Chapter 86 Occupation
Li Sanleng was startled. He turned around and saw that it was Su Tong. He relaxed his expression and said:
"Hey! It's Tongya who's back! She scared me!"
Su Tong stepped forward, snatched the bench from Li Sanleng's hand, and threw it aside.
"You're here beating people up in the middle of the night! Aren't you afraid of embarrassing Secretary Wu?"
Li Sanleng snorted coldly, "Murder? I'm criticizing 'Stinky Old Nine'! Everyone is watching!"
There were a few residents living close to this place standing in groups of three or four. They usually walked around the cowshed from a distance, but today they were not shy about it.
Li Sanleng proudly raised his head towards Su Tong:
"Tongya! If you're okay, go back to your room first! Don't be stupid!"
Su Tong glanced at Lao Lin and Lao Qi lying on the ground. Both old men were injured to varying degrees. It seemed that they had been "criticized" for quite a while before she came back.
But as soon as she looked over, the two old men turned their heads away.
They didn't want to implicate Su Tong.
These days, class background can crush people to death. The "stinking ninth" has the lowest status and anyone can step on it. No one can say that criticizing the "stinking ninth" is wrong!
If Su Tong openly helps them today, someone will dare to hold a denunciation meeting tomorrow to criticize her class stance! Put a bunch of messy charges on her, and then not only Su Tong will be implicated! The fate of the two old men will also be worse!
At this time, a child walked out of the room behind Li Sanleng and asked, "Dad, why don't you fight?"
Then a woman with disheveled hair appeared from the door, holding a child in her arms, and shouted, "Goudan! Don't bother your dad! Go home!"
Su Tong was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. He heard that woman actually called Goudan to go home! He turned around and sneered:
"Li Sanleng, I just asked you to help look after the cowshed for a few days, how come these two old men's house became your home?"
Li Sanleng patted the dust on his hands with a fake smile, "Sister Tongya! You haven't been in the village these few days, so you may not know a lot of things! The village has allocated this room to me to live in."
"This was built with funds that Technician Li asked the village for. Lao Lin and Lao Qi have made great contributions in helping to treat the cattle. The shack has collapsed again, so this house is to compensate them."
"Yes! That's right! The funds were allocated from above, the house was built with work points from the village, and the cow was taken care of by Technician Li. What does it have to do with these two old guys? Besides, they are two stinking ninth graders who were sent down to do labor reform. Why should they live in this new house? Do they deserve it?"
"Oh! By the way! Wu's daughter, I'm letting you know in advance that the village has considered it difficult for a girl like you to take care of these four or five cows, so they have officially handed this job over to me! As for what you're going to do in the future, go back and ask the village yourself!"
Li Sanleng limped forward two steps while speaking, approached Su Tong, and said in a low voice:
"If you have more work points, you have to be able to afford them. You may not know that Yunshan Village was not rated as an 'advanced village' this time. Your title of hero is useless. I'm afraid it won't work in the future!"
After saying that, he laughed out loud and said hello to the people around him, "Forget it! Go home! There's nothing exciting to watch today!"
After saying that, he limped into the house and closed the door.
Su Tong was silent in the dark, then picked up the bench and smashed it hard at the newly installed glass window.
With a loud bang, the glass shattered, leaving nothing behind.
Li Sanleng rushed out of the door while brushing off the broken glass on his body, cursing:
"You stinky little girl! Don't refuse my toast and drink the wine for punishment! You, a plague god who doesn't even want your parents, can't even protect yourself, and you still want to stand up for those two old guys! Be careful not to die too ugly!"
Su Tong stood in the shadows and said coldly: "Believe it or not, if you curse me one more time, I can take the door down again!"
It's the coldest time of the year now. Without windows and doors, no one can live in this house tonight.
Perhaps it was because Su Tong's momentum was too strong, Li Sanleng shrank his head and actually retreated back, cursing through the door:
"You damned girl! If you have the guts, you can still be so arrogant tomorrow!"
"Girl..."
Lao Lin on the ground shouted softly, "Forget it!"
Su Tong took a deep breath, turned around and helped Lao Lin and Lao Qi up on the left and right.
Li Sanleng is just a clown, a microcosm of the millions of farmers of this era. He has suffered from poverty, lacks faith, and a sense of right and wrong. At the same time, he is ignorant, selfish, bullies the good, and fears the evil...
Su Tong felt angry, but more of a sense of sadness and powerlessness in his heart...
She knew this history, so she had always been able to examine the things that happened after coming to Yunshan Village rationally. She would not care too much or get too involved. But when she was there, she still couldn't control her emotions.
"Girl...we are fine..."
Seeing Su Tong silent, Lao Lin forced himself to smile.
"We have experience and know how to avoid getting beaten."
Su Tong felt a pang in his heart when he heard this.
"Okay, stop being so stubborn..."
Lao Qi straightened up and took a break, then walked over to Lao Lin and lifted up his other arm, then asked:
"Can you still move your leg?"
Su Tong's expression froze, "What's wrong with your legs?"
Then he angrily said: "Li Sanleng did it?!"
"No, no! I fell off the embankment, otherwise... I wouldn't have come back early..." Lao Qi replied hurriedly.
Su Tong was silent for a moment, bent down, grabbed Lao Lin's arm and carried him on his back.
Lao Lin was a little flustered and at a loss, "Girl! Don't do it! You will be in trouble if others see you! Besides, how can I, an old man, let you, a girl, carry me on your back!"
Su Tong ignored him and carried Lao Lin towards the yard where he lived.
Lao Lin was unwilling and struggled to get down.
Su Tong said impatiently:
"I've already done it! Besides, you're more than enough to treat me as your grandpa, just treat me as your granddaughter, why are you being so pretentious!"
Old Lin then stopped moving, and after a while he even uttered a low, "Hey!"
Lao Qi followed behind and secretly glanced at Lao Lin. Why did he feel that the old man sounded somewhat happy?
Su Tong asked Lao Lin and Lao Qi to go into the west room, light the brazier, and boil some hot water. Then he checked the injuries of the two old men with the kerosene lamp.
Lao Lin's ankle was swollen and shiny dark purple, but fortunately his bones were not injured, just a sprain. It would take a little longer to recover in winter. Other parts of his body had some bruises from bumps and bruises, all of which were external injuries.
Lao Qi was hit by a bench before Su Tong arrived. His shoulder was bruised and would probably be swollen tomorrow. He also had some scratches on other parts of his body.
Li Sanleng is a paper tiger who usually has to rely on others for support in the village. Today he has a rare opportunity to act big because he occupied this new house a few days ago.
When he saw the two old men coming back in the evening, he made a big fuss and threw out all their original things. Except for hitting Old Qi, he didn't dare to go too far.
Compared with the injuries on their bodies, the fatigue brought by more than ten days of heavy physical labor is even greater. The bodies of the two old men have been severely damaged. After all, at this age, it is unknown how long it will take for them to recover.
While waiting for the water to boil, Su Tong ran several times, picked up the two old men's luggage and bedding rolls, and put them back in the woodshed.
The last time Ma Daming helped her mend the cracks in the wall, she also specifically asked him to mend the cracks in the woodshed as well. Except for the fact that it did not have a tiled roof, the room was still quite warm.
But after today's incident, it is still a question whether the two old men can move back tomorrow.
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