life struggle

"Hey, Miss Xiao, what have you been up to lately?"

"I ate and slept, I ate and slept, I didn't do anything, I was very boring. [ ] How are you, did you have a good holiday?"

"It's so-so, but a strange thing happened in our village, and I want to tell you about it."

"Okay, if it's not inconvenient on the phone, come here! Anyway, I'm free at home and I have time to accompany you."

"School will start soon, so I won't go. We will talk to you in detail on the road together. I hope that the last time will not happen again."

"That road is really dangerous. Thinking about it, I feel a little worried. It's better not to take that road. But, are you afraid or miss me?"

"Both! Say we'll see you next Wednesday morning at 05:30."

"Okay, see you soon!"

"I'm dead, bye!"

"Bye-Bye!"

Wu Xiaojun put down the phone full of joy, seeing that it was still early and there was no other place to go, he suddenly thought of Qin Meixiang, and with a fluke mentality, he went to the Chengguan town government to look for Kang Weidong, a good classmate from high school.

Kang Weidong was playing double promotion with three other people in the office. When he saw him coming, he quickly put down the cards in his hand and said to the others, "My old classmate is here, so I won't play with you anymore." Take him to the next room, "Xiaojun, why are you here, sit down quickly." He poured water for him as he spoke.

Wu Xiaojun sat down with a big smile on his face, looked at the office number - Urban Management Section, and said, "Weidong, this is your office, right? How many people are there in your department?"

"We have a total of eight people including the section chief, and three offices. There are so many things, and I rarely work here. Most of the time is dealing with merchants on the street. If you come half an hour earlier, you won't see me. "

Wu Xiaojun had dealt with urban management before, and knew that the water inside was relatively deep, so he deliberately joked, "If you are busy and work hard, the merchants who do business will definitely suffer."

"There is no way, the economic target task of 80 million a year, don't make excuses to control them to fine and deduct wages if they fail to complete."

"It's true. As long as you work hard, the merchants will naturally listen to you, and you can spend money and drink. It seems that you have gained more weight than when you were in school, and your beer belly is starting to stand out. Do you often feel dizzy!"

"There's no way, the county is so big, if you find a store with a problem, you can always come to the door to treat you to dinner, but you can't push it away." Kang Weidong said with a smug look.

"It's the nature of the job, it's human nature, it can't be done without entertainment."

"Xiaojun, how are you doing now, are you okay at school?"

"That's the way it is, day by day, and it's over when you graduate. By the way, a classmate asked me to find out if there is any news about Qin Meixiang, the daughter of your Mayor Qin. It's better to ask you." Wu Xiaojun asked with an excuse.

"It's strange to say that almost a year has passed. Not only has the town government never heard of Qin Meixiang and her mother, but the entire county committee compound has never been mentioned. They seem to have evaporated completely. Where are they going?" Where, no one knows."

"Has no one of her relatives contacted them?"

"I heard that when Mayor Qin had an accident, Qin Meixiang begged her close relatives, but no one paid any attention to her. Maybe she was so heartbroken that she didn't want to have any more contact with them."

"So this is ah!"

Wu Xiaojun didn't get any news from Qin Meixiang, so he sat with Kang Weidong for a while and then came out.Secret path, black, really **** black, a small shrimp soldier is like this, one can imagine the loach.The official style is filthy, and the folk customs are naturally impure. No wonder Song Zhihui kept cursing and just wanted to leave this ghost place as soon as possible.

Wu Xiaojun walked to the entrance of the village and saw seven or eight people rushing out of the village with nervous expressions.Among them, Jin Xiang's grandma and Yongcheng's daughter-in-law were crying with water bottles and clothes in their hands. Yongcheng, Fat Boy and others almost trotted all the way, pulling a person with a shelf cart. .Wu Xiaojun hurriedly stepped aside to get out of the way, and before he had time to say hello and ask what happened, several people walked past in front of him like a gust of wind.

There were a few middle-aged women and young daughters-in-law sitting chattering under the tree at the entrance of the village. Wu Xiaojun greeted them suspiciously, "Grandmas and aunts, what are you doing sitting here? Grandma Jinxiang's family was in a panic just now. Hurry up, is someone in her family sick?"

Shitou's daughter-in-law Huanhuan said in a depressed mood, "Chunni drank dichlorvos, and she seemed to drink a lot. They dragged her to the county hospital for rescue. I don't know if she can be rescued. Chunni is so pitiful!" "

Nudan grandma sighed and said, "Young people nowadays are all evil, why didn't I see what is so good about Wan Qiang, and made Xin Qiao and Chun Ni confused, and obediently wanted to follow him. Chun I don't know what kind of evil this girl, Ni, is, what a girl, she was tortured to death, she was neither human nor ghost, I really can't figure it out, I can't figure it out."

Huanhuan said, "Grandma, don't people in the city like to pursue new trends, free love, love at first sight, and love at first sight. Some of them are lightning-like, and they sleep in the same bed after seeing each other twice. There is nothing wrong with it." I understand, it won’t be surprising if I see more of them.”

The old turtle's daughter-in-law interjected, "Huanhuan, you know a lot, don't you and the old turtle also fall in love freely, and you are inseparable from each other without seeing each other twice!"

Huanhuan blushed and said embarrassingly, "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, I watched it on TV. Laobie and I are not that kind of people."

Naodan grandma said angrily, "What kind of shit is free love, it's pure random love. If it weren't for this, Chunni wouldn't have ended up like this. I just can't understand some young people nowadays. Boys don't do their jobs, and girls don't look like girls. , flirting with each other, immoral, and shameless at all."

Wu Xiaojun felt very awkward when he heard it, and forced a smile, "You talk, I'm going home."

Less than an hour after Wu Xiaojun arrived home, he heard that the village was like a frying pan, crying and noisy.Wu Pingshun came back from the outside with a heavy complexion, and said as soon as he entered the door, "Wan Qiang has caused a catastrophe this time, Jin Xiang and Yong Kui will have a good show!"

Xiao Junniang asked, "What happened to the chaos outside?"

Wu Pingshun said, "Chunni died after drinking pesticides before being taken to the county seat. When she just came back, Yongcheng called a large group of people and took her to Yongkui's house."

Xiaojun’s mother said, “This is retribution, and you have to suffer on your own. Yongkui, a village cadre, led people to fight for family planning all day long, and he did bad things. Wu Jinlin is not a thing. If you trouble one family today, you will destroy another family tomorrow.” It's not surprising that Xinqiao's girl is flirtatious and flirtatious with Wan Qiang. Only Chun Ni, who is usually very good, was deceived by Wan Qiang by accident, and she ruined her precious young life for nothing. It's a pity that she was wronged. .”

Wu Xiaojun said, "This kind of thing is really unclear. It's hard to talk about who is right and who is wrong. Since someone died, it's really hard to end."

Wu Pingshun said, "You can do anything else. Don't engage in relationships between men and women. It doesn't matter what is important. If they have an accident, we can help as much as we can. Don't participate and speak too much, so as not to be thankless. Both are offended."

The young girl Chunni is trapped by love, causing an irreparable tragedy.Grandma Jin Xiang and her eldest son Wu Yongcheng were distraught, weeping all the way, and poured out all the resentment that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time on Wu Wanqiang.After returning from the county seat, they gathered a group of relatives, took Chunni's body directly to Wu Yongkui's courtyard, and parked the body in the center of the main house.According to the custom of the local people, only when one's elders died can the coffin be parked at home. This in itself is the greatest humiliation to Wu Yongkui's family.

When Wu Yongcheng saw Wu Yongkui, he seemed to be crazy, grabbed him and knocked him to the ground. Several young and strong boys came over and beat him up.Yongkui's eldest son and second son came out to stop him, but they were not spared.Under the persuasion and persuasion of several elders, Wu Yongkui was taken elsewhere to avoid secondary harm.

When such a big event happened in the village, Wu Fachen, the village party secretary, was very nervous, and immediately organized several respected people in the village to discuss and coordinate the matter.Wu Jinxiang and Wu Yongcheng put forward three requirements to Wu Yongkui. First, a five-seven-eight-inch coffin must be made in one day (the thickness of the coffin is five days, the wall is seven, and the floor is eighth). Wu Wanqiang must be handed over, and Chunni will not be buried if he does not see her for a day; third, Wu Yongkui and his wife wear hemp and filial piety to guard Chunni as a filial son.

Now, Wu Yongkui's family is indeed in a difficult situation. All of these three requirements are very strict.The first one can barely be done, but it will cost the whole family; the second one is really impossible. Wan Qiang has been away for more than two months without even a letter. ; The third is more uncomfortable than taking Wu Yongkui's life, and it is impossible to do it.The eldest son, Wu Baiqiang, said, "Father, this matter is said to be related to Wan Qiang. What evidence is there? They passed Chunni's death on to Wan Qiang and took revenge on our family. They can't just admit it like this."

The second son, Wu Qianqiang, said, "Father, elder brother is right. What does the death of their family have to do with us? In my opinion, call the police."

Wu Yongkui shook his head again and again, "Don't call the police, absolutely don't call the police. This is a matter of life and death. Have you ever thought that once the police are alerted, Wan Qiang will definitely be arrested. The matter between him and Chunni just needs to be investigated. , it will be detrimental to Wan Qiang, not to mention shooting, it is still possible to sit in prison for ten or eight years, and Wan Qiang will be completely finished for the rest of his life. Taking a step back, even if it has nothing to do with Wan Qiang, with the power of their family, there will be no more than three years in the future. The two ends of the day are deliberately looking for trouble, and we are living a life. Unless the whole family leaves this village, but this is impossible."

Wu Qianqiang was in a hurry, "Father, what do you think we should do? Don't we just let them bully me unscrupulously like this? How can we have the face to go out to meet people in the future. Besides, it's such a hot day, it won't be more than three days." It will stink. If Wan Qiang doesn’t come back, what’s the matter with Chunni’s body being kept here.”

Wu Yongkui thought for a while and said, "This matter can only be done privately, and absolutely cannot be reported to the officials. How about this, I will go to He and Fa Chen to discuss it. As long as the person can be buried in advance and not Wan Qiang, other things can be discussed, and let him learn from it." Let's make peace again."

Wu Baiqiang said, "Father, except for the first one that can be agreed, the other two must not be agreed."

Wu Yongkui said fearfully, "You can't mess around, who told us that there is a Wan Qiang in our family who makes trouble and doesn't live up to it? It has nothing to do with you, and I will take care of everything."

Wu Fachen, Wu Jinxiang and Wu Yongcheng said straight to the point, "Since the matter has come out, people cannot be brought back to life, no matter what you say, no matter how big the disturbance is, it will be of no avail. In the end, both parties will suffer. Besides, the conditions you raised are indeed relatively harsh. Now It's still hot, if Chunni doesn't get buried in the ground earlier, she will soon stink, and the neighbors and even the whole village will suffer. You can't just let yourself be discouraged for a while, you have to consider everyone, and bury Chunni as soon as possible. As for seeing Wan I don't think there is any need for strong things, so what if I see them?"

Wu Yongcheng said viciously, "As long as I see that bastard, I will skin him and let him kill Chunni."

Wu Fachen said sternly, "If you touch him with a finger, it is illegal and criminal, and you will be sentenced to prison. The law is based on evidence. Some things are clearly known to be done by someone, but without evidence, no one can do anything about him. What evidence do you have for saying that Chunni's death is related to Wan Qiang? It doesn't matter what you say. Do you think so? I'll let this matter go and talk about it later."

Wu Yongcheng said emotionally, "That can't be cheap, Yongkui, the old fox, it's okay if the couple don't hand over Wan Qiang, but Chunni must be dressed in sackcloth and filial piety as a filial son to guard the spirit, and according to our highest standard here, Chunnifeng Burial in a glorious manner, otherwise nothing will be discussed."

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Wu Fachen had no choice but to explain the situation to Wu Yongkui.

Wu Baiqiang stomped his feet angrily, "Father, you are too bullying, and you absolutely can't agree. At worst, you will die, and I will fight with them. Hacking one kills is enough, and hacking two kills earns one."

Wu Fachen persuaded, "Baiqiang, the dead are the most important. The most urgent thing is to bury the person early. Acting recklessly will not solve any problems. You know, Chunni's body is now in your home."

Wu Yongkui bowed his head in silence for a long time, and said slowly, "Fachen, I have long since lost my face and skin in front of people, and this time I will tear off my old face and fight it out. Just do as they say. If you don't Agree, I really have nothing to do, let them do whatever they want!"

Hearing this, Wu Baiqiang fell to his knees in front of Wu Yongkui, "Father, please, don't dare to do stupid things!"

Wu Yongkui said with tears in his eyes, "Baiqiang, the matter has come to an end. Isn't this all for the sake of Wan Qiang and you in the future, to make a peaceful end! There is no other choice and room, don't say anything, Ok, deal."

Wu Yongcheng reluctantly agreed to bury her in advance, and said unwillingly, "Fachen, tell Yongkui that bastard that Chunni must be given a title and buried in his family's old cemetery."