Chapter 8 chapter eight

The first strike in Qiaotou Town's history broke out in the winter of the eighth year of Tongzhi. Of course, there was no such thing as a strike at that time, and a strike was not called a strike, but a kiln break.Xiao Taiping, the head of the former second regiment, gave an order that the brothers of Cao Tuan stopped serving, and the Baijia kiln stopped.At that time, they did not understand the art of strikes, neither formed strike committees, workers' pickets, nor elected workers' representatives.Everyone still followed the old rules of the Cao Tuanli to talk to Xiao Taiping, the head of the second regiment, and after a break, they would bask in the sun at the door of their respective houses, chatting nonsense.

During this period, Uncle Wang from Wang’s Kiln and Master Li Wu from Li’s Kiln both sent people to Zazipo. With Xiao Taiping’s permission, many brothers went to Wang’s Kiln and Li’s Kiln for the time being.More brothers didn't go anywhere, but gathered together in twos and threes, waiting for Xiao Taiping's greeting. At this time, Xiao Taiping had revealed to the brothers that he wanted to build a kiln by himself, which made the brothers very excited.From the point of view of the brothers, if they want to take root on the banks of the Damo River for a long time, their elder brother Xiao Taiping should step up and set up a kiln as early as possible, so that the brothers can have something to rely on in the future.

From then on, the foresighted brothers regarded Xiao Taiping as the owner of the kiln. Xiao Taiping's two younger brothers, Xiao Taizhong and Xiao Taiquan, worked even harder. On the second day after the kiln break, they took several brothers from the Xiao family to search around for Xiao Taiping to find a place for a vertical kiln.Unexpectedly, it was busy work.No one is willing to sell the land with outcropping coal—even if he is willing to sell, Xiao Taiping can't afford it.Some people are willing to sell the barren land where there is no coal outcropping, but Xiao Taiping dare not buy it, fearing that the coal will not be found after digging dozens of feet, and the money will be wasted.In the end, Xiao Taiping told Xiao Taizhong the truth with a dark face: it is too late to open a kiln independently, and right now he can only contract a kiln from Mr. Bai Er and Mr. Zhang to serve him...

Only then did the brothers understand that Xiao Taiping's purpose of letting everyone close the kiln was not only to fight for a few taels of silver as compensation for the two brothers who died under the kiln, but also to take over the Baijia Kiln.However, the brothers don't quite believe that Mr. Zhang Sanye and Mr. Bai Er can be subdued by resting the kiln.When Xiao Taiping said he believed it, the brothers didn't dare to say that they didn't believe it. Cao Ershun was very numb at that time, and lived in the same courtyard with his brother-in-law Xiao Taiping, but he didn't know Xiao Taiping's determination to fight for the Bao Kiln, and his mind was full of thoughts of going to the Baijia Kiln.Xiao Taiping called Xie Yao, he had to rest, since he had nothing to do after the rest, he would miss Dani inevitably.But if you don't go to Baijiayao for a day, you won't see Dani for a day.This caused Cao Ershun to have a deep resistance to Xie Kiln.

On the fourth day of Dexie Kiln, Cao Ershun couldn't bear it anymore, and went to Baijiayao with Xiao Taiping on his back.I never thought about going to the kiln, I just wanted to meet Da Ni.Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the entrance of the kiln, just as lunch was being held in the kiln, Wang Guitou greeted Cao Ershun to eat with a smile.Cao Ershun said he wouldn't eat it, but Wang Guitou asked Cao Ershun to eat it, and Cao Ershun ate it when he was hungry.After eating, go to Dani to drink water as usual.While drinking water, Dani looked at Cao Ershun with a sad look, which made Cao Ershun very uneasy.

Dani's blacksmith uncle also said about him, with a look of disdain: "Didn't you bastards stop the kiln? What are you doing here?" Cao Ershun was speechless. The old blacksmith babbled again: "Don't think you're great. Without you bastards, wouldn't the Bai family open the kiln and produce charcoal?" Only then did Cao Ershun say in shame: "That... that is, that is..." At this moment, Wang Guitou yelled and told everyone to go to the kiln to work.Cao Er passed by by accident, habitually carrying a coal basket, and followed a dozen kiln workers carrying coal to get out of the kiln.

After Cao Tuan's brothers closed the kiln, more than half of the people on the kiln were reduced, and the place looked deserted.There used to be a hundred kiln workers who carried coal alone, but now there are not even thirty.There are few people plowing and loading coal under the kiln, and they all look lazy. Only then did Cao Ershun discover his mistake: Hey, what's wrong with him?The more than 200 brothers in the Cao Tuan have all stopped kiln, why did he come to start the kiln?Didn't he come to see Dani?What are you doing in the kiln?If Xiao Taiping found out about this, wouldn't he be scolded to death? !After carrying the first basket of coal to the kiln, Cao Ershun wanted to throw the basket and go home.But remembering that I finally ate two pancakes and a bowl of salty soup from someone else's kiln, and remembering what the old blacksmith said, I was embarrassed to leave, so I continued to work anxiously.He also said to himself: It's not that Cao Ershun is unyielding, nor is it that Cao Ershun wants money, he does this only for Dani.He had already figured it out, even if he came to play today, he didn't want any of the work permits he received while carrying the coal, and gave them to Dani to exchange them for the work permits.

It was already dark when the fortieth basket of coal was carried to the kiln.Cao Ershun held a handful of black shiny bamboo work sticks and went to look for Dani under the mat shed. He really wanted to present the work sticks to Dani.Unexpectedly, Dani and the old blacksmith both quit work, and the red stove also stopped firing.Just as he was about to leave, he heard quite unusual noises nearby, like a fight.After listening carefully, I found that the noise came from the tool room where the kiln was watched at night.Cao Ershun curiously walked to the wooden gate of the tool room, stretched his head to look, and saw two black buttocks moving around.The two black buttocks were wearing ragged jackets on the upper body, and the lower body was naked, and a naked white woman was pressed under the body.The white woman struggled desperately, like a plucked chicken.

When he saw this scene for the first time, Cao Ershun didn't show any anger, only excitement and impulsiveness.The blood all over his body rushed to his forehead, and his muscles tensed.It was only later that I vaguely felt that something was wrong.Apart from Dani, how can there be other women in this kiln?Hearing the woman's screams again, it suddenly occurred to him that the two black buttocks were in Ridani.The scalp exploded suddenly, Cao Ershun kicked open the wooden gate, and stabbed the bamboo stick in his hand towards a black buttock, which made the black buttock scream in pain and rolled to the side.

The other black man hid, and said while hiding: "Hey, my father-in-law, my father-in-law, didn't we agree? Our brothers will give you a 'five liters'!" Later, Cao Ershun found out that all the brothers who had slept with Dani called Dani's blacksmith uncle "Old Zhangren" behind their backs. Cao Ershun didn't know it at the time, and thought the two black butts were trying to belittle him, so he yelled, "I call you your mother, who is your father-in-law, I am your father!" The two black buttocks realized that they had made a mistake and asked, "Who are you?"

Cao Ershun pulled up Dani from the broken seat, turned around, and repeated, "I am your father!" The two black buttocks didn't recognize this dubious father, so they turned on the lamp, and when they saw that it was Cao Ershun, they both laughed. One said: "Hey, who am I supposed to be? It turns out to be a bellows!" The other said: "Brother Cao, there is no bellows here for you to pull, so hurry up and don't miss our brother's good deed." Cao Ershun also recognized it through the light. The two black buttocks were local kiln workers, one was a money string carrying coal, and the other was Da Liu who was carrying water from the upper mouth of the kiln. While talking to him, these two people tried to move to Dani's side, and they didn't intend to stop there. Dani, who got up from the broken mat, half covered her body with a flowery jacket, and hid behind Cao Ershun, screaming strangely. At this time, Cao Ershun's mind was numb, and he felt that it was not Da Ni who was sold by his blacksmith uncle, but Da Ni was bullied for no reason, so he grabbed a pickaxe handle with a broken pickaxe from his side and waved it in his hand. Then, he yelled at Qian Chuanzi and Da Liu: "You...you all...get out!" Qian Chuanzi was not happy, so he picked up a handful of millets from the ground, pointed at Cao Ershun with his millet, and said, "Is there something wrong with you, kid? I have made it clear to you that I spent money, so you won't let me go?" Is the day gone?" Da Liu also shouted: "Don't say that Da Ni is not your wife, even if it is your wife, we have spent money, we have to let us come back every day!" Having said all this, Cao Ershun still believed that Dani had been bullied, so he asked Dani to get dressed and go with him.This made Qian Chuanzi and Da Liu red-eyed.The two of them beat Cao Ershun before Dani got dressed.It was Qian Chuanzi who moved first.Qian Chuanzi fought twice in the kiln for three days, with the local kiln workers, and also with the brothers of Cao Tuan. After fighting a lot, he gained experience.One of the experiences is to strike suddenly when the opponent is not looking.Before the attack, Qian Chuanzi was still talking to Cao Ershun, and smiled and asked Cao Ershun to come back once a day, saying that he and Da Liu were the hosts.But before the words were finished, the pistol in his hand flew over and slapped Cao Ershun down on the ground beside Dani in just one moment.Cao Ershun struggled to get up, and the tall and burly Liu came up again, and rode on Cao Ershun with his bare black buttocks, like riding a thin dog. Da Liu rode on Cao Ershun and said to Qian Chuanzi, "Brother, go to the sun quickly! Change me after the sun." Cao Ershun struggled and kicked under Liu, but failed to make a name for himself. He kicked off the shoes on his feet, but he still couldn't get rid of Liu who was riding on him.Big Liu is really too heavy, it's like pressing on a mountain when it's on him. When Dani saw that Cao Ershun was beaten for her, she felt very ashamed, and she didn't want to let money trick her.Grabbing and biting like a wild animal, and still moving around, Qian Chuanzi finally got discouraged and let Dani go.After releasing Dani, all of Qian Chuanzi's poisonous gas came out of Cao Ershun's body. He first urinated on Cao Ershun's head, and then kicked Cao Ershun's body... It was Liu who stopped Qian Chuanzi and said, "Okay, okay, don't kill the bellows!" Only then did Qian Chuanzi stop. After Qian Chuanzi and Da Liu put on their pants and walked away cursing, Dani threw herself on Cao Ershun and cried.After crying, he dragged Cao Ershun to sit up, pointed at Cao Ershun, then pointed at himself, and fell asleep on the floor. Cao Ershun understood that Dani wanted to repay him, but his body hurt so much and his heart was so annoyed that he didn't even think about making trouble.When Dani climbed up to hug him again, he just hugged his shoulders, he let out a cry of pain, pushed Dani aside, and staggered out of the wooden gate of the tool room. Along the way, Cao Ershun was sad and sad, hating Qian Chuanzi, Da Liu, and Dani.If it wasn't for Dani, there would be no such show today.This is so embarrassing.Not only was he beaten up badly, but he was also poured with hot urine on his head.This is truly unprecedented.When his father and four younger brothers were alive, who would dare to treat him like this?No matter how useless he is, no matter how useless he is, he can't be bullied like this!But now that his father and four younger brothers are gone, no one can make decisions for him.Thinking of this, the tears flowed endlessly.When I arrived at Kuzipo, I thought I couldn't cry anymore, but as soon as the old tears on my face were wiped away, new tears fell from my eyes again. When I saw my sister Cao Yue'e and brother-in-law Xiao Taiping, my face was still wet. Cao Yue'e and Xiao Taiping were surprised when they saw Cao Ershun's bruised nose and swollen face. Cao Yue'e hurriedly helped Cao Ershun to a chair and sat down, fetched water and found a wet towel to wipe Cao Ershun's face and body. Xiao Taiping noticed that Cao Ershun's body was covered with soot, and knew that Cao Ershun must have gone to the Baijiayao with his back behind his back to get into this disaster, so he made a big face and didn't speak. Instead, Cao Yuee asked, "Second Brother, who beat you up?" Cao Ershun didn't dare to say anything, but just shed tears. Xiao Taiping was furious: "You old man, why are you crying?! The brothers have all stopped the kiln, why did you go to the Baijia kiln? Do you think you have a big face? If you don't stop the kiln, there will be others Good face for you?!" Cao Ershun sobbed and said, "No...don't do anything about the kiln, it's...it was Qian Chuanzi and Da Liu who beat me, they...they..." "What's the matter with them?" Cao Ershun told the story of what happened, only omitting the piss poured on his head.After finishing speaking, he didn't expect Xiao Taiping to avenge him. Unexpectedly, Xiao Taiping thought about it for a while, and suddenly got excited, and cursed: "Damn, this matter is not over, I will take my brothers to the kiln to settle accounts with them tomorrow!" Cao Ershun was surprised at first, then moved, and said with tears in his eyes, "Tomorrow, I...I will go too..." Xiao Taiping said: "You are the owner of the case, so you will naturally go - ask some people to carry it." After a night of preparation, Xiao Taiping really called out all the more than 200 brothers on the Zazipo early the next morning, and carried Cao Ershun to the Baijiayao in a grandiose manner. Cao Ershun slept on a canopy bed built of tree sticks, happily thinking about the glorious past of his father and brother.Naturally, I also thought of Dani, and thought to myself, when Dani saw Qian Chuanzi and Da Liu being beaten up, he would make up for all the face he lost in the tool room yesterday... No one had a premonition that a big chaos was coming, and no one knew Xiao Taiping's real thoughts. They all thought that Xiao Taiping took his brothers to fight only for Cao Ershun who suffered a loss.It wasn't until a fight broke out at the Baijiayao kiln that all the local kiln workers in Qiaotou Town were beaten away, and the Baijiayao was completely shut down, that the brothers discovered Xiao Taiping's extraordinary courage. As soon as the brothers arrived at the kiln, they immediately overwhelmed the hundreds of local kiln workers. The local kiln workers had just had breakfast under the big mat shed at the entrance of the kiln, and were walking down the kiln one after another, when the brothers of Cao Tuan "hula" surrounded them.Da Liu didn't find it, and the money string carrying the coal basket was beaten first.After several brothers knocked Qian Chuanzi to the ground, Cao Ershun hurriedly got up from the canopy bed and urinated all the hot urine accumulated all morning on Qian Chuanzi's face in public.There is no lack of bloody men among the local kiln workers, scolding the gangsters for bullying too much, some forcefully came out to block, and some shouted and beat them.Then a fight broke out, for a while the sticks danced wildly, and the coals flew randomly from the kiln to the bottom of the kiln.The foreman and accountant of the kiln came forward to dissuade them, but people on both sides refused to listen, and even accidentally broke a foreman's arm.After the fight, the local kiln workers couldn't hold on any longer, first the timid ones fled, and then the bold ones also fled because of the small number of people, and the Baijia kiln suddenly became empty... Cao Ershun completely regained his face, and he didn't feel any pain anymore.The dust of the fierce battle had not yet settled, so he ran excitedly to look for Dani under the mat shed.Dani looked surprised, yelled, and gestured with both hands to express her congratulations to Cao Ershun. But the old blacksmith turned pale with fright, and repeatedly said to Cao Ershun, "This...it's none of our business, it's none of our business..."