You hour.
The family sat around the dining table again, on which were plates of dumplings.
The dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork have thin skin and large fillings. Dip them in garlic sauce and aged vinegar and you can eat as much as you want.
After everyone had eaten their fill, the diligent Mrs. Li used a large gourd ladle to scoop up a ladle of lukewarm dumpling soup and poured a bowl for each person.
It has a strong noodle flavor and is comfortable and refreshing to drink.
It was getting dark and night was falling.
Geng Zhenhai, Geng Feng and Geng Tian were spreading bedding on the blue bricks outside the yard. The eyes of the village head who was passing by were attracted and he stopped.
"Brother Zhenhai, judging from your attitude, are you planning to sleep outside?"
Geng Zhenhai smiled and said: "My house was demolished, and Aunt Li's house has walls that are not completely dry, and people can't even sit on the kang.
Sleeping on the floor of that house, people are exposed to moisture and are prone to joint diseases.
It would be better to sleep outside, using the sky as a blanket and the ground as a bed, which is quite comfortable."
Geng Tian took over the conversation: "There has been a severe drought in recent years, and there are no mosquitoes. It's cool to sleep outside, no problem."
The head of the village shook his head.
“Although it was cool sleeping outside and there were no mosquitoes, the moonlight was bright and there were so many stars that it seemed like I could grab several with one hand.
You chose this place, but there is not even a wall, so it is not comfortable to sleep.
Today Suqin took her two children back to her parents' home and will stay for a while before coming back.
There is only one big kang in my house, and I live alone.
You three, why don't you stay at my house and wait for Suqin to come back. Aunt Li's house will be dry now, so you can move back."
Geng Zhenhai heard this and said, "Alright, I'll stay at your house."
Geng Feng got up and went to the warehouse to tell Ye Meizi and Xiao Nian that the three of them had gone to live at the headman's house.
The three of them rolled up their bedding, tucked it under their arms, and followed the headman, chatting and laughing as they walked toward his home.
When passing by Dong's house, he saw Dong Biao with his chin resting on the courtyard wall, and his huge head looked like a sunflower.
Dong Biao's wife, Li Erhui, pricked the soles of Dong Po's feet with a needle. She was so scared that she ran back to her parents' home for several days.
Dong Biao didn't feel anything during the day when there were many people at home, but at night he felt a little lonely.
A man was standing by the courtyard wall, looking westward with his head out. When he saw the village head and his men approaching, Dong Biao began to flirt with them.
"Geng Quezi, you are carrying your bedding and going to beg for food with your son and nephew? Is it because you have only half of your house built and you have no money left?"
The head of the village frowned and said, "Dong Biao, are you just trying to force yourself to burst out?
Did Zhenhai provoke you or offend you? I see that after a few days of peace and quiet, your heart starts to itch again.
One day, if you put something around your neck again, you might become obedient. "
Geng Zhenhai had worked all day and had to get up early the next day, so he ignored Dong Biao and followed the village head.
Geng Feng stopped and moved closer to the Dong family's courtyard wall, lowering his voice and saying:
"Dong Biao, was the snake hanging around your neck that day big? Do you want to try it again?
When I finish building the house, I will definitely catch a bigger one.
I want to do the same thing as last time, coil the snake around your neck, and tie the head and tail of the snake with a rope. It will not be easy for you to take it off. "
"You, you, you, Geng boy, didn't you deny that you hung the snake around my neck?
Village chief, village chief, Geng Feng said he caught a snake and hung it around my neck. "
The village head turned around and said, "You deserve it! You asked for it. If you hang ten more snakes, no one will help you take them down."
Geng Tian laughed out loud, revealing a mouthful of white teeth:
"Geng Feng, I will help you catch snakes from now on. After you catch the snake, I will hold it down and you will hang it around its neck. I guarantee it will scare it to death and cry for its parents."
After saying that, the two brothers laughed and walked forward, leaving Dong Biao alone in the wind.
"Damn it, if I can't deal with you openly, can I not deal with you secretly?"
Dong Biao rolled his eyes and a bad idea popped up in his big head.
He turned around and knocked on the window of Dong Hu's room: "Brother, get up quickly, I have something to tell you."
Dong Hu and his wife were stacked on top of each other, doing something that could only be understood but not described. He didn't want to get up until he was released.
Dong Hu panted and said, "I'm sleepy. We'll talk tomorrow. What's going on in the middle of the night?"
"Can't get up? Don't think I don't know what you are doing."
Dong Biao muttered, "I can't deal with others, but can I deal with you?"
There was a pile of firewood in the yard. He carefully pulled down a few dry branches, lit them and threw them on the windowsill of Dong Hu's house.
The window paper caught fire in an instant, and the inside and outside of the house were instantly exposed and became transparent.
Dong Biao shouted loudly: "It's on fire, big brother, hurry up, it's on fire."
Dong Hu was so scared that he stopped moving, jumped up from his wife, and fell to the ground with his naked butt.
Dong Hu and Dong Biao look really alike, even their butts are similar, both are big and flat, like a piece of bad cow dung.
Dong Hu pulled open the bolt, rushed out with his bare butt, and reached out to touch the lid of the water tank.
There was a ladle on the lid, and he wanted to scoop out water to put out the fire.
The Dong family has a row of six large houses. Mrs. Dong and her husband live in the east house with the door facing west, while Dong Hu and his wife live in the west house with the door facing east.
The kitchen is between the east and west rooms.
The houses of Dong Bao, Dong Biao and Dong Feng are lined up down from Dong Hu's house, and their doors all face south.
Dong Biao's shout made Mrs. Dong angry and she and her husband came out. When they saw their eldest son Dong Hu with his butt naked, they were stunned.
At this time, Dong Bao and his wife, and Dong Feng and his wife also came out. Looking in through the window without window paper, they saw Dong Hu's wife busily getting dressed.
They didn't understand how the fire started, but they all ran into the kitchen to see what was going on.
Although there was no light in the room, the door was open and Dong Hu's appearance could still be seen clearly in the moonlight.
Dong Bao and Dong Feng's wife both blushed, turned around and ran away, standing in the yard.
Dong Hu then realized that he was in such a hurry that he forgot to put on his pants. Now the stuff in his crotch was seen by his two brothers' wives, which was too embarrassing.
He went back to the house with his legs tucked together, lowered his body, closed the door, and put on his pants before coming out.
It was then that the family discovered that the so-called fire had only burned the window paper of Dong Hu's house.
Dong Hu's eyes fell on Dong Biao's face: "What's going on? Why is the window paper so hot?"
Dong Biao remained calm and said, "Brother, Geng Feng and Geng Tian just passed by our door. Geng Feng lit a branch and threw it onto your windowsill.
It caught fire in an instant."
Granny Qin suddenly roared, "Are you bullying me to death? You guys, grab your sticks and sickles and go find Geng Feng and fight him to the death.
And you——"
Mrs. Dong pushed Old Dong, who was standing beside her, and said, "Take your sons to settle the accounts with the Geng family."
"Wait a moment."
Dong Hu stopped his family members and his eyes, which were exactly the same as Dong Biao's, fell on Dong Biao's face: "Just now you were the one who woke me up and said you had something to do.
The fire started because I didn't get up.
I see, you were the one who started the fire, right?"
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