Chapter 154: Dividing the Car
After Uncle Jiu, the housekeeper Lu, brought people to take away two wheelbarrows, Ding Gui went to notify the whole village to take care of the rest.
Although it was late at night, everyone came forward as it was nothing unusual. It was not common to see a wheelbarrow suddenly appear in the mountains, so the whole family went to take a look anyway.
Soon, all the villagers except the ancestor arrived at the scene of the accident.
Wow, it’s true.
People in that era were not very wealthy. Only those who had been to the town knew about things like wheelbarrows. In the village, no family had one. Now seeing so many of them, everyone was quite surprised.
"I've seen this thing in town. It's used by guards in rich people's homes to carry things."
"Yes, I have seen one too. It looks quite attractive, but I can't afford to buy one."
"Tsk tsk, so many, wow!"
The villagers started talking, and Ding Gui and his family of three huddled in a corner, whispering, "Xiao Die, what's going on?"
There were a lot of people around just now, and then he was busy notifying everyone, so Ding Gui only had time to ask his daughter what was going on.
Zhang Xiu only realized after hearing the man's question that these unicycles were related to Xiaodie's space?
Ding Xiaodie was very upset. "I still don't know it was going to give me a unicycle. Luckily it was the second young master of the Lu family who discovered it, otherwise it would be hard to explain."
After hearing what his daughter said, Zhang Xiu's expression was immediately like, Wow, there are these things in the space?
However, the family of three looked at the old woman standing not far away and decided to say less so that she would not hear the whole story and talk nonsense outside.
Regarding the incident of the cuckoo machine spitting water, the old woman pointed at Ding Xiaodie and called her a dragon from time to time that day.
She thought that the one spitting water was a dragon, so that dragon must be Ding Xiaodie, right?
Fortunately, no one believed her.
On the other side, Village Chief Lai Fu was squatting in the corner smoking his pipe again!
Dividing the water is a difficult task, but fortunately everyone gets a share, so it's reasonable for each family to have a bowl. That's it... Last time, Miao Wang's mother used the excuse that her husband had died and it was not easy for her, a widow, to raise so many children, and they quarreled for a whole day!
So how do we divide these eight unicycles?
Headache.
And it hurts especially badly.
Lai Fu took a deep puff of tobacco, which was given to him by his uncle Jiu. He usually couldn't bear to smoke it, but today he decided to do it.
Dabao and Erbao asked on either side: "Dad, what should we do?"
"How about a draw?"
"Yeah, good draw."
Lai Fu raised his head and glared at them: "Get out of here, you have no right to speak."
Dabao and Erbao shut up: "..."
Forget it, just stand aside to avoid being scolded again.
Finally someone saw the clue.
"Village Chief, you asked Ding Gui to notify us in the middle of the night just to see these cars. What's going on? Just tell me straight up!"
"That's right, Uncle Laifu, just speak up."
Lai Fu frowned, put out his cigarette, stood up, and yelled with his neck stiff, "Stop talking nonsense to me. You're talking as if you can sleep."
After cursing, he said, "It's this... The two young masters of the Lu family found these wheelbarrows while on patrol. There are ten in total. I didn't expect that Mr. Lu was not greedy and only kept two for his own Lu family. The remaining eight were given to our village. Look, what a great favor this is."
"real?"
Everyone in the village was shocked.
Mr. Lu was willing to leave such a precious thing as the wheelbarrow to Aozigou Village, and he left a large number of them, eight of them. That's not a small number. If these wheelbarrows were kept by the Lu family, they would save a lot of effort.
But then everyone reacted!
"Then, village chief, how do we divide this car?"
"There are dozens of households in our village, so eight cars are not enough to go around."
Lai Fu snorted coldly, "You wish! You want one for every family? As the ancients said, 'Man's greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant.' You really don't treat yourselves as outsiders. Let me ask you, who has ever seen a unicycle so close before? Who has ever been able to touch and look at it like this?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Village chief, what do you want to say?
However, Ding Gui, who was standing not far away, still admired Village Chief Lai Fu for this. His trick was to confuse the villagers first and then get down to business.
Next, they talked about respecting the elderly and loving the young, and said that the people of Aozigou were extremely grateful for the kindness of the Lu family.
After he finished speaking, he changed the subject: "According to Master Lu's instructions, these eight wheelbarrows will be distributed to families with elderly people. Of course, they will be distributed according to age, and whoever's next in line will receive one will come forward. But there is one exception, and that is Ding Gui's family. Everyone has seen how much Ding Gui and his wife have contributed to the village, and you all know his mother's current situation, so his family must have one."
After hearing these words, some people began to secretly ponder...
Apart from Ding Gui's family, according to age, the village chief's ancestor has one wheelbarrow, and the others are lined up in a row. Those who can get one at home are naturally secretly happy. Well, they can get a wheelbarrow for free when they escape famine, which is not a loss.
But if it’s not your turn, you just quit. Why?
Miao Wang's mother, for example, immediately rushed out and burst into tears: "Village chief, although we don't have any elderly people at home, we do have children. The youngest one has to be carried on my back. I've been relying on myself all this way. I really can't go on. Please, old man, have mercy and give each of our families a car, okay?"
If children bring it up, the scope will become wider!
Lai Wang's mother really set a good example. Other women in the village also ran out and knelt, wanting a wheelbarrow.
Fortunately, Lai Fu was as stable as ever this time.
He remained motionless, listening to the women finish their sobs one by one. Then he rubbed his pipe against the soles of his straw sandals and said slowly, "Just follow my previous division. There's nothing anyone can do if they don't accept it. It's not your fault that you don't have any elderly people in your family."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Tell me your age and get the car."
Great!
Those who were eligible to get a car had already prepared the birth year of their elders. When several families came forward to compare, there was a difference in size. Those who were entitled to receive one got it, and everyone had a look of joy on their face.
Those who didn't get any had sad faces and cursed the village chief's ancestors for eighteen generations in their hearts.
Lai Fu doesn't care about those looks. If he did, he wouldn't have survived until today.
Instead, he continued, "The car has been allocated to you, but remember, it belongs to the village. We have the right to take it back. As for you, you should also have a conscience. If you see a family with young children, you can take some of them with you. You are the elders who deserve respect from others, and you must also deserve this respect. Do you understand?"
The elderly people who were assigned to the cars nodded one after another. They were very grateful that they no longer had to walk with difficulty after their period. If they could do something to help others, they would naturally be willing to do so!
(End of this chapter)
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