Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1190 Fighting
Although the wild vegetables in this season are old and not very tasty, they can still be used in a big way if they are dried and stored. It is better for them to taste bad than to have nothing to eat.

Zhang Yu should soon find that everyone in the village is busy.

Whether it was the children who were originally playing there, or the old ladies who were taking care of their children and could not go to work, or even the old men and women who chatted at the entrance of the village all day, they were all busy digging wild vegetables in the mountains.

Whenever people mentioned the Tugouzi Brigade, they all started using swear words.

Even a good-tempered person like Uncle Xie was so angry about the actions of the Shigouzi Brigade that he felt a stomachache.

If the situation really came to that, and the Tugouzi Brigade cut off the water, although it was not a fair approach, at the critical moment they would protect their own brigade's crops first. The others would curse and be angry, but it wouldn't be like it is now.

But the current situation is that although there is drought this year and the water level of the river has dropped, it has not reached that point.

He also saw it when he and the team leader went to Tugouzi Brigade to ask for an explanation. They found that they could not use up all the water intercepted by Tugouzi Brigade.

"The Tugouzi Brigade is deliberately making things difficult for us. The water is simply not enough to use up."

Facing his eldest son’s anger, Grandpa Xie shook his head and said, “Just wait and see, this matter will not end here, and the people in the village will not let it go like this.”

Sure enough, when the villagers went to work today, they started to make a fuss when they saw the crops whose leaves had drooped.

Someone shouted, "Captain, the Tugouzi Brigade still refuses to release the water?"

The team leader shook his head. He had already looked for the Tugouzi team leader several times in the past few days, but each time the Tugouzi team leader hid away and kept silent. The other members of the team also had a bad tone.

"Captain, the Tugouzi Brigade is too bullying. It's obvious that they don't want us to live. Let's fight them!"

The old farmer looked at the withered crops with distress, tears streaming down his face.

His words were echoed by others: "Yes, Captain, as long as you say so, we will fight with the people of Tugouzi Brigade."

"Yes, let's fight them. If the Tugouzi Brigade doesn't want us to live, then none of us will live!"

Before the captain could speak, the village cadres sent by the commune felt a headache when they saw the villagers picking up weapons and looking fierce in the audience.

He cursed the Tugouzi Brigade in his heart, but on the surface he had to appease the villagers of Xiejia Brigade first.

"Everyone calm down and listen to me. I will go to the commune today. The commune secretary has already found the leader of the Tugouzi Brigade and will talk to him about releasing water today. Everyone wait a moment, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive!"

The villagers don't like this village cadre very much. He is useless and wants to interfere in the village affairs all day long, not allowing them to do this or that. He really thinks he is a big shot.

The hot-blooded young man rolled his eyes at him and said, "What's there to talk about? If the Tugouzi Brigade was willing to let us go, we wouldn't have to wait until now. I think we still have to fight them. Once we convince them, they will let us go."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the face of the village cadre. His job was quite difficult. If he took charge of many things, the villagers would be unhappy and would not support him. If he ignored it, if anything happened, the commune leaders would come to him first.

The old man next to him tapped his youngest son on the head and gave the village cadres an embarrassed expression.

"The child is still young and doesn't know anything. Don't bother with him."

Although he looks down on the village cadres, the old man is more thoughtful than his youngest son.

The village cadres may not be good at getting things done, but they are very capable of doing bad things.

If there is any disturbance in the village, people will be watching. Normally, they won’t say anything, but if you really annoy them, they will keep their eyes on you and will inevitably cause you some trouble.

For people like them, is it better not to offend them if possible?

After that, he turned around and scolded his youngest son. "Fighting, you will fight. Do you think that everything can be solved by fighting? If you continue like this, you will get into trouble sooner or later..."

The young man was a little unconvinced: "You were like this when you were young, too. I heard from my mother that when you were young, you broke your head fighting for water. My mother also said that you almost beat your dog's brain out."

After these words were spoken, everyone who had been serious could not help but laugh.

Someone looked at the old man and joked, "Xie Laoliu, I didn't expect that! You looked like this when you were young."

"Hahaha!"

The old man was so angry that he gave a cold look to the old friends who teased him, and retorted unhappily: "So I was the only one who fought for the water back then, and you didn't go!"

The others remained silent, and someone coughed awkwardly.

Fighting for water is a village-wide affair, and when they were young and energetic, they naturally had plenty of time.

"Dad, what does it look like when a dog's brain is beaten out?" the young man asked curiously, successfully diverting the old man's attention to himself.

This gave the old man an outlet for his anger, and he took out his pipe and hit his youngest son hard on the head. This time he was not pretentious like the first time.

"Oh, Dad, you are so cruel! I will go back and complain to my mom, saying that you beat me and made me stupid." The young man held his head and ran away.

"If you tell me to hurry up, how can I be afraid? You're not smart to begin with." The old man hit his youngest son again in annoyance, and couldn't help complaining in his heart that his wife was not tight-lipped and told everything to others.

"Mom, my dad beat me!"

Looking at his youngest son who ran to his old wife to complain, the old man put away his pipe angrily.

The old lady glanced at her old man, then raised her hand and slapped her youngest son hard on the back: "You are so quick-witted!"

"Mom! Why are you hitting me too?"

Seeing the young man's face full of disbelief, everyone present laughed.

The originally dull atmosphere became a little more relaxed.

The village cadre standing in front of the crowd let out a sigh of relief.

Finally calmed down!
But when he turned around, the village cadres looked towards the direction of the commune with a look full of sorrow.

I don’t know whether the commune secretary can convince the captain of Tugouzi Brigade. If the other party still doesn’t agree to release the water, there is nothing he can do.

The commune and the commune secretary were also worried.

Ever since the Xiejia Brigade came over yesterday, he made an appointment to meet with the captain of the Tugouzi Brigade. He tried to persuade him with kind words for a long time, but the other party just remained silent and refused to agree to release the water with his neck stiff.

As he walked into the office, the commune secretary grabbed his hat and threw it on the ground, and couldn't help cursing.

Seeing this, the secretary silently brought over a cup of tea.

"Secretary, please drink some water first and calm down! The Tugouzi Brigade is ignorant, so don't bother with them."

(End of this chapter)