Early the next morning, there was a busy scene in the goods yard. There were much fewer coolies squatting on the wall than yesterday. The remaining coolies were old, weak and unemployed coolies squatting there and whispering, talking about yesterday's events with great joy.
"Hey, those strong laborers yesterday didn't know the rules, so they were beaten by the man named Mr. Hou."
"Isn't that right? I don't know where the mother-in-law came from. I don't even know how to be filial. Isn't that just waiting to be beaten?"
"I saw one with a broken head. Maybe they won't dare to come today,"
The coolies were chatting happily when they saw a few people coming from the east, either the ones who were beaten yesterday or someone else.
Dakui and others came to the goods yard and squatted under the wall just like yesterday. This naturally caused the rest of the people to talk about it. They all said that these people really resisted being beaten. They were not beaten even by the severe beatings yesterday. Beat away.
Dakui and others turned a deaf ear to the coolies' comments, and Shitou came to the goods yard with his head wrapped in silk cloth.
Not long after Dakui and others squatted down, they saw the man named Lin from yesterday approaching and yelling: "Hey, if you want to work, follow me."
Hearing this, Dakui stood up overjoyed and went to greet him: "Hey, Brother Lin, what kind of work are you doing today? How much does it cost? Do you care about the food?" Dakui had a flattering look on his face.
The man surnamed Lin turned to look at Da Kui and sneered: "Ten cents a day, I'm in charge of food at noon, let's go," he said, turning around and walking away first.
Dakui turned around and shouted: "Follow me, we have work to do," his words showed joy. He turned around and followed the man surnamed Lin. The dog, the stone, the broom, the dustpan, and the bench all got up and followed him.
Everyone was taken to the door of a wealthy family, and saw five carriages parked in front of the door. The carriages were all loaded with goods, covered with tarpaulins, and tied tightly with ropes.
The man surnamed Lin led Da Kui and six others into the house and went to a side room and said: "The goods from the car will be unloaded into this room later, and they must be stacked neatly against the wall. Do you understand?"
Dakui and others nodded in agreement, and the man named Lin said: "Let's get started, why are you standing there in a daze?"
Dakui and the other six people did not dare to neglect, turned around and walked out of the yard to the carriage and began to untie the ropes on the carriage one by one and lift the tarp. The carriage was full of boxes and cabinets, and they were all locked. Dakui and the other six did not hesitate. , a team of two went to carry the boxes and cabinets into the side room in the yard, and placed them neatly as required. Lin, like a supervisor, sat on the stone stool next to the stone table in the yard, talking nonstop. Urging: "Hurry up, it's almost midnight."
These boxes and cabinets are very heavy, but I don’t know what they contain. By the time all the five carriages were unloaded, it was already past noon. Dakui and others were all sweating, especially since Dakui was doing such strenuous work before his body recovered. It really feels a bit difficult.
The man surnamed Lin took Da Kui and six others back to the warehouse and ate in the warehouse. Each person had a bowl of stick porridge and two rough-faced steamed buns. Each bun had a pinch of radish and pickles. This was the rice. Then, Dakui wolfed down the meal under the astonished eyes of his five subordinates, and the others also ate the meal without any hesitation.
Dakui had never eaten such a bad meal since he became an official. The steamed bread tasted very choking, but Dakui still looked happy and ate it with pickles and gruel.
That's what coolies do. Where can they find white noodles? Thinking about the fine clothes and fine food on weekdays, Dakui had a longing look on his face. When he ate this steamed bun, it was particularly fragrant, so he thought he was eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.
Everyone had just finished eating when a man surnamed Lin came over and shouted: "When you're done eating, put down your bowls and chopsticks and follow me. Don't wait around, hurry up, hurry up." Everyone couldn't help but secretly curse and urge them.
Dakui and others followed the man surnamed Lin out and got on a carriage and were taken to a place. When they arrived at the place, Dakui couldn't help but his eyes lit up. This was actually a salt field. The entire salt in Raozhou was probably here. In front of him were several piles of sacks. On the hill, there is a long queue of vehicles and horses waiting to be loaded.
The salt farm was very busy at the moment, with dozens of coolies busy carrying packing trucks. The arrival of Dakui and the others was to replace the work of another group of coolies.
The man surnamed Lin pointed at a large pile of salt bags in front of Dakui and others and said: "You will pack that pile of salt into the truck in the next half hour, and you will be paid when you are done."
When Dakui and others saw that there were nearly a thousand bales in the pile of salt, Broom couldn't help shouting: "How can you finish drying so many salt bales in an hour?"
The man surnamed Lin chuckled and said, "It's okay if you don't work. Today's wages will be gone. It's up to you," and walked away.
The five people including the dog, the stone, the broom, the dustpan, and the bench all looked at Dakui. Dakui pondered for a moment and then said: "Today's wages are only ten cents per person. He is deliberately making things difficult for us. I'm afraid he will have to work until tomorrow after finishing all the salt work." At noon, as long as we don't work, then all the work we have done will be in vain. He just wants to force us to stop working and swallow up our wages."
Gou Sheng couldn't help but scolded: "You're such a bad guy," and asked Dakui after a while: "Master Dan, what should we do?"
Da Kui said with a smile: "Then let's go find him to argue. We have to make a name for ourselves this time." After saying that, he followed the direction of the man named Lin. Five people including dog leftovers, rocks, brooms, dustpans, and benches came immediately. They followed Dakui closely with all their energy. Everyone was angry, and now they could finally take action.
The reason why Da Kui didn't take action yesterday was because he was afraid of arousing others' suspicion. Imagine that he had just arrived in someone else's territory. If he didn't act according to the rules and didn't pay filial piety, he would appear poor and ignorant of the rules if he was beaten. But today, he took action because he was deliberately making things difficult. , just to let these people know that poor people also have tempers.
There is a row of earthen houses next to the salt field. The man named Lin is gambling with several foremen and supervisors in the room at the moment. There is a lot of noise in the room. It seems that the gambling is at its peak.
"Big, big, big, big, hahahaha, I got hit," thinking that the man named Lin really got hit. He quickly reached out and pulled the dozens of copper coins on the table to him, but the other people all looked frustrated. He watched helplessly as the man surnamed Lin put the money on the table into his arms.
"Come again, come again, I'm sure we'll leave," said the man surnamed Lin, who was full of energy and wanted to reconcile more loudly than anyone else.
Everyone in the room took out copper coins one after another, ranging from a few coins to dozens of coins. They were all placed on the table in left and right directions. I think the left and right are the big ones.
A horse-faced man picked up a bowl on the table. There were three dices in the bowl. The horse-faced man took another bowl and put it on it to use as dice Gu. Then he shook it vigorously, and everyone was shocked. With high expectations, some people shouted: "Little, little, little, little."
The man surnamed Lin shouted louder than anyone else, "big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big" louder than anyone else.
The man shaking the Gu shouted: "It's open," he placed the big bowl on the table with both hands, and then opened the porcelain bowl on top. This was really a startling sight. There were five, five, six, and sixteen o'clock in the bowl.
The man surnamed Lin laughed and said: "I hit it again, hehehehe." As he said that, he once again pulled the pile of copper coins on the right in front of him, and said proudly: "Today's luck is really smooth, come again, come again,"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the room was kicked open with a bang.
Dakui broke into the room with his dog's remains, a stone, a broom, a dustpan, and a bench. When the man surnamed Lin saw it, he couldn't help shouting and asked: "Why don't you go and work faster?" He said calmly and calmly.
Da Kui entered the room and accompanied the man surnamed Lin with a smile and said: "Brother Lin, I'm here to ask for money for the afternoon. I won't do any work for the afternoon." The five people behind Da Kui also laughed and helped. cavity.
Unexpectedly, Brother Lin slammed the table and shouted angrily: "What kind of place do you think this is? You are picky about the work you do. If you don't want to do it, get out of here." Then he turned around and said to a group of gamblers: " Come on, let's continue playing,"
Upon seeing this, Dakui turned around and left the room, followed by the dogs, stones, brooms, dustpans, and benches.
Dakui couldn't help being stunned, turned around and asked Gou Sheng, "What are you doing out here?"
Gou Sheng and the other five people scratched their heads when they heard this. Shitou hesitated and said: "We saw that you came out, so we came out too."
Dakui really hated the fact that iron could not become steel, and shouted angrily: "We are here to fight, do you ask me to catch him out?"
The five people who were left with the dog, the stone, the broom, the dustpan, and the bench suddenly realized that they turned around and ran back into the room. They only heard a popping noise in the room, and then Brother Lin was surrounded by the five people with the stone, broom, dustpan, and bench. He took it out and threw it on the ground. Five people surrounded Brother Lin and beat and kicked him.
Seeing this, Dakui came over and shouted again: "Stop it, everyone." Gou Sheng and others couldn't help but stop and froze. Dakui pointed at Gou Sheng and the other five people and said: "You ignorant people, how can you beat people like this? Hitting someone hurts a lot,"
After hearing this, Brother Lin felt that he had finally found a confidant, and choked with sobs: "Brother, you... are such a good person, save... save me,"
Dakui smiled at Brother Lin, and then shouted to Gou Sheng and others: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Go and copy the guy,"
The five Gou Sheng, stones, brooms, dustpans, and benches suddenly realized that there happened to be some wooden shovels and wooden poles standing on the wall on one side of the house. At this moment, they became good guys. Gou Sheng and the five people went over and picked one each. He turned around and rushed back. Brother Lin, who was surrounded on the ground, was beaten again. For a moment, the sticks were flying and the wooden shovel was slowly rising and falling. The beating was extremely painful.
Gou Sheng and others were all born in the military, so they naturally knew where to hit without causing any problems. The sticks and shovels in their hands were specially designed to hit the joints of Brother Lin's hands and feet, and the force was just right.
In order to retaliate, Shitou hit Brother Lin on the head with a stick. It only made a banging sound but could not break the skin.
Dakui was a little curious as to why there was so much commotion outside but no one came out to rescue him. Dakui couldn't help but walked to the door and stretched his head to look inside. He immediately understood.
It turns out that this house is divided into inner and outer rooms, and there is a small door in the inner room that leads directly to the back of the house. All the gambling foremans slipped out of the back door. This is good. It happens to be easier to fight. Yesterday's grievances have been accumulated until now and finally come out. Okay, this beating made Brother Lin unconscious. When Da Kui saw that he was unconscious, he pinched his acupuncture points. When he saw that he woke up, he continued to beat him.