The Story of the Northeast Village

The Zhang family has four sons, one girl, the eldest is Zhang Deli, the second is Zhang Dezhi, the third is Zhang Decheng, the fourth is Zhang Decai, and the younger is Zhang Huizhi.The Zhang family has a large population and they are all of good age. Two people can work on the 20 mu of land allocated, and the others are idle and fine.The old man Zhang is always thinking about how to live a good life. The boss has passed his thirties and has no date yet. It is nothing more than people think his family is poor, and the other children have reached the age to talk about marriage. Going down is not an option.Alas, the head of the family is very worried.But light worry doesn't solve the problem, so let's think of some clever tricks.So he made a bold decision.

After midsummer, it's golden autumn. The fields are full of yellow rice, red sorghum, and full-grained corn... It's very gratifying.This is the crop that really belongs to them. Everyone goes to the field to watch every day, watching with their eyes, thinking about this year's harvest in their hearts.In the eyes of farmers, there is no better season than this, and in the hearts of Mr. Zhang and his family, there is no more gratifying season than this time.

As the autumn harvest unfolded, old man Zhang's plan also began to be implemented.Their goal is other people's fields, and they bring their own elite soldiers and generals to do the business of reaping if they don't plant them.Once, when they came back, they ran into the village patrol team. The patrol team consisted of three people, and the villagers took turns to take charge of it, changing every day.It was past eleven o'clock that night when the Zhang family's car came back. The car was full of horses and horses. The car was followed by the old man Zhang, the boss and the second child of the Zhang family. The boss and the second child had dark faces and burly bodies. , can act as a bodyguard without makeup, with a terrifying aura.As soon as they saw that their car was stopped, they rushed forward. The team leader of the patrol team smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't mind. We are doing a routine inspection. Let's go after looking." Mr. Zhang immediately pushed aside the things he wanted, and said, "Why, we need to check, what do you mean, we are breaking the law?" During the dispute, a smart young man in the patrol team jumped into the car and pulled the horse out of the car. The grass was pulled away, and it was found that it was full of corn cobs.Boss Zhang was in a hurry, grabbed his arm and pulled hard, the boy fell off the car, Zhang Lao Er came up with punches and kicks, the other two patrolmen hurriedly came up to fight, Zhang Boss I thought they were going to come up to fight, so they just stretched out their hands, and the three of them suffered a lot of punches and kicks.The old man Zhang was afraid of causing trouble when he saw it, so he hurriedly stopped his two sons, then looked at the three and said: "No one knows about this today, and I don't want people in the village to know. I will let the boss know at a suitable time in the future." Go to your house and make amends." After speaking, he greeted his two sons and left.

The old man Zhang took his son out early and returned late. After autumn, he really built a haystack and a barn full of grain.While the family was looking forward to and intoxicated with the bright future, a few strangers came from outside the gate of the Zhang family. They stood outside the gate and looked into the yard, as if they were looking for something.Old man Zhang opened the door and came out. He found these people, and something was wrong. He rushed into the room and called out his sons. He walked to the door, hesitated for a while, and asked, "Where are you from? What are you looking at here at my house?" One of the middle-aged people in their 40s said: "Uncle, we are from Lincun. We lost our bag of rice. We came out early this morning and followed the carriage marks in the field to find this place. We Suspect--"

"Suspicion? You mean that our family stole your bag of rice. I can tell you that you have no evidence, so don't frame it."

The middle-aged man saw that they were speaking arrogantly, and said unceremoniously:

"Then do you dare to let me see your car belt?"

"Why do you look at my car belt?"

"No reason, I just want to confirm, is it consistent with the car print on my land?"

"There are all the same car belts, so why do you say they belong to my family?"

"Just rely on the car marks along this road."

"Joke, there are car marks on the road, do you know where to go?"

"It's useless to say anything. Since I'm here today, I can't come in vain. I must see your car belt."

With that said, several people were about to open the door and enter the courtyard.

At this moment, Boss Zhang blocked the door with a wooden stick in his hand. The middle-aged man ignored him and pushed Boss Zhang. At that time, he beat the person to the ground, and Zhang Boss wanted to beat him, but he was stopped by Lao Zhang. He pointed at those people and said, "Don't come here to find trouble, and you don't ask, Lao Zhang." The family is not easy to bully. If you lose something and fall in love, you can find it wherever you want, and if you come to us to repay your debt, I will break your leg." The middle-aged man was helped away.Now the old Zhang family is proud in the village.But before he was overjoyed, someone from the police station came and said to the old man Zhang: "Someone sued you, saying that your house stole rice from someone else's house, and we were ordered to search. Please open the granary." Seeing that the situation was wrong, I hurriedly opened the granary.There was none in the warehouse. Based on experience, the people from the police station went into the garden again to check the firewood pile.Seeing that Boss Zhang was in a hurry and wanted to fool around again, old man Zhang hurriedly stopped him. At this time, more and more people gathered around, and the firewood pile was opened, and it was full of rice sticks for a long time.The people in the village chirped and commented: "No wonder his family's firewood pile is so big, it turns out to be gold ingots?" Go ahead and do it, I have to accumulate some virtue." There were all kinds of harsh words, and some even winked, curled their mouths and necks, and pointed fingers.I can't complain, they are all victims, so I can't take advantage of this time to vent my anger.well!Old man Zhang was really disappointed, he wished he could get in through a crack in the ground.Old man Zhang was taken away.The Zhang family was in chaos.

Boss Zhang thought that the middle-aged man in Lincun must have done this, so he picked up his clothes, turned around and left.After inquiring, I found out where the family lived. That night when I came to his house with two bottles of wine, Mr. Zhang looked around, jumped over the courtyard wall, and went straight to the door. There is no dog in this house, and the yard is special. Quiet, but neatly tidied up.Boss Zhang heard that there was no sound in the room, so he knocked on the door lightly a few times, only to hear a man's voice from inside the room: "Who is it?"

Boss Zhang said, "It's me."

"who are you?"

"Come on."

A middle-aged woman opened the door, and the man saw Boss Zhang, but he didn't recognize him, so he asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for your elder brother."

The woman thought he was her man's friend, so she let him into the house.

Boss Zhang entered the room, put the wine on the ground, looked up, and saw the middle-aged man lying on the kang in the room.When the man saw that it was him, he got up in a hurry, and it was obvious that it was very difficult to get up.Boss Zhang knew that one of his subordinates had been hit during the daytime, and beat him hard. "It's you? What are you doing here? Want to play tricks on my house?"

Mr. Zhang laughed and said, "My brother, my name is Zhang Deli, the eldest son of the Zhang family. I don't have any other intentions here today. I want to have a good chat with my elder brother. By the way, I don't know his last name yet." .”

"My name is Zhang Bao. What are you talking about?"

"Oh, your surname is also Zhang. We are still a family. Since this is the case, I won't make any mistakes. I am here to apologize to you today. I am wrong today. I shouldn't treat my elder brother like that. You just ignore the villains. , Forgive me this time, as long as you need my boss Zhang's place in the future, just tell me."

Just as Zhang Bao was about to speak, Boss Zhang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother, listen to me. My family stole your bag of rice, and I know it's unethical to do so, but then again, who wants to be a thief? This is also forced, big brother, how old do you think I am this year?"

Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment, looked carefully at Boss Zhang, looked at the thick beard on his face, the look in his eyes when he spoke, picked up the cigarette case in his hand, and while rolling the cigarette, he guessed: "Thirty?"

Boss Zhang smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, my younger brother is 34 years old this year. He is not married yet."

"No, why is that?"

"Why? My family has a lot of land, and I don't have any other crafts. Life is really hard, and no one introduces me. I don't get married again, and my younger siblings are all delayed. My father is going crazy. This This is the only way to do this. How about this, our family will send you the rice sticks in a car. I will pay your family another 200 yuan and buy you some medicine, you see?"

Zhang Bao thought: Boss Zhang's words can be regarded as sincere. Killing people is nothing more than nodding. It's better to settle enemies than tie them up. Besides, he really made him anxious. Maybe something will happen?Then he said: "Brother, you are a straightforward person, and what you said is meaningful enough. I will not pursue this matter. I will go to the police station tomorrow and ask them to release your father."

The next day, old man Zhang was released. He called his sons to him, with a cigarette in his mouth, his head bowed, and he didn't say anything for a long time. I don’t know what’s going on, but after a while, the old man Zhang let out a long breath and said: “It’s too embarrassing what happened, I’m old, and I don’t care about anything, but you are not young anymore, and you haven’t seen it yet. Marrying a daughter-in-law will have a bad influence, and I will have to live in this village in the future. In the future, I really need to be more careful. The boss has a bad temper, so he needs to change it. No, he will suffer sooner or later. "I came out so fast this time, is it the boss who made it?"

Boss Zhang smiled and said nothing.

The old man Zhang stumbled on this matter, and this stumble made him completely sober. Now it is not what it used to be, and he is really old. It was the children who had been there.He thought a lot, but there was only one thing he couldn't figure out: the current society is based on the law, and everyone can use the law to protect their rights and interests. This is no longer the world of barbarians.But who told him these truths?Even a person who "understands" like him doesn't understand, can his son understand?