The Pentium Era - South to North

Early in the morning, Ma Xiangrong opened the courtyard door and was startled. He saw Erpi sitting at the door of their house. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Erpi stood up and smiled at Ma Xiangrong:

"elder brother."

"Why are you so early?" Ma Xiangrong asked.

"Diaomao, I've been around a lot and visited several garbage spots." Erpi said.

Ma Xiangrong didn't want to say anything more to Erpi, so he said "Oh" and stepped back, but Erpi followed him in. Ma Xiangrong stood under the persimmon tree in the yard, looked up, and he followed suit. There, look up.

Ma Xiangrong was too lazy to pay attention to him and walked away to the flower bed full of peonies in the yard. He stretched out his hand and broke off a dead branch. Erpi followed him and asked:

"Are the flowers blooming well this year?"

Ma Xiangrong said "hmm" and clapped his hands. He turned and walked into the house. When he saw Erpi following him, Ma Xiangrong said, "Go and do your work."

"I'm not busy now." Erpi said.

Ma Xiangrong didn't want to lead Erpi into the house. He turned around and walked towards the door of the courtyard. After walking a few steps, he found that there were no footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw that Erpi didn't follow him this time, but walked straight into the house. Ma Xiangrong He quickly turned back, and when he reached the door, he saw Erpi already standing at the doorway from the front hall to the kitchen, chatting with his wife who was in the kitchen.

Erpi asked: "Sister-in-law, what do you want for breakfast?"

When Ma Xiangrong's wife saw that she was Erpi, she said angrily: "What can I eat? Noodles!"

"My favorite is my sister-in-law's sesame noodles." Erpi said, "Give me a bowl too."

"There's no smell." Ma Xiangrong's wife said.

"It's delicious without the smell." Erpi said.

Ma Xiangrong's wife glared, not at Erpi, but at Ma Xiangrong behind him.

"Come on!" Ma Xiangrong shouted impatiently. He couldn't fall out with Erpi over a bowl of noodles.

Ma Xiangrong sat down at the table, Erpi followed suit and smiled flatteringly at him. Ma Xiangrong turned his head and ignored Erpi. He took out cigarettes from his pocket, took one out, held it in his mouth, and put the cigarette case away. When I went back, Erpi was not given one.

Erpi also took out cigarettes from his pocket and put one in his mouth. As soon as Ma Xiangrong lit the cigarette, Erpi called out: "Brother, lend me a fire."

Ma Xiangrong slapped the lighter on the table, turned his head, and continued to smoke. Erpi lit the cigarette and smoked sizzlingly.

Ma Xiangrong's wife came out with a bowl of noodles and slammed it down in front of Erpi, causing the soup to spill out. The clear soup of this bowl of noodles was not only watery, but also lacked flavor and even coriander.

Erpi lowered his head and took a sip of the soup, shouting: "Sister-in-law, give me some vinegar, it tastes good only if it's vinegar."

Ma Xiangrong's wife rolled her eyes at him. After a while, she came back with a bottle of vinegar. She paused on the table and Erpi shouted again:

"Sister-in-law, please give me some more coriander."

Ma Xiangrong's wife came out again, and threw the coriander in her hand into Erpi's bowl from a distance. Half of it was thrown on the table. Erpi spread it into a handful on the table with his hands, threw it into the bowl, and then used chopsticks to Stir the dough and say to Ma Xiangrong:

"Brother, you eat first."

Ma Xiangrong couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily: "Eat you."

Erpi said "Oh": "Then I'm welcome, brother."

Ma Xiangrong blew out his breath from his nostrils and let out a loud "hum".

Erpi began to eat with big mouthfuls. After a while, a large bowl of noodles was in his stomach.

Ma Xiangrong stared at him and asked, "Are you full? Do you want another bowl?"

Erpi patted his belly and said, "I'm full, I'm full."

He stood up and shouted into the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, I'm leaving."

No one in the kitchen responded. Erpi and Ma Xiangrong said, "Brother, I'm leaving."

Ma Xiangrong hurriedly waved his hand outward, meaning to walk quickly.

Erpi went out humming a song.

At noon, Ma Xiangrong and his wife came back from the fields and walked to the door. Their scalps were about to explode. They saw Erpi sitting on the steps at the door of their courtyard. Erpi saw them coming back and stood there. Get up and say:

"Brother, sister-in-law, are you back? I've been sitting here waiting for you for a long time."

Neither of them paid attention to Erpi. Ma Xiangrong's wife unlocked the door and pushed the door open. Erpi said:

"There is some gold and silver treasure hidden in the house, and the courtyard door is locked. You are the only one in Nianzigou."

Ma Xiangrong's wife paused for a moment. She originally wanted to say, "I'm just afraid of wild dogs coming in!" After thinking about it, she didn't bother to say anything and continued walking forward.

Ma Xiangrong followed, and Erpi followed Ma Xiangrong. When the door was unlocked, Erpi was already standing in a row with the two of them. Ma Xiangrong's wife opened the door angrily and walked in, not even going to the kitchen. , but walked directly to the room, slammed the door behind him, fell on the bed and sulked.

Ma Xiangrong sat down on the edge of the table, and Erpi sat down on the other side. The two of them smoked their own cigarettes, and neither of them spoke.

After smoking a cigarette, Ma Xiangrong couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Erpi, how did I offend you?"

"No, if brother offends me, how dare I come to the door." Erpi said.

Ma Xiangrong snorted and asked, "I'm here for breakfast after dinner. Do you want to come for lunch again?"

Erpi chuckled: "Diaomao, I'm waiting for you to come back. I just want to have lunch. Let my sister-in-law get ready soon."

Ma Xiangrong glared at him and cursed: "If you want to come for lunch, you should say hello in advance."

"I'm not a rare visitor, what do you want to say hello to?" Erpi asked, "Besides, I can't eat much, brother."

Ma Xiangrong is angry, but he has nothing to do. No matter what he says, Erpi is always laughing and talking glibly. You still can't irritate him. He is sitting here and can't drive him away. If he doesn't drive him away, he will No matter how disgusting he looked at it, Ma Xiangrong felt like there was a cactus full of thorns in his heart. It hurt when touched and itched when not touched, making him restless.

Ma Xiangrong's wife had been lying on the bed for more than half an hour, with her eyes closed but her ears twitching. She listened attentively to what was going on outside. After listening for a long time, she didn't hear Erpi leaving, but when she looked at the time, it was almost twelve. After ordering, they couldn't just waste it like this. In order to prevent Erpi from eating, they themselves didn't eat.

Ma Xiangrong's wife sat up, thought about it, and angrily opened the door and walked out without even looking in their direction, and walked through the front hall to the kitchen.

He simply fried three vegetables and served them to the table. Erpi didn't need anyone to call him. He ran to the kitchen, found a bowl for rice, walked back and sat down, and said to Ma Xiangrong:

"Brother, I'm hungry, let's eat first."

Although this meal only lasted for ten minutes, Ma Xiangrong and his wife felt that it was very long. The three of them did not speak or even look at each other. They just ate their own rice. Ma Xiangrong and his wife really had no appetite and swallowed one bite at a time. While sitting there, Erpi was devouring the food with gusto.

He ate three large bowls of rice in a row, but Ma Xiangrong didn't eat even one bowl.

After eating, Erpi stood up, patted his butt and said to Ma Xiangrong and his wife, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm full. Let's go first. You guys eat slowly."

Neither of them paid any attention to him, Erpi walked out, and then they both let out a long sigh in unison.

Ma Xiangrong looked up at his wife, who was also looking at him. Ma Xiangrong frowned and shook his head slightly. His wife burst into tears with a loud "Wow":

"This is too bullying. Let me tell you, this is too bullying."

In the evening, Erpi wandered around the village. He always came near Ma Xiangrong's house and looked up at their chimney. When he saw the smoke rising from the kitchen, he knew that Ma Xiangrong's wife was starting to do it. It’s time to eat.

When the cigarette died, he knew it was almost time to eat, so he walked towards Ma Xiangrong's house. The courtyard door of Ma Xiangrong's house was closed tightly. Erpi stretched out his hand to push it, and the door was bolted from the inside. Erpi slapped the door and shouted:

"Brother Xiang Rong, brother Xiang Rong, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, open the door, I'm Erpi, I'm here to have dinner."

The two people in the room were eating with their heads down, thinking he was a barking dog. Erpi continued to bark:

"Brother Xiang Rong, sister-in-law, I know you are inside. I saw my sister-in-law cooking. Open the door!"

The two of them still ignored him and just kept eating. Erpi knocked for a while and stopped. Ma Xiangrong also put down the bowl in his hand and listened carefully to the movement outside. After confirming that Erpi did not knock anymore, Ma Xiangrong relaxed lightly. Take a breath.

There was a "bang" sound from the yard. Ma Xiangrong stood up quickly and walked to the gate. He saw Erpi limping over. When he saw Ma Xiangrong from a distance, he cursed:

"Die Mao, I knocked for a long time but the door didn't open. The wall was built so high that my feet twisted. Brother, you have to compensate me."

Ma Xiangrong stood under the eaves, glaring at him. Erpi approached and wanted to pass by Ma Xiangrong and enter the house. Ma Xiangrong stretched out his hand to stop him and asked:

"Erpi, what on earth are you going to do?"

"Nothing to do, come and eat." Erpi said.

"Did Lao Jiao ask you to come?" Ma Xiangrong asked.

"Old Uncle Jiao?" Erpi said, "I haven't seen him for two days. In the past two days, I have only been thinking about going to your house for dinner."

Erpi still wanted to go in, but Ma Xiangrong stopped him again. This afternoon, Ma Xiangrong was also angry. He first heard from Ma Damu that he had talked to Zhang Xiangbei, and Zhang Xiangbei rejected their request in one fell swoop. , this matter cannot be handled well, it is impossible to make Zhang Xiangbei change his mind.

"Then what should we do, uncle?" Ma Xiangrong asked.

Ma Damu sighed and said thoughtfully: "As of now, all we can do is break the pot. You can continue the matter of deposing Lao Jiao, and I will act accordingly."

Ma Xiangrong knew that he should act according to the opportunity. To put it bluntly, he was allowed to fight alone and Ma Damu should not be involved.

Ma Xiangrong returned home in a depressed mood. As soon as he sat down, people from the Ma family came to him. Like Ma Guitian, they all asked him to withdraw their signatures for various reasons. Ma Xiangrong wanted to break the pot, but Everyone here is quitting, and even when it comes to voting, they can’t pass, and they’re still being dismissed.

It was Ma Damu who started the incident, but now he is clearly retreating and intends to leave Ma Xiangrong there alone. This makes Ma Xiangrong very angry. He is angry with Ma Damu and also with these people who want to revoke his signature. was angry, and now, he was even more angry with Erpi.

"Erpi, you must tell me clearly today." Ma Xiangrong said.

Erpi asked: "Diaomao, please tell me something clearly. I'm just here for a meal. What's there to say? Why, brother, you won't even let me in? If you don't let me in, I won't leave." ."

Erpi stretched his neck and called inside: "Sister-in-law, please help me put out the food, I will eat it here."

Ma Xiangrong took Erpi's hand and asked again: "Erpi, if you still think of me as your brother, tell me why you let me go and let me have a quiet meal?"

"Dick hair, what do you mean? I'm here, you can't even fucking enjoy your food, right? I'm so annoying?" Erpi yelled loudly.

"Yes." The angry voice of Ma Xiangrong's wife came from the door.

Erpi laughed loudly and said to the inside: "Sister-in-law, I know you are joking with me. Sister-in-law, you are the best to me."

"Who are you kidding?" Ma Xiangrong's wife said.

Erpi wanted to say something else, but Ma Xiangrong became anxious and shouted:

"Oh, Erpi, I can't tell you anything. Just tell me, what do you want from me?"

"What if I don't want you?" Erpi said, "But when you mentioned Old Uncle Jiao earlier, I remembered that people in the village were saying that you were going to ruin Old Uncle Jiao's job. Is this happening? What if? Yes, starting from tomorrow, I will bring Old Uncle Jiao to your house for dinner every day."

"Uncle Jiao is not as shameless as you..." Ma Xiangrong stopped talking in the middle of his sentence. He knew in his heart that Erpi relied on him for this matter. Ma Xiangrong asked: "You are talking about dismissal, right? Erpi?"

"Removal? You want to remove old Uncle Jiao?" Erpi glared at Ma Xiangrong and asked, "Do you still have a conscience, you idiot? If you want to remove old Uncle Jiao, you should first go to your mother's grave and ask Ask them, which of their two funerals was not handled by Old Uncle Jiao with the help of Old Uncle Jiao, and it was done in a glorious manner, what can you do for a loser like you?"

When Ma Xiangrong's parents passed away, Ma Xiangrong was sixteen and eighteen years old. The family was extremely poor at that time. It was indeed because of Lao Jiao's intervention that they were buried. Erpi's words made Ma Xiangrong blush. got up.

"Forget it, I'll go to the countryside tomorrow and withdraw the joint letter." Ma Xiangrong shouted, stamping his feet.

"Seriously?" Erpi asked.

"Seriously." Ma Xiangrong said.

Erpi said okay, then I will find another place to eat, but, "If you don't stop being a dick tomorrow, I will not only continue to come to your house to eat, but I will also sleep in your house."

After Erpi finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside.

Erpi looked behind him from time to time as he walked, making sure that Ma Xiangrong was not following him. Erpi walked to the door of Li Shengfeng's house. The courtyard door was open. Erpi looked to the left and right and saw that no one was there. He ducked in and walked in.

The next morning, Zhang Xiangbei was sitting in the office. Pang Shuangxi came in excitedly and said to them:

"The township just called me and said that Ma Xiangrong took the joint letter back."

"Really?" Xiang Yiyun shouted, Pang Shuangxi nodded.

Zhang Xiangbei patted the table with both hands and breathed a long sigh of relief.

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