Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1240: Exposed
After this was said, others also felt that it made sense.

Lao Wu nodded again and again: "People in our village are exhausted just carrying water these days, who has the energy to dig traps?"

"That's right. When I was carrying water to irrigate the fields a few days ago, I wanted to fall asleep as soon as I got home. I was so tired that I didn't even want to eat. Not to mention asking me to go to the West Mountain and dig traps. Even if the old woman urged me to wash my feet, I didn't want to do it."

When these words were spoken, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Someone couldn't help but joked: "Old Five, just look at the smell of your feet. If you don't wash your feet, your sister-in-law will kick you off the bed."

Lao Wu curled his lips and said, "My feet don't smell at all. Don't talk nonsense. My feet are clean."

The old branch secretary couldn't help but laugh: "Old Five, you have a guilty conscience when you say this, but among all of us old guys, your feet are the stinkiest."

The captain nodded again and again: "That's right, I still remember when we were young, we carried heavy bags for others and slept in a dormitory at night. As soon as you took off your shoes, we burst into tears."

"Hahahaha! That's right, that's right! You still have the nerve to say it doesn't stink? The socks you've worn are standing up now."

Lao Wu was unhappy to be insulted by his old brothers.

"Go, go, go! Stop talking nonsense. Why don't I remember this? I'm young and fine."

Lao Wu was stubborn and refused to admit that this had ever happened when he was young.

The main point is that as long as he doesn’t admit it, it doesn’t exist.

The old branch secretary pointed at him and laughed: "Hahaha! You still don't admit it. It's not that the old brothers are slandering you. Do you remember that there was a young student at that time. The student left home for school. On the way, his bag was robbed and he had to sleep in a dormitory at night. The student loved to be clean, and as soon as you took off your shoes, you made the student vomit directly..."

"Haha, haha! The student lost 5 to 6 pounds in three days because of the fumes from your feet. His parents, who rushed over after hearing the news, were so distressed."

After the old branch secretary mentioned this, several old friends who also thought of this incident laughed so hard that they slapped their thighs.

"I... I was too tired from carrying heavy bags during the day, so I didn't wash my feet at night. Is it that exaggerated? I don't believe that you old guys wash your feet every day." Lao Wu defended himself with a red face.

"Even if we don't wash our feet, we can't compare to you..."

This caused another round of laughter.

"You...you you you you all." Lao Wu's face turned red with embarrassment. Looking at a group of unruly old guys, he directly released his ultimate move.

"You said my feet smelled, but you old guys can't be any better. We all have a lot of problems."

As he said that, Lao Wu pointed his pipe at the captain who was laughing the loudest and said, "Don't laugh. Everyone knows that when you were young, you carried water for your father-in-law's family for several years in order to pursue a girl. But after three years, three whole years, he finally married the girl off to someone else."

Lao Wu took a puff of his pipe, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with ill intentions: "Let me think about it, why."

"Lao Wu, that's not happening. Don't talk nonsense." The captain thought of something and couldn't help but twist his face. He took a step forward, as if he wanted to tell Lao Wu to shut up!

But it was not so easy for Lao Wuqi, whose shortcomings had just been exposed, to give up.

Anyway, he has already lost face, so he might as well let a few old guys accompany him.

Lao Wu slapped his thigh, and slowly said in front of the captain's eyes, "Oh, yes, I remember now! A fool who liked the girl and wanted to please his father-in-law didn't ask around before trying to please his father-in-law. As a result, he not only carried water for three years, but the girl also married someone else, all because of this fool who couldn't even pick the wrong person. He carried water for the neighbor of the girl he liked for three years.

Hahahaha! I am dying of laughter that I can end up pleasing the wrong person even when trying to please my father-in-law! "

"Haha, hahaha!"

When talking about this, the old branch secretary and others couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It's not that they are unkind, it's just that what the captain did was too outrageous.

It's understandable if it lasts for one or two days, or even ten days or half a month.

But for three whole years, he didn't realize that he had pleased the wrong father-in-law.

Finally, the old secretary patted his thigh and said, "Okay, okay! Don't say anything more. If his wife knew about this, he would never get married again."

Speaking of this, the captain couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

His wife still thinks that he fetched water for her family because he fell in love with her.

However, by some strange coincidence, they did end up having a good marriage.

If you ask the captain, do you regret it now? Do you regret not marrying the girl you fell in love with at first sight because of your carelessness?

The captain shook his head, indicating that he had no regrets at all.

Is that girl really that good? Actually, not necessarily. It’s just that he admired her when he was young and thought he liked her.

As early as the moment he brought his wife home, he had already decided that she was the one who would accompany him for the rest of his life.

As for the girl in his memory, if no one mentioned her, the captain would almost forget her.

Even if someone mentioned it now, the captain couldn't imagine what the other person looked like.

A few people knew the seriousness of the matter, so they laughed and changed the subject.

Lao Wu then turned his attention to the next person.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh! You thought you had never done anything bad when you were young, but you are as timid as a mouse. You obviously like the girl, but you dare not say a word.

You are a coward, and you act like a fool. When the siblings said something to each other, you thought the girl was bullied, so you ran out and beat up the man who was following the girl. As a result, the girl scolded you..."

Before he could finish his words, the others had obviously remembered the reason.

The captain who had just been criticized laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh.

"Hahaha, you still have the nerve to laugh at me. Don't you even listen to what you are doing? You haven't done anything yet, but you've already beaten up your brother-in-law. Hahaha! If I were your father-in-law, I would never agree to this marriage no matter what."

Someone whose past was exposed hung his face, unable to help feeling guilty.

Wasn't he young at that time? Besides, his brother-in-law and his wife didn't look alike, so how could he tell that they were brother and sister?

Looking at the way the two of them were playing, he thought... thought that the two of them were in love with each other.

之所以冲过去打人，除了看不得心上姑娘受委屈之外，未必没有想趁机揍“情敌”一顿的意思。

Little did he know that he was hitting his future brother-in-law.

Because of this, his road to chasing his wife is endless.

His future brother-in-law has been giving him a lot of trouble.

Even now, his brother-in-law doesn't like him and wants to bring his wife home from time to time.

snort!
He treats his wife very well. His wife has him in her heart and will not go back with her brother-in-law.

In the following time, Zhang Yu squatted aside silently, without saying a word, and just ate melon quietly.

In order not to attract attention, he pinched his thigh and forced himself not to laugh.

But the efforts are not without rewards.

The group just ignored him and let him listen to gossip for a long time.

One of them was a person who was very dark when he was young. When he stayed at his parents-in-law's house for the first time, he slept on the same kang with his father-in-law. When he went to the toilet at night, his father-in-law lit a kerosene lamp and didn't see him at all. He almost sat on him who was squatting in the toilet.

There is also the story of a young man who was kidnapped by a bandit leader to be his son-in-law because of his good looks, and he managed to escape with great difficulty. It can be said that any of these stories are quite exciting.

Zhang Yu thinks these stories are even more exciting than TV dramas.

A few old men were chatting and found that they could not continue this topic.

If they continue to expose each other's shortcomings like this, both sides will suffer in the end and no one will benefit.

The old men tacitly turned the topic back to what they had discussed at the beginning.

When talking about the trap, everyone's faces became serious again.

The old branch secretary thought for a moment, looked at Lao Wu who was standing beside him, and directly instructed: "Lao Wu, although it is unlikely that they are from our brigade, you should also help keep an eye on them recently to see if there are any suspicious people."

Lao Wu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and tell my wife at home and ask her to ask the women in the village."

The old branch secretary turned his attention to the others and said, "When you go to work, help keep an eye on it. I think if it's not done by someone from our brigade, it can't be far away. After you finish watering the fields, find time to take your wife back to her parents' home and help ask around."

"Row!"

The old branch secretary finally set his sights on the team leader: "That man actually took so much effort to dig a trap, he will definitely not give up so easily, he will definitely come back. Go back and talk to the militia in the team, and ask them to go to Xishan more often recently to see if they can catch the man red-handed."

The captain wanted to nod, but suddenly he thought of something and was stunned for a moment.

Then he said, "Old Party Secretary, have all the militiamen in the brigade been working recently?"

As soon as these words came out, a sharp look flashed in the old branch secretary's eyes: "Are you suspicious?"

The team leader nodded and said, "I'm not sure, I just suspect that in order to make iron in the past two years, all the iron tools in our team were confiscated. Not to mention shovels and hoes, even pots were donated by every household.

The only place in the village that still has farm tools is at the brigade headquarters.”

Thinking of this, the captain seemed to realize something, his eyes widened: "I'll go back and check to see who has borrowed a shovel recently?"

The old branch secretary nodded. It was not that they wanted to suspect a few militiamen, but after waiting and observing, they realized that only a few militiamen in the entire brigade had time to go to the West Mountain to dig traps.

This was either done by someone from another village or by the militia.

The old branch secretary really didn't want it to be a few militiamen, but...

"Be careful!" the old branch secretary warned worriedly.

The captain nodded: "Are you still unsure about my work?"

After the group discussed the strategy, the atmosphere became quite quiet.

They didn't believe that the militia in the brigade would do this, but...

I just hope it's not...

In the end, it was the old branch secretary who broke the atmosphere.

Listening to the roar of the tractor and watching the water rushing into the fields, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and he was not as upset as before.

Seeing that another piece of land had been watered, the old Party Secretary said, "We are not hungry this year, thanks to Xiaoyu. We must not treat Xiaoyu unfairly."

The captain patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, we are not that kind of people. Xiaoyu has done us a great favor. I remember it all. I have prepared the things long ago and will definitely not treat Xiaoyu unfairly."

The old branch secretary nodded: "Well, I heard from Hongguang that his grandson likes to make medicinal wine. I have some good medicinal herbs, so I'll add them in."

Captain: “Okay!”

"I have some medicinal herbs too, but there's no point in keeping them. Since Xiaoyu likes them, let's add them in." Lao Wu interrupted.

Zhang Yu felt warm inside when he heard a few elderly people discussing preparing things for him.

He didn't care about the value of these things. What he cared about was the feelings of everyone.

Looking at the water hose in the system space, Zhang Yu began to think about why he could take it out.

The existing wells are not enough to cover all the fields, and many places cannot be irrigated with the few water hoses available.

There are two solutions now. One is to find more water hoses.

This is not difficult. There are still some water hoses in his system space. He just needs to find a reason to take them out.

However, simply extending the water hose is not the best solution. There is a limit to how long you can extend the water hose, and many places still cannot be irrigated.

There is only one other method left, which is to dig wells, and dig several wells next to the fields.

Looking at the people discussing there, Zhang Yu quietly stepped back a few steps and slowly left.

Under the current circumstances, he should not hang around those old men.

So that they wouldn't be reminded of the things they had just said to expose each other's shortcomings.

Fortunately, it was dark now, and Zhang Yu did not bring a flashlight when he came over. Several people thought he had left long ago, so they did not notice him.

Zhang Yu left quietly.

What he didn't see was that the moment he turned and left, the old branch secretary's ears moved, and there was a sly smile in Lao Wu's eyes as he looked at his old friends.

Obviously, Lao Wu has discovered something?
But he didn't say it.

Looking at a group of old friends, Lao Wu had a smile in his eyes.

He did it on purpose. He had already noticed that Zhang Yu had not left yet.

Let you expose my shortcomings!

You made me embarrassed in front of the younger generation. Now, let's all be embarrassed together and no one can escape.

Faced with Lao Wu's smirk, the old branch secretary had no intention of reminding his old friends.

It can be said that in the whole incident, he was the only one who did not embarrass himself in front of the younger generation.

As long as he didn't embarrass himself, as for a few old friends, the old branch secretary said he knew nothing.

Because of the trap incident, the atmosphere in the village has not been very good recently.

The children were also restrained by their parents and were not allowed to run around.

Many parents once again reminded their children not to run to the west mountain, and some even resorted to slapping them.

The children who were originally allowed to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables at the foot of the West Mountain are now not allowed to go.

Everything seems peaceful.

However, something was suppressed beneath the calm.

At this time, the team leader didn't know that when everyone's attention was on watering the fields and the trap on the West Mountain, the Educated Youth Department, which had been silent for a long time, gave her another big "surprise"!
This "surprise" was enough to cause chaos in the entire brigade, and it also laid a solid foundation for the Xiejia Brigade to prefer accepting all kinds of bad elements rather than accepting educated youth.

(End of this chapter)