Brothers can live, but not lose their lives.
Pei Xu put down the mulch and went to greet her happily.
Zhao Sumei staggered and almost fell.
Pei Zongli was alarmed and said, "Slow down. You are so reckless."
Zhao Sumei ignored him, held Pei Xu's hand, looked at him through the rain, and said distressedly: "You have lost a lot of weight. You have worked too hard."
"Mom, why are you back?"
Zhao Sumei let go of his hand, turned around and urged Pei Zongli: "Hurry up, let's go to work."
Then he turned around and said with a smile: "Pei Xu, Jiang Lin, I will talk to you again tonight."
Pei Zongli teased her: "You were so impatient, clamoring to see your son, but left without saying a word."
"Don't talk too much. It's raining. It's important to work. You have to prioritize. Are you talking in the field? Are you afraid that the child will get cold?"
Pei Xu was amused and said, "Mom's love is like a gust of wind, it comes and goes quickly."
Jiang Lin continued to press the mulch, feeling envious, and said, "Auntie's love is so strong. She will express her love to her children passionately and directly. Most parents are like Uncle Li, who are relatively reserved, especially our parents' generation."
Pei Xu understood his inner loss and livened up the atmosphere by saying, "My mother likes you very much. Every time you walk by our field carrying sugarcane, my mother straightens up to look at you with the same admiring eyes as when she looks at her idol Andy Lau. She also keeps praising you, saying, "A good-looking child will not look depressed when working, which makes him even more charming!"
Jiang Lin said with some pride: "I am not only the heartthrob of girls, but also the killer of aunt."
"Yes, you are the new village hunk in Pei Village."
The rain continued to fall, and the water from the diversion canal continued to flow into the main canal, but no gurgling sound of drainage could be heard.
Under the cover of rain, the sky over Peijia Village became darker and darker.
"They're in the fields!"
"Let's go! Let's go find them."
Pei Zongli and his wife were working in a field near the road. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people wearing raincoats of different colors and holding shovels walking towards them. The leader even had a flashlight. Pei Zongli and his wife couldn't see clearly and didn't recognize who they were until they walked a few meters away.
The people from the neighboring village came with great force, carrying weapons and looking like they were going to the village to fight.
Pei Zongli asked: "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for those young people who are going to plant flowers!" The middle-aged man in the lead said angrily.
A fat young man said, "Brother, they are laying the ground film. They must be a group of people."
Zhao Sumei put down the mulch and put her hands on her waist. She looked at them with all her might, saying, "We are just a group of people, so what? They are my son and his friends. What do you want from us?"
Before the other party could respond, Zhao Sumei continued to speak forcefully: "You are carrying shovels and hoes, so it must be up to no good."
"Your Peijia Village threw a lot of garbage into the diversion canal. The water from the diversion canal carried the garbage into the main canal and blocked the drainage outlet of the main canal. Our fields near the main canal have been flooded. Only a few leaves can be seen on the potatoes that were growing well, and the rest are basically soaked in water." The middle-aged man in the lead almost roared.
Jiang Lin and Pei Xu heard the sound and immediately called their brothers together.
Pei Zongli asked: "Then why are you looking for my son? It wasn't our son who threw the garbage."
The young men from the other side threw a few wet bags of organic fertilizer to the teenagers who happened to arrive.
The other party said calmly: "We are not here to cause trouble because we are full. It's just that the drainage outlet of the main canal is almost entirely blocked by organic fertilizer bags and a small amount of household garbage. This organic fertilizer bag is the packaging bag of the organic fertilizer you bought a while ago. We have seen it."
Jiang Lin stepped forward to negotiate in a friendly manner: "Do you think this will work? We will immediately take people to clean out the garbage at the drainage outlet of the main canal and drain the water smoothly."
A young man with tattoos on his other side said disdainfully: "What about our potatoes? They've been flooded for the whole afternoon!"
Pei Xu said calmly: "Judging from the growth period of potatoes, the root system of potatoes is well developed at this stage, and their ability to withstand waterlogging is not bad. One afternoon will not be a problem."
"You say it's not big, so it's not big? Who do you think you are?" The other party's tone was very aggressive, as if he must give an explanation for compensation now, which made Jiang Lin a little unhappy.
He stood up and said, "He is a serious doctor of agronomy. I don't know how senior he is, but I know that in terms of agricultural expertise, his judgment is more professional than yours."
The other party glared at him unhappily and shouted, "What did you say? Are you challenging me?" As he spoke, he rushed forward.
Pei Xu subconsciously pulled Jiang Lin behind him and stood in front of him. The other party stopped him in time and advised: "Don't be so impulsive. We are here to seek a solution, not to fight."
The tattooed boy pointed at the boys and was furious: "Second uncle, he was the first to use his academic qualifications to pressure us."
Cheng Enyue added: "Oh my god, this comprehension ability is going to lead to a fight no matter what."
"You look down on me just because I read more books! You were staring at the tattoo on my arm just now! You think I'm a gangster!"
Jiang Lin sighed helplessly, his face also wet by the rain. "Dude, you are too imaginative. Your tattoo is so eye-catching and full of personality. What's wrong with me looking at it a few more times? Don't you allow people to see it on your arm?"
Pei Zongli came out to ease the situation: "Let's not quarrel here anymore. Let's go clear the drainage outlet of the main canal first. Normally, the potatoes in the field will not be damaged by soaking. When the drainage outlet is cleared, everyone can check the potatoes in the field. If there is any damage, we, the people of Peijia Village, will give you an explanation."
The boys' slightly dissatisfied mood was dispelled by the scene before them. The muddy yellow water submerged the potatoes in the field, and only the leaves on the top could be seen.
They couldn't estimate how much this piece of potatoes could eventually sell for in the market, but when they thought about how these potatoes could be used to make countless servings of French fries, and a serving of French fries cost $8, they immediately had an idea.
They went to the village with weapons in hand to seek justice, which shows that they are on the side of justice.
Pei Zongli commanded: "I will go back and ask someone to find some bamboo poles. You stay here and don't move."
Pei Xu gently sent Zhao Sumei away: "Mom, we may not have time to cook dinner tonight. You go back and cook. We want to eat minced meat and eggplant."
Pei Zongli and his wife went back to the village to get help. Pei Xu organized everyone: "Let's hold hands and wade through the fields first, and then find a way to clean up some of the garbage."
"Brother, give me these bags." Jiang Lin looked at the bags of organic fertilizer held by the young man with tattoos.
Pei Xu took the lead, and everyone went down to the field hand in hand.
The cold water instantly poured into the rubber shoes, filling them up.
The boys all hissed in unison. The biting cold spread from the soles of their feet to their entire bodies, making their teeth chatter.
Xiang Chuzhe said, "My feet feel like they are soaked in ice water. Every step I take is like stepping on ice blades. It hurts so much that my scalp is numb." He gritted his teeth, frowned, and put on a mask of pain.
Cheng Enyue found a way to have fun in the midst of hardship: "If you want to run an agricultural business, you really have to have a good culture. I just said this morning that Brother Lin might have an argument with someone today, and it came true this afternoon."
Jiang Lin smiled bitterly and said, "This is my fault. I shouldn't be a Leo. Leos have bad luck today."
Pei Xu's lips trembled, and he held Jiang Lin's hand tightly, teasing him: "Mr. Jiang, you will definitely take the blame today."
Song Yifan said: "Brother Lin's luck is really bad today. He almost got into a fight with someone, and now he has to soak in ice water and be bullied by his brothers."
Jiang Lin said with a touched look on his face: "CFO likes to speak the truth, but can we approve the money to buy some fishing clothes? The water is so cold that I want to go to the toilet."
Li Xuran joked: "If your prostate is not healthy, just go get it treated and don't use this as a cover-up."
Song Yifan decisively rejected him: "Today is purely an accident. The slacking suit is not cheap and the cost performance is not high. We don't have the budget for it."
Jiang Lin said, "People who work in finance are even stingier than misers."
Song Yifan endured the cold and sang: "What made me become like this werewolf?"
After stumbling and struggling, I finally reached the drain.
"Ah! I really can't stand it anymore, it's too cold! My legs are frozen instantly!" Xiang Chuzhe hissed.
"Don't hiss, it makes me feel even colder!" Jiang Lin crossed his arms.
Pei Xu said calmly, "This drainage ditch reaches my waist." He gestured with his hand to indicate the height, "I'll go down later. You guys hold me by the side while I go down to remove the garbage near the ditch mouth."
Li Xuran suggested: "I'll go down with you, and I'll help you steady yourself from behind."
Jiang Lin stood by and held Pei Xu's left wrist tightly, Cheng Enyue put his hand on his waist to support him, and Xiang Chuzhe and Song Yifan held the bag of organic fertilizer, ready to collect the garbage at any time.
"Ah! I'm a man! I can't give in!" Pei Xu went into the water, and the cold water did not reach his belly button.
Li Xuran shouted passionately: "Brother Xu! If you are a man, don't shout!" The next second he broke down and said: "I heard your voice like a pig being slaughtered. My legs started to tremble before I even got down."
"Tremble, Xu Ran." Pei Xu excitedly opened his arms and took him into the water.
"Oh my god! This trip in the middle of winter is really a life-or-death friendship."
Jiang Lin was shaking all over and said, "Don't just talk! The sooner we get all the money out, the sooner we can get ashore. Brothers can save their lives, but we can't lose our lives!"
Pei Xu took a deep breath, bent slightly and reached out to pick out the trash.
Xiang Chuzhe said from the nearby hell: "Could it be like in the movies that he took out some dirty stuff?"
Pei Xu recalled that when he was a child, the villagers would throw chickens, ducks and pigs that died of disease into the river. When it was not raining, he could see many flies and maggots flying and wriggling on the corpses. When it rained and the river flooded, the corpses would float downstream with the river water.
His hands were shaking unconsciously, and he encouraged himself: "What unclean things can there be in this small place? At most, I might accidentally take out a snake, but it's winter now, the snakes are hibernating, and the dogs are too lazy to go out."
Song Yifan added: "Even dogs are too lazy to go out, so aren't we worse than dogs here now?"
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