If someone hadn't stopped him, Chen Xingbang could have beaten Wang Jinguang to death here.
"Don't fight, don't fight. If you fight again, you will be beaten to death!" The person who spoke was the village director Yu Yongfeng. He was in his forties and he really couldn't watch Wang Jinguang being beaten to death.
Chen Xingbang stopped, Wang Jinguang's arms were broken, and he had been wailing just now. Now that Chen Xingbang stopped fighting, he shouted in a hoarse voice:
"Chen Xingbang, I I'm going to go to the village to sue you! Just wait to be imprisoned!"
As soon as he said this, many people onlookers felt cold for Chen Xingbang. They didn't like Wang Jinguang. This old bachelor was sneaking around from time to time.
When everyone was working in the fields and not at home, he would take things from other people's homes without anyone noticing.
So when Chen Xingbang beat Wang Jinguang hard, everyone watched and no one stopped him.
Now that Wang Jinguang says this, some people who have suffered from Wang Jinguang's misfortune naturally start to worry about Chen Xingbang.
"I'm in a cell?" Unexpectedly, when Chen Xingbang heard that he was in a cell, he sneered and pointed outside and said:
"You sue! You go and sue now! If you don't sue, you are a grandson. ! ”
Wang Jinguang was confused by Chen Xingbang. He didn't know what he meant. Most of the others were the same.
A few people understood but did not speak.
Seeing that Wang Jinguang stopped talking, Chen Xingbang said loudly:
"If you dare to sue, just for the things you have done, do you think the county will drag you to target shooting! You It’s a hooligan crime! It’s the same across the country this year. If you’re a hooligan, you don’t need to be retried, you’re just going to be shot.”
People in the village really don’t know much about this matter.
Wang Jinguang was dubious, Chen Xingbang pointed at Yu Yongfeng and said:
"If you don't believe it, ask the director!"
Everyone looked at Yu Yongfeng.
"It's true!" Yu Yongfeng nodded, "There are too many messy things in the country right now, and this is what happened above. It's okay if no one sues, but if there is one, all you need to do is check it out. Really, this kind of thing is really like shooting. "
Wang Jinguang shrank in fear when he heard what Yu Yongfeng said. He felt that his arm was not so painful anymore and he could bear it.
He doesn't want to die!
“Bah!” Chen Xingbang spat at him and said fiercely: “If you dare to knock on my door again when I go out, I will break both of your legs and give you your teeth. Knock it all off and let you starve to death!"
Wang Jinguang shrank and did not dare to speak, and Chen Xingbang left with the stick in hand.
Is Chen Xingbang still leaving?
After this incident, those who spread rumors about Li Xia at the beginning and end of the village felt that they should talk less about it in the future. This Chen Xingbang is really desperate for his life when he goes crazy!
When Chen Xingbang returned home, Li Xia had already prepared lunch. She was eating with Chen Xingbang and Hongqin, listening to Chen Xingbang talking about working in Northern Xinjiang, as well as Li Jianguo, Li Anguo and Li Long.
In front of Hong Qin, Chen Xingbang didn’t say anything about leaving together. He just told Li Xia:
“I’ll go to my dad’s place tomorrow to explain this matter clearly. "
"My grandparents ignored me." Hongqin. Suddenly said, "I was playing by the river with others the day before yesterday. I watched my grandpa carrying things back. I went ashore to say hello to grandpa, but grandpa ignored me."
Li Xia didn't speak, and Chen Xingbang sighed. In a tone of voice, he touched Hongqin’s head and said:
"Hongqin is good, can I buy you toys after a while?"
He thought that this topic would divert Hongqin's attention to other aspects, but Hongqin thought about it for a while. Said:
"Dad, are you leaving again? Come back to buy me toys after you leave? Then can you not leave..."
Chen Xingbang listened to this and at that time With eyes sore, Li Xia covered her face and turned away.
Chen Xingbang rubbed Hongqin's hair. He knew that the child was sensible.
After breakfast the next day, Chen Xingbang went to the village sales department and bought two cans and two bottles of wine to Chen Changgui's yard.
Dad Chen Changgui, mother Shen Yujuan, brother Chen Qiangguo and sister-in-law Luo Qiuyu were all in the yard. They were all a little nervous when they saw Chen Xingbang coming over with things.
"Brother, why are you here?"
"I'm back, come to see my father and mother." Chen Xingbang put the things on the ground.
"I'm fine, you don't need to look." Chen Changgui's tone was cold.
"Brother, what do you do in Northern Xinjiang? Do you make money?" Chen Qiangguo asked enthusiastically.
“Kill pigs and sell meat.” Chen Xingbang replied with two words. His attention was on Chen Changgui. Chen Changgui spoke very coldly just now. He didn't know whether his father didn't want to talk to him because of guilt about what he had done before, or whether he was acting like this because of his bias.
Anyway, he himself was not here to get close. Chen Xingbang said to Chen Changgui:
"Dad, I am your son, and Hongqin is your granddaughter. Even if you don't want to see me, I Also from this house Come on, can you be a human being when I'm not here?
I heard Hongqin's mother say, you can go to my yard and tell her that she can remarry or go to Beijiang to find me. Okay, I have to leave the yard and land to you.
You wish I would die and not come back, right? "
"Why are you talking to me? "Chen Changgui didn't pick up on Chen Xingbang's words, and instead found fault with him, "I'm your father, you don't need to tell me what to do!" "
"Okay, I don't care how you live in the future. This is what Chen Xingbang wants, "Don't stare at my yard, I'm still alive!" "
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Yesterday, Chen Xingbang beat Wang Jinguang so hard that two of his arms were broken and there were many wounds on his body. No one expected that Chen Xingbang, who is usually kind to others, would be so cruel. .
So today he said harsh words to his father, Chen Changgui. Chen Changgui could only scold him a few words, but there was no other way.
Chen Qiangguo did not dare to say anything to his brother. He is afraid of being beaten.
Chen Xingbang came out of his father’s yard and did not go home directly. Instead, he went to the yard of another family in the village.
The yard of this house is one of the few brick houses with brick walls in the whole village. There is also a tractor with grasshopper legs parked in the yard.
This tractor was disliked by Li Long in Northern Xinjiang, but in this village, it was like an artifact.
The owner's surname is Niu, his name is Niu Weiguo. He returned from demobilization from the army and worked in the automobile class. This walking tractor is second-hand and can be used to transport goods to earn freight.
Niu Weiguo has three brothers. The yard is nice, but a little crowded because two of them are married.
Chen Xingguo came over to find Niu Weiguo and discussed in a low voice:
"Weiguo, I will sell my yard and my family's land to you for two hundred yuan."
< br>"What? You don't want a home anymore?" Niu Weiguo naturally wanted it. The house is well built, but the space is so big, the money is so much, and there are many places to spend money.
If you want to build a house now, you can get a homestead, but you can't afford to build something like this at home.
He is the eldest brother. As for Chen Xingbang, he has a lot of ideas. If he buys it, he can live in the Chen family's yard by himself. It is better to leave this place to two brothers than to squeeze together.
Two hundred yuan is really not expensive, and it comes with a homestead.
The Chen family’s house is not too old. It was built in 1978 or 1978 and is quite nice.
"Don't say anything, I plan to go to Northern Xinjiang and never come back." Chen Xingbang said, "I won't talk about the house, but I will give you nine points of land."
In fact, according to the current price, a house with land can be sold for 256 yuan.
He sold it cheap because he wanted to sell it as soon as possible, and secondly he didn’t want to give it to his father cheaply.
The original idea when he came back was to give the house and land to his parents and go to Northern Xinjiang by himself, which was considered a dedication.
When I was fourteen, I started working with my father before I graduated from junior high school. I continued to work until I married my wife when I was in my mid-twenties. Most of my family's belongings, including my own house, were earned by myself.
I worked with my father for three years. When I was sixteen or seventeen, I started to stand alone. At that time, my father basically stopped doing anything.
Chen Xingbang felt that was enough.
It’s time to think about yourself. Hongqin's words can be regarded as solidifying her decision.
If a father doesn’t act like a father, then don’t blame a son who doesn’t act like a son.
"Okay, two hundred, I'll give it to you now."
"I've written the contract. Take a look and see if there's anything changed. If not, you sign. Anyway, I have signed it.”
"Hey, have you prepared this? Okay, let me take a look."
"Are you not afraid of my dad? He might make trouble with you after I leave."
" What are you afraid of? With your contract, I’m not afraid!”
“That’s okay. , please don’t say anything before I leave in two days. We won’t take anything with us. I’ll leave everything in the house to you.”
“That’s okay, thank you in advance!” Niu Weiguo was overjoyed after hearing this. Even though those things were second-hand goods, they were all old. If you want to repair a new set, it will cost a lot of money.
This is why it is said that breaking a family is worth a million dollars.
Niu Weiguo saw that there was nothing wrong with the contract, so he went into the house and took two hundred yuan and gave it to Chen Xingbang. Chen Xingbang took the money and left.
The two Niu Weiguo brothers came over curiously to ask what was going on. Niu Weiguo waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, just don't worry about this."
Although the two brothers are from the same family, they Niu Weiguo didn't intend to say anything. He came out of the army and knew that some things would be kept secret only if they were not told.
Once it is told, even to the most trusted person, it is no longer considered confidential.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be in vain to say that “dead people keep secrets”?
When Hong Qin was playing, he ran back to see her. Seeing that her parents were at home, she ran out again happily.
"She is afraid that you will suddenly leave." Li Xia said softly.
"No way. Let's not touch the things at home. Bring money and a small bag for clothes. Don't bring too much. You can buy anything there.
Tomorrow morning you are going to visit relatives. You take Hong Qin to Li House, and I will go to the team headquarters. "Chen Xingbang arranged his work:
"Everyone I meet tells me to go see your father. Anyway, your father is really back. After we get to Lilou, we will see Hongqin and her grandfather, and then we will find a car to go to the countryside. We will catch a ride on the roadside to Yongcheng, buy a train ticket, and go directly to Beijiang. "
The plan was very good, but Li Xia looked at the things in this house and really couldn't bear to part with them.
Most of these things were accumulated little by little by her and Chen Xingbang over the years. Now, all of a sudden I don’t want them all, it’s really hard to make a choice.
“Xiaolong rented a yard for us in Shicheng. Do you know how big the yard is? ”
"How old is it?" Li Xia had never been to Northern Xinjiang and was just guessing from some of the fragments Chen Xingbang told last time.
“Our yard is three times as big as ours!” Chen Xingbang knew what Li Xia was thinking, so he led her to think about her new home, “The vegetable garden in front alone is one and a half times as big as ours!”
“So big?”
“Hey, This is not even the biggest. The biggest is Xiaolong’s yard, which is half as big as the one I live in! He took a big job for the village, and the village director said that the land in front of the eldest brother is free to him, so it doesn’t matter. !"
"Then...that..." Li Xia was a little confused. If you really want to calculate it, Li Long's yard alone is bigger than his own farmland!
"Do you know? In my eldest brother's team, each person's ration field is only five acres. My eldest brother's family has more than 50 acres of ration fields and contracted land!"
"Huh?" Li Xia really couldn't think about it. . More than fifty acres of land! There isn’t that much land for one group in the village here!
"According to Xiaolong, we will contract more land next year. Did you know that Xiaolong bought a tractor, and my eldest brother also bought a tractor a few days ago..."
"A tractor like the Niu family?" Li Xia yearned for it.
No farmer can resist the temptation of the iron bull.
"What's that? It's much more impressive than that one, with four wheels in the front, a small four-wheel tractor!" Chen Xingbang said with a smile, "I heard that my eldest brother made more than 5,000 yuan a year by planting melons on ten acres of land. , just use this money to buy a tractor.”
“What is a melon?”
< br>"That...I'm not sure, it looks a bit like a watermelon." Chen Xingbang seemed to be distracted, then pulled back and said, "Don't tell anyone about our departure."
< br>"Why?" Li Xia was still a little confused. She hoped to leave openly.
“Last year, we went to Northern Xinjiang to make money, and everyone knows this. At the beginning of the year, Anguo took his family and left with him. As for this, everyone should know that Northern Xinjiang is a really profitable place.
Who in the village doesn’t want to get rich? Look at all the people who are jealous of Niu Weiguo. If I really tell the truth, look, if not others, my brother Qiang Guo will be the first to make trouble with me and go to Northern Xinjiang! ”
Li Xia understood immediately.
In fact, Li Long told Li Qingxia and Chen Xingbang what he had heard before sending them to the train.
It was indeed what he had heard. , but it was something that was heard by later generations, not my hometown.
And it happened ten years later.
At that time, a young man who already had a stable job in northern Xinjiang took his wife back to his hometown to visit his family. His hometown was in a mountainous area and relatively poor. I won’t mention the specific province.
Anyway, I basically took a train to the district, transferred to a bus to the county, took a tractor to the county, then took an ox cart to the village, and walked over several mountains to the team. He and his wife were well-dressed, while everyone in the village was in rags.
Strong contrast.
I won’t talk about the treatment at home. Anyway, when I left, several relatives in the village and young people of about the same age moved directly into the house with their bedding and wanted to follow them to Northern Xinjiang to make a fortune.
Fortunately, this man had discussed it with his family. His wife went to the countryside to buy things first, and he walked over the mountains at night, otherwise he would not have been able to escape.
When Li Long said this, it wasn't because he didn't care about family ties. Anyway, all the blood relatives have moved out and have arrived in northern Xinjiang, and have better arrangements.
He had no impression of the remaining people. Like Junshan, he would help whenever he could and asked him to take the initiative to bring people out. He had no intention of doing so.
He was mainly worried that Chen Xingbang would be pestered when he went to bring his sister and child back, so he told them this and wanted to wake them up.
Chen Xingbang didn't really care at first, but after he came back and listened to what Li Xia said, he understood.
Some people, even blood relatives, are unreliable.
That's why we discussed it like this.
When he said this, he drew Li Xia's attention away.
But at night, Li Xia couldn't sleep again. I really can’t bear to part with the bedding on the bed, the cooking utensils on the stove, the tools for working outside, and the various clothes I sewed with one stitch and one penny.
Chen Xingbang knew what she was thinking, but he couldn't persuade her anymore.
After breakfast the next day, Hongqin still wanted to go out to play. Chen Xingbang and Li Xia told her that they would take her to see her grandfather. She was very happy.
Her grandparents were not good to her, but her grandfather and grandma were very kind to her.
She immediately listened to Li Xia's words, changed her clothes, and then followed Li Xia out.
Despite her reluctance to leave, Li Xia only packed a small bag, carried the bag and led Hongqin out of the door.
Anyone who was working along the way asked her why she was going. She followed Chen Xingbang's advice and said she was going to Li Lou to see her father.
“Your father is back? Didn’t he go to Northern Xinjiang?”
"The courtyard is still here, I have to come back and take a look." Li Xia said with a smile.
No one doubts it, after all, this is human nature.
Chen Changgui, who was working in the fields, saw Li Xia taking Hongqin to Li House, and asked the family next to him:
"What is she doing?"
"Didn't you listen just now? She went to see her father." Chen Qiangguo said.
"Humph." Chen Changgui said nothing more.
Chen Xingbang closed the door and went to the team headquarters with his bag.
Village director Yu Yongfeng saw him coming and asked with a smile:
"Xingbang, what's going on?"
There was no one else in the team, so Chen Xingbang took it Put ten dollars on the table:
"Director, I want a stamp."
"What do you need a stamp for?" Yu Yongfeng didn't expect Chen Xingbang to pay ten yuan, so he calmly accepted the money and asked.
Chen Xingbang took out a folded piece of paper, unfolded it carefully and placed it in front of Yu Yongfeng.
"Political review form?" Yu Yongfeng was startled when he saw it, and then looked at the name of the unit, "Shicheng Food Factory?"
He didn't know where Shicheng was, but it was obvious that this was a job A political review form for workers.
Could it be that Chen Xingbang became a worker?
"Director, please cover me. You also know my situation. What's written here is not nonsense. I need it urgently."
"You need it urgently?" Yu Yongfeng read what was written above. , it’s really not a lie.
He took a stamp and stamped it, and asked:
"Why do you need it so urgently? Are you really a worker? When will you leave?"
"Hurry." Chen Xingbang said vaguely, "Don't let this matter spread."
This political review form is for temporary workers, after all, it is a food factory. He wanted to take it back and have it stamped, and the factory agreed. After all, it was a political review of the village's letter.
The reason why Chen Xingbang wanted to take it back was because the writing on Li Anguo's political review was messy and made Li Anguo a criminal.
Fortunately, Jian'an Company knew about Li Anguo's actual performance and didn't care. Everyone knows that he was jealous of Li Anguo as a formal worker, so he wrote that, and he wanted to do something bad.
There are always some people who don’t like others.
Chen Xingbang put away the political review form and left the team headquarters. Instead of taking the main road, he took a detour and went to Li Building.
From now on, it will be rare here. Although this place is his hometown, he really doesn't miss it at all. (End of this chapter)