Tree-cutting incident
These are twenty-year-old trees. They cannot be cut down with an axe.
Qin Wenli went to the utility room and rummaged around for a long time before finding a hacksaw.
Two people sat on the ground with cardboard laid on the ground. One of them pulled one end of the hacksaw, making a "creaking" sound.
When the saw was more than halfway inserted into the tree trunk, the two men stood up, stood on the sawed side, and shouted "one, two" while exerting force together. With a "crack" sound, the apricot tree fell down, and the snow flew everywhere.
Qin Wenli used a saw to cut down the large branches, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had been waiting nearby, pulled the branches and tugged them to the field next to them to clean them up carefully.
The father and son continued to sit under the next tree, pulling the hacksaw with a "creaking" sound.
Several people worked hard until after four o'clock, and only cleaned up four trees.
Qin Wenli pulled a cart over, and several people lifted the tree trunks up. Those that could be lifted up were lifted up, and those that could not were left with one person to guard while the others carried them back.
After going back and forth several times, I finally got everything back home before dark.
This is really a physically demanding job. Several people were so tired that they were out of breath and so hungry that they wanted to eat several bowls in one go.
Continue the next day.
The Wang family probably heard the noise. The aunt of the Wang family stood at the edge of the field and watched the people coming over. She spoke to Qin Wenli:
"The apricot tree was growing well, why did you cut it down?"
When Hu Yufeng heard her questioning tone, she wanted to confront her.
Qin Wenli spoke first: "Auntie, we are out of firewood at home, let's chop some and burn it..."
"If you don't have firewood, can't you just pick up two sticks? Isn't this a waste of things?" The aunt was very angry and spoke in a rather harsh tone.
"Who are you? What's it to you? It's my own stuff and I can do whatever I want with it. What's your turn to say that?" Hu Yufeng was firing on all cylinders.
"I knew you were holding your shit in, Hu Yufeng. And you still think it's none of my business? How did you get this land? You have lost your conscience! I am the most qualified person, but I can't control it..."
Qin Shengtian stepped back silently.
Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu held their foreheads and each of them held them first.
As expected, the two old ladies jumped higher than the other:
"I don't give a shit about where the land came from. It's none of your business if I cut down my own trees, but you're so happy about it. You're so shameless, trying to make a fortune by relying on my apricot trees..."
"Bah, you are so shameless! I returned your apricot tree to you. I sold this land to buy it. I asked you before I cut down the tree..."
"Who am I to ask you? What? You want to get a divorce and go back to your parents' home? Then you still have to see whether I want you or not..." Hu Yufeng changed her posture and said:
"Besides, how the land came about is none of my business. If you don't agree, go and talk to your father underground..."
"Hu Yufeng, you are shameless. How could my brother marry a shrew like you? You took my land and you don't allow anyone to say anything..."
"What do you mean your land? You are still acting like a landlord in this day and age. This is the land allocated by the brigade. If you don't agree, go ahead and sue..."
"Hu Yufeng, you shameless old woman... Qin Shengtian, just look at her and scold me..." The aunt felt sore and turned around to scold Qin Shengtian.
"What's the matter? If you can't win the argument, just call me brother. Just call me that and see what he dares to say..." Hu Yufeng said disdainfully with her hands in her sleeves.
Qin Shengtian, who was at the center of the storm, wished he could merge into the snow. He's the one who beat you, why are you calling him?
"Dad... why did you die so early... leaving me to be bullied by a shrew..." Seeing that she could not scold her brother and that he was useless, the aunt burst into tears.
Qin Wenli pulled her and said awkwardly, "Okay, Auntie, don't bother with my mom. I'll help you go back..."
Hu Yufeng added fuel to the fire: "Let her go, I wonder what else she can say..."
Hearing this, my aunt cried even louder.
Yang Xiu pulled her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, stop talking. You're already half a decade old..."
Wang's cousin came over with a dark face and pulled his mother, saying, "What are you doing, Mom? It's not our tree, why are you making a fuss..."
The aunt slapped her son: "You are a prodigal son... Dad... I have a miserable life, my brother is a coward..."
"Go home. Stop crying in such a cold weather. You'll freeze soon." Wang's cousin gave honest advice.
The result was that his mother slapped him even harder: "What kind of life do I have? You are the same as your uncle..."
Wang's cousin looked at his uncle awkwardly and quickly dragged his mother home.
Hu Yufeng was like an old hen that had won a fight. She waved her hand and said, "What are you standing there for? Come on..."
The rest of the crowd woke up from the farce and quickly took action...
With everyone's efforts, the remaining three adults and one child were brought home by dusk.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although the process was difficult, the root cause of the disaster was finally eradicated. There's no reason to quarrel anymore.
As a result, it was too early to express this anger.
The next day, Lao Qin's family went to the field to dig up tree roots and found that three roots had been dug up.
Hu Yufeng was so angry that she jumped up and down: "It must be the Wang family. They are so shameless that they didn't even let go of a tree root..."
Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu tried their best to comfort her: "Okay, Mom, maybe it's someone else. Let's dig. There are still five of them, enough for us to dig today..."
"How can I just let it go? The pot can cook several meals with it. No, how can she dig it back? How can she return it to me..." Hu Yufeng was firm in her attitude.
"Mom, stop making trouble, someone will come out to laugh at you soon.
You are still an activist, so don't bother with them. There are only three tree roots. They won’t get rich even if they dig them up. Let’s stop making trouble…” Yang Xiu tested the vital point.
As expected, it was pinched. Although Hu Yufeng was still cursing, her voice suddenly became softer.
Qin Wenli gave a thumbs up behind his mother's back: Well done!
A commotion spread, Hu Yufeng continued to curse, and the others worked hard to dig trees.
For three consecutive days, the Qin family had accumulated a large pile of tree branches and trunks, just waiting for the Qin father and son to sort them and put them on the stack.
Hu Yufeng and Yang Xiu took some time off and prepared to continue frying small twisted dough sticks.
*
Just after breakfast that day, a police car stopped outside the yard with a "whoosh".
Because Secretary Gou notified them in advance, the Qin family was not very nervous. Instead, the two families next door were terrified.
Li Lanhua held the needle and secretly looked out through the crack in the door.
Chen Xiulian grabbed her son who was about to go out and asked, "You haven't done anything recently, have you?"
Qin Wenqing was speechless: "Mom, can you hope for something good?"
Chen Xiu Lian breathed a sigh of relief and let her son go. As long as Wenqing is not sued.
Qin Wenli let the three people into the main room, and Yang Xiu hurriedly served them tea and water.
Hu Yufeng took a look and said: Oh, they are the same two who taught her a lesson last time.
The two men also recognized her: "It's you!"
Seeing his colleague's confusion, he pointed at Hu Yufeng and said, "It's about the fight over the stall at the market. This is the lady with the knife. We took notes on her..."
After saying this, he looked at Qin Wenli:
"Don't be nervous, I'll just ask a few questions, the same process as your mom did last time."
Hu Yufeng: Why does this sound so awkward? It makes her sound like a habitual criminal...
"On October 27th, did anyone see you go into the forest farm?" The oldest man asked first, flipping through the notebook.
"Yes, our family of five went to collect firewood..." Qin Wenli explained briefly.
The man asked a few more questions, such as whether he had noticed anything unusual, whether he had seen any strangers, etc.
Qin Wenli answered truthfully that there was none.
Several people closed their notebooks and stood up: "Okay, that's all I ask. Thank you for your cooperation..."
"Of course I should..." Qin Wenli said quickly.
"Please sit for a while and eat before leaving..." Hu Yufeng said politely.
"No, I still have things to do..." Several people walked out, and Qin Wenli hurriedly followed.
Seeing the police car go away, Chen Xiulian asked across the wall: "Aunt, what happened? Why did the police come to your house?"
"As for the matter at the forest farm, didn't we go there to collect firewood?"
"Oh, that's good, that's good..." Chen Xiulian smiled awkwardly, "I thought something had happened..."
*
The weather cleared up for several days in a row and the ice and snow on the road began to melt.
The Qin family continued to set up their stall.
It's already November, the weather is freezing cold, and fewer people go out to the market.
Business was mediocre for two consecutive sessions, so Qin Wenli said:
"How about you guys fry them at home and I'll bring them to the next market?"
Hu Yufeng thought it was a good idea. With so few scattered customers, it was really unnecessary for three of them to waste time.
She and Yang Xiu prepared at home, and Qin Wenli took them along on his bike.
This time, I will bring back someone.
"Aunt, sister-in-law..." Xizi's cheeks flushed, and she looked up and greeted with a smile before getting out of the car.
"Oh, Xizi, you're here? You haven't had any news since you went back, and I was talking about you to your sister-in-law today." Hu Yufeng was also surprised to see her.
Before Xizi returned, he kept shouting that he would come after harvesting the corn. As a result, more than two months have passed and there is still no news. Hu Yufeng also told Yang Xiu that she would take some time to go and have a look.
"My mother-in-law and I harvested the corn, planted the wheat, and then went to my parents' home..." Xizi got on the kang in her familiar slippers.
"Oh, you're going back to your parents' home again?" Xizi's parents' home is far away. As far as she knows, the child has only been back two or three times since she got married.
"Don't mention my aunt. I went there happily, but my mom almost took all the money away..." Xizi was furious whenever she mentioned her mother's home.
"I didn't want to go at first, but my mother-in-law said my mother sent me a message asking me to go and take some time. But when I got there, she asked me to work. My sister-in-law didn't even go to the fields, but ordered me around... She said every day that my nephew didn't have money to buy notebooks for school, so I gave him five yuan. Guess what happened?"
"What's wrong?" Yang Xiu asked curiously.
"I came back carrying firewood and found that they were eating dumplings without my knowledge. When they saw me coming in, their mouths were so full that they couldn't turn around. There were still drops of oil floating on the noodle soup in the pot. Even so, she lied to me and said she had cooked noodles... I came back in a rage..."
Yang Xiu: What kind of fate is this, Xizi! It was delicious, but her husband's family locked it up and refused to let her eat it, and her parents secretly ate it behind her back...
"Oh, don't be angry. Dumplings are not worth it. Auntie will make them for you some other day..." Hu Yufeng was also speechless after hearing this. What kind of person is this? My daughter came back and spent money and effort, but she was not even given a dumpling to eat.
If you can't bear to part with it, don't pack it and eat it with your back. Bah, after all this time my daughter turns out to be an outsider.
It's true, her daughter Xiaoqin came home without bringing anything and didn't do any work, but she still served her with good food and drink.
"Aunt is still the best. You are better than my mom. How about I recognize you as my mother?" Xizi was so moved that his eyes turned red, and he looked even more miserable.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Mom can be recognized casually..." Hu Yufeng rolled her eyes at her. Her brain was still not working properly and she was talking nonsense.
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