tall and rhubarb

The villagers caught crabs at the seaside all night, until the tide rose again and they couldn't find any more crabs standing on the seawall. Then they took the night's harvest and returned to the village happily.

Gao Chang’s yard, some families were not able to go to the beach to catch crabs because they didn’t have a strong labor force, and some people were sent to stand guard that night. Several leaders in the yard summed it up. Without them, the families who caught crabs tonight would give some money to Chen Yuzhen and let Chen Yuzhen cook a few pots.

This was originally a good thing, because the number of crabs caught by each household is different, so there is no rigid regulation on the number of crabs that each household should hand in. It is best to have more crabs, and it does not matter if there are fewer. Everyone is very happy tonight Yes, no one will care too much about it.But I don't want to, just because I didn't make this point clear, another incident happened.

In Gao Chang's yard, there is another family with the same layout as his house. Gao Chang's family lives in the southeast corner of the yard, and that family lives in the southwest corner, symmetrical to the central axis of the yard.This family is not very prestigious in the village. They moved away a few years ago and only came back after the accident. For various reasons, the people in the village don't like them very much, so they have never had a sense of existence.

The head of the family is Zheng Guoqiang, and his wife is Lin Chunmei. The old man in the family passed away a few years ago. There are four children, three daughters and the youngest son. The two eldest daughters are married and have not come back. , the youngest daughter is Zheng Xiaoqiu, she is about 26 this year, and her son Zheng Zongjie is said to be 22 this year.

The cause of the incident was the crab. When the disturbance started, the people in the yard didn’t care about it. After a while, they saw that the fight was still going on inside. Listening to the movement, it was Zheng Xiaoqiu and Zheng Zongjie who were fighting, trying to persuade them to fight. Lin Chunmei was the only one, and Zheng Guoqiang's voice was not heard at all.Zheng Zongjie is such a big guy, Zheng Xiaoqiu is no match for him, and Lin Chunmei is a woman, so he probably won't be able to pull him back, but don't really break him.

So Zheng Guohong and the others went in, and soon Zheng Zongjie came out.The young man looked normal, and when people asked him what was the matter, he just said that he only brought out a few extra crabs, and his sister kept talking about it at home.

"If there are too many crabs, you will get more and if there are less, you will get less. How did this start?" Zheng Guobang's wife, Lin Jianhong, asked. She guessed that Zheng Xiaoqiu must have been beaten severely.

"She was the one who flirted first. She won't get married after 26 and seven, and stays in the house all day. I just brought out a few extra crabs. What's the matter? Isn't it the people in our yard who eat them? She used to fight I think I'm doing a good job, so I look down on me, anyway, I'm worthless, and I can't match a sister like her." Zheng Zongjie looked aggrieved, and didn't know, he thought it was him who was beaten.

After hearing Zheng Zongjie's words, people in the yard had different expressions, but they didn't want to delve into the affairs of other people's families. Most people still persuaded the family to give way to each other. For such insignificant words, only Zheng Qiuling , and immediately pulled his face: "What's wrong with 26 Qi, you can't go home on 26 Qi, you think this house belongs to you alone?"

"It's not mine, is it still hers?" Zheng Zongjie showed some contempt on his face, and blocked Zheng Qiuling's death with one sentence. If it is said that the same person has different fate, this Zheng Xiaoqiu has no status like Zheng Qiuling at home.

At this time, Lin Chunmei also came out, and everyone asked her how Xiaoqiu was, and if she was okay.

"It's okay, her brother didn't really kill her. Tell me, why do children have such tempers nowadays?" Everyone thought to themselves, only your family is like this, and other families have never seen such an outrageous one, but they don't want to, Lin Chunmei Soon he began to mention his son to defend: "Everyone is wrong and everyone is wrong. This matter cannot be blamed on only one person. Zongjie is a fiery temper, and Xiaoqiu is not a worry."

"Oh, it's fine as long as it's fine." Zheng Zongjie hit his sister, what else can other people in the yard say, it's best to be fine.

"Where are others from Guoqiang?" Uncle Ninth asked with a straight face.

"The dead man is nesting upstairs. I called him for a long time, but he didn't move." Lin Chunmei cursed, with an angry look on her face.

"Hmm..." Old Ninth Uncle responded, heaved a sigh of relief, and stopped talking.

Since it was all right, everyone bustled around and got busy again, showing that they were friendly. In fact, many people had complaints in their hearts.

There are also historical reasons for saying that Zheng Guoqiang and his family are unpopular.In the past, there were two most unpopular families in their yard, one was Gao Chang and the other was Zheng Guoqiang, but both families still lived in the Geda house at the corner of the yard, what a coincidence.

Gao Chang is unpopular because the baby is too aggressive, and he is unlucky and unlucky. People in the village don't like to have anything to do with him.Zheng Guoqiang's popularity is poor. Objectively speaking, it's because of his family's branch, which has not produced a single future after several generations.Subjectively speaking, Zheng Guoqiang and the couple are not welcome. Although Zheng Guoqiang didn't do anything bad, he was too soft-tempered and was pinched to death by his wife Lin Chunmei.

When Zheng Guoqiang and his wife were young, their biggest goal was to give birth to a boy. After giving birth to a series of daughters, they did not provide household registration, and it was not until they gave birth to a boy that they gradually made up for it.It is said that for this Zheng Xiaoqiu, the couple wanted to sell her several times back then, but the old man at home was still there at that time, so they didn’t agree, saying that she was just a girl, at most she would not be educated, but she would be given food. No matter how they eat, they can feed themselves. There are only four children. They were seven or eight back then, and they are all grown up.

To be honest, Zheng Guoqiang and his wife didn’t treat their daughter very well. In the early years, Lin Chunmei had a bad temper. Beating and scolding the children at home was commonplace. At the beginning, I also persuaded her, but gradually I didn't like to talk to her, and even when I was talking, I didn't give her much face.

In the village, people don't like her very much, but Lin Chunmei is not a person who can self-criticize.Zheng Guoqiang is really worthless, the children in the family are beaten up at every turn, he is a father, but he can't show the courage of a man, so Lin Chunmei can only make a fuss, like Zheng Guohong and the others, slowly getting more and more I don't like him anymore, talking in the village is becoming less and less important, and others don't like to consult him about anything.

Later, when their family moved to the county town, Lin Chunmei became a little proud. Later, as the children in the family grew up, she discovered a new problem, that is, the daughters did not kiss her. One of the daughters married to the south and the other to the north. Both of them are thousands of miles away from home.

When the women gathered together to chat, they all talked about how their children were doing. Every time at this time, Lin Chunmei felt a little short of breath.Fortunately, there is still a daughter who is not married, so I quickly cultivated relationships and cultivated relationships. However, this daughter is still up to date, and luckily she met a good boss, and the salary was very generous.Now, with a son and a daughter, Lin Chunmei can straighten her back in front of others. When talking about her daughter, she praises her like a flower. When talking about her son, she just scolds that bastard. The woman also scolded her own child, but her tone was full of pride.

After the blue sun appeared, Zheng Guoqiang's family returned to the village. Zheng Xiaoqiu was not married yet, so naturally they also came back.Although Lin Chunmei is now better at being a human being, and she doesn't always criticize Sang Huai for being hysterical, the people in the village have not revealed all the past.Especially Zheng Guofeng's family, because their family had a daughter, Lin Chunmei was very proud after giving birth to a son, and she did not neglect them both openly and secretly.

When everyone was eating crabs together that morning, Zheng Guoqiang finally appeared, and Old Ninth Uncle asked him, "Guoqiang, why are Xiaoqiu and Zongjie fighting, and you didn't persuade him?"

Zheng Guoqiang was sucking the crab so loudly, when he heard the words, he raised his head and replied, "How can I persuade you? Then you can't beat me together."

At that time, many people at the table changed their faces, but no one said a word. Gao Chang only raised his eyebrows when he heard it. His ears were sharp, so he naturally heard the whole story.

It's nothing more than Zheng Zongjie's large sum of money to bring out more crabs. Zheng Xiaoqiu was dissatisfied. He said that the Dragon Boat Festival will be in two days, so he should save some at home. The crabs are not afraid of being exhausted. If there are too many crabs, they can be steamed and picked out. Here comes the meat, dry it and save some more, when Bai Bao goes out to do business with people with the cloth, maybe he can ask them to exchange it for something.Even if they can't change things, they can still stay at home as a store of food. They don't know how long they can live in peace, maybe something will happen again one day.

Zheng Zongjie said that it was not up to her to take care of the family affairs. Zheng Xiaoqiu pointed out that he did not catch these crabs. , Zheng Zongjie is still sleeping on the bed, he and his parents have worked so hard to get these back, so why is he being so generous now?So Zheng Zongjie started.

If you know it, you know it, but Gao Chang didn't intend to care about it. To put it bluntly, it is really impossible to kill someone after being beaten a few times. Since he can't die, the fate of that person is up to him. The burden of happiness is on your shoulders.But I have to say, this matter is really a bit off-putting. I had a good crab feast, but I lost my mood.

Gao Chang was not the only one who had no appetite, He Yun's face was also ugly, Old Ninth Uncle and Zheng Guohong also looked a little serious, and the atmosphere in the whole yard was a bit depressing.He Yun and Zheng Chunling, both older single women, naturally looked at things from Zheng Xiaoqiu's standpoint.From their point of view, when the world was good, these women could live on without getting married, but if something happened, they could only turn back and rely on their families.

It's good that the family is reliable, like Zheng Chunling, although there is a lot of gossip in the village, life is still easy.If the family is unreliable, people like He Yun and Zheng Xiaoqiu are actually not the worst. At least they are lucky. The village where their hometown is located has survived the end of the world. If the village is gone, life and death At this critical moment, I am afraid that it is impossible to escape the fate of being abandoned...

"That kid, Xiaoqiu, doesn't come down to eat, I'll go up and have a look." Chen Yuzhen packed a plate of crabs and a bowl of rice, and was about to send it up to Zheng Xiaoqiu.

"Don't bother you, I'll do it." Lin Chunmei stood up quickly.

"It's okay, I'll go and have a look and persuade her by the way, children are temperamental, and she might not listen to their parents right now." Chen Yuzhen laughed.

"Okay, then you can help me persuade me."

"I'll go too." Zheng Chunling also followed suit.

"Eat yours, why not join in the fun." Chen Yuzhen is rarely embarrassed by her daughter. Her daughter has never been wronged in this way. How can she understand the pain in Zheng Xiaoqiu's heart? The daughter in the village counts her life. Didn't he deliberately irritate people by swaggering in?

Chen Yuzhen entered the house with the food, and walked upstairs by the light of the fire in the yard. When she turned the corner, she reached out to help the stairs above, but she felt a ball of flocculents. With long black hair, he sighed inwardly and went upstairs.

"Xiaoqiu, why don't you open the windows to let in some air." The room was pitch black. Normally at this time, people in the village would open the doors and windows upstairs and downstairs, so as to let the light from the fire outside come in. On the one hand, it is also breathable.

"En." Zheng Xiaoqiu responded, and quickly opened the window, the room was finally brighter, at least the house objects could be distinguished clearly.

"Why don't you go down to eat?" Chen Yuzhen asked softly, putting the food on the small table beside the bed.This Lin Chunmei will plan to divide the room at home into many small rooms. Their house is already big. After this division, the monthly rent alone can receive a lot of things. In Zheng Xiaoqiu's room, there is only one bed. Only a wooden box was placed beside the bed, which served as both a cabinet and a table, and even the windows were only given office fans.

"Oh, I'm not hungry." Zheng Xiaoqiu smiled, his eyes were much clearer than usual, and he was crying naturally.

"You child, no matter what, you still have to eat."

"I know." Zheng Xiaoqiu obviously didn't want to say more, and Chen Yuzhen didn't want to ask too much, so what if she asked, can she make decisions for others?

The two sat quietly in the room for a long time, and Chen Yuzhen finally spoke again: "Girl, get married, and if you get married, you can live on your own. It's not worse than it is now."

"..." Zheng Xiaoqiu remained silent.

Chen Yuzhen sat with her for a while, didn't say a few words, and finally persuaded her a few more words, then went downstairs, back to the yard, Lin Chunmei asked him: "How is it, what did that girl tell you?" ?”

"Don't say anything, just hold back." Chen Yuzhen replied lightly.

"This girl has been so virtuous since she was a child. She keeps everything in her heart and doesn't say anything. She just likes to get into a dead end. Zongjie is not a thing. My own sister beats me whenever I want. The two of them were fine a while ago, and Xiaoqiu even made it for him. Putting on a quilt, the two of them were chatting and laughing, and the moment they turned their faces, it became like this, you say the child now..." Lin Chunmei started talking again.

"It's just that I paid more crabs, and I can't finish talking about it!" Zheng Zongjie seemed to be angered by Lin Chunmei again.

"Don't be an old crab." Zheng Zongming, who was eating over there, quit. His father and father were unlucky, and they both got short lottery to be on duty this night. They watched the villagers go to the beach to catch crabs, and they were stunned. What's the matter at home, it's easy to eat now, and Zheng Zongjie's family makes such a fuss, talking back and forth, and suddenly he is not happy: "I eat some crabs from your family, what's the matter, there is no one in the village What's the point of standing guard? You should eat what you deserve, and gossip about what Mao said?"

"It's not what I said, why don't I pay more?" Zheng Zongjie yelled.

"If you give more, you will give more. Who cares? I keep saying over and over again, I still owe you some crabs?" Zheng Zongming slapped the table and kicked the bench. Zong Jie looked at his limp father again, he was a little lacking in confidence, he hummed twice and went back to the house.

No one expected that the people in this yard would finally jump out to deal with Zheng Zongjie. Since it was Zheng Zongming, this kid was always upright, quick-spoken and not a bad character. He accidentally introduced a poisonous snake into the village. Gao Chang really hated him, and wished he could throw it out of the village.

Zheng Zongming scolded Zheng Zongjie, and Gao Chang's mood became lighter. Looking at Zheng Zongming's bastard, he also felt a little pleasing to the eye.

Everyone thought that the matter had come to an end here, and when everyone went to the beach to catch crabs the next night, Zheng Xiaoqiu also went out with her, and when everyone asked her where she was going to catch crabs, she nodded with a smile.But she didn't want to just turn around and walk to the other side of the road as soon as she left the village. There were quite a lot of people on the road at night, and they all went to the beach from nearby villages, so everyone didn't notice her movements. .

"Where do you want to go?" Gao Chang saw that she had left the main force, so he followed her.

"Go to Sister Hua." Zheng Xiaoqiu said, her tone sounded like she was going to visit someone's house, but Gao Chang knew that she didn't plan to come back after she went.

"Oh." Gao Chang nodded, it's okay, this girl can still think about it, just think about it, seeing a group of people coming from the opposite side, the one in the front is not old Weitou, so she shouted with a smile: "Old Weitou, Take another female disciple."