Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 185 The Village Bully
In the open space in front of the steps of the main room, seven or eight people, old and young, sit around the brazier.

And Defa knelt in front of a middle-aged man, as if he was praying for something. The middle-aged man had a dull face, but the two young men behind him were sneering and mocking. , with anger and helplessness in his expression.

With his hands behind his back and his back bent, Li Hongbing walked slowly into the courtyard, looked at the crowd and asked intentionally, "What's wrong?"

"Red Soldier, you are here, sit down!" Li Huaizhong looked happy, and quickly pointed to the chair beside him.

Several other old people also nodded. In terms of age, the red soldiers are grandchildren in their eyes, but in terms of seniority in the village, they can barely be the same generation as the red soldiers.

Defa raised his head and glanced at Li Hongbing, and continued to plead with the middle-aged man, "Brother, let mother and father be buried together! I beg you, mother has worked hard for this family all her life, and this is the only request before she dies."

The middle-aged man didn't say a word, but the two young men sneered, "Uncle, that's not how the rules are, the second mother is the second mother, and the second mother is buried with the master, so what should the aunt do? People from the Li family, this house and land need to be discussed again."

Li Hongbing, who was sitting at the side, was in a daze.

what is this?
The middle-aged man has a little impression, it seems to be Defa's elder brother, I remember his name is Decai, right?

I met them when I was young, but because of the big age difference, I basically didn't talk much when we met.

But what kind of joint burial is this, the second mother, the aunt, is not from the Li family, so it sounds like making a movie.

At this time, Li Huaizhong pulled Li Hongbing's arm, took out a cigarette and said, "Hongbing, go and smoke one."

Bite your ears!
Li Hongbing readily accepted, got up and followed Li Huaizhong to the edge of the yard, lit a cigarette, and listened to Li Huaizhong talk about the past.

It turns out that Defa's father, Li Fanshen, married a woman who later died of illness and left Decai behind. Shanlan's aunt escaped from a foreign country and went to Caogou Village. She was pregnant with a child and was taken in by Uncle Fanshen The child was not kept, and he became hysterical, so Uncle Fanshen listened to his grandfather and adopted a baby from another family, which is now Defa.

After Mrs. Shan Lan recovered from her illness, she waited on her father to eat and dress, and worked hard without complaint. Later, Decai despised the family's poverty, so she went to the town to be an upside-down door. It was rare to go back once she went. Even if she came back, the house would be disturbed rather.

Later, Uncle Fanshen passed away, and he never returned to Caogou Village.

No, Mrs. Shanlan left in the morning, Defa called Decai, and Decai immediately ran back to divide up the family property, and even agreed to let Aunt Shanlan and Uncle Fanshen be buried together.

This relationship is really brain-burning.

Li Hongbing curled his lips, he didn't care what the door was, auntie, second mother, anyway, he only recognized Aunt Shanlan, and he did it for that mouthful of sweet potatoes.

"You are the secretary of the village party committee. You shouldn't be fair. Whoever said that you can come back to separate the family if you cut in the door, hinders the old couple from being buried together."

Li Huaizhong smiled wryly, "According to rural customs, it is true that you are not eligible to go home and divide the family, but Zheng Ce did not enter the door backwards, as long as the children have the right to inherit. Otherwise, I will come to you. Your surname is Li, and you are from the village. The highest one, speaking is more effective than me, go to persuade."

He co-authored with me to make peace.

I know you are not careful, you old boy.

Let me make peace, I'm afraid I found the wrong person!

Li Hongbing threw away the cigarette butt, gave Li Huaizhong a blank look, turned around and walked back to the rice field, went to the middle-aged man and kicked Defa, "Still kneeling? Go ahead and see if the shed is ready."

Seeing that Li Hongbing was willing to stand up for him, Defa got up quickly and walked out of the yard without looking back.

The two young men looked at Li Hongbing with unkind expressions.

Li Hongbing pulled his chair and sat down, and said with a smile, "Decai, I haven't seen him for a while, I heard he settled down in Songbai Town?"

An older young man took over the conversation, dissatisfied.

"Who are you? Are there any rules, you can call Decai?"

Li Hongbing smiled contemptuously, staring straight at Decai.

Facing Li Hongbing, Decai didn't have the pomp in front of his younger brother, the corners of his mouth twitched.

"It's the Red Soldier... Ah! I just heard that you have returned to the village. I..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Hongbing directly raised his hand, and his eyes fell on the face of the young man who spoke rudely, "You called the Red Soldier? I don't care what you call me outside the village. If you call me that in the village, believe it or not, I'll give you an earful." pump you."

"!!!"

The courtyard fell silent instantly. Li Huaizhong and the old man in the village came to Li Hongbing hoping that he would come forward to make peace and let the two brothers sit down and have a good talk.

Then I thought, this kid didn't come forward to talk about peace, but directly said collapse.

And those two younger generations, since their families are big families in the town, came to Pogougou, where the birds don't shit, and attended the funeral of the dead old lady who had never met before, which was enough to save face. Hit daddy in the face.

Suddenly curse words blurted out.

"You bitch, who are you?"

Still angry after scolding, he double-teamed Li Hongbing from left to right, intending to show some color to the farmer.

Li Hongbing was used to them then, he stood up and leaned back, waving his hands in circles.

clap clap!

Two clear voices sounded, and the two brothers who were beating turned around and sat on the ground directly, their eyes were dull and their brains were buzzing.

"Da Niu, Er Niu."

Decai hurriedly shook the two sons, and after a while the two young men woke up faintly, Lao Gao with a swollen face, each with a palm print, Decai looked angrily at Li Hongbing, Li Huaizhong and the old people in the village.

"Okay, okay, it's unreasonable for you Caogou Village to bully people together. This house and this land belong to my Li family. I am the eldest of the Li family. Why can't they be separated? It is the rule in old life that the two mothers cannot be buried together. Where can I go?" That's all set."

"If you want to reason, I'll reason with you." Li Hongbing sneered, hooked his foot, straightened the crooked chair, sat down firmly, and pointed to the white cloth in the hall.

"Your mother passed away early, did Aunt Shanlan drag you up?"

"You broke in the door and ran away by yourself without the consent of your family. Have you ever thought about your family and your Li family's face?"

"It's your freedom to cut in the door, but Aunt Shanxing has been ill for so many years, have you come back to take a look, have you sent a penny?"

"It's said that it's better to be born than to be raised. The same two sons, how could you raise such a white-eyed wolf? If I knew this, I might as well throw you into the cesspit and drown."

"Aunt Shanlan has worked hard all her life to serve your grandpa. Now that she passed away, she wants to be buried with Uncle Fanshen. What's the matter, Er Niang, what about you, Er Niang?"

"Now that the person is gone, you run back to divide the family property, dreaming."

"I don't care if Defa was born to Aunt Shanlan or not. He was from Caogou Village in Caogou Village. He poured shit and urine to Aunt Shanlan for decades. Did he complain? What the hell are you doing? "

"I told you clearly that this house, ground, and tree are just a piece of grass and a piece of shit in this yard. You don't even want to divide it. Whoever wants to divide it can come to me Li Hongbing. I can't write two pieces of money. Li, if I don’t open my mouth, will I share it with you?”

"Aunt Shanlan doesn't have a natal family, and my father is a natal family. This grave must be closed. I have the final say. When the king of heaven comes, I will stand aside."

With a nearly roaring curse, Decai was immediately caught up, his mouth trembling, and he choked out two words.

"Village tyrant."

snort!
What happened to the village tyrant?

Li Hongbing smiled contemptuously, and beckoned to a row of heads protruding from the courtyard wall.

"Red flag, victory, army building, scholar, get out here."

"coming."

The four of Li Hongqi ran into the courtyard, their eyes full of admiration and envy.

Li Hongbing pointed at Decai and his son, "Look at the three of them, and let them kneel on the ground until Aunt Shanlan's burial. By the way, they didn't say that they belong to the Li family, give him three face, and hold the banner at the head of the burial. "

The two younger students shouted hastily.

"I don't wear flags. We are not from the Li family. Our surname is Wang."

Ha ha!

Li Hongbing smiled, "It's not the Li family? That's the guests, Hong Qi, keep an eye on them, and wake them up when they fall asleep on their knees. Remember to deliver the food, and don't spread the word that we are bullying people in Caogou Village."

"Okay!"

Li Hongqi and the others geared up excitedly, and walked to the side of the terrified father and son.

"Red Soldier, have you gone too far?" Li Huaizhong and the village elders walked up to Li Hongbing, talking too much, but there was undisguised relief and joy in their eyes.

"Stop acting, that's why you asked me to come over."

Li Hongbing gave them a blank look, turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate.

At this time, the gate of the courtyard was full of villagers watching the excitement. Seeing Li Hongbing coming out, someone yelled.

"Okay, village tyrant!"

The others reacted and hurriedly shouted, not forgetting to clap their hands and applaud.

you…

Li Hongbing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he didn't know whether to raise his hands in cheers or quarrel with them.

Village tyrant, is there such a village tyrant?

At this time, the villagers gave way, Defa burst into tears, walked out with his wife and children, and knelt down in front of Li Hongbing with a plop.

Li Hongbing did not avoid, but accepted the kowtow of Defa's family generously. This is not just a kowtow, but the cause and effect of a family. In the future, Decai will not resent Defa, but Li Hongbing.

What happened to receiving a kowtow.

Not worth it?

"Get up, you heard what I said just now, the house and the land are yours, no one can take them away, it's okay for your mother to be buried together. Xing'er, go home!"

After all, looking at Shan Xing in the crowd, she cast a bewildered smile, Shan Xing walked out shyly, her eyes were full of liking for her lover.

The two held hands and left affectionately in the eyes of the villagers.

Looking at the disappearing figure, none of the women chewed their tongues, but enviously pinched their men beside them.

They also have one head, four legs, and one handle, but my man doesn't know anything except snoring, he only farts under the quilt to fume himself.

Ugh!
Same people different lives.

Strolling on the way home, the blue sky, the green meadow, and... There is also a gray and black-haired wolfhound.

That's right, it's a gray-and-black-haired wolfhound, Erhei to be precise, with a chicken in its mouth, its tail raised high, and it paces the meadow in a very "coquettish" way.

"Erhei!" Li Hongbing shouted angrily standing on the slope.

This sound directly stunned Erhei, thinking that he had misheard, he turned his head and looked around.

"I'm here, get out here." Li Hongbing laughed angrily.

Erhei, who came to his senses, no longer turned his tail, and lost his aggressive steps, and came to Li Hongbing's side dejectedly.

This is?

With yellow feathers and a fat body, he was not completely dead, and his chicken feet were twitching non-stop.

Li Hongbing frowned, it was obviously not a pheasant, but a domestic chicken.

Good guy, I learned how to steal chickens!
That's pretty cool!

Stretching out his hand to grab Erhei's cheek, "Tell me, whoever steals the chicken, does the house need you to eat or drink?"

With this pull, Er Hei screamed in pain.

Hearing Erhei's cry, Shan Xing pushed Li Hongbing's hand away distressedly, and complained while rubbing Erhei's face.

"Why do you use so much effort? It's just a chicken, and Erhei is not a human being, so you know you can't catch a chicken, because it hurts you."

When Erhei heard that Shan Xing helped it out, he immediately pretended to be injured, whimpered and stuffed his head into Shan Xing's arms, and at the same time raised one of his front paws, shaking it.

Shan Xing laughed at Erhei's actions, and patted Erhei's head lightly, "Yes, your father should clean you up, obviously you only scratched your face, and you said your feet hurt."

"Just get used to them, wait for Anna to come back and clean them up. Tell me, where did you steal the chicken?" Li Hongbing shook his head helplessly.

Ow!

Erhei let out a low growl, reluctantly picked up the old hen, and walked towards the village with his head drooping.

Li Hongbing and Shan Xing followed behind to escort them.

The two of them walked into the village together, because someone in Defa's family died, and everyone in the village went to help, but they didn't meet anyone on the way.

As they walked, Erhei stopped in front of a courtyard gate, put down the old hen in his mouth, and turned his head and whined to the two of them.

This is Aunt Jinhua's house!

Li Hongbing suddenly realized why Erhei came to steal Aunt Jinhua's chickens. Last time Anna and Tie Dan buried Aunt Jinhua's chickens in the soil. After they were dug out, Li Hongbing was worried that the chickens would die, so he secretly lost. A little power of origin.

Erhei was probably attracted by the aroma of the original chicken.

"Village tyrant, no, red soldier! What are you doing in front of my house?" Aunt Jinhua, who had just returned from Decai's house, wandered over with a stack of white paper at the other end of the alley.

Hearing Aunt Jinhua's name, Li Hongbing's face immediately fell down. It's true that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

"Auntie, my dog ​​killed your chicken, and I will pay for it."

Aunt Jinhua looked down at the dead old hen and Erhei lying on the ground, and suddenly smiled.

"Hey, isn't it just a chicken, if you bite it, you bite it, don't take it seriously."

Aunt Jinhua's attitude really surprised Li Hongbing. Usually she was careful and careful, and she had to count the chicken every morning and evening to be at ease.

"Auntie, tell me how much you will spend with me. You're welcome."

"You're welcome, I want to thank you. Shanlan's life is bitter, and she has never enjoyed happiness in her life, and she will be angry with Decai after she leaves. If it weren't for you, I don't know what this matter is. Let's forget it this time." , I may come to bite the chicken again next time."

Aunt Jinhua's words let Li Hongbing know the reason, so she didn't mention the matter of paying the chicken.

"Red soldiers, go to Defa's house in the afternoon to pay tribute, and you don't go to the village committee to get a blank paper, why do you make a wreath?"

Ah!
I have to get white paper to make a wreath, why no one told me.

Li Hongbing looked at Shan Xing, Shan Xing also looked confused.

"You two are really a couple, go to the village committee to get a blank paper." After speaking, Aunt Jinhua pushed open the door and walked into her yard.

Two fools came to the village committee.

Sure enough, I saw accountant Li Chunsheng standing in the yard of the village committee, with a pile of white papers stacked on the ground behind him, and the villagers lined up to get the papers.

"Oh, the village tyrant is here, let's get out of the way." A villager saw Li Hongbing and shouted with a smile.

The other villagers also giggled and gave up their seats, and Li Chunsheng greeted them with a suppressed smile.

"Cunba, I'll choose the best white paper for you."

(End of this chapter)