Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 5 Backbone and Brick Kiln

The reason why the village chief became the village chief was not because he delivered rice, flour, grain and oil to every household during the voting, but because he had a large family.

Upon hearing that the village chief had been beaten, a large group of men, young and old, who lived under the same roof with him came in, blocking the alley. Even the two officials from the township were squeezed out.

What hoe, what dung fork, what red tasseled spear...

However, the second brother was very strong. He removed the two wooden doors of the village chief's house like a bulldozer and pushed a large group of people out of the yard by himself.

at this time.

boom!
After a muffled sound, the noisy scene suddenly became quiet.

I saw the old village secretary, who rarely took charge of village affairs but was highly respected, holding a Hanyang-made rifle, pushing aside the crowd and coming to the yard.

"What are you doing, so late at night?"

"Replying to the old man, looking for the donkey." Yu Yang answered truthfully.

The village chief, who was hanging on the rooftop fan, stopped other tribesmen from talking and said in a muffled voice, "Help him find a donkey."

"did you find it?"

"found it."

"Then we'll all go."

Everyone went back to their homes.

A conflict just disappeared.

Yu Yang and the strong men carried or embraced the large color TV, DVD and home theater that Old Yu left at the village chief's house.

When we arrived at the alley, we saw from afar our sixth uncle and his two cousins ​​coming to help.

But there were no family members outside, so the three of them hid a little far away.

Yu Yang expressed his understanding of this. After all, there were more people in the village, and if the three of them rushed forward, they would be beaten.

"walk home."

Uncle Six did not feel embarrassed and complained, "Why did you quarrel with him?"

"After my father was arrested, the villagers looked at me in a strange way. I couldn't stand up straight unless I made a fuss."

"We can't use him to establish our authority. We are outnumbered and will suffer a loss."

"It's okay. From today on, times have changed. We have more people."

"???"

Yu Laoliu was a little confused when he heard this, but when he saw three more technicians in the team, he suddenly realized.

He immediately took out a cigarette and said as he walked away, "Come on, come on, come home and sit for a while."

"No, Uncle Six, it's almost 11 o'clock."

"It's never too late to have a good meal. We have three big carps at home. Ask your aunt to stew them."

Yu Laoliu waved his hand to show that he could not be refused. He asked his two sons to open the store and buy some snacks, while he called the strong men to go home.

By the way, he whispered in Yu Yang's ear: "Since they have helped us tonight, we have to serve them with good cigarettes and good wine, otherwise who will help us next time?"

"Makes sense."

"This is called the ways of the world. You have to learn more about it in the future."

"You're right."

Yu Yang nodded repeatedly, signaling his elder brother to use a donkey cart to take the large color TV, DVD, and home theater that were moved from the village chief's house back to his home.

These things were originally bought by Lao Yu as gifts, but later when his house was searched, they somehow ended up in the hands of the village chief.

Although the appearance has changed a lot now, the functions have not changed. It is definitely ours, there is no doubt about it.

Not long after.

Uncle Six’s family had another feast.

Steamed carp, carp with soy sauce, carp stewed with cabbage and tofu...

Cut salted duck eggs, torn spicy strips...

Bean curd with scallion oil, white fungus with cold vinegar...

A box of liquor-Jingyanggang...

Yu Quezi, who was living in the next yard, heard the noise, opened the door, and couldn't help sniffing.

"What kind of conditions are these?"

"I stewed chicken last night and fish tonight. Can we still get by?"

……

The village chief's house.

After Yu Yang left, the yard became lively again.

The village chief's younger brother, cousin, uncle, and others were all present.

"We can't just let it go like this." The village chief said angrily, "You are a traitor and you dare to call me a stranger."

The village chief lit a cigarette and said, "It is precisely because of the presence of outsiders that we cannot move. Otherwise, those outsiders will beat us up badly, or even kill someone, and then run away overnight. Where can we find them?"

"You can't just do nothing, right?"

"We'll talk about it later."

The village chief didn't say something.

It was indeed Yu Jianjun who led people to ransack his home.

The reason he did that was because after the flood, Yu Jianjun asked him to borrow money and told him about the current situation of the brick kiln.

In short: Although the cave was washed away, it is a small matter and can be restarted by finding a few bricklayers to repair it. What the brick kiln lacks now is funds to buy charcoal, oil and hire people.

At that time, Village Chief Yu did not have any other ideas and even prepared the money.

However, the bank was worried that Yu Jianjun would run away, so they sent him to a detention center, which gave him another way out.

For example, if a brick kiln owes the Agricultural Bank of China 20 yuan, as long as the Agricultural Bank of China changes the credit loan into a mortgage loan, it can take back the brick kiln. At worst, the Agricultural Bank of China can file a lawsuit and ask the court to auction the brick kiln.

Few people know the actual situation of brick kilns.

At that time, the family will buy the brick kiln from the Agricultural Bank of China for 25 yuan. In this way, the Agricultural Bank of China will make up for the loan, and the business personnel handling this matter can get an extra 5 yuan to share privately.

And with this move, the brick kiln will not have to repay other debts.

If we take over the brick kiln ourselves, we will resume production this year, make a profit next year, and make a profit the year after.

Who wouldn’t be moved by something like this?

To this end, he led people to raid Yu Jianjun's home, hoping to put pressure on Yu Yang and his mother.

Now Yu Yang has met a group of outsiders and has come to seek face again. I wonder if he will restart the brick kiln next...

The village chief thought for a long time, picked up a soft Chinese cloth, and went out with his brother.

……

The next day was October 14th of the lunar calendar.

Solar term: Light Snow.

It's still dark.

The strong men who were drinking and chatting happily last night climbed out of the firewood pile and started working.

The eldest brother cooked, the second brother planted bean sprouts, and the third, fourth, and fifth brothers continued to build a super-large kang in the yard. Not to mention, the skills of this group of men with construction technology and civil engineering skills made Yu Yang, who has been working in engineering for more than 20 years, amazed.

"The Ten-mile Camp Fair on the 12th."

"Hangai Township Market on the 13th."

"We have to go to the Buddha Temple today. There's a big market there."

Yu Yang counted on his fingers and looked at the old almanac to make sure he was right.

Then he led the donkey to the home of his distant cousin, Yu Quezi.

I knocked on the door, threw down five dollars, and asked the other party to help feed the dog.

Yu Quezi had a mule, and was equipped with a hay cutter, a hay scooping vat, a stone trough, straw stacks, corn stalks, and coarse and fine auxiliary materials.

"Brother, have you fed your mule?"

"It's still dark, and I'm feeding him. What's wrong?"

"I don't know how to drive yet. Your mule is docile. How about I harness it and practice?"

Yu Quezi was unwilling, but he looked at the five dollars in his hand, hesitated slightly, and nodded: "Okay, send it back as soon as possible."

"no problem!"

Yu Yang immediately took away the mule, which was as big as a horse and had thick and strong limbs.

When he returned to his own yard, he first harnessed the raft, then called his eldest and second brothers to go straight to his own brick kiln.

With the joining of the third brother and others, the construction speed in the yard has increased a lot.

A foundation pit about 50 meters long and 30 meters wide has been completed.

It’s just that building a super large kang requires bricks to stabilize the flue.

Yesterday, when my second brother was laying the kang in the main room, he had already used up all the red bricks on the roof of the tiled house that supported the tiles.

Although their brick kiln stopped producing after being washed away by the flood, and the red bricks produced previously were taken away by creditors when the house was ransacked, some refractory bricks dug out from the cave were more suitable for supporting the kang.

The brick kiln is located to the north of Yujia Village, three miles away.

Ten miles further north is the Buddha Temple where we are going today.

So we have to be quick because we still have to sell the vegetables later.

"The question is, why do I have to work so hard from dawn to dusk even though I'm cheating?"

"I only slept for three hours last night!"

"It's one hour less than if I hadn't been reborn."

Yu Yang drove the mule cart and fell into deep thought.

After a while, we arrived at the brick kiln.

As it was still dark, under the bright moonlight, a prehistoric monster was crawling on the vast desolate land.

It has a single horn that reaches up to the sky, and has sixteen pitch-black eyes, eight in front and eight in the back.

If you stare into his eyes, the black color in them seems to have a strange attraction, which makes you feel more and more uneasy the more you look at them.

This is Lao Yu’s brick kiln.

This brick kiln originated from the era of the big pot meal. It is a relatively advanced tunnel kiln and a product of collective ownership. Due to the remote location of Shili Camp and the late dissolution of the commune, it underwent a major overhaul in 92.

It was during that major overhaul that a series of problems arose in the brick kiln.

In 95, the Shiliying Commune was dissolved and collective assets were liquidated. The brick kilns that had been repaired again and again were forced to be idle because of their high value and could never be repaired properly. They were not dealt with for the time being.

Later, the village found out that Lao Yu had made some money from raising pigs. They thought that the villagers who wanted to invest in the brick kiln would come to ask for money every few days. So they transferred the brick kiln to Lao Yu and distributed the money.

There's nothing wrong with this.

The problem is that brick kilns used to be collective assets, and bricks were made from soil dug from the riverbank. The river belonged to the state, and the riverbank was managed by local collectives. It was normal for the bricks to be transferred between collectives.

But after Lao Yu took over the brick kiln, it became a private property. Since the time was too short and the relevant procedures were not completed, digging soil from the river bank at this time constituted the crime of stealing land.

Brick kilns across the country have emission problems, and Lao Yu’s brick kiln naturally does not meet emission standards.

The villagers had different participation times and shares, and received different amounts of money. Some of the dissatisfied villagers, instigated by their creditors, immediately stood up.

Therefore, we take the problems reported by creditors about Lao Yu seriously, as they are all true.

As a result, Lao Yu in another time and space spent three and a half years in the detention center.

It was not until the lawsuit was over and the court sentenced him to two years in prison that he was released.

Well, I stayed there for an extra year and a half.

This is the main reason why Yu Yang was unwilling to waste time on the brick kiln incident.

Another moment passed.

The eldest brother turned on the flashlight, and Yu Yang drove the mule cart into the cave.

It takes skill to remove bricks, but the eldest and second brothers have mastered the construction techniques and know exactly where to remove and where not to remove.

"The lawsuit is one thing, but the kiln is still in our hands. Should we restart it?"

Hearing this, the eldest brother stamped his hands on the ground and said, "It's been soaked by the flood. No matter how hard we try, it won't be fixed."

"It's just a cave house that was washed away. Can't we just find some bricklayers to fix it?"

"Let me ask you a very simple question."

"hold head high!"

"What will happen if you heat the stone and then pour water on it?"

"Isn't this for making lime?"

"I asked you what would happen."

“It will crack!”

Yu Yang understood.

The temperature inside the brick kiln is high all year round, and the foundation has been burned thoroughly and is extremely dry.

The flood poured in, and although it did not collapse on the spot, the flood seeped into the foundation, and the brick kiln was about to collapse!

Yu Yang hurriedly drove the mule away, turned around and ran away.

The eldest brother waved the flashlight. "It's not that exaggerated. We need to wait for it to get cold and freeze the foundation, and then wait for spring to thaw... And the brick kiln is built very solidly. At most, the chimney will fail. By then, it will collapse, crack, or fall because of the foundation collapse."

"That's it!"

Yu Yang's eyes lit up.

Although we never cheat anyone, there is something strange about the brick kiln.

Since someone is trying to cheat us, we must sell this brick kiln as soon as possible.

In particular, he never wanted to waste time on the brick kiln.

"It's time to put an end to this matter."

The eldest brother already knew what was going on, "What about your father?"

“When I was in the detention center, I couldn’t see anyone except my lawyer, let alone write letters or make phone calls to the outside world, especially since I was living in a room with more than a dozen people.

Rather than suffering like this, it is better for him to stay in prison for two years. Then we can go to see him every few days and spend money to get him a single room. "

"You are so filial."

(End of this chapter)