After Chun Lianzi's incident, mother and son returned to the living room, sat on a bench facing each other, and remained silent for a long time.
Mother Chen Fang sat for a while, watching her son hesitate to speak.
She was actually curious about what her son had said to Yang Zhong, but when she thought of her son taking a knife to chop the spring lotus seeds to stimulate her, Chen Fang was both moved and worried.
Finally, Chen Fang sighed and got up to stir-fry vegetables.
Although it is morning, there is no such thing as breakfast bread in the countryside. Generally, eating sweet potatoes and drinking millet porridge are the most common ones in the morning.
Sitting alone in the hall, Yang Jianguang put his legs on the stick in the middle of the bench and began to think with an unsightly expression.
Although Chun Lianzi was frightened by him today, he couldn't tell when she would appear again.
When the time comes, you may not necessarily be at home when you go to school, but if this shameless rural old woman starts acting up, the kind-hearted Chen Fang is no match for Chun Lianzi!
There is also Yang Zhong. Although he was frightened by using him to secretly sell the mountain today, he knows his secret, and the cruel Yang Zhong cannot just let it go.
Thinking of this, Yang Jianguang glanced at the kitchen worriedly, where his mother was picking up a cabbage and washing it.
Seeing his mother's stooped waist due to overwork, Yang Jianguang clenched his fists fiercely.
No matter what, as a son of man, I must not let my mother get hurt at all in this life!
And how can we solve these things?
Very simple!
rich!
In rural areas, if you have no money, it is the biggest original sin!
As long as her family becomes rich, Chun Lianzi will never dare to come and cause trouble! Even the group of neighbors watching the theater will not be as inactive as they are today!
Because in the eyes of this group of people, if you are poor, you deserve to be bullied!
You think you make sense every step of the way, so there is no way you will be sympathized with, and you will only become a joke in the village!
Yang Jianguang took a long breath and frowned.
But how to make money?
I rummaged through my worn trouser pockets and found out only a wrinkled two-cent piece. The two ethnic minority girls on the green note were so wrinkled that I could hardly see clearly. Whether it could be used was a question.
How can I make money if I only have two cents?
Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Fang came over with a bowl and two sweet potatoes clasped in his palms.
"time to eat."
Yang Jianguang hurriedly rolled the banknotes into a ball and stuffed it back into his pocket, then took the chicken bowl from his mother, which contained sticky millet porridge with cabbage that his mother had just fried.
Yang Jianguang raised his head and met his mother's red and swollen eyes. It was obvious that he had cried again while cooking.
In my previous life, I had no ability and just ran to the city. I wonder how much anger my mother suffered in this rural area?
Chen Fang seemed to be aware of Yang Jianguang's gaze, and her red and swollen eyes were a little dodgey.
Seeing this, Yang Jianguang couldn't help but feel a sore nose.
A mother who wants to be strong throughout her life would rather shed tears than let her children see her vulnerability.
Sighing silently, Yang Jianguang focused on the sweet potato in Chen Fang's hand and asked, "Mom, this is what you want to eat?"
"Sweet potatoes are delicious and filling. What's the point of rice porridge?" Chen Fang squeezed out a smile and said nothing more.
However, Yang Jianguang understood that it was not the sweet potatoes that were so delicious but the reason why his mother was unwilling to drink porridge!
It is said that there is no shortage of food for those who grow the land, but in fact the total food production is only this small. After paying the public food, the remaining food can only be used to get through the year.
The rice porridge squeezed out for Yang Jianguang has become his parents' biggest favorite.
"You're right, sweet potatoes do have more flavor."
As he spoke, Yang Jianguang snatched the sweet potato from his mother's hand and pushed the rice porridge in front of Chen Fang.
After doing all this, Yang Jianguang devoured the plate of pickles and ate the sweet potatoes.
Perhaps it’s been a long time since I’ve tasted sweet potatoes. This is the cheapest food in rural areas, but it tastes surprisingly good.
Chen Fang stared blankly at Yang Jianguang who was devouring the food for a while, then twitched his lips, but finally said nothing, took the rice porridge and drank it silently.
…
After breakfast, Yang Jianguang ran outside and broke off a small branch. He squatted at the door and picked up sweet potato shreds between his teeth.
But not long after, the aunt who lived next door to Yang Jianguang's house suddenly walked in in a hurry and found Chen Fang muttering something.
Before Yang Jianguang could react to what was happening, he saw Chen Fang running out towards the end of the village in a hurry.
Yang Jianguang, who was picking at the gap between his teeth, was stunned and looked at Chen Fang's anxious back from a distance.
My mother was in such a hurry to go to the village. What happened?
Village head...
An idea flashed in his mind, and Yang Jianguang slammed the branch to the ground.
In the ancestral hall at the end of the village, a group of idle rural men often play cards. Yang Jianguang's father, Yang Dazhi, is one of them.
It’s only been one morning, wouldn’t my father have gone to the ancestral hall to play cards again?
Thinking of this, Yang Jianguang couldn't stand any longer and ran hurriedly in the direction where his mother disappeared.
…
The ancestral hall in Yangcun was built in the 1950s. More than 300 households nearby usually come here to pay respect to their ancestors.
But since it was rented by a gangster named Elephant in the village, it has become Yangcun's chess and card room.
There are few entertainment activities in rural areas, and playing cards has become an entertainment item for almost every household. But if everyone just plays a bag, that’s it.
But later, the ancestral hall was contracted by Elephant, and a fruit machine was installed. The men in the village began to learn to gamble on ideas, act as a banker, and spend a lot of money on the gambling table...
It is hard to imagine that a group of rural men with an annual income of less than 2,000 yuan would have the courage to lose tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands at the poker table, losing everything to the point of bankruptcy.
Early in the morning, after Yang Dazhi finished digging for water, he slowly walked home with his shovel.
Yang Dazhi, who wanted to go home until he was greeted by a poker friend at the entrance of the village, followed him to the chess and card room at the entrance of the village by accident.
Speaking of which, Yang Dazhi was really lucky today. He won more than 400 yuan in a short time.
Yang Dazhi touched the cards excitedly and prayed tangledly in his heart.
Win another two hundred, win another two hundred and stop!
It must be a good card, a good deck of cards!
Six hundred yuan, if you borrow it again, it will be enough for your son's tuition fee to start school!
Perhaps prayer had an effect, Yang Dazhi tremblingly opened the cards as if they were treasures, his face turned red with excitement!
There are two bombs in a deck of cards, a great card, a great card!
"Bang! Three nines, do you want it, don't you?"
"A 4, get the money, get the money quickly!"
Yang Dazhi was completely excited. He stood up suddenly, stared at the people at the card table with a red face, and shouted so loudly that he could hear it from far away!
"One more, one more!" Just as Yang Dazhi was shuffling the cards excitedly and shouting like a demon, a hand dexterously stretched out from behind him and accurately pulled up the money.
Yang Dazhi was stunned at first, and soon became so angry that he punched the table.
"who?"
"Who the hell dares to steal my money?"
Chen Fang clutched a handful of money and was so angry that her whole body trembled.
Yang Dazhi went gambling again. Last night he vowed never to play cards again!
When he saw Chen Fang, Yang Dazhi shrank his neck and stiffly swallowed the second half of his curse words.
"Go home," Chen Fang closed her eyes in despair and said those two words.
She still vividly remembered the painful scene of her son sitting in the rain last night. She really didn't want to have another quarrel with Yang Dazhi, and she didn't want her son to see her parents fighting!
At this moment, a sturdy middle-aged man walked over to the chess and card room with a smile.
"Big sister, it's just a game of cards, what's the big deal. Dazhi is so lucky, what's wrong with him?"
"Yeah, Dazhi, you're so lucky, if you play a few more games, you might win a few thousand and go home?"
Chen Fang glanced to the side, then turned her head in disgust.
The person who made the noise was none other than Xiang Xiang, who made shady money by opening a chess and card room, and was the culprit who made his husband addicted to gambling!
She didn't want to pay attention to this person at all, she just wanted to call Yang Dazhi home and stay away from this place that made her feel sick.
Elephant's words were regarded as giving up by Chen Fang, but Yang Dazhi, who had just moved his buttocks, listened.
Yes, I have so much money on my hands.
If you win more, your son's tuition will be covered, and you won't have to borrow money anymore.
Two more, just two!
After these two fights, I will never come back again!
Thinking of this, Yang Dazhi did not move, and looked at Chen Fang pitifully, "Honey, give me the money, I'm so lucky, I can still win! You believe me..."
"Others have said that I am very lucky..."
"Yang Dazhi,"
Chen Fang shouted, her face already filled with tears, she held up the stack of money in a stern voice and said decisively.
"Are you leaving? If you don't leave, I won't let you continue gambling even if I tear off the money today!"
Despite Chen Fang's painful look, the elephant showed no mercy.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly and he winked from side to side.
Soon, a card player next to him laughed and said, "Dazhi, isn't it! Did a girl scare you?"
"That's right. It's rare for you to be lucky today? I'm not willing to give up on you just like that!"
The encouragement from the left and right, the gambling addiction in his heart, including the winning streak until now... these have completely gone to Yang Dazhi's mind.
Soon, Yang Dazhi pointed at Chen Fang's nose and started to curse. "Chen Fang, don't be shameless. If you don't give me the money today, don't go out here!"
"I'm not going out here?" Chen Fang smiled sadly. She grabbed the money in her hand and tore it into pieces.
Chen Fang's decisive scene made everyone present playing cards stunned.
The elephant frowned, looking at the money turned into pieces, his eyes became extremely disappointed.
Yang Dazhi's eyes instantly turned red, "Damn you, Chen Fang, are you crazy?"
He pushed the card table away violently, rushed to Chen Fang in a few steps, and raised his palm high.