Reborn to be rich

Chapter 2
"Someone has been beaten, everyone, come and save Baogen!"

"Go to Heidan's house and call Heidan's second uncle..."

"Dare to act wild in Dongdan Village, do you really think there is no one in our village?"

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Hearing the noise outside the door, Zhang Guodong was calm on the surface, but his father and younger brother had already started to tremble involuntarily.

"Family, don't be afraid! I called all the brothers in the door."

Before Tian Baogen's daughter-in-law entered the door, the loud horn's voice came in.Then more than a dozen men rushed in one after another with sticks, hoes, picks, and various agricultural tools in their hands.

"Brother Bao, are you okay..." a villager asked with a broom.

Tian Baogen was delighted to see that the rescuers had arrived, he wanted to walk towards the rescuers, but Zhang Guodong's big hands on his shoulders tightly restricted their movement, as long as he moved slightly, the pain in his shoulders would remind him of his current situation from time to time. situation.

"The three of you are quite courageous. You dare to come to Brother Bao's house to make trouble. Come on, brothers..."

A bald young man took the lead, holding a two-meter-long wooden stick and directly hit Zhang Guodong.

The stick was moving so fast that many people had no time to react. Zhang Guodong grabbed the stick, and a trace of fear appeared on his bald face.

Zhang Guodong's eyes flashed fiercely, and he kicked the bald head directly with his right foot on the chest, kicking the opponent several meters away. The bald head lay on the ground and began to twitch, unable to stand for a while.

"Maozi, I misunderstood! I was just kidding with my friends! Your sister-in-law thought there was going to be a fight, but it was all a misunderstanding. You didn't stop calling your sister-in-law just now. You and everyone go away! See what you guys are doing...Feng E, you stinky bitch, what are you talking about when you have nothing to do! Hurry up and go cook, I won’t beat you to death..."

The bald head lying on the ground was motionless, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to be dead or really passed out.

Tian Baogen saw that even the best bald man couldn't stand up to someone's trick, so if he didn't say anything, things would go wrong today, this big man is really vicious.As the saying goes, don't be afraid of softness, don't be afraid of toughness, but be afraid of foolish people who will work hard, and you won't be able to fight to the death with some poor haha.

"The head of the family..." Tian Baogen's daughter-in-law looked at Zhang Guodong with a embarrassed look. She was a little worried that her husband was still under the control of the other party, but in front of so many villagers, she could not go against the wishes of the head of the family.

"Go back to the house, fry up the bacon on the beam at noon, and take out the wine in the closet. I want to have a few drinks with three friends."

Zhang Guodong fought a lot in his previous life, what he seeks in group fights is momentum, he only subdues the most violent opponent, the others are basically soft-footed shrimp.

Everyone in Dongdan Village of the hospital wanted to safeguard the dignity of their village at this moment, but no one was willing to face such a ruthless character like Zhang Guodong, and the scene was a bit awkward for a while.

Zhang Guodong knew that the trouble was almost over, so he let go of Tian Baogen, and everyone just followed the steps and put down the tools in their hands, and dispersed one after another.

In less than a minute, the noisy courtyard became quiet in an instant, and the women and old people who had been watching the bustle outside the door disappeared.The bald head lying on the ground disappeared at some point.Tian Baogen smiled dryly to resolve his embarrassment. Although he had fought many group fights, he had never encountered someone as nervous as today.

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Zhang Chenglin wiped the sweat from his brow, although the eldest son used to be naughty and fight, but he never knew that his son had such a side.The stick just now didn't look light. He took his son's hand and saw that there was only a red mark on the palm.

"It's okay, Dad!" Zhang Guodong was very satisfied with his current body. The pain he suffered just now was not light, but within a few minutes, he no longer felt any pain.

Now that the matter is over, Zhang Guodong has no intention of entangled with Tian Baogen.After calling out to the second younger brother, Tian Baogen and the three of them quickly finished weighing the wheat. Tian Baogen completely let go of the unhappiness just now, and followed Zhang Guodong in flattery. Let Zhang Guodong move the scale hammer by himself.

"460 catties of grain is just right, and the extra 34 catties is my brother's compensation for today. Your sister-in-law's meal is almost ready, so go back after eating!"

"I appreciate your good intentions. Brother, I have something wrong today. My family is poor! I have no choice but to wait for this little grain to save my life. I don't need the 34 catties of grain. We are still in a hurry to go back to the village, so let's go!"

Zhang Guodong's attitude was firm and he could not refuse, Tian Baogen could only give up, weighed out 34 catties of corn and poured it back.

After the food was replaced, the father and son divided 426 jin of corn into six bags of different sizes. After the six bags of grain were packed and tied firmly with hemp rope, the three of them hung up the poles and tried a few times without any problems before getting up and going out.

After leaving Tian Baogen's house, the three of them couldn't help speeding up, leaving Dongdan Village and walking on the main road, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, you were so handsome just now! That Tian Papi didn't dare to speak harsh words in front of so many people in the village. Our villagers suffered a lot from exchanging food at his house. He still wants to keep us for dinner in the end!" Zhang Guotao looked at his brother's adoring face. The family eats a mixture of coarse and fine grains all year round. Only during the New Year can they eat white noodles with some oil and water. Thinking of the smell that wafted from the kitchen when he left Tian Baogen's house, he couldn't help swallowing Drooling, he hasn't eaten for more than 8 hours since he went out in the morning.

"Today is really safe and sound, Guodong, you can't do things so recklessly in the future. After returning home, don't tell your mother what happened today, so as to save her from worrying. Now it is far away from Dongdan Village. Let's rest for a while and eat something Let’s get something, there’s still a long way to go!” Zhang Chenglin took out a small cloth bag from the grain bag, which contained 3 pieces of cornmeal Baba. The cake made of cornmeal is called Baba in the countryside. It looks golden and translucent, and the portion is not small, but after eating There was a bitterness in the mouth, and those in rural families who had better conditions would not use pure corn to make baba.

The second brother ate it in big mouthfuls, it looked extremely sweet, and the old man also ate slowly with a mouthful of corn and water, Zhang Guodong put the corn into his mouth but couldn't swallow it no matter what.

"What's wrong, stuck? Drink some water!"

The corn was hard to swallow, and my father handed over a dark green military canteen.Zhang Guodong drank most of the pot of water, and only ate half of the cake. When he was in high school and boarded, he didn't eat much of these coarse grains, so his father didn't say anything when he saw it.

Zhang Guodong ate half of the cake, but he couldn't eat the last half of the cake. Fortunately, he gave it to his younger brother.

"Thank you bro!"

After eating pancakes, Zhang Guotao suddenly became active again.The three father and son continued on the road. The father shouldered more than 200 catties of grain, Zhang Guodong 140 catties, and the second brother 80 catties. The three of them were silent during the journey of more than ten miles in half an hour.

After all, the second brother was too young and had too little energy to work, and finally he couldn't walk after a rush of momentum.

"Guo Tao, our speed is too slow. You share some of the food with me. I am stronger than you, so we can go faster if you increase your speed." Zhang Guodong said seeing that his second brother was exhausted.

"You have already shouldered more than me..." Zhang Guotao was very embarrassed. He was indeed very tired, but he was unwilling to let his brother bear the burden.

Zhang Guodong couldn't help his younger brother's rebuttal, so he untied the opponent's bag and poured a bag of corn into both sides of his shoulder pole. In this way, the second brother only had more than 40 catties of grain left, while his burden weighed 180 catties.

After leaving Jiaocun, the number of pedestrians on the road began to decrease, and the main road began to narrow after walking for a long time. The father and son stopped and walked along the road they came from.Zhang Guodong's shoulders don't hurt very much anymore, but his heels are blocked by the stones on the road. Now rural people wear drawn soles, and the soles are worn down, which makes their feet hurt even more when carrying a shoulder pole.

"Be careful! Take a break when you're tired!" Zhang Chenglin looked at his eldest son and said worriedly. He was a little puzzled by his son's strength.Although the opponent is nearly 1.8 meters tall and has strong muscles, he has been studying and has not done much heavy work before. It is really incomprehensible that this 180-jin heavy object does not take a little effort to lift.

We are about to enter the mountain road ahead, and picking food on this mountain road is a technical job, and it is very dangerous here if the technology is not good.

"Okay, Dad, you go first, let's stay away, and be careful, second brother."

Walking up the mountain road when he came, Zhang Guodong followed in his father's footsteps.Father walks very carefully. Every stone and narrow road has to be tried again before passing. Zhang Guodong knows that now is the most critical time, and insists on going through every dangerous mountain road carefully. Zhang Guotao also follows behind his brother attentively. , There was no time to wipe off the big beads of sweat on his face.

Unknowingly, I came to Huangqi Ridge. After passing this mountain, I came to Yongkang County. Huangqi Ridge is the dividing line between Yongkang County and Kun County. Lingnan Kun County belongs to the Guanzhong Plain area, with fertile land and rich water resources.However, most of Yongkang County in the north of Lingnan is mountainous, with less than 20% of the cultivated area. Zhang Guodong remembers that Yongkang was poor in the second half of 2019 and only took off the poverty hat.

There was a big gap between the two sides of a mountain ridge, and the flat roads began to become scarce. The three of them either went up or down the mountain.It took more than three hours to stop and go along the mountain road before the road began to calm down.

After leaving Huangqi Ridge, Zhang Guodong, his father, and his second brother sat on the roadside stones to rest. Even his father, who was used to physical labor, was sweating profusely at this time, so tired that his clothes began to get wet.The second brother was even more tired and sat on the ground unwilling to get up.

"Father, have you noticed that my strength has suddenly become very strong? I feel that I still have a lot of strength to use up to 400 catties of corn. Let me try my limit!" While his father was resting, Zhang Guodong took his father All the grain on the shoulder pole was tied to his own burden, stirring up nearly [-] catties of grain in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"My God! Brother, Yue Fei is possessed! This... is 400 catties small!...Brother, slow down!" The most powerful historical figure the second brother has ever heard is Yue Fei. He watched the elder brother pick up 400 catties of grain He opened his mouth wide.

Zhang Guodong didn't give his father a chance to stop him, picked up the pole and started on the road alone.

With a weight of 386 jin on Zhang Guodong's shoulders, he didn't feel very tired.The shoulder pole had already been bent greatly, and he was careful not to shake it too much for fear of being broken.

Zhang Chenglin confirmed that the eldest son was fine, and picked up the second son's shoulder pole to catch up with the elder son's pace. This weight was easy for him. Zhang Guotao ran all the way with the empty pole when he had no mission, but he was still in the last position.

The evening in May was still a bit chilly, and the father and son rushed all the way without feeling the cold. The distance from Zhangjialing Village was getting closer and closer, and the sun had already started to set before they knew it.

Ganjing Township ranks relatively high among several townships in Yongkang County. Not to mention that it is closer to the county seat, the terrain is gentler than Dawang Township and Yijing Township. It is rich in various honey and persimmons, but now they are all natural. self-sufficient.

As night fell, all kinds of insects on both sides of the road began to make noises, and the silver-white moonlight fell on the ground. Occasionally, a cluster of faint lights flashed in the distant villages. It was a kerosene lamp lit in someone's house.

Zhang Guodong looked at the poor village on the side of the road, a yard surrounded by fences, and a few simple adobe brick houses in the yard for people to live in, and the side houses were all thatched houses for storing sundries. Few families used glass at this time , Many people use white paper to paste the windows.

The scene in front of him couldn't help pulling Zhang Guodong back to the depths of his memory.Although this land is poor, it is its own root.

Zhang Guodong thought of his mother, who had suffered all her life, was busy with the farm work at home every day, and seldom rested all day long.She sews all the clothes in the family stitch by stitch. She raises a lot of silkworms at home so that her children can eat meat occasionally. Can earn hundreds of dollars.

Passing Zhaojiayuan, Zhangjialing Village is not far away.Rural people don't have any entertainment activities at night, and most of the evenings are squatting at the door of their own houses and chatting to pass the time.When the villagers of Zhaojiayuan Village saw the three men from Lunan coming with their shoulder poles, they all poked their heads to see who it was.

"Isn't this Guodong? Such strength! What are you carrying, this guy must weigh 300 catties!!!"

A 40-year-old man recognized Zhang Guodong, who was an uncle in his uncle's family, and Zhang Guodong's grandfather's family was in Zhaojiayuan.

Rural men all worship strong people, 200 catties is the passing line, 300 catties is a strong man, and 400 catties is considered a famous god and man.

"Fifth uncle, you are resting! There is not much food at home, and I went to Jiaocun with my father to exchange food today!" Zhang Guotao shouted at the top of his voice before his brother could speak, and only then did Zhang Guodong realize that the man himself should be called Wu uncle.

"Uncle, concubine, you guys are resting!"

Zhang Guodong didn't really know who was sitting at the door, and what he should call him. There was nothing wrong with calling him uncle and concubine. When he came to the door of his uncle's house, he could basically get acquainted with everyone he met.

When I saw the Guanlu Cross, it was past ten o'clock in the evening. The Guanlu Cross is a road from the county town to Zhangjialing Village through Ganjing Township, and it connects the traffic arteries of more than ten villages in the west of Ganjing Township. Zhang Guodong's home is I live on the ridge not far west of the intersection of Xidalu and Guanlu.

Going west at the intersection of Guanlu, Zhang Guodong still remembered who owned the land on both sides of the road, and many previous memories began to revive in his mind.

Go to the entrance of the village and walk one kilometer along the West Ridge, and you will find Zhangjialing.The wooden door in memory is still there, and there is still a section of red cloth and a small copper bell hanging on the door frame.Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Zhang Guodong clearly remembered the location of each of the 14 households in Zhangjialing's second team, and he even had some impressions of the people in each household.

"Mom, open the door quickly, we're back!" The second brother threw down his shoulder pole and shouted roughly.He hasn't rested since he stepped into Ganjing Township. Although he came back with an empty pole, he was exhausted.

"Why did you come back so early today!"

A voice came from the east room, and Hu Yue'e, who was slightly darker and thinner, came out. She was wearing a woven apron, and she saw her husband leading her two sons home, and she was walking quickly towards the gate.

"Mom, the food has been changed! Open the door quickly, we're going to starve to death!" Zhang Guotao started kicking the door frame. This kind of simple door couldn't withstand such a scourge, so Zhang Guodong hurriedly stopped it.

"I thought you wouldn't be back until midnight! I'll cook for you, Pingping, and make a fire quickly. Your father and brothers are back." It's not easy for rural people to travel far away, and it's not easy to travel such a long way. Food!Hu Yue'e happily opened the door.

"Why do you let Guodong bear so much, why don't you exhaust yourself to death..." Hu Yue'e saw Zhang Guodong carrying four bags of grain by himself, and scolded Zhang Chenglin anxiously.

"Mom!" Zhang Guodong saw his mother's tears streaming down his face.

Hugging her mother's shoulders still feels so familiar. She is only 36 years old now, and wrinkles have begun to appear on her cheeks, and calluses are blunt on her rough hands.Feeling his mother's thin shoulders, Zhang Guodong remembered the sad things he did when he was young, and tears welled up in his heart.

"Don't cry, tell mom who bullied you..."

Zhang Guodong's tears kept streaming down. Hu Yue'e felt that her son was a little different today, but Hu Yue'e couldn't figure out what was different. She patted her son's back and said with concern: "Your child, you just went out this morning... It's not your father who bullied you, don't cry, I will uphold justice for you..." Hu Yue'e was a little uncomfortable being hugged by her son for the first time. He knew his eldest son's character, and scholars often thought differently from the villagers. Zhang Guodong used to He often quarrels with his father, most of which are just Zhang Guodong's unreasonable temper, but Hu Yue'e will help his son, saying that the eldest son is the mother's heart and soul.

"Well, I'm fine, I just miss you!" Zhang Guodong reluctantly let go of his mother's shoulders, and he saw that his mother was wearing a black coarse cloth with patches on it for many years.At this moment, Zhang Guodong told himself silently: Since God gave him a chance to make up for his family, from now on he would not let his mother work so hard, and he would not let the tragedy at home happen again. Do a value to make them proud brother!

"You baby, why do you still look like a child at this age, go! The meal will be ready later." Hu Yue'e dragged Zhang Guodong into the room, and Zhang Guotao choked up a little jealously.

(End of this chapter)