In villages where the clan atmosphere is becoming increasingly strong, even if a production team is established, there will inevitably be a few lazy people and slackers.
Back then, Zhang Qianping almost killed his twelve-year-old cousin from a branch family for fifteen acres of land, so when Zhang Qianping was punished, no one in the clan spoke up for him.
But after all, there were too many people in Zhang Qianping's branch, and each family could only deal with one person at a time, so they still helped Zhang Qianping raise his two sons.
Generally speaking, children who grow up eating at other people's homes know how to be grateful, but Zhang Qianping's two sons are just the opposite.
When their father was taken away, they were both over ten years old. They had lived a good life as the sons of a country landlord, so the two brothers had always harbored hatred for their clansmen and fellow villagers.
The two of them were lazy and gluttonous in the village, and their faces were thicker than city walls.
They were lucky because when they just came of age, it was popular to eat from the same pot, which made them brothers very happy.
Later, the communal dining system was abolished and everyone had to rely on work points to get food. The two of them were busy with work points every day and quarreled with the scorekeeper. They were criticized every month, and the food distributed at the end of the year was often wasted in just a few months.
Both of them are now in their forties and have not yet started a family.
Zhang Hongdun thought he could get a few dollars or food coupons from the young Zhang Hongcheng today, but he didn't expect that Zhang Qianyi's brat didn't take his two distant cousins seriously at all.
When Zhang Hongdun returned home, he became angrier and angrier, and couldn't help but kick his younger brother Zhang Hongshen.
I went to him to ask for money, but that kid actually took out a small yellow bill and placed it on the table leisurely in front of so many elders in the clan - one cent!
This guy even smiled and said, "Brothers, you're welcome, just take it!"
What made Zhang Hongdun most embarrassed was that his younger brother grabbed the penny while spitting.
"One penny, where's your face?"
Zhang Hongshen dodged his brother's foot and complained in dissatisfaction.
"One cent can buy several maltose candies, which are good for satisfying your thirst when you are bored."
"By the way, brother, is this Zhang Hongcheng still holding a grudge against our father?"
Hearing his brother's words, Zhang Hongdun sneered.
"Nonsense, even if he doesn't bother us, I don't plan to let him go."
"It's a pity that the old man was too soft-hearted back then and let Zhang Qianyi escape alive. Look, now even his son has become a cadre and a college student!"
"Hey, Boss, you said this little cousin's wife is really pretty, hehehehe."
Zhang Hongshen’s words made Zhang Hongdun’s heart burn.
It’s really unfair!
Such a pretty girl actually followed the son of that rough guy Zhang Qianyi?
"Keep an eye on him for the next two days. I think this kid might just attack us. Also, the things our father left behind are probably hidden in his house. We must make sure they don't get them!"
"Don't worry, the little brat still wants to fight with us two old birds!"
"By the way, I didn't block the hole in the back wall of their ancestral house. Do you want to go check it out tonight? Maybe that girl is taking a bath there?"
"What are you waiting for? Let's go!"
There was no moon in the sky on New Year's Day, and the night was very dark.
The Zhang brothers quietly came to the back of Zhang Hongcheng's ancestral house and searched for a long time before they found the hole in the wall.
At this moment, a light appeared in the hole in the wall, and there was a faint sound of water. The two of them laughed and climbed up the small hole in the wall to look.
As a result, the ground beneath their feet suddenly became loose, and the two fell into the sewage ditch of the pigpen behind Zhang Hongcheng's ancestral home with a plop.
It turned out that the two men did not realize that the previous hole in the wall had been blocked by someone, and the newly opened hole in the wall was right above the sewage channel.
Someone placed a rotten wooden board on top of the sewage channel, the kind that would break if stepped on.
Zhang Hongdun, grinning in the darkness, first covered his brother's mouth, fearing that the wailing would alarm the people inside.
The two men rubbed their waists for a long time and couldn't move.
I don't know which bastard threw a few huge pebbles into the dry sewage ditch, which almost broke their waists.
"That's not right," Zhang Hongshen, who had finally recovered after a long while, suddenly stretched out his fingers and pinched, "Their pigpen hasn't been used for years, why is the mud wet?"
"Hey, it smells pretty strong."
Soon they understood why.
“Ugh~~~~.”
Covered in a foul smell, the Zhang Hongdun brothers supported each other and stumbled away.
In fact, Chu Miaohong did not take a shower that day. The sound of water in the room was just a noise made deliberately by Zhang Hongcheng.
The next morning, Zhang Hongcheng took a stroll in the village and carefully looked at the old house of the Zhang brothers for a long time.
But in the end, Zhang Hongcheng turned around and left without doing anything, which disappointed many villagers who were ready to watch the fun.
Zhang Hongcheng and his wife stayed in the old house until the fifth day of the New Year before setting off back to the machinery factory.
That night, the Zhang Hongdun brothers, who had been waiting impatiently, secretly took a hoe and a shovel and climbed over the wall into Zhang Hongcheng's ancestral home with ease.
The two brothers were so poor that they could only use candles to commit crimes.
The two of them quietly walked around several rooms and finally stopped in a corner of the main room.
There used to be a lame table here, but it was now moved to the inner room by Zhang Hongcheng and his wife. The brothers discovered that a slightly different piece of wall was exposed in the corner.
Decades later, they finally discovered the secret compartment left by their father.
"What is this?"
"It's a Yuan Datou! It's worth more than twenty yuan. It's a pity that it can't be used now."
"These papers are the title deeds and the IOUs..."
"Haha, they even told us brothers to be grateful for the meals they gave us. Look at how much grain and money they owe our family."
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