HPDBC Chapter 1108: Things are changing in Yong'an Village
Chapter 1108: Things are changing in Yong'an Village
Chapter 1108: Things are changing in Yong'an Village
Chen Dalai’s family in Yong’an Village.
Chen Dalai's wife Zheng Linying and her two sisters-in-law were waiting for their husband to return home.
"Sister!" Zheng Guangjun's wife Miao Shaofen asked Zheng Linying, "The water has been boiled for several minutes, why haven't they come back yet?"
"The pig gang is big." Zheng Linying waved her hand at Miao Shaofen and said, "Didn't you hear what your Guangjun told your brother-in-law? There are seventy or eighty pigs. Your brother-in-law has brought a lot of bullets. If he wants to kill four or five pigs, he has to gut them one by one on the mountain."
"Ah..." Miao Shaofen nodded, not quite understanding. Just as she was about to ask something else, the door to the outer room was suddenly opened, and Chen Youliang ran into the inner room and shouted, "Mom, the Li family's second uncle is here!"
There are several families with the surname Li in this village, but there is only one person in the entire forest area who could be called that by Chen Youliang.
"Oh!" When Zheng Linying, Miao Shaofen and Su Xiurong heard that Li Ruhai had arrived, they hurriedly stood up and looked out the window.
At this time, Li Ruhai had just entered the Chen family's courtyard. He was wearing that cool outfit and walked inside with his hands behind his back.
"Sister!" Seeing Li Ruhai, Su Xiurong asked Zheng Linying nervously, "Is he coming to you for money?"
"No way..." Although Zheng Linying said no, she was still unsure in her heart. She immediately complained to Chen Dalai, "Your brother-in-law insisted on buying the gun barrel. I didn't let him buy it, but he borrowed money to buy it. It's useless to have only one gun to use!"
While Zheng Linying was muttering these words, Li Ruhai had already arrived in front of the house, and Zheng Linying hurried out to greet him.
When Li Ruhai arrived at the door, Zheng Linying pushed open the door and smiled at Li Ruhai enthusiastically, "Ruhai is here? Come in quickly!"
"Mrs. Chen!" Li Ruhai responded with a smile, "Is my brother Chen at home?"
While Li Ruhai was speaking, he had already entered the Chen family.
"Your brother Chen is not at home." Zheng Linying said, "He went up the mountain."
"Ah..." Li Ruhai was about to speak when he saw Miao Shaofen and Su Xiurong standing at the door of the inner room.
"Sister-in-law Guangjun, Sister-in-law Guangcai." Li Ruhai greeted them and was then welcomed into the inner room by the three women.
Li Ruhai sat down on the kang, Zheng Linying went to pour him some water, and Su Xiurong asked Li Ruhai, "Hey? Ruhai, is your family's greeting with Old Liu's family today over?"
"Ah!" Li Ruhai responded vaguely. After taking the teacup from Zheng Linying, Li Ruhai placed it on the table on the kang, then smiled at Zheng Linying and said, "Sister Chen, don't bother. I'll be gone in a while."
When Zheng Linying heard Li Ruhai say that he would leave after a while, she thought he was here to collect debts.
"Ruhai." Zheng Linying said to Li Ruhai with some embarrassment: "Sister-in-law, I'll tell you everything. We don't have a lot of money at home now, but we will definitely be able to get it together for you before the Gregorian New Year."
"Mrs. Chen, you misunderstood." Li Ruhai smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone in our village knows what kind of people you and my elder brother are. The money is not bad. I am not in a hurry to get it, and you don't have to rush to give it to me."
"Huh?" Zheng Linying was stunned when she heard Li Ruhai say that. Miao Shaofen and Su Xiurong looked at each other, both of them were a little surprised.
Li Ruhai's words were very nice, giving Zheng Linying enough face, so Zheng Linying asked Li Ruhai: "Ruhai, what is the matter that brought you here today?"
"Yeah!" Li Ruhai nodded and smiled, "I was thinking about asking if there are any roe deer at home. I want to buy one."
"You're buying a roe deer?" Zheng Linying blinked her eyes and said, "I actually have one at home, frozen behind the house."
"Mrs. Chen, how big can that roe deer be?" Li Ruhai said, "I want to take it as a gift."
"It's OK to give it as a gift!" Zheng Linying raised her hand and gestured, saying, "That's a big female roe deer, about 40 kilograms, and it can produce 20 kilograms of good meat."
"Okay, Sister Chen." Li Ruhai has been dealing with wild boars and roe deer for such a long time that his understanding of wild animals is now no less than that of his brother Li Baoyu.
At this time, Li Ruhai stood up and said to Zheng Linying: "I want this roe deer. I'll give you the money first, and then we can go to the back to dig out the snow jars."
"Oh, Ru Hai!" Zheng Linying shook her head and waved her hands, saying, "What money do you want? Money? If you need it, just take it. Your brother Chen won't say anything when he comes back."
"No way!" Li Ruhai shook his head and said, "How long can my elder brother Chen stay here? How can I take advantage of you? Sister-in-law, I will give you the price you tell me. If you don't want any money, I won't want this roe deer either."
"Brother... you see." Zheng Linying seemed a little embarrassed, and finally made up her mind and said, "You know better than my sister-in-law, so just watch and give it to me."
Li Ruhai unbuttoned his cotton jacket, revealing his Zhongshan suit. Then Li Ruhai took out a stack of money from his collar pocket, pulled out a ten-yuan note and a five-yuan note, put them on the kang table, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll throw these for you."
"No!" Zheng Linying picked up the fifteen yuan, separated the two banknotes with both hands, raised the big unity in her right hand, and said, "This ten yuan, sister-in-law takes it."
At this point, Zheng Linying handed the five-dollar bill to Li Ruhai and said, "Take this back. This is too much."
"Sister Chen, I'm giving it to you, just keep it." As soon as Li Ruhai said this, Zheng Linying grabbed Li Ruhai's arm and stuffed the five yuan into Li Ruhai's pocket, saying, "If you ask someone else, Sister-in-law might want it, but you can't!"
"What's the matter?" Li Ruhai said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is afraid that I won't give it to you sincerely?"
"No, no!" Zheng Linying waved her hands repeatedly and said, "Brother, you have taken good care of our family."
Zheng Linying turned to her two younger brothers and sisters and praised Li Ruhai to them, saying, "No matter what your brother-in-law did before, it was hard to sell meat. This year, Ruhai pushed for this matter, and our family can sell more meat."
"Haha." Li Ruhai laughed when he heard that and said, "Sister Chen, we are all relatives in the village, why are you still talking about this?"
After saying this modestly, Li Ruhai raised his hand and pointed outside the house, saying, "Then let's go out and dig out that roe deer!"
"No need for you, Ruhai!" Su Xiurong stopped Li Ruhai and said, "Sit in the room for a while and drink some water to warm yourself up. Otherwise, my sister will pour it for you in vain."
"Are you going, Xiurong?" Zheng Linying asked. After getting Su Xiurong's affirmative answer, Zheng Linying and Miao Shaofen stayed in the house to chat with Li Ruhai, while Su Xiufen went to the backyard to dig up the roe deer.
"Ruhai, who are you going to give a gift to?" Zheng Linying asked Li Ruhai with a smile, and Li Ruhai did not hide it from her and said directly: "I want to visit the village chief's house later."
"Village leader?" Just as Zheng Linying and Miao Shaofen were surprised, Li Ruhai said with a smile: "Sister Chen, Sister Guangjun, I was thinking about telling you."
"What's wrong, Ruhai?" the two girls asked almost in unison.
"I want to be part of the election for the women's director," Li Ruhai said to them, "Before that, please vote for me."
Zheng Linying, Miao Shaofen: "..."
Chen Youliang: “…”
After Li Ruhai said this, the room fell silent.
In Northeast China, this situation is called: words dropped on the ground.
When this happens, the situation is usually very embarrassing.
But who is Li Ruhai? When he saw the words fall to the ground, he immediately picked them up and said to the two girls: "If you have any unpleasantness with the men in your family in the future, you can come to me and I will definitely stand on your side."
Zheng Linying, Miao Shaofen: "..."
At this time, Su Xiurong came back. She walked into the room and said to Li Ruhai, "Ruhai, I left the roe deer outside for you."
"Hey, thank you, Sister Guangcai!" After thanking Su Xiurong, Li Ruhai stood up and said to Zheng Linying, "Sister Chen, can you give me a sack so I can put some in the roe deer? Otherwise, it won't be good if someone is watching."
"Ah, ah!" Zheng Linying agreed repeatedly, stood up and walked out. At this time, Li Ruhai touched Chen Youliang's little face and said with a smile: "Liangzi, study hard! Uncle is leaving!"
After saying that, Li Ruhai got off the kang and left the Chen family's house accompanied by Miao Shaofen and Su Xiurong.
At this time, Zheng Linying went to the warehouse to find a sack, and the roe deer was placed in front of Chen's house.
The female roe deer, which weighed 40 kilograms when born, now has its limbs tucked in and its head down in front of its belly.
Li Ruhai squatted down and turned the roe deer over with its belly facing up and examined it carefully. He was relieved when he saw that there was no ice at the root of the roe deer's thighs.
As far as Li Ruhai knows, the trick invented by some traitor in Yong'an Forest District is that they bring back roe deer in the winter, tear open the skin of the thigh with a knife, and then cut a piece of meat from the lining of the thigh.
The piece of meat cut out must weigh two or three pounds, and the two pieces of meat on each thigh must weigh four or five pounds.
A roe deer weighing 45-6 jin in life can only produce 20 jin of good meat, sometimes even less. Most of the good meat is on the hind thighs. If they dig out these two pieces of meat, what will be left?
These scoundrels also have a trick. After cutting off the meat, they pull off the cut skin and pour cold water on it. When the water freezes, the skin will stick to the inner thigh of the roe deer, blocking the traces of the knife cutting the meat. Then they put the roe deer against their bodies, and when the whole roe deer is frozen, ordinary people really can't tell.
After Zheng Linying brought a sack over, she held the sack while Li Ruhai put the roe deer into the sack and then said goodbye to the three women.
"Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Guangjun, Mrs. Guangcai, I'm leaving!" Before leaving, Li Ruhai said to the three women, "If you have any problems in the future, just come to me. My brother Chen and his friends have roe deer and wild boars, and I'll sell them to you first. We are not outsiders."
"Oh, Ruhai, I'll have to trouble you from now on!" As Zheng Linying was talking, the three girls escorted Li Ruhai out of the yard. Li Ruhai said a few more polite words before dragging the sack away. He was dressed in a slippery outfit, so he couldn't carry the sack.
Looking at Li Ruhai's departing back, Su Xiurong muttered, "Who is this kid going to deliver this roe deer to?"
When Li Ruhai announced in the house that he would run for the women's director of Yong'an Village, Su Xiurong was digging for roe deer in the snow in the backyard, so she didn't know that Yong'an Village was about to "change."
"He's sending it to the village chief." Zheng Linying said, "He wants to sign up for the election of women's director!"
"Ah?" Su Xiurong was stunned for a moment. At this time, Miao Shaofen asked Zheng Linying, "Sister, should we choose him?"
Zheng Linying glanced at Miao Shaofen and asked instead of answering, "Didn't you hear what they said? If Guangjun and your brother-in-law have a fight, he can sell it to us first!"
"Oh my! This kid..." Miao Shaofen suddenly realized something and couldn't help but widen her eyes. She said in disbelief, "This kid's brain is too good!"
"Sister-in-law, don't underestimate Ruhai because he is young." Su Xiurong was usually one of Li Ruhai's friends, but she moved in later and hasn't been able to get into the core circle yet. But she still spoke up for Li Ruhai and said, "He speaks and acts like an adult."
At this point, Su Xiurong turned to Zheng Linying and said, "Sister, you were not in the room just now, and Ruhai was talking to Youliang, asking Youliang to study hard."
"Ha!" Zheng Linying laughed when she heard that, but there was no smile on her face. After pausing for nearly two seconds, Zheng Linying tilted her head and said, "Him? He told our child to study hard?"
Li Ruhai came out of Chen's house and went straight to the home of the village chief Zhao Guofeng.
Although it was the weekend, Zhao Guofeng was at the village headquarters instead of at home. Li Ruhai also guessed that it was very likely that he was at the village headquarters, but it was not appropriate for him to go there with the gift.
When they arrived at Zhao's house, Li Ruhai gave the roe deer to Zhao Guofeng's wife Qin Xiaojuan, and asked Zhao Jinshan to go find Zhao Guofeng and bring him back.
After Zhao Jinshan left, Li Ruhai sat on the kang and talked to Qin Xiaojuan and Zhao Guofeng's mother Zhao Liu about the customs and habits of the village.
When Zhao Guofeng came back, he heard his mother asking Li Ruhai as soon as he entered the house: "Now that Wang Dalong is back, has he contacted Sun Daxia's wife?"
"Why don't you contact him?" Li Ruhai was just like those gossiping rural women at this moment. He sat cross-legged on the kang, tilted his head and pouted, saying, "Contact him secretly. If a man has an affair, no woman can stop him!"
Zhao Guofeng: “…”
"Oh my!" Qin Xiaojuan sighed and said, "These are all good days, it's just because of me!"
"Ahem!" Zhao Guofeng coughed lightly in the outer room, walked in with Zhao Jinshan, looked at Li Ruhai and asked, "Is Ruhai here?"
"Uncle Zhao!" Li Ruhai was about to stand up but was stopped by Old Mrs. Zhao.
Qin Xiaojuan stood up to make room for Zhao Guofeng. When the couple's bodies crossed, Qin Xiaojuan whispered in Zhao Guofeng's ear: "Ru Hai, come and get us a roe deer."
Qin Xiaojuan said this without avoiding people, and Li Ruhai also heard it. When Zhao Guofeng looked at him, Li Ruhai smiled at Zhao Guofeng.
Zhao Guofeng also smiled at Li Ruhai. After he got on the bed, he asked Li Ruhai, "Did your father ask you to come?"
When asking this question, Zhao Guofeng was still wondering, even if Li Dayong had something to ask him, he should have asked Jin Xiaomei to come instead of him? If Jin Xiaomei didn't come, Li Baoyu could come.
"No." Li Ruhai first denied Zhao Guofeng's question, then smiled and said, "I think it's almost the New Year, so I came to take a look."
When Li Ruhai said this, the four members of the Zhao family were all stunned. Because Li Ruhai's words just now were usually only said when asking someone to do something for him.
"Ruhai." Zhao Guofeng asked Li Ruhai, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing." Li Ruhai replied with a smile, "I just came here to find you to register."
"Huh?" Zhao Guofeng was stunned, and Li Ruhai said, "Aren't we selecting cadres in the family quarters?"
After hearing what Li Ruhai said, Zhao Guofeng's expression instantly turned from sunny to cloudy, and he asked coldly, "What's the matter? Did your father ask you to come?"
After asking this question, Zhao Guofeng immediately asked: "What? He wants to be the director of public security?"
Each generation has its own code of conduct.
For men of Zhao Guofeng's generation, they would save face for each other. For things like this, unless they were sworn enemies, no one would come out to argue with Zhao Guofeng, no matter how dissatisfied they were behind the scenes.
Women are different, they don’t care about face. So the women’s directors of the four family quarters of Yong’an Forest Farm are replaced every term, but the director of public security has never been replaced.
At this time, Zhao Guofeng thought that Li Dayong wanted to compete with him for the position of director of public security, and Li Dayong was embarrassed to sign up himself, so he asked a child to come.
Therefore, Zhao Guofeng was not happy. He was usually on good terms with Li Dayong, and when the Li family wanted to build a house for Li Baoyu and asked Zhao Guofeng to approve the land, Zhao Guofeng agreed without hesitation.
"No, Uncle Zhao!" Li Ruhai saw that Zhao Guofeng had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "It's not my dad who signed up, it's me who wants to sign up."
"You want to sign up?" Zhao Guofeng stared at Li Ruhai and asked, "Really? False?"
"Really!" Li Ruhai nodded solemnly, but Zhao Guofeng smiled. Then he heard Zhao Guofeng say, "What? You want to run for election with us?"
If Li Dayong competed with him, Zhao Guofeng would indeed be unhappy. He was not afraid that he could not defeat Li Dayong, but he thought that they were all brothers, how could this happen?
But if it was Li Ruhai, Zhao Guofeng would not be angry at all and would just treat it as a child playing around.
"Uncle Zhao, what are you talking about?" Li Ruhai waved his hands and said, "How dare I argue with you!"
When he said this, the Zhao family was stunned. Zhao Guofeng was the first to react. Although he had some guesses in his mind, he still asked Li Ruhai: "You...what do you mean?"
"Director Zhao!" Li Ruhai said to Zhao Guofeng solemnly, "I want to sign up to participate in the election of the women's director of our family area."
Zhao Guofeng: “…”
Zhao Liushi, Qin Xiaojuan, Zhao Jinshan: "..."
"Aren't you talking to us?" Zhao Guofeng frowned and said, "How can you be the director of the Women's Department?"
"Director Zhao," Li Ruhai asked Zhao Guofeng, "The director of women's affairs is responsible for caring for and helping women, but it's not just women who can be in this position!"
"This..." Zhao Guofeng was a little confused. He didn't know whether what Li Ruhai said was right or not, but it was true that no man had ever been elected as the director of the Women's Department.
At this time, Li Ruhai began his speech on the kang of the Zhao family. He said to Zhao Liushi and Qin Xiaojuan, "Grandma Zhao, Aunt Zhao, if I were the director of the women's department, I would take care of the matter of Wang Dalong beating his wife and having an affair. No one else would care, but I would!"
At this point, Li Ruhai gritted his teeth and said, "This is outrageous!"
"That's right!" Zhao Liu waved the pipe in her hand and pursed her toothless upper lip and said, "We should have dealt with him a long time ago. What the hell is this?"
"Ruhai!" Zhao Guofeng stopped Zhao Liushi for a moment, then asked Li Ruhai solemnly, "Can you really handle this matter?"
Wang Dalong has caused a lot of trouble in the surrounding villages over the years. When Zhao Guofeng went to the township for a meeting, other village and town cadres brought up the matter and Zhao Guofeng would be embarrassed.
"Yes!" Li Ruhai said firmly, "How dare you bully women? I will punish him!"
"Yes!" Qin Xiaojuan waved her hand and said, "Beat him to death!"
"Aunt Zhao!" Li Ruhai said to Qin Xiaojuan, "Before the election, you vote for me. The first thing I will do when I take office is to do it for him!"
"My son!" Li Ruhai had just finished speaking when Zhao Liushi said, "I choose you too!"
There will be more chapters later, it will definitely be quite late, brothers, go to bed first
(End of this chapter)