Chapter 413 A Loud Bang on the Mountain
What is even more heartbreaking is that the hundreds of acres of wheat in Xiangyang Village were eaten up by wild boars. Even the soil was turned over. The villagers squatted on the ground and cried.
"Oh my God, what is going on? What happened to Xiangyang Village this year?"
"Did someone offend God, so God sent wild boars down the mountain to kill us?"
"Oh my, Huanzi and Chengqiao live at the foot of the mountain. I wonder if they were bitten by wild boars... Bah, my stinky mouth."
"Why don't we go take a look and ask Huanzi how to solve this situation."
“Let’s go, let’s go…”
"Fellow villagers, please don't go to see him. Huanzi was injured yesterday and his injury is very serious. Everyone knows that Cheng Qiao has been admitted to Beijing Medical University, so Cheng Qiao is treating Li Huan now. Please don't bother him."
Secretary Hao shouted quickly. Wang Xiangyang saw that Secretary Hao's voice was not loud and the villagers standing behind him could not hear it at all, so he stepped forward and repeated Secretary Hao's words.
Secretary Hao used two fingers to dig into his ear holes. This guy had such a loud voice that his ears were buzzing.
Upon hearing the news, Uncle Niu, Aunt Wang, Loach and others felt uncomfortable. Li Huan had obviously been promoted and could have sat in an office in the county and enjoyed a good life.
Now it is the end of the year again. I am happily enjoying the New Year's Eve dinner with my wife and children in Beijing, but my heart is still with Xiangyang Village. A phone call from Wang Xiangyang summoned me back from Beijing, exhausted.
Now he was seriously injured because of everyone, and everyone felt sorry for him. Uncle Niu turned around and walked home with tears in his eyes.
He had nothing to give Huanzi. Aunt Wang just said that Cheng Qiao needed a lot of water tanks. Although he didn't know what Cheng Qiao needed the water tanks for, he had many large bathtubs at home.
Loach hurriedly followed. Uncle Niu was his master, and disciples should do the work. So of course he had to help his master.
Those who had water tanks at home went back to move them. As for the money, no one was willing to take it. They were also people with conscience. Cheng Qiao and Li Huan treated them so well, so how could they still have the nerve to ask for money.
Those who didn't have water tanks at home also ran home. There were some eggs, hens, rice, flour, pickled vegetables and so on in the kitchen. Anyway, whatever good things there were, they could just send them to Li Huan's house.
Chen Weimin looked at the big wild boar lying on the field all night, his eyes filled with desire. He had separated from Juhua and was living with Widow Liu.
The two loved each other very much and lived a very comfortable life, but Widow Liu liked to hide her money and was reluctant to eat or spend anything. He could only work hard and make money to satisfy Widow Liu's daily needs.
"Village chief, why don't we skin this wild boar and let everyone have a pig-killing meal at the beginning of the new year to get rid of the bad luck."
Wang Xiangyang didn't say anything, but he agreed with this statement in his heart. Fortunately, things are different now than before, and people won't find fault with him if he says something like "get rid of bad luck".
"You are responsible for dealing with this wild boar and organizing some people to prepare the butcher's meal. But don't go too far, otherwise, I have the right to expel you from Xiangyang Village."
Chen Weimin waved his hands repeatedly. He was not so stupid. At most he would get a skeleton and embezzle a pound and a half of pork. He would never touch the rest.
Although Xiangyang Village has had a bad year this year, its conditions are actually quite good compared to other villages. His family now has four pigs and is just waiting for the people at the purchasing station to come and exchange the money for the pigs.
"Don't worry, Village Chief. I am no longer the Chen Weimin of the past. By the way, my sister-in-law is going to visit my eldest brother in a few days. I want to go too."
Wang Xiangyang did not agree. Although Chen Weidang and Chen Weimin were brothers from the same mother, Cuihua might not be willing to let him see her man because Chen Weimin did many things too much.
"If Aunt Cuihua agrees, I have no objection, but you can't go with her privately."
Chen Weimin was a little disappointed. He had actually saved up some cigarettes and food. Chen Weidang was always his elder brother and had always taken good care of him.
Secretary Hao didn't say anything, but rode his bicycle to the county town. He had to do two things. The first was to find a better doctor to treat Li Huan.
The second thing was to go back to the office and write an application report, reporting what had happened in Xiangyang Village in the past two days. The state would exempt as much as it could to reduce the burden on the villagers.
Cheng Qiao had just changed the sixth bucket of water for Li Huan when the yard became noisy. Cheng Qiao hurried over and saw dozens of villagers, some carrying water jars, some carrying large baskets and some carrying large backpacks, all coming to their yards.
"What are you doing?"
"Qiao, don't worry about it, just go and look after Huanzi, I'll take care of this."
Aunt Wang waved her hand and drove Cheng Qiao in, closing the door of the living room, and then directed the villagers to put things in the yard in an orderly manner.
Before long, the originally large yard was reduced to a one-meter-wide passage. Ye Xiaolin, who was standing on the side watching the excitement, felt inexplicably sad.
Little Troublemaker and Chen Xiaoniu ran over, saw Ye Xiaolin and the epaulettes on his military uniform, and quickly stood at attention and saluted seriously.
Ye Xiaolin returned the salute and asked him if he had a gun. The little troublemaker shook his head and nodded. He was not qualified to carry a gun, but Chen Weidang had left behind a homemade gun.
"Do you dare to go up the mountain and catch some wild boars, or other animals?"
The little troublemaker puffed out his chest and thought, what is there to be afraid of? The Qilian Mountains are much steeper than the Xiangyang Mountains, and he and his father still climbed to the halfway point of the mountain.
Chen Xiaoniu was a little worried. The roar of the wild boar last night was too scary. Now they were going up the mountain with only the two of them. Would they encounter any danger?
"Little troublemaker, why don't you wait until Brother Huan recovers from his injury before going together."
"Comrade Chen Xiaoniu, Li Huan is quite influential in Xiangyang Village."
Ye Xiaolin asked with a smile upon hearing this, and Chen Xiaoniu nodded proudly, "Of course, it was Brother Huan who led them to become rich, it was Brother Huan who made their village an advanced collective, and it was Brother Huan who allowed them to study and read."
"Don't worry, little girl. Help Aunt Wang and the others prepare the dishes for slaughtering the pig. We'll go up the mountain to get some more dishes and we'll be back soon."
Chen Xiaoniu was extremely panicked. She went up the mountain to add two more dishes, but she didn't know who was adding dishes to whom. Just when she was about to say something, a shocking sound came from the mountain.
The three people looked towards the back mountain and saw that the rocks on the mountain had begun to roll down, mixed with small animals that had not escaped in time.
"Oh no, something happened, let's go up and take a look."
Ye Xiaolin pulled out his pistol without hesitation and rushed to the back mountain. The little troublemaker thought about it, turned around and rushed into Li Huan's house, asked Cheng Qiao for a homemade gun, and ran out as well.
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