Chapter 9 Zhao Dahai strives to achieve vegetable freedom
"Grandma!"
"Drink some water!"
"Relieve your anger."
Zhao Dahai Pour a bowl of water.
"The sea."
"Why do Sun Minghua and Dong Li dare to occupy our family's land? It's just that something happened to your father and mother and they left, and our family lost its backbone."
Zhong Cuihua sat on a low stool, holding her knees with her hands.
Zhao Dahai felt a pain in his heart.
Grandma doesn’t know that Sun Minghua and Dong Li have taken over their land?
How is this possible?
The land is right behind the house!
Why are you silent?
My parents are gone, and I am a bastard. I idle around and steal every day, and I cannot support my family. Sun Minghua and Dong Li were able to do such a thing. They were already prepared to quarrel or even fight. They could only pretend not to know. If something happened, who would make money to support her grandson? Grandma Zhong Cuihua considered the matter carefully before swallowing her anger.
“Grandma.”
"From now on, no one can bully us."
"In a few years, I will marry you a good granddaughter-in-law and give you a few promising great-grandchildren. The family will be prosperous."
"The days will get better and better, and they will be prosperous."
Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand to wipe the tears welling up from the corners of Zhong Cuihua's eyes. In the past two years, life must have been very difficult, and shitty things were inevitable. , However, everything is over, and whoever dares to bully him again will have his life back.
Sunset in the west.
Zhao Dahai put down his hoe and turned over less than nine minutes of an acre of land. When he walked into the yard, he smelled the aroma of rice and almost drooled. Grandma Zhong Cuihua had already cooked the rice. When she saw him coming in, she pretended to be carrying it. I went out to the small table placed in the yard, washed my hands, sat down and started eating. I started busy in the morning, and just ate some food at noon. I was so hungry that my chest was pressed against my back, and I devoured the oily pork belly. Take a bite.
"Grandma!"
"You eat!"
Zhao Dahai picked up a piece of meat and put it into grandma Zhong Cuihua's bowl.
“Haha!”
"I sit at home and weave nets. It doesn't take any effort. I don't need to eat meat. When I get older, eating this stuff will make it greasy."
Zhong Cuihua shook her head and put the meat back on the plate.
Zhao Dahai knows that in the final analysis, he earns less and his family doesn’t have much money. If he earns more, he won’t be able to save money on food. It’s useless to talk too much. Working hard to make money is the way to go.
After Zhao Dahai finished eating, he took a rest. The moon was rising, big and round, and he had nothing to do. It was still early, so he simply turned around and went to the house. He turned over the ground during the day. This was not the end of the world. All clods of soil with grass must be smashed, and all grass leaves and roots must be pulled out. Otherwise, when planting vegetables, the grass will grow taller and faster than the vegetables.
“What the heck!”
"What the hell!"
"Has this kid changed his gender?"
"Where's the guy who started playing with the ground?"
Sun Minghua stood in front of Zhong Cuihua who broke the glass during the day By the window, he looked at Zhao Dahai, who was busy in the field under the moonlight not far away, with a gloomy face. The occupation of land was not a legitimate matter. Everyone in the village now knew that when they faced Zhao Dahai during the day, they felt like chickens. He lost face and became a laughing stock.
“What’s the use of talking about it now?”
"We can't retreat during the day."
"Let's fight. This land belongs to our family!"
Dong Li held a big bowl and said while eating.
“Hmph!”
“Eat! I eat all day long! Like a pig!”
"The land in the village. Which piece of land belongs to which family? I have seen it for several lifetimes. Who doesn't know it? If it doesn't work, the village chief won't know?"
"It's just a field ridge?" That is also the ridge of Zhao Dahai’s house!”
“The path between his house and our house is not Zhao Dahai’s house but it is also not our house.”
"We occupy land, but others don't know? Zhao Dahai didn't say anything, others just pretended not to know."
"Once a quarrel breaks out and Zhao Dahai opens his mouth, who dares to say anything?"
"Fight?"
"Zhao Dahai has wolf-like eyes."
"Bullshit You are so lawless. Even if you can beat him, can you kill him if you live in our house?" Sun Minghua shook his head. .
"Then what should we do?"
Dong Li thought of the hoe less than half a meter away from her during the day and shuddered. Zhao Dahai was not trying to scare him, he was really cruel. If he rushed faster, he would definitely fall. On his own forehead.
"This kid is not a good guy."
"If you can't afford to offend him, you can only hide. Walk around."
Sun Minghua gritted his teeth.
what to do?
What else can I do?
I can only hide.
The moon is at the zenith.
Hanging like a silver platter.
Zhao Dahai used the bright moonlight to smash the soil dug out during the day, piece by piece, and pulled out all the grass roots. Beads of sweat kept appearing on his forehead, the size of soybeans, and they kept falling. He was tired, but very practical. .
Zhao Dahai was busy until almost twelve o'clock at night before he stopped and went home to take a shower and sleep. However, at a little after five o'clock in the morning, he got up after the rooster had just crowed a few times.
"Grandma!"
"What are you doing up so early?"
Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen, where Zhong Cuihua was cooking porridge.
"Haha!"
"I'm old. How much sleep can I get?"
"Get up and cook some porridge. You can save some trouble."
"Grandma didn't "Too old to move."
Zhong Cuihua smiled. Zhao Dahai seemed to be a different person these days. He was living comfortably, had hope, and was in a good mood. He didn't sleep for three days and three nights. tired.
"Okay!"
"Then I'll go work on the ground for a while first."
Zhao Dahai carried a hoe to the back of the house. The ground was plowed yesterday, and the grass roots and other things were pulled out last night. Eighty-eight, dig ditches and ridges, divide the whole land into six small pieces, and pinch it carefully with your hands, picking out all the grass roots and other things. After finishing this work, go home for breakfast. After eating, I took the first two I bought the seeds when I went to the town to sell crab and tiger fish, including cabbage, radish, cucumber, beans and other common foods. I started to sow the green vegetables and spread them densely on a small piece of land. They sprouted and grew seedlings. When transplanting again, dig a small hole half a finger deep for melons and beans, throw two or three seeds into each hole and fill it back with soil.
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
The sun begins to set in the west.
Zhao Dahai walked to the edge of the ground and sat down. He was so tired that he wanted to lie down directly. After a while, he regained some strength. He picked up the kettle and poured a bowl of cold water. He drank heavily while looking at the ground that had been busy for two days. , a little proud, this is the fruit of my own labor, which is really good, but more importantly, I am looking forward to it. In another month, I will be able to start eating the vegetables and fruits I grew.
Zhao Dahai didn’t rest for too long. He couldn’t eat rice with bacon every day. It was still early. He went home and said hello to his grandma Zhong Cuihua. He carried a basket and placed a big bowl. I picked up my knife, walked to the beach, and found a few rocks that were half a person's height. This place was full of oysters, but they were not big, usually only as big as two fingers, but they were absolutely delicious, but they took time and effort.
Zhao Dahai found an oyster, poked the knife through the closed mouth, twisted it slightly, opened the shell, scraped the tip of the knife, and a piece of oyster meat the size of a thumb fell into the bowl. Here, look for the next oyster immediately.
Night falls.
It suddenly became dark at the beach, and the sea breeze blew over with a hint of coolness.
Zhao Dahai shook his head. It was starting to get dark and he couldn't see clearly. He couldn't continue to pry. He looked at the basket and saw that it was almost half a bowl. It was enough for him and his grandma Zhong Cuihua to eat tonight. He would make something else tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)