happy apocalypse

Chapter 140 The 'Curse' Caused by Diesel

After four days away from home, we returned home safely on the evening of the fourth day.Mama Jiang and Mama Qu prepared a table of sumptuous meals for us.

At the dinner table, Jiang Zhi gave Father Qu and Father Jiang a task, to give them the basket of mosquito repellent we prepared, and let them plant it under the wall in front of and behind the house tomorrow.

He explained to his family that it was a kind of Chinese herbal medicine that we saw in the mountains this time. It can repel mosquitoes. It’s just that no one can artificially grow this kind of Chinese herbal medicine, so we took out the black soil mixed with space black soil for growing vegetables in the city, and asked them to spread a layer on the bottom when they planted it. As for whether it can be used in the future Live, can only be resigned to fate.

After that, I asked again: "We're not here for a few days, nothing happened at home, right?"

Li Shanqing said calmly: "There is nothing wrong at home, but something happened in the village."

"What's the matter?" I asked curiously after hearing this, and Jiang Zhi also looked up at Li Shanqing, waiting for him to say.

"Do you know Zhang Xiukun from our village? He got into a fight with Li Feng and his family this morning."

"Zhang Xiukun? I've heard of it, but I haven't met him. I heard that he is quite special. What's going on, why are we still fighting?" Jiang Zhi said after hearing this.

I have met Zhang Xiukun, a farmer in his 40s, who looks a little taciturn.

"It's all because of the diesel. People in our village went to the county to buy diesel. Several stores didn't overwhelm others. The queue was too far behind, so they didn't buy it. Some people were popular, so I borrowed some from the owner and bought some from the west. , put everyone together with the remaining diesel oil, and plow the land with Baba.

The same is true of Zhang Xiukun's family. I heard that Lao Li's family still had some leftovers, so I went to his house to buy some. In the morning, Lao Li's family promised to sell him all the leftovers from their two families. When I went to his house, I heard that at noon, Old Li sold the remaining diesel oil to a person from another village at a high price.Zhang Xiukun was so angry that he pointed at Lao Li's nose and scolded, 'You fucking talk like a dog farting?You sold the diesel to people from other villages just because of the price difference.We have lived in the same village for so many years, are we not worth the few catties of food?If you have a bad price, you can say, it’s all up to this point, even at a high price, I have to buy it, and they all agree on good things, and you change your mind after your fart smell is gone. This is not a joke. ? '"

"Then what does Old Li say?" I'm curious how the old Li's family will handle this situation.

"As far as old Litou can say, his family ignored it first. As a result, their family didn't give an explanation or apology. They all said that the diesel oil belonged to their family and he sold it to someone else. It doesn't matter, it's as bad as it sounds anyway, so in the end, the two families fought, and the village chief broke it off." Jiang's father accepted Li Shanqing's words, and after he finished speaking, he even touched Qu's father. Take a sip and take a sip of white wine.

"Apologizing is useless." I muttered softly while sitting next to me.

"How did the village chief handle it?" Jiang Zhi asked.

"What can he do? It's useless to say anything now. The diesel has been sold, and the buyer doesn't care what you make of it. They bought it back with white rice, and it is impossible to return it. If we We don't want to return it, so when the village chief went, he asked people to separate the two families, scolded old man Li and his two sons, and said that he would not send a letter of introduction to old Li Tou's family next year, and after that Tell Zhang Xiukun to go back quickly and find a way, don't waste time here with these three bastards, the seedlings are still waiting to go to the ground." This time it was Father Qu who said.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you didn't see it. I went to watch the fun that day. Zhang Xiukun and her couple are very powerful. He beat the three elders of the old Li's family enough. His wife was even more ruthless. She scratched her face. It's bloody, almost scratching Old Li's eyes, tsk, tsk, you're really strong." Li Cheng was very excited when he said this, and spoke highly of Zhang Xiukun's wife's lethality.

"Really, then I have to find a chance to pass by his house a few times tomorrow and take a good look." Then I turned to look at Jiang Zhi and said, "We were too tolerant of their house last time, so we should be like Zhang Xiukun." It’s like their family, just beat them hard, and they will have a better memory, and they won’t dare to be shy in front of our family.”

Seeing that I was a little excited, Jiang Zhi patted me reassuringly, and said, "Don't worry, with the human nature of their family, your wish will come true sooner or later."

"Although the village chief said something useful, he was right about one thing. It is true that the seedlings at home are waiting to go to the field. At this time, there is no time to mess around with their family. We must quickly find a way to plow the field. "Jiang's father also thinks that plowing the land is the most important thing now, and when he has time, he will find Lao Li's family to discuss it. Now it is a waste of time.

"No one in the village has any diesel oil now, so Zhang Xiukun's family still hates Old Li so much, what else can he think of? Someone asked this afternoon, saying that Zhang Xiukun's family will find someone to help dig the ground tomorrow, probably 7 or 8 acres of land, ask if there is anyone in our family who can help?" Li Cheng's words showed his affection for Zhang Xiukun, which may mean "an enemy's enemy is a friend".

"Did you agree?" Jiang Zhi asked Li Shanqing while eating vegetables. The only ones at home who could help were the three of them.

"I asked them to agree. We have to help with this matter, and we can't just watch the seedlings rot into the ground. Then their family will drink northwest wind this year and next year." Father Jiang said.

Jiang Zhi listened and nodded.

At this moment, Mama Jiang interjected and said, "Why is it so troublesome? Don't we have a little diesel left? Just give it to them. If it's still so troublesome, let you guys go out and do the hard work."

It hasn't been two days since our own family opened up wasteland, and they have to do hard work for others again, and Mama Jiang feels a little distressed.

"No, Mom, we can't give diesel. Although we sympathize with their family, we can't give diesel at this time. Besides, didn't they all decide to dig the ground manually? It's the same for our family to go to help. The three of us are so young. , there is plenty of strength, and there is Xiaoyi, she must not make us tired, so don't worry."

Jiang Zhi does not agree to give diesel oil at this time. The first thing is that this will push our family to the cusp of the storm. We just took it out, it should be said that our family has ulterior motives.

The second is that there will be a lack of resources such as diesel in the future, and it will be even more difficult to get diesel next year. People will see how easy it is for us to take out diesel, so don’t think how much we have in stock. Come to borrow or buy, if we say no, people may not believe it, so it's time to give our family a shit basin.This kind of thing happened in the city last year, we have to learn from it, and we cannot make the same mistake a second time.

Moreover, if three people from our family go to help tomorrow, they can also solve their family's problems. Zhang Xiukun's family must be very grateful to our family. This is also a timely assistance.The final result is the same, then we should choose the method that does us no harm.

"You're going tomorrow too, you just came back, don't you need to rest for a few days?" Mother Qu felt sorry for her son-in-law.

"No, I'm not tired. Tomorrow, the three of us will go together to see what happened to Zhang Xiukun when he fell to the ground. If people are not good enough, we will go through the motions, so that no one can pick out our family's faults." After Jiang Zhi finished speaking, the people sitting there nodded, and the proposal was considered passed.

In the early morning of the next day, our family was still eating breakfast around the dining table, and Chen Ming came to report the news. Seeing our couple on the breakfast table, he shouted in surprise: "Brother Jiang, sister-in-law When you came back, you thought you wouldn't be home until this afternoon."

When I saw him, I politely asked him to have some breakfast together. He was so impolite. He picked up the bowl Weiwei brought him and filled a bowl of fragrant millet porridge from the pot, and squeezed it out at the dining table. A place where we can sit down and have breakfast together again.

While he was eating, he kept bearding Mama Jiang and Mama Qu, "Auntie Jiang and Auntie Qu are making delicious food, much better than my mother's."

Qu's mother joked with him and said, "Really, next time I see your mother, I'll tell her to let her improve and improve. Her son hates her cooking."

"Oh, Aunt Qu, please forgive me. If my mother listens, she will go home and peel off my skin." Chen Ming joked with the two aunts at the table with a playful smile.

After a while, Chen Ming and Li Cheng sang together at the dinner table, coaxing the two aunts into ecstasy, and divided the Fugen in the pot between them.

Only now did Chen Ming have time to ask Jiang Zhi, "Brother Jiang, are you going to help Zhang Xiukun's house?" He knew that we all knew about Zhang Xiukun's house digging today.

"Go, why don't you go? How can we say that you are also a villager in Tashan Village? People in the same village are in trouble. We have caught up and have this strength. How can we not help?" Jiang Zhi said with awe-inspiring righteousness. of.

"Well, then we can work together again today, Sun Jun and the others will also go today."

"It seems that Xiukun's popularity is not bad, you all go to help."

"Hey, it's not that our family has finished planting seedlings, and we are idle. Zhang Xiukun is Zhang Fanyu's uncle, and he is not bad. We discussed it and helped if we could. Otherwise, he will be sad next year. It is." Chen Ming scratched his head in embarrassment after finishing speaking.

This is the first time we heard that Zhang Xiukun is Zhang Fanyu's uncle. Zhang Fanyu is a young man with a good personality, and his uncle should not be much worse. Of course, this is our guess.

"How is Zhang Fanyu's uncle?" I asked curiously.

"He's a pretty good person, but he's a bit peculiar at ordinary times, but he's not bad at all in dealing with people. Zhang Fanyu knew too late about the fight between Uncle Zhang and Lao Li's family yesterday. When he found out, the fight was over. Otherwise, all of us want to help, this old Li's house is too useless." Chen Ming gritted his teeth when talking about the old Li's house.

"Okay, okay, you can be careful with my bowl, don't bite it when you get excited, it doesn't matter if your tooth is broken, you have to pay for my bowl if it is broken."

"Aunt Qu, look, my sister-in-law is bullying me." Chen Ming found a big backer after hearing how I treated him.

"Okay, stop making trouble, hurry up and eat, let's go help early after eating." Jiang Zhi said without waiting for Qu's mother to speak.

(End of this chapter)