Chapter 40: Now we are moving forward from the beginning (6)
After Fourth Master Deng finished speaking, Li Yongjun and Su Shunmin looked disappointed. Xue Xiang caught a glimpse of their expressions and hurriedly asked why.
Li Yongjun said: "Who doesn't know the story of Zhu Wanhu? At this moment, let alone whether the old man can move at his age, he is not suitable to work in our pig factory given his class status."
Previously, Xue Xianggang was overjoyed when he heard Fourth Master Deng tell about Zhu Wanhu's legendary life. After all, such an expert is really rare. Later, he saw Li Yongjun and Su Shunmin rolling their eyes, thinking that something had happened to Zhu Wanhu.
A sudden change may have occurred as he headed west, and his surprise turned to panic. Waiting to hear what Li Yongjun said
Because of his age and composition, his heart immediately fell back into his stomach when he mentioned it. The most important thing for him to find Zhu Wanhu was to get the know-how to raise pigs, and he was not letting an old man in his seventies or eighty years of age personally do the work to feed the pigs.
As for the issue of identity, in Xue's eyes, there is no word "ingredient" at all, so why is there any problem?
"Stop talking about this useless nonsense. As long as you can help us raise the pigs well, you will be a wealthy landlord. You have to ask for what you have to ask for, and you have to ask for what you have to ask for." After Xue Xiang made the final decision, he called Li Yongjun.
Go organize young and strong laborers to go to Jinniu Mountain
He cut pig grass; he told Su Shunmin to go find Han Donglin, organize a group of people, and then go to the Wufeng Grain Station in the county to buy some more feed according to the supply and sales contract signed by the company; while Fourth Master Deng was left behind by him.
Prepare to go to Hongmiao Village to look for Zhu Wanhu.
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Hongmiao Village and Kaoshantun are separated by mountains and rivers. One mountain is Jinniu Mountain, and the other water is Tianzi Port. Fourth Master Deng led Xue Xiang across Jinniu Mountain and diagonally around Tianzi Port. As the sun set,
We arrived at Hongmiao Village. Looking at the villages in Hongmiao Village, they are far more tidy than those near the mountains, with rows of houses.
Not to mention, there are even vegetable gardens and ponds for each family, and they are very well maintained. I heard from Mr. Deng that before the chicken farm in Hongmiao Village was dilapidated, it was a first-class wealthy village in Kuaihuopu Commune, and even Dawangzhuang had it.
After all, it is not surprising that it has such a facade.
The two of them walked together, with Fourth Master Deng in front and Xue Xiang following behind. When they entered the village, the scenery was indeed vivid. The road was a smooth mud road, with two neat rows of metasequoia trees on both sides of the road. From time to time, there were shepherd boys riding old cows.
Passing by the two of them, although the shepherd boy did not play the flute, the country road was
There is no shortage of the sound of silk and bamboo. The old shepherd driving the sheep in front is shouting folk songs, local slang, and hoarse and mocking songs at the top of his lungs. Although Xue Xiang, a person who has come far away, does not understand the meaning of the words, but the powerful and green song is
The sound can really be said to vibrate the forest trees, stop the moving clouds, and go straight into the heart, making people sigh with emotion.
Xue Xiang was fascinated by what he heard and just followed Fourth Master Deng. Fourth Master Deng walked to the end of the village and stopped in front of a door made of two broken wooden boards.
, actually bumped into
Fourth Master Deng. Fourth Master Deng was reaching out to knock on the door when he suddenly received this huge force. His old arms and legs could not withstand it, so he threw himself towards the door panel. Little did he know that the door panel was in disrepair for many years and could no longer bear the load.
, and fell straight down.
Xue Xiang woke up suddenly when he heard the noise. He reached out with his right hand and grabbed Fourth Master Deng who was about to fall to the ground. With another force, he pulled Fourth Master Deng's body upright. Fourth Master Deng had not yet stood firm.
I felt a blur in front of my eyes, and there was a figure in front of me, heading into the door. Looking at the figure again, rushing into the door, high and low
He jumped up, ripped off the rope, and hugged someone down. Everything was audible in the electric light. Only then did Fourth Master Deng see clearly that the figure was the captain, the white-haired old man who was being held by the captain.
It was Zhu Wanhu. Only then did Fourth Master Deng realize: This, this Zhu Wanhu was hanging himself just now!
After Xue Xiang hugged Zhu Wanhu, he laid it horizontally on the ground. His chest was still warm, and he stretched out his hand to pinch the person. After a few breaths, the old man woke up slowly. Zhu Wanhu's face was covered with orange peel.
forehead
There were dense lines, and when he woke up, he didn't bother to ask who was coming, so he shouted that he wanted to die. The old man struggled to stand up. He was not short, put his feet on it, and went to look for the torn hemp rope.
Son.
Fourth Master Deng hurriedly hugged Zhu Wanhu from behind and pressed him on a bench. It took him a while to comfort him before he calmed down. Then Fourth Master Deng grunted for a while and asked Zhu Wanhu
The reason for seeking short-term life.
It turns out that Zhu Wanhu is already seventy-nine this year, and he is also a longevity star in Hongmiao Village. But now, I don’t care whether you are old or not. You can’t work anymore. Although the production team will not ask you to fend for yourself and starve to death.
At home, but I only get paid twenty or thirty dollars a month
Jin of grain. The old man could not die from hunger with these twenty or thirty kilograms of grain, but he was also not full. Due to his early experiences, he was criticized by the organization, and Zhu Wanhu’s only son also suffered. Since then, he has been criticized by the organization.
Therefore, my son doesn’t want to see me anymore.
Therefore, Zhu Wanhu had to live alone. If you want to live alone, let’s live alone. The old man had a very good relationship with his little grandson. On this day, the little grandson was clamoring to buy a new schoolbag. The old man had no choice but to carry more than ten kilograms of food in the community.
I exchanged some money and bought one back
The schoolbag. The little grandson was so happy. After a few days, the old man’s stomach couldn’t bear it anymore. Zhu Wanhu was a stubborn person. He couldn’t bear the hunger anymore and refused to ask for help. As he had no other choice, he thought of seeking death. It happened that
Xue Xiang caught up and rescued him.
It's fate. If it weren't for the fact that the door of his house wasn't broken, it happened that Xue Xiang was listening to wild tunes, bumped into Fourth Master Deng, and also broke the door panel. After knocking on the door for a while and delaying some time, the old man would definitely get it now.
Drive the crane to the west.
After finding out the reason why the old man hanged himself, Xue Xiang felt funny and sad at the same time. He gave money to Mr. Deng and asked him to go to a neighbor's house to buy some food. In a short time, Mr. Deng bought back four or five eggs and a tube of noodles.
.With these eggs and noodles, Xue Xiang poked at the stove of Zhu Wan's house and made a bowl of egg noodles for the old man.
As early as when Xue Xiang was cooking noodles, Zhu Wanhu had been wandering around the stove. When the noodles were put into the bowl, the old man grabbed it with his free hand, squatted on the threshold, snored, and started eating, not wanting to eat at all.
You know what it means to burn your mouth. In less than ten seconds, a bowl of noodles and five eggs were eaten. After eating, the old man felt his belly and still felt that he was not full. He went to the pot to fill the noodles, and there was only noodle soup left in the house?
It turned out that Xue Xiang was worried that he would suffer from gastrointestinal problems due to long hunger and eating too much, so he only ate one bowl. When Zhu Wanhu saw that there was no noodles in the pot, he complained that Xue Xiang was doing something wrong. Five eggs only went with one bowl of noodles.
He was messing with things, so he took the tube of noodles on the stove and planned to start cooking again, but was stopped by Xue Xiang.
Xue Xiang didn't bother to explain the disadvantages of eating too much to the old man, and directly expressed his intention. Unexpectedly, when Zhu Wanhu heard this, his head shook like a rattle, and the noodles he was about to eat also hurriedly took them into his arms, for fear of
Xue Xiang came to grab it.
Fourth Master Deng was also admonishing him, but the old man just didn't respond. He became anxious and said that he had suffered from his father all his life. He couldn't learn anything better. Learning to raise pigs was really: suffering for the pigs and tiring for the pigs.
Because pigs cannot enter the new society.
Xue Xiang didn't expect that the old man was stubborn and was at his wits' end when a little kid with pigtails and a tiger's head ran in. The flowery schoolbag behind the baby's butt also twisted and twisted because of running, and it turned out to be Zhu Wanhu
As expected, when the tiger-headed frog came in, he shouted for eggs, saying that he had smelled eggs and wanted grandpa to take them out for the baby to eat.
Zhu Wanhu had just wiped out all the five eggs, but now there were none left. Zhu Wanhu coaxed the tiger-headed baby into saying that he had not eaten any eggs, and at the same time said that he would make eggs for him tomorrow. The tiger-headed baby just refused to comply.
, after a long time, he lay down on the ground and rolled around. Zhu Wanhu had no choice but to rub his trouser legs with his hands, and looked at Fourth Master Deng with his eyes. The meaning was obvious: you go and get some more.
Fourth Master Deng was annoyed that Zhu Wanhu didn't know how to praise him, so he glared back at the old man, wishing he could take out the egg he had eaten just now, because he was not willing to torment him again. Zhu Wanhu couldn't move Fourth Master Deng, and he was pitiful.
Go to see Xue Xiang. Xue Xiang was worried that he had no chance to take advantage of the old man. Now he finally caught the opportunity, so he had to harden his heart and look up to the sky.
Suddenly, Fourth Master Deng moved a few steps and kicked out a few egg shells at the entrance of the stove from the ashes. Fourth Master Deng was so bad that the tiger-headed baby cried when he saw a pile of egg shells.
The sound became louder and louder, the roll became more rounded, and words gradually came into his mouth. The main idea was: Grandpa had eggs and ate them secretly, and the baby never played with grandpa again.
At this time, Zhu Wanhu was really panicked. His old age was already miserable, and he only had this cute little grandson Cheng Huan. If the little grandson continued to ignore him, it would be better to hang him just now. Although it was a child's words, Zhu Wan
Household affairs are approaching, and care will lead to chaos. In desperation, he patted his thigh and said that the matter of raising pigs was settled.
Fourth Master Deng knew that although the old man had a stubborn temper, he always kept his word. Without waiting for Xue Xiang's greeting, he went out again and went to the store where he bought eggs before. He bought the eggs and came back. This time, Fourth Master Deng
Seeing that the work was done, he didn't
Stingy, he brought back a basket of eggs in a small bamboo basket. When the tiger-headed baby saw the eggs, he jumped up from the ground, took the eggs and ran towards home. Zhu Wanhu was afraid that the tiger-headed baby would run away in a hurry, so he knocked
He broke the egg and ran away in a hurry.
Xue Xiang and Fourth Master Deng followed closely, and soon they arrived in front of an earthen house. Far away, they saw a long-faced man about thirty years old scolding Zhu Wanhu, which made the old man nod his head. Previously, Xue Xiang listened.
Fourth Master Deng said that Zhu Wanhu was old enough to have a son, and he expected that this would be his son.
Xue Xiangxing came closer, but before he could say anything, the long-faced man thought that he and Fourth Master Deng were helpers invited by Zhu Wanhu to get back the eggs, and made a strange statement. Fourth Master Deng was really impatient and pointed at Xue Xiang,
After revealing his identity as the director of the commune, the long-faced man's noisy voice suddenly stopped.
, immediately lowered his head and became cowardly and silent. Zhu Wanhu also raised his head and looked at Xue Xiang, with fear and suspicion on his face. It turned out that these two men had been in the team earlier and were the main targets of criticism. They were most afraid of seeing officials. Seeing the young man
The captain was still frightened, let alone the director of the commune who was much older than the captain.
Xue Xiang didn't have time to show off his official authority, so he told the long-faced man that Zhu Wanhu was going to live in Kaoshan for a while, so that he didn't have to worry. At this time, the long-faced man only had Weiwei Nuonuo, and there was no one left.
Ying. What's more, he never liked the old man, so he was happy that Xue Xiang took the old man away.
After sending the long-faced man away, Xue Xiang said it was getting late and he had to rush back to Kaoshan Village, but Zhu Wanhu said he wanted to go home and pack his things. Previously, Xue Xiang had seen the dilapidated earthen house. There was nothing worth taking with him.
He said that all the household items had been prepared in the backing village, so he could just move in empty-handed. Unexpectedly, the old man smiled mysteriously, said "wait a moment", and then went home.
, not long after, he ran back. Xue Xiang did not see any extra luggage in Zhu Wanhu's hands, but his hands were still empty, but there was a black flute on his waist, and he didn't know what it was made of. Under the afterglow of the setting sun,
There was a red light in the distance. Xue Xiang originally thought that this was for the old man to play music to entertain himself, but he didn't know that as soon as he arrived at Kaoshantun, he was shocked by the flute.