Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 430
The two communes are forty or fifty miles apart.

Not too far.

If you ride a bike, an hour or two will pass.

If the country hadn't just reformed, the Xuqing Grain Station would have only been opened this year, and we don't have much money on hand right now.

Otherwise, he would get a car and drive up.

Cycling is really not a good idea, not much in the city.

But when I go to the countryside and collect grains from place to place, as time goes by, my calves become sore and swollen.

Er Mazi had been working in the workshop, which was fine. He was riding a bicycle swaying. He looked around and said to Xu Qing:
"Qingzi, the rabbit meat last night tasted really good. If we can catch two rabbits on this road, we can have a delicious meal at noon!"

Xu Qing held the bicycle handlebars with both hands, looked at Er Mazi with a straw hat on, and said with a wry smile:
"Brother Mazi, we are not going to the countryside this time to eat game. We are here to collect grain. Don't worry about eating rabbit meat for now. We can finish our business later."

Er Mazi grinned, looked back at Xu Qing, nodded and said, "That's right, let's just talk casually, how can we delay the serious business."

Xu Qing hummed, and rode bicycles side by side with Er Mazi on the path in the countryside, heading towards the commune next door in a leisurely manner.

The weather is getting hotter, and the sun is high in the sky. The dazzling sunlight is scorching the earth violently under the blue sky without a single white cloud.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi were already sweating, and they couldn't help but speed up their bicycle riding.

After arriving at the commune next door, Xu Qing first explained his purpose to the people in the commune. Around noon, he met the secretary of the commune, whom Xu Qing was not familiar with.

After all, it was not his own commune. After greeting him for a while, he took out the state's approval document allowing him to collect grain and asked the other party to check it first.

After that, Xu Qingcai and Er Mazi started collecting grain.

The price of wheat harvested here in Xu Qing is the same as in his own commune. Each catty is one and three cents more than the national purchase price.

And it’s also available in cash.

In this way, there is no obstacle to Xu Qing's harvesting of grain.

Before dark in the afternoon, Xu Qing had harvested [-] kilograms of wheat in the commune next door.

At the same time, more than 2000 kilograms of corn were harvested.

In the evening, Xu Qing still stayed in the commune, and he and Er Mazi settled the food money they received on the spot in front of a group of people.

Early the next morning, many people used donkey-drawn carts to pull the grain of their respective production teams, scrambling for Xu Qing to harvest it.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi were busy in the commune courtyard without going anywhere. They were busy all day.

It was not until dark in the afternoon that we stopped harvesting grain.

After dinner, the two took advantage of the cool weather in the evening to walk out of the commune and wander around.

After all, I was not familiar with this place, even though I said I would leave after collecting the food.

But it is the next town after all, and Xu Qing wants to know more about it. If he comes to collect grain next year, it will be beneficial to know more about it.

It was just that Xu Qing and Er Mazi had just left the commune, and within ten minutes they met an acquaintance.

Still an acquaintance whom I haven't seen for many years.

When Xu Qing saw the other party, he was startled.

He never expected that when he went to the countryside to collect grain without seeing anyone in the city, he would bump into him.

This is really a narrow road for enemies.

The other party was also stunned when he saw Xu Qing.

They even didn't expect that they would be bumped into by Xu Qing when they returned to their hometown from Baoding.

But he quickly turned around and ran away with his hoe.

How could Xu Qing let them escape from under his nose?

He jumped out with a vigorous step, reached out with his right hand, and grabbed the two people by the back of their necks.

"Run you uncle!"

Xu Qing cursed fiercely, pulled hard with both hands, raised his right foot, and kicked Feng Baldzi hard.

At this moment, Shouhou wanted to turn around and fight Xu Qing with his hoe.

Although Er Mazi has never met these two people, he doesn't know about their relationship with Xu Qing.

But seeing the angry look on Xu Qing's face, and seeing the hoe in the thin monkey's hand about to greet Xu Qing, he immediately ran to Xu Qing, blocked the hoe in the thin monkey's hand with both hands, pushed it aside, and said with an angry look:
"Grandson, you dare to fight with my brother, are you tired of living?!"

Er Mazi has been working in the workshop all year round, and his hands are very strong. He can push the thin monkey to the ground in a few clicks, making it unable to move.

"Qingzi, who are these two grandsons?"

Er Mazi put his right knee on the thin monkey's back, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and turned to ask Xu Qing.

Xu Qing also cured Feng Tuzi at this time and said to Er Mazi:

"Brother Mazi, these two are the ones who stole my food station a few months ago."

Er Mazi was shocked when he heard this. He turned around, raised his right hand, swung it round, and struck the thin monkey on the head hard.

"Damn it, if you dare to steal my brother's grain station, grandpa will kill you today!"

Er Mazi scolded and beat him repeatedly, and kept hitting the thin monkey with his fists as big as sandbags.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, there were no stars or moon in the night sky, the wind in the mountains was howling between the sky and the earth, rustling the leaves of the trees, and there was no one around.

The skinny monkey's whining and begging for mercy could not be heard at all under the cover of the strong wind.

Xu Qing also beat Feng Tuzi wildly.

These two guys dared to follow Cao Xiaojun and steal food from his own grain station.

Cao Xiaojun has been in trouble for a long time, but they are still at large.

Caught today.

How can Xu Qing be lenient?

After removing Feng Baozi's arm in two or two strokes, Xu Qing's eyes widened with anger, and he slapped Feng Tuzi's face.

Knocked to the ground immediately!
Feng Baldzi's arms were dislocated. He lay on the ground without the support of his hands and could not stand up. He shivered and said:

"Master Xu, you don't remember the faults of villains, please spare me."

"Spare you?" Xu Qing snorted, kicked Feng Baldzi in the chest, and said coldly:

"Are you worthy?"

Feng Baldzi was kicked in the chest, and he suddenly felt heartbreaking pain. His face was distorted, and he was panicking. He lay on the ground and begged:

"Master Xu, I know I'm not a human being. I shouldn't follow Cao Xiaojun's grandson to your grain station, but I was forced. Cao Xiaojun's grandson insisted on letting me go, and there was nothing I could do."

Feng Baldzi was a man who could make the most of the situation. He knew it would be bad to fall into Xu Qing's hands, so he put all the responsibility on Cao Xiaojun.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing didn't believe him at all.

These dandy boys talk all the time but don't tell the truth.

Besides, it’s not like Xu Qing didn’t know Cao Xiaojun, Feng Tuzi and others.

He had been in contact with Jing Hong when they first started dating.

I know that these people are all idle and idle, just like the gangsters in the city.

It's like a raccoon dog.

Xu Qing had a cold face, turned his back to the strong wind, looked at Feng Baldzi coldly, squatted down, slapped Feng Baldzi again with his backhand, and slapped Feng Baldzi face to the ground, took a mouthful of mud, and then said:

"Feng Baldy, when you stole food from grandpa's grain station, why didn't you think about today? Why don't you beg for mercy now? Don't you think it's a little too late?!"

Feng Baldzi spat out the mud in his mouth, looked at Xu Qing, knelt on the ground, kowtowed as if pounding garlic, and said:

"Mr. Xu, I, Feng Tuzi, know I was wrong. You hit me and scolded me. How about we make things right?"

Without saying a word, Xu Qing slapped Feng Baldzi in the face.

"I have wasted a lot of food, so I just want to clear things up, how can it be so cheap!

Do I really think of you as my grandson? ! "

Feng Baldzi was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Seeing that Xu Qing refused to give up easily, he immediately said again:
"Master Xu, why don't we pay for your food? Please stop fighting."

Xu Qing stood up, kicked Feng Tuzi who was kneeling in front of him to the ground, and said in disgust:

"Okay, according to what you said, if grandpa is not satisfied with the compensation today, I will bury you and Shouhou alive on the spot!"

Feng Baldzi trembled in fright, and turned to look at the thin monkey beside him who was even worse than him, knowing that he had completely failed today.

Five minutes later, Xu Qing and Er Mazi were sitting on the ridge of the field, smoking cigarettes and looking at Feng Tuzi and Shouhou who were kneeling in the ground.

A flash of lightning flashed across the dark sky, and thunder sounded at the same time.The wind blew harder and kicked up the dust. After a while, big raindrops fell from the night sky.

Xu Qing threw the cigarette butt wet with raindrops on the ground, glanced at Feng Baldzi and Shouhou coldly, and snorted:

"You two tell me how to compensate?"

Feng Baldzi's hands were still dislocated, and he was secretly thinking about Xu Qing's words.

He and Shouhou had already squandered all the money they had gained from reselling the food at Xu Qing Grain Station.

Half a month ago, I went to live with my relatives in the countryside of Shouhou, just to get some money.

But before I got the money, I met Xu Qing today.

Feng Baldzi knelt in the rain, turned to look at the thin monkey, rolled his eyes, and said to Xu Qing:

"Mr. Xu, Third Uncle Shouhou knows how to rob tombs. He and I came here tonight to check out the spot. We are going to do it at midnight tomorrow night. The day after tomorrow, or the morning after tomorrow, if we find something, I will give it to you."

Xu Qing and Er Mazi looked at each other and wiped the rain off their faces. They were surprised that there was an unexpected gain.

Er Mazi held the hoe, poked the thin monkey hard and said:

"Grandson, is your third uncle a tomb robber?"

The thin monkey was not as naughty as Feng Baldzi. He was beaten wildly by Ermazi, but he kept silent.

Er Mazi was angry, stood up, put the hoe blade on the thin monkey's forehead and said:

"Grandson, believe it or not, grandpa will put a hoe down and move your head. Grandpa, I really want to see how hard your bones are?!"

Click, another bolt of lightning pierced the night sky, making the entire night as bright as day.

As Er Mazi increased his strength in his hand, the sharp hoe blade instantly cut the thin monkey's forehead open, and blood and water mixed with rain continued to flow.

With the help of lightning, Shouhou saw Er Mazi's angry face and felt the pain from the wound on his forehead.

I was instantly frightened.

The rain is still falling and the wind has not stopped.

After Xu Qing listened to Shouhou's detailed explanation of what happened.

Frowning slightly, he thought for a moment, and then he and Er Mazi took Feng Bald and Shou Hou to the commune.

Leave it to the commune.

As for losing money, Feng Tuzi and Shouhou couldn't spare three and a half dollars.

Xu Qing was not in a hurry, and allowed the two of them to write the IOU and fingerprint and sign it under the witness of everyone in the commune.

In addition, Xu Qing asked for the home addresses of Feng Tuzi and Shouhou in Sijiucheng, and called Feng Ming using the only phone in the commune.

Ask the third brother to take the time to go over tomorrow to verify, and then pay compensation after Feng Baldzi and Shouhou come out of the situation.

Anyway, if you can run, the monk can't run away from the temple.

As for Shouhou's third uncle, the commune sent people to catch him in the rain overnight and take him to the commune and tie him up.

I am planning to take him to the police station as soon as the weather clears up early tomorrow morning.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi accidentally helped the commune to kill a group of tomb robbers named Shouhou Sanjiang.

The secretary of the commune was very grateful to Xu Qing.

"Comrade Xu Qing, thanks to you and Comrade Diao De'er, if it weren't for you, the general's grave in our village would have suffered."

Xu Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "Secretary Wu, you're welcome. This is what I should do."

Early the next morning.

After the rain, the weather cleared up, and the commune opened a small stove for Xu Qing and Er Mazi alone.

The food was abundant for Titus.

Scrambled eggs with pepper, stewed pheasant with mushrooms, scrambled eggs with leeks, and boiled cabbage with vermicelli.

Secretary Wu of the commune accompanied him personally.

They even brought out the sorghum wine brewed in the village for Xu Qing and Er Mazi to taste.

As for Feng Tuzi and the other three, they were sent to the station at dawn.

The next two days.

Xu Qing's grain harvest was even more smooth.

The secretary personally took the lead in making the call, calling the shots and so on.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi didn't need to do anything, someone was helping them.

They only need to keep an eye on the weight.

After Xu Qing collected more than 600 kilograms of wheat and corn here, he combined with the more than 4000 kilograms stored in his commune to make up [-] tons.

Then make a phone call and ask the driver to drive twice to finish the trip.

Then he and Er Mazi put the bicycles on the truck and returned to the city together.

Two communes received three trucks of grain, more than 30 tons.

There are quite a lot of them stacked in the warehouse.

As for Xu Qing's money, more than 6000 was spent just on collecting grain.

I only have 500 yuan left on hand.

After a while, when I bought the big flour grinding machine, it was almost worthless.

But it doesn't matter.

Although Xu Qing had no money left, Xu Xiaoya, Sanhuzi's wife, and Meijuan were keeping an eye on him during this time at the grain station.

The business is carried out as usual, and there is income every day.

Although I can’t make much money from individual customers.

But Xu Qing also sent grain to several branches of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

Once the machine is installed, you still don’t have to worry about hiring people to do the work.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi left the warehouse and went to San Huzi's mother's house to sit for a while. After giving instructions, the two biked back to the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Xu Qing asked Er Mazi to go home and rest for two days before going to the grain station the day after tomorrow.

Er Mazi was collecting grain in the countryside during this period and was really tired. Hearing Xu Qing's words, he nodded and rode home.

Xu Qing also rode back to his compound, preparing to rest for two days to relax.

These days, he was not in the compound. As soon as he entered the front yard, the third aunt stopped washing the clothes in her hands and asked:

"Xiaoqing, you're back from collecting food."

Xu Qing responded with a smile.

Yan Bugui, who was watching TV in the room, heard the third aunt talking to Xu Qing and stopped watching the TV. He took his daughter off his lap, hurriedly opened the door curtain, walked to Xu Qing, looked at her and said:

"Xiao Qing, I haven't seen you for more than a week. How is your food harvest going? Let me know."

Xu Qing took out the few cigarettes he had, handed one to Yan Bugui and said:

"Alright."

Yan Bugui took the cigarette and saw that Xu Qing looked tired and refused to say more to him, so he smiled and said:

"Well, Xiaoqing, go back to the house and rest quickly,"

Xu Qing nodded, pushed the bicycle and continued back towards the backyard.

Today is not the weekend.

There were not many people in the courtyard. When Xu Qing passed by the middle courtyard, he only saw Auntie and Jia Zhang.

In the backyard, Aunt Feng was sitting with the second aunt picking vegetables and chatting while looking after the two little ones playing in the yard.

Seeing Xu Qing coming back, he quickly got up and went into the house to pour tea and cook.

Xu Qing parked his bicycle at the door of the house, picked a few walnuts from the countryside, cracked them open, and let his daughter Qiaoxin and nephew Hongfu eat them. He sat in the yard and chatted with his second aunt for a while, then turned around and went into the house to lie down. I closed my eyes and fell asleep on the kang.

He was so sleepy that when he and Er Mazi returned to the city, they didn't even go to the grain station in Dongdan.

But Xu Qing also felt relieved. His sister Xiaoya and the others were watching over there, so they knew nothing would happen.

So, I went back home directly, planning to have a good rest today and go there for a walk tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)