Counterattack in the chronology

Chapter 41 Persuasion, Dividing the Fish

Gu Lichun was surprised by Gu Hongxing's visit, and so were the rest of the Gu family.Although they are both surnamed Gu, they rarely interacted with each other before.

Gu Hongxing's family is well-off, his parents are capable, and they have saved a fortune.In his generation, the brothers are very competitive.Their lives are better than most of the villagers.Gu Hongxing himself was a fanatical rebel in his early years. He liked to show off and make comments, but he was always suppressed by his father.

Gu Lichun doesn't like this kind of people at all. This kind of people are so stupid and strong, but they are also extremely destructive.He now has two ways to deal with Gu Hongxing and the others, one is to be direct and forceful, and the other is to be hypocritical and submissive.To put it bluntly, he has just returned to the farm and is fine, but the family and Chen Yu's family may have more troubles.This is not the best policy.Moreover, Chen Yu will definitely take revenge on this guy in the future, and there will be liquidation actions after the campaign is over.Let him hang on now, the most urgent thing is to stabilize him.

Gu Lichun thought about Gu Hongxing's personality traits. This person can read a few words, loves to show off, can incite people, is cunning and powerful, and has a little bit of ability.It is useless to deal with this kind of person with emotion, but with reason, only to lure them for profit, and then intimidate and fool them.

Now that the other party has come to the door, this is a good opportunity.

When Gu Hongxing arrived at Gu's house, he greeted Tian Sanhong first, and when Tian Sanhong went to pour water, Gu Hongxing hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, don't be too busy, I'm here today to talk about my nephew Lichun."

Gu Lichun said: "Then go to my room and talk."

After Gu Hongxing entered Gu Lichun's room, he looked it up and down, and said with emotion: "Your room is really neat and tidy. With so many books, you can tell that you love to learn."

Gu Lichun nodded, and asked softly, "What do you want from me?"

Gu Hongxing stretched out his hand to play with a bamboo pen holder, and said slowly: "It's true that the waves behind the Yangtze River are pushing the waves ahead. I haven't been in the village very much these few years, and I can't imagine that the next generation of our old Gu's family will also grow up, one by one. sharp."

Gu Lichun said: "It's okay, that's all."

Gu Hong looked at Gu Lichun with a complicated expression. In Gu Lichun's generation, he had predicted that Gu Jingzhe and Ye Chao would have great prospects, but he never expected that Gu Lichun would rush out like a dark horse. Dahai's family has successfully entered the farm. I heard that they can enjoy a lot of food on the farm, and they will be able to become regulars after the Chinese New Year.This made him admire and feel a little uncomfortable at the same time.He himself has been working outside for so many years, and he is still a temporary worker. This kid is about to become a regular worker.

Although Gu Hongxing is full of revolutionary passion, he is also a person who knows how to assess the situation.He originally planned to give Gu Lichun a serious lesson, but after returning home, his wife persuaded him, and his mother also scolded him, asking him to think about Gu Dahai's ending. As for the frontier farm labor camp, I don't know if I can come back alive.

The old lady and daughter-in-law's words made Gu Hongxing calm down, he thought about the past and the future, and after thinking about the past.As the saying goes, don't bully a young man to be poor, not to mention that Gu Lichun is not poor now, he can get along well on the farm, and he has made friends, and this kid did not know where he practiced, his teeth are sharp and his mouth is sharp. Failed to gain the upper hand.Gu Hongxing thought over and over again, and decided to shake hands and make peace before the two sides were fighting to the death.In the future, it will not be too late to deal with him when there is a chance.

What he thought was that everyone was from the same village, and they both had the surname Gu. Although they were far away, they were of the same clan.The most important thing is that the two of them have no feud with each other.His grandfather and father were all focused on making a fortune, and had no intention of bullying anyone. After he grew up, he was outside all the year round.The two have no chance of feuding.The only rift was that the two had an argument when they were at Chen's house, and it should be fine if they talk about it.

Gu Hongxing thought about it and explained: "Lichun, we are from the same village, and we both have the surname Gu. We have never had any grudges before, so why did we bother to feud over a capitalist? Who is it? From now on, we will see each other with our heads down, do you think it makes sense?"

Gu Lichun said earnestly: "Uncle Hongxing, it is because we are from the same village and both have the surname Gu that I hold you back so that you don't make mistakes. What you do is like a blind man riding a blind horse. Facing the abyss in the middle of the night, the danger is right in front of you. I came out to stop you for your own good, and I don't care about others."

Gu Hongxing: "..." Dare this guy hate him in public for his own good?

Gu Hongxing said with a half smile but not a smile: "Lichun, you have read a few more books, and your speaking level is not the same. Don't give me face, and refute me so hard, do you think it's good?"

Gu Lichun said righteously: "Uncle Hongxing, I don't agree with what you say. Our great proletarian revolution is to destroy the four old, establish a new style, and criticize feudal cancer. For the great revolutionary cause, don't say you are my uncle, even if you It’s my father, and I should oppose it. The country is the country, the country is in front of the family, for the party and the country, I can sacrifice everything I have.”

Gu Hongxing was dumbfounded, momentarily at a loss for words.He didn't know if what Gu Lichun said was true or not, but even if it was false, he couldn't refute it.

Seeing that Gu Hongxing was temporarily stunned, Gu Lichun said, "Of course, as a successor to the revolutionary cause, I also have the feelings of ordinary people, and I can't just talk about principles. Now, I will give you one by one from the standpoint of your nephew of the same clan. You said that the Chen family is a foreigner, not me. At the same time, he is not an enemy of your family. The two of you have no grievances in the past, and you have no hatred in the near future. What's the use of you taking the lead in criticizing them? What's more, it's Chinese New Year, the weather is cold, and the two old people are blind and sick. If you don't fight, they may not survive the winter. You still mobilize people to fight. The villagers don't care how serious they are. Now, who is responsible for this? Don’t say that you don’t blame everyone, there is a wrongdoer, there is a debtor, and there are many creditors, just pick the biggest one, and you are the biggest one.”

Gu Hongxing hastily defended himself: "I didn't criticize them for selfishness. It was for our proletarian revolutionary cause. They are capitalists, so they should be criticized."

Gu Lichun sneered in his heart, and said in his mouth: "The superiors only say to let them come to us for reformation. What is reformation? It means training them physically, influencing and reforming them spiritually. You are destroying them physically. The superiors If it really meant that, why bother to let them down? Wouldn’t it be easier to kill them in situ? Uncle Hongxing, you need to read more books and newspapers in the future. Let’s see if the atmosphere has changed in the past few years. ?Is the proletarian revolution more moderate and more methodical? Maybe after a while, the Chen family will be rehabilitated? Then you offend them, and the family has no relatives or friends. If they settle accounts with you... "

Having said this, Gu Lichun deliberately stopped, and looked at Gu Hongxing with regret and pity.

Gu Hongxing: "..."

He said in a low voice: "Lichun, according to what you said, the Chen family can't move at all?"

Gu Lichun asked back: "Then tell me, what good is fighting them for you? Can they squeeze out oil or can you get rewards by fighting them?"

Gu Hongxing was silent for a while, and then said: "Forget it, you are still a child after all, and you don't understand the affairs of adults."

Gu Lichun looked at Gu Hongxing suspiciously. Could this guy want to expand his influence in the village and become the leader of the brigade?Gu Lichun's guess is basically close to the truth.However, it is impossible for Gu Hongxing to tell Gu Lichun in detail.

No matter what Gu Hongxing's real purpose was, Gu Lichun's words made him dispel the idea of ​​continuing to rape the Chen family. If the fight continued, not to mention the possibility of death, he would not gain much money or prestige.The Chen family's house was searched, but they didn't find much prey.That bastard Chen Yu still hated him, his eyes turned red when he saw him, as if he wanted to eat him.

Once Gu Hongxing gave up this thought, the Gu Family Village would lose its leader, and Liu Qingshan alone would not be able to jump up and down.The other villagers have nothing to do with it, and they hang it high. Everyone is busy making new year's goods and preparing for the new year, and they gradually forget about it.

However, the news that Gu Hongxing went to Gu Lichun to make peace in person also spread quietly, and people looked at Gu Lichun in a different way.This is a capable person.

On the day of Lunar New Year's Eve, the brigade's loudspeakers sounded again.This time is a good thing. Every household should send a strong laborer to break the ice in the river to catch fish, and everyone will share the fish.When the villagers heard the news, they immediately became overwhelmed.

The Gu family was supposed to be going to Gu Dajiang, but early in the morning, Gu Dajiang ran out without seeing anyone, and he didn't know where to wander.Gu Lichun naturally wanted to go on top, and the rest of the family also went to the riverside to watch the excitement.There are crowds of people by the river, all waiting to share the fish.

Some of the ice on the river surface is thick and some are thin. People pick the weak places to break the ice, and after breaking the ice, they lower their nets to catch fish.There were so many people and so much strength, it slammed down violently, and the thin ice layer near the shore was the first to break.Everyone cheered a few times, and those who had fishing nets in the village generously took out their fishing nets, and gathered a total of ten fishing nets of different sizes.

Wu Fat was itching to see it on the shore, looking eager to try.Although the big speakers require each family to provide a strong laborer, but there are not too many people working, Wu Fatty joined the fishing team smoothly.He and Gu Lichun's team is led by Ye Chao, they are all young guys, they are jokingly called the alternate fishing team, and the other team is composed of middle-aged men from the village, who are physically strong and experienced, and are called first-line catchers. fish team.Everyone chatted and laughed while casting nets, laughing and joking, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

Ye Chao first cast a net down, pulled it up and saw that there were only a few miscellaneous fish, and cast again, and got a few small fish. Even after casting three nets down, the harvest was not satisfactory, and he was also discouraged.Someone soon took over and continued to cast the net.They cast their nets here, and the other fishing team laughed loudly: "I said young people, you are still too young, and the fish don't like to pay attention to you."

Everyone laughed, but it didn't matter.

Unconvinced, Wu Pang snatched the fishing net and cast it a few times, and the harvest was average. In the end, he resolutely handed the fishing net to Gu Lichun: "Brother Gu, come here. I believe you can do it."

Everyone is still very curious about Wu Fat. One is that this guy comes from a farm, and the other is that this guy does not go home during the Chinese New Year.From time to time, someone looked at Wu Pang and whispered.

Gu Lichun took the fishing net, picked a random place and let it go.In view of their team's previous performance, everyone didn't have any expectations for it, anyway, they were just playing around.

But when they went to pull the net, they felt heavy, and they couldn't help being shocked.

Someone else said: "It's so heavy, maybe it's something else?"

The big guys pulled up with all their strength, and a large net full of fish struggled and jumped in the net.

Ye Chao and Wu Fatty shouted excitedly: "Come and see, you all have a look."

Everyone watched this scene with gaping mouths, and gathered around to watch.Even the middle-aged fishing team came to watch the excitement.

"One or two... Oh my god, there must be more than 30."

"The fish are big and fat, each weighing more than two catties."

"Lichun is lucky, let him cast a few more nets, and everyone will share more fish."

……

Under the strong request of all the villagers, Gu Lichun undertook the heavy task of casting the net.

He doesn't get big gains every time he hits the net, but at least every net will not fail.

"Wow, another big net of fish."

"My God, this fish is so fat."

People's exclamation almost never stopped, but Gu Lichun didn't want to run out of water. After casting more than a dozen nets, he calculated that each family in the village could get three fish, and his luck was no longer so good.

Everyone couldn't help being slightly disappointed, but Gu Lichun said: "As the old saying goes, blessings are never exhausted. Let's stop at the right time. Leave some grandchildren for others."

When everyone heard it, they agreed, and in turn persuaded Gu Lichun to close the net, so many fish are enough.In previous years, it would be good if each household could get one. This year, at least three.

After collecting the nets, Ye Changming, Gu Youfu, and Gu Dajun began to divide the fish. They weighed the fish by the catty, and the piles with roughly the same weight were divided into three piles according to the size, medium and small. take a fish.Although the catties are roughly the same, it is only approximate, and some deviations are inevitable.Some villagers were not happy with the fish that weighed less than half the catty, and they all wanted to pick the big and fat fish, and there was a quarrel on the spot when the fish was divided.Among them, Liu Qingshan and Wang Chunyan, Aunt Zuo and Gu Dahe's wife Du Fengxian had the worst quarrel.

Gu Lichun had known for a long time that Gu Dajiang had three brothers, Gu Dahai, Gu Dajiang and Gu Dahe, but he rarely saw this third uncle and third aunt.He also didn't see him when he had a conflict with Gu Dahai's family.

Gu Lichun asked Tian Sanhong why he didn't often see these three uncles and three aunts.Tian Sanhong lowered her voice and said: "Your third aunt's family is from the town, she looks down on the women in our village, let alone me, she doesn't even like to talk to me. Your grandma is like the tip of a needle against the wheat awns, pinching them when they meet, and the two families don't communicate with each other. Your third uncle listens to her."

Gu Lichun nodded: "Oh, that's how it is." He took a look at the third aunt. She was tall, with a big face, big eyes and big mouth, which was in line with the aesthetics of this era, and her clothes were slightly more fashionable than other village women.

The mother and son were talking quietly when they heard Du Fengxian yelling in a shrill voice: "What kind of broken rule is this? Why should others get the big fish and I should share the small fish when it's my turn? We should divide by the catty, Nothing less than one or two."

Aunt Zuo echoed, "Feng Xian is right, why?"

Wang Chunyan and Liu Qingshan also said, "Why? Just bullying us."

Ye Changming was better, his complexion could be stabilized, Gu Dajun and Gu Youfu's faces were as black as the bottom of a pot, Gu Youfu threw the roster away, and shouted in a rough voice: "Liu Qingshan, pay attention to what you say, who Bullying you? This is called according to the roster, who's turn is who. Not to mention you, even us brigade cadres are the same, you are not convinced, right? Go away, stand there and stare at me, take a look Aren't we like this?"

The villagers who were waiting to share the fish also became anxious: "Yes, if you don't want the fish, just stand aside. Let's divide it first, so don't delay everyone."

Du Fengxian refused to leave, insisting on an explanation from the brigade cadres.

Gu Youfu, who called her name, drooped his eyelids, pretended not to see her, and continued to call her name: "Gu Dajiang's family."

Tian Sanhong carried a basket and went to collect fish with Gu Lichun. Gu Youfu said to the mother and son in a pleasant manner: "Lichun, thanks to you, the big guy got so many fish this year. This is the public fish, I have no right to it." To reward you, I will ask your aunt to cook you something delicious later."

Gu Lichun smiled and said, "Uncle Fu, you are welcome. I am also a member of the village, and fishing is for myself."

Gu Youfu looked at Gu Lichun with admiration.

"This is your family's fish." Everyone saw that Gu Lichun's share was a big fat fish, especially when compared with Liu Qingshan's family's, Aunt Zuo's share was at least a few taels higher.

This time, the three families were even more unconvinced.

Aunt Zuo said sourly: "Oh, Lichun, you are so lucky, you can catch fish, and you can share the fish."

Liu Qingshan said eccentrically: "I'm capable and capable." After finishing speaking, he deliberately glanced at Ye Changming, meaning that Gu Lichun had a good relationship with the Ye family.

Before Ye Changming opened his mouth, Tian Guiying couldn't bear it any longer, and cursed: "Liu Qingshan, shut your dog mouth, you haven't said a few words to me all night long."

Liu Qingshan is a person who likes to provoke troubles when he has nothing to do, and is afraid of troubles when things happen.As soon as Tian Guiying scolded him, he was persuaded.Wang Chunyan despised her own man from the bottom of her heart. She took Tian Guiying's words with a smile and said, "Hey, sister-in-law Guiying, the head of the family didn't say anything. See, you are in a hurry. Even if you treat Lichun's family better, the big guy won't say anything." What, after all, you and Li Chunniang are from the same village." Wang Chunyan's words further confirmed that the relationship between Gu Lichun's family and Ye's family is unusual.

Tian Sanhong fought back angrily: "Wang Chunyan, you can't spit ivory out of your dog's mouth. This fish is calling its name and it's our turn. Does it have anything to do with Guiying from the same village as me?"

Gu Lichun answered coolly from the side: "People used to go through the back door back then, steal things without punishment, and get paid for not working. If I am like this, I naturally think that everyone is like them. This is called, it's a mouse watching There are holes everywhere, there are flies, and there are toilets everywhere.”

Everyone laughed, and Tian Guiying laughed too.

Liu Qingshan and Wang Chunyan blushed with anger.

Du Fengxian sneered and yelled loudly: "This distribution is unfair, anyway, I don't agree." Liu Qingshan and his wife also yelled.

The faces of several brigade cadres were livid with anger, and this big Chinese New Year is also reassuring.

They glanced at each other, and were about to suspend fish sharing and discuss countermeasures.

At this time, I heard Gu Lichun say loudly: "Forget it, it's the New Year's Eve, and everyone is waiting for the fish to be distributed. It's no problem for us to be here. Our family doesn't care about one or two. Fish. How about it, my family will exchange it with light weight ones. Do you think it will work?" There are plenty of fish in the pond on his farm, so it doesn't matter if you give up these little bits and pieces of benefits.And it can make your family famous.

Everyone was stunned, and anyone else gave away the benefits they deserved?

Ye Changming, Gu Youfu, and Gu Dajun secretly praised Lichun for his grandiosity. They originally planned to suffer a little for themselves and exchange with these loud people, but it was not appropriate to do so. They only had a few cadres and so many villagers , what if other families also complain about unfairness?And they may not necessarily be able to turn to the big fish.It is best if someone offers to change the fish.

As soon as Gu Lichun's proposal came out, Aunt Zuo and Liu Qingshan were overjoyed, while Du Fengxian stared sideways at Tian Sanhong and Gu Lichun.

Although she doesn't associate with Gu Dahai's family, and never talks to Gu Dajiang's family, she lives in the village after all, and she knows the situation of the two families clearly.

First of all, she was naturally happy when she saw the two families fighting each other.When Gu Dahai's family collapsed, she and Gu Dajiang were shocked, and at the same time, they finally started to look at Gu Lichun, a cheap nephew.What happened next refreshed their understanding one by one.This nephew has entered the farm, this nephew heard that he is going to become a full-time employee, Tian Sanhong has a sewing machine, and Erfang's life is getting better and better.Everything made them very uncomfortable.But fortunately, although their family's life is a little better, it's still not as good as their own.After all, he already had a sewing machine and a bicycle.

Today Du Fengxian heard that Gu Lichun was going to exchange big fish for small fish, and secretly laughed at this guy for being stupid, giving up his own benefits to others, you thought others would say hello, wrong, they will only laugh at you for being stupid.

But she didn't care.The more stupid the other party is, the better, although she still looks down on Tian Sanhong and Erfang, but if Erfang insists on trading fish with her, she agrees.

Du Fengxian looked determined, and she waited for Gu Lichun and Tian Sanhong to offer to exchange fish with her.

Gu Dahe was also standing in the crowd, thinking that this nephew would definitely choose his own home.Although they don't usually communicate, they are blood relatives after all, so they are better than outsiders.

Unfortunately, they were all wrong.Gu Lichun glanced at the three groups of people, and finally fixed his eyes on Aunt Zuo's face. He smiled and said: "Mother Zuo, I want to change with your family."

Aunt Zuo was overjoyed, and said in her mouth pretendingly: "Oh, Lichun, you are such a good boy, Madam saw you right. But, what a shame."

Gu Lichun smiled and said: "The farm gave me benefits, and our family has enough meat for the Chinese New Year. You and the second grandma are neighbors. In the future, grandma's family will have to rely on your help. I will exchange it with your family."

As he said that, he took the initiative to exchange the two piles of fish, and Aunt Zuo agreed with half-pushing and half-push.

Gu Lichun chose Mrs. Zuo. Although Wang Chunyan and Liu Qingshan were unhappy, they could accept it. After all, the two of them had conflicts, and it was normal for people not to change with them.

But Du Fengxian couldn't accept it, why is she Zuo Da Niang?Is she Gu Lichun's own aunt?

Du Fengxian curled his lips, and muttered in an uneasy way: "Pretend to be generous, to buy people's hearts, I don't know what's on my mind."

Gu Lichun said: "Some people don't even want to pretend to be generous. I was kind enough to exchange fish with you, and people said that I would not have exchanged if I had known."

Aunt Zuo was afraid that Gu Lichun would repent, so she jumped up and scolded Du Fengxian: "Yo, you pretend to be generous and I will see it, and then you will twist your mouth and make sarcastic remarks. Those who look down on this or that all day long, don't you still follow me?" Like us, we thought you were so noble."

Aunt Zuo went out, one or two top three.That's right, there's no need for Gu Lichun to be angry.

Others also agreed one after another. Du Fengxian had committed the anger of the public and was no longer as arrogant as before.

Seeing the trend of the quarrel, Ye Changming yelled: "Be quiet, everyone, do you still want to divide the fish? If we don't, we will withdraw. It's cold, who wants to stand here and drink the wind."

"Divide, divide, divide quickly."

The big guys pushed forward and pushed Liu Qingshan and Du Fengxian aside.

Gu Youfu and Gu Dajun's attitudes also became stronger: "That's it, it's whoever's turn, and if anyone doesn't want it, it doesn't matter, just keep the fish and share it with the big guys. You can eat it or not, don't get used to it." you."

Several brigade cadres named and divided the fish again. After this incident, there were far fewer troubles. Even if some people were dissatisfied, they just complained in private and finished.In fact, it's not much different, but these days, everyone is poor, and they can't eat meat a few times throughout the year, so the two halves are precious.

It was so noisy for a long time, and finally the fish were divided.The big guy went home happily with the fish.

Gu Lichun gave the fish to his mother, and went to find Wu Pang himself, but the guy disappeared in a blink of an eye, and finally Lixia said that he walked east along the river bank.Gu Lichun thought that he couldn't lose it anyway, so he simply left him alone.

After Gu Lichun and the others returned home, Tian Sanhong began to kill and scrape the scales of the fish. First, he picked up two fish and fried them into pieces for storage.The remaining one is kept in the water tank, and it will be cooked in braised fish on New Year's Eve.

Gu Lichun was not idle either, he led his younger siblings to clean the yard, clean the windows and furniture.They have to clean up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Wu Fatty didn't come back until he was about to eat dinner. The guy still had two fish in his hand, his whole face was flushed from the cold, but he said with joy, "Brother Gu, I walked along the river bank for a long time and finally found the fish." I found a good place for fishing, and there were no people around the place, and I broke the ice. After dinner, we went there with a flashlight, and you cast him a few more nets. We can eat fish every day."

Gu Lichun really admired this guy, he worked really hard to eat.

Wu Fatty's words aroused Lixia Lidong's interest, and the two wanted to go with them at night, but Gu Lichun vetoed it.

There are too many people, the goal is too big, and it will be bad if someone finds out.He traded fish with people during the day, and fished secretly at night, which is a bit weird to say.

Gu Lichun originally wanted to dismiss Wu Fatty, but this guy is dead-headed.Gu Lichun thought for a while, he just wanted to take out a few more fish from the farm so that his mother could return to her natal home as a gift, so he agreed: "Okay, I'll accompany you, but this is the last time."

Wu Fat readily agreed: "Just this time."

That night, after dinner, the two of them wore thick cotton-padded jackets, cotton trousers, hats, and gloves. Wu Fatty took a torn net that he didn’t know where he got it, and carried a bucket. The two left the village secretly. .

The air on a winter night is extremely cold, and a gust of wind blows, making people shiver uncontrollably.

The two followed the light of the flashlight and walked with their heads down, neither of them spoke.Soon out of the village.This is the wheat field, and there are stacks of wheat straw standing on the ground.Gu Lichun looked at the straw stacks. He had heard of those homeless people digging a hole in the straw stacks in winter when they couldn't stand the cold.

Gu Lichun casually told Wu Pang the rumor, Wu Pang stopped suddenly, listened for a while, pointed to the biggest straw stack not far away and said: "I really heard a sound inside, if you don't believe me, listen."

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