Chapter 13 Do you like it?
The next morning, Jiang Mingyue took the two yuan that Zhao Hongying had lost yesterday and the three yuan she had saved, and went to Grandma Liu's house at the entrance of the village, and brought back ten chicks weighing almost two kilograms.
After buying the chicken, she took a detour to the village committee before returning home.
"Mingyue, are we going to raise chickens to sell?"
Grandma could see with only one eye, and when she saw the extra chickens in the chicken coop in the backyard, she asked.
Jiang Mingyue added water to the chickens and picked some vegetable leaves from her private plot and threw them in.
Then he answered his grandmother, "Grandma, we won't sell it to you. We'll eat it ourselves."
“Eat it yourself…”
The old lady thought about it and nodded.
"Okay."
"Um."
Jiang Mingyue smiled and held the old lady's arm as they walked out of the backyard. After having dinner, she asked her grandmother and Manyue to look after the chickens at home.
She and Jiang Xinyue went up the mountain to dig herbs.
It would take a few days for the corn and rice to be harvested, so she wanted to make some money during these days.
The fastest way to make money is to go to the mountains and dig up the herbs collected at the purchasing station.
A few years ago, the land was distributed to each household, and each person was given a piece of land on the hill.
The mountains of the two branches of the Jiang family are adjacent to each other. Aunt Jiang has been playing tricks and moving the boundary of the mountain again and again over the years.
The mountain, which was originally more than 300 meters wide from the foot of the mountain, was occupied by Aunt Jiang by several dozen meters.
Jiang Mingyue went up the mountain and was so angry that she laughed when she saw the boundary that was moved to the middle of their mountain.
"sister……"
Jiang Xinyue was also very angry.
"Zhao Meihua is really going too far!"
"Okay, let's dig the medicine first."
The climate here is pleasant, and the mountains, forests, and fields are fertile and rich in products.
There are many medicinal herbs in the mountains.
Jiang Mingyue and her sister have been running in the mountains since they were young, so they must be good at work.
Astragalus, Chuanxiong, Angelica, Adenophora, Raw Hemp, they dug up whatever they saw.
They climbed the mountain at eight o'clock, and when the sun was at its highest point in the sky, they each dug a bag of urea.
"Sister, we are so lucky today!"
The two sisters sat under the shade of a tree to rest and drink water. Although they were very tired, they were very happy to see the fruitful harvest.
"Can we sell this for fifty bucks?"
"Take it back and pack it up. It's over 50."
"Hey, that's nice."
Jiang Xinyue was happy.
Jiang Mingyue was also happy.
Because of the gifts from nature, the farmers here will never starve to death as long as they are diligent.
In the past, during the great famine, when other places were barren, they were the only ones who could still barely maintain a full stomach.
The two sisters rested for a while, and Jiang Mingyue called Jiang Xinyue, and they took knives and started cutting trees along the mountain boundary of their home, from the foot of the mountain to the top.
We didn't cut down many trees, just one tree every one or two meters.
Leaving behind a half-man-high tree stump.
Seen from a distance, this originally mountain forest looked as if someone had forcibly carved a gully through the middle.
Someone who saw this downstairs and had a good relationship with Aunt Jiang immediately told her about it.
As soon as Jiang Mingyue and her sisters arrived home, Aunt Jiang came over, cursing and howling.
"You damn son of a bitch, you cut down so much wood in my house, is there any justice or law in this?"
"This is not a way to survive. I can't live like this!"
Jiang Xinyue, who was washing her hands and face, was about to go out to argue with Aunt Jiang.
Jiang Mingyue held her down.
"Take Man Yue and grandma to sort the herbs."
"sister……"
"rest assured."
After Jiang Mingyue finished speaking, she picked up a basin of water, opened the gate, and splashed it out.
The water splashed down to Aunt Jiang's feet.
Jiang Mingyue held the empty basin and looked at the frightened Aunt Jiang opposite her with a smile.
"What the hell are you doing standing at my door? Are you crying? Your parents are dead? They are in Zhaojia Village. You are crying in the wrong place."
No one could imagine that Jiang Mingyue said this with a smile on her face, and Aunt Jiang Er couldn't imagine it either.
Her drooping eyes were wide open, and the corners of her drooping mouth were grinning so much that she forgot to close it.
It took me a long while to react.
“You, you, you…”
"Stop being so me and me, let's go."
Jiang Mingyue put the basin in her hand back into the yard, closed the gate, and walked towards the village committee.
Aunt Jiang really didn't expect that Jiang Mingyue, the clay figure that everyone could step on, actually had such a side to her.
She was stunned.
Jiang Mingyue, who had already walked for a while, looked back at Aunt Jiang and said, "Don't you think I've encroached on your forest? Let's go to the village committee and talk to the village chief."
"Reason? See the village chief?"
Aunt Jiang is a typical bully. She dares to bully the eldest wife and act like a spoiled brat in front of Jiang Congwen, but she doesn't dare to act like a spoiled brat in front of the village cadres.
So when she first heard the title of village chief, she was a little frightened.
"Don't dare to go? Are you feeling guilty?"
Jiang Mingyue spoke.
The villagers who came to see the excitement turned their eyes to Aunt Jiang.
Aunt Jiang couldn't save her pride. She couldn't be scared by Jiang Mingyue, a worthless bitch.
"Let's go!"
She just didn't believe that the village chief would ignore their family with college students and choose to help the Jiang family, which had no descendants.
They went to the village committee, and all the villagers who saw the lively atmosphere also went there.
It was a huge group of people, and they looked quite impressive.
Jiang Mingyue walked in front, her steps steady and her back calm, with a faint aura that was difficult to grasp.
Gu Dongqing happened to be in the village today for something. He had just come out of the village accountant's office and was about to leave when he saw a large group of people coming over.
The man had one foot already on the bicycle pedal. When he saw Jiang Mingyue walking calmly in front of him, he unconsciously put his foot down and kicked off the support.
Aunt Jiang came to the village committee and took the initiative to howl in respect, saying that Jiang Mingyue was bullying people and secretly cutting wood from their house, and asked the village committee to help make the decision.
"Let her pay me two hundred dollars. No, let her pay me three hundred dollars. She cut down so many trees in my house, she should pay me three hundred dollars at least."
Aunt Jiang opened her mouth like a lion.
Jiang Mingyue ignored her.
She saw the village chief coming out, took out the land that had been prepared long ago, and the forest boundary registration form, and handed them to the village chief who was entering the village.
The tone is neither hurried nor slow.
"Could you please confirm, Village Chief, whether this certificate of land and forest distribution was originally issued to our family by the village?"
No one expected that Jiang Mingyue would come with evidence.
Aunt Jiang never expected this.
She pointed at Jiang Mingyue and raised her foot to curse at her.
"Shut up."
Village chief Liu Yongzheng glared at Aunt Jiang, glanced at the certificate in his hand and nodded slowly.
"This is a certificate issued by the village, and it has the signature of the old village chief."
"Yes, then the boundaries of our fields and forests are divided according to this certificate, right, village chief?"
“Yes.”
Liu Yongzheng nodded slowly.
Jiang Mingyue's face darkened, and she looked directly at Aunt Jiang and spoke in a serious and sharp voice, "Since everyone has the certificate given by the village, then they know their own boundaries. Then I wonder what is your intention, Aunt Jiang, for occupying our land and forests for six years from 1979 to now?"
"The bandits who have not yet been wiped out are bullying our family. Don't we have brothers?"
Every word Jiang Mingyue said left Aunt Jiang speechless!
The villagers who were watching the excitement also widened their eyes in surprise.
Under the shade of the tree, although the tall man stood outside the crowd, it did not prevent him from accurately focusing on the glowing fair girl in the crowd.
It turns out that this sweet-looking girl actually has such a strong personality!
Gu Dongqing thought about his dream last night again.
He pressed the tip of his tongue against his back teeth and said, "What's so good about Jiang Mingyue?"
"She's pretty, good-looking, and has fair skin."
The man was originally talking to himself, but suddenly heard such a reply from the side.
Gu Dongqing turned his head and glanced at the man in a coat beside him, his eyes also on Jiang Mingyue.
Love was almost showing in that look.
Gu Dongqing sneered.
"You like her."
"Well, who wouldn't like a beautiful girl like Mingyue?" The man asked Gu Dongqing, "You don't like her?"