Chapter 2 Farming
“Is anyone at home?”
At this time, a shout came from outside the door.
Breaking the brief silence between the two.
Realizing that someone was coming, Wang Susu quickly wiped her tears on her sleeves.
"You go and wash your hands, I'll go see who is here."
Chen Ling said to Wang Susu, turned on the light in the yard, lifted the door curtain and walked out.
Taking advantage of the light, I saw a thin black old man wearing a blue and white turban and a blue tunic suit enter the house with a flashlight.
"Oh, Fugui came back very early today!"
Seeing Chen Ling come out, the thin black old man smiled and showed his yellow teeth and said hello.
Then, without waiting for Chen Ling to say anything, he asked: "Where is Susu? Are you at home? I have to inform her again if something happens!"
Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then realized that in the eyes of the villagers, he This prodigal son is already a piece of trash and is of no use at all.
So if anything happens at home, he comes to his wife to discuss it.
"It's Uncle Wu. It's cold outside. Come inside and sit down."
At this time, Wang Susu came out and hurriedly called the old man into the house.
The old man smiled and waved his hand: "I won't go into the house. I came here today to talk about two things. One is the payment of the withdrawal from last year, and the other is the exchange of cultivated land between your family and Erzhu's family... ..."
"Of course, the main thing is the exchange of farmland, I want to remind you again."
"Spring won't start soon, so we can finish it as soon as possible. In a few days, the village will reorganize the farmland, which will be troublesome for everyone."
After hearing what the old man said, Chen Ling didn't feel much.
Just taking advantage of the opportunity, I remembered who this old man was.
The old man's name is Wang Laishun, the village chief and village party secretary of Chenwangzhuang.
Because he is the fifth in the family, the younger generation is either called Fifth Uncle or Fifth Master.
As for "Fugui" being his nickname, many children in rural areas have nicknames, so the name Chen Ling was changed only after he went to school.
Compared to Chen Ling who had other things on his mind, Wang Susu's reaction was a bit big.
"Fifth, fifth uncle, didn't you say that my family has changed with sister-in-law Xiuying's family? How come it has changed with Erzhu's family?"
Wang Susu was well aware of the withdrawal of the money, but why did she change her mind about the exchange of farmland?
The land at Xiuying's sister-in-law's house has good fertility and is close to the village. It can't be compared with the reclaimed land at the foot of Erzhu's house.
The difference is huge.
"Huh? You don't know?"
Wang Laishun's eyes widened when he heard this. He frowned and looked at Wang Susu and then at Chen Ling.
Then he said: "But I heard Er Zhu say that you know, and he also said that every acre of land added two hundred yuan to your family."
"He also gave me a note, on which you and Fugui I’ve all done my fingerprints..."
Wang Laishun said, taking out a cigarette case from his jacket pocket.
There was a stack of notes in the cigarette case.
The old man pulled out one of them and handed it to Wang Susu.
"Look, are they your fingerprints?"
Wang Susu didn't take it immediately when she saw the note. Instead, she glanced at Chen Ling before taking it into her hand.
After looking at it, Wang Susu's face quickly turned pale.
Looking at Chen Ling in shock and aggrieved, he said, "You, you exchanged our land for Erzhu's family?"
"Do you know, Erzhu's family?" The grass doesn’t grow well on our land, so we can’t grow food...”
"What will we live on in the future!"
Wang Susu's voice was already crying, her eyes were filled with tears, and she bit her lower lip and looked at Chen Ling.
Chen Ling was a little confused, but when he saw that Wang Susu was crying, he did not dare to say anything.
Rubbing his eyebrows, Chen Ling recalled a scene in his mind.
At the beginning of the year, there was a temple fair in the county town, and Chen Erzhu took him to the song and dance hall to have a drink.
What happened during this period was mixed in his mind, and he couldn't recall some of it.
But after he came out drunk at night, Chen Erzhu put his arm around his shoulders and said something, and laughed and stuffed a note into his pocket with red ink paste...
When Chen Ling thought of this scene, Chen Ling's mind buzzed, and he thought that it couldn't be the case. It couldn't be that he didn't get money from Wang Susu on the day of the temple fair. He heard that Erzhu gave him a subsidy of 200 yuan per mu of land. After that, agree to exchange farmland with him, right?
Then at night, he secretly pressed the fingerprints with Wang Susu’s hand?
"Susu, I, I..."
Chen Ling's face was hot. Even if it was added up, he had lived two lifetimes, but when he thought that such a bastard thing was actually done by his former self, he felt ashamed.
Although Wang Susu pressed the fingerprint without knowing it, it was pressed up after all. Who would believe it if she said she didn't know about it?
So it’s useless to regret it now.
If you act rogue and refuse to admit it, it would be easy to destroy the fingerprinted note.
But his reputation was even worse, and Wang Susu would not be able to see anyone in the future.
After living in the countryside for so many years, he has also seen many cunning people eating IOUs, vouchers, and even votes drawn by lots in public, and the results were no good.
Rural roads are slippery and people’s hearts are more complex, it’s not just words.
It is common for people to get into trouble sometimes over trivial matters and not speak for half a lifetime. Not to mention that when it comes to farmland, there is also Chen Erzhu, a famous second-rate man.
It would be okay if you have more brothers and more males, but if outsiders want to trick you, you have to think carefully about it.
It's a pity that Chen Ling is the only one in the family who is not welcomed by the villagers.
Why don't they catch them and bully them?
Especially Chen Erzhu, who is very popular in the county town, but no one dares to mess with him.
Thinking of this, Chen Ling held the note and looked at the two dazzling red handprints on it, and couldn't help but grit his teeth.
I hate Chen Erzhu, and I hate myself even more.
At this time, I was really a piece of trash who didn't understand anything.
Believe whatever others say.
Don’t blame my uncle for being so cruel, he even wanted to slap himself twice.
Seeing Wang Susu squatting on the ground and crying.
Chen Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Don't cry Susu, I will go to the city to find Erzhu tomorrow, and we won't change with him."
"That's right, Susu, please stop crying now. If this doesn't work, I'll ask Fugui to talk to Erzhu. As fellow villagers, if you have something to discuss, it's easy to discuss."
Wang Laishun also sighed and persuaded road.
When he came, he was still wondering why Wang Susu, a very smart girl, would agree to exchange the wasteland of the Erzhu family.
I didn’t expect it to be done by Chen Ling, a prodigal son, so there is nothing to say.
Don’t you feel bad for me, Zai Er, Tian?
Wang Laishun glanced at Chen Ling and thought to himself: This lazy boy just needs discipline, especially after I died. He has no dignity at all.
His uncle still hit him too lightly.
Thinking like this, he reached out and pulled the fingerprinted note back from Chen Ling's hand.
"You guys have been fingerprinted, and I can't stand out and help anyone, so I'll leave this here for now..."
"High-voltage lines will be erected in the south this year. It occupies a lot of cultivated land, you all know this. The township will come to survey the land next month, and each household will have to redistribute the land. It will only take a few days. You should discuss the results with the Erzhu family as soon as possible."
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"If I have nothing else to do, I'll leave first. There are still a few houses to visit."
Wang Laishun said a few words and left with his hands behind his back.
At this time Wang Susu stopped him again: "Fifth uncle, wait a minute, I will withdraw the money for you."
Wang Laishun walked to the door of the courtyard. Hearing this, he patted his forehead and felt heartbroken. I almost forgot about this incident, but I said there was no rush, it would be the same if I paid him some time later, he just came to inform me or something like that.
Chen Ling could see that the old man was trying to be polite. After all, the amount of money withdrawn these days was not a small amount, so he didn't talk to him much and followed Wang Susu into the house.
When he entered the room, he saw Wang Susu taking out a small black wooden box, slender and rectangular, from his pillow, and took out a wad of money.
Looking at the amount, it’s one hundred and eighty yuan, which can probably be enough to pay the two people’s withdrawals.
Tsk tsk, my little daughter-in-law is quite thoughtful.
The place to hide the money is well chosen, it’s dark under the lamp!
“Huh? That’s not right...”
"Why does this wooden box look so familiar?"
Suddenly, Chen Ling's eyes narrowed, and his attention was attracted by the black wooden box in Wang Susu's hand.
“Isn’t it?”
“Isn’t this the box I bought in the dream world?!”
“…How did this thing appear here?! ”
Chen Ling looked like he had seen a ghost in the daytime, his eyes widened in excitement and shock, and he hurried over.
Wang Susu was startled, tightly covering the money in her hand, and whispered: "I didn't hide this on purpose, it was for emergency use in case something happened to my family."
"Now You have to hand in the deposit, so you can't touch it..."
Seeing this, Chen Ling knew that he was too excited, but seeing this familiar object here, he could only hold back his excitement. Strange things.
Seeing that Chen Ling's face was very different from usual, the young wife thought that he was going to lose his temper again. She cried and looked at him with red eyes, but she hid the box and money behind her and said in a trembling voice. :"Please Aling, I really can't touch this money!"
Chen Ling was helpless, "I don't want money, show me this box..."
Looking at his wife who looked pitiful, she hid the wooden box and the money tightly behind her.
Chen Ling had no choice but to say: "You can give the withdrawal money to Uncle Wu, and leave the box to me."
Wang Susu was stunned for a moment by these words, and then blinked. Slowly handed the wooden box to him, and said calmly: "There is no money in it, and this is the only money left at home. It is just enough to pay the deposit for the two of us..."
The person who said this At this time, Wang Susu clenched her little fist tightly, as if she was afraid that Chen Ling would snatch it.
However, Chen Ling didn't notice this at all at this time. He picked up the wooden box and couldn't wait to look through it...
Seeing that Chen Ling's mind was really not on the money, Wang Susu breathed a small sigh of relief and hurriedly He grabbed the money and walked out.
Not even a minute after Wang Susu walked out, Chen Ling could no longer hold back her excitement.
"Exactly the same as the small box I bought in Sakurajima when the Tokyo Olympics was held in the dream world!"
"Is it possible that this is what I dreamed of in another time and space? Secret? I don’t know if it was a dream or a time-travel of consciousness, but Susu actually hid it under my pillow..."
"Look at this shape, it can't be a moonlight treasure box, right?"
Parallel time and space is mainly to avoid some sensitive events. Big events should be written according to reality. The general trend is irreversible, but small things can be changed
(End of this chapter)