The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 39 The fish died
Li Fumin climbed up the slope along the path without knowing it.

Standing on the slope and looking at the Yantang below, it is another scene, especially on such a moonlit night.

When you are tired from walking, find a quick rock and sit down.
Although Li Fumin doesn't know how to appreciate it, when he thinks that tomorrow he will set up a net to catch fish, more than a year of hard work will bear fruit, and the haze that has been buried in his heart for many years will be swept away...

This is the hope of the family.

Li Fumin looked at the lotus pond below, and couldn't help showing a comfortable smile.

It's been many years, and I haven't felt so comfortable?

It was after my daughter Li Ying left.

Now, the Li family is about to stand up again.

Son Li Qiang took this step in the right way.

Li Fumin planned to wait for the fish to be sold, so he asked the matchmaker to make a good marriage for his son, first make the marriage, and then repair the house.

Let Li Qiang build two brick and tile houses next to him, and he and the old woman can live in the original house.

The money left by my daughter has not been moved these years, and I have saved it. I will raise two seasons of fish and repair two houses. It should not be much different.

According to this market, fish farming can continue, and Qiangwa will be asked to renew the contract for another two years later. The family works hard, and there is no need to worry about not having a good life.

Qiangwa got married and had a grandson, so he and the old woman helped them take care of the children, and let his young couple concentrate on supervising the fish pond.

Li Fumin thought about it in his heart, he was already thinking of his grandson who hadn't been found yet, and he opened his mouth wider, feeling very happy in his heart.

Suddenly he heard a rustling sound, it was the sound of someone walking through the bushes.

Why is it said that people came instead of beasts?

On the slopes with a radius of hundreds of miles, there have been pheasants, hares, mountain rats, and earth snakes, but there are no large wild animals.

Based on Li Fumin's experience, he knew that it was a person walking through the bushes as soon as he heard the sound.

At this time, everyone in the village has fallen asleep, who will come to this slope?
Could it be someone who walks at night?

Some people like to take a shortcut over the hillside.

Li Fumin stood up quietly, hiding his figure in the bushes.

Who is he looking for?

And I sat here abruptly, waiting for others to walk over without being startled.

The footsteps stopped not far from him.

Then there was another rustling sound.

Li Fumin wasn't worried that someone would come here to steal fish, this was the highest place, even if he wanted to steal it, he couldn't reach it.

Could it be that people who walk at night are in a hurry to urinate, so they hide in the bushes for convenience.

Then I heard a voice saying: "Hurry up, baby, just throw it here, and I'll throw it in the front, so it's safer... This pond is too big, I'm afraid if you don't throw it away..."

"Have it."

leave?Throwing something, is it to kill someone and throw the body in the fish pond?
This dark and windy night is the most suitable for doing bad things.

Hey, it seems that there are not just one person, but two people. Wow, the voices that spoke earlier are very familiar.

It's——Wang Erliuzi.

Li Fumin recognized Wang Defa's voice.

He heard footsteps coming towards him.

Li Fumin quickly squatted down and remained motionless, watching Wang Defa walk past not far from him through the bushes.

Wang Defa was still carrying a bag in his hand. He didn't know what was in it. It didn't look very heavy.

Wang Defa stopped not far away, stood on the edge of the slope near the fish pond, opened the bag and prepared to throw the contents down.

Li Fumin, who had been staring at him, stood up and shouted, "Wang Erliuzi, what are you doing?"

Wang Defa was startled by the sudden shout from behind: "Oh my god, ghost."

This is the performance of a guilty conscience.

After seeing clearly that it was Li Fumin, Wang Defa threw the bag down with a raised hand, and then wanted to run away. Although Li Fumin was old, his reaction was not slow, so he reached out and grabbed him, and the two began to wrestle.

Li Fumin grabbed Wang Defa, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Qiangzi, catch the thief, catch the fish thief..."

"Grandpa stole your fish..."

"Then what did you throw in there?"

"You don't care what I lose."

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Li Fumin for a while, he hurriedly shouted: "Dingdingmao, Gouri, hasn't come to help, it will startle many people later, and I can't get away."

Li Fumin shouted again: "Come on, come on, steal the fish."

Then I heard Li Qiang's shout from the bottom of the slope: "Dad, I'm here."

There was another sound of tinkling on a tin basin.

The nearby people heard the noise and knocked on the basin to warn.

Before long, everyone in the village will come running up.

Li Fumin: "Wang Erliuzi, you can't escape, come down with me and explain clearly..."

As soon as the words fell, I heard a gust of wind in the back of my head, got hit by a stick, and fell down.

The man who came with Wang Defa threw a stick and shouted, "Brother Fa, run..."

Dang rushed out first.

Wang De was in a daze for a moment, then quickly followed suit.

When Li Qiang ran up, he found Li Fumin lying on the ground.

"Dad, Dad, wake up...how are you?"

Li Fumin propped himself up, "I'm fine, Wang Erliuzi brought someone here, and beat me with a sap..."

Li Qiang: "He's gone against the sky..."

At this time, the villagers also rushed up the slope.

Hearing that Li Fumin was beaten with a sap, of course the Li family couldn't swallow it.

Immediately, several of Li Qiang's cousins ​​chased him along the path.

Li Qiang helped Li Fumin up.

Li Fumin said, "Leave me alone, go and see what Wang Defa threw into the pond."

Li Fumin pointed to the place where Wang Defa threw things just now.

A few people walked over, but it was so dark that they saw nothing.

"Go down and look, you can't see anything up here."

A group of people went down the slope along the path, and some villagers volunteered to board the boat moored by the weir pond, and carried Li Qiang to the slope.

This place near the side of the slope is the deepest place of the weir pond. There are no lotus and lotus roots in this area and it is also the place with the most fish.

Li Qiang and the villagers paddled in the water with bamboo poles for a while, but found nothing but two broken plastic bags.

The two rowed back to the dike,
The people on the shore asked, "Did you find anything?"

Li Qiang shook his head.

Another villager said: "I only picked up two plastic bags, and I don't know what Wang Defa threw in them?"

"Secretary Li, Qiang Wazi, what is Wang Defa doing in the fish pond in the middle of the night? Do you know why?"

Li Qiang told about how Wang Defa came to steal fish a few days ago and was found and beaten away by himself.

A villager said: "Oh, Wang Erliuzi is the one who holds grudges the most. If you beat him, he must have come to take revenge..."

"Damn, he doesn't dare to do anything to you, so he can only play tricks on the fish pond."

"How can you play tricks, not necessarily kill all the fish?"

"Kill it?"

One sentence reminds everyone.

"Oh, it's not good. Could it be that the medicine (poison) is in your pocket?"

"Qiangzi, quickly smell the smell of medicine in your pocket."

"It's been in Qinshui for so long, how can I still smell it?"

"What if it's really a drug mess? Will all the fish in the fish pond die?"

"Bah, bah, you crow mouth..."

"Qiangbazi, don't care if it's drugged or not, catch the fish as soon as possible, anyway, you are planning to set up the net today, everyone is here to help, hurry up and set up the net..."

Li Qiang, who kept silent all this time, stared at the water surface of the fish pond and said, "It's too late..."

Everyone followed his gaze.

I saw fish floating on the surface of the water, especially in the distance, because there was no cover from the lotus leaves, I could see them clearly—the fish with their white bellies floating on the surface of the water, glowing with silver light.

(End of this chapter)