Chapter 13 A Visit to the Village Chief

In the past, she also persuaded like this, and even refused to go on a hunger strike, but they were even more ruthless, she didn't eat, and they didn't eat, she really couldn't let them keep busy on an empty stomach before she made a concession. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Before, the family had a bunch of foreign debts, and the daily medicine money was constant, and the food on her full stomach was cheap coarse grains and sweet potatoes, she understood their insistence, so she didn't force them again. I can only give them some of her food, but her food is small, and no matter how much the eldest sister makes for her alone, she will not get a big bowl, except for the amount she must eat, how much can she share with them! But that's it, they always say, follow her every day to eat meat!

Seeing that Yue'er was really angry, Zhang Jiahang hurriedly agreed: "Yue'er, let's eat." Do as you say, and then you will keep our meat and give it to your eldest sister, and we will keep it tall and strong. He still remembers the events of the last time, and he doesn't want Yue'er's hard-earned body to starve again. Several younger siblings in the family really need to make up for it. It's tiring to follow him up and down the mountain every day, even if he himself can't stand it.

"Come, Yue'er, eat this black fungus, it tastes good. The second brother still fought for your light! You see, I've had a meal today. ”

"Hmm. If I had known I could eat this thing, I would have picked it up and eaten it. After scavenging, we will go to the mountains to pick it, and then dry it and keep it for the winter. Zhang Jiaze also sandwiched a piece of black fungus to her.

Zhang Yueyao added: "We also picked the mother-in-law today, and fried it for you to eat tomorrow." Yue'er said that this is still a herb! I'll take some to dry, and then I'll ask my eldest brother to go to the town infirmary and ask if he can exchange money. ”

Zhang Jiahang saw that Yue'er was satisfied and hurried to eat, and he had to go to the village chief's house later. Mother-in-law Ding nodded in response, he also wanted to take the black fungus to the town for trial sale, and bring it with him when he went to the town.

Jiaxuan said that Steward Wu had already agreed to the matter of scavenging, so he would get up early tomorrow and go to the field. Yue'er is staying at home, and the ground is a little sunny, which is not suitable for you to stay. After eating, the eldest brother took the third brother to the village chief's house with the silver. Because there are no adults in the family, if I go out at night, I will leave the second or third brother behind. As for the eldest brother's arrangement for her, let's talk about it tomorrow.

The village chief of Zhangjiazhuang and Zhang Ziyang belong to the same branch, and the old village chief is the cousin of Zhang Erye, named Zhang Dezhong, who is 73 years old and has a high life. Uncle Zhang is usually in good health, not dizzy or dizzy, a very kind old man, and has been living with the current village head, that is, his son Zhang Jinxing.

Zhang Jinxing, the village head, married his wife Lin Liniang and had two sons, namely Zhang Changfu and Zhang Changgui, both of whom have already started a family. Among them, the eldest Zhang Changfu married his wife Li Cailian and had two sons, Zhang Xu was 12 years old and Zhang Yang was 10 years old; The second eldest Zhang Changgui married his wife Xu Fang and had a son, Zhang Wei was 9 years old. The eldest Zhang Changfu followed the village chief to farm at home and deal with the affairs of the village, so it was natural that he would take over as the next generation of village heads, while the second Zhang Changgui opened a grocery store in the town to make a living. Several of the children in the family are studying in the clan school.

The ethnology and ancestral hall of Zhangjiazhuang are the foundation of the Zhang family! They occupy one-third of the entire Zhangjiazhuang, and are located alone in the open space of the highlands, and they are all made of stones, solid and magnificent. It is worth mentioning that the periphery of the ancestral hall is enclosed by a stone wall five meters high and one meter wide, and the village will be renovated spontaneously and consciously every year. The ancestral hall is not open to the public, and only when a major event occurs, the head of the family surnamed Zhang can enter it.

The children in the village will definitely win the top prize or something in the future, but I just hope that the children will learn to read and count, and have a good source when they grow up, and it will be easier to find a job. It is precisely because of this that the living conditions in Zhangjiazhuang are still relatively good for the surrounding villagers.

Now the master's surname is Xu, an old Xiucai in his fifties, who has failed the exam for many years, so he gave up the reference and became a teacher in the town. Xu Fuzi's wife died of illness in his early years, leaving only one daughter, and later married to other places, leaving no son and half a daughter, and died depressed. Seven years ago, he was invited by the old village chief to teach in the Hui Nationality School, and in addition to distributing monthly money and food, he also promised to take care of Xu Xiucai's pension and afterlife. Mr. Xu was grateful to the old village chief for his dedication to arranging and teaching. As long as the four-year-old baby in the school can go to school, the family surnamed Zhang will be given 300 wen per month, and the foreign family will be given 500 wen per month.

Zhang Jiahang and Zhang Jiaxuan, two brothers, took advantage of the moonlight to carry a pheasant to the village chief's house. Lin opened the door, "Jiahang and Jiaze are here, hurry in, have you eaten?" ”

"I've eaten, uncle, let's come to find the village uncle, this pheasant was caught on the mountain this afternoon, and I made soup for my grandfather." As soon as Zhang Jiahang entered the courtyard gate, he immediately asked Jiaze to stuff the pheasant in his hand into her hand.

The two brothers should have come to the old man for something. Alas, these children are also pitiful, so help if you can! Lin thought to himself.

"No, you kid, you finally grabbed a pheasant and kept it for yourself, Yue'er's illness is just better, and you have to eat something to make up for it. Our old man is not short of this stuttering. Wait a minute, take it back, your village uncle and grandfather are sitting in the hall, let's go in." Lin refused. Zhang Jinxing is the village head, because he is of the same generation as Zhang Ziyang, and the relationship between the two families is good, so Zhang Jiahang calls him the village chief outside, and they call him the village chief uncle at home.

"Don't worry, Yue'er keeps one, usually thanks to the help of grandpa and you, the family is smooth. Last time Yue'er was sick, you also asked Cailian's sister-in-law to bring a lot of eggs! If you don't accept it, we won't dare to enter your house next time. After Zhang Jiahang finished speaking, he saw that she didn't accept it, so he stood in the courtyard with Jiaze and didn't enter the house.

Lin couldn't refuse, so she had to accept the chickens, lead them to the hall, and told the old man and the master what happened just now, and when she saw that they all nodded in response, she was relieved to take the chicken and walked away.

"Jiahang, Jiaze, what's the matter at such a late hour? Why don't you bring something? This time the chickens will be collected, don't do this next time, otherwise your grandfather will be embarrassed to see the Erkui brothers underground. Uncle Zhang let the two brothers sit down and said sadly.

Uncle Zhang has always been worried about the fact that Zhang Erye left the old house to Zhang Ziyang well, so that he was even more upset when he broke off his relatives later, so he always told the current village chief and the village chief's daughter-in-law to help their brothers and sisters as much as possible, and also had the intention of making up for it.

Because of the maintenance of the village chief's family, their family is orphaned and widowed, and even after they become real orphans, although there are no adults in the family to stand up for the door, outsiders will not easily bully them. On the one hand, it is because Zhang Dezhong is the old village head, the highest senior, and the head of the family. Zhang Jinxing's reputation was also high after he became the village head; The second is what Zhang Jiahang said before, most of the people in the village are loyal and simple, and after Zhang Ziyang and his wife went, they also secretly took care of them with the thoughts of the old village chief.