The Big Landlord

Sanhetu Dam is the largest dam in Quanxiushuiwan. It existed as early as the era of large collectives. It has been repaired for decades. It is usually a place for children in the village to play. During the busy season, everyone uses it to dry the harvested grain. , In the early years, movies went to the countryside. This was also the venue for screenings. The team held meetings and discussed everything together.

There were already many people gathered in the courtyard. They were smiling and greeting each other and conveying New Year's greetings to each other. To Wang Ben's relief, they all wore the uniformly made Tang suits, and were chatting with their clothes. Qikou praised the policy now, and gave everyone New Year's clothes.

Wang Ben didn't say anything. The original intention of making clothes was to make the villagers reminisce about the joy of wearing Chinese New Year clothes. As long as everyone was happy, he would be satisfied.

Under the arrangement of the captain Liu Changsheng, several villagers who lived nearby brought benches from their homes and arranged them back one by one from low to high in the dam, forming a ladder shape, which was specially used for group photos. .

The master of the photo studio came as promised, and after some fiddling, he set up a camera, and the villagers also came one after another. After Liu Changsheng took the household as a unit to count one by one, he announced the rules for today's photography, "Now everyone go. Find a good place, the children will squat in the front, stand tall and stand behind, we will take a group photo of the whole team, and then each family will take turns to take a family photo."

This is a plan that he and Wang Ben negotiated in advance. He is naturally willing to toss this kind of cheap and pleasing thing; it doesn't cost much, even if he washes a few more sheets for each house, it will not be less than 1,000. Of course, Wang Ben is also willing to spend a small amount of money to make everyone happy.

More than 200 people took a group photo, which is indeed a bit too much. The scene is really spectacular. It took 20 minutes to arrange for everyone to stand in the order of height and low, and all of them could show their heads.

"Come on, look here and smile!"

The photographer greeted him and stared at the camera intently, but apart from the bright smiles of the children in the front row, most of the adults in the back didn't smile.

Wang Ben rolled his eyes, walked up and whispered a few words to the master, and returned to the queue with a proud face.

"One, two, three, eggplant!"

The cameraman greeted him again. Everyone opened their eyes and looked at the camera intently. After a while, the master scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "Oh, I forgot to put the film!"

"Ha ha!"

The crowd burst into laughter, and all the villagers in Quan Xiushui Bay showed their smiling faces. At this moment, the camera captured this rare scene in time.

Maybe many years later, until the children here are old, everyone will still remember that on the first day of the new year in 1994, the whole team once gathered here to laugh together.

"Oh, master, I blinked my eyes just now, and another one," a young man said loudly.

"I put pig food on the pigs in the morning and take another photo," suggested a middle-aged woman.

...

Under the unanimous request of everyone, and also for the sake of safety, the photographer took a total of seven or eight pictures, until everyone's face was almost frozen with laughter, and finally the group photo of the whole team was finished.

"Everyone don't get busy first!"

Captain Liu Changsheng hurried to the front of the team, cleared his throat and said loudly, "Tell me something, in fact, today's arrangement is not a government subsidy, but..."

Oops, Wang Ben secretly screamed badly, and hurriedly waved to Liu Changsheng,

Signal him not to say it.

Liu Changsheng looked at Wang Ben, hehe smiled and ignored it, and continued: "These are all the ideas of the book, the clothes are made by him, the photography is also contacted by him, and all the money is paid by him alone. It is for everyone to have a lively and happy year."

"Wow!"

There was an exclamation from the crowd, and their eyes turned to Wang Ben, which was even more surprising than when he bought a video recorder or a motorcycle.

Before that, Wang Ben's blatantly spending money had made the villagers curious, and some people had inquired about it by accident, but Wang Ben didn't say anything, so it was nothing, and everyone didn't pay much attention to him. Maybe where did you make money before, after all, I haven't seen each other for two years, and I don't know what happened in the middle.

But this time is different. Not everyone can spend thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, let alone spend it on everyone casually. Either out of gratitude or out of doubt, they all want to come up to inquire. , While taking turns taking family photos from house to house, a group of people gathered around Wang Ben.

"Benzi, where did you make your fortune?" a young woman asked enviously.

"Your shed is so profitable, you have time to teach us," a middle-aged man asked politely with a smile on his face.

"Well..." Wang Ben looked embarrassed, and he hesitated and didn't know how to answer. He said that he didn't reveal his wealth, but he was better. He had everything at home, bought what was expensive, and openly made clothes for everyone, asking everyone to take pictures. , How to end this, the greenhouse will definitely become the object of onlookers in the future, how dare to use the nourishment of space.

"Benzi met a beautiful and rich girl in the city!"

A thick voice sounded beside him, and Zhan Wu said half-seriously and half-jokingly, which once again caused discussions among the villagers, and everyone had different opinions.

"The book is amazing, bring it back for everyone to take a look at," an aunt asked with concern.

"Is that so, you've been married for a long time, please have a wedding wine?" A young man joined in the fun.

The mystery was solved, and the crowd quickly dispersed. Finally, no one surrounded Wang Ben anymore, and they all paid attention to taking pictures.

"How about it, let me make it up for you, and call the rich woman a girl," Zhan Wu raised his brows and said proudly.

Wang Ben really wanted to say a few words of thanks, but he couldn't get out of his mouth at all. This reason is actually good, and how can I explain it later.

"Hmph! No wonder..." Wu Yulan took the lead in launching the attack, pouting her mouth so high that this little widow must be referring to the matter of sleeping on her bed.

"Okay, you eat in the bowl and look in the pot!" Zi Jian leaned over and smirked, looking like he was winning.

Wang Ben glared at Zijian angrily, his eyes unconsciously found Feicui, the girl looked at him suspiciously, without even a smile.

Making a woolen thread, Wang Ben's face turned into a bitter gourd. Now it's a big game. The villagers wear new clothes for the New Year and take pictures. Everyone is happy and happy. He has become a frustrated person. A fool's errand.

"Little Linglong, let's take a picture!"

Righteously greeted him with awe, and led Linglong towards the photographer. Humph, it doesn't matter, it's one step to pass first. In contrast, the secret of Linglong's ring space is more important. There is a way.