80s Taoism

Seeing that Zhang Shicai was about to leave, Zhang Qianlong quickly chased after him, insisting on stuffing the plastic bag containing the money into Zhang Shicai's hand.

"Zhang Qianlong, if you didn't care about my life and run away in that year, even if you couldn't get a penny, I wouldn't blame you. Is it really interesting for you to act here hypocritically for so many years? Let me tell you, people are doing it, and the sky is watching! I just want to see, you are so wicked, what will happen to you! Get out of my way, don't get in my way here. By the way, I forgot to tell you, I also went to Guang~dong to work for a year, you guys I already knew what the couple were doing. Do you know why I didn't come to see you?" Zhang Shicai looked at Zhang Qianlong coldly.

"Why?" Zhang Qianlong asked in a daze.

"Because I feel disgusted seeing the faces of you two!" Zhang Shicai turned around and left after speaking, leaving behind Zhang Qianlong with a dazed expression.

Suddenly Zhang Qianlong's hands were empty, and the bag of money in his hand was taken away by someone. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Jiaohua smilingly taking his bag of money in his hand.

"Oh, let me take a look. They built a house for your family and broke one eye. Your family has been hiding for so many years. How much money are you going to pay for the other's eyes? Ten, twenty, thirty... Oh, a total of 1,532.76 cents. Your family's eyes are so cheap? You only need to pay more than 1,000 for each eye? Then I will buy you an eye for more than 1,000, okay?" Zhang Jiaohua threw the money one by one on the ground.

"Whose family are you from? Are you educated?" Zhang Qianlong didn't recognize Zhang Jiaohua all of a sudden.

"He's a beggar! Dad, he's a beggar!" Zhang Jiujin's eyes were sharp.

"The beggar is Youping's cub. Oh, I haven't seen you for a few years, and the beggar has grown so tall." When Zhang Qianlong heard that Jiujin said it was a beggar, Zhang Qianlong, who was originally angry, suddenly had a smile on his face.

"Don't be so affectionate, let me ask you now, can I give you more than a thousand yuan for one eye?" Zhang Jiaohua didn't look good towards Zhang Qianlong.

"Kids don't meddle in adults' matters. There are some things you kids don't understand." Zhang Qianlong frowned.

"Zhang Qianlong, you are a beast. You still have the face to come back!" Zhang Qigao wished he could rush over and hit someone directly, but Xie Chun'e stopped him.

"Brother Shicai didn't do anything, so what's the matter with you taking the lead? This kind of person will end well sooner or later. Why should we get into trouble for this kind of person? Now that life is better, I don't want to give you prison food." Xie Chun'e was worried that Zhang Qigao hurt Zhang Qianlong by mistake and caused unnecessary trouble. Most importantly, Zhang Shicai himself said nothing. In this case, Zhang Qigao is naturally not good at what to do.

The people in the village were all too angry. If Zhang Shicai yelled and scolded, everyone would naturally not stand by and watch, but now Zhang Shicai and his wife went back directly. The people in the village are not easy to make a move. Zhang Qianlong himself is also from the village, and he is also an acquaintance, so how could they take action against Zhang Qianlong.

"Hey, I asked you a question, but you haven't answered yet! Can I exchange the same amount of money for one of your eyes?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"Biaohua, no matter what I say, I'm on the same level as your father Zhang Youping. You have to call me uncle, you know? It's impolite for children to make fun of adults. Others will say that Zhang Youping's cub has no tutor. Come, uncle, there are candies here, you and Jiujin go play together." Zhang Qianlong grabbed a handful of paper-wrapped candies from his bag and prepared to hand them to Zhang Jiaohua.

"Who likes your candies?" Zhang Jiaohua turned around and left.

"Hmph!" The mute also glared at Zhang Qianlong, and quickly followed Zhang Jiaohua away.

"Uncle Dechun, come to smoke. Uncle Jiwang, Uncle Manyin, everyone is here to smoke." Zhang Qianlong took out cigarettes from his bag and was about to give them to the villagers, but the villagers showed disgusted expressions and walked away one by one.

"What expressions do these people have? Don't eat my candy, don't smoke my cigarettes, I'll save it." Zhang Qianlong couldn't help muttering.

When Zhang Qianlong and his wife brought Zhang Jiujin back to their old house, they were completely dumbfounded. The house was dilapidated before, and it hadn’t been lived in for a few years. In addition, the tiles were used by the village children to practice throwing stones. In addition, there were cats running on the roof. The tiles on the roof were rotten. In addition, during the snow disaster that year, many citron trees were crushed. As soon as Zhang Qianlong opened the door, tiles on the roof fell like snow.

"Your parents are also two dead people. The house is leaking like this. Don't you know how to call someone to pick up the tiles?" Li Yuju complained.

"If you are capable, go to the village and ask someone to try! Not to mention the Meizitang, the whole Meiziao, no one will come to pick up the roof tiles for your house. People say that this is God's punishment for you two. If they come to pick up the roof tiles for your house, it will be like preventing disaster for you." Cheng Yuexiang, Zhang Qianlong's wife, came out of nowhere.

"Then you can't watch the house rot like this? How can people live in this?" Li Yuju said very annoyed.

"How do we know that you will come back? You have been away for so many years, and I haven't seen a single letter from you. I will pretend that I don't have this cub." Zhang Niugen, Zhang Qianlong's father, is still smoking the shredded dry tobacco rolled in waste paper. This thing is very choking, and when it is lit, it is like burning plant ash. After taking two puffs, Zhang Niugen choked badly.

"Don't smoke that, I'll take this pack of cigarettes for you to smoke." Zhang Qianlong took out the cigarettes that had just been unpacked in the bag and threw them to Zhang Niugen.

"Oh, I can't live here. Go to our side and make a living." Zhang Niugen didn't pick up Zhang Qianlong's cigarette, turned around and left.

Not long after Zhang Qianlong got married, the family was separated because the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could not live in the same house. Zhang Qianlong and his wife occupied the main house, and Zhang Niugen and his wife had nowhere to go, so they built a low house with adobe bricks next to the cattle pen at home. Originally, it was hoped that Zhang Qianlong could move into the old house after he built a new house. Who knows that something went wrong when building a new house.

Li Yuju quit, "I want to go to you, I won't live in the cowshed!"

"It's better not to go. Others raise a cub to guard against old age. I raise a cub and let me live in the cowshed. In the current situation, I'm afraid I can't even live in the cowpen." Cheng Yuexiang was not satisfied with this daughter-in-law at all, and felt that the reason why Zhang Qianlong became like this was entirely because of this daughter-in-law's bewitching.

"Isn't it true that you don't have that good fortune? If you couldn't shoot squibs back then, wouldn't you still be able to live in an old house? We've been away for so many years, and you don't know how to live in an old house? If you lived in an old house, why would you be rotten like that now?" Li Yuju directly started to fight with her mother-in-law.

Zhang Niu was on fire from the very beginning, and was instantly ignited by these two women, "Shut up, both of you!"

It's scary for an honest person to get angry, but he finally calmed down.

The earth-brick house where Zhang Niugen and his wife lived was built in the way of the cowshed. It was very short, that is, a room with a total area of ​​about ten square meters. A bed was built with bricks and planks, and a fire pit was surrounded by bricks. There was not even a stove, and an iron frame was directly built in the middle. Used for cooking. In this case, there is no need to pay attention to hygiene. The house, including the bed, was pitch black.

Zhang Qianlong looked a little sour, but it was just that moment. Li Yuju stood at the door and refused to go in.

"Zhang Qianlong, if you want to live here, I won't stop you, but Jiujin and I are going back to Shayang Village. You said that you put up such a big stance because you don't have a spectacle. Is it necessary? Let's go to the provincial capital to find a shop to do some business and live a comfortable life. Do we have to come back and humbly?" Li Yuju was very dissatisfied with Zhang Qianlong's plan.

"You have long hair but short knowledge! With your knowledge, you can only go to the vegetable market to be a small vegetable vendor. You also grew up in Meizitang. Zhang Youping is now the big boss, but I have become a lost dog. Do you know why?" Zhang Qianlong asked.

"What's the reason?" Li Yuju asked curiously.

"What Zhang Youping does, his mother-in-law can't give a shit. I want to do something, but I hear you talking nonsense! Back in Guangdong, I said to find a shop to expand the business, but you said it was too risky to open a shop, and the cost of being a peddler was low and there was no pressure. But I listened to you, and I didn't seize such a good opportunity. We went to Guangdong to sell things at the same time, and others became big bosses, and we were still peddlers." Zhang Qianlong blamed everything on his wife.

"Okay, all of this is my fault. If it wasn't for me, you would still be doing odd jobs at the construction site." Li Yuju said dissatisfied.

The couple argued for a long time, but Zhang Niugen and his wife realized something.

"The main purpose of the two of you coming back is not to compensate Shicai?" Cheng Yuexiang asked.

"Of course..." Li Yuju just opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Zhang Qianlong, "Of course it is to come back to compensate Shicai. Besides, we are going to build a house. You are so old, how can you live in the cowshed all the time?"

Zhang Niugen glanced at Zhang Qianlong, "Knowing a son is like a father. Don't think that I don't know what your plans are. I advise you to put away all your thoughts. Since the world doesn't want your compensation, it doesn't plan to do anything to you. You just come back to live your life in a down-to-earth way. Whether you build a house or do other business, it's fine! But don't make any foolish plans, or you will regret it."

"Father, what are you thinking about? I just want to come back and build a house. Why do you think so much?" Zhang Qianlong pretended to be aggrieved.

"Build a house! Humph, you build it yourself?" Zhang Niugen shook his head helplessly.

"Of course I hired someone to build it. As long as you have money, what can't be done?" Li Yuju snorted coldly.