Chapter 22: Waiting in Depression
In the night, cheerful footsteps sounded, and eight old and weak women and children were looking forward to it at the entrance of the village. It is better to say that it is the entrance of the village than the path in the middle of the twenty acres of fertile land, where Tang Daniu and Tang Jiabao are chasing and playing with each other.
Today is a big day to sell fish, and I don't know if the black-hearted businessman will pit the fish he has worked so hard to catch, which is worrying when you think about it.
Tang Xingfan and Tang Xilai, with their respective wives and daughters-in-law, looked at the dark front with concern.
"Da Niu, do you think Uncle Village Chief can sell the fish for a good price?" Tang Jiabao stopped and said to Tang Daniu.
Tang Daniu scratched his head: "I don't know, but I heard that the fish merchants in the county are very black-hearted, and it is estimated that they will not be able to sell at a good price this time."
"Not necessarily, I think the village chief's uncle seems to be very confident," Tang Jiabao said to Tang Daniu.
The two little heads came together, and Tang Daniu blinked: "But you also heard from my aunt that our fish is not easy to sell, and there are no merchants in the village who can set up stalls." If we force the stalls, the officials will confiscate the things."
"In other words, if the village chief's uncle can't sell the fish at a good price, we won't have the money to pay protection money to the water thieves. After three days, the water thieves will come and kill us," Tang Jiabao said with a scared face.
Tang Daniu nodded heavily: "I heard that those who don't pay protection money will be killed."
"Big Niu, what do you think it's like to be killed?" Tang Jiabao said to Tang Daniu, his tone full of doubts.
Tang Daniu spared his head in distress: "I heard that it's terrible"
"How scary is it to be terrible?" Tang Jiabao asked Tang Da Niu with wide eyes.
Tang Da Niu imitated the advanced movements he didn't know where he learned and looked up at the sky: "Listening to my grandfather, it's as scary as sleeping"
"Sleep? But sleeping isn't terrible at all," Tang Jiabao said to Tang Daniu.
Tang Da Niu scratched his head in distress again: "You are right, I also feel that sleeping is not terrible"
"But why do grandparents say it's scary?" Tang Da Niu said to Tang Jiabao, his tone was full of confusion.
Then he sighed heavily: "Hey, the world of adults is so complicated"
"Hey, the world of adults is so complicated" Tang Jiabao also echoed Tang Daniu, his little face full of sorrow.
"Bang"
A hand appeared out of nowhere and slapped at the two tiny heads.
"Ouch" Tang Da Niu quickly covered his head.
Tang Jiabao also subconsciously dodged, but he was still beaten and let out an exclamation: "Ouch"
"Auntie, mother, why did you beat us" Tang Jiabao and Tang Daniu stared at Han Yiqi with small eyes, and said loudly in unison.
Han Yiqi looked at his son and Tang Da Niu, and reprimanded them angrily: "Sigh at a young age, you say I shouldn't fight"
"It's time to fight" Peng Chunlan echoed Han Yiqi.
Tang Xingfan, Tang Xilai, Wang Kefei, and Gui Feng all looked over.
Tang Daniu looked at Peng Chunlan with an aggrieved face: "Mother"
"Okay, okay, children are not sensible, don't be too harsh on them" Gui Feng looked at Tang Daniu and Tang Jiabao's pitiful appearance, and pleaded with them with a soft heart.
Hearing grandma's voice, Tang Daniu's eyes lit up, and he shouted to Gui Feng: "Grandma"
"Grandma Gui" Tang Jiabao also shouted.
Peng Chunlan complained to Gui Feng: "Mother and children are still young and can't get used to them, those bad habits need to be changed."
"Chunlan is right, children can't get used to it" Han Yiqi also echoed Peng Chunlan.
Wang Kefei frowned: "What do you mean by not being used to it?" ”
"Okay, okay, let's say a few words" Tang Xingfan hurriedly played a round and said to the four women.
As long as it involves the child, it must be a storm and a headache.
Tang Xilai also took the opportunity to speak out, and his tone was slightly irritable: "It's all this time, what's the point of you fighting around?" ”
"As a mother to teach her children, it is their duty, so you can say a few words" Tang Xingfan hurriedly added.
Wang Kefei raised her eyebrows, and the anger in her heart instantly scurried: "What do you mean that this is their duty?" As an elder, as a grandmother, can't you say a few more words about this matter?"
"That's it, I think we should talk more about this matter," Gui Feng also took the opportunity to echo.
Tang Xingfan's head suddenly grew big, and he couldn't imagine that this fire not only did not extinguish it, but made it more vigorous.
The eyes of the plea looked at Tang Xilai, expecting him to come to relieve the siege.
Tang Xilai frowned and looked around at everyone: "Look at this day, when is it now?" Not only are you worried about your sons, but you are not worried about your husbands, what are you fighting for here? ”
"I want to fight for you to go back to the house, don't let us look upset here" Tang Xilai said with a majestic face, and his tone gradually became stern.
Hearing this, the four women were silent at the same time, and there was a trace of worry in their eyes.
Tang Jiabao and Tang Da Niu looked at the elders as if they were afraid, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out.
The poor two little ones have suffered a catastrophe without reason.
This is not so much a dispute over children's education as a way to vent their worries. Otherwise, an ordinary thing would not have gotten to this point.
Looking at the two little guys, Tang Xilai's tone gradually softened, after all, the child was innocent anyway: "You go back to the house, we are waiting here"
"Grandpa, Jiabao and I can wait for their father here together?" Tang Da Niu felt the oppressive atmosphere and said to Tang Xi.
Tang Xilai thought for a moment, and there was some hesitation in his eyes. After all, no one knows if the four women will be arguing. Let the already irritable heart become more annoying.
"We promise that we will wait together obediently and not cause you trouble," Tang Daniu said with a swear.
Tang Jiabao also assured Tang Xilai: "Yes, we promise that we will obediently not add to the chaos"
"Just let them wait together," Tang Xingfan said to Tang Xi.
Tang Xilai nodded, didn't say much, and turned his gaze to the night ahead. Suddenly I felt that my heart had become heavy.
"Thank you, grandpa" Tang Jiabao and Tang Daniu were overjoyed, and said to Tang Xingfan and Tang Xi.
A gust of wind came out, and everyone felt cold. It's like the heart at this time, which makes people cold to the bone marrow.
Calculate the time at this time, they should also be back, is it because something happened on the way? You must know that there are many bandits along the way, and once you encounter them, the consequences are unimaginable.
Thinking of this, everyone could only pray silently, hoping that they would not meet the water thieves and would come back safely. As for the heavy taxes to be paid, they can only be left to fate.