
The sun has not set.
Schoolchildren have not dropped out of school, and villagers are also tending to watermelons in the melon fields behind the mountain.
Walking along the road was very quiet, only the sound of frogs crowing on the roadside grass.
Heizi immediately came to Chen's house.
The door to the courtyard opens.
There were quiet noises inside, and the loud sound of a saw cutting wood.
Heizi stood in front of the door for a while before entering, subconsciously looking at the man's feet.
The man was sitting under the shadow of the kitchen door, with one of his pants rolled up, his ankles looking swollen into steamed bread, and a huge bruise spread from ankle to calf, which is a bit surprising to see.
Due to his broken leg, the man was unable to move easily, so Lin Cuifang fought with him.
Beside the two of them, there was a half-finished wooden cabinet.
“What happened to his foot?” She asked.
“I did not pay attention to the road while climbing the mountain to clean the garden. I lost my mind and accidentally fell.” Hearing the voice, the man raised his eyelids, and said in a low voice, "Come and help me see the wood."
Heizi immediately refused, "No."
"I've drawn the line, just follow the line and look down. You don't need to know, just use your strength! Don't tell me you don't even have the strength."
Heizi lowered her eyebrows, feeling that she was being manipulated.
Pass by with an empty face, take a saw, press the wooden board with one hand to tighten it, and start pushing and pulling to saw the wood.
Seeing this, Lin Cuifang quietly pursed his lips and smiled, turned around and went to the kitchen, poured him a glass of green pea water, and placed him on the empty bench beside him.
“Heizi, this is green bean water boiled by my tanti this morning. Drink it later if thirsty. If the weather is hot like this, drink green bean water to relieve thirst and relieve heat. If it's less, there's still a little on the stove. Fill yourself in."
Heizi glanced at him and hummed.
The woman smiled and returned to the main room, leaving room for two large-bodied men.
Peach blossoms never appeared, I don't know if she didn't come home, or hide in the room to avoid suspicion.
The moment that was heard was only the sound of carpentry on the stove door.
Neither of the two men spoke.
Only after Heizi finished sawing off all the wood with the lines as per the specifications, and his clothes were soaked in sweat, did the man sitting on the bench say, "What are your plans going forward? Have you ever thought about making your own money?"
Heizi was startled, he thought that the man would ask him about the Huang family.
"I've made money, and I have enough money for retirement. I don't plan on working anymore. Why am I working so hard? I never thought about being rich."
“Your family has six acres of vacant land, and the weeds in the fields are almost as high as those of others. Later, after the watermelon in the village is sold, I will come with you to rearrange the land. This year is too late. Next year, you will plant with the big guys. You can get two to three hundred yuan per hectare of watermelon. It should be enough to save money all year long."
Heizi, "If you don't plant, I don't need to make money."
“If you think the money is too little, then you can take care of the garden with me. After two or three years, when the fruit trees in the garden bear fruit, I will give you a share of the money.Year, you will need three years. At the age of ten, I had to plan for my future. How can I live without making money, and I will not even be able to support my wife and children in the future.”
"What kind of wife and child did you raise? I'm not planning on getting married. I'm comfortable alone, and the whole family won't be hungry if I'm full."
"Okay, it's decided." The man seemed to have heard nothing at all, spoke to himself, then continued his command, "I will teach you to put up a sawdust, and you will contribute."
Heizi's face was blank, his face was expressionless, and Hei Tongtong's eyeballs were expressionless, staring at Chen Jianhe calmly.
"Uncle" he said, "didn't you hear what I said? I don't work, I don't make money, I don't raise wives and children. Don't worry about me."
"Don't you want to repay my bud? I don't want you to pay back the money, just think of it as a favor to me, and just do the job I'm asking you to do."
"How long?"
“It won't be long, just pay it off.”
That guy thinks he's stupid? Just pay it off, when is the pay off?
If there was no end, he couldn't help his life's work?
Play her?
Chen Jianhe faced a tiger, "Why, the net money is not paid, and you don't even want to help with the work? Have you lived from the help you have had to others your whole life?"
"I didn't ask you to help me."
"Then I help you, do you not accept it? Didn't you eat my family's rice? Can you still spit it out now?"
"..."
Heizi frowned slowly, and looked at the man in front of her suspiciously, "Uncle, have you become a little slippery now?"
What about the integrity of the past?
So did his children, and so did the old man.
How Taoxi Village became a little unknown to him.
"What's the problem? That's it, let's eat at home tonight!" Chen Jianhe snorted, her eyes slightly flashing, and she refused to admit that she was a little guilty.
Heizi thought for a moment, and asked shamelessly, "Do I owe you more for this meal, so I have to do more work for you?"
"Cough." Chen Jianhe stood up, dragged her injured leg, and limped into the room.
Judging from behind, there was always a slight smell of foxes.
Before entering the main hall, the man turned around, "You did what happened to Madam Huang? You actually went to the police station to sue him? What kind of slander can you really sue for?"
"No. But enough to scare the illiterate old woman."
“How do you know there are still criminal defamation crimes under the law?”
"When I was bored, I read some books in the library. I just look at it and use it. I didn't think it would be useful."
The man turned around and entered the room without saying anything.
The view was blocked from the room, so Heizi did not see a smile on the man's face.
The man laughed and cursed in his heart.
“Uncle, didn't you say that I would do my best? How do you install this thing?”
Outside, Heizi moved slightly as he looked at the scattered boards and poles.
“Think about yourself first. If I don't understand, I will teach. I rest when I'm sleepy! Oh, in the library there are also books that teach carpentry. You can read it if you have time. Maybe you don't need me to teach you after reading it. You can put up your own wardrobe."
"..." - ".The young man sat hard on the bench, and the bench broke.
Sitting in the shade of the stove while drinking the sweet green bean water, Heizi casually looked at the clear sky above his head.
I had an inexplicable premonition that my life seemed to be going off track unnoticed.
He really doesn't care about the results himself. He just lives his life alone, and doesn't care what happens.
But he did not seem to reject Chen Jianhe's arrangement as much as he had imagined.
Taoxi village is not big, usually what happens in the village can be known by the entire village in a short time.
The fact that Heizi was dragged away by Chen Jianhe to reorganize the fields and take care of the fruit trees was immediately known to the entire village.
The villagers happily hid by the side, quietly rubbing their hands to witness the pleasure.
Someone even made a bet behind the scenes, guessing how many days Heizi would last this time, and whether Heizi would win or Jianhe would win in the end.