Konoha Feige

After the uncle chopped the pig's trotters, he was so tired that he was sweating.He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his palms, then without washing his hands, he grabbed the pig's trotters and threw them into the pressure cooker.After loading the pot, the uncle went on to light the pond fire.Since the firewood still contained moisture and was not easy to ignite, my uncle struggled for a long time but failed to light the fire.

Zhao Shuqin saw a bottle of alcohol under the TV, so he took it over, poured some on the firewood, and then lightly pressed it with a lighter, and a raging fire immediately broke out.The uncle quickly set up the pressure cooker on the fire pit and stewed the pig's trotters over high heat.Because the firewood was burning, the house was soon filled with black smoke.Zhao Shuqin was so smoked that he burst into tears.Fortunately, the firewood burned vigorously and the smoke gradually decreased, so Zhao Shuqin slowly adapted to it.

While waiting for the pig's trotters to mature, Zhao Shuqin asked his aunt Wang Huizhong if she had given him living expenses recently.The uncle said he gave five hundred.Zhao Shuqin took out a wad of change from his body.That's what he usually saves.He counted them and found that there were more than 200 in total.He left a little for traveling expenses, and gave all the rest to his uncle.The uncle was moved to tears and said frankly that Zhao Shuqin was the one who treated him best.Zhao Shuqin's eyes were sore and filled with tears.On the one hand, he felt sad for his uncle's miserable situation; on the other hand, he blamed himself for his inability to help his uncle improve his current harsh living environment.How he wished he could rescue his uncle from the sea of ​​misery right away.

Not long after, the pig's trotters were stewed.The uncle made another chili dip.Then the two set up bowls, poured wine, and drank from the pig's trotters.The two of them drank rice wine brewed by farmers in Zaixi Dong Village.Although the alcohol content of rice wine is not very high and the potency is not very strong, Zhao Shuqin still felt uncomfortable drinking liquor for the first time.The wine was very bitter and difficult to swallow.But he had to swallow it.Only with the help of alcohol anesthesia, he could temporarily forget the mess and unpleasant smell in the house, so that he could get along with his uncle.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Shuqin's face turned red and his ears were hot.The beer he had just drank at Meng Xiaolu's house had not faded away, and now with the blessing of liquor, Zhao Shuqin felt a little dizzy.The number of words gradually increased.He accused his uncle, Zhao Deyin, of keeping a mistress.

"My dad is really not a human being. He actually went out and messed around behind my mother's back." Zhao Shuqin said bitterly.

The uncle pondered for a long time, sighed quietly, and said, "I have heard about this a long time ago. It's just that my uncle is incompetent and has no qualifications to speak against him."

After saying that, the uncle suddenly coughed violently.He coughed desperately, veins popped up on his forehead and neck; his eyes were wide open and protruding; his breathing was rapid, his face was flushed, but he couldn't cough anything out.

Zhao Shuqin quickly scooped up half a bowl of water and asked his uncle to drink it while gently patting his back.

It took a long time for the uncle to calm down.Big beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.He gasped for air.

"Uncle, you should drink less wine from now on." Zhao Shuqin said worriedly.

"It's okay." The uncle said breathlessly. "The only way uncle can feel a little fun in this life is when he drinks. Without wine, there may be no meaning of existence." After that, the uncle smiled bitterly.

Zhao Shuqin didn't know how to comfort his uncle.He could also feel that only the anesthesia of alcohol could make his uncle temporarily forget the pain of life and gain a trace of pitiful happiness.

The two were silent for a long time.

"I hope you don't tell my mother about my father raising a woman outside. I don't want to make her sad. She is also having a hard time." Zhao Shuqin said with a heavy heart.

The uncle sighed and said meaningfully: "I know everything, will she not know? Maybe she just doesn't want to pierce the window paper and tries to maintain each other's dignity."

The two of them continued to drink half a cup.Zhao Shuqin asked his uncle to take care of himself and left his house.

Then, Zhao Shuqin came to his second uncle's house.The second uncle Wang Da's family is not rich either.A family of five lives in a wooden building with a brick-concrete structure.The wooden building has two floors. The first floor is for livestock and the second floor is for people.Because the floor joints are not tight, the smell of livestock feces and urine on the first floor flows directly to the second floor, creating a foul smell as soon as you enter the house.The living environment is also extremely harsh.The second uncle went to the city to do odd jobs.The second aunt is the only one in the family who is busy with work and struggling to maintain her life alone.My second uncle and my second aunt had three children.The older two are girls and the youngest is a boy.

The second aunt is not at home.In the main room, the eldest cousin Wang Shengtian, the second cousin Wang Shenggli, and the cousin Wang Shengren were frying shriveled corn kernels in a large iron pot.There was no oil or salt. The three of them ate while frying, and they ate with gusto.

Seeing Zhao Shuqin's sudden arrival, the three siblings hurriedly covered the iron pot.Zhao Shuqin walked straight over, opened the lid of the pot, picked up a few corns, put them into his mouth, and chewed them twice.The corn was hard, bitter, and tasted like chewing gum, making it impossible to swallow.

"Is there no rice at home?" Zhao Shuqin asked with concern.His eyes swept over the three siblings one by one.Their clothes are in rags and their faces are sallow and thin.

"Dad hasn't sent us any money for a long time. We've already eaten all the rice at home." Cousin Wang Shengren said timidly.He is only five years old. "Cousin, I'm hungry." The cousin looked at Zhao Shuqin with pleading eyes.

"I know. Wait for me." Zhao Shuqin choked with sobs.

He put down the pig's trotters, wiped his tears and ran quickly to Meng Xiaolu's house, asked her to borrow ten kilograms of rice, and then quickly returned to his second uncle's house.

Zhao Shuqin and his cousins ​​divided their labors and cooperated. He was responsible for stewing the pig's trotters, and Wang Shengtian and his three brothers were responsible for cooking.Within an hour, a pot of fragrant pig's trotters came out.Wang Shengtian's three siblings didn't care whether it was hot or not. They ate up a big pot of pig's trotters and there was not much left.They are really hungry.

Looking at his cousins ​​devouring food, Zhao Shuqin recalled that this was not the case when he and his sister were young.At that time, my father was panning for gold in the Golden Cave, and sometimes he would not come back for ten days and a half.The family also had no food.My mother, myself, and my sister were not allowed to eat a grain of rice for two weeks.My sister was so hungry that she stole corn from others and roasted it.Unexpectedly, people put pesticide on the corn to kill the mice.My sister had severe stomach pain after eating it and rolled on the floor.Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time for gastric lavage and was able to survive.The biggest impression of childhood is hunger, an unforgettable hunger.Therefore, the happiest moment for the brothers and sisters was when their father came back from the Golden Cave.Because every time my father comes back, he will bring back a lot of delicious food.The brother and sister can feast and fill their hungry little bellies with bulges.

The second aunt came back with a load of millet on her shoulders.It turned out that she was borrowing food.

I learned from my second aunt that my second uncle, Wang Daer, was doing odd jobs in the city. When he was laying roof tiles for others, he accidentally fell from the roof and broke two ribs. He is still lying in the hospital.I couldn't work, I couldn't make money, and I spent a lot of money in the hospital, so I couldn't take care of my family anymore.

The family had no source of income, and now it was a lean period. The children had been hungry for several days. There was no other way, so the second aunt had to go out to borrow food.I went back and forth to several houses, but they all gave various reasons and refused to lend me the money.Finally, I begged my grandfather to sue my grandmother, and then one family agreed to help.This kind of situation is too common for Zhao Shuqin, who comes from the countryside.

Rural areas have their simplicity and snobbery.And the latter are sometimes even worse than those in cities.The selfishness and snobbery of rural people can even reach the point of shocking the world and weeping ghosts and gods.

Zaixi Dong Village has always been troubled by food shortages due to its large population and limited land.In the era when hybrid rice had not yet become popular in Zaixi, there were more than [-] households in Zaixi Dong Village, and very few were completely self-sufficient in food.Even if most people work hard in the fields from dawn to dusk all year round, they are still struggling to have enough food and clothing.There are even fewer families with abundant food.Therefore, during the lean season, most families in Zaixi Dong Village need to purchase grain from outside to survive.

Zhao Shuqin's family is no exception.Since only his father, Zhao Deyin, was allocated the responsible land in the family, which was less than half an acre, he still had to support a family of four.The food shortage is even more serious.Father Zhao Deyin's income in Jindong was unstable. The family was often unable to open the pot, and his father never came back with money.Therefore, her mother, Wang Huizhong, had to often go from house to house to borrow food to survive.

However, there are few offers of help in times of need and many icings on the cake.Sometimes I visited most of the village and couldn't borrow a single grain of food.Some people close the door even though they are clearly at home, pretending to go out to work, and will not let you in.Those who usually have grudges with you will even go all over the village and village to try to stop them from lending you food.

Zhao Shuqin's family encountered this situation.At that time, a woman from a family had several quarrels with Zhao Shuqin's mother, Wang Huizhong.As a result, the two families became in conflict.When she learned that Wang Huizhong was going to the stronghold to borrow food, the woman jumped up and down, going around to slander and spread rumors, saying that Zhao Shuqin's family was too lazy to eat, and borrowing food from their family was like beating a dog with meat buns - leaving and never returning.After her making such a fuss, very few people in the village lent food to Zhao Shuqin and his family.But there are also one or two families who are willing to borrow, provided that they borrow 120 catties and pay back [-] catties after the harvest.In order to make ends meet, her mother Wang Huizhong still had to borrow money.

However, this still caused great dissatisfaction from the woman.She openly rushed to the door, yelling and screaming about why they didn't listen to her and wanted to borrow food from Zhao Shuqin and his family.This sounds ridiculous and ridiculous, but it actually happened in their Zaixi Dong Village.This is not the end.The woman probably felt that coming to someone's door and insulting her was not enough, and eventually she poisoned two of their cattle with rat poison to vent her personal anger.However, evil will be punished.The woman was eventually arrested by the police station and imprisoned for more than a year. She was also ordered to pay back the family's two cattle.

Therefore, in rural areas, the poorer you are, the more people will alienate you and attack you.Everyone treats you like a plague and is afraid to avoid you, let alone ask them to borrow money or grain.Therefore, Zhao Shuqin could understand the difficulty of borrowing food from his second aunt.