Chapter Fifty-Three: Nail Household?
However, there are also discordant notes in the main theme of the vast majority of villagers actively responding to the relocation work and looking forward to their new life in the future. Of the 74 people living in 17 households in Liangshuiquan Village, two families and 6 people are resistant to the relocation. One of them, surnamed Shao, was willing to relocate in the previous survey, but after the relocation work really began, they suddenly expressed their reluctance to move. Moreover, in the face of the inquiry of the relocation team, they could not say any reason for refusing to relocate, but only emphasized that this was the ancestral home of their family, and it was easy to give up.
This kind of reason is perfunctory at first hearing, the villagers of Liangshuiquan Village are basically refugees from outside or refugees who have fled here, except for two hunting houses (which have moved away), there are no natives born and raised here. This family surnamed Shao only settled here the year before last, where did they come from. Knowing this, Zeng Zhilin felt that something was wrong, so he personally went to the villager's house and planned to talk to him face-to-face to see what the real reason for their reluctance to relocate was.
When Zeng Zhilin, surrounded by a group of minions, walked into the simple courtyard of this family, he really scared the hostess of this family enough. What is Zeng Zhilin's identity, this hostess knows. At this time, I saw the head of the Feilong Village, with a large number of people, and entered their small courtyard with a serious face, and the hostess was so frightened that she let go of her hand and dropped a wooden basin to the ground. Then, he stood in place at a loss, looking at Zeng Zhilin and the others with fear on his face. The whole courtyard fell silent for a while, only the dilapidated wooden basin rolled on the ground, making an unpleasant sound.
It is estimated that the sound of the wooden basin falling to the ground alarmed the people in the house, so, after a short silence, I heard a man's voice in the room: "boy, you can't be safe when you wash your clothes, and if you make such a big noise, did you break something again?" ”
After a while, the man saw that his wife didn't pay attention to him, presumably because of his temper, and scolded: "You mother-in-law, you are getting more and more unruly, ask you for a long time, why don't you even fart?" With a sound of footsteps, the door was slammed open, and a strong man of five big and three thick walked out of the room.
The man walked out of the room, and was just about to threaten his woman, when he suddenly saw Zeng Zhilin standing in his courtyard, followed by a soldier with a knife and a gun, and the anger in his heart instantly dissipated without a trace, and even his head seemed to be three inches shorter all of a sudden. I saw that he didn't care about the woman who taught him, so he put on a smiling face, came to Zeng Zhilin, and made a thousand efforts, intending to be close to Zeng Zhilin. His expression made Zeng Zhilin extremely disgusted, and before he could speak, Zeng Zhilin waved his hand and stopped him.
Then, Zeng Zhilin came to a wooden bench in the courtyard and sat down, looked the man up and down, and then asked, "You are the owner of this house?" ”
The man instructed his woman to pour water for Zeng Zhilin, and at the same time came to Zeng Zhilin with a hunched back, and replied cautiously: "Yes, the villain is the male owner of this house." ”
Zeng Zhilin asked again: "What is your name, and who are some people in your family?" ”
The man replied: "The villain's name is Shao Xin, and this is the villain's mother-in-law." The villain also has a son, a daughter and two children. ”
Zeng Zhilin nodded and continued to ask: "I heard from a certain subordinate, you said before that you were willing to relocate, but when the matter came, you suddenly changed your mind, and you didn't move anymore, is this weishenme?" ”
Although Zeng Zhilin seemed very casual when he asked, his eyes were extremely sharp. Shao Xin was stared at by his sharp eyes, and he was frightened, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Zeng Zhilin again. But no matter whether you dare to look at the other party or not, the other party's questions still have to be answered. So, after this Shao Xin calmed down a little, he carefully brought out the previous remarks about the minions that "ancestral property is difficult to leave".
Zeng Zhilin didn't wait for him to finish, then waved his hand impatiently, interrupted him, and reprimanded: "You don't make up stories with a certain family here." Do you think someone doesn't know your bottom line? You and your women and children obviously fled here from other places the year before last, and now you say that your family has lived here for five or six generations, do you think this leader is easy to deceive? ”
The leader of the cottage before the meeting knew everything about himself, and this Shao Xin was scared into a cold sweat at that time, and he was left trembling and unable to say a word when he stood there.
Seeing that his man was exposed by the leader of the Flying Dragon Village, and his life was likely to be in danger, Shao Xin's woman couldn't take care of anyone else, so she hurriedly ran over, knelt on the ground with a "porphyr", and pleaded: "King, king, my man didn't mean to go against the king." This thing was all done by that Wu Ren who taught my man, and he blamed my man for being confused for a while, and fell for that Wu Ren, begging the king to be merciful and spare my man! ”
After speaking, the woman kept kowtowing to Zeng Zhilin. That Shao Xin was shouted by his woman, and he also came back to his senses, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zeng Zhilin to beg for mercy.
Being so troubled by these two people, Zeng Zhilin was also a little confused for a while, and he couldn't understand what this woman meant by these words. He waved his hand impatiently and shouted, "You two don't cry, explain the matter to so-and-so." If there's a half-lie, watch your heads. ”
When Shao Xin and his wife heard this, they quickly supplemented each other and told the whole reason for the matter.
It turned out that not long after Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin and others began to contact the villagers in the village and test the population of the village about the relocation, Wu Ren, a good friend of the widow Xiao in the village, came to Shao Xin for a drink.
At the beginning, the two brothers were just doing homely things, chatting with each other or not. However, while chatting, Wu Ren turned the topic to the leader of Feilong Village to go down the mountain to mobilize everyone to relocate. When Wu Ren heard Shao Xin say that he was ready to accept the conditions offered by Feilong Village and move out of Liangshuiquan Village, he pursed his mouth and said, "Brother Shao, you are too honest. Who are the people on the Flying Dragon Village, they are all murderous demons. They said how much money would be given to you after the move, and you believed it? You are also too easy to trust people. ”
Shao Xin heard Wu Ren say this, and he didn't understand a little, and said: "What does Brother Wu mean by this, do you think that the leader of Feilong Village is deceiving people?" ”
Wu Ren nodded and said, "Needless to say, they are robbers, when have you ever heard that robbers will make deals with ordinary people." Isn't it outrageous to give you money to give you money in order to make you move, and even give you land for you to plant, and let you go to work to earn money? ”
Shao Xin was skeptical when he heard this, and said, "If you want to say that you have never seen such a bandit and robber. However, since there were people on this Xiayun Ridge who fell into the grass, they have always taken good care of our Liangshuiquan Village, and basically I haven't seen them come down the mountain to loot or oppress the people in our village. Especially some time ago, after the cottage changed its leader and name, it treated the villagers with courtesy. Such a mountain king shouldn't deceive us, right? ”
Wu Ren saw that Shao Xin was still not giving up, so he continued: "To say that although the previous Five Tiger Villages did not come to our village to cause harm, it was not absolute. Occasionally, minions who can't help themselves come to the village to make trouble. After the people in the village reported to the village, the most that Wei Da was in charge of was to reprimand the minions. But since the new leader, the situation has been very different. Do you remember, two months ago, two minions sneaked down the mountain to grab things, and the elders of the village went to Feilong Village to complain. As a result, the new leaders didn't say a word, and cut down the two minions who committed the crime on the spot. At that time, the people in the village applauded, saying that the leaders in the Feilong Village were all chivalrous men.
Yes, the people of Feilong Village are indeed polite to our village, but if you want me to say, this is the most suspicious place. Who are they, they're robbers! Wouldn't it be the same as the sun coming out of the west to the common people with courtesy to the common people? As the saying goes, 'if something is abnormal, it must be a demon', these bandits are so polite to us, there must be a conspiracy. ”
Shao Xin was a little moved by what Wu Ren said, he nodded and said, "Brother Wu is reasonable. It's just that we are all poor, what is there to worry about these bandits? ”
Wu Ren saw that Shao Xin had already fallen into his trap, so he pretended to look left and right mysteriously, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Shao, you haven't been here for a long time, so you may not know yet. The mountain behind us, in addition to the name of Xiayunling, also has another name called Longwang Mountain. ”
"Dragon King Mountain?"
"Yes, it's called Dragon King Mountain. It is said that this mountain is a sacred mountain, and it is blessed by the dragon king. Moreover, somewhere on the mountain, there are still buried treasures that the Dragon Lord used back then. The reason why these bandits want us to move is probably because they have already found out that the treasure of the Dragon King is buried near our village, or somewhere in our village. In order to monopolize this treasure, they are so generous to pay so much money for us to move away, so as not to let us leak the news and attract other bigger shili to fight for it. ”
Shao Xin had already believed Wu Ren's words for eight or nine minutes at this time, and he also asked in a low voice; "If that's the case, wouldn't it be cleaner for these bandits to send their minions to drive us away, or simply kill us all. Weishenme has to make us move so hard, isn't it redundant? ”
Wu Ren had been prepared for this question for a long time, he said; "Brother Shao, you don't understand this. This mountain is a treasure mountain, and it has aura. If these thieves go on a killing spree in search of treasures, they will definitely annoy the Dragon King. When the time comes, if you want to say that you have obtained the treasure, I am afraid that the lives of these bandits will not be guaranteed. ”
At this point, Shao Xin had completely believed Wu Ren's statement, and he said: "Brother Wu is right, it seems that these thieves are so polite to us for the Dragon King's treasures. So in your opinion, what should we do? ”
Seeing that Shao Xin had completely taken the bait, Wu Ren was overjoyed, and he said quietly: "This is not simple. Since these minions don't dare to kill in front of the Dragon King, when these thieves really let everyone move, big brother, you will put on an attitude of 'it is difficult to leave the homeland' and 'the ancestral industry is difficult to give up', and resolutely do not move. Those minions will not dare to do anything to you, but will find a way to curry favor with you and make you change your mind. When the time comes, you can come and ask them for a high price. As for how much it costs, it's up to you, brother. I think those thieves will let you move out, not to mention a few dollars, even a few hundred dollars. In this way, brother, wouldn't you get a windfall without much effort? ”
Wu Ren drew a big and fragrant cake for Shao Xin, and Shao Xin's eyes lit up, as if the table in front of him had been covered with yellow copper coins. He nodded and said, "Brother Wu is really a very smart person, if my brother makes a fortune, he will never forget you, brother." It's just that if only my brother and my family don't move, I'm afraid that the momentum will not be enough and it will be difficult to succeed. ”
Wu Ren waved his hand and said, "Brother don't worry about this, brother, I have already contacted several people." When the time comes, we will oppose the move together, and those bandits will definitely compromise. ”
Hearing that Wu Ren had contacted several villagers, Shao Xin finally made up his mind to compete with these bandits on Feilong Village. He stomped his feet, crossed his heart, picked up a glass of wine, and said to Wu Ren; "Okay, that's it. Come, brother, toast you, dry! ”
"!" Wu Ren also picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, but a sinister smile appeared on his face.
Shao Xin was thinking about money at this time, and he didn't notice the flash expression on his so-called brother's face.
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