her true feelings. Do you still want to take it away as a filial piety? If you want to use your mother-in-law as a shield to take advantage and ask for filial piety, you can eat it at your house, so give it to you.
After a while, she let the children at home stare at the front and back yards, and they couldn't get out of the back wall. What's more, there is a big lock hanging outside the door of my cousin's house, and she is locked inside to see if you can take away a grain of rice.
"Okay, okay, they're all relatives. Just say a few words and they've jumped over. Stop making noise."
The old lady waved her hand, signaling to Hao Yinhua and the eldest daughter-in-law to calm down.
At the moment, the old lady had no intention of arguing. When she rode up the courtyard wall and saw the situation in the courtyard, she felt like: Huh, half of the wall was piled with blue bricks in the courtyard, and there were many new adobe bricks beside it, which was clearly visible at a glance.
"Mom, you see I'm not lying." Gu Sufen jumped into the hospital and got busy, introducing to her mother-in-law: "I heard that my sister-in-law bought these blue brick flowers for a lot of money. What's even crazier is that she also spent money on these adobe flowers. I have money. Mom, do you think anyone is buying adobe bricks in the passing of time?"
They are the kind of second-rate lads who are famous in every village, so they are willing to spend money to buy this without breaking the bank.
The old lady has heard all kinds of things about her daughter-in-law's family since she came back, and she still can't believe it: "Where did she get the money? You always say she spends money."
"Then who knows? Maybe you have saved a lot a long time ago." Mrs. Gu wanted to accuse her of secretly saving money before the family was separated, but she was not stupid and knew that forcing her mother-in-law would not believe her even more. Before the family was separated, my mother-in-law knew better than anyone else the money in the family and had nothing to do with it.
I can only bear to change my words to: "If you don't have any money, you go around causing famine and write IOUs to people. Do you think the famine can go away? Don't pay it back? I don't know what my sister-in-law is thinking. She lives like this. Damn it." You owe money to live.”
These words completely addressed the old lady's biggest worry, so the more she looked at these blue bricks, the more distressed she became.
As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked, they saw live fish raised in some large pots in the yard.
Opening the door, there are fish in the kitchen.
Logically the old lady should be happy to see these live fish.
Hearing that fishing was now available in Erdaohe Village, Ms. Hao knew that by bringing more fish to her home, she could sell it for money and her grandchildren could eat more meat to replenish their bodies, especially her second grandson, so that she could give it to her in the morning. It is a good thing to have great-grandchildren.
But because the eldest daughter-in-law had told her in advance that the second daughter-in-law’s family had at least a hundred fish, the old lady counted the fish in the basin and found only thirty fish left, so she felt unhappy.
Gu Sufen saw the disappointment on her mother-in-law's face. She clapped her hands and said, "I have to admit that my younger siblings are more capable than me. I heard that they are quite prestigious in the village now. She is a woman, so we don't know how she is so prestigious." Yes, but it is said in every village outside that he is definitely more capable than me."
These words once again reminded the old lady of her worries.
To be honest, the old lady came here first to see if her grandchildren had returned safely and to ask what kind of work they were doing. The second is to find out what kind of monster Hao is making and how much he owes for the famine. In addition, she is not leaving today and is looking for an opportunity to meet Liu Laozhu.
Why is the second daughter-in-law so prestigious? Rumor has it that this village is asking Mr. Hao for everything. A man and a woman are always talking to each other.
She was asked to tell her that the wife of the village leader was also a heartless person, so she didn't know how to look after her man.
This time Gu Sufen continued: "So, mother, it's wrong. People as prestigious as my siblings who are in charge of many things in the village only have so few fish. I heard that every household in their poor village has a hundred There are many fish sold at our doorstep, the people from Erdaohe said so personally."
Old lady: Did you eat it, or did you also sell it?
"Could it be that my sister-in-law gave it to someone because she wanted to save face, or because she wanted to gain prestige in the village? Mom, tell me, is this possible?"
Old lady: The second daughter-in-law is in charge, is it really just a matter of money?
It's hard to say, Mr. Hao is a conceited person. He loves to put rouge on his face since he was a child. If he has any shit in the house, he would like to go out and show off his stinking.
Gu Sufen sighed again, opening the bowl rack as if to check if there was any leftover fish, and opening the lid of the large pot to see what rice was being heated inside. Why would my younger siblings be filial to you and let you eat fish all the time? Our family has no place to fish after all, so I didn’t expect that there are only so many fish left.”
The old lady opened the door curtain and said: "Go to each house and have a look. I wonder if there is a big basin in the house."
There were no fish in the house, but the food stored in each house made the old lady take a breath.
Gu Sufen's eyes widened. She had never seen so much food in her entire life. Just elm bark alone weighed a thousand kilograms.
When I saw the white rice in the rice vat, I was so jealous that I grabbed my palms hard.
Although she had heard that the corn saved by her siblings was harvested from their Zheng family, and was borrowed by Zheng Zheng from Erdaohe Village, and the money must be repaid, so it is not free. But being able to borrow so much made her jealous.
"Mom, if you say these are all borrowed, then my sister and I are crazy. How much did she borrow? Does she want to be beheaded if she can't pay back? She'll be a dead ghost... Oh my god, mother, we two Please help her settle the account quickly, I have a good idea."
The old lady said angrily: "Bullshit, if you don't owe someone, you can still steal it?!"
It can be seen how big the fire is. The old lady thought to herself: She really wants to get some credit. The second daughter-in-law is crazy. She can't go crazy. Her three grandchildren have to live. Pay off the debt as soon as possible while the food hasn't been touched.
Gu Sufen was embarrassed, but while she was helping her mother-in-law collect the bills, she also counted how many pickled fish there were, checked the various pickles that Mrs. Xu had made, and how many jars of sauerkraut she had made. The more I look at it, the more jealous I become.
Gu Sufen was very puzzled, where did her siblings come from so many salty pickled vegetables?
For this reason, she deliberately opened the bowl shelf and rummaged through the salt jar, but there was only a pitiful bit of coarse salt in the jar and a small amount of fine salt wrapped in paper as small as a little finger.
Just when Gu Sufen was about to go down to the cellar to take another look, the front door of the Xu family opened.
Mrs. Xu, with her three sons, Qin Niang and granddaughter, opened the door and appeared with an angry look on her face.
Xu Youyin: "Grandma, aunt, the family has been separated for a long time. Do you know what that means?!"
