Yipin Farmer

Li Changfu of Sanhua Village was wandering around the house in a state of anxiety, holding a pipe and pot in his hand, but he was in no mood to take a puff.He knew that people in the village were scolding him, so he wasn't angry, because he knew that the villagers scolded him as someone who could do something right, and they still expected him to find a solution at critical times.

But what do you think?

After thinking about it, the more I think about it, the more angry I get.Li Changfu threw away his cigarette pipe and pot and summoned several strong men in the village to hold an emergency meeting.

Shenjianzhang, Li Dazhu, Ma Yaozi, Wei Shuangquan, Li Shuanzhu, and Sun Shengcai from the east of the village are all talented people in the village. Because the Meng family had a good harvest last year and planned to open a shop in the city, they were also recognized by the village as Capable man, Ting Shuang is not in the village, and Ting Hui is going to the meeting on behalf of the Meng family.

Seeing that Li was looking for them, everyone knew what was going on.Without watering, the land will dry up, and the harvest will be greatly reduced. This is a truth that every farmer understands. The anxious people talk about it, but they can't come up with a good idea. The upstream villages are not good, and it is these bad guys who have caused them to have no water.

Sun Shengcai is a wealthy family in the village, and he is also very violent. He shook his fist and shouted: "Weshui belongs to all of us. Why should the upper reaches take it? Are we just waiting to die like this?"

Li Dazhu also waved his fist excitedly: "Of course we can't wait to die like this. They have seized our water, why don't we clear their canal?"

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All the people were furious, Lizheng felt satisfied, and the villagers were very united, and said excitedly: "Just do it, let's make arrangements and start right away."

After all, Ting Hui had studied. From a rich son to a poor farmer, he worked hard to survive at the bottom. His mind was much more mature than before. He felt that there was something wrong with this matter. Be more thoughtful, don’t cause conflicts, act after dark, dig the opening quietly, and when they find out that the water has reached our village, they can only stare.”

Sun Shengcai curled his lips in disapproval: "Are we still afraid of them?"

"It's not a question of whether you're afraid or not." Ting Hui explained patiently, "If you can't afford conflicts, try not to cause conflicts. Also, don't exclude others' main canals. You have to save some money for others, so that no major incidents will happen."

Li Changfu nodded: "The second son of the Meng family is right. As expected of someone who has studied, he just did it."

Everyone in the village was mobilized. In fact, there was no need to mobilize. Someone wanted to do this a long time ago. Now that someone has taken the lead, the whole village is extremely excited. The younger generation went to battle with tools.

Individuals, such as Shenjian Zhang Daquan and Li Dongsheng felt that it was inappropriate to do so, but in such a fiery group, it was difficult to maintain a correct and calm judgment, and they were coerced into the water-stealing operation with unpredictable consequences.

It was getting dark, and everyone in the village had dinner, so excited that they couldn't sleep, preparing for the night's action, Tingzhi went to the neighboring village to find classmates, and several scholars often gathered together to discuss articles.Back home, Aunt Li brought him the leftover rice. Ting Zhi felt that the atmosphere in the village was not right, and asked what happened.Aunt Li Xiaoye talked about what happened.

Ting Zhi's face changed greatly when she heard this: "How can you do this?"

"What's wrong? What's wrong with doing this?"

Tingzhi put down her rice bowl and rushed out the door, calling Tingqiu as she went out: "Little Douzi, hurry up and ride our donkey into the city to find your elder brother. Hurry up and tell him that something big is going to happen in the village. Hurry up."

Ting Qiu was a little puzzled, without saying a word, he untied the donkey and hurried out.

Aunt Li chased her out with the wind lantern in anger: "Damn boy, put on the lantern, and be careful not to fall on the mountain road."

Ting Zhi rushed to Li Zheng's house in a hurry. Li Changfu was discussing the details of the water stealing operation with others. Ting Hui was also there. Seeing him coming, he hurriedly greeted: "Fourth brother, you came just in time. Let's go to Tongbai Village to clear the canal tonight." , you go too."

Tingzhi was angry and anxious: "Second brother, why are you like this? You should stop the villagers from doing such things. Why are you still helping to fan the flames?"

Ting Hui was very upset when he taught him a lesson: "Why did I fan the flames? The crops in the village are almost dry. Who is not in a hurry?"

Ting Zhi took a breath and said, "I'm also in a hurry, but no matter how anxious I am, I can't be impulsive and reckless. In the middle of the night, so many people go out, what if something happens? Besides, even if nothing happens, the upper reaches of the village can Willing? Once a conflict arises, it is uncontrollable, so what should we do then?"

Ting Hui was dumbfounded, and began to think about it. Li Dongsheng also nodded, and the others hesitated.

But Sun Shengcai said in a loud voice, "I'm afraid of this, I'm afraid of that, Qing will starve to death."

Wei Shuangquan followed suit and nodded: "That's right, the scholar rebelled, failed in three years, and the fourth boy studied too much, so he shy away when encountering problems."

Most people also nodded in agreement. In history, it is often some mud legs that make shocking movements. Scholars look forward and backward, but miss many good opportunities. Tingzhi is too careful.

Ting Zhi blushed, but still insisted on her own opinion: "You can also discuss this matter with the county, or with the Lizhengs in several upstream villages. They will not be unreasonable, and discuss things that can be resolved through discussion." Why bother to create conflicts? The relationship between our village and the village above is not very good, and once a conflict arises, it will be difficult to control."

"Looking for the county magistrate?" Sun Shengcai stabbed him a few words, "Isn't your elder brother a ninth-rank farmer? Isn't he able to talk to the magistrate? Why doesn't he care? He only cares about making money for his own family and doesn't care about others. I can take care of your life."

"That's right." The person who angered Ting Shuang for this matter also agreed, speaking with a sting, "People in this village have gone to the city to earn a lot of money, and they don't care about our lives. It's strange that people in other villages care about us."

Seeing that these people could not be persuaded, Tingzhi had no choice but to say: "I have already sent someone to the city to look for my elder brother, please wait a moment, my elder brother will find a solution."

"If he had a way, what would he have done earlier?" The people who had been suffocating for a long time refused to listen to the persuasion, picked up hoes and tools, and marched upstream to Tongbai Village until night fell.At this time, the peasants showed great unity and also exposed their narrow side.

Like a general commanding thousands of troops, Li Changfu inspected the troops, and asked Sun Shengcai and the others to lead a group of juniors, brandishing tools, to set off. Looking at the crowd that was drifting away, he returned home feeling drenched in sweat from head to toe.He has already stirred up the whole village to join in a collective adventure, but as Tingzhi said, it's dark and midnight, what if something happens?What should I do if a conflict arises?

Li Changfu walked up and down on the ground, his face was pale, and he became more and more restless.

In the night, the surroundings were quiet, Shen Jianzhang, Wei Shuangquan and the others brought the young people from the village to Tongbai Village, and looked at the green fields of the crops, which made people admire.The drought has become like this, and these water tyrants forcibly intercepted the water that should have flowed to their own homes. This water also belonged to them, but let the unreasonable upstream village stop here to water their own crops.His grandma's, let him go, let them be proud, let them be beautiful.If you don't let me have a good time, you won't be able to.

Li Dazhu, Li Liugen and his son gritted their teeth and brandished the hammer to dig the canal, as if they were not dealing with the earth dam but the enemy.

After a while, the main canal was dug up, and there was a sound of rushing water.

After finishing the work, everyone collected the guys and prepared to go back. At this time, the dog barking sounded, attracting people who came to see the canal.

Tongbai Village also guarded against someone stealing water, so they sent people to watch the canal in turn. The people who watched the canal saw that the canal had been cut off, and rushed to stop it. The people in Sanhua Village were already full of anger. , beat up the canal patrol, and the others also vented their anger on those people, and beat them up around them.

Li Dongsheng pulled desperately, straightened his neck and shouted: "Stop, stop beating, it's going to kill you."

Several Tongbai villagers saw him running away with their heads in their arms, and fled back to the village to report to Lizheng. Lizheng saw that his family members had been beaten with bruised noses and swollen faces, and he was furious. .”

A large group of people wielding hoes and sticks rushed to Sanhua Village to take revenge.

When Ting Qiu rode a donkey and went to the city to look for Ting Shuang, Ting Shuang had already rested with Bao Qi and Chen Guang. Hearing what Ting Qiu said about the activities in the village at night, she had a premonition that something would happen, so she quickly got up and went out while dressing. Walking away, he told Tingqiu: "Xiaoqiu, hurry up to the county government office to see the county magistrate Qi, and tell him that Sanhua Village and Tongbai Village are going to cause trouble. Hurry up and bring people here, or people will die if it's too late."

After hearing this, Ting Qiu hurriedly let go of her feet and ran to the county government office, while Ting Shuang rode on the family's donkey.

"Wait for me." Baoqi also quickly pulled out the mule from the stable and chased after it.The mule was taken to the county government after the Lantern Festival fire, and the original owner hadn't claimed it after more than a month, so it was sold at a discount. Ting Shuang took the lead and bought this very good iron-green mule at a cheap price for leg support.

The two hurried to the village, Chen Guang followed behind.

Ting Qiu sensed that something was wrong from Ting Shuang's tense attitude, and ran all the way to the county government office, beating the grievance drum desperately. The guard saw a half-grown child making trouble in the middle of the night, and tried to beat him with a water and fire stick.

Ting Qiu hurriedly shouted: "My elder brother wants me to come to the county master. Sanhua Village and Tongbai Village are fighting over water, and people are about to die. If you don't report it, can you afford it?"

The guard was also frightened, so he had to go in and report.

Qi Chongyu was at a loss when he received the report, and asked the master, the master said: "It's not the first time that those villages fight for water every time of drought, and the people are tough. The former county magistrate went to the countryside to persuade him to fight, and even the sedan chair was blocked. It was smashed, if it wasn't for being escorted back by the guards, it would have been beaten all over the head on the spot."

Qi Chongyu hesitated after hearing this. He also has experience with the toughness of several villages. Group fights are the most difficult to stop, and he might even get punched by himself.

Seeing that he refused to go, Tingqiu became anxious: "If someone dies, the two villages will forge an enmity, the conflict can't be controlled, and your official voice is not good. There are doubts."

Ting Qiu's anxious words were rather tactful, but the meaning was very clear, that is: if a serious death occurs, can you afford it?What will the boss and the common people think of you?

The master was very angry: "You brat, if you dare to mock the adults, you will be beaten."

Qi Chongyu stopped his fist: "Don't do it, this kid has some truths."

For the first time, Ting Shuang lashed the donkey with a whip, and hurried to the entrance of the village, only to see a widow in the village, Aunt Liu, kneeling by the well and praying. Ting Shuang heard her singing in a sobbing voice very piously: " The gods of the Jade Emperor,

Avalokitesvara old mother jade bottle,

Breeze and drizzle sprinkle green seedlings,

Dragon King and Water God, save the people. "

Ting Shuang has always been opposed to this kind of feudal superstition, and would stop and criticize a few words at ordinary times, but now when he heard the weeping prayer, his heart sank. This sad prayer is helpless for the peasants. Crying, in the face of natural disasters, their strength is so weak, so they have to pin their hopes on the gods of nothingness.

People need hope to survive, and helpless peasants can only pray to the gods when they cannot find hope in other ways.

Ting Shuang suddenly felt very ashamed. When the village encountered difficulties, he was busy building a house for himself in the city, which did not play a role. Now, what right does he have to criticize these desperate people for praying for some faint hope from the gods? ?

Ting Shuang whipped the whip hard and ran into the village.

The situation has become uncontrollable. Dozens of strong young men came out of each of the two villages. They fought fiercely with hoes and sticks. After fighting for half an hour, more and more people participated in the melee. Pick up the stones on the ground and throw them around.When the aunts and aunts saw their husbands or children injured, they cried and shouted and rushed to fight the murderer. In the end, even the women joined the battle.

Li Dongsheng shouted at the top of his lungs: "Everyone, calm down, stop, stop beating."

But people's eyes were red-eyed, and their voices were in a turmoil, and his shouts could not be heard. , Shenjian Zhang originally wanted to persuade the fight, but when he saw his eldest son being beaten up by a few big men from other villages, he couldn't help but pick up the guy and swing it up. Han, Tongbai Village was out of breath, and several people surrounded him and beat him up.

When Ting Shuang arrived, what she saw was this scene. Men, women, old and young went to battle together. More than a hundred people fought together. The men yelled at the women and told the children to cry. I don't know if he is dead or not.

"Stop fighting, everyone has something to say." Ting Shuang shouted at the top of his voice. His voice was damaged by the smoke during the Lantern Festival fire and hadn't recovered yet. When he made a loud voice, he choked and hurt his chest and lungs.

Bao Qi hurriedly stepped forward to pat him on the back, saying, "Don't worry."

"Can I not be in a hurry?" Ting Shuang was so anxious that she really killed or disabled her. After this kind of family feud was formed, there will be many troubles in the future. Days passed, and many people fell meaninglessly in a pool of blood.

Ting Shuang was anxious to rush over, but Bao Qi held him back: "It's all beaten like this, how can you pull it over? Be careful not to break your head with the hoe handle."

Ting Zhi was also surrounded and beaten by several people at the side of the ridge. Ting Shuang was so anxious that she rushed over and kicked those people aside. , and another one pulled out a knife, Baoqi saw it, and hurried over to protect it.Chen Guang followed behind to protect Bao Qi.

Seeing that the situation is so chaotic, the conflict can only be calmed down if a large group of people come over and overturn a few thorns.Baoqi looked at the sky and became anxious, why didn't Magistrate Qi bring someone over?