Hunger for a hundred years

Chapter 41 (21)
It seemed that the woman was twice as tall as Kuan Hwan.Since she got married, Hejiapo has become much more lively than before.She doesn't like to talk, but someone specially teases her to talk, and when she talks, it makes everyone laugh.When she went to the middle yard for the first time, a woman quietly pulled her aside and told her seriously: "The old man standing over there is Kuan Huan's father-in-law. He has a very strange temper. If you don't go Say hello, and he will scold you every day in the future. You can’t just call him Father-in-Law, he will be happy if you call him Grand Duke Moon.” The woman wanted to ask why she had to be called Grand Duke Moon?But the woman had already left.The woman walked over and greeted warmly: "Has the Lord Moon eaten?" As soon as the words came out, the people in the yard almost burst out laughing, only the old man who was called "The Lord Moon" was so angry that he held back his mouth for a long time. In a word: "I just want to slap you in the face!" After scolding, he went home with a beard and a stare.Kuan Huan's father-in-law died for many years. The old man was his neighbor. When he was a child, he was sleeping under the eaves of the street. A piece of his scalp was bitten off by a dog. Since then, his hair has never grown back. His hair is shiny. His peers joked with him and called him moon.

This incident dealt a great blow to the woman, and she was even more reluctant to speak, but there were always times when she had to.Because of being cautious, what he said was even more ridiculous, so ridiculous that even Liang Shi couldn't help rubbing his stomach.

About half a year after the woman got married, a different scene appeared in Hejiapo: Kuan Huan took the bull stick and beat the woman to run around several floors of the yard, saying that she was lazy and her shoes could not be tied well. Can't embroider.In fact, the real reason was that he thought the woman was not pregnant.The scene of Kuan Huan beating the woman was very funny. A short, child-like man chased a tall and strong woman. After catching up, he hit the woman with a ox stick.The woman huddled together and begged the short man for mercy, but the man refused to forgive her, and kept whipping on the woman.When the whole slope knew the real reason for the dwarf's anger, he didn't shy away from it anymore, and scolded while smoking: "Pinch your mother's two small x, I can't even have a child!" After cursing this sentence, It aroused the infinite sadness of the short man, and his hand was even heavier.

If there is no delay, the man will keep beating until the woman is bruised all over her body.In this regard, some people think that Kuanhuan is too much, too inhuman, but some people just want to have fun, and say to Kuanhuan: "Kuanhuan, you have such a high bow, you can't do things in the old way." Yes, you need to put a few bricks under the bed!" Kuan Huan said: "I have tried everything I can!" After another half a year, the situation changed again: the woman was in a hurry, so she went to the team cadre.It was Liang's idea for her to go to the team cadre. Although Liang loved Kuan Huan to the bottom of his heart and hoped that the woman could give birth as soon as possible, but Kuan Huan beat the woman too hard. She couldn't be persuaded after many times, she really couldn't stand it anymore. "Go to the captain and ask him to help persuade him," Liang said.The woman listened to her grandmother and went to He Zhongbao whenever she had nowhere to run.

Over the past year, He Zhongbao has suddenly aged.This kind of oldness was first discovered by himself.One day when he was eating, he felt that the inner tooth on the right was a bit meaty, as if a grain of corn had been embedded in it. He picked it with his hands and opened his mouth to the limit before he caught it. He shook it vigorously. After holding it for more than ten times, it loosened, and then pulled it out suddenly, and the thing slipped into the palm of his hand.He felt a dull ache in his gums, a pleasant pain.He examined the bloody thing carefully, the yellow and yellow really looked like corn grains, but the tip was sharp and tough, like bone.This discovery surprised him, so he soaked the thing in a bowl, washed it twice, and confirmed that it was not corn, but his teeth!

It is quite normal for him to lose teeth at his age, and He Da has already lost five teeth.But in He Zhongbao's view, He Da lost all his teeth, and he shouldn't lose one.He felt more and more that the disparity in power between his family and everyone in He was changing. Not only did He Da have three more sons than him, but He Da's third son had a distinctly different temperament from the entire Poshang people. , at such a young age, his eyes are hidden so deep. When looking at people, he does not use his eyes, but his heart.He Zhongbao was afraid of his eyes. Even he himself didn't want to admit it, but he felt it clearly.He knew that his father, He Huaqiang, was afraid of He Jianxiang's gaze back then, and now, he was afraid of He Zao's gaze. "Damn, why are there always so many monsters and ghosts on this slope!"
Based on this, he managed less and less about team affairs.

The woman went to him many times, which already bored him. In the end, he said to the woman with a runny nose and tears: "Why do you ask me for family affairs? Maybe you will look for me even if you don't have a baby?"
In terms of seniority, he is two generations older than Kuan Huan, what he said is too appropriate.

He Zhongbao also said: "Back then, there was a widowed mother and son on the slope, who were pecked to death by a sickle from her husband's family, and then thrown into the ancient well. Kuan Huan treated you well."
The woman was too frightened to go to He Zhongbao's door. She wanted to go to the one-eyed secretary of the brigade, but she thought it would be better to go to the commune instead, so she went down the mountain.When she was going down the mountain, Mrs. Liang wrapped two taels of wheat for her, took two cents, and asked her to eat steamed buns on the street.

She ran countless times to the commune, but she couldn't stop the hunchback from beating her violently.In addition to whipping her, the hunchback now also tortures her cruelly. In the middle of the night, the woman always screams heart-piercingly.The screams made a dog on the slope bark too.

However, the woman's belly was still as flat as a washboard.

Kuan Huan left the woman.What he wants is not a woman, but a field that will grow crops.

Half a year later, the woman married a mason not far from her natal home. Within a year, she gave birth to a fat son who weighed nine and a half catties.When people from Hejiapo went to the market, they often met her in the Dongba field. The woman greeted her warmly, and she didn't look stupid at all.Therefore, some people from other places say that women are like trees, some trees are suitable for planting here, and some trees are suitable for planting there. , Hejiapo is really a fucking bad place!
The people on the slope were naturally unhappy when they heard the words. Once, Cai Gen heard a few people from Yanghou Mountain discussing this on the East Street, and almost got into a fight with them.

No matter how bad Hejiapo is, it is the home of generations of people on the slope, and everyone on the slope knows to protect its reputation.

In those days, as soon as it got dark, there was a strong wind on the mountain.The wind does not seem to blow from the sky, but seems to rise from the ground.Just under the yellow jue tree.The wind became the blood of the Jujube tree, surging in its body, shaking its huge trunk with crackling crackling noises, and when the blood flowed to the crown of the tree, every leaf fluttered and danced in green and light white waves.The Jue tree is the king of trees in Hejiapo. Its every move was imitated by the jungles with a radius of several kilometers. For a time, the wind was blowing all over the mountains and the moonlight was blown by the wind, just like the sparrows in those days. After a while, he couldn't run anymore, and died on the ground, turning into the cold moonlight's corpse.

The sound of the wind like the river is mixed with the desolate barking of the hairy dogs; the hairy dogs originally hoped to enter the village to steal chickens or piglets at night, but when they sneaked to the "Jiajiashi" behind the village in groups, the wind rose The sound of the wind made the jungle fall, completely exposing the dog's whereabouts. When the pale moonlight danced around in front of him, the dog stopped, looking at the moon in the sky and screaming.The moon is the god of Maogou, and the moon makes Maogou feel confused that he can’t get rid of from life to life. In those days, I slept in a new house, and the new house was equipped with a building, and there were pigs and cattle pens under the building. After the singing begins, Xulou is like a small boat driving on the rapids.But I didn't feel scared at all. I was thinking, if those winds ran out of Hejiapo, where would they end up?In a place other than Hejiapo, is there also the icy moonlight and the mournful cry of the hairy dog?Do the children in a certain family there also sleep on the upper floor like me, looking at the dark roof and dreaming about the sky and the sky?
When it was daylight, the wind stopped.It's been like this for days.In the courtyard dam, there is a thick layer of fallen leaves. After sweeping the fallen leaves, they are as clean as washing.The soil on the sloping ground was hard, and when kicked, the soil would not move, but the kicker hugged his foot and kept crying for pain.cold.I don't feel cold on my body, only in my eyes.The surrounding area is clear and bright, which makes you feel that although the wind has stopped, the wind has not left. The whole Hejiapo has become a pocket filled with wind, and you even feel that every plant, tree, stone, and soil are The wind, you are also the wind, with a slight sigh between the sky and the earth, you will float up and blow to other places.

One day, He Zhongbao got up early in the morning, stood by the dam of his courtyard, looked at the still hazy mountain outside, and murmured: "Wind belongs to water, and water belongs to yin. When it blows at night, it means that yin qi returns to its place. This is also true of Hejiapo." It's time to be quiet."
After speaking, he went back to the house and yelled at his wife and children to get up.Before collective work, farmers are busy for themselves. He Zhongbao should seize this time to earn an extra ration for himself in the private plot.

Not only He Zhongbao thought so, but everyone on the slope thought so.In the minds of Hejiapo people, "collective" is a relatively abstract concept. Because of this, when everyone goes to work, they will hold their hoes to their chins and gossip endlessly (as long as everyone does this. , no work points will be deducted), as for how many fields have been hoeed and how many fields have been plowed, you don’t have to worry about it. If you have a lot of work points, everything will be fine. So it's fair.At that time, people on the slopes ran to the field actively when they heard the sound of wooden clappers. They seemed to love the collective labor. In fact, they were afraid that they would not be able to keep up with the collective pace and dig the first hoe. After digging a hoe and rushing to the field, you will be deducted work points. Even if people dug the first hoe and gossip, you are the only one who is still working hard, even if you dig the field by yourself. Yes, you were still detained, but they got full marks.

(End of this chapter)