Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 381 A Hit on the Head
The person who was shouting had a rather stiff tone, as if he was the boss of the world, and he was the third.

As soon as Wang An heard it, he knew who was calling out.

It was Comrade Niu Daming, the deputy squad leader of the militia team, who acted pretentiously and shamelessly when fighting wolves before the New Year, and was finally beaten up by Sun Daba.

In fact, the act of "occupying the millstone with a broom" itself is unreasonable.

If you forget to take something when you come to the mill, and then take a few minutes to go home to get it, then it's occupied. After all, this is normal and no one will say anything.

However, whoever puts a broken broom on the millstone will have the right to use the millstone. What's going on?
The key point is that the person who puts the brooms has not come yet, causing the millstone to be idle, and a bunch of people are waiting here like idiots. Is this appropriate?

So if this broom is left for a year, then no one else can use the threshing floor for a year?

Wang An didn't get angry when he heard the shouting, but said with a smile:

"If you can talk, say a few words. If you can't, just shut your ass eyes."

After Wang An finished speaking, he ignored Niu Daming and continued putting corn kernels on the millstone.

But Wang An's words made the people who were arranging shifts to use the mill laugh.

At this time, in the mill road, besides Wang An and Niu Daming, there were three old women and two old men.

To be honest, Wang An really forgot the specific names of these people. It was mainly because so many years had passed and he really couldn't remember them. But Wang An still knew their last names.

The previous greetings and small talk were actually just a few simple words.

Before, when Wang An entered the mill road, he chatted with everyone like this:

"Have you eaten yet, brother?"

"Well, you're here to grind the road too?"

"Well, there's no livestock feed at home, what do you grind?"

"I'm thinking of grinding some sorghum rice."

"Auntie, what are you grinding?"

"Yeah, I'll grind some sorghum rice, too."

It's that simple. It can be said that these words have no nutritional value at all.

But communication between people is nothing more than this.

No one knew whether the laughter of the five people in the mill road meant to provoke others, but it made Niu Daming unable to stand it.

Niu Daming said with a red face and thick neck: "You stole my mill road, and you dare to scold me?"

In fact, most people are like this. If there is no one around, it won't be a big deal. But people have dignity, commonly known as face. In the Northeast, losing face is also called being unable to stand up.

Wang An's reputation is not that good, but his name is quite famous. But to be honest, whether in his past life or this life, Wang An has never bullied others in the village, nor has he done anything that would anger God or people.

Therefore, the people in the village had never witnessed Wang An's cruelty and brutality.

This resulted in people outside generally not daring to challenge Wang An, but people in the village did.

Wang An didn't want to pay attention to Niu Daming's shouting, so he said impatiently:
"What do you mean the mill road is yours? Just throw a broom here and it will become yours? All right, all right, get out of here quickly and stay away from here. I'm busy."

After Wang An finished speaking, he poured corn kernels on the millstone and let the mule run again.

In fact, when we say "running", we just mean making the mule walk faster. Pulling a millstone does not require the animal to run.

Because when the animals are pulling the millstone in circles, people have to follow behind the animals and use a short-handled broom to continuously gather the grain that has been pressed apart on the millstone to the center of the millstone.

Otherwise, when the grain is pressed and spread out into flat sheets, the millstone will lose its force. So when grinding grain, the shaft in the middle of the millstone is spinning, the millstone is spinning, the millstone stick is spinning, the animals are spinning, and the people are also spinning.

Just as Wang An was following the mule's butt for the second circle with a short-handled broom in his hand.

Niu Daming actually took action.

Niu Daming raised the small cleaver in his hand and suddenly smashed it on Wang An's head.

Niu Daming swung his whisk and cursed, "Fuck you, who are you trying to show off to?"

To be honest, Wang An did not expect Niu Daming to take action, and he also underestimated the bloodiness of Niu Daming, who was also a man from Northeast China.

So without Wang An paying any attention, he was hit hard on the head.

The scoop used in the threshing floor is actually a smaller winnowing basket.

They are all made of tree branches.

This small scoop can be used as a scoop with one hand or as a winnowing basket with both hands. It is one of the essential tools in the threshing road.

This kind of whisk is not light. If it hits someone on the head, it won't hurt much, but it will make the person feel dizzy.

The main reason was that although it was cold in the mill road, there was no wind, and it was hot to work, so Wang An took off his hat.

So this sudden attack made Wang An confused for a moment.

Fortunately, after the mule turned around, its head hit Wang An and it stopped, and Wang An also recovered.

But Niu Daming actually hit the mule with the whisk in his hand.

While beating him, he continued to curse: "Fuck you, I told you to show off."

Generally, when using animals to work, if you want to hit the animals to make them go faster, you have to shout "go" once or twice to give the animals a heads up.

In this way, when you hit the animals again, they won't get angry.

At this time, the mule's eyes were covered and it couldn't see anything. If it was hit without any preparation, it would definitely stand on end.

So the mule raised its head, accelerated suddenly, and pushed forward against Wang An.

In fact, in this situation, if Wang An was knocked down by the mule, he would be stepped on a few times by the mule which could not see anything.

If you get stepped on by a mule, it will definitely be serious, with minor injuries or even broken bones.

Fortunately, Wang An often fought with people and mountain animals, so his reaction was relatively quick. He simply used the force of the mule's head to rush forward.

It immediately got out of the circle in which the mule was pulling the millstone.

The mule was frightened and started running around the millstone like crazy.

At this moment, Wang An's anger instantly reached its peak. He turned around and ran towards Niu Daming with the broom in his hand.

Seeing Wang An walking towards him, Niu Daming swung the whisk again and hit Wang An on the head.

When Wang An saw Niu Daming's move, he subconsciously used his left arm to block the scoop. With a "bang", the scoop hit Wang An's elbow.

This time, Wang An had to use his arms to resist. Fortunately, Wang An was wearing a cotton jacket, and the bottom of the scoop was not particularly hard, so Wang An did not feel any pain in his arms.

Of course, the scoop didn't break.

But Wang An became even more furious and kicked Niu Daming.

(End of this chapter)