Siheyuan: I just want to live

When Li Heiwa heard Chen Feng's idea, he said, "Mr. Chen, I have an idea. Do you think it will work? I'll let the accountant keep the accounts for you, and you can hand over the money to the village. After you leave, our village will divide the money among ourselves. What do you think?"

Chen Feng thought about it and decided, "Comrade Village Chief, I'll do as you say!"

Li Heiwa was very happy to see that Chen Feng agreed with his idea and would not stop purchasing green grass because he had no change.

But he said hesitantly, "Purchaser Chen, the accountant will help you keep the accounts, so there will be one less person to mow the lawn at home, you see..."

Chen Feng heard his hesitant words and immediately understood what he wanted to express, so he said, "Comrade Village Chief, today the accountant helps me with the accounts. I'll give him five dollars. Do you think it's okay?"

"Okay! Why not!"

When Li Heiwa heard the money Chen Feng offered, he immediately agreed on behalf of the accountant.

Then Li Heiwa immediately shouted to the team, "You have accountant Quan! You have accountant Quan, come out!"

When Li Youquan from the village heard Li Heiwa calling him, he immediately put the grass on his back on the ground and ran towards this side.

Chen Feng looked towards a rural man in his forties who was running towards him and immediately realized that this was the village accountant.

Li Youquan came to Chen Feng and the others and immediately said to Li Heiwa, "Village Chief, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Li Heiwa told Li Youquan what he had just discussed with Chen Feng. Li Youquan said in disbelief, "Village Chief, I am going to get this good thing? You are not lying to me, are you?"

Li Heiwa said with certainty, "That must be true!"

Chen Feng also nodded to indicate that what Village Chief Li Heiwa said was correct.

Li Youquan nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, I'll do it!"

After seeing the accountant's agreement, Li Heiwa walked a few steps to the middle of the team, and Chen Feng and the accountant followed him.

Li Heiwa came to the middle of the team and said, "Fellow villagers! Listen to me!"

When everyone heard Li Heiwa's voice, everyone looked at Li Heiwa.

Li Heiwa saw that everyone was looking at him, so he said, "Fellow villagers! Our Chen Caigou has run out of change!"

"Here's what I thought. I'll ask the accountant to keep the accounts later, and Chen the purchaser will give the money to the accountant. We'll go back to the village brigade tonight and get some of the money. Is that okay with you?"

After Li Heiwa finished speaking, Chen Feng stood up and said, "Fellow villagers, it's not that I don't want to give you money, but I only brought ten-yuan bills, and I've run out of change!"

Chen Feng took out two stacks of ten-yuan bills from his schoolbag, held them above his head, and showed them to the villagers while saying:

"If you don't believe me, just look! If everyone sells enough grass to make ten dollars, I will give the accountant ten dollars! Do you agree?"

When the villagers heard what Li Heiwa and Chen Feng said and saw the money Chen Feng was holding, they whispered to each other.

Then someone shouted, "Purchasing Chen, I believe in you!"

Then someone else shouted, "Purchasing Chen, we believe in you!"

At this time, Li Heiwa shouted to the team, "Okay, everyone, be quiet!"

After maintaining order, Li Heiwa shouted to the team:

"Jianlin, Dasheng, you and the accountant, bring the table and benches here. Dahu and Laoniu, you bring the scale from the warehouse here. This scale weighs too slowly and wastes everyone's time! Mule, go find a door panel and bring it here."

After Li Heiwa finished shouting, five middle-aged men walked out of the team and returned to the village with Li Youquan.

Half an hour passed and the people who had gone to the village returned one after another, bringing with them the items that Li Heiwa had entrusted them to.

At this time, the accountant was already sitting behind the desk, ready to keep the account book. The scale was placed next to Chen Feng's scale, and a door panel was added on top to expand the area.

Chen Feng looked at the new things he had brought in and continued to buy grass. Whenever he had collected grass worth ten yuan, he would take out a bill and hand it to the accountant, who would then put the money into the briefcase next to him.

When the villagers saw that Chen Feng really gave money, they all smiled happily and worked harder. They cut grass more diligently and kept bringing it over here.

Time passed by, the sun gradually set, the light became dimmer and dimmer. Finally, night fell, and it was pitch black all around.

Chen Feng looked at his watch, and the hands pointed to six o'clock. He knew that he couldn't go on any longer. So he shouted to the few people left in the team:

"Fellow villagers, it's dark now, visibility is poor, and it's easy to get into danger. I'll stop after I collect the rest of the people's food! But don't worry, we'll come again tomorrow, so please send it over tomorrow!"

Hearing this, there was a burst of discussion among the crowd, but it soon quieted down. Chen Feng continued

"When you go back, please inform the other people in the village. That's all for today."

After Chen Feng finished collecting the grass for the last few people, he asked them to help carry the scale and table back, and then gave five dollars to the accountant who had been keeping accounts for the whole afternoon. This was the end of the busy day.

Chen Feng looked at their receding backs, took out a cigarette and lit it, and after he finished smoking and made sure that there was no one around, Chen groped in the dark and collected all the green grass back into the space.

Then Chen Feng rode his bicycle towards Sijiu City.

After a while, he came to a small town. It was already completely dark at this time, and Chen Feng felt a little tired.

He noticed that there was a guest house open in the town and decided to rest there for a night before leaving.

Entering the guesthouse, Chen Feng showed his letter of introduction and work permit to the staff and completed the check-in procedures smoothly.

Although the room was simple, it was clean and tidy, which was enough for Chen Feng.

Considering that it was too late, if he rushed back to the courtyard now, he would have to get up early the next morning to rush to Dalizhuang. After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Feng decided to stay here tonight and have a good rest.

After Chen Feng arrived at the guesthouse room, he entered the space and filled the chicken trough with corn kernels. Then he fed the rabbits with the grass he had just cut today.

He looked up at the sky. Today, Chen Feng harvested several hundred tons of grass, including the grass he cut himself, and spent more than a thousand yuan.

Although the money was spent, Chen Feng harvested a lot of grass. In this way, the scale of the rabbits was expanded, and Chen Feng could make more money by selling rabbits.

Afterwards, Chen Feng left the space and fell asleep soundly in the room of the guesthouse.

Chen Feng was really exhausted today. Although he didn't mow the lawn in the afternoon, he was still very tired after mowing the lawn for the whole morning.

While they were eating and sleeping, in the brigade headquarters of Dalizhuang Village, Li Heiwa and the accountant were distributing money to the villagers.

Today, every family in the village received money. Some families with small populations received only a few yuan, while some families with large populations received dozens of yuan.

Just like Li Jianlin's family, they shared more than 20 yuan tonight.

This afternoon, five people from Li Jianlin's family have been carrying grass. Li Jianlin's mother and three children have been mowing the grass, so the efficiency is very high. The hard work of one afternoon has earned more than what they usually earn in two years.

That night, after Li Jianlin took the money back, Old Man Li smoked his pipe, looked at the money in Li Jianlin's hand and said, "Jianlin! Let your mother and your wife take the children to bed first."

"Let's go to your eldest sister's and your second sister's homes respectively, and have them bring your brother-in-law and children over to help for a day tomorrow."

Li Jianlin felt bad after hearing what his father said, so he said, "Dad, this is not good!"

Old man Li glared at Li Jianlin, then said harshly, "What can't they do? I raised them all so big, so what's wrong with asking them to come back and help for a day? It's not the busy farming season now, they're just sitting around doing nothing anyway!"

Li Jianlin's mother also said, "That's right, your father is right! You go later! I don't think those two damn girls dare not come back to help!"

Seeing his parents' firm attitude, Li Jianlin looked at his wife with embarrassment.

Zhang Fengxia also saw that her parents-in-law were determined, so it seemed that she would have to call her two elder sisters-in-law over tomorrow.

So she said, "Jianlin, listen to our dad! You can go by yourself later. It's dark now and the road is hard to walk on. Don't let our dad run away."

When Li Jianlin heard what his wife said, he looked even more embarrassed, but the old couple didn't say anything.

Then Zhang Fengxia said, "Jianlin! When you go to Goudan's aunt's house later, bring 20 yuan with you. Give each of them 10 yuan and tell them that they are here to help."

After hearing what his wife said next, Li Jianlin's face looked better.

But at this moment, Li Jianlin's mother suddenly spoke loudly.

"What do you mean I should give those two girls ten dollars each? No! I can't give them a penny! They came to our house and didn't bring anything to see me, but they want money? No way!"

Li Jianlin wanted to say something to his mother, but at this time Old Man Li knocked on the table leg with his pipe and then spoke.

"Jianlin! Then you go there yourself. I won't go. But Fengxia's suggestion of giving them ten yuan is indeed too much. Let them come to help for a day or two. I think five yuan will be enough!"

After saying this, Old Man Li did not stay in the main room. He got up and went back to the bedroom in the east room.

In fact, Old Man Li also felt sorry for his daughters, but he couldn't ask for money in front of his daughter-in-law.

Fortunately, his daughter-in-law offered to give the money herself, so he agreed. However, ten yuan was indeed a bit too much, five yuan was just right.

Speaking of which, Li Jianlin's two sisters also contributed a lot of money to build the three main rooms and three side rooms in his house, although they were forced by his mother to do so.

After Old Man Li left, Li Jianlin and his wife smiled at each other. Only the old woman was still muttering in dissatisfaction, but Li Jianlin and his wife ignored her.

Li Jianlin got up and went back to the bedroom, put the money into the jar under the bed, then took two five-yuan bills and put the jar back under the bed.

He then left the bedroom, said something to his mother and daughter-in-law, then left the yard and went to his sister's house.

When Li Jianlin was going to his sister's house, other families in the village also missed their relatives and friends, so they all went to their relatives' homes under the cover of night.