Chapter Fifty-Seven: Sooner or Later, I Will Have to Pay It Back
At the same time that Brother Liang and the mysterious big man targeted Tangshan, Tangshan encountered the biggest crisis in his pig killing career.
After killing the overlord of the pig, Tangshan's friend Chen Yusheng changed a lot. Specifically, he has become lazy and mysterious, often making excuses not to kill pigs, and often sleeping at home during the day and disappearing at night like a bat.
Tang Shan didn't pay much attention to these changes, and always thought that Chen Yusheng might have lost his passion for killing pigs. Once people lose their passion for something, they start to look for opportunities to be lazy every now and then.
The key is that if you don't kill pigs, Tangshan himself is happy. He had little interest in killing pigs from the beginning, but due to the pressure of life and Chen Yusheng's bewitchment, he reluctantly followed to become a butcher's assistant.
In fact, Tang Shan has long been bored with pork legs and pig water.
Therefore, most of the time, as soon as Chen Yusheng said that he would not kill pigs, Tang Shan didn't even bother to ask the reason, and immediately went to do what he wanted to do:
or go to the school gate to take a peek at Jiang Suping, who is about to graduate; Either stay at home and study the endgame and its moves left by the old man, as well as the weird chess game "Eighteen Changes of Jinpeng".
As for what Chen Yusheng did when he didn't kill pigs, Tang Shan didn't know anything.
It wasn't until nearly a year later that Tang Shan completely understood that Chen Yusheng was lazy every now and then, not because he didn't have enough passion, but because his passion was used in the wrong place.
In this year, Chen Yusheng was not lazy, he was much busier than Tangshan, and he could be said to be tired.
Since killing the overlord of the pig, Chen Yusheng has to ride dozens of miles every once in a while, come to the small village where the overlord of the pig is located, and knock on the door of the young woman.
Every time, his legs went weak, but Chen Yusheng never tired of it, and after a year, his interest remained undiminished. If nothing else, it is not known how long his interest will last.
Later, Tang Shan learned that the young woman's name was Liu Jumei. A rustic country name that doesn't make people feel interesting when they hear it.
Tang Shan never understood how Chen Yusheng could spend so much physical strength and energy on such a completely uninteresting country woman.
However, later Chen Yusheng himself talked about this matter to Tang Shan, but he showed endless aftertaste, and in turn made fun of Tang Shan for not knowing how to appreciate the original woman:
"You know a fart, people are convex and backward, fat but not greasy, except for a little black on the face, the skin on the body is actually as white as snow."
When it came to these details, Tang Shan had no say. can only let Chen Yusheng fall wildly, and I don't know if what he described is true or false.
What Tang Shan also knows is that the small village where Chen Yusheng cheated also has a name, called Jiahu Village, which sounds like a tourist resort, but is actually a place where poor mountains and bad waters are. There is not even a decent road open to traffic.
Tang Shan learned all this after Chen Yusheng's cheating incident. That time almost killed two people.
this day. It is also the day on which the famous overlord of pigs and the handsome guy among pigs just died on the first anniversary. Chen Yusheng hadn't been out on his bicycle for several nights, and he felt energetic and his legs were as strong as steel, so he told Tang Shan to prepare his outfit and tools and go out to kill pigs.
Although Tang Shan is not happy in his heart, because he doesn't have much money left, if he doesn't kill a pig to earn some extra money, I'm afraid he won't be able to charge his mobile phone bill after a while. So, he lazily followed Chen Yusheng out of the door.
There is no public transportation in remote places in the countryside, and those who are closer can walk on two legs, and those who are farther away can drive motorcycles and those who have no money ride bicycles. Tang Shan and Chen Yusheng worked as butchers for two years, but they still didn't make enough money to buy a motorcycle. To save money, each person bought a permanent brand bicycle.
However, the two of them rode their bikes in the countryside for a while, and then changed back to their original state: walking on their legs. There are two reasons for this:
One is that there are many field roads in the countryside, like single-plank bridges, and the two of them have failed to hold it steady several times, and even people and cars have fallen into the paddy fields, making them muddy. In some places, it is far less convenient than walking.
The second is that it is difficult to carry a knife for killing pigs on a bicycle. The country roads are uneven, knives are tied to the back seats, not to mention the "clanging" all the way, and it is easy to cut the rope and fall into the grass. Chen Yusheng's ancestral boning knife was lost in this way.
The walker will be a little tired, but the hassle of carrying a knife can be eliminated. At first, Chen Yusheng used a pair of knife baskets left by his father, and asked Tang Shan to follow behind, carrying a long hook himself, walking in front and swaggering, a pair of main knife butchers.
But Tang Shan has a lot of opinions about such a method. It's not that he can't pick up these knives, but this role image of the front and back makes him feel very unfair, once he directly put the pick on the side of the road and scolded Chen Yusheng's back:
"Holy. How do I think that you are the Monkey King who carries the stick in front, and I am Zhu Bajie who carries the burden in the back? ”
Chen Yusheng couldn't help laughing, turned around and said:
"Let's not learn from the scriptures, but to kill pigs, where did Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie come from? Besides, in "Journey to the West", is it the sand monk who bears the burden? ”
Tang Shan replied:
"When Sha Seng hasn't appeared yet, isn't it Zhu Bajie who bears the burden?"
Chen Yusheng finally smiled and leaned back, and after laughing, he comforted:
"Don't worry, you are so white and handsome, people think you are Tang Seng, and no one thinks you are Zhu Bajie."
Tang Shan was very unhappy:
"You don't come, anyway, let me do it alone, I won't do it. Otherwise, the two of us will change, and I will carry the stick and you will carry the burden. ”
Later, Chen Yusheng had a whim, bought two thick and wide military belts on the street, and when he went out to work, he tied one to each person, divided the knife into two parts, and inserted them around his waist.
The one-meter-long hook was wrapped around several times by Chen Yusheng and hung on his own back.
Since then, the two of them have walked on the country road, no longer butchers, but more like cold-faced killers who have traveled from ancient times to modern times. And every village in the countryside is a pristine river and lake.
On this day, the two of them were covered in knives and walking on a country road, and there was no clear destination at first. But as he walked, Chen Yusheng led Tangshan to Jiahu Village again.
Tangshan is still quite familiar with this place, because of the exploit of killing the overlord of the pig here a year ago, it has been talked about by many villagers. It's just that the location here is remote and the village is small, so I can count the few pigs, and none of them are qualified to be killed.
Therefore, Tang Shan was dissatisfied with Chen Yusheng and complained:
"Running to this place where birds don't again? Do you expect someone to have a fat pig in the crack of the wall and let you pick up the existing ones? You're too unproductive, aren't you? ”
Chen Yusheng said meaningfully:
"Do you think this is actually our lucky place?"
Tang Shan smiled and leaned back:
"It is indeed a lucky place, since you killed that handsome pig in the crack of the wall, your reputation in the butcher world is simply skyrocketing."
In fact, Tang Shan didn't understand the other meaning of Chen Yusheng's words. The so-called "luckyly" does not exactly refer to the killing of pigs, but refers to the fact that Chen Yusheng completed the transformation from a boy to a man here.
After a pause, Tang Shan smiled again:
"But the reputation is too big, and sometimes it's not a good thing. I estimate that there is not a single sow within a radius of ten miles that will not gnaw your teeth at you. ”
Chen Yusheng didn't understand the joke because his mind was elsewhere, so he was stunned for a moment and asked:
"What do you mean?"
Tang Shan laughed:
"You killed the famous handsome man among the pigs. It must be the idol of all the sows within a radius of ten miles. ”
As they spoke, the two approached the entrance of the village. They found it strange that there was not a single idler chatting at the entrance of the village. At first, I saw a few people working in the fields on the road, but now they have all disappeared without a trace.
Tang Shan took out his mobile phone and looked at it, it seemed that it was not yet lunch time. Where have all the people gone? They didn't think much more, didn't stop, and walked towards the entrance of the village.
After walking a few dozen steps, the two of them woke up, and those people suddenly disappeared from the entrance of the village and the fields, and hurried home to prepare weapons.
Tang Shan and Chen Yusheng saw at the same time that a group of men of different ages and heights were shouting and shouting and killing, and came straight towards them.
Tang Shan didn't know why for a while, and stood stunned on the spot; He wiped his eyes repeatedly, thinking that he was only facing a 3D movie scene, not the real world at all.
Chen Yusheng's heart was immediately like a mirror: he had eaten too much and was discovered by the male owner of that house. People felt that the green hat was too heavy and unbearable, so they entangled all the macho men in the village and vowed to kill him as soon as possible.
In that group, the short man who rushed to the front, Tang Shan didn't know, Chen Yusheng saw at a glance that it was the husband of the young woman Liu Jumei. Because he had seen their wedding photos at the bedside of people's houses.
Chen Yusheng didn't say a word, and immediately yelled at Tang Shan:
"Run!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran wildly.
Tang Shan couldn't figure out the situation, but fortunately, his brain had not stopped, and this group of people came in a row, and there were at least ten miles behind him, and there was not even a living thing, so the other party's target could only be the two of them.
So, he also turned around and ran wildly with Chen Yusheng.
After running a few hundred meters, Tang Shan didn't want to run, because running was really a difficult move for him. But he was embarrassed to say that he couldn't run, but stopped Chen Yusheng like a hero:
"Damn, we're covered in knives, afraid of him?"
Chen Yusheng was weak at the beginning, and he didn't expect to fight with others, but now Tang Shan woke him up with a word, and he slashed with a knife, his side may not suffer, and the other party may not be afraid of death.
At least you can't be chased and run away, that's too embarrassing. In the future, how can you mix in the rivers and lakes?
So the two of them pulled out the pig-killing knife in unison, turned their heads and waited with pride. It's like two martial arts masters who are proud of the crowd.
However, after a few wonderful bells, the heroes approached, and Tang Shan and Chen Yusheng once again sadly found that this battle could not be fought.
First of all, there are nine people on the other side, and there are only two people on your side; Secondly, none of the other party was empty-handed, either a hoe, a sickle, or an iron shovel, and the kindest one also had a long flat in his hand.
Your two pig-killing knives are quite sharp, but compared to the opponent's weapons, they are too short.
Tang Shan and Chen Yusheng both read martial arts novels when they were children and knew the truth that "one inch is short and one inch is dangerous, and one inch is long and one inch is strong".
Of course, Chen Yusheng also has a hook more than one meter long on his back for dragging pigs, but this thing is a good tool for dragging pigs, and it is quite uneasy to use for fighting. It's relatively long, but it can't be touched with the opponent's hoe or sickle in any case.
This time, neither of them needed to prompt each other, and they didn't care whether they were ashamed or not, so they turned their heads and ran wildly again.
If Chen Yusheng was the only one, he might have left this group far away, after all, a young man in his early twenties was young and strong; And the group in the back looks huge, but except for the husband of the young woman Liu Jumei, who is a little younger - there are also in their thirties, and the rest are mostly middle-aged and elderly people who stayed in the countryside, how can they compare with Chen Yusheng's strength?
Things are still bad for Tangshan. Because of his poor legs, when he was in school, he never passed the long and short run in the physical education exam. In addition, the hero was delayed for some time just now, and the people behind him were very angry, chasing after him, and his steps were very big.
So, in less than a minute, it was about to catch up. The one who ran at the front was less than fifty steps away from Tangshan.
Tang Shan seemed to feel the sound of the wind swaying with a flat shoulder and a hoe behind his head.
Tang Shan knew that this time he was dead. What made him even more aggrieved was that he died inexplicably.