Knowing that Wang Dongqiu would bring Wang Dejun to apologize the next day, the villagers were waiting at the village entrance early.
He Haiming specifically asked He Daniu and He Liangliang to take the last batch of public grain that needed to be handed in to the town. None of the 25 educated youth from Dafeng Village went with them because the village chief He Haiming came to them specifically last night and asked them to all go to He Zhaoyang's house tomorrow morning to support Zhao Heping.
So after breakfast, Wang Shuning brought five eggs to visit the patient.
Lu Beichu and Zhao Heping's room was not big. Twenty-five people could not even stand there unless they stood back to back.
He Zhaoyang took out all the chairs and stools in his home for the educated youth to sit on, just like a village meeting, but these twenty or so people were all young people, while the village meetings were held by the elderly whose words carried weight.
Wang Dongqiu and Wang Dejun were simply unable to drag 200 kilograms of grain, because He Laodong and Zhao Heping were injured by the cows from Guixi Village. They did not use an ox cart this time, but a cart to drag the grain.
Yesterday at midnight, Wang Dejun was released from the ancestral hall by Wang Dongqiu. After learning that he had to pay 200 kilograms of grain and 20 yuan as compensation, he did not sleep a wink all night.
"Village chief, I really didn't mean to hit them. I was unlucky yesterday afternoon. I ran into their grain transport team at the intersection again. They happened to be one ox cart ahead of us. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to deliver the grain before 7 o'clock, so I wanted to queue up in front. I had already let them go once in the morning, so it should be our turn in the afternoon. As a result, the group of people from Dafeng Village refused to give way. I wanted to learn from them and use the ox cart to hit the sacks, but who knew that the ox got out of control. The responsibility is really not entirely my own."
Wang Dejun felt aggrieved. He had no idea that things would become so serious. He panicked when He Laodong and Zhao Heping were injured. He rushed them to the health center for fear that someone would die, which would result in him going to jail.
Wang Dongqiu was not in a hurry to move forward, because because of this, Dafeng Village made a fuss and not only did Wang Dejun suffer losses, but Guixi Village also paid half of the cost. As the village chief, he was blamed by the villagers. Although 100 kilograms of grain were distributed to every household and each family did not get much, the collective interest was affected after all.
"Don't look so dead when you get to Dafeng Village. Apologize sincerely and resolve the matter. If things get out of hand again, you'll have to pay more than just this little compensation. It's also thanks to what your parents did yesterday, otherwise He Haiming wouldn't have let go so quickly."
When the crowd was approaching the village entrance, they saw a lot of old men and women standing there, and they were pointed at as they passed by.
Wang Dejun and his group arrived at He Laogong's house first. He Chunxi stared at these people expressionlessly and even gave them his saliva to drink.
Wang Dejun bowed humbly to apologize, paid compensation in front of everyone, and was then asked to leave by He Laodong's mother.
He Haiming looked at Wang Dongqiu with a little embarrassment and said, "Aunt Gu Ya loves her son, so it's inevitable that she has a bad attitude."
Wang Dejun had a sad face and didn't say a word, but Wang Dongqiu quickly waved his hands and said it was okay.
When they arrived at He Zhaoyang's house and saw a group of young people sitting in the yard, everyone in Guixi Village was shocked.
Wang Shuning looked at the two groups of people who came in. There was a big age difference and a big height difference between them. Now with his back hunched, he looked a lot shorter.
Zhao Heping leaned against the head of the bed, his eyes swept over the ten yuan placed on the bed and the one hundred kilograms of grain piled in the room, and he finally felt relieved. His family was not well off, and this grain was enough for him to eat for a long time.
When Lv Beichu saw the sacks were filled with sweet potatoes, corn and other coarse grains, he frowned and complained: "The village has just harvested rice, and they gave us 100 kilograms of coarse grains. This is their attitude of apology. I guess they don't mean it."
Few families in the village were willing to use fine grains to cook. For them, eating coarse grains was enough to fill their stomachs. But for the educated youth whose families were relatively well-off, eating coarse grains for every meal was simply unbearable. They had to at least mix coarse grains and fine grains together.
Wang Dejun's face froze. Fine grains were so expensive. The village hadn't distributed grains yet. Even if they did, his family would have to transport the rice to the town to sell or exchange it for more coarse grains to live on.
There were many educated youth standing in the room. Wang Dongqiu and Wang Dejun could only stand at the door. Lu Beichu's voice was loud, which made them feel a little embarrassed.
"Cough." He Haiming cleared his throat.
He wanted the educated youth to support Zhao Heping, but one hundred kilograms of fine grains was a bit embarrassing. The educated youth thought it was justified, but the rural people did not think so. They clamored for fine grains and white rice all day long, which showed that they did not know how to live and was a waste.
One meal of white rice can be eaten with three or four meals of steamed corn bread.
Wang Dongqiu explained, "The village hasn't distributed food yet. Rice is too expensive. Dejun's family is still waiting to send their children to school next year. They don't have much money. If the village hadn't helped with half of the money, they wouldn't have had a good year. Zhao Zhiqing came from the city. He probably hasn't eaten much grains like sweet potatoes and corn. These are nutritious and they were newly planted this year. They won't go bad until next year."
As Wang Dongqiu spoke later, his speech became slower and slower. Wang Shuning felt embarrassed for him. The village had given them sweet potatoes and corn on the first day they arrived here, and he would sometimes roast them and eat them.
It is not the time to harvest corn now. The corn kernels they sent were all old and dried. If you want to add some to rice, you have to soak them for several hours in advance, and they can only be ground into corn flour to make cakes.
Zhao Heping must have been tired of eating it a long time ago. If he had money, who would want to eat coarse grains?
He Haiming had to interrupt: "I guess Zhao Zhiqing is tired too, let him have a good rest." Then he took the people from Guixi Village away.
After that person left, other educated youth also left one after another. They were not familiar with the place, and if the village chief gave the order, they would not want to come at all.
When most of the people had left, Lv Beichu moved the food to the kitchen and sighed to Zhao Heping, "They are all coarse grains, and I didn't even bring a big bone to make soup for you."
Zhao Heping raised his lips, "It's also my fault for not hiding fast enough. The village chief said that I don't need to go to work during this period. I should take care of my leg and wait until after the New Year."
There were only five people left in the room, including Wang Shuning, who came with him. They spoke more relaxedly than before.
Zhang Meili, who was sitting on a chair, said: "I didn't have any annual leave in the first year of going to the countryside. I had to stay in the village. I was a little homesick."
Wang Shuning stood up and prepared to leave. "It's pretty easy without a holiday or work. Zhao Heping, you should have a good rest. I'll go back first."
Zhao Heping nodded towards her and said, "Thank you for the eggs. They are enough for me to eat for several days."
Among those who are generous enough to send meat when visiting a patient, only Wang Shuning is generous enough.
"You should take good care of yourself and don't walk all the time. It will be hard to live with if you are left with sequelae." Lu Beichu and Guo Jingyi are a couple. He Zhuzhu's family only has one woman and two children. Today, Zhao Heping accepted her favor. If she gets sick someday, at least there is someone who can take care of her.
When Wang Shuning returned home, He Zhuzhu was sitting at the door chopping firewood.
If you don't go to the town to pay the public grain, you will lose work points. But an accident happened yesterday, so He Haiming didn't let any women go today. They were all men, fearing that something else might happen.
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