Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 763 The poor
Fu Fu groaned, jumped down the ditch, brandished a shovel and started working vigorously.Fu Buer spit out the cigarette butt that almost burned his lips, and followed him down into the ditch.He thought about what he said today for a long time last night: Fu Fu wants to marry Yijin, of course it is good, but for this reason, retiring from the army is just adding labor to the family, and instead he has to eat and use himself—besides, he belongs to his son, sooner or later To give a piece of gold.It's better to let him make a name for himself in the army, then he won't have to spend his own money, and he has a son-in-law who is an officer, so he can enjoy himself in the village.

If Fu Fu didn't become an officer, he naturally didn't have to keep his promise.If Fu Fu had died in battle—from Wan Shouchang’s words, there are still several big and vicious battles to be fought recently—he wouldn’t be a widow for a single gold.In this poor and remote southern county, there is no concept of chastity, but the social status of a big girl and a remarried widow are different.

How did Fu Fu know the wishful thinking of the "father-in-law", and felt that his request had been fulfilled, and he became more energetic and worked harder.During the conversation, Fu Buer also confided a lot of worrying things, the biggest worrying thing is that the village head is a bit half-hearted.The east and west villages of Meiyang Village were at odds with each other, and his words had little effect in the West Village, and the villagers in the West Village would only follow the instructions given by the chief.It's not as unanimous as it was in the East Village.

"Finally, the captain of the militia is still a sensible person. Otherwise, if he really confronts him, there will be no peace in this village."

The captain of the militia team in Meiyang Village is an immigrant from Xicun. He is a veteran. He shot an arrow in the battle of Chengmai and injured his bones. I came to Meiyang Village and became a militia captain.His home is in the West Village.Because he is also a member of the village cadres, he has more interactions with Fu Buer.

Fu Fu said: "I think you should talk about this matter with the chiefs when you go to the county meeting to see what they have to say - the chiefs have a lot of ideas, maybe they can solve it for you. Hold on now, what if something happens in the future?"

Fu Buer said: "That's true. When we have a meeting tomorrow, we must talk about this outsider..."

While talking, I saw Fu Eryin hurried over anxiously: "Quick! Jiang Wu is going to run away!" After saying this, he turned his head and ran away.

When Fu Buer heard this, he immediately dropped his hoe and climbed up to the bank of the ditch with two or three strokes.He took out the clothes hanging on the branch, turned his head and said, "I have something to check!"

Seeing that the patriarch was in such a hurry, Fu Fu didn't even put on the straw sandals that had been taken off by the ditch, so he didn't know what happened.Now he regards himself as a "son-in-law-to-be", and is very concerned about the affairs of the Fu family, so he quickly climbed up and put on the straw sandals.Followed all the way in the past.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, a bunch of people had already gathered. Many people obviously came from the fields to watch the excitement, and some of them still had farm tools in their hands.There was a lot of noise in the circle of people, only the scolding of Mrs. Fu Buer was heard on top of everyone's voices.

Fu Fu curiously pushed his way through the crowded crowd, and saw that Jiang Wu was in the middle of the crowd.Fu Fu knew that Jiang Wu had no land in his family, so the couple rented a few acres of Fu Buer's family's garden, and they also did part-time labor on weekdays.It is one of the poorest households in the village.

A package was dropped on the ground, and it had been unraveled, revealing some tattered clothes, some dried sweet potatoes and two pairs of straw sandals.Next to it is a package.A straw hat worn while working was trampled to pieces on the ground.

A small woman was kneeling on the ground crying and begging for mercy. She was dressed in the same rags and her hair was disheveled.

Fu Buer had already caught Jiang Wu. Jiang Wu was a small man who was often full and hungry. How could he be Fu Buer's opponent who was full every day and worked hard.The lady of the Fu family's hair was disheveled, and a piece of her sleeve was torn.Apparently he had a fight with Jiang Wu and his wife before Fu Buer arrived.

Fu Buer grabbed Jiang Wu's chest, and gave Jiang Wu several old punches in succession, causing his neck to shrink down, and he simply squatted on the ground, looking like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

"Jiang Wu! You really don't know what to do!" Fu Buer panted heavily, scolding, "You and your wife are two big living people, and they don't lack a lot of hands and feet. If you take the world, you can raise two chickens. I can’t even pay forty eggs! In the end, even the chickens are gone! This time, the Heaven and Earth Association will not accept the loan for raising sheep, and I will give you a guarantee to get the loan! Okay, I said again in a few days The sheep is lost—you want to just walk away, how do you ask me to explain to the Heaven and Earth Society?!"

Of course, there are undeniable self-interests in this.He acted as the guarantor for the sheep's loan. If Jiang Wu ran away, Fu Buer would have to pay the full principal and interest. Secondly, Jiang Wudian planted a few acres of garden land in Fu Buer. Fu Buer thought he was the guarantee loan at first. Threatening, forcing Jiang Wu to accept the harsh sharing conditions.Now that such a good cheap labor force has gone away, there will be no such great benefits in renting out.

Jiang Wu was listless on the ground, not daring to speak.The people around me are also persuading, and some are watching jokes.It is very strange that Jiang Wu's two consecutive loans to Tiandihui ended up with such a result.Especially for laying hen loans, almost no one has ever made a compensation.Returning 20 eggs will be considered as repayment, all eggs will be underwritten, and feed that can increase the number of eggs laid will be provided at a low price, and the chickens will be bought back when they can no longer lay eggs. This kind of thing is almost like giving money to people for nothing.

As for raising sheep, there is no difficulty. I gather some grass every day, and let the children and the elderly at home let them go when they go out during the day.If the family is short of manpower, they might as well take them directly to the edge of the field when they go to the field, and eat some weeds on the ridge of the field.Although the common people are suspicious, they are not stupid. After more than a year, of course they know that Tiandi will sincerely help them in production and increase their income.Therefore, most people have little sympathy for "losers" like Jiang Wu: the conditions are so good and they are screwed up.

Moreover, he messed up the loan for the second time, and the Tiandihui didn't arrest him and torture him, or take his wife away and sell him off—in the past, it was only natural for creditors to do this, and no one could say no.And Tiandihui only limited him to pay off the principal and interest of the loan within six months, otherwise he would be sued in court.

"Master Fu, you should always hold your hands high..." Jiang Wu's wife knelt on the ground and pleaded bitterly, "We are really desperate. If we continue like this, we will not be able to pay off the debts of the Tiandihui, so we have to go out to work..."

"Nonsense! Once you leave, where will the leaders of the Tiandihui go to find you? What kind of debt should you pay? You have bad intentions!" Fu Buer scolded.

Jiang Wu argued: "Master Fu, you have learned a lot! Now we are renting a few acres of garden land from your family, working day and night every day, but after paying the rent, it is difficult to even have enough food... let alone pay it back. The Heaven and Earth Society is in debt..."

Fu Buer's face suddenly became unresponsive, and just about to explode, the wife of the Fu family jumped up: "Okay, you two men and women! So it is ours who gave you the seed?! I didn't know which one was wrong at the beginning. Conscience begging to ask our master to be a guarantor? God..." She sat down on the ground and cried.The scene became more and more lively.

In the noisy room, the stationed police also squeezed in:

"Don't look, don't look," he asked everyone to disperse, "Those who should go to the field should go to the field, and those who should go home, don't get stuck here!" Driven by him, some people dispersed.However, there are still many people watching the fun.

When Fu Buer saw the police stationed here, he felt that it was inconvenient to make any further noise, so he just said with a sullen face, "You don't want to rent my land, it's okay! But you can't just walk away like this! First settle the previous account before we talk about it!"

The stationed police knew what had happened: they ordered Jiang Wu and his wife to go back first, and they were not allowed to leave the village without authorization.According to the latest household registration management regulations: Jiang Wu and his wife must register their destination and purpose in the village in advance if they want to leave the village where their household registration is located for a long time to work in other places, and then obtain a certificate.

They owed loans to the Tiandihui, and they belonged to the "key group" in the first place.Now I actually want to slip away.It is ugly to be on the police's own "key population" monitoring report.He couldn't help but yelled all the way and drove Jiang Wu and his wife back home.

Fu Fu was always beside him, but he didn't say anything.He has seen many similar things.A large part of Fu Buer's history of making a fortune is by lending small amounts of usury.Relying on this, he seized the land of many families in the village, and sometimes forced them to flee.At the beginning, Fu Fu followed Fu Buer to demolish the wood and thatch of the fugitive's house, so as to recover some interest.

However, Fu Buer saw that Tiandi would no longer engage in lending on his own after granting small agricultural loans—he was far inferior to Australians in terms of borrowing conditions.What's more, after becoming the village head, he has to be more or less concerned about the popularity of the village.The reputation of usury is always bad.

He was watching, when he suddenly saw Fu Yizhuang's figure flash past in the crowd.Fu Fu's eyes lit up, and he immediately followed - when he was sent to Bopu as a soldier, this Fu Yizhuang not only threatened them with a big knife, but also beat and scolded them from time to time, and only gave them sweet potatoes. Squatting on the side of the road to defecate and had no time to get up, Fu Yizhuang got impatient and kicked his whole body into the excrement and urine... As he thought of this, the boy who died of diarrhea appeared in front of him... Fu Fu suddenly turned evil, and quietly followed.

When Fu Fu had dinner last night, he knew that Fu Yousan's family stumbled when they were collecting autumn gifts and Zhang Tianmu last year. Most of the land was confiscated. There are three symbols.Fu Yousan became a half-lunatic, and no one paid any attention to him.As soon as he was strong, he guarded [-] acres of land to live, and the arrogance of the three Fuyou families in the past was gone.Fu Buer's family felt elated from top to bottom.

(End of this chapter)