Chapter 10: Taking Stock of Gains
Zhang Ze frowned, and seeing his old mother beating the other party unilaterally, he did not intervene.
It is difficult for men to intervene when rural women fight, so he shifted his target to Ergouzi who was standing next to him and staring at his sister.
"Ah Qian, take these things."
Zhang Qian, Zhang Qing, and Zhang Wu were all there. Seeing Zhang Ze, they all looked surprised and asked, "Brother, you're back?"
"Well, I'll let you guys vent your anger first." Zhang Ze nodded, then patted his brother's shoulder, "Good job, you know how to protect your sister."
Zhang Wu chuckled at the praise, holding the stone in both hands and raising his little head higher.
Then Zhang Ze rushed straight to Ergouzi and kicked him.
Er Gouzi didn't expect that he would attack him right away, and he was kicked to the ground without noticing.
The cry of pain was only halfway through when he was punched in the face, suppressing the sound again.
“Bang, bang, bang~”
Punch after punch, Zhang Ze pressed one knee on Ergouzi's stomach, his brows full of hostility, as if he had the urge to beat him to death.
"Hey, stop it, stop it, Aze, you're going to kill someone, and then you'll have to pay for it yourself, it's not worth it!"
At first, the villagers around were just watching the fun, but they didn't expect Zhang Ze to beat people so fiercely, which scared several older men so much that they immediately stepped forward to separate them.
"Zhang Ze, you dare to hit my son, do you think there are no men in our Wang family?"
Mrs. Wang was extremely anxious. Not only could she not beat Zhang Huihong, but she was also stopped by her and had no way to save her son. She immediately cried and screamed and asked someone to call all the men in her family over.
"What? Are you the only one in the Wang family who has men?" At this time, three young men came out and stood next to Zhang Ze who had stopped fighting.
These three people are children from the neighborhood, about the same age as him, and they usually have a good relationship.
The men of the Wang family also rushed over at this time. Seeing their family members being bullied so badly, they could not bear it and wanted to take action immediately. Fortunately, the team leader arrived in time.
"Stop it, everyone. Are you all not hungry enough to still have the energy to fight?"
"Captain, you have to help us. Look how my son has been beaten." Not only was Wang Po's son beaten badly, but her face was also scratched by Zhang Huihong, leaving marks on the left and cuts on the right. Her whole face looked like it had been scratched by a cat's claws.
When he saw the captain coming, he immediately lay on the ground and rolled around.
The team leader got a headache whenever he saw Zhang Huihong. Every time there was trouble in the village, it was always related to her.
But he looked down on Wang Pozi's family, because none of them were good people. After all, the Zhang family had special reasons, and if they were not aggressive, they would only be bullied by some villagers.
But in fact, this family is strong-willed and the children are obedient and sensible.
After understanding the situation, the captain said to Wang Pozi's family in a bad mood: "You deserve to be beaten for slandering someone else's daughter. You are in the wrong. Okay, let's go!"
After beating up Er Gouzi, Zhang Ze felt refreshed. He was old and his body was in pain here and there. As expected, after he became younger, his hands and feet started to move around.
Otherwise, according to his psychological age of several dozen years old, how could he hit someone at any time? He simply couldn't control his hands and feet! "Mom, let's go back first!" After thanking the three friends of the same age who supported his family, Zhang Ze called his family home.
Zhang Ze didn't care about Ergouzi's family.
This family is just show-offs. The beating they received today will make them remember it for a long time, and they will definitely not provoke them again in the short term.
However, there were a few ruthless people in the village, and Zhang Ze felt that he needed to remind his family.
In later generations, people would hack others to death over a disagreement when they were forced into a corner, let alone in this era.
There may be one or two ruthless people in many villages, but it’s generally okay if you don’t mess with them.
On the contrary, the second-rate guys in the village are basically bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong.
Now that her son has returned, Zhang Huihong, who had been worried, finally breathes a sigh of relief.
When she went out at night, she only had a bucket of water, but when she came back, she had an extra bamboo basket. She knew that her son must have had a good harvest, so she called the whole family back.
"Mom, my brother bought a lot of meat and rice." As soon as he got home, Zhang Wu took out the meat from the bamboo basket with excitement.
"See how greedy you are. I'll ask mom to make some oil residue for you later." Zhang Ze touched his head with a smile, which got his hand covered with oil. Then he wiped it on his body with disgust.
Zhang Wu's eyes widened. "Is it the oil residue from Xiaohua's house that smells so good and so delicious?"
Zhang Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. His younger brother was already ten years old, and now that he had money, he should let him study hard.
I don't expect him to be very good at reading, but at least he can't become illiterate.
Zhang Ze himself suffered from illiteracy, and later taught himself and attended adult college, raising his academic qualifications to a bachelor's degree.
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Seeing so much meat and rice, the three women in the family looked somewhat excited.
Zhang Ze closed the gate of the yard, then looked at them and chuckled: "Come in first, let's count the money."
"Brother, you are so awesome. I didn't expect that the fish you caught can actually be sold for money!" Zhang Qing's little face was full of admiration.
"Keep your voice down, let's go into the house first!" Zhang Qian patted the noisy third sister and then pulled her into the house.
Money cannot be exposed, so of course you have to count it at home.
Seeing Zhang Wu drooling over the pork, Zhang Ze suddenly remembered the kind old man who gave him some candy coupons.
How could I forget to buy candy? Forget it, I can only buy it next time I go to the county town.
Then he took out a plastic bag containing money from his clothes, and when he was about to reach the village, he took the money out of the fishing space.
There were twenty-three fish in total, sixteen of which weighed less than three pounds and were sold for a total of thirty-two dollars and ninety cents.
The one weighing eleven pounds was five yuan, and the remaining six weighing more than three pounds were sold for a total of twenty-one yuan and fifty cents.
The total amount is fifty-nine yuan and forty cents, which does not include food coupons and meat coupons.
Zhang Ze spent four dollars and sixty-five cents to buy rice, of which five cents was used to buy an old bamboo basket.
I spent three dollars and sixty-eight dollars on meat and cigarettes, and with the miscellaneous money for food and popsicles, I had a little over forty-nine dollars left.
Including the ticket value of about six dollars, the gains from this trip are more than a city worker’s monthly salary.
Zhang Huihong had never seen so much money before, her eyes widened.
In the ten years since her husband passed away, the family has saved only more than 30 yuan through frugality, which is not as much as her son can earn from selling fish. It has completely refreshed her worldview.
(End of this chapter)
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