1958, Heishan People’s Commune, Kaoshantun, July 15, 10 a.m.
Ye Zhiqiu, who is seventeen years old, strong and 1.75 meters tall, is carrying a basket of green grass and walking down the mountain on the winding path.
He carried a green military water bottle on his left side, a wild rabbit weighing more than two kilograms in his left hand, a curved hatchet in his right hand, and was humming a song called "Seven-Li Fragrance".
That's right! He didn't know why he came to this world two years ago after getting drunk. The key point was that he had inexplicably found a space with a radius of ten kilometers.
I don't know if he died and traveled through time, or what, but he didn't seem too frightened. It was just a different way of living!
Kaoshantun is made up of families who migrated here after the founding of the People's Republic of China, received land, and settled down there. Therefore, among the 43 households in the village, there are more than a dozen surnames.
The Ye family was a relatively small family in Kaoshan Village. However, Ye Zhiqiu's parents were kind and generous to their family, so they got along well with the villagers.
Except Ye Zhiqiu!
That’s right, Ye Zhiqiu is the little bully in the village! Because all the peers in the village have been defeated by him, so he is the bully in the village!
Growing up, whenever someone's family got upset with him, he would beat up their son or grandson! As a result, the whole village didn't know what to make of him.
Hateful? This bastard is very good at talking and his words are quite pleasant.
Do you want to say I like him? He's become such a chatterbox in the past two years. He's so annoying! If there's any trouble in the village, he'll just keep talking about it!
Just then, Ye Zhiqiu returned to the village entrance and saw Aunt Liu gossiping with a few other women. He shouted, "Aunt Liu, this is terrible! I saw your husband on the mountain, sneaking up on Widow Wang while she was taking a shit!"
Ye Zhiqiu's words made everyone who was chatting lively become speechless.
Aunt Liu said angrily, "Ye Gossip, what has our Li family done to you? Why do you have to spread rumors like this to ruin our family's reputation?"
Ye Zhiqiu came over with a grin on his face. He put the hatchet and the hare aside, then began to tell a story with his hands and feet dancing.
"I was mowing the grass today when I spotted this rabbit. I picked up a stone and tried to hit it, but I missed!
If I didn't catch the hare, it would have run away, right? So I chased it! After chasing it for two miles..."
One woman was unhappy. "It's still two miles! Who doesn't know what's going on in the mountains? There's just so much tangled trees, there's no good path to run on!"
"Stop bragging, you blabbermouth! You ran two miles! Even if you rolled down, you couldn't get that far!"
Ye Zhiqiu said dissatisfiedly, "Do you still want to know why Lao Li is born in the Year of the Dog? I'm using a metaphor, you know? It's like when the Japanese fought in ancient times, or when there were fights in the village, they could say it was the Warring States Period! Why can't I say I ran two miles in the mountains?"
After saying that, he looked at the aunties who were rolling their eyes, but he didn't care and continued speaking.
"As for why Lao Li was born in the Year of the Dog, I didn't know that before! When I chased the rabbit, didn't it run so gracefully?
I was so angry that I aimed my hatchet and threw it. Don't tell me! My throwing knife is really accurate, and it really hit the rabbit that was ready to be cooked!
At this time, being able to catch a rabbit was something to be envied. There was no prey in the mountains here. Especially in the past two years, except for Ye Zhiqiu who often caught some, others could walk around all day and not even catch a single rabbit hair!
Ye Zhiqiu knew this! Because he had collected all the wild game from the mountain and kept them in his space. Otherwise, how could he have been able to get wild game even if he went up the mountain so often?
Everyone knew Ye Zhiqiu's personality, so they simply ignored him. Let him get bored, and he wouldn't bother to nag people.
Ye Zhiqiu said mysteriously, "Look, I looked up, who did you see? That's right, it's Old Li from Aunt Liu's family! I saw him lying there, looking so engrossed in what he was looking at, so I sneaked over because I wanted to know what he was looking at.
I almost vomited. Old Li is a piece of shit. He actually watched Widow Wang pooping! Everyone thinks he's born in the Year of the Dog? If he had peeped at Aunt Mo taking a bath like he did last month, I wouldn't have told you about this..."
For a moment, the scene was silent because no one knew what to say.
Could it be that, Sister Liu, don't be angry, your husband Li was just peeping at others taking a shit?
However, everyone felt that Ye Zhiqiu was truly a curse. He had made a good piece of gossip smell foul...
"Gossip, if you keep talking nonsense and spreading rumors about my Old Li, I won't be polite to you!"
Ye Zhiqiu curled his lips and said disdainfully, "What's the matter? Are you asking Old Li to go to the commune to complain about me again? Do you believe that I will beat the shit out of your son in a moment? It just so happens that Old Li was born in the year of the dog, so your family can save him a meal!"
After saying that, he gave the middle finger provocatively!
Speaking of the middle finger gesture, it was Ye Zhiqiu who popularized it. Now all the children in the village have learned this gesture!
Aunt Liu said angrily, "Just wait, I don't believe no one can cure you!"
After saying that, she stamped her feet and walked back home. In fact, she also understood a little bit that her man was not a decent person, and might really be involved with Widow Wang.
Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Ye Zhiqiu picked up the rabbit and the hatchet and went home with a smile.
Why did he do this? It was because Old Li had offended him. Because Ye Zhiqiu refused to work and earn work points, unwilling to toil on the land, Old Li's group was short of people.
This made him resent Ye Zhiqiu, so he went to the commune to complain. They told Lao Li that Ye Zhiqiu had been a worker the previous year! He had only requested to start work in August, but he was already a worker. The village had no power to force him to participate in collective labor.
Not only that, the smart people in the commune also told Ye Zhiqiu about this.
From that time on, Ye Zhiqiu has been spreading all kinds of rumors about Lao Li, both true and false, with the goal of making things difficult for him: if you don't let me live a good life, I will make it impossible for you to live!
But this time he didn't spread rumors, nor was he peeking, but Old Li and Widow Wang were really together!
Ye Zhiqiu, a big guy, was furious when he saw such an exciting scene! So he came back and talked about it.
The purpose was simple: to plant a thorn in Aunt Liu's heart. To make her doubt Lao Li, to make her question Lao Li! She knew her husband well, and Widow Wang was a flirtatious person, so I didn't believe she really trusted Lao Li that much!
Ye Zhiqiu hummed a little tune proudly and pushed open the gate of his house. Ye Bailu, who was playing in the yard, rushed over.
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