Chapter 29: Virtuous Help
After Cao Erkui pulled Tian Xiao'e away, Fan Baofa pointed to the crowd that did not want to disperse and reprimanded him a few words.
The onlookers didn't see the show, and they all dispersed stupidly, besides, no matter how interesting it was, the crops in the field still had to be taken care of, and they had to hurry home to eat.
Ma Xiaole suddenly felt that such a performance was really not too good in front of Fan Baofa, and thought to himself that he still had to mix with the village, how could he be so nonsense? So he lowered his head and said, "Fan Zhishu, I'm ...... I was wrong, I was scolded by Cao Erkui so much that I was dizzy. ”
Fan Baofa was very satisfied with Ma Xiaole's last time writing the family planning slogan, and did not blame him, "Xiaole, in fact, you are not young anymore, you should learn to be stable in the future, and don't be like a child anymore." ”
"Okay, Fan Zhishu, I will definitely keep your words in mind and promise not to make mistakes." After Ma Xiaole finished speaking, he turned his head and ran away.
Fan Baofa watched Ma Xiaole run away like a rabbit, and said to himself: "This kid has a clever mouth and sharp legs, the key is that he has a flexible mind, and he actually played Cao Erkui around, and it would be quite appropriate to come to the village to help." But this thing is difficult, Lai Shungui has already greeted his nephew. ”
When Ma Xiaole returned home, Ma Changgen was still angry, "Stinky boy, what can you do, you want to lose the orchard and ration field, let's go ask for food!" ”
"Godfather, why are you serious, I just want to give Cao Erkui some color to see." Ma Xiaole smiled.
"Why do you show him the color, although you are fine, but is that kind of thing a joke? If I hadn't brought Fan Zhishu here, I would have seen how you could get off the stage! Ma Changgen looked like a savior, "By the way, Xiaole, why did you release Ah Huang, you were so careless, you even brought it back to the village!" Didn't I tell you, Ah Huang is not an ordinary dog, when it snowed heavily the year before last, I took him to Nanshan to catch hares, but he climbed a she-wolf, so that the village heard the wolf howl at night, if I hadn't scared the she-wolf away with a shotgun, maybe you would have been eaten in the orchard! ”
Ma Changgen said this Ma Xiaole knew that in the winter before last, Ma Changgen took Ah Huang out to catch hares, wanting to improve the taste, he was tired of walking in the deep snow, so he didn't follow, and as a result, he missed the wonderful process of watching Ah Huang crawling the she-wolf, he only heard Ma Changgen's description indirectly from other people's mouths, which was very desirable. Later, he always thought, as the saying goes, one wolf is worth three dogs, but Ah Huang gave the wolf alone, how powerful it should be!
"Stinky boy! What's the fuss? Don't bring Ah Huang back to the village in the future, you don't think it's too much trouble, aren't you?! Ma Changgen lifted the corner of his clothes and fanned the wind, and shouted into the stove house again, "Aiying, lunch is not good yet, have you killed a pig or a cow?" ”
"Shut up, you grumble, it smells bad!" Zhao Aiying did not show weakness.
Ma Xiaole saw Ma Changgen pulling his neck and was about to push it back, so he hurriedly grabbed him with a smile and said, "Godfather, I still have something to tell you, I may have to go to the village office in a short time, what do you think?" ”
Ma Changgen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, rubbed his ears half-loudly, and said, "Stinky boy, did you just say that you were going to the village department to do something?" ”
Ma Xiaole nodded resolutely, as serious as a scout's report, "Godfather, I mean I'm going to the village to do something, you heard it right!" ”
Ma Changgen touched the back of his head, grinned, revealing a row of big yellow teeth, and then lined with a somewhat oily face roasted by the sun, like a few yellow petals scattered on a weak cow dung, "Ah, stinky boy, you have to fight for Lao Tzu!" Then he turned around and shouted into the stove house again, "Aiying, scramble those eggs in the basket, I want to drink two cups at noon tonight!" ”
Hu Aiying showed her head from the stove house, "What's the matter, did you pick up the money?" ”
"! Pick up money and count it as a ball! Ma Changgen turned around and entered the main room, pulled out a wooden box from the drawer of the large table, and took out the key from his waist.
Ma Xiaole knew that he was going to take the money, and he took the money for drinking.
"Xiaole, go to the store again to drink a pound!" Ma Changgen took out two crumpled one-yuan tickets, "For the remaining eight cents, buy some sugar cubes or snacks, and share them with Erbao!" ”
"Great!" Ma Xiaole took the money, carried the wine bottle and ran towards Zhang Xiuhua's small shop.
In the shade on the side of the road, there were a few people sitting, and when they saw Ma Xiaole, they shouted at him: "Xiaole, it's not a bad seed, dare to take the big guy to see the woman you got Cao Erkui!" ”
Ma Xiaole ignored them and walked by himself with his head shaken.
No wonder some people make fun of Ma Xiaole, this kind of thing can't be encountered once in Xiaonanzhuang Village for decades, it can be said that it has never happened! Therefore, it is intolerable not to become people's after-dinner words.
Even the village head, Lai Shungui, talked about it with relish.
When Ma Xiaole arrived at the store, Zhang Xiuhua was not there, and Lai Shungui was lying on the small bed with Erlang's legs crossed. As soon as he saw Ma Xiaole, he sat up, "Xiaole, you are really good, you can show your face today, in the future, this Xiaonanzhuang Village will ensure that no one will dare to bully you, and you will take people to see how to make other people's daughters-in-law at every turn, who would dare to provoke you!" ”
Ma Xiaole knew that Lai Shungui was amused, so he didn't speak, just smirked, and said for a long time that he was blessed, he didn't have to work in the field, he didn't even have to cook, he just ate ready-made, and his life was good.
Lai Shungui was unequivocal and proud of it, "Hey, you said I don't have to work?" Wrong. I'm doing the work of the whole village, otherwise how can I eat ready-made, do you think your cousin Xiuhua is so good, she is willing to serve me? It's not like I get paid every month! ”
"Village chief, no matter what, that's your ability, why can't others do the village chief? If you want me to say, our small Nanzhuang Village just can't live without you, or it won't be messed up! Ma Xiaole smiled and handed over the wine bottle.
Ma Xiaole's sycophant was patted, and Lai Shungui was happy for a while.
After taking the wine bottle, Lai Shungui filled it full. "It's almost the same if there isn't a tael now." He carried the bottle and gestured with his hand to a higher than usual point.
"Let's just say, the village chief is an absolutely good person, but he can be considerate of our people!" Ma Xiaole took out a cigarette, crumpled it in his trouser pocket, pulled out one and straightened it with his hand, and handed it to Lai Shungui, "Village chief, smoke a cigarette from the people!" ”
Lai Shungui took the cigarette, and Ma Xiaole sent the fire again.
After taking a sip beautifully, Lai Shungui said: "Xiaole, I heard from your Aunt Xiuhua in the morning, you went to our house to help, and you worked very hard." ”
"Village chief, that's not what it should be, you also take special care of me, how can I not repay my kindness? Of course, my Ma Xiaole doesn't have any skills, just helping to do some crop work, it's not worth saying. Ma Xiaole waved his hand again and again, and he said it really sincerely.
As she was talking, Zhang Xiuhua turned out of the alley, probably when the rice was cooked and called Lai Shungui to go back, Ma Xiaole picked up the wine bottle to say hello and left.
Lai Shungui was still unsatisfied, and said to Zhang Xiuhua who came in with a cigarette: "Xiuhua, you said that this world is really unreasonable, even the soft eggs are arrogant, Ma Xiaole actually wants to take the neighbor to Cao Erkui's house to get his daughter-in-law to show people!" If Baofa hadn't stopped him, it was estimated that his family would have suffered a big loss, and the orchard would definitely have been plundered by Cao Erkui, as well as the ration field. ”
"Who knows if he's a soft egg, if not, then Cao Erkui shouldn't suffer a loss?"
Lai Shungui spat out a cigarette, "It seems that Ma Xiaole is a soft egg, you said it, why do you say that it may not be now?" ”
"Go, go, when did I say it? I've heard from others, too. Zhang Xiuhua denied it repeatedly, she felt that it was not good to be asked by Lai Shungui like this, so she hurriedly raised her voice, "Hey, I said Lai Shungui, I think something is wrong with you today, what do you mean by asking these words?" ”
"What can I mean, it's just curious." Lai Shungui didn't want to quarrel with Zhang Xiuhua, because he couldn't get the upper hand every time, "I just think Ma Xiaole's kid is a little weird." ”
Speaking of Ma Xiaole, Zhang Xiuhua took the opportunity to take over the topic, "Strange? What's weird, I think that kid is not bad, he is really hard to shave peanuts in the field in the morning, and he also said that he will often help our family! ”
"Cut, what's so strange about that." Lai Shungui seemed to be very arrogant, "It's not that I gave him two village jobs and tasted the sweetness." ”
"In that case, why don't you give him more to do? In that way, our crops will not be worried, don't you say that I am too tired to work on weekdays? Zhang Xiuhua said a little obediently.
"Isn't there anyone else to help, how much do you want Ma Xiaole to help you? I'll tell you, that kid is a ghost. Lai Shungui threw away his cigarette butt and prepared to go home for dinner.
"Slowly, slowly, the words are not finished yet." Zhang Xiuhua stopped Lai Shungui, "According to me, Ma Xiaole is a guy with a heart, I think he wants to go to the village to get an errand!" ”
Zhang Xiuhua said this to test Lai Shungui.
Lai Shungui didn't pay attention to this, "He, forget it, my nephew has been waiting for more than a year, how can he get his turn?!" ”
"Look at you, small things are smart and big things are confused!" Zhang Xiuhua looked very disappointed.
This made Lai Shungui a little puzzled, so he frowned and asked, "I'm smart in small things and confused in big things?" ”
"Isn't that?!" Zhang Xiuhua immediately changed her transparent appearance and began to point, "Look, it's your cleverness to help your nephew get to the village, but that's a trivial matter." You still have to think about yourself, don't you always think about going to Fan Baofa's place? Isn't that a big deal? ”
"yes!" Lai Shungui looked at Zhang Xiuhua and still didn't understand what the reason was.
"Think about it again, if you get your nephew to the village headquarters, will the people in the village gossip about you? Can you convince people? If you can't convince people, then you will be the second-in-command of the village chief all your life, and you will definitely not be able to become the first-in-command of the branch secretary! ”
"Yo, yo!" Lai Shungui raised his hand and patted his head, and said: "You girl, you are still useful at the critical moment, it is reasonable, no wonder Fan Baofa never arranges for relatives and friends to go to the village." ”
When Zhang Xiuhua heard this, she giggled, "How else can I say that women are virtuous and helped, you see, I don't help either!" ”