013: Banquet
However, it is worth mentioning that the person who attacked this time was not a local official, but a large local household dozens of miles southeast of the village, who had already coveted the fertile land that Qin Er had cultivated here for many years, but because his own strength was not strong enough to eat so many fields, he took advantage of the weakest time in the village to take the land by arms.
The reason why the village is the weakest is because this kind of armed land grabbing has been carried out many times, starting from Qin Er's ancestors began to choose the road of fleeing into the mountains to avoid disasters, and every time they went to a place, they began to use their own hands to reclaim a piece of land in a barren place, and after years of sweat and labor to gradually fertilize it into fertile land, it would attract violent land grabbing actions by local officials, large households and even officials. In the past 60 years since their ancestors, the people in the village have had to migrate again because their fertile land was seized four times, and the fields that the older generation worked hard to reclaim have fallen into the hands of local officials, landlords and officials. And the last time, that is, shortly after the beginning of spring this year, a group of private soldiers under the local officials came to try to seize the fertile land in the village, that time the people in the village were desperately fighting back against the attackers, but the village killed and wounded more than 20 adult men also paid a heavy price, and the other party will also take away all kinds of weapons and materials when retreating, the people in the village can't even pick up a few knives and a few iron spears, it can be said that it is a complete victory in action, but in fact it is a defeat that hurts the muscles and bones.
Understanding the origin and historical background of the whole matter, Deng Shifeng also understood that this kind of armed seizure of land is at all an act that the government allows or even encourages, and under this premise, it is absolutely impossible for you to get a little justice from the government. This is a bit like the white people on American soil treated the Native Americans in the past, and the political axe did not manage and treat himself and the minority as sincere and benevolent, how can you get the so-called justice......
After denouncing and cursing the local officials, landlords and the government behind them, the atmosphere in the shack was very depressing, because even if they hated these people for taking the root of their survival, they could not change the fundamental fact that the enemy was strong and I was weak, so everyone's hearts were very depressed, for a while, no one in the shack said a useless nonsense, everyone sat quietly like this, only the firewood burning in the pond fire, from time to time there was a beeping sound......
"That...... Dinner...... How to prepare ......"
Just when everyone inside and outside the shack was depressed about the seizure of the land, a woman's voice came timidly from outside, and everyone turned their heads to see that it was Qin Er's wife, she was carrying the pot shared by several families, and looked at a group of old men at a loss; At this time, everyone noticed that before they knew it, it was getting late, and today's day was about to pass.
And Qin Er's wife didn't mention it, but as soon as she mentioned dinner, some of the men present began to gurgle in their stomachs as if they were reminded of their existence.
If it is usual, the old and young masters in the shack will definitely disperse by themselves and go home to cook, but today is different, because the "nobles" and "immortals" are coming, this group of old and young people hope to know more about the immortals in front of them, to see what "guidance" can be obtained from it, but since it is almost to the meal, this meal problem can not be ignored, the people take food as the sky, not to mention the current standard of living, the villagers only eat two meals a day and there is no oil and water and food that can beat the hunger, a little later means to be hungry more, Two hours. It's just that the villagers can solve the stomach problem according to the food they say, but what about the immortals in front of them? ……
"Uh...... Take out the piece of bacon at the back of the house, scoop up some rice, and pay attention to more chaff......"
Qin Er also understood this problem, he knew that he needed to show some courage to come out at this time, and gritted his teeth at his mother-in-law to take out his best things to entertain the immortals.
"That'...... That's ......"
Qin Er's wife was very surprised to hear her man's words, she naturally knew that the bacon at home was the best thing, it was to be eaten during the New Year, and the two children had already counted with their fingers to count when they would be able to eat fragrant meat.
"Don't be stunned, if there are no immortals today, let's not talk about a piece of bacon, and all the land and even the surname of the whole family may be gone!"
Although Qin Er's words were not loud, they were very heavy, and they hit everyone's hearts directly, not to mention whether they could get any "guidance" and help from the immortals, but just today, Deng Shifeng repelled the attackers with one shot and saved the village, just by virtue of this, Qin Er felt that he needed to come up with something to thank him.
"Brother and sister of the Qin family, you go to my house, let me bring all the pots and bowls at home, and take five catties of rice, as well as the two eggs laid in the past three days...... Today we are going to have a feast, thank you to our benefactors! This Qin Er has set an example, and the old and young masters in a shack also know that they can't hide it privately at this time, and an old man sitting next to Qin Er with a bronze face and charcoal burn marks also wants to take out his best things to entertain the immortals.
In this way, the old and young masters in the shack quickly called their mothers-in-law, you have a handful of sauerkraut, the Wang family has some rice, the Luo family has some bird eggs from the children, the Song family has a few better bowls, the Pan family has some fish, and the poor people who can't take anything have also given out two bundles of firewood, and they spontaneously prepared to entertain the immortal in front of them. To tell the truth, the things that these villagers have come up with are really not good things, but they are the best food and products they can come up with, which shows that although they have some special intentions in treating Deng Shifeng, they have indeed done their best to thank Deng Shifeng. Such a feast is actually a big gathering of the whole village, after all, if so many men gather together to eat, then the whole village women will be involved in the preparation and cleaning of this meal.
did not persuade the kindness of the old and young masters, Deng Shifeng also planned to see if he could harvest another thing from this meal, but looking at Qin Er's wife, who was very painful, Deng Shifeng suddenly remembered something, took out a small bag of white things from the backpack behind him and said to Qin's second wife:
"Sister-in-law of the Qin family, the uncles and uncles in the village treat me so well, I don't have anything either, when you cook the dishes, you can use these to adjust the taste."
As a result of the careful results, Deng Shifeng handed over the thing, carefully opened the piece of paper wrapped outside, and the thing shown in front of the onlookers was a small package of very white and fine things.
The exclamation of Qin's second wife once again alarmed everyone in the entire shack......
"Salt! It's salt! ”
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