Chapter 531 532: I can't afford your kindness
After the two men went down the mountain, Zhou Yiding, Zhou Huairong and two other brothers also came here to accompany the guests.
The food and wine were soon served on the table. Yang Chunyan fried two more vegetarian dishes, and together with what Zhou's mother cooked, the table was full.
Everyone thinks that the smoked turtledove and hare have a unique flavor.
After dinner, they sat in the main hall and drank tea for a while. Zhou Huaian took boots for Wang Zhen to change into, found three crowbars, and took Wang Zhen down from the earthen kiln with Zhou Yiding to the winter paddy fields below to dig loaches and eels.
There are two fields that look relatively dry but have been dug up with potholes. It seems that there are quite a few people who come here to dig loaches and eels.
Winter paddy fields are a simple field water storage facility used to store water for rice cultivation in areas where water conservancy facilities are lacking and irrigation conditions are poor. They played an important role in agricultural production in hilly areas before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
It is a special rice field that stores water in winter in hilly areas. It not only provides self-sufficient water for rice in the next year, but also ensures spring sowing and planting, cultivates soil fertility, stores water and retains moisture, and enhances drought resistance.
Zhou Huaian pointed to the barren paddy fields in front of him and said, "These paddy fields are prone to waterlogging because of their low terrain. During the collective period, the brigade deepened them and made them winter paddy fields. In the past, after harvesting the millet, they began to store autumn rain for the winter.
When the water is full, the deepest is nearly one meter, and the shallowest is half a meter deep. One mu of winter paddy field can provide water for 2-3 mu of farmland. The deepest ones can provide water for 4-5 mu of farmland. Later, they were converted into fish ponds. "
"When I was a kid, I loved coming here to dig loaches and catch eels." Zhou Yiding put down the bucket and went down to the field. The soil in the field was still a little soft, and every time he stepped on it, a deep footprint was left.
Wang Zhen also followed the two men into the field. He felt the ground was soft, as if he was stepping on a thick carpet. A smooth hole in front of him attracted him.
"Brother Zhou, take a look, is this a loach cave or an eel cave?"
Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked, "Loach hole!" He poked it with a pry bar, "Push it in here and pry it up, and you can catch the loach."
Wang Zhen did as he was told, inserted the pry into the mud, lifted his foot and stepped down hard, then pressed the handle down to pry up a piece of soft mud. A yellow loach was struggling in the mud.
He reached out and touched it, felt it was slippery, and then pulled his hand back.
"I can tell you've never done this before!" Zhou Huaian smiled and pulled out a yellow eel clamp from the basket and handed it to him, "Just use this to clamp the eel and throw it into the bucket."
"Let me try!" Wang Zhen took the eel clamp, easily grabbed the loach and threw it into the bucket. He looked at it curiously and said, "This is easy to use, just like tweezers."
Zhou Huaian thought of the tweezers in the clinic and understood, "I was worried that you wouldn't be able to do it!"
"It should be okay to use your hands, but it feels slippery and uncomfortable." After Wang Zhen caught one, he became very interested and started searching in the field with a crowbar.
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When Zhou's mother heard that they were going to eat colored glutinous rice cakes, she went back to soak the rice after dinner.
Yang Chunyan took Yang Dongmei for a walk in the back mountain, took a nap, and saw that she was still asleep. Thinking of Zhou Huaian catching loaches, she took the basket and went to Aunt Zhou's house to buy tofu.
When they reached the grove, Ma Chunhua ran out of the yard and said, "Chunyan, Xiong Laoer has been sentenced. Have you heard about it?"
Yang Chunyan shook her head. "I haven't heard about it. When did it happen?"
Ma Chunhua said, "They were sentenced before the New Year. Secretary Xu just received the notice today. I heard Xiong Er was sentenced to 25 years, Fang Tuzi to 15 years, and the two from the construction team were sentenced to life imprisonment. They will be on the government payroll for the rest of their lives."
People in the village were talking about it, saying that by the time Xiong Laoer came out, he would be in his fifties and his wife and children would be pitiful.
Yang Chunyan glanced at her and asked, "Is the tractor driver from the construction team able to move?"
She thought that a sentence of more than 20 years for attempted tractor robbery would be a bit heavy in later times, but if it was a year later, more than 20 years would be a light sentence.
If Huai'an hadn't been alert that day and Li Wu hadn't been there, the outcome would have been unsure!
Ma Chunhua thought of the man from the construction team and sighed, "I heard that he can move now, but he is so stupid that he can't even do his job. The good thing is that he found a tractor and exchanged it for some money, but he had a good family..."
"Those people in the village only saw that Xiong Laoer was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison and felt sorry for his wife and children. Why don't they think about the fact that if it weren't for your youngest child being so lucky, you and your child would be the ones who would be pitiful."
Yang Chunyan looked at her gratefully, "Thank you, Sister Ma, for speaking up for us."
Ma Chunhua: "That's the truth, why thank me!"
Yang Chunyan: "Sister Ma, you are busy, I will go to Aunt San's house to buy two pieces of tofu."
"Okay!" Ma Chunhua said with a smile, "I bought two pieces today. The tofu made by your third aunt tastes better than the ones in town."
"Oh~ I thought someone was outside!" Before she finished speaking, Li Chuntao came out of the house, "Sister Yang, I heard that Xiong Er's wife wanted to ask you to help her go to the court to plead for mercy.
We are all in the same brigade, so just talk to your youngest son Zhou and ask for mercy, and sentence him to a few years to teach him a lesson! "
"Some people just talk without any hesitation!" Yang Chunyan glanced at her calmly, "When Xiong Er was robbing people on the road, why didn't he think about the fact that Huai'an was in the same team with him?"
She thinks some people like to use moral blackmail to sympathize with the weaker ones. If the needle doesn't stick in your body, you won't know how painful it is.
Li Chuntao's face darkened immediately after being confronted by her. "Why are you being so mean to me? I just heard them saying that and I'm giving you a message. Good intentions don't go unrewarded!"
"You are so kind?" Yang Chunyan sneered, "I can't afford your kindness!"
Seeing Li Chuntao's face turn red and white, Ma Chunhua laughed out loud and said with a hint of meaning: "That's right, Chunyan can't bear your kindness!"
The fact that Ye Laoyao is a cripple was not hidden from you when he was looking for a partner. Since you didn't mind her and were willing to marry him, you should live a good life with her.
After just a few days of good life, he already starts to look down on others and even wants to cheat on them. What a piece of shit!
"It's New Year's Day, I don't want to bother with you!" Li Chuntao turned her butt and slammed the door shut.
"I don't want to bother with you!" Ma Chunhua curled her lips, walked up to Yang Chunyan and whispered, "That's right, you can't be nice to a woman like this, otherwise you will be the one who suffers in the end."
"Thank you, Sister Ma!" Yang Chunyan understood what she meant. Since Li Chuntao wanted to seduce even Zhou Huaishan, let alone Zhou Huaian.
"Oh no!" Ma Chunhua patted her, "Chunyan, look, Zhou Sufang's family really came to see you."
Yang Chunyan turned around and saw Zhou Sufang and Xiong Er's wife walking towards them with their crying child, followed by a group of onlookers.
Ma Chunhua hurriedly said, "Chunyan, you should go back quickly. Zhou Sufang and her daughter-in-law brought their child here. They are probably here to ask you to go to the police station to ask for help and put in a good word."
Yang Chunyan thought it would be bad to quarrel outside her house on New Year's Day, so she nodded and said, "I'll go back first."
As soon as she turned and took a few steps, Xiong Er's wife came after her, crying and shouting, "Chun Yan, please, please have mercy on us and our son, and give us a chance to live!"
Zhou Sufang dragged the youngest child of Xiong Er's family, crying and shouting, "I couldn't live anymore, so I put down a wooden stick and sentenced my second child to 25 years. Look, everyone, the eldest girl is only nine years old this year, the second child is only seven years old, and the third child is only five years old... Woo... Woo...
My old man is paralyzed in bed again. How can I and my second son’s wife support three children? How is the third son going to find a wife when he grows up? Woo woo…”
Xiong Er's wife walked away while shouting, "Chun Yan, your youngest child is fine, not even a scratch. Please, for the sake of our three pitiful children, spare our second child this time..."
Yang Chunyan was worried that she would fall if she caught up with him, so she stopped and stood in the open space next to Xu Erchun's house, looking coldly at Xiong Er's wife who was dragging her two children and stumbling after her.
"I'll go help you call someone." Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Chunhua hurriedly ran towards Zhou Huairong's house.
Xiong Er's wife pulled the two children in front of her, and then pulled the child next to Zhou Sufang over, pushing the children, "Eldest, second, third, kneel down in front of your Aunt Chunyan and ask her to be kind and speak well of your husband!"
"Aunt Yang, please!" The eldest brother pulled the second brother and knelt down in front of her.
The onlookers also began to whisper, "How pitiful! By the time the second bear comes out, the third bear's baby will be as big as him!"
"Xiong Lao Er will have to spend more than 20 years in jail. It's a wonder his wife can hold on. Once she's gone, these three motherless kids will be in trouble!"
Yang Chunyan quickly stepped aside and said to Xiong Er's wife, "Don't use the child as an excuse. I was pregnant, and your second son brought people to rob my Huai'an. Fortunately, he was lucky, otherwise he would be like the man from the construction team, still lying in bed and unable to do anything."
"You should thank my Huai'an for being lucky enough not to be hurt by your vicious Xiong Er. That's why your Xiong Er was sentenced to 25 years. If he had gotten into trouble, he would have ended up like that guy in the construction team, sitting in jail for life and eating government food for life."
When she said this, everyone thought of the person who was robbed in the construction team. "What Zhou Laoyao's family said is right. She is still pregnant! If something happens to Zhou Laoyao..."
"Yes! Fortunately, Zhou Laoyao was lucky. He happened to meet Li Wu who was taking his mother to Ning'an for eye treatment and took his tractor. That's how we escaped. Otherwise, who would we sell the truffles to?"
"That's because he's a good person. He agreed to let Li Wu and her daughter ride on his tractor. That's why people say good people are rewarded. God will help them."
Mrs. Xiong listened to the discussion below, all of which sided with Yang Chunyan. She cried, "Isn't your youngest Zhou okay? I apologize to you, please let him go..."
(End of this chapter)
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