Chapter 57: Give me a lesson
"Dad, I'm fine, really fine. Have you forgotten what I do? It's just a small scene, what's there to be afraid of?" Ding Xiaodie knew what her dear father was thinking, so she whispered in his ear to comfort him.
Ding Gui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, nodded with his legs a little weak.
Over there, Ding De and Ding Rong kept begging Village Chief Lai Fu: "The conflict between us brothers is an internal family matter. It's because of too much resentment. Brother Lai Fu, please let us go this time. If we make this matter known to Master Lu, and he refuses to dig sweet potatoes for us, what will everyone in the family do in the future?"
Seeing their fathers like this, the children standing on the edge of the field felt uncomfortable.
Ding Xue and Ding Mei now wish they could tear Ding Xiaodie to pieces. Seeing how she drew her knife just now, she really thought she was a female knight.
Lai Fuxun said, "Since you know they are brothers, why do you still say there is deep resentment? How much has Ding Gui wronged you? In my opinion, it's you two who have been bullying him all these years."
"Brother Lai Fu, I will never do that again."
"Really? We won't have any more conflicts with Old Third!" Ding Rong turned around and shouted, "Old Third, please help us and say something. If you don't do this for us, think about your nephews and nephews. They'll starve to death without sweet potatoes."
this……
Ding Gui saw that Guardian Geng had a sullen face and obviously agreed to hand the two brothers over to Master Lu for handling. He felt a little guilty about this.
Although he hates Ding De and Ding Rong, he is living in this second life in the body of someone else's younger brother. I wonder what the original owner would do if this happened to him?
As he thought about it, he felt a little soft-hearted. Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Ding Xiaodie beside him. She shook her head gently.
It's not that she is cruel, but she has to teach the two uncles a lesson so that they can change their bad temper.
Ding Gui understood what his daughter was thinking, so he hardened his heart and turned his head away, pretending not to hear.
Seeing this, Guardian Geng stepped forward and said, "You two brothers don't need to dig anymore. Go back and wait for Master Lu's order."
After he finished speaking, he drew out the knife from his waist with a clang.
Ding De and Ding Rong suddenly shrank their necks in fear.
"Guardian Geng, we..."
Bang!
But they still wanted to fight for it again, but as soon as they opened their mouths, Guardian Geng immediately drew his sword again. He was a ruthless man of few words and was too lazy to waste time talking to them.
Lai Fu waved his hand: "Go, go, go home!"
There was really no way out now. The two brothers stood up and left the sweet potato field in disappointment. At this moment, Ding Rong really hated his own stupidity. If he had known earlier, he should not have spoken up for Ding De. If he had not said those two words, he would not have ended up in this situation.
As soon as his two brothers left, they resumed digging sweet potatoes in the fields. Everyone was talking and laughing, as if what had just happened had never happened.
However, after seeing that everyone was busy, Ding Xiaodie still found Guardian Geng and said a few words to him.
Afterwards, no one objected to cutting the sweet potato roots back in diameter. Everyone understood. In the words of the village chief Lai Fu, if you catch fish, you have to put the fish back in, otherwise what will you eat next year?
As a human being, you have to take a long-term view.
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Ding Rong and Ding De returned to the town empty-handed, feeling lost and ashamed.
The young and old in the village were all eagerly waiting for them to go digging sweet potatoes, but who would have thought that his two brothers would be the first to come back, and they didn't bring anything back.
What exactly happened?
Just when everyone was confused, women's screams and cries broke out almost simultaneously from the two houses.
Every family can dig them, except these two families. Without sweet potatoes, they will be short of a large portion of their food supply. How will their lives be like this in the future?
When the villagers heard the crying, they all wanted to watch the fun. The Ding family was bustling again!
Wang Dafeng didn't have the leisure to do that, after all, she raised the child herself. She immediately pushed everyone away and went to Ding Rong's house.
"What's going on?"
As soon as I entered the room, I saw the eldest brother Ding Rong squatting in the corner smoking a pipe, with his head lowered so low that I wished I could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
The three children stood on one side with an annoyed look on their faces, while Zhu sat on the ground next to them and cried loudly.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Wang Dafeng nudged Zhu with the dog-beating stick in his hand and said, "Speak, what are you howling for?"
"Ask him." Zhu was furious. "I've never seen a man like this. It's already this late and you're still arguing with him. If you have any grudges, why don't we just dig up the sweet potatoes first? Now that the matter has been brought to Master Lu, whether he lets us dig them up or not is another matter."
"Who are you competing with?" Wang Dafeng was getting impatient and shouted directly: "Boss, are you dumb?"
"With the third son, your most beloved youngest son, the second son and I almost had a fight with him. Okay, are you satisfied now?" Ding De was so angry that he jumped up and roared angrily when he heard the old woman ask him this.
"Alright, it seems you two bastards were bullying the third brother in the fields. Alright, you're pretty capable. When those desert soldiers came, you both wanted to run away, but when you saw there was no external threat, you turned around and bullied your own brothers. Look at what you can do. If I were you, Master Lu shouldn't have dug sweet potatoes for you. Why did you eat so many? You had the strength to beat up your own brother, so you might as well not eat at all and starve to death."
It’s okay if I don’t know what’s going on.
After finding out the reason, Wang Dafeng turned around and left in anger. How could she have given birth to these two useless things? The villagers of Aozi Village were eager to watch the good show of the Ding family every day.
"No, Mom, you have to help us."
But Zhu didn't want her to leave!
Zhu, who was sitting on the ground, turned sideways and hugged the old woman's legs tightly. "Mother, you can't be partial. The third son is your son. Aren't Ding Rong and Ding De your sons? They say the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. Now that the matter has come to Master Lu, the third son will have to go and speak well of his two brothers. If he doesn't go, Master Lu will definitely not give him any more sweet potatoes. Do you have the heart to let your grandchildren starve to death?"
"Grandma, please save us!"
"Grandma, you love Xiaodie so much, please love me too!" Ding Xue went straight forward and hugged Wang Dafeng tightly, her eyes red, as if she was very concerned about the old woman being so partial and only loving Ding Xiaodie as her granddaughter.
Does she lack this love, the love from her own grandmother?
Pooh!
Wang Dafeng was stunned for just two seconds before she realized that this dead girl Ding Xue was the oldest among all her granddaughters. She was fourteen years old this year. But it was this dead girl who used to call her an old thing and an old thing when she was in the village.
What’s going on now? In order to get food, even such a ruthless person has become a decent human being?
Wang Dafeng sighed heavily. After all, she had lived to this age. Although she didn't like Ding Xue at all, she knew that she might be insincere.
But recently, for some reason, the actions of her youngest son and his family of three made Wang Dafeng unconsciously realize that people can change the way they live, that is, live more generously, with less hatred and less resentment, and perhaps her mood will be much better.
(End of this chapter)
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