The driver glanced at Tan Shuangxi and smiled: "That's right."
Tan Shuangxi has served in the army for many years, and he knew there was something in his words as soon as he heard it. But he was an outsider after all, and it was better not to interfere with the affairs in the village, so he immediately laughed:
"You raise so many ducks, right? You also provide the local duck meat?"
"Part of it, part of it. We mainly sell duck eggs here, plus the eliminated egg-laying ducks. The meat ducks are mostly produced in the villages of Bunzen and Bungo." The driver smiled, "But the braised duck you eat at the market
Duck, old duck pot, etc. are all from our village."
"The eliminated egg-laying ducks will be very thin, and will they taste too dry?" Zhang Laicai asked.
"You don't know something about this. Just because it doesn't lay eggs, the nutrients it eats will accumulate in its body. After it stops laying eggs, it can be fed for a while longer. The meat is tight, rich in oil, and tastes fresh. It is better than 60 days.
The white-striped meat duck that comes out of the cage is much more delicious."
"You still know about 'nutrition', you are quite knowledgeable!"
"My family also raises ducks. The technicians from Tiandihui talk about it all day long, and myna also learns it." The coachman smiled.
"You're still driving the car when you've been raising ducks for so long? You're so diligent!"
"Shit! If you have money, you won't go out to drive the carriage." The coachman laughed and scolded, "I'm not a cheap person, and I can't help it. My son doesn't want to herd ducks with me, and he doesn't want to work in the fields. He wants to be a worker in the city because he thinks he will be strictly controlled.
, the work was too tiring, and he was scolded by the foreman. I told him that when his father delivered firewood to Mr. Liu in the city, he would get up as soon as it got dark and deliver it to the place just before noon. He was so exhausted that he refused to say anything, and he was even criticized for the wet firewood.
I argued a few words and got slapped in the face of the butler in vain! Why did the foreman say something to you? Do you know what he said?"
"How do you say it?" Zhang Laicai asked with interest.
"He said that the foreman is a human being and the workers are also human beings. Why can he scold me? He scolded me and quit. He also said that if he had been the one delivering firewood and the housekeeper beat him, he would have to beat him back."
"Good boy, ambitious!" Tan Shuangxi praised.
"A man with ambition is like a bird." The coachman lamented, "He knows nothing. If he wants to fight, I can beat up ten housekeepers! But afterwards, Mr. Liu sent a picture to the county government office, and my butt was about to be blown off."
, Mr. Liu’s land can’t be cultivated, so the whole family is going to drink from the northwest wind? That is to say, the Australians have come, there are ways to survive everywhere, and they can make a living without having to fish and dig the land. This guy thinks he has the ability.
Got it!"
"The factory has stopped working, so what will we do now?" Zhang Laicai started gossiping.
"After leaving the factory, I followed a businessman to do business. I have been there for more than half a year, but there is no news at all. A letter came a few days ago. The place where the letter was sent was called 'Hirado'. I asked the police and found out it was
A place in a foreign country. He said that he traveled to many places and although he had not made any money yet, he gained a lot of knowledge. This is nonsense. What knowledge can be used as food?" The coachman smoked a cigarette and continued to complain about his son.
, "In a blink of an eye, I'm twenty-five, I don't even have a wife, I do useless things, and I don't see him getting money back, so I have to go out and make money."
"When a businessman makes money quickly, and he will be rich in a few years, he is still worried about not having a wife?" Tan Shuangxi said with a smile.
"I don't want him to be prosperous. It would be nice if he could live a peaceful life. Of course, there are businessmen who make a fortune, and there are also many who jump into the sea. There is no business that can make a profit without losing money..." At this point, he probably felt it himself.
Feeling a little unlucky, he spat towards the outside of the car, "I can't count on him whether he's developed or not - he's too ambitious."
Zhang Laicai suddenly remembered something and asked, "Do you know there is a Li Anze in your village?"
"I know, I know, his family is in Sanpai." The coachman nodded repeatedly, "His father used to be a carpenter, and he was a good craftsman! It's a pity that he died early. Now the family is headed by his sister and brother-in-law." He suddenly realized something, "
You said you were going on a business trip, is this his home?!"
Tan Shuangxi secretly scolded Zhang Laicai for being meddlesome! He probably knew the location of Li Anze's house, but it had been so long that it was a little blurry, and after the Australians came, the zoning had been adjusted. He originally planned to get off the bus at the No. 2 village office.
Go to the village chief to show you the way.
The coachman didn't say anything, but judging from his gloomy expression, he already understood that they were on some business trip.
The carriage stopped in front of the No. 2 village office. The two got out of the car and went to find the village chief, but there was no one there. The village accountant said that the village had gone to the commune for a meeting, and the stationed police officers also went out.
"Is his family still in the same place?" Tan Shuangxi asked.
"Still in the same place. The house has been renovated." The accountant roughly guessed their "official business", "How about I find someone..."
"There's no need to look for someone. I probably know where his home is."
"Then you go over first. I'll find someone to wait for the village chief. I'll let him over as soon as he comes back."
After leaving the village office, he took Zhang Laicai without taking the main road. Instead, he turned down a country gravel road lined with large banyan trees, walked for more than two miles along a patch of fast-growing forest and paddy fields, and crossed a wooden bridge...
Seven big white geese screamed angrily and swung past their feet like a demonstration. Then they turned right... Tan Shuangxi was muttering in his mouth, Zhang Lai didn't make a sound and kept following behind.
Although it had only been three or four years since he last visited Daya Village, Tan Shuangxi felt as if he had been away for many years. The faces and northern accents passing by made him feel as if he had been away from another world.
"It's probably right here, I'm not sure." Tan Shuangxi pointed to a row of red tile roofs in front of him hidden outside the woods.
The two of them turned a few corners along the path, and suddenly they saw a small bay in front of them. Along the coast were stone piers, and several not-so-long wooden planks stretched into the sea, filled with fishing boats.
After walking around the pier and asking a few people, they walked along a path to a corner of the bay. There was a yard enclosed by a half-person-high fence. The yard was very clean and there were several vegetables planted there.
The most eye-catching thing is a tall reed mat shed in the yard, with stacks of opened planks and profiles stacked underneath, a large carpentry bench littered with carpenter tools, and bags of scrap materials piled in the corner.
There was no one in the yard, it was quiet.
"Is there anyone there?" Tan Shuangxi called towards the house. It was incredibly quiet here. The breeze blew, the leaves rustled softly, and the smell of fireworks came from the two tile-roofed houses in the middle of the yard.
Zhang Laicai sometimes wanted to say something knowledgeable. At this time, he picked up a piece of grass, chewed it, and sighed: "The family conditions are really good! Why bother to join the army?"
"For young people..." Tan Shuangxi said, "Aren't we the same? We didn't force you to join the army with a knife."
"I'm here to earn a living. Who says being a soldier has a high income?" Zhang Laicai said.
The front door was closed, so the two of them had to walk half a circle around the yard. There were many logs piled in the backyard behind the house. There was a man in his thirties sitting on the pile of logs, holding a book and reading. He was reading so enthusiastically.
Son, it wasn't until Tan Shuangxi coughed loudly twice that he moved his eyes away from the book and looked at the two of them.
Although his expression was a little surprised, he did not show panic.
"What's the matter? Do you want to buy anything? Two comrades." His northern accent revealed his immigration status.
Tan Shuangxi said: "We are looking for Li Anze's family members."
The man smiled, and the white teeth exposed in his lips made people feel like the sun was shining brightly.
"I am his brother-in-law, and his sister is in the house. The fence door is open, so you can come in and talk."
Even though he had been invited, Tan Shuangxi was a little unable to move forward. In just a few steps, he walked very slowly. Zhang Laicai was as unreliable as ever, hiding behind him and dawdling.
Li Anze's sister has come out, and there is no mistaking her. Her facial features are exactly the same as Li Anze's. She is dressed simply and has her hair tied up.
Tan Shuangxi looked at Zhang Laicai, who deliberately did not raise his head and only stared at his shoes. Tan Shuangxi had no choice but to bite the bullet and said to Sister Li: "We are Li Anze's comrades."
"Come in and drink water," she said. "I saw it through the window and thought they were talking about business. Why didn't you ask someone to come in?" She scolded her husband in a low voice, with a smile on her face, "It's my brother's.
Something, right?"
"No, I won't go in..." Tan Shuangxi replied subconsciously. In fact, he didn't know whether he should go in or stay outside.
"Why are you so polite!" Sister Li was still full of enthusiasm, but this enthusiasm made Tan Shuangxi's heart twitch even more.
The brother-in-law looked at the expressions of the two and understood a little. He took his wife's hand and asked them: "Is something wrong with Little Plum?"
Tan Shuangxi nodded silently, saluted, and whispered: "Lieutenant Li Anze was killed in action. We are here to inform his family."
Sister Li screamed and covered her face with her hands, as if she was about to faint. Her brother-in-law quickly supported her.
"Don't cry." Brother-in-law said calmly, then turned to the two of them, "What's wrong? Where is he?"
Zhang Laicai took out the notice and handed it into the man's hand.
Sister Li buried her cries in the man's arms. Her brother-in-law had no choice but to take her inside the house and sit down. Tan Shuangxi and Zhang Laicai, who were at a loss what to do, had no choice but to follow them into the house and carefully sit on the opposite side.
Sitting on the wooden chair in the main room, she began to mutter to herself: "A good person must be admitted to some military academy. It is said that he has a lot of potential, and he has a lot of potential! What is he talking about as a 'disciple of the emperor'! If he wants to be an officer, he must
Commanding the Sword... It's only been a few years, and I got a 'Notice'... What's the matter! You've made the Li family extinct, how can I see my father after I die..."
Sister Li was crying and complaining, which made the two of them feel sad. They had seen such scenes too many times, and they no longer shed tears at first, but now these words seemed to beat in their hearts. It made them feel sad.
Sad things from the past that had been buried were brought back to life.
"Stop yelling and tell them to finish," the brother-in-law advised as if giving an order, looking at Tan Shuangxi. Probably because Zhang Lai had just taken out the notice, he didn't like this mourner very much.