Chapter 36 Chicken Trouble
After working in the fields for a long time, Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng were already hungry. After Zhang Qiaoling took the child out, the three of them sat down and started eating.
Chen Ling cooked five dishes, only one was a meat dish, and the rest were vegetarian dishes, which were not rich.
But because the food he cooked was fragrant enough, Wang Jusheng and his wife enjoyed the meal very much.
Even though Zhang Qiaoling was influenced by the villagers, she still had some opinions about Chen Ling and couldn't help but praise him repeatedly.
Even when Chen Ling left, he even took the initiative to bring him two jars of pickles.
“Although your sister-in-law Qiaoling’s cooking is not as delicious as yours, her pickled vegetables are excellent. No one in our area can match her.”
< br>"Look at the big vats in my yard. Several vats are filled with pickles, and several vats are filled with chili sauce and bean paste."
"Whenever you want to eat, just come and get it."
Wang Jusheng said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law is so awesome. Why are there so many big jars in the yard?"
Chen Ling held two black jars, lowered his head and smelled them, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
It tastes really good.
He thought these vats were empty before, but he didn’t expect them to be filled with pickles and sauce.
"Don't listen to your nonsense, Brother Jusheng. There is no one who doesn't pickle two jars of pickles at all times of the year. He brags to everyone he meets, and he is not ashamed."
Zhang Qiaoling said with a smile, feeling a little embarrassed by Wang Jusheng.
How could you praise yourself so much in front of others?
It’s just a little pickle. If you praise it to the sky, it’s just pickle, and it’s not worth much.
“Hey, I don’t brag to everyone, this is all eaten by others.”
“Just like my colleagues at the police station, I only need to bring pickles from home, There is no time when you are rushing to ask for it from me.”
"Last time, I was worried that there wouldn't be enough food and I put a jar in. As a result, these idiots ate it all for me in two meals. When I asked about it later, the old man at the gate took away half the bowl. Damn it."< br>
Wang Jusheng slapped his thigh and stared.
"Hahaha, after hearing what you said, Brother Jusheng, I can't wait to eat it. When I go back and tell Susu, I will let her learn from my sister-in-law another day."< br>
Chen Ling said with a smile.
Zhang Qiaoling also smiled: "Okay, whenever Susu girl wants to pickle pickles, I will teach her step by step."
Just like that, while talking and laughing, Chen Ling was sent outside the door.
"Okay, the child is still at home. Brother Jusheng and sister-in-law Qiaoling, don't send me away. Go back quickly."
Chen Ling waved her hands, said goodbye to the two of them, and then left alone. Rushed home.
After returning home, Wang Susu had already eaten and was boiling a large bucket of hot water, making the whole room steaming.
When he came back, he closed the door. The two of them took a hot bath together and then slept comfortably on the kang.
……
The next day it was spring rain again.
Although the rain is not heavy, it has been raining all morning and has no intention of stopping.
Seeing this situation, Chen Ling was not in a hurry to get up and make breakfast. He hugged Wang Susu's soft body and changed his sleeping position, intending to sleep on it for half the morning like before.
As a result, not even half an hour later, I was woken up by the noise outside.
"Aling, Aling, get up quickly, something seems to have happened outside."
Wang Susu broke away from Chen Ling's arms and pushed him gently.
"What are you doing this early in the morning?"
Chen Ling rubbed his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to it, but his wife was very worried when she heard the noise outside, so he had to Naked, he crawled out of bed to look for clothes.
After getting dressed, Chen Ling took an umbrella and walked out.
I saw a lot of people gathered in the alley. Qin Dongmei had a sullen face and kept cursing.
Qin Qiumei whispered persuasion from the side, but it obviously didn't work. Her sister didn't listen to her at all.
Pointing at an old lady with white hair and wearing a blue coarse cloth gown, she yelled: "Damn old lady, if you don't pay for my chickens today, your chickens and ducks will also die. Look at me. I won’t give you medicine to kill him.”
The old lady was angry and anxious: “Dongmei, don’t be unreasonable. What does your chicken’s death have to do with me? It’s such a stupid thing, why do you do it so hard? I'm going to slap it on my head..."
Qin Dongmei sneered: "Haha, you said I'm going to slap it on your head? You old man has such a big face! The neighbors are watching, you. Ask, who doesn't know that you often lure other people's chickens to your house to lay eggs? , you'd better give me some poison just because my chickens destroyed a few vegetable seedlings in your yard yesterday."
The old lady became even more anxious: "It's not vegetable seedlings, it's watermelon seedlings. I'm going to plant them in the land after I re-divide the farmland."
"But your chickens killed my melons." All the seedlings were ruined, and I couldn’t grow any melons this year. I haven’t even settled the matter with you yet, but you’ve complained first.”
“Ah! You still have the nerve to settle accounts with me.” What if you didn't lure my chickens to your house to lay eggs?"
"You deserve it if you don't grow melons! What medicine killed my chicken?”
"No matter what you say, you have to pay for my chickens. If you don't have chickens, you have to pay. Ten yuan a chicken, not even a penny less."
Qin Dongmei spat hard.
The old lady was speechless and trembled with anger: "You, you, you..."
Chen Ling listened to the two people arguing and glanced at Qin Dongmei's house. Taking a quick look, I saw a yard of dead chickens lying on the ground, drenched by the drizzle, their fur wet and stained with mud.
"Fifth Grandpa is here, Aunt Dongmei, Second Grandma Wang, please stop arguing!"
At this time, Chen Ling's former neighbor, the son of village doctor Chen Guoping, shouted.
Everyone saw Wang Laishun walking from the south holding a shabby green umbrella.
"Why make a noise! It’s raining and you’re still making noise outside, but you don’t mind the fellow villagers laughing at you! If you have something you can’t talk about properly, you have to make a noise. The team is only a few steps away, so you know how to scold your mother when something happens. I couldn’t even remember to go to the brigade.”
Wang Laishun walked up and scolded.
Although it is now a village committee, the elderly still like to call the village committee a brigade.
Qin Dongmei rolled her eyes after hearing this, "Going to the village committee has to be useful? Who will go if it can't solve any problem?"
It is true that sometimes Wang Laishun is afraid of trouble and wants to be reconciled.
After all, it is difficult for an upright official to settle household matters. Many times, the matter remains unresolved, causing a scandal.
Furthermore, there are countless shitty things in the village. Wang Laishun takes care of them if he can, and stays away if he can't.
Therefore, many villagers were dissatisfied, secretly saying that he was cunning and evil-hearted, and that there were many people who were not good at things.
Wang Laishun had heard too much for a long time. Now that Qin Dongmei was being weird in front of him, he didn't care. Instead, he smiled and said: "Look at what you said, Dongmei. I'm not here to solve the problem. Tell me what's going on." Well, why are you making a fuss here when you haven’t eaten breakfast?”
“Lai Shun, don’t ask her, she is just unreasonable, she smashed my door early in the morning, she insists on telling me that I am her. The chicken medicine at home is dead, and I can’t explain it. It makes me mad.”
“You have to give me some advice today.”
Grandma Wang. He grabbed Wang Laishun's arm and said in a trembling voice.
She was an elderly woman, but she couldn't quarrel with Qin Dongmei, and she almost cried in anger.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, let's go see what's going on with Dongmei's chickens first..."
Wang Laishun comforted.
Qin Dongmei snorted as soon as she heard this, "What's there to see? How can a dead chicken be shown alive?"
"Party Secretary, don't try to side with this old guy. Well..."
Wang Laishun ignored her, turned to Qin Qiumei and said, "Director Qin, let's see what's going on with the chickens at home first."
"Okay, I'm causing trouble to Village Chief Wang!"
Qin Qiumei was full of embarrassment and pulled her sister to tell her to stop saying a few words.
Although her status is more glamorous than that of her younger sister, she has actually been taken care of by her younger sister since she was a child because of her poor health.
When the two get along, Qin Dongmei is more like an older sister; she is more like a younger sister.
As a result, her younger sister is always stronger in front of her.
...
A group of people entered Qin Dongmei's house, squatted on the ground and inspected the dead chickens.
Soon, someone exclaimed: "This chicken was not poisoned to death, but was bitten to death by something that broke its neck."
Chen Ling stood behind the crowd After taking a look, I saw that each chicken had a bloody hole on its neck, which didn't look very obvious.
If it hadn’t been rained and the chicken’s feathers were stuck together, I wouldn’t have been able to tell.
(End of this chapter)