The Li family's cemetery is on the other side of the bamboo forest at the back of the mountain. It takes about an hour to walk back and forth. After the group arrived there, Li Qiuyue took Zhou Huaishan to the grave of her mother and husband.
There were burnt paper money and incense sticks in front of the grave. It seemed that they had come to pay homage on the first day of the new year.
After several people respectfully lit the incense, candles and paper money, they worshiped respectfully again, picked up the paper money in the vegetable basket, and continued to put it into the pile of burning paper money.
"Qiuyue," Li Laoer pointed at the graves above, "Won't you go and pay your respects to grandma and grandpa?"
"No!" Li Qiuyue said calmly, "That's your grandparents and grandparents. It has nothing to do with me."
Li Laoer felt uncomfortable immediately after hearing this. "You..." He didn't know what he was thinking, but he said angrily, "How can you talk like that? No matter what, he is still our elder generation!"
Li Qiuyue felt something was wrong when she heard his tone. When had Li Laoer ever been so patient in his own territory? This guy must be up to something.
She looked around and realized that Li Hongxing did not come with them to visit the grave. When they came out just now, he was clearly following behind.
"Why didn't your Hongxing come to visit the grave?"
Li Laoer blinked a few times and lied casually, "Hongxing came here on the first day of the new year. Didn't your sister-in-law want to kill a chicken to entertain you? I asked him to stay and help."
Li Qiuyue squatted down and continued to tear paper money and put it into the pile of paper money. Suddenly, the look in Li Ersao's eyes when she looked at her own bicycle flashed through her mind. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly took two steps towards Zhou Huaishan.
He took out the bicycle key and gave it to him, whispering, "Huaishan, go back and push our bicycle to Secretary Zhang's house. I'll burn the paper money and come back and we'll leave."
Zhou Huaishan was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood, stood up and walked down the mountain. Li Laoer hurriedly asked, "Huaishan, what are you doing?"
"Something happened." Zhou Huaishan responded briefly and strode down the mountain. As he walked, he thought that if Li Laoer's family really dared to steal his bicycle this time, he would go to the police station to report the case and have this shameless family locked up for a few days.
After Li Jia and Li Qiuyue left, Li Hongxing immediately ran to the bicycle parked at the gate of the yard, kicked the footrest away, and pushed it out of the gate. After pushing it several times, it didn't move. Then he realized that the bicycle was locked.
He was so angry that he kicked the rear wheel and yelled to the kitchen, "Mom, they locked the car. They are obviously treating us as thieves!"
Li Meili came out after hearing the noise, and took a look. Seeing that it was locked, she shook the car lock a few times and said, "How stupid! Just find something to pry the lock open!"
"You are the only one who can do this!" Li Hongxing slapped her without any hesitation, "Why don't you get something to pry it open?"
Li Meili rubbed her hurt arm and said, "Mom, Li Hongxing hit me again."
"You bastard, why did you mess with him?" Mrs. Li ran out and gave her a sidelong look. "Go to the kitchen and light a fire."
"Oh!" Li Meili walked away with a gloomy face.
Li Hongxing pointed at the car locks and said, "Look, they are all locked."
Mrs. Li looked around and said, "There is a screw here. Go borrow a sharpener from Carpenter Zhang and unscrew it."
"Oh!" Li Hongxing walked out of the gate excitedly, then turned back and said, "I won't go. You owe them so much money, it's strange that they will lend me the knife."
"No future!" Li Ersao muttered. She did not dare to go to Zhang the carpenter's house to borrow a knife. After thinking about it, she said to Li Hongxing, "Go get the sickle and try it."
"Oh!" Li Hongxing hurried to the eaves and took down a sickle that was stuck in the crack of the wall. The mother and son started to work.
The screws were very tight. Li Hongxing tried for a long time but couldn't get any of them off. Mrs. Li urged him anxiously, "Hurry up, they will be back soon. Li Qiuyue is so stingy, she will definitely not lend it to us."
Li Hongxing almost cut his hand in a hurry and said angrily: "It's all your fault for not getting along well with them. Otherwise, I would have gone with his family to collect mushrooms and sell them, and earned enough to buy a tractor in one season. Why would I have to do this here?"
"I had the audacity to send you to her house, but you were kicked out after just two days."
"They didn't drive me back. They tricked me back."
"That bitch Li Qiuyue has been a deadhead since she was a child. Even you, an old man, can't get the upper hand over her."
"Stop your mumbling here and bother me. Go kill the chicken and cook!"
"The big rooster was brought back as a gift to the matchmaker..."
Zhou Huaishan trotted back to Li Laoer's house and found the back door closed. He quickly went to the front yard. When he reached the gate, he saw Li Hongxing trying to pry the car lock with a sickle.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Huaishan was furious. He stepped forward and pulled Li Hongxing away. "Do you still have any shame?"
The mother and son were startled and stunned for a moment before they reacted. Li Ersao smiled and said, "His third uncle, Hongxing is going on a blind date tomorrow. He wants to try out your bike to see if it's easy to ride. If it's good, can he borrow it for a few days?"
Zhou Huaishan looked at the scratches on the bicycle caused by the sickle, feeling extremely distressed, and said angrily: "Borrow? You have already picked the lock and stolen the bicycle, and you still say borrow! How can you be so shameless?"
Mrs. Li smiled awkwardly, "Oh, look at what you said. We are all family, why are you talking about stealing words? The child thought it was interesting and wanted to try it, but he didn't know you had locked it. He waited for a long time and you didn't come back, so he thought of unscrewing the screw..."
Seeing her quibbling without changing her expression, Zhou Huaishan's worldview was shattered. "No wonder Qiuyue is guarding against you like a thief. You are so shameless that you can even do something like stealing a relative's bicycle."
"The bike is at my house, so what if I ride it?" Li Hongxing pointed at the bike lock. "You put the bike at my house and locked it. It's obvious that you are trying to protect us."
"I'm just on guard against you, what's wrong? Are you biting me?" Zhou Huaishan was furious, "I'm so unlucky that I have to be related to a family like you."
He picked up the bicycle and walked towards the gate, "If you dare to touch that bicycle, you won't be able to sell a pound of truffles after the New Year.
"I'll take it to Pulin Town to sell." Mrs. Li chased to the gate of the courtyard and said sarcastically, "Do you think it's still like before, when only your family is receiving the goods and I'm asking you to buy them?"
"Okay, remember what you said today!" Zhou Huaishan angrily carried his bicycle down the hill, took out his key to unlock the car, and rode to Secretary Zhang's house diagonally opposite the brigade's drying dam.
Seeing Aunt Zhang sewing on the steps, she brought the bike into the yard and said, "Aunt Zhang, I'll leave the bike at your house for a while. I'll come back and ride it."
Mrs. Zhang nodded and smiled at him, "Old Third, are you guys back to visit the grave today?"
"Well! Thank you for your help!" Zhou Huaishan felt too embarrassed, so he said a polite word and ran away.
When he returned to Li Laoer's house, he found the gate closed. Zhou Huaian's 28-bar bicycle was pushed out by the Li family and thrown in front of the gate. He was so angry that he pushed the bicycle and walked towards the back mountain.
When Li Qiuyue and his group came down the mountain, they saw Zhou Huaishan squatting at the foot of the mountain. They hurriedly went up to him and asked, "What happened? Did he really steal it?"
Zhou Huaishan looked at Li Laoer with disgust, "Almost, I was there picking the lock!"
After hearing this, Li Qiuyue turned around and pointed at Li Laoer's nose, "Bah! Shame on you! I was wondering why you were so kind to invite us back to visit my parents' graves, but it turns out you were planning to take my bicycle!"
"Li Qiuyue, what are you two talking about? Damn it, you are relying on your family's money to bully me." Li Laoer shouted and waved his fist at her.
Zhou Huaishan stood up, grabbed his wrist, kicked him in the stomach, knocked him over in the potato field, and spat at him, "Can you call yourself a human being? Even dogs are more ambitious than you!"
Li Laoer pointed at Zhou Huaishan and said, "Zhou Laosan, you son of a bitch, you dare to come to Baicaoping to beat me up? You just wait for me. If you can't leave Baicaoping today, I will take your last name!"
In the past, Zhou Huaishan really didn't dare to attack him, because no matter what Li Laoer was like, he was also a member of the Baicaoping Brigade. If he was bullied and beaten, the Baicaoping Brigade would also lose face.
But now, his family's relationship with Secretary Zhang and the villagers in the brigade is much better than that of the Li family. "Go and call someone to come and try!"
Li Laoer got up and pointed at Li Qiuyue viciously, "You bitch, you dare to bring your man back to beat me up. If you dare to come to Baicaoping again, I will break your legs."
Li Qiuyue sneered, "Get it straight, did I want to come? You were the one who shamelessly begged me to come back. Even if you bring me a sedan chair, I won't come back."
"Bitch, you dare to pretend to be me? If I can't kill you, fuck your ancestors." Li Laoer was so angry that he grabbed a piece of mud and threw it at Li Qiuyue, but she dodged it and retorted, "My ancestors are not the ancestors of your Li family..."
Li Laoer immediately retorted, "A daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and I am going to fuck the ancestors of the Zhou family..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Huaishan rushed over and grabbed him by the collar, sternly warning him, "If you dare to hit her again, I'll chop off your hands."
Li Qiuyue looked at him and felt warm inside. It felt so good to have someone supporting you.
Li Laoer was so frightened by his vicious look that his legs went limp and he almost fell to the ground. Suddenly, he remembered that this was still his own land, and he became bolder and started cursing at him.
"You bastard, I'm going to fuck your ancestors... If you have the guts today, chop me up, come on, I'm not a human if I dodge..."
Seeing him like this, Zhou Huaishan suddenly lost interest in attacking him. He let go of his collar and wiped his hands on his pants a few times, as if he had just grabbed something extremely dirty.
"Can you be considered a human being? Beating a beast like you makes me feel dirty!"
"Just wait for me, just wait! Just wait!" Li Laoer was so angry at his expression that his voice trembled. He got up, uttered harsh words, and didn't even bother to brush off the dirt on his body. He limped towards home. (End of this chapter)
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