Chapter 5: Prosperity and Decline
Zhang Haozi curled up in a ball, eating the meat in the casserole while crying bitterly. Snot and tears all flowed into the casserole.
Erhei leaned on the window and sniffed hard, he felt that the smell was simply incomparable, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, saliva dripping down.
Suddenly, a group of people broke into the door and dragged Zhang out with a drag. They knocked the casserole to the ground, and the meat and soup were scattered all over the floor.
Zhang Haozi howled, struggling, getting farther and farther away......
The crowd was out of sight, and Erhei came out from behind the window, walked through the door, and walked all the way to the casserole.
The steaming heat was still bubbling up, and the mist flew all the way up to the beams, forming a beautiful shape. Erhei leaned down, hesitated for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand......
It was at this time that footsteps were heard. He hurriedly hid in a haystack.
Through the cracks in the haystack, he saw that some of the people who had taken Zhang Hezi had come back, and they had picked up the pieces of meat that had been scattered on the ground, and brought them away along with the casserole that had been overturned.
There was only a wet trail on the ground.
A wave of loss welled up in Erhei's heart, and he sighed heavily and turned his head......
A bloody skull "looked" at him face to face. The skeleton's mouth and eye holes were interspersed with bunches of dead grass. Some of the flesh was sticking to the skull wetly, and it looked like it couldn't fall off. Hair less than three inches long stood on top like black straw.
Erhei was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he stepped back in fear, but his hand touched a wet stick, which was very hard and cold, and sticky to the touch. His heart paused and slowly turned back......
A piece of white Sensen's bones appeared in front of his eyes with blood stains.
Before Erhei could scream, he fainted again......
I fainted, I didn't know I was hungry, I didn't know I was afraid.
It was then that he had his first close contact with a dead man.
Erhei retracted his thoughts, he looked up, and saw the village chief walking over from the ridge of the field with a pu fan in the distance. Next to the village chief was Wu Laoshi, the captain of the production team.
The village chief was stunned for a moment when he saw Erhei, and then turned his head to Wu Laoshi and said: "Those trees on the back hillside must not be planted crookedly, not even an inch, how many pairs of eyes are staring at it, but don't smear our Yunzhong County Daqizi Village, you know?"
Wu Laoshi nodded and went away, and the village chief immediately turned his head and asked Erhei with a tiger face: "What time is this, why haven't you started work yet?!"
Erhei didn't speak, but stared at him with two eyes, and those eyes, eyeballs were about to pop out. Uncle Liu on the side hurriedly pulled Erhei's sleeve and said to the village chief: "He's going to go, where are you going, village chief?"
The village chief glanced at Uncle Liu and said, "I'm here to find you, there are not enough people in the canteen today, you go and help them." ”
Uncle Liu is not young anymore, he usually works in the fields, and when he heard the village chief say this, he hurriedly agreed, but he was stopped by Erhei: "Uncle Liu's foot is not well yet, I will go for him!"
After finishing speaking, he walked out, the village chief was stunned for a while, he turned his head to look at Uncle Liu, and sighed: "Old Liu, I see that you are usually ruthless and tough, but I didn't expect this foot to be so delicate." ”
After speaking, he glanced at his feet meaningfully several times, and then sighed: "Hey, you said that this kid Erhei is really good at picking up cheap!"
The big wall outside the canteen is painted with bold letters: Communism is heaven, and the people's commune is the bridge.
Erhei turned his head, and there was a sudden bang in his head, and a breath rushed up his chest.
Erhei was suddenly stunned for a moment, he shook his head and walked in.
As soon as he walked to the door of the cafeteria, he smelled a strong and unfamiliar fragrance. It was a complex smell mixed with the aroma of meat and rice, and Erhei hadn't smelled it for a long time. Erhei strode in, and at this time it was not yet a meal, and there were almost no people in the cafeteria except for a few people who were cooking on the fire. The village chief's youngest son, the dog, played in the dining hall, and from time to time he would go into the kitchen to steal some food, and everyone would turn a blind eye.
There was a big stone table in the kitchen, and there was a big dustpan on it, which was full of steamed buns, and next to it was a large steamer of rice, perhaps just out of the pot, and the rice was still steaming. Erhei had a dark face, didn't speak, and walked straight to the big dustpan with steamed buns, picked up a basin next to it and put it in.
Because the cadres had to hold a regular meeting at night, the arrival of Erhei did not attract everyone's attention at first, and they only thought that the village chief sent him to help. Although everyone looked at his behavior and expression a little weird, they didn't know what he was going to do, so everyone was still stunned until Erhei filled the basin with four or five steamed buns.
Erhei turned his head and saw the fat on the stove again, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed a large handful and put it in the basin. Only then did everyone react and gathered around him to ask him what he was going to do. Erhei still didn't speak with a black face, but he didn't stop in his hand, until he filled the basin and then let go of his hand.
At this time, those people finally thought of coming to stop them, but as soon as they approached, they were thrown away by Erhei's arm for four or five steps. So everyone copied the guys, and the fists were slammed. Pots, shovels, scoops, pots, fire-digging tongs, everything that is in the kitchen is on the battlefield.
The dog, who was having a good time, was frightened by the crowd's formation, and ran out crying and screaming.
To be honest, in fact, everyone doesn't want to embarrass Erhei, but this Erhei took things away under everyone's noses, or he was taken down, and then the above blamed him, and nothing else was said, in case this loss fell on everyone's heads, the world that was already short of food and rice, if it was stripped of rations, then everyone would not live?
Although Erhei didn't have his grandfather's experience and courage, he was not a fool, and when he saw this formation, he also knew that it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so he hugged the basin tightly and spread his feet and ran out.
But there was only one person, and there were quite a few people in the cafeteria, and he was blocked by everyone at the door before he ran out.
One of them said: "Erhei, everyone is from the township, you put down your things, we shouldn't have seen today's events." ”
Erhei sneered: "I don't want to embarrass everyone either, please get out of the way." ”
Everyone gradually surrounded him, only to hear someone shout in a panic: "Up!"
All the people rushed up and rushed towards Erhei.
"Whoever stands in my way—die!" a voice cried out in Erhei's heart. The voice grew louder and louder, as if it was ringing in his ears.