The children at the school have not finished school yet, and the villagers are also tending to the watermelons in the melon patch at the back of the mountain.
It was very quiet as we walked along the road, and we could only hear the sound of frogs croaking in the grass on the roadside.
Heizi came to Chen's house lazily.
The courtyard door is open.
There were low voices inside and the harsh sound of saws cutting through wood.
Heizi stood at the door for a while before walking in, his eyes subconsciously looking at the man's legs.
The man was sitting in the shadow of the kitchen door, with one of his trouser legs rolled up. His ankle was swollen into a bun, and a large bruise spread from his ankle to his calf. It was a bit shocking to see.
Because he broke his leg, it was difficult for the man to move, so Lin Cuifang worked with him on the saw.
Next to the two of them, there was a half-formed wooden cabinet.
"How did you do your legs?" he asked.
"I didn't pay attention to the road when I was going up the mountain to plant orchards. I was distracted and accidentally fell." Hearing the sound, the man raised his eyelids and said in a low and low voice, "Come here and help me saw the wood."
Heizi refused flatly, "I can't."
"I've already drawn the lines, just cut them according to the lines. You don't have to know how to do it, just use your strength! Old man, don't tell me that you don't even have the strength."
Heizi drooped his eyebrows, feeling that he was being manipulated.
He walked over with an expressionless face, picked up the saw, held the board in place with one hand, and began to push and pull the wood.
Seeing this, Lin Cuifang secretly pursed her lips and smiled. She turned around and went into the kitchen to pour a glass of mung bean water and put it on an empty bench aside.
"Heizi, this is the mung bean water that my aunt made this morning. You can drink it when you are thirsty later. On this hot day, drinking some mung bean water can quench your thirst and relieve the heat. If it's not enough, there is some on the stove, so go get it yourself."
Heizi glanced at her and hummed.
The woman smiled and returned to the main room, leaving this space to the two grown men.
Taohua never showed up. I don't know whether she didn't go home or hid in her room to avoid suspicion.
For a while, there was only the sound of carpentry work at the kitchen door.
Neither of the two men spoke.
It wasn't until Heizi saw all the wood with drawn lines according to specifications, and his shirt was wet with sweat, that the man sitting on the stool said, "What are your plans for the future? Have you ever thought about making money on your own?"
"
Heizi was startled. He thought the man was going to ask him about the Huang family.
"I have already made money, and I have enough to support my retirement. I have no intention of working anymore. Why do I have to work so hard? I have no intention of becoming a rich man."
"There are six acres of land in your home that have been vacant, and the weeds in the land are almost overgrown. After the watermelons are sold in the village, I will go with you to tidy up the land. It is too late this year, and you can plant it with the big guys next year.
If you grow watermelon, you can earn two to three hundred yuan per acre of land. If you save a little money throughout the year, it should be enough."
Heizi, "If I don't plant, I don't need to make money."
"If you think this money is small, then you can work with me to take care of the orchard. In two or three years, when the fruit trees in the orchard bear fruit, I will give you a share when the money is sold. In a few years, you will have three
When you are ten years old, you have to plan for your future. What can you do if you don’t make money? You won’t even be able to support your wife and children in the future.”
"Why do I have a wife and children? I have no plans to get married. I feel at home alone and my whole family won't be hungry when I have enough to eat."
"Okay, it's decided." The man seemed not to have heard what he said at all. He was talking to himself, and then continued to order him, "Assemble these sawed wood, I will teach you, and you will do your part."
Heizi's face was dull and expressionless, and his black eyes had no emotion at all, and he stared at Chen Jianhe quietly.
"Uncle," he said, "didn't you hear what I said? I don't work, I don't make money, I don't support my wife and children. Don't worry about me."
"Don't you want to repay me the favor? I don't need you to pay me back, just do me a favor and do the work I asked you to do."
"How long?"
"It won't take long, just pay it off."
Heizi didn't speak.
Do you think a man is fooling you? Just pay it off. When will it be considered finished?
If it doesn't end, he won't have to help with the work for the rest of his life?
How about playing with him?
Chen Jianhe's face turned grim, "Why, you can't even get the clean money, and you don't even want to help with the work? Are you just counting on the favors you owe others to live your whole life?"
"I didn't ask you to help me."
"Then don't you accept my help? Haven't you already eaten my food? Can you still vomit it out now?"
"..."
Heizi frowned slowly and looked suspiciously at the man in front of him, "Uncle, have you become a little naughty now?"
What about the rigid integrity of the past?
This is true for little cubs, and so is it for old men.
Why did Taoxi Village become a little unfamiliar to him?
"What are you talking about? That's it, let's eat at home tonight!" Chen Jianhe snorted, his eyes flashing slightly, not admitting that he felt a little guilty.
Heizi thought for a while and asked shamelessly, "After this meal, do I owe you more favors and have to do more work for you?"
"Cough." Chen Jianhe stood up, dragged his injured leg, and limped into the house.
Looking at it from behind, there is always a bit of a fox.
Before entering the hall, the man turned around and said, "Did you do what happened to Mrs. Huang? Did you really go to the police station to sue her? What kind of slander can you really sue?"
"No. But it's enough to scare an illiterate old woman like that."
"How do you know there is still defamation in the law?"
"I was reading some books in the library when I was bored, and I happened to see it, so I started using it. I didn't expect it to work quite well."
The man turned around and entered the house without saying anything else.
The room blocked his view, so Kuroko didn't see the smile on the man's face.
The man laughed and secretly cursed you, a bastard.
"Uncle, didn't you say that I will help you if you speak? How to install this thing?"
Outside, Heizi looked at the wooden boards and piles scattered on the ground, his forehead twitching slightly.
"You should think about it by yourself first. If you don't understand, I will teach you later. I'm sleepy and take a break! Oh, the library also has books on woodworking. You can read it when you have time. After reading it, I might not need to teach you.
You can install a wardrobe yourself.”
"..." The young man sat down hard on the stool, shaking it.
Sitting in the shade of the kitchen, drinking sweet mung bean water, Heizi looked leisurely at the clear sky above his head.
I have an inexplicable premonition that my life seems to be drifting off course without even realizing it.
He actually doesn't care whether his results are good or not. He can just live his life alone, and it doesn't matter what happens.
But he didn't seem to be as repulsive to Chen Jianhe's arrangements as he thought.
Taoxi Village is not big, and if anything happens in the village, the whole village will know about it in a matter of seconds.
The whole village soon knew that Heizi was dragged by Chen Jianhe to plow the fields and take care of the orchards.
The villagers happily hid aside and watched the fun in secret.
Some people even made a bet behind their backs, guessing how many days Heizi could last this time, and whether Heizi or Jianhe would win in the end.