life struggle

The land was measured from south to north to seven feet one foot four, and was about to continue to measure north, but was stopped by Ping Ming, "Don't measure any more, his is enough, quickly use a coal awl to mark the white ash under the eye."【 】"

Several people saw something wrong, Wu Dajiu, the village head, said, "Pingming, how can we make a mark here, there is still a lot of land in the north, it must not be three feet six feet eight, and five feet six feet eight can't be measured. "

Wu Pingming put his hands on his hips, stared at Wu Dajiu and said proudly, "Dajiu, it was Pingshun who said that he only needs to be seven feet one foot four, and the rest is mine, and I didn't say it. If you don't believe me, just ask." he."

Wu Pingshun said, "When the land was divided in the team, it was calculated according to the length of ten feet eight feet two from north to south at Xiaoliang, the easternmost side. No one thought that the land was oblique, and the longer it went to the southwest, the longer it was. Youshu has made up his mind and put forward conditions for me to jump in. If I don’t agree, he just doesn’t agree, and he agreed without thinking too much.”

"Dajiu, young and old, you all heard it. He said that he wanted enough of his land and the rest is mine. Let's go here today, mark the land boundary, and it's over. Pingshun, your tobacco leaves The seedlings are in my field, take the time to move them, if you don’t move them within two days, I’ll pull them out for you, don’t blame me for not saying hello to you in advance.” He said, shaking his head and humming a ditty with his hands behind his back, and walked away up.

Wu Pingshun didn't expect that he would be tricked by Pingming, his face turned blue in a moment of anger, he squatted down to the root of a tree by the roadside, took out a dry pipe and pot, bowed his head and smoked fiercely, and didn't say a word for a long time.

Wu Dajiu waited for someone to come over and said, "Pingshun, look at this matter, and Pingming is also reasonable, but you are indeed a little bit wronged by giving him so much, but the matter has come to this point, it is really difficult to solve. We still have something to do, let's Let's go first." Soon, they all left one by one.

Wu Pingshun smoked a few bags of cigarettes, and returned home listlessly and dejectedly. As soon as he entered the door, he stood in the middle of the courtyard and complained angrily to his mother, "Mother, how do you think his family is run and what is he doing?" , I don’t even know how many people there are in our family, and I was fooled by the team members in a daze. I don’t know. I think I’m smart all day long, and I’m thoughtful and meticulous. .”

"Your father may have been negligent, and he doesn't want to."

"He has been displeased with me since he was a child, and he often makes troubles for me. Just because he is a shrewd person, such a thing will never happen. I think he is torturing me on purpose."

"Xiaoqi, how can you say that about your father, he is stupid, don't throw your own things to others on purpose."

Wu Pingshun stood at the door and listened, and he heard that Xiaoqi was complaining about himself. He was already full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he couldn't help but pick up a wooden stick and rushed to Xiaoqi, "You boy!" When you grow up, your wings are hardened, and you have learned to criticize me, I will beat you to the ground to see if you still criticize me."

Wu Xiaoqi was talking to his mother excitedly, when Wu Pingshun's stick hit him unexpectedly, and he couldn't dodge and was beaten to the ground, his nose bleeds immediately.Xiaojun's mother shouted loudly, "The child's father, don't blame Xiaoqi, you did something wrong and left out grandson Qiangqiang's homestead, you can't beat him." Holding Wu Pingshun's stick.

Wu Pingshun was taken aback when he heard this, and asked angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about, who missed Qiangqiang's homestead."

"There were originally nine people in our family. When we divided up the homestead, why were there only eight people instead of just one person? What are you doing with your eyes? You didn't take a closer look. You didn't even notice that one person was missing. I really don't know. What were you thinking at the time?"

Wu Pingshun patted his head and thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why he made a mistake.Wu Xiaoqi stood up slowly from the ground supported by his mother, and said unconvinced, "At that time, when the accountant Hammer showed you the land distribution list, you said something good without even looking at it. But at that time Qiangqiang It has been more than three months, and now the land in the whole village has been allocated, so where to go to get the land. I don’t understand why, but you missed the strong one, why didn’t you miss it.”

"You guys are talking nonsense. My name can be found in the village, township and county. How could I miss it. When the farmland was distributed in the team, he was not born yet, so he didn't occupy the land. Who would have thought that he would occupy the homestead? Get that almost done."

"You are the head of the house, and you have to be responsible for Qiangqiang's homestead. If you don't want to come, you have to give yours to Qiangqiang." After finishing speaking, he went out with the grappling hook on his shoulders.

Wu Ping stomped his feet smoothly, "You bastard, what are you talking about." He fell asleep and didn't go out for two days without tea.

On the morning of the third day, Wu Xiaojun went to work in the field with a hoe and came back to the village entrance. From a distance, he saw Wu Pingming using a shovel to shovel his tobacco plastic shed and tobacco seedlings. In front of him, he shouted loudly, "Ping Ming, stop, you can't destroy my tobacco seedlings."

Wu Pingming was lowering his head and kept shoveling the seedlings. He was taken aback by Wu Pingshun's yell. Do you care about the work on the ground, I don’t grow tobacco leaves, what do you want this thing for, I really don’t worry about eating carrots, don’t bother me here, what should I do.”

"This is my land. Your land is in the north. If you are shoveling, I will be rude to you."

"I said that you are unreasonable. I don't want to exchange land with you. You have to change it. If you change it, you have less land. You said it inside and out. Today I also say something, I absolutely want this place, and I will never let you go again."

The two started fighting without talking.Wu Pingming was small in stature and rarely did any physical work. He was not Wu Pingshun's opponent at all.Wu Pingshun's eyes were red with anxiety, and he pressed on every step of the way, venting all his anger for many days, "It's unreasonable for me to call you a heartless, cheating guy, and I have to make you sober and honest today." ..." Beating and kicking, Wu Pingming was knocked to the ground in a blink of an eye, crying for his father and mother, rolling back and forth, and kept saying, "Second brother, stop beating, I can't stand it if you beat me again. For the sake of our compatriots, please forgive me this time."

"If you don't make it clear today, I won't forgive you."

"Everything is up to you. Next time, measure from north to south, and it will be enough for me to be three feet six feet eight, and the rest will be yours, okay?"

"This is still like a human saying, does it mean what you say, and do you still repent?"

"Absolutely counts. I will never change it again. As long as you let me go, it will be fine to mark the land now."

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Wu Pingshun felt compassion, stopped his hands, took two steps back, bent down to pick up the hoe, and found that Wu Pingming had already run five or six feet away. He stared at Wu Pingshun and said, "Today I fell into your hands, let's ride a donkey and read the libretto, you will feel better."