Chapter 11 God’s gift
After the cooperative was confirmed, the people in Xiaoshi Village suddenly became more enthusiastic about farming.
After finishing the work in the fields, I still have time to cultivate a small vegetable garden and plant some vegetables, radishes and the like.
Lu Xing did not join in the fun. At her age, it was enough for her to finish her work slowly every day. Her body could not handle any more.
Sometimes when she felt tired, she would take a glass of water and sit at the entrance of the village to chat with Lianhua and Liu Hehua.
The others who were chatting were busy working.
However, everyone has been busy recently and nothing new has happened in the village. We have almost finished talking about Mrs. Lu's family affairs, and in the end there is nothing new to talk about, so we can only talk about the weather.
"The weather has been getting weird lately. First it rained for so many days straight, then it was so hot. I don't know if the seedlings in the field will die from the heat."
The three people hid under the shade of the tree, but they were still sweating from the heat.
They looked at the sun in the sky and felt a little worried.
Farming depends on the weather. If there is not enough sun, the crops will not grow well. If there is too much sun, the crops will not grow well either.
"The seeds have been planted, so we can only wait and see."
Lu Xing fanned the air with his hands and said, "If it doesn't work, I'll just have to work harder and water it more often."
"It's so hot under the sun, no matter how much water you pour on it, it's useless."
As the three of them chatted, they began to worry.
“Pah.”
Suddenly, a ball of mud was thrown onto Lianhua's clothes.
Then there was the sound of children's laughter.
Lianhua looked at the mud spots on her clean clothes, turned back angrily, and wanted to see who did it.
She thought that people who did bad things would be afraid, but she saw the grandson of Lu Dalui's family holding up his dirty hands and showing off proudly, without any trace of fear at all.
"You little bastard, if you keep throwing mud around, I'll ask your dad to beat you."
Lu Tianci rolled his eyes, not afraid at all. "You're talking nonsense. My dad won't beat me."
After saying that, he picked up a ball of mud and pretended to throw it again.
Lu Xing saw this and said, "I just saw that your family seemed to be cooking something delicious. Is it pork?"
"What?" Thinking of the taste of pork, throwing mud didn't seem so fun anymore.
He threw away the mud and ran home.
"The children in the village seem to be running wild lately. It seems dangerous to me."
"Because no one cares?"
The adults in the village were busy farming, and the older children who were supposed to take care of the children were busy with housework. The younger children who were left unattended were like birds out of a cage, feeling the long-lost freedom and playing wildly in the village.
Even people dare to go down to play in the river where children drowned.
Even if the adults in the family found out later and took them home and gave them a spanking, it couldn't stop them from wanting to cause trouble.
The one who plays the craziest here is Lu Tianci.
As the only grandson of Lu Daliu, his family doesn't allow him to do anything fun, for fear that he might get hurt and something might happen to this only son in five generations.
Although his whole family spoiled him in terms of food and clothing, Lu Tianci still felt a little envious every time he saw other children throwing stones and playing in the mud.
After no one took care of him, he would climb up trees, go down to the river, and even pick vegetables from other people's fields for fun.
If other adults saw him, they would at most scold him. Anyway, his family doted on him so much that no one would be willing to hit him.
After a few times, he became more and more courageous.
From teasing bugs and frogs at the beginning, to playing pranks on adults later on.
Once, he threw something as a prank on a road people often walked on. Seeing someone on the roadside tripped because of the wood he threw, Lu Tianci couldn't help laughing at the embarrassed look on his face.
The man was about to hit him, but he didn't hide. He just stood there, not even a hint of remorse on his face. "I'm the only heir to our Lu family for five generations. If you hurt me, it means our Lu family will be extinct."
Threatened like this, the adult hesitated and didn't dare to hit him anymore. He could only retract his raised hand, cursed, and turned away.
When it comes to this child, the three of them have a lot to say.
"Lu Daliu raises his grandson like this, how can Lu not care? Wouldn't he be useless in the future?"
"His family went crazy trying to have a son. They even prayed to gods and Taoist priests, tried countless folk remedies, and endured countless hardships. Now that they finally got their son, doesn't he feel as painful as an eyeball?"
Liu Hehua knew a lot about praying for a child, so when Lu Neng's family went to consult a fortune teller, they asked her to introduce them.
At that time, his wife swallowed the water mixed with chicken, duck blood and incense ash as if she was risking her life.
Because they kept failing, their family couldn't bear to hear the word "son" during that period.
Once when attending a full-month banquet for someone else’s child, Lu Neng’s wife almost took the child home as her own.
Fortunately, after praying for so many years, they finally had a son.
The family seemed much more normal now. They usually didn't have a bad temper when talking to each other, and they only got angry when talking about things related to Lu Tianci.
The one who reacted the most here was Lu Neng's father.
At that time, there was a child in the village playing with Lu Tianci. While running around, he accidentally fell down and both of them got their skin bruised.
It is common for children to get bumped and bruised while playing, and no one takes it seriously.
As a result, after dinner, Lu Daliu came to the door with a knife and threatened the family to stay away from his grandson, saying that if anything happened, they would be in trouble.
Because of his reckless attitude, the children in the village were warned by their parents not to play with Lu Tianci, otherwise they would be visited by a madman if something happened.
No one dared to play with Lu Tianci, so he went to bother the adults in the village.
The adults were also afraid that Lu Daliu would come and go crazy, so everyone tolerated some minor things as much as possible.
As a result, over time, this kid developed his lawless personality.
"Lu Neng's health isn't good either. He relies on medication every day to keep going. It doesn't look like he can have a second child. Besides, family planning is in place now, so even if he could, he wouldn't be able to. This is our only son, so we have to watch him like a baby."
"If you ask me, this is Lu Daliu's own fault." Liu Hehua knew a lot about their family because she introduced the fortune teller to their family.
"Do you think Lu Neng is an only child? At that time, Lu Daliu was going crazy wanting a son. His wife gave birth to one, but when he saw it was a daughter, he fell to his death as soon as he walked out the door. He kept falling like that before he finally gave birth to a son, and his wife died of exhaustion."
"Ah?! There is such a thing? Didn't everyone say that his wife died of illness?" Lu Xing thought about it. The previous statements were that his wife died of an incurable disease.
Liu Hehua: "No, she gave birth year after year, but she didn't keep any of them. After giving birth, she still had to work. Wouldn't she be exhausted and sick? When she died, there was no flesh on her body. She looked like a skeleton. What a sin."
"I don't know if it was karma, but Lu Daliu later married another woman, but she couldn't have children no matter how hard she tried, and she died not long after. After that, the two of them grew up relying on each other."
"When Lu Neng grew up and got married, he was just like his father. He was married for seven or eight years but still couldn't have a child. If you ask me, maybe it's the girls that Lu Daliu fell to their death who are coming back to take their lives."
Her eerie voice made Lu Xing feel a chill down his spine. "You're telling me it's so scary, is it true?"
"In fact, Lu Daliu also found a third one, a widow." Lian Hua provided a new piece of information, and no one knew where she heard it from.
"I heard he promised to marry the widow if she got pregnant. But she never got pregnant, so the plan never came to fruition."
"This shameless old man has done so many wicked things, yet he still dreams of doing good things. Unfortunately, he failed. I'm afraid that even God couldn't stand it and gave him retribution." Liu Hehua looked down on the other party.
When I was young and going on a blind date, the matchmaker mentioned Lu Daliu's family and said that there would be no mother-in-law to take care of me and I would be able to take charge of the family if I came.
Fortunately, she had good taste and didn't like his family, so she found her current partner. If she had really gone to Lu Daliu's house, she would have fallen into a trap.
"So there is no normal person in the family, then what about Lu Neng's wife?" Lu Xing greeted Lu Neng's wife several times and didn't notice anything wrong.
Lian Hua's family lives close to Lu Daliu's. "His daughter-in-law is also very superstitious. After giving birth to a son, she invited a Bodhisattva home and prayed to him three times a day. She is more diligent than she is in serving her husband."
"There's not a single normal person in the family. It would be unlucky for a child to be born into their family."
"I can only say that it's a good thing that a boy was born. If it was a girl, with Lu Daliu's personality, I don't know if she would live to grow up."
"Yeah, luckily a boy was born." Lu Xing couldn't help but sigh.
[Host, why do you say it's a good thing his family gave birth to a son? ]
Lu Xing couldn't explain it clearly. "Maybe if a daughter was born, the whole family would go crazy. But for now, at least we've managed to maintain a semblance of calm."
Not far away, Lu Daliu just came back from the field. Seeing Lu Tianci covered in dirt, he immediately picked him up nervously to check if he was injured.
Lu Tianci looked disgusted when his grandfather hugged him, and he pushed Lu Daliu's face away without any hesitation.
Even though he was hurt by the beating, Lu Daliu was not angry. Instead, he was happy about his grandson's strength.
[But——Lu Tianci is not his biological grandson? ]
What? ! !
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