58 I don't want two thousand pounds of horses' hooves
The people of Da'an Village were not confused, and after they entered the valley, they began to dig where they had not dug before.
Because they only heard the news that there were horses' hooves here, and what they looked like, they only heard the people who reported the news say something.
Now they saw that most of the valley had been dug and a small half had not been dug, and they saw this, like a wild beast smelling blood, and began to dig with its hoe.
They dig and exchange experiences.
"Dig quickly, dig quickly, and take out the black round thing when you see it, that thing is a horse's hoof that can be eaten."
"I've dug so deep, why can't I see anything?"
"Don't be lazy, dig deeper."
"Hey, I see something black! ...... Uh, it's a stone, his grandmother's, and it almost rolled up my hoe. ”
"It's still quite difficult to dig, and we can't find it after digging for so long, so it's no wonder we didn't know there was something to eat here."
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The villagers of Quxi Village saw that hundreds of people in Da'an Village had dug for most of the day without digging a single hair, and their confusion had reached the extreme.
Hell yes!
After they came to dig, they could basically bring out a few horses' hooves with a hoe, and the people of Da'an Village couldn't dig for a long time, so were the horse's hooves really gone?
But before they returned at noon, they could see a large patch of horseshoe grass.
Lin Dashi muttered like a dream: "Dad, do you think we are dreaming these days?" ”
The lieutenant didn't answer him, because he also thought it was like a dream, and he himself was confused.
"If all this is a dream, then what is the matter with the horseshoe we eat and the horse's hoof we dig? I don't think it's like a dream, the horseshoe tastes sweet, but it's delicious......"
"Fool, life is already very hard, don't you dream of making yourself better?"
"No, I'm going back to see if my horse's hooves are real."
Someone reminded me like this, and everyone seemed to wake up.
"Yes, we've dug a lot of horses' hooves back, hurry up and go back and see, if it's a dream, it's really empty."
With this realization, the villagers ran down the hill like crazy.
The people of Da'an Village dug for a long time, but they didn't find anything at all.
They looked up and saw that the people from Quxi Village had run out, and they couldn't help but laugh.
"Hmph, they've been beaten by us, and the horses' hooves don't dare to dig up."
"Haha, this is our world, hurry up and dig it, let's dig overnight, send someone back tonight to get food and drink, we live here for the time being, I don't believe we can't dig things."
"Yes, I'll let my mother-in-law take a few children to dig together, and I can dig a little bit."
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The villagers of Quxi Village rushed down the mountain in groups, and the first to rush to the Lin family ancestral hall at the head of the village.
Most of the horse's hooves they dug in the past few days are stored in the ancestral hall, and the family is basically going home every day to eat leftovers, if the big head is still there, it proves that they are not dreaming.
A group of people were lying on the window at the entrance of the ancestral hall, constantly peeking in through the cracks in the door and the broken windows.
"Oh, I saw a lot of big bags, it turns out that the horses' hooves are still there, we are not dreaming."
"Yes, yes, you see, I dug up and transported the half bag at noon, because there was not enough one, so I put it in the corner."
"Yes, yes, there is a puppy drawn on that bag, and that is my son's drawing."
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Everyone is trying to find evidence of the existence of horses' hooves.
The lieutenant came belatedly, he took out the key with trembling hands, and opened the door of the side hall with trembling hands.
Since Wu Dahu stole things last night, the lieutenant took a lock from the house and locked the door, just to prevent thieves.
After the lieutenant unlocked it, the villagers around him immediately squeezed in and knocked him crookedly.
He shook his head and sighed and walked out, whether the horse's hooves were still there or not, let everyone confirm.
The villagers who rushed into the side hall went straight to the big bag, and they untied the big bag one after another to see, and then burst out with shouts of joy.
"Ah, the horseshoe is still there, it's great, it's good."
"Smack! Haha, my face will hurt, so I'm not dreaming. ”
"Mmmm, the horseshoe still tastes so sweet, I'm not dreaming."
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The villagers were intoxicated with the joy of the horse's lost hoof.
Lin Qian stepped forward and walked in front of the lieutenant chief, who immediately became nervous.
He really shouldn't have believed in the big girl too much, a small child's family, she said that there were more than 50,000 catties of horses' hooves in the valley, so he believed her, and agreed to her conditions, and if he didn't work, he would take away 2,000 catties of horses' hooves.
But now half of the horse's hooves have not been dug out, and they have disappeared, and the horse's hooves that are now piled up in the side hall cannot have 50,000 catties, at most more than 30,000 catties.
Now the number is so much less, and the hooves of the horses distributed to each family are nearly two hundred catties less, which is not a small amount.
If another 2,000 catties are taken out of it and given to the Lin family, then even fewer will be distributed to the villagers.
Li Chang was worried, he felt sorry for the villagers and betrayed everyone's trust, he promised to give each family more than 500 catties of horseshoe, but now it is nearly half.
He took a few puffs of dry tobacco, gritted his teeth and made a decision, he said to Lin Qianqian: "Big girl, today's thing is really strange, there is a large area where there is obviously a horse's hooves, why did it disappear inexplicably?" ”
Lin Qian said solemnly: "Second grandfather, I heard that good people have good rewards, bad people have evil rewards, the villagers of Da'an Village used to even block the water in our village, so that we drank water has become a problem, this is to cut off people's livelihood, today God is estimated to see them come to dig the horse's hooves, so the horse's hooves originally given to our village were taken back." ”
People of this age, due to the lack of knowledge, believe in the statement that God rules everything, and of course do not understand the principle of the conservation law of nature.
She pushed everything to God, and everyone could be a little happy in their hearts.
The chief listened and pondered for a long time, and his old face slowly smiled into a chrysanthemum, "Hehe, I still understand that I am old and confused, don't say it, this horse's hooves are really a gift from God to us in Quxi Village." ”
Until now, his heart suddenly opened up, and the sorrow in his heart was swept away.
He waved his hand and said arrogantly: "Fellow villagers, don't be busy going home, everyone will take a hand and divide the horse's hooves, and whoever distributes it will be whose food." ”
Anyway, there are no horse's hooves to dig in the afternoon, and these horse's hooves left in the ancestral hall have to be sent to watch in order to prevent someone from stealing them.
"Big girl, I promised to give you two thousand catties, and I will give you a lot of pounds, you tell your father to wait, and they will resist and go home." The lieutenant said kindly to Lin Qianqian.
Lin Qianqian shook his head, "Captain, I came here to tell you about this, originally I told you that the dug up horses' hooves must be more than 50,000 catties, but now there are not so many, so the conditions I prescribed before are forgotten." ”
"Forget it? What do you mean by forgetting it? The lieutenant said he didn't understand.
"I don't want the 2,000 catties of horseshoe, and now I don't have many horseshoes dug up, if my family takes away another 2,000 catties, then everyone will share a lot less, I can't make you embarrassed, I don't want the 2,000 catties." Lin Qianqian explained.
"This ..... This..... How can this be done? The chief was surprised, happy, sad and praised.
What was surprising was that Lin Qianqian, who was so slammed at the door, took the initiative not to let the horse's hooves.
Happily, he can better explain to the villagers.
What worries me is that the Lin family, a poor nail, can live without two thousand catties of horseshoe?
What I like is that Lin Qian will think about the villagers and his second grandfather.