fisherman's evening

Chapter 83 Punishment
"Tree roots, come here."

The first thing Yu Laosan and Lao Hai did after returning to the village was to visit Zhang Shugen's house again.

"Ah? Didn't you say you won't come to me? I really returned the mule to my family."

Seeing Yu Laosan and Lao Hai turning back again, Zhang Shugen thought, wouldn't this be to make things difficult for him on purpose?

"Come here, I'll tell you how to deal with you." Yu Laosan waved outside Zhang Shugen's gate and said, "I made a mistake, so I can't let you feel pain or itch, right?"

Zhang Shugen was flustered again. He was a gangster in the village, and it was true that he idled around every day, but if he was sent to the police station, he might pee his pants in fright.

"You can just say it outside, I can hear you!" Zhang Shugen was ready to escape, squinting at the ladder that had just been placed by the wall, and said, "My ears are very good, just tell me!"

Seeing Zhang Shugen flustered, Yu Laosan no longer let him pass, but exchanged glances with Lao Hai and walked into the yard.

"Stand still!" Zhang Shugen howled, "Just stand there and say, don't go any further."

"Why are you so ungrateful, kid?" Lao Hai scolded, "Do you think it sounds good when we yell at you?"

"I still say the same thing, you just stand there and don't move, I can hear you." Zhang Shugen moved to the ladder step by step.

"Okay, don't move." Yu Laosan said impatiently, "Is it time to settle the matter with you for stealing the livestock?"

"What do you think? I didn't steal it." Zhang Shugen was not afraid of boiling water, and said, "What can you do to me?"

Yu Laosan sighed, and took two puffs of the tobacco from his waist.

Click, click.

"You stole the animal, and the animal went home by itself." Yu Laosan exhaled and said, "Now that family doesn't borrow any more, and there is one less animal in the village, so the work must be slower."

Hearing Yu Lao San's complaints, although Zhang Shugen understood the reason, he still refused to accept it. Both his parents died and he had no one to rely on. He wandered around the village all these years because of his unreasonable energy.

"Then you fill in the gap of this animal." Yu Laosan said again: "If there is one animal missing to work, you will fill in."

"Ah?!" Zhang Shugen shook his head and said, "Why am I on top? I can't go pull the scooter, can I?"

Lao Hai watched from the side, laughing inwardly, Yu Lao San is also very good at it, no wonder Zhang Shugen is not afraid of anyone but Yu Lao San.

"You want to tow the scooter?" Yu Lao San frowned slightly, and said, "With your body, you will tow the scooter when you go up the mountain, and the car will tow you when you go down the mountain."

Zhang Shugen looked down at his hanging arm, then tilted his head at his legs and feet, and said, "Then what do you want me to do?"

"Your arm is still not healed yet, so go to the construction site to run errands to deliver water and food to the big guys." Yu Laosan knocked on the ash in the cigarette pole, looked at Zhang Shugen, and said, "When your arm is healed, you can go to the construction site and give food to everyone." Go follow Yu Jun and the others to carry the plaster."

Zhang Shugen used to do the heavy work of carrying the plaster. Since he knew that Yu Jun and the others were responsible for carrying the plaster, he was very glad that his arm was injured. At the beginning, he had to accompany Yu Jun and the others.

"I'll serve the tea and pour the water, and carry the plaster. You might as well kill me." Zhang Shugen said, "I shouldn't have chased Yu Jun and the others to join them."

"It's okay if you don't want to do it." Yu Lao San said again: "I agree with you not to do it."

Zhang Shugen thought to himself, Yu Laosan let go, is this the sun coming out from the west?

"Then go to the police station, anyway, you have admitted that you stole the livestock." Before Zhang Shugen could speak, Yu Laosan went on to say the next sentence.

"I'll do it, can't I do it?" Zhang Shugen immediately changed his words and said, "I'll go tomorrow, can't I do it?"

"Hey." Lao Hai couldn't help laughing, and said, "Get ready!"

After all, Yu Laosan and Lao Hai went back to the village committee, leaving only Zhang Shugen sluggishly in place.

For an idler like Zhang Shugen, working is the greatest punishment.

"Old man, I think Shugen is really afraid of you." On the way back, Lao Hai joked to Yu Lao San: "He's really uncomfortable now."

"It's okay to feel bad, let him have a long memory." Yu Laosan pushed the bicycle, and said: "Small punishment, big warning, I have time to rest today, just run away from this matter."

"Okay, let's go home and have a rest." Lao Hai walked to the intersection and bid farewell to Lao San.

Wang Jing's house, Qin Qing has been living here for the past few days.

At this moment, Wang Jing and Qin Qing are preparing baskets and shovels to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables. Now in spring, wild vegetables are sprouting up and growing fast, which is the best time to eat them. If it takes a few more days, they will be bitter again. Their teeth are clogged again, and they have to dig more in a hurry.

"Jing'er, shall we go?" Qin Qing put the shovel in the basket and said, "Call for Caiping."

Wang Jing looked up at Qin Qing, patted the soil in her hands, and covered her eyes with her hands to look at the sun in the sky.

"Well, it's almost there, and the sun isn't too dazzling." Wang Jing said, "Let's go!"

So, Qin Qing and Wang Jing joined hands, each holding a basket, and set off for Li Caiping's house.

Li Caiping's house is not far from Wang Jing's house, only a few alleys away, and the two of them turned left and right to the door of Li Caiping's house.Before Qin Qing could knock on the door to say hello, she heard Li Caiping arguing from the courtyard, as if something urgent had happened and a dispute had arisen.So Qin Qing didn't have time to say hello, so she pushed the door open with Wang Jing and entered Li Caiping's house.

"What's the matter, Caiping?" Qin Qing shouted as she walked, "I heard you arguing at the gate."

Li Caiping heard someone talking in the yard, and lowered her voice.Then go to the courtyard.While walking, he also looked at the old woman lying on the bed.

"Why are you two here?" Li Caiping looked at the two of them carrying baskets, and said with a smile, "Did you go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables?"

"Yes." Wang Jing said, "I heard you arguing as soon as I entered the door. Why are you so anxious?"

Li Caiping has been living with his frail old lady for years. Recently, his old lady fell ill again, and it was worse than last time.I was already busy, and I was exhausted taking care of her mother, but now his old lady wanted someone to tell him about his marriage. Naturally, Li Caiping was not happy about it. Can't get it all together.Isn't it a joke for the in-laws to get married?And even if you marry yourself, who will take care of this frail old woman in the family?Besides, it's not that he doesn't have a sweetheart, he doesn't want to be matched by a matchmaker.

"..." Li Caiping was silent for a moment, and told Qin Qing and Qin Qing the whole story.

(End of this chapter)