Chapter 029: War Escalation(1/2)
Chapter 029 The battle escalates. At this time, Ling Tianyang has stopped crying. She has finally seen clearly that Ling Guangcan is a stubborn and stubborn old man who doesn’t have enough time and energy. After finishing speaking, Ling Guangcan didn’t wait for Ling Guangcan to speak, and took the second and third children.
Si followed him into the yard and said to everyone with choked sobs: "Uncles and aunts, look at my second son's hand. It was bitten like this by Ling Tianhong. If he has a bad thing, what should our family do? That's it.
My grandpa also said that we were wrong and we have to kowtow to Ling Tianhong and apologize, we are sorry for him!"
"You're talking nonsense. When did the old man tell you to kowtow and admit your mistakes? He just asked you to apologize!" Deng was so angry. Why is this girl Tianyang talking nonsense? She suffered a loss that day, but she didn't expect it to become even worse now.
It was so awesome that he actually talked nonsense and discredited the old man. Deng accidentally blurted out what Ling Guangcan said just now, but looking at the expressions of people outside, it seemed that they were used to Deng's style.
Ling Guangcan was speechless at this time and could only stare at Ling Tianyang angrily.
Ling Tianyang ignored them, pulled Xiaosi from behind, and said: "My Xiaosi is only three years old. He can't lie at all. Tell your uncles, Ling Tianhong, why on earth did you fight with Ling Tianhong?" Ling Tianyang not only wanted to fight hard,
I want to teach Ling Tianhong a lesson, and I also want to give Ling Guangcan and the others a lesson, not to blindly favor the third uncle's family and make the second, third and fourth son suffer.
"Brother Tianhong and the others threw a lot of stones into my house. The third brother came to tell them, so they beat my third brother. Brother Tianhong rode on the three of them and beat them. They still beat me, and it was the second brother who helped me!"
Xiaosi, this little guy, go back and make up for him. Ling Tianyang was very happy. Xiaosi is so smart!
Now everyone's eyes were staring at Ling Tianhong. Hu Jiahua, Hu Jiayong's eldest brother, took his son Shun Shuang's hand and told him seriously that he was not allowed to play with Ling Tianhong in the future. Others were also warning his son to stay away from Ling Tianhong.
The proud look in Ling Tianyang's eyes made Yan Tianxun, who had just passed by the yard, smile. He didn't expect that the little girl was still a little pepper. She really didn't suffer at all. Even if her elders were wrong, she dared to say it outright.
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After getting the answer he was satisfied with, Ling Tianyang deliberately held Lao Er's hand sadly and said that he would go back to find a doctor for him. He also told Ling Guangcan that if Lao Er's hand could not move, when her father came back, Ling Tianhong would have to pay for one.
Ling Guangcan was so frightened that he did not dare to speak, because he knew that Ling Wensheng would definitely dare to do this.
Mrs. Wang came back in the afternoon, holding a cage of about twenty chickens in her hand. As soon as she entered the door, she saw her daughter drying gallnuts, and the second and third children were picking up something in the dustpan.
"Second brother, what did you pick up?" Wang walked to the yard and started to ask.
The second brother didn't answer. The third brother saw that the second brother didn't say anything, so he didn't say anything either. He happily looked at the cage in Wang's hand and took it over to pick up Xiao Si. The two of them chatted non-stop around the bamboo cage.
"Mom, how many chickens are there?" The second child also came to the bamboo cage and asked.
"Twenty! Yangyang, come and put the chickens in the chicken shed. You three little ones go get some food for the chickens!"
"Okay! Second child, you take the third child and the fourth child to dig out some crickets or catch some grasshoppers." Ling Tianyang also knew that they were very excited, so he asked them to go to a chicken to find food.
Seeing the younger ones going out, Wang looked at Ling Tianyang suspiciously. Although the second child didn't answer him just now, there must be something hidden from her. Doesn't she know about the son she gave birth to?
Ling Tianyang met Wang's eyes calmly, "Mom, they had a fight with Ling Tianhong today! You also saw that Ling Tianhong brought some children and threw rocks and mud in. Almost every particle was thrown into the dustpan. The third child was furious.
I went out to say a few words to Ling Tianhong, and then a fight broke out. Ling Tianhong and a group of other children beat the third child and one of them, and the fourth child went to help. Later, the second child came back and started fighting with them too!"
Ling Tianyang knew that Mrs. Wang must be very angry. Like Ling Wensheng, she was more impulsive and easy to get along with, but as long as it was a child's problem, she would definitely not say anything. As expected, as soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Wang stood up with a cry.
She got up and hurried to the old house. Ling Tianyang quickly grabbed her, "Mom, I have already been to grandpa's place. I believe Ling Tianhong will not have a good time at night, so why do you need to go!"
Wang looked at Ling Tianyang in disbelief. Although her daughter's temperament is better now, she has been like this for more than ten years. Can she change it?
Seeing Wang's disbelief, Ling Tianyang had no choice but to explain to her with great effort. Finally, he said, "Mom, if you don't believe it, you can ask Aunt Fei. I guess she knows it now!"
In this way, Mrs. Wang did not go for the time being, but, "Humph, while we adults were not at home, we actually bullied the baby. After a while, Xiong Rong came back, and I wanted to tease her properly, not just beat her up."
That will solve the problem. And Yangyang, everyone knows who is working with Ling Tianhong to beat up my youngest and fourth child?" Xiong Rong is the name of Ling Tianyang's third aunt.
Well, Ling Tianyang admitted that the current Wang family is very high-spirited, and any possibility that stands in her way will be destroyed by her. Ling Tianyang said she didn’t know, and Wang family asked if the second and third children were injured. When she learned that the second child was bitten by Ling Tianhong
After taking a sip, he pointed at the sky and cursed: "The short-lived Ling Tianhong, the one who suffered a thousand cuts, is so cruel, and her grandfather doesn't care. Isn't the second child his grandson?"
"Mom, okay, when our family gets rich, the second brother and the others will be able to grow strong. Then he will beat whoever bullies him again!"
In the evening, Mrs. Wang really came over. The third aunt did not admit that her Ling Tianhong bit someone. After that, she even said that the second son had bitten her Ling Tianhong. The third uncle was also at home that night, but he didn't say anything and looked at Mr. Wang.
They had a quarrel with Mr. Xiong and almost got into a fight in the end, but Ling Tianyang brought them over and persuaded Ms. Wang.
"Third Aunt, I don't want to explain to you. You said that my second son bit your Ling Tianhong. So, let your Ling Tianhong's butt leak out. As long as his skin is broken, we will consider him injured. Our elder
There is no need to pursue the case for such a big wound!"
Mrs. Wang had no idea that the wound on the old man's hand was very big. When she saw him rolling up his sleeves, she realized that a gray-white cloth strip was covered with blood. She was so angry that she wanted to pull Mr. Xiong's hair and beat her third uncle.
Ling Wenfu saw his wife being beaten, and a grown man actually started fighting with Wang. Wang had learned some boxing from her father, Wang Dashan, when she was at her parents' home, and she didn't lose. However, Ling Wenfu was a man after all, and Ling Tianyang was afraid of Wang.
If there is anything, he quickly shouts at the top of his lungs: "The third uncle has killed someone, the third uncle has killed someone!" The three younger ones burst into tears. Suddenly, the whole east end of the village was very lively, and there were many people watching the excitement.
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When Ling Wenfu saw the people coming, he quickly let go of Mr. Wang, but Mr. Wang's hair was spread out and he looked like he was being bullied. People accused Ling Wenfu one after another. His uncle actually dared to fight with his sister-in-law. If he told this, Ling Wenfu would definitely be punished for the rest of his life.
He couldn't hold his head up and act like a human being. Mr. Xiong sat down on the ground and howled. Ling Tianyang quickly supported Ms. Wang and cried all the way back.
In the evening of the next day, Ling Wensheng drove the bullock cart to her small yard to unload the goods. She was happily planning to buy a cow next year, because Ling Tianyang told her that no one else could make the kind of wine they brewed.
When returning the oxcart, Ling Wenhua's wife Chen told Ling Wensheng that Ling Wensheng was so angry that she didn't even return home. She went straight to Ling Wenfu's house and had a fight with Ling Wenfu. Ling Wenfu had been doing business all year round, so what happened to his body?
Compared with Ling Wensheng, who had been doing farm work all year round, his nose and face were bruised and swollen after being beaten. Ling Guangcan and the others did not stop him at all. Ling Wensheng said that if anything happened to the second son of his family, Ling Tianhong would die. Each of them was more powerful than the other. Xiong was frightened.
That night, she took the hands of Ling Tianhong and Ling Tianchen and went back to her parents' home. Even if the matter was over, Ling Wenfu's reputation was getting worse. Ling Tianhong had no one to play with him in the village, and he felt extremely wronged.
That night, Ling Wensheng sat at the table in a relaxed mood and began to settle accounts. Yesterday, he went to town and brought back eighty clay pots, which cost him six hundred and fifty cash, thirty kilograms of rock sugar, which cost him eighteen hundred cash.
I bought some grains to feed the piglets, which cost one hundred and twenty cents, and other bits and pieces, which totaled thirty cents. The total cost was two thousand six hundred cents, three taels of silver plus the last time, and still
The rest, this time the quintessence was sold, there were still a total of 2 taels of silver and 312 fen left. The piglets cost 254 fen, and the chickens cost 120 fen. The remaining
One thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight coins. Ling Wensheng was happy, thinking that his family was quite rich. More than one thousand coins was almost two taels more than one tael of silver. But Ling Tianyang felt that it was not enough, because they had to go to Qingdao.
Ling Wensheng will definitely not be able to go to Xiangxian City. Ling Tianyang must go, but Ling Wensheng will definitely follow him there. The travel expenses alone will be quite a lot, as well as food and accommodation. These are all money. It seems that he has to make some money by selling gallnuts.
Early the next morning, Ling Wensheng took Ling Tianyang and Lao Er to go up to the mountain to pick wild grapes, preparing to get the first batch of wine in the evening.
The place they went to today was the same mountain stream that the second child took him to last time. Each person also had a sack in his backpack. Ling Tianyang was not worried about herself. She was worried about the second child, how strong the eight or nine-year-old boy would be.
, anyway, she thought she wouldn't be able to carry it back, so she went down the mountain to call Wang. Ripe grapes should not be left for too long. They would be ready in one night at most, otherwise they would rot.
Mrs. Wang carried the pottery pot to the river to clean it at home. Ling Tianyang told her that the pot should not be stained with oil or touch iron or the like, so Ms. Wang washed it very carefully.
"Hey, Aunt Ling, why are you washing so many clay pots?" Aunt Fei, Mrs. Jiang, carried a basin of clothes and stepped on the stones carefully.
"Hey, Aunt Fei, come and do the laundry! My Yangyang said she wanted to make some pickles, so let me help her." Ling Tianyang had already told his family not to tell anyone.
You have to get to the bottom of it, otherwise, it will cause trouble.
Both Wang and Ling Wensheng knew that when money was involved, kind people were likely to become evil, so she made up an excuse to tell Jiang, not to mention that their family really wanted to make pickles.
, it’s not a lie either.
"Oh, your Yangyang family is so diligent. The Yan family is very lucky this time!"
Mrs. Wang smiled sarcastically and did not answer. If it had been before it rained, maybe she would have happily answered Mr. Jiang. Now it has not only rained, but their family can survive. The Yan family
She was becoming more and more disdainful of marriage matters. But Ling Wensheng had announced in the ancestral hall that day that their family would get married soon after Yang Yang and Ji. What could she do? The only reason for this was that she failed to talk about Ling Wensheng's relationship at that time.
In other words, I only want my daughter to live, and I have become a villain for this reason. It’s okay not to mention this matter.
"Aunt Fei, I've finished washing, please take your time!" Mrs. Wang put the pottery pot on her back and walked home.
When Mrs. Jiang saw Wang's back, she shook her head. It's not like the Ling family can't survive now. They still have to marry a good girl like Yangyang to the Yan family. Oh!
After returning home, the more Ms. Wang thought about it, the more she felt that her daughter was at a loss, so she sat down in a daze. The third child and the fourth child dug up a lot of crickets to feed the chickens, and also caught several large bunches of grasshoppers. When they came back, they saw Ms. Wang in a daze.
Sitting blankly in the yard, she shouted loudly: "Mom, I'm hungry, have you cooked?"
Only then did Wang remember that she hadn't cooked yet, so she stood up and patted her trouser legs, "Wait a minute, Mom, let's do it right now!"
Ling Tianyang and Ling Wensheng were panting and finally brought the three big wild grapes home. After lunch, Ling Tianyang and the second child went to hunt pig grass. The three little pigs were still young and didn't eat that much, just potatoes.
They feed it chopped and a little pigweed, so usually they pack two baskets of pigweed, which is enough for the pigs to eat for three days.
Wang and Ling Wensheng went to wash the grapes, and Lao San and Xiaosi picked the washed grapes one by one. After Ling Tianyang came back, he washed his hands, crushed the picked grapes one by one, and put them in a clay pot.
Basically one layer of grapes and one layer of rock sugar, usually one pound of grapes and two ounces of sugar. Wang shook his head and exclaimed, what a waste!
Don't fill the clay pot for making wine, just leave a third of it. This is to prevent the jar from exploding. After sealing, the second brother put the jar upstairs in a cool and ventilated place. The whole family worked together and soon they were thirty.
One clay pot was filled, and now there was a row of clay pots on the empty upstairs. Ling Wensheng was very happy to see it, but Wang was not so happy, presumably because they were afraid that they would not be able to transfer the money, and they would lose money by then.
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The mountain stream next to the pine forest has almost finished picking wild grapes, but there are still 49 empty clay pots. Ling Tianyang is worried, but she does not dare to go to the pine forest. Ling Wensheng is also anxious, and from time to time comes out: I knew it.
He won’t buy so many clay pots, it’s his money!
On this day, Ling Tianyang, Ling Wensheng and the second child came to a fork in the road. Ling Tianyang asked Ling Wensheng, "Dad, are there any grapes here in Laige Mountain?"
Ling Wensheng shook his head, but Ling Tianyang was still not discouraged and continued to ask: "What about the mountains behind Laige Mountain?"
"I have never been to those places. Lai Ge Mountain is big enough. No one in our village has traveled all over Lai Ge Mountain, let alone the mountains behind. Besides, it is almost as long as we have to go over Lai Ge Mountain.
It’s been a long time. If we go further, we will definitely not be able to return home tonight. There are many jackals in the mountains, so don’t even think about it!"
Ling Tianyang drooped her head. It was all her fault wherever she went now. She saw a lot of mountains and streams and thought it was enough, but she didn't expect there was still a lot left.
The second child raised his head and looked at Ling Tianyang and Ling Wensheng, then quickly lowered his head again, grabbing the corner of his clothes with one hand, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
After a long time, Ling Wensheng sighed, "How about we go pick gallnuts!"
"good!"
What else can we do now? Should we go back empty-handed?
To be continued...