Fu Fu sighed, jumped down into the ditch, waved the shovel and started working vigorously. Fu Buer spit out the butt of the cigarette that almost burned his lips, and followed him down into the ditch. What he said today was what he said yesterday.
I thought about it for half the night: Fu Fu wanted to marry Yijin, which is certainly good, but for this reason, he returned from the army just to add labor to the family. Instead, he had to eat and use himself - besides, he was his son, and sooner or later he had to give Yijin to divide the family.
.It is better to let him make a name for himself in the army, then he will not have to spend any money at home, and having a son-in-law who is an army officer will make him more prosperous in the countryside.
If Fu Fu doesn't become an officer, he naturally doesn't have to fulfill his promise. If Fu Fu dies in the war - according to what Chief Wan means, there are still several big and bad battles to be fought recently - even a single gold won't make him a widow.
.In this small and remote southern county, there is no concept of keeping a moral code, but the worth of an older girl and a remarried widow are different.
Fu Fu didn't know his "father-in-law's" wishful thinking. He felt that his request had been realized. He was a hundred times more energetic and worked harder. During the conversation, Fu Fu also revealed a lot of troubles. The biggest trouble was the village chief.
It was a bit half-baked. The east and west villages of Meiyang Village did not deal with each other, and his words had almost no effect in the West Village. The villagers in the West Village only followed the things assigned by the chief. It was not like in the East Village.
"Finally, the militia captain is a sensible person. Otherwise, this village will never live in peace."
The captain of the militia team in Meiyang Village is a migrant from the West Village. He is a veteran. He was hit by an arrow in the Battle of Chengmai and injured his muscles and bones. Although he can walk without any problems, he can no longer walk or run long distances with heavy loads, so he settled down in accordance with the policy of being discharged due to injury.
He came to Meiyang Village and became a militia captain. His home is in the West Village. Because he is also a member of the village cadres, he has more interactions with Fu Buer.
Fu Fu said: "I think you should talk to the chiefs about this matter when you go to the county meeting and see what they have to say - the chiefs have a lot of ideas, and maybe they can solve it for you.
Hold it in now, what if something happens in the future?"
Fu Buer said: "That's right. I must talk about this outsider when we have the meeting tomorrow..."
Just as he was talking, Fu Eryin rushed over anxiously: "Hurry! Jiang Wu is running away!" After saying this, he turned around and ran away.
When Fu Buer heard this, he immediately dropped his hoe and climbed up to the ditch bank. He took off the clothes hanging on the branches, turned around and said, "I have something to go and see!"
Seeing that the master of the family was in such a hurry, Fu Fu didn't even put on the straw sandals he took off by the ditch, and he didn't know what emergency had happened. He now regarded himself as a "quasi-son-in-law" and was very concerned about the affairs of the Fu family, so he hurriedly
I climbed up, put on my straw sandals, and followed along.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, a crowd of people had already gathered. Many people had obviously come from the fields to watch the excitement, and some of them were holding farm tools. There was a lot of noise in the circle, and the only thing that could be heard was Mrs. Fu Buer's yelling and cursing.
above all voices.
Fu Fu curiously squeezed through the crowd and saw Jiang Wu in the middle of the crowd. Fu Fu knew that Jiang Wu had no land in his family, and the couple shared several acres of Fu Buer's garden land.
They also work as part-time workers. They are one of the poorest households in the village.
A package was thrown on the ground and spread out, revealing a few rags, a few pieces of dried sweet potatoes and two pairs of straw sandals. There was another package next to it. A shabby straw hat that was worn while working was trampled to pieces on the ground.
.
A small woman was kneeling on the ground, crying and begging for mercy, wearing the same rags and disheveled hair.
Fu Bu'er has already captured Jiang Wu. Jiang Wu is a small man who often eats and goes hungry. He is no match for Fu Bu'er who eats full every day and does hard work. The lady of the Fu family has disheveled hair and sleeves.
A piece was also torn. Apparently he had had a fight with Jiang Wu and his wife before Fu Buer arrived.
Fu Buer grabbed Jiang Wu's chest and punched Jiang Wu several times, until his neck shrank downwards and he simply squatted on the ground, looking like a dead pig that was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water.
"Jiang Wu! You kid is so ungrateful!" Fu Buer gasped and scolded, "You and your wife are two big living people, with plenty of hands and feet. You can raise two chickens if you take the world.
I couldn’t even pay forty eggs! In the end, even the chickens were gone! This time, the Heaven and Earth Club refused to lend money to the sheep, so I gave you a guarantee before I loaned it to you! Okay, I said it again in a few days.
The sheep is lost - you want to run away, how can I explain to the Heaven and Earth Society?!"
Of course, there is Fu Buer's self-interest in this. He was the guarantor of Yang's loan. If Jiang Wu ran away, Fu Buer would have to pay the full principal and interest. Secondly, Jiang Wu's tenant farmed several acres of Fu Buer's property.
In the garden, Fu Buer initially thought that he was threatening the loan as security and forced Jiang Wu to accept the harsh conditions of sharing. Now that such a good and cheap labor force has run away, there will be no such big benefit if it is rented out again.
Jiang Wu lay wilted on the ground, not daring to speak. The people around him were trying to persuade him, but some were laughing. It was very strange that Jiang Wu's second loan from Tiandihui ended up with such a result. Especially the loan for laying hens.
, almost no one has done compensation. If you hand over 20 eggs, it will be repaid, all the eggs will be underwritten, and feed that can increase the number of eggs will be provided at a low price. When the chickens can no longer lay eggs, they will be repurchased. This kind of thing is simply ridiculous.
It’s almost the same as giving money to others.
As for raising sheep, there is no difficulty. Just cut some grass every day and let the children and elderly people at home take care of it when you go out during the day. If you are short of manpower at home, you can just take it directly to the field when you go to the fields, and you can also eat some weeds on the ridges. Ordinary people
Although he is suspicious, he is not a fool. After more than a year, he certainly knows that Tiandihui is sincerely helping them to produce and increase their income. Therefore, most people have little sympathy for "losers" like Jiang Wu: the conditions are so good but they are screwed up.
Moreover, when he screwed up the loan for the second time, Tiandihui did not arrest him, torture him, or simply take his wife away and sell it - in the past, it was only natural for creditors to do this, and no one could say otherwise. But Tiandihui just
He was given six months to pay off the principal and interest of the loan, otherwise he would be sued in court.
"Master Fu, please show your respect..." Jiang Wu's wife knelt on the ground and begged, "We are really desperate. If we continue like this, we won't be able to pay off the debt of Tiandihui, so we have to go out to work..."
"Nonsense! Once you leave, where will the leaders of the Tiandihui find you? What debts will they have to pay back? You just have bad intentions!" Fu Buer scolded.
Jiang Wu argued: "Mr. Fu, you know this! Now we are renting a few acres of your garden, working day and night, but after paying the rent, we can't even have enough to eat... and we have no money to pay back the rent.
It’s a debt to the Heaven and Earth Society…”
Fu Buyer's face suddenly lost all emotion, and just as he was about to explode, the Fu family's wife jumped up: "Okay, you two bitches! So the tenants who planted the seeds for you are ours, right?! I didn't know which one it was at the beginning.
Are you conscientiously begging for our master to be your guarantee? Oh my god..." As she said this, she sat down on the ground and cried. The scene became more and more lively.
In the middle of the noise, the stationed policeman also squeezed in:
"Stop looking, stop looking," he asked everyone to disperse. "Go to the ground if you need to go to the ground, and if you need to go home, don't block everyone here!" Under his driving, some people dispersed.
But there are still many people watching the fun.
When Fu Buer saw the stationed police arriving, he felt it was inconvenient to make any more noise, so he just said with a sullen face: "You don't want to rent my land, that's okay! But you can't just walk away like that! Let's clear the previous accounts first!"
The stationed police learned what happened and ordered Jiang Wu and his wife to go back first and not leave the village without permission. According to the latest household registration management regulations: Jiang Wu and his wife must register their destination in the village in advance if they want to leave their registered place of residence in the village for a long time to work elsewhere.
and purpose, and then receive the certificate.
They owed a loan from the Tiandihui and were originally among the "key groups". Now they actually wanted to slip away. The police stationed in the "key group" monitoring report looked very ugly. They couldn't help but scolded Jiang all the way.
The five couples rushed home.
Fu Fu was always beside him, but said nothing. He had seen similar things a lot. A large part of Fu Fu'er's fortune was based on small loan sharking. With this, he seized the land of many families in the village.
There were times when people were forced to flee. Fu Fu followed Fu Buer to demolish the wood and thatch of the fugitives' houses in order to collect some interest.
However, after seeing that Tiandihui was issuing small agricultural loans, Fu Buer no longer took out loans on his own - the loan conditions for him were far inferior to those of the Australians. What's more, after becoming the village chief, he had to worry about the popularity of the people in the village.
Question. The reputation of usury and exploitation is always very unpleasant.
While he was watching, he suddenly saw Fu Yizhuang's figure flashing past in the crowd. Fu Fu's eyes lit up and he immediately followed him - when he was sent to Bopu as a soldier, Fu Yizhuang not only used a big sword along the way,
He threatened them, beat and scolded them from time to time, and only gave them sweet potatoes to eat. He squatted on the side of the road to defecate because of diarrhea and had no time to get up. Fu Yizhuang got impatient and kicked him down in the urine...
...When he thought of this, the young man who died of diarrhea on the way appeared again in front of his eyes... Fu Fu suddenly became jealous and followed him quietly.
When Fu Fu had dinner last night, he learned that Fu Yousan's family had suffered a setback during the autumn tax collection last year. Most of the land was confiscated. Two strong men and three strong men went to the city to work as workers, leaving only one strong man and
Fu Yousan was born. Fu Yousan became a semi-madman, and no one paid attention to him. As soon as he became strong, he lived on fifty acres of land. The arrogance of Fu Yousan's family in the past was gone. Everyone in Fu Buer's family felt proud and proud.