Chapter 31: Hard Money

I hid the handkerchief with the money in the pocket of my underwear, and then slept with the man beside my aunt, and when I thought of the men, I was never at ease, and put the sickle of cutting rice in front of the pillow, and I thought to myself that if anyone dared to come, I would cut him.

Sister-in-law Bai shouted at the door at this time: "Is there anything you want to settle today?" If not, I'm leaving! ”

She doesn't sleep here, she just comes here to cook two meals a day. Hearing her shout, several of the men who had already fallen asleep ran out quickly.

Aunt Fang told me that they were all gluttonous and in a hurry to get money to eat.

"About a mile west from here, there is a small shop, which buys a lot of food, bad meat, roast chicken, salted duck eggs, that kind of small cake, and home-brewed bulk liquor, they took the money, and they will go out at noon tomorrow, these bastards, you can spend eight yuan if you earn ten yuan, and you won't bring a few dollars back."

I asked, "Sister-in-law Bai calculated the money for them, aren't you afraid that they will run away directly?" ”

"No, if the money is counted that day, the white sister-in-law will press a small half of her there, if they really leave, she is still suitable."

"I see."

"Sleep, don't worry about these guys."

I also closed my eyes, my whole body was sore, people were so tired that they were about to fall apart, and they were so sleepy that they couldn't sleep, and what I was thinking about was how to increase the speed of cutting rice, otherwise I really couldn't finish it. There was a lot of snoring on the man's side, and the woman was also falling asleep, and I was starting to get a little confused.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard a thud, and then a woman screamed.

Everyone was startled and sat up.

I only heard a middle-aged woman on the side shouting loudly: "Is that Wang Ba calf daring to touch my buttocks?" Come out for me! The old lady scratched his arm hard just now, don't think about running! ”

She turned on the light and pointed at the men and screamed.

A few men were sleeping with Zhengxiang, and they were quarreled with by her, and they were all angry in their hearts, and they were scolding in their mouths.

Someone yawned; "You don't let people sleep in the middle of the night? Didn't I say you, Wangcai daughter-in-law, you look so stumbling, don't give it to us for nothing, who hasn't touched you? ”

The men all laughed, and they all said he was right.

Wangcai's daughter-in-law was furious, she actually looked good, but she was a little dark, and her face was a little bigger, and when she heard his words, she jumped over and pointed at his nose and scolded.

"Little bunny, I don't know what you are? You almost bullied Chun Tao last year, and she didn't dare to come over to cut rice this year! You quickly stretch out your arm, I want to see if it's you! ”

Of course, this person didn't show him, and he was pressed the shoulder by Wangcai's daughter-in-law, and he looked at it by the moonlight for a long time, but he didn't find any traces of scratching, it wasn't him.

Wangcai's daughter-in-law pushed him aside, and then looked at Sun Laosi's arm next to him, but there was none.

Sun Laosi said: "I've been asleep, I haven't moved you!" Besides, I really don't like you. ”

Someone whispered, "I know who you have a crush on, why don't you touch it?" ”

"Isn't that too late? It's been a night. Liu Laosi said with a smile.

The crowd laughed, and the women looked at me with sympathetic expressions. I was trembling with anger, but I didn't specify my surname, so I couldn't rush over, so I really had to hold back my anger.

Aunt Fang said: "Ignore him!" This bastard didn't dare to come, just a little cheap. ”

Wangcai's daughter-in-law looked around, but she couldn't find who touched her buttocks, and was persuaded by the big guy to go back to sleep.

She fell there with an angry curse in her mouth.

I also almost didn't sleep all night, and I was very nervous, what if Sun Laosi really came over?

It's true that ordinary girls won't come to such an environment.

Fortunately, there was nothing to do overnight, and the next morning, when I was sleeping soundly, I was directly pulled up by Aunt Fang.

"Get up, it's time to get to work." I agreed to sit up, and saw that the big guys were almost gone, and it was still dark outside, and it was probably not even four o'clock.

"Why are you so early?" I asked.

"It's too hot at noon, and the work can't be done at all, so I'll eat for a while, so that I can take a little rest at noon, let's go."

I stood up and went out with Aunt Fang, and I felt that there was hardly a place in my body that didn't hurt. Still reluctantly persevered, washed up with her, and then went straight into the field.

I was cutting the rice while paying attention to the other people's methods, and gradually the speed increased, and the bundles of rice were placed on the flat ground in front of me, and I felt a sense of accomplishment.

The driver shouted outside the hut: "Almost! Have breakfast, right? ”

I breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from my head, and my waist couldn't straighten up.

The big guy entered the grass shed, and found that today's rice was worse than last night's, and in the cauldron was a pot of bud rice porridge, mixed with some corn tortillas, and a big pot was boiled out, and the color turned out to be black, and it was estimated that the pot was not brushed, and it was done indiscriminately, and the other pot was fried cabbage slices, and the black and black cabbage gangs were almost thrown into it whole, and some places were not cleaned, and a little chili pepper was put in it, which really made people lose their appetite.

Someone was angry and scolded at the time: "Is this for people to eat?" Pig food is better than this. No way! What's the matter with sister-in-law Bai, you want to kill us? ”

Last night, the driver hurriedly walked over with a smiling face: "Don't be angry, sister-in-law Bai only came in the afternoon if she has something to do, I made this meal, and you won't do anything." You're going to do it first, aren't you? The next meal will be white rice. ”

Seeing that everyone was not moving, Aunt Fang first took a big bowl and served a bowl, added a little food and squatted at the door to eat, and several other women followed suit, but the eating speed was very slow, it was really unpalatable.

The men discussed for a while and decided to go out to dinner, about four or five out of ten men were willing to go, and some were reluctant to save money.

Sun Laosi spat on the ground: "People see you as donkeys, so you really go into the donkey!" Can you eat this meal? I don't care about you anymore, let's go, let's drink! He walked out with a few people.

At this time, a couple of people quarreled because of this matter, and the man said: "Lao Tzu does such a tiring job, if you keep eating such food, it is estimated that you will die in three days, give me money, and I will eat meat with them!" ”

The woman said, "Are you holding on, it's only the second day, what if you have to eat meat every day and the money is spent?" ”

"I don't care, if you want to eat that pig food, you can eat it yourself, hurry up and get the money!"

He said that he went to grab his daughter-in-law's clothes, trying to snatch the money out. His daughter-in-law was not as strong as him, and when she saw that he was about to leave with the money, she sobbed angrily and cried.

"You conscienceless! Isn't it because you owe gambling debts that we need to come out and do not human work? If you go to eat, I'll go home, I'll stop doing it! How big is your face, poor like that, and still eating with them? ”

She filled a big bowl by herself, and sat there crying while eating, and when this person heard this, she could only forget it, squatted at the door with her head in her arms, and did not go to serve the meal. Just sigh.

I went in and went to the driver: "Is there any food and food?" ”

"Yes, what, what are you going to do?"

"You help me add some firewood to the stove, and I'll cook." I said and found a large pot to hold cornmeal.

Aunt Fang persuaded: "Forget it, you are tired enough to cook?" ”

"It's okay, everyone eats better like this, so that they can work hard, I don't do anything complicated, can you help me beat two potato skins? I re-fry a pot of cabbage and potatoes. ”

Aunt Fang probably also felt that this rice was really inedible, so she put the bowl aside and went to fetch potato skins.

The other women also came to help, some cut cabbage, some washed potatoes, and everyone was used to doing things at home, and there was no effort. I made dozens of tortillas out of cornmeal and put them in the stove, and they were cooked in a short time.

The cabbage and potatoes over there were also fried, although there was still no oil and water, but it was much more delicious than the dish just now, everyone took advantage of the heat, and a large bowl of vegetables was served alone, and the cake was found to find a place to sit there and eat it.

The two people who quarreled just now also reconciled, chatting while eating, because several men went out to eat, so not only were they full, but there was still a lot left.

The driver was happy to see us eating, and he followed with a big bowl of food before leaving. As for the polenta he made, we poured it all down, and it really didn't go to the pigs to eat.

After eating, we went back to the fields to work for a while, and the men who went out never came back, probably to have a good drink.

We worked until noon, when the heat was too bad to stop.

Everyone went to find a place to sleep, because my clothes were so soaked with sweat that I couldn't sleep, and I saw the men all lying down in the rice fields and sleeping.

I called Aunt Fang, went to boil a large basin of water, washed briefly in the shed, changed into close-fitting clothes, and then collapsed on the bed, I lay there comfortably, and soon fell asleep.

I had a dream that my eldest brother was giving me fruit to eat, and I was grabbing the fruit and eating it happily, when suddenly I felt the sound of someone gasping in my ears, and at the same time there was a pungent smell of wine in my nostrils. And it's getting closer!

The hairs all over my body stand on end, someone is coming!

I didn't have time to open my eyes, so I grabbed the scythe next to the pillow and slashed it directly at the smell of alcohol with the back of the knife.