Hunger for a hundred years

Chapter 54 (11)
While the father and son were talking, Cai Gen stepped into the room. "Papa Zhongbao," Cai Gen shouted loudly.He Guanghui thought that Cai Gen came to talk to him about joining the gang, and was both excited and depressed.He doesn't want to be in the cattle business, he just wants to anger his father, and at the same time he wants to get out of Hejiapo.It turned out that Cai Gen didn't come to talk about this matter. He sat down on a stool and said, "Papa Zhongbao, why don't you sell me that mouthful of yellow chrysanthemums." .Cattle dealers can judge the age of a cow based on its tooth shape.

He Zhongbao replied angrily: "Not for sale!"
Cai Gen said: "Papa Zhongbao, let me tell you something, you will sell the insurance to me."
He Zhongbao didn't look at him, but perked up his ears with interest.

"If you sell Huangju to me, I will bring the glory. Ming said, in my business, there is nothing else, and the money is real!"
The root of the vegetable is not the same as before, although the six fingers are still dazzling, but he wears a silver watch on his hand, which makes his six fingers shine.He used to have a disheveled beard, with the snot that he just blown stuck to the tip of the beard. Since he became "Teacher He" in the business field, he shaved off his beard, and his chin was glowing blue.He also puts on a white shirt, and if it's winter, he wears a leather jacket!Although it is 20 yuan a piece of artificial leather, it is enough for Hejiapo people to understand the power of money--since money can change even the roots of vegetables, what else can't be changed?
When He Zhongbao heard that he was going to take his son to do cattle business, his vision went dark, his throat was blocked and he couldn't breathe.But he steadied himself and said coldly, "Why did you buy my cow?"
"I've inspected all the cows on this slope, and none of them can catch up with your yellow chrysanthemum."
He Zhongbao didn't understand cows, so for some reason, he favored his young and small cow "Zhacai", but he didn't care about this, and asked sarcastically, "You said you want to bring the brilliance?"
Cai Gen said straightforwardly: "As long as you promise to sell the cow, I will bring the glory with you."
There was a long-lost smile on He Zhongbao's face, and he said to Cai Gen faintly: "If you still remember that you are Jianshen's son, get out of here! What is Jianshen? When you are young, you should ask for a favor. Monk, Jianshen's son also wants to take mine away?"
Cai Gen was startled, got up and left without saying anything.He Guanghui went to stop him, but Cai Gen swung his arm and squeezed out the door.

That night, He Zhongbao's cattle disappeared.

He Zhongbao didn't find out that the cow was missing until early the next morning.

While he was standing by the cattle pen and yelling, Cai Gen brought a wad of money.At least 30 yuan higher than the market price.Cai Gen put the money in the cow trough and said: "Anyway, the cow has been taken to Yongle City by my buddy. If you want this money, you can ask for it, and it's here if you don't." Then he turned and left.After walking a few steps, he turned his head and said viciously, "Old man, do you think it's still the same as before?"
He Zhongbao looked at his back, and the pitiful look of He Jianshen when he was beaten in the middle courtyard suddenly appeared in his mind. At the same time, the long tongue stuck out by the craftsman Li strip hanging on the rope was also teasing his face. In those days, Carpenter Li climbed up to the virtual building of his house from the edge of the cow trough.He smiled strangely, did not take the money from the cow trough, and went back to the house with numb hands and feet.

The vegetable roots went directly from Zhu's board to the bottom of the river, and took a boat to Yongle City.

The business he is doing now is no longer selling live cattle, but selling beef.He collected the cattle and took them to Yongle City by boat or cart, where they were killed and then sold.He built a felt shed beside Yongle City, which was his cattle slaughtering ground.The craftsmanship he had learned from his father He Jianshen came in handy at this time.

On this day, Cai Gen entered the slaughterhouse near Yongle City, and saw that yellow chrysanthemum was tied by the staff to the side of the dirty stone trough.Huang Ju didn't know anything, and gently wagged her tail.Its tail is very thin, short, and stiff, and looks like a chopstick from a distance.Mosquitoes flew around and covered its head.It kept flapping its vascularized ears to drive away the rampant parasites.Every face here is strange, and no one talks to it; there is no smell of mud and grass here, only the blood of its companions.

Huang Ju tilted her head, as if she was thinking: How did I get here?It can't remember, only some flickering images remain in its mind In the dark night, the cowshed was gently opened, and a black man patted its ass. , very delicious, it is reluctant to let those delicacies rot in its belly, so it is quietly chewing the cud. It stood up, followed the black man out of the circle, the black man carefully clinging to the cattle rope, and walked down step by step .It is not afraid of the dark. It is very familiar with this section of the road, but it is not familiar with it when it comes to the bottom of Zhu's board. It was in the hands of some other strangers, and he went back along the way. Those strangers illuminated it, one of them pulled it, and the others beat it with the branches they left behind, and went down to the bottom of the river, where its sweat came out. After seeing it and getting on the boat, the boat floated flickeringly in the middle of the river, and it went into this shed. What are they going to do?
At this time, the cow also saw the vegetable root.From the smell, Huang Ju judged that this was the black man who photographed it out of the circle.

With a straight face, Cai Gen directed his buddies to keep a long water pipe going back and forth.

There was a trace of melancholy in Huang Ju's eyes, she looked at those strangers busy at a loss.

Later, Caigen came to untie the rope.Huang Ju was a little timid, so she glanced at him and followed him.

It was pulled into another corner of the shed.Caigen put the cattle rope on the wooden beam, and then grabbed the end of the rope and gave a jerk.Huang Ju's nose was in sharp pain, her neck was straightened, her head was raised high, and her mouth had to be opened wide.Caigen fixed the cattle rope, put on water boots, and brought a large bench. After standing on the bench, he shouted something, and someone handed him the black water pipe just now.

Only then did Huang Ju see that the front end of the water pipe was fitted with a steel pipe with a round mouth.

What are they going to do?
Huang Ju trembled all over, watching Cai Gen's every move nervously.It wanted to escape, but the nose rope was tightly pulled, its head was held high, and it couldn't move at all.

Caigen put the steel pipe into its mouth.

The steel pipe continued to be inserted into Huang Ju's throat.It wanted to vomit and bark, but it couldn't.

What are they going to do?
The vegetable root has no intention of stopping, and continues to insert it.

It suddenly felt a sharp pain and was about to faint.

Caigen shouted: "Open!"
A mighty stream of water forcibly injected into Huang Ju's body.

How long did it last?have no idea.Later, Huang Ju didn't know anything.Its body is in the shape of a round ball, its skin is all swollen with water, and even its tail is much thicker, sticking up high.

When Cai Gen untied the ox rope, Huang Ju fell to the ground with a loud bang, made a half-turn on her own, and finally pointed her legs stiffly at the sky.

Cai Gen asked: "How many catties did you inject?"
The man replied: "More than 120 catties."
The vegetable root clapped its hands in satisfaction, jumped off the bench, and started peeling.
That's the root business: buying water-infused beef.

Since he started selling beef, he has always sold water-injected beef.In the past, he killed the cow first, and then inserted a steel pipe into the cow's heart to inject water.But that's not cost-effective, because to inject water into a dead cow, a very large cow can only inject fifty or sixty catties.

Chrysanthemum is the first example of vegetable roots watering live cattle.

No one taught him the technique of watering live cattle, how did he do it so authentically?He didn't know it himself.

It was a total inspiration. --It was He Zhongbao who inspired him!

He went to buy He Zhongbao's cattle in good faith. Although the yellow chrysanthemum had a small frame, it had a large leather frame, and a large leather frame was a good material for selling water-injected beef.He later said that he wanted to take He Guanghui away, and he was sincere. It was an honor to bring a retired navy soldier to learn the cattle business from him.He didn't expect He Zhongbao to humiliate him so viciously.As soon as He Zhongbao said those words, he remembered the scene when his father was beaten.At that time, when my father came home, he roared and groaned all over the world. Although he said "it's time to recite", it was a kind of helpless anger.He believed that if his father had not been beaten by He Zhongcai, he would not have become a monk and would not have said goodbye to his relatives. (Since Jianshen went to Mount Mingdo, not only has he not returned home once, but he also avoided seeing him when his family visited him.) Ever since his father became a monk, whenever someone suggested a matchmaker for his younger sister, the woman would ask him "Are you talking about the monk's son?" The matchmaker had no choice but to admit that the woman's mother, mother-in-law and aunt burst out laughing: "Although that Caigen has made some money now, if he marry my girl, it won't work." How long did it take to go to Mount Mindo with his father?"
Cai Gen felt that he was harmed by He Zhongbao.

He is determined to avenge his father and himself by punishing Huang Ju.

When He Zhongbao found out about the whole process of Caigen cleaning up Huangju, he smiled, first smirking, and then laughing loudly.

The laughter didn't stop, but the tears flowed out.

He Zhongbao heard the news in Zhongyuanba, and when he returned home with tears in his eyes, he couldn't help crying.

After crying for a while, he took out the dog-beating stick and rubbed it for a long time.
From Cai Gen's revenge against He Zhongbao, and from He Zhongbao's laughter and tears, many people on the slope recalled their past events, and also felt long-lost sadness.In the whole slope, not every family has been oppressed by He Zhongbao and his father, He Huaqiang, but almost everyone lives in their shadow. Therefore, at this time, He Zhongbao has become the public enemy of the slope. He no longer has the ability to bully anyone.

Someone said: "If I want to take revenge, I don't want to slap his livestock like Caigen. I want to slap He Zhongbao in the face! He used to be a martyr and I dare not beat him, but now I dare to beat him!"
Someone said: "I'm going to knock out his remaining two teeth. He used to fight with my old man. He couldn't beat my old man, so he bit off an egg of my old man with his teeth. I never said this. What a shame." , Vicious!"
He Jiangao's wife Gu Shi said: "I can't do anything to him, I just ask him for his life."
The strangest thing was Cai Gen. He said that he wanted to ask He Zhongbao for a wife. "I don't look bad, and I still have some money now. Why is no woman willing to marry me? It's not because of that stupid He Zhongbao! He came back and rated our family as a poor household. People all over the world know that my family is so poor that I lick my feet. Just as the conditions are about to improve, he ordered his brother to beat my father and I can't find a wife. It's all because of He Zhongbao!"
There are all kinds of things.

For this reason, He Da recruited He Kou He Ji who was at home, and solemnly said to them: "You can't follow those ignorant people to coax that vegetable root, it's too poisonous! How can you treat animals like that? It's better than back then. He Zhongbao treats Bai'er with poison!"
He Kou was about to speak when He Guanghui stepped into the room.

Even though he was demobilized and became a farmer, He Guanghui still maintained his military habits, dressed upright and walked with a straight waist, which was completely different from his previous sloppy appearance. "Daddy!" he greeted affectionately.

Before He Da invited him to sit down, He Guanghui sat on the bench without restraint. Seeing He Kou He Ji sitting in the dark by the wall, he said, "Brother Kou Ji is here too?" He took out a bag Here come the cigarettes, distribute them.

Although he was from the same village, since He Guanghui became a little more sensible, he had never been to He's family, and members of He's family never went to He Zhongbao's house unless it was absolutely necessary.Therefore, He Guanghui's sudden arrival made He Da feel at a loss.

After lighting a cigarette, He Guanghui said straight to the point: "Dad, I'm here to apologize to you."
He Da was taken aback, "Apologize?"
He Guanghui took a deep puff of cigarette: "In these years, we have done a lot of things that I am sorry to your old man."
He Kou said, "It's good that you know."
He Guanghui said slowly: "In the army, when I go to sleep, I always think about the things in the village."
He Da was visibly excited, with red eye circles, and asked hesitantly, "Did you come here by yourself or did your father call you?"
"I came here by myself," He Guanghui stared at the ground, "that man Dad"
He Da pondered for a while, then said in a low voice, "It's not easy for your father."
He Guanghui's hands trembled, and tears rolled out of his eyes, "Dad, we are sorry for you, we are sorry for many things."
"Don't talk about dolls," He Da said, rubbing his eyes, "I'll be happy if you brothers can live in harmony with each other in the future."
After all, He Da looked at He Kou He Ji.He hoped that He Kou and He Ji would also respond.

But He Kou was sullen, and He Ji had the attitude of not caring about anything.

He Guanghui stood up and said, "Daddy, Brother Kou Jiji, I'm leaving." After saying that, he went out.

"It's hypocritical!" He Kou said.

"When he was admitted to the navy, he didn't come to apologize? He was still so proud at that time!" He Kou said again.

He Da shook his head lightly, "A person's knowledge grows slowly, I don't think he is lying."
Afterwards, He Da muttered to himself: "The people in He Zhongbao's family are different after all."
Neither He Kou nor He Ji understood what difference he was referring to.

In those days, He Guanghui went door-to-door to visit people on Poshang, and he apologized to everyone who offended them before.He also burned paper in front of the graves of He Jiangao and Carpenter Li.After all this was done, he went to Yongle City, searched for a long time, and finally found Caigen's slaughterhouse.

Cai Gen is catching a servant's knife and cutting up a cow.

Seeing He Guanghui walk in, Cai Gen's first words were: "What do you want to do?"
He Guanghui said, "Brother Cai Gen, I'm here to apologize to you."
Caigen stabbed the knife hard into the tripe, and said quickly: "Forget it, forget it, don't do this with me!"
He Guanghui blushed: "I am sincere."
Caigen held the handle of the knife and stirred it in the tripe, and said angrily, "How do I know if it's true or not?" Ignoring He Guanghui, he squatted down and continued to cut the cow.

He Guanghui left silently.

For a long time, people on Poshang were talking about He Guanghui's apology.Most people thought he was faking it.But no matter what, the noisy mood subsided, no one slapped He Zhongbao's face, and no one knocked his teeth, and the people of Hejiapo worked again at sunrise and rested at sunset in their contracted production fields.It's just that when they saw He Guanghui, at most they greeted He Guanghui, and the tone was warm, but there was absolutely no nostalgia for planting the same piece of land and drinking the same cold water; He Guanghui helped.

He Guanghui doesn't resent the villagers. He feels that being left out and ostracized is his inevitable doom.How many years have passed, there should be a summary.But, why should he bear it?He couldn't figure it out.

Not long after, he took the initiative to propose to He Zhongbao: He wanted to separate the family.

In Hejiapo, except for those evil bastards like Cai Gen who beat their own mothers, they have never heard of a son who separated from his parents before he got married.

He Guanghui said calmly: "If we don't separate the family, I will leave."
The calmness of his son made He Zhongbao shudder. He knew that he no longer had the ability to control his son's will, and he no longer had the ability to stop his actions.He said sadly: "If you want to share, you can share."
In this way, He Guanghui separated from his parents.He lived in a new house built by He Zhongbao more than ten years ago, separated from the old house by a ditch.

(End of this chapter)