1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 34 Old Lady

 In this era, for rural areas without mobile phones or TV, National Day does not change much.

 Everyone should still do what they should do.

 At most, the production brigade repainted all the slogans painted on the walls and stones of Dandan Island.

Li Duoyu, who always wanted to do something during the National Day, wandered around the village aimlessly. There were still people going out to sea at the pier, but not many.

Several elderly men and women were selling scraps, that is, trash fish, in baskets there for only two cents a pound.

 After hearing this price.

Li Duoyu was stunned for a while. He found that he felt familiar yet unfamiliar with the unit "fen".

What is familiar is that from time to time the nursery rhyme "I picked up a penny on the side of the road" would pop up from the shaking machine used by children in shopping malls in later generations.

What is strange is that since he returned from the island country, he has never seen this kind of aluminum-magnesium alloy coin with two wheat ears printed on it in the market.

Now that I think about it carefully, I realize that in this day and age, two cents can still buy a lot of things.

 For example, a box of matches.

 Half a fried dough stick or half a steamed bun.

Two colored sugar **** or orange candies, and three cents, you can buy a popsicle.

 Two restaurants opened near the pier, selling Rongcheng beer, but the most popular items were the game the boss bought from the mountains at huge prices.

Porcupine, pangolin, deer meat, and occasionally dog ​​meat.

People in the mountains want to eat seafood.

 The people at the seaside also want to eat delicacies from the mountains.

Li Duoyu was walking in the village.

Unexpectedly, I came near the third uncle's house. At this time, the third uncle was relatively wealthy in the village. Not only did the courtyard have walls and iron gates, but he also built a two-story brick house.

When Li Duoyu came to their home, he found that the iron door of their home was locked and a martial arts scene was being staged.

Third uncle Li Zhengfa, holding a pole in his hand, chased and beat his cousin Li Yujun, who had just turned 20, in the yard.

The third aunt on the other hand tried to dissuade him: "If you want to beat him, just use a stick, not a pole. If you continue to beat him like this, you will really kill him."

 “Get away from me, or I’ll beat you too.”

Li Yujun was running upstairs and downstairs, saying as he ran:

"I just lost more than a thousand to you. Our ship is big, so I can make back the money by taking the goods. Besides, I also helped with the goods, so the more than a thousand can be counted as my head office."

Hearing this, Li Duoyu finally knew the reason why his cousin was repaired.

In recent years, some fishermen on Dandan Island have made a lot of money by selling goods. Many fishermen have stopped working and wait for news about the big ship every day.

 When the big ship didn't come, they got together to play cards, mahjong, and fried gold flowers, and they were quite big at it.

As for people like Li Yujun, to that group of gamblers, they are top-notch meat and potatoes.

When this group of boys see him on the island, they will usually hand him cigarettes first, one puff at a time, and when they praise him enough, they will drag him to play with the bigger ones.

 I remember that this was not the first time that Li Yujun lost so much money, and it seemed that he had never gotten over his gambling problem.

Even after arriving in the beautiful country, he still hangs out with a bunch of gamblers. Once he makes money, he can’t help but put it in other people’s pockets.

Seeing that Li Yujun dared to talk back, the third uncle exploded on the spot, chasing and cursing:

"We've already held a meeting, and you're still thinking about selling goods. It's because you're living a good life, and you want to go to prison. Look at how many fish there are in the second uncle's family. They're much better behaved than the Gu family now. They've earned a lot of money. All the money is invested in kelp.”

“If he doesn’t make money, he is stupid. You still ask me to imitate him. By the time all the kelp is eaten, you will know who is smart.”

“Even if all the kelp dies, it’s still better than gambling.”

Li Duoyu outside the wall twitched his mouth, finally realizing the helplessness of "other people's children". It's no wonder that top students are lonely, because they always make enemies in various ways for no reason.

The wall of the third uncle's house is not high. Li Yujun can run away if he wants to. The reason why he doesn't run is simple. He wants the key to the ship. "Dad, if you really don't want to take the goods, give me the key to the ship. In two days, I will take the goods with Agui and the others. When we make enough money, I will move to the town."

Hearing that he not only wanted the keys to the boat, but also wanted to move out after making money, the third uncle was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out, and he raised the pole high:

“I’m going to beat you coffin Jianzi to death today. I don’t know whose seed it was, how could you give birth to such a beautiful girl?”

Seeing that Li Zhengfa was really about to fight, the third aunt was also frightened and said quickly: "It's not your own seed."

At this moment, an old lady wearing a blue cloth from the late Qing Dynasty, a black forehead wipe, and bound feet walked out of the hall on crutches.

When Li Yujun saw the old lady, he felt like he had seen a savior. He rushed behind her and said, "Grandma, your son will beat your precious grandson."

The old lady turned around and slapped him on the head gently: "You are not a good person either. You have lost so much money in gambling and you deserve to be beaten."

After finishing speaking, the old lady glared at the third uncle: "Why are you lifting the pole so high? You want to hit me too, right?"

When the third uncle saw his mother coming out on crutches, he sighed and put down the cane. He felt that this child was spoiled by his grandma.

“Mom, Yujun is so old, why do you still protect him like this? How do you expect me to teach my children?”

The old lady replied:

"You were worse than Yujun before, and I didn't beat you. If you have something to say, you must speak it carefully, and don't just pick up a pole."

“That’s right.” Li Yujun kept echoing.

Seeing that he was being protected, Li Zheng became even more arrogant. His chest heaved with anger, and he couldn't help but pick up the pole he had just put down.

When the third aunt saw that the smell of gunpowder was coming again, she quickly came over and pinched Li Yujun's ears:

“Are you too brave recently? Why do you dare to contradict your father? Don’t think about the key yet. Go and calm down for a few days.”

 Under the protection of two women.

 Li Yujun escaped.

But after opening the iron door and seeing Li Duoyu standing outside the door, Li Yujun was startled and left without saying hello.

 Li Yujun used to really admire this cousin and often followed him, but now he doesn't know how to talk to him.

Third uncle Li Zhengfa’s bitter face cleared up a little after seeing Duoyu:

“Duoyu, when did you come here? I want you to see a joke again. Hurry up and sit down. I happen to have something to ask you.”

After seeing Duoyu, the old lady did not appear very happy. Instead, she turned around and went back to her hut without saying anything.

 As for her reaction, Li Duoyu did not show much surprise. On the contrary, he thought it was normal.

 Because some unpleasant things happened between grandma and their family.

 Later, Li Duoyu went to find out more about it.

 In the early years, Xiasha Village and Chenjia Village often had "social struggles", that is, armed fights between the two villages, because of the land and sea boundaries.

At that time, Li Duoyu had a very young fifth uncle. Because he was too energetic, he rushed to the front when others encouraged him, and he was directly beaten to death.

Li Duoyu’s mother, Chen Huiying, was from Chenjiacun. At that time, their marriage was not blessed, but was blocked by many people.

The biggest resistance was the old lady with bound feet. When Lao Li decided to be with Chen Huiying.

The old lady broke off the relationship between mother and son on the spot, and never said a word after that.

 And all the family assets, including Yuan Datou and a few pieces of "little yellow croaker" she secretly hid, were given to her uncle and third uncle. This was also the fundamental reason why third uncle was able to get rich so quickly in the early days of selling goods.

As for why his grandma has so much money, Li Duoyu doesn't know. It may have something to do with his grandpa who left early. He heard that he used to run a business association in Rongcheng.

Later, when they attacked the landlords, they escaped by boat.

During the new book recommendation period, please read it.

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 (End of this chapter)