Chapter 10 ten

Seeing Xiaoyue's sudden change of mood, Menmen felt very puzzled.He checked himself: Where did he offend her? Thinking about it.But I can't figure out why.After that, they stayed together a few times, and they were always in high spirits, but only when they saw each other, or when the topic came up.Satsuki was depressed.The clever door finally understood the trick, and he was secretly happy about his position and value in Xiaoyue's heart.On this day, he met Caicai again. He asked about Xiaoyue, and Caicai replied that he was ill. He was taken aback and hurriedly asked what the illness was.

"No one can tell." Cai Cai said, "These days, she has been looking bad. Yesterday morning, she fell asleep and didn't get up. She didn't eat, and she refused to ask the doctor. The circles around her eyes were black and blue. " Just then, tears flowed out. "Menmen, go and see her, you can tell some stories, how can you persuade her to let her eat!" When they looked at Cai Cai first, there was a kind of jealousy and contempt in their eyes. After hearing Cai Cai's words, they felt extremely sympathetic to him.He promised to persuade her, but he had already gone outside Xiaoyue's house, but he quietly walked away.At this moment, he deeply felt that he was sorry for Caicai, and even more sorry for Xiaoyue. His complacency actually caused Xiaoyue to fall into pain.At night, I lay on the bed and smoked a pack of cigarettes, but still couldn't fall asleep, so I turned on the radio to the highest volume, and fell asleep unknowingly, causing the radio to ring all night and burn out at dawn.

Xiaoyue lay in bed for another day, and then visited with his mother a few times, and Monk Wang sighed even more.Dangcai found out that Menmen had never been here, and scolded Menmen for having no conscience in front of Xiaoyue, saying nothing, but Xiaoyue suddenly quarreled with Caicai: "Why do you ask others to persuade you? Is everyone my fiance?" "It's for your own good too." Only then said. "For me? Is this what you are doing for me?" "I advise you not to listen." "You are so good, I still don't listen to you? Why don't you come? If he doesn't come, why don't you beat him, beat him, let him know that you are talented?!"

"Xiaoyue, what are you talking about? I hit people for no reason? If it wasn't for the Mao family next door occupying our territory, whose finger would I have touched?" Caicai said to Xiaoyue with a sad face, Xiaoyue became more and more sad, grabbed the pillow and beat Caicai, and she cried until she died. No one could persuade her, Xiaoyue was just crying, and the crying made the two families feel confused. Cai Cainiang was even more frightened, she sat on the thumping stone in the courtyard to mend her clothes, the needle couldn't hold it several times, and she fell to the ground.Monk Wang lost his temper and scolded, "Who scolded you, who beat you, where are you crying?!" Cai Cainiang hurriedly stopped him, so he had to go into the cowshed and face the bony The sick cow coughed thousands of times, and shrank its body, unable to cough up the mouthful of phlegm.Only then did he go to close the gate of the courtyard, blocking the children from the neighborhood to see what was going on, and stood in the courtyard dumbfounded, with his head in his arms and fell into a pile of firewood, tears rolling down his face.

However, like a ghost, after Xiaoyue cried, in the afternoon, she got up from the bed.After another night, she didn't take any medicine or injection, and she washed her face and combed her hair in her own small room. Although she walked unsteadily, she couldn't tell she was sick anyway. The two families were very puzzled by this sudden change, and they didn't dare to ask her what was going on.Then Cai Cai Niang went back to her house and secretly burned some yellow watches in the yard in the middle of the night. After five days, the door came once.From then on, I always came after many days, and when I came, I always talked to Monk Wang first, or only then.Seems very humane.Monk Wang and Caicai also looked at him seriously, talking about the sky and the earth.Talk about crops and rice noodles.Seeing them talking, Xiaoyue immediately saw that all of Menmen's work was for coping purposes, as if she was about to complete some task, and unconsciously marveled at Menmen's kindness.

"Is he eliminating the pain of this family caused by him?!" She also felt guilty that she was sorry for him, and looked at him tenderly.Caicai was also a little strange, and told his mother about the family affairs, and his mother hurriedly asked: "Has Menmen always been nice to Xiaoyue?" "That's what Xiaoyue said." "People are unpredictable meat lumps. These days, everything is in such a mess. Xiaoyue is not like the previous Xiaoyue, and the door is not like the previous door. Xiaoyue cried for no reason. , I wondered in my heart, the door is like this, why do I feel a little flustered in my heart? We must not be harmful to others for a day, and we must not be defensive for a day. This door looks better than you, and You have money and can help you with your mouth, you have to tell Xiaoyue that you dare not be fooled by this kind of person."

Since then, Caicai has really developed a mind, and every time the door leaves, he will say some disrespectful words.Xiaoyue accused him of not doing it.Only then said: "I'm nice to him, but you think I'm nice to him; I ignore him, but you think I'm ignoring him again, what's on your mind?" Xiaoyue couldn't tell what she was thinking. At the end of this month, the county allocated six electric mills to the commune, and the commune allocated two more to the mountain nest.Everyone on the small street wanted to buy it, but some couldn't afford it for a while, and some had money, but no one would manage it. As a result, one was transferred to the Henan people on the Jingziguan side.Xiaoyue urged her father to buy another one, but her father thought he was too busy and would lose money; Xiaoyue mobilized Caicai again, Caicai said he had no money, but he couldn't make up his mind.Xiaoyue advocated a joint purchase with Menmen, and Menmen immediately agreed, and proposed that the money should be paid by him, and the specific management should be done by Caicai.Caicai couldn't beat Xiaoyue and barely passed.Within a few days, the electric grinder was installed and opened.In less than a month, the family really let go, and some acquaintances came to grind the powder, so it was difficult to collect the money because of the face, and it was entangled, and they didn't care about working in the field. At the end of the month, they only earned ten Yuan money.Monk Wang was full of dissatisfaction, saying that it would be useless and harmful if it continued like this, and if there was another accident with the machine, it would be all the money.Caicai no longer wants to use it with the door.People who complain about each other will not look for ways to make money, and wait for the villagers to grind grain. How much can they grind? It’s too embarrassing not to charge money, of course they will lose money.He went to Jingziguan by himself, hooked up with the grain station, and signed a contract: contracted to process five thousand catties of wheat and one thousand catties of grain every month.After grinding for a month, the income was really good, but it was exhausting.Menmen offered to hire a helper and pay him forty yuan a month.Only then stuck out his tongue:

"My God, are we going to hire permanent workers?" door said: "Pay according to work, we are exploiting him? This is allowed by national policy, what are you afraid of? I went to the suburbs of Danjiangkou City, and some people bought tractors, and all the drivers were hired." Only then said: "Danjiangkou City is Danjiangkou City, and our place is our place. We don't dare to think too much about it." "What's the matter with us? This is not China?" Caicai couldn't make up his mind, so he told Monk Wang about it.Monk Wang was also taken aback at the time:

"Scary! This kind of daring was born by a wolf? How dare you think of this step?! He ran outside with a big heart, my God, watching the old cow pee and tear the calf's butt! So If you go on, people will have no idea. I don’t know what kind of trouble is going to happen? Don’t say whether the policy allows it or not. In our place, you have made money. The villagers will not bite you, but also isolate you to live. I'm alone. I don't eat what I shouldn't eat, and I don't drink what I shouldn't drink. We are an upright person, and we don't dare to ruin our reputation! I didn't agree with this at the beginning, and everyone is someone we can rely on He insists on doing this, let him do it, we have to be steady step by step. Cough cough, this school is incredible, he has never suffered a disadvantage!"

Only after listening to Monk Wang's words, he became more timid and disrupted the door's plan: not only did he resolutely not hire helpers, but he also reduced the contract of the grain station to half. Unexpectedly, as a result, the grain station Jing dismissed all the contracts, and hooked up with Jingzi to close another Henan native with an electric mill.He moved around door to door, carrying cigarettes and alcohol, set up a few tables of food, negotiated and signed the contract again, but spent forty or fifty yuan, but still had no effect. In a fit of anger, he and Cai Cai had a big quarrel, blushing a meal.When the cooperation failed, Xiaoyue cried out in anger, and went to speak nicely to Menmen, who said:

"Forget it, Cai and I just don't get along." "I asked you to cooperate because I want you to support him!" door said: "Sister Xiaoyue, how dare I support him? I don't care how much money I make, but he is always on guard against me, always afraid that I will spoil him. Why should I let him suffer this kind of torture? The door is not someone who jumps off a cliff, am I fooling around? In such a big village, why am I the only one who subscribes to the "People's Daily"? I am afraid that I will go the wrong way, but I have violated some policy , I dare people to suspect me so much?!" As the door spoke, there were tears in his eyes. Xiaoyue stopped persuading the door, but said fiercely: "Family, let's do as you want, let's break up! There are those who hold pots and bowls, and those who don't hold people, so they don't listen to me. I have done my best. You go to your own troubles." !" As a result, the electric grinder was sold to Lao Qin.Lao Qin didn't install it, but sold it to someone from the Wai Gongshe, for a net loss of 60 yuan.The family and talents also resented each other, and the rift became wider and wider, and there was no common language since then. During this period, the commune members from the three provinces who lived on this small street paved with stone slabs came forward in the name of their respective brigades and held several joint meetings. Based on the early lessons learned in summer, they decided to jointly repair the canal and aqueduct.Because the land is allocated to households, each household is required to raise funds and work together.Caicai and Monk Wang went to the construction site ten miles away as the first batch of laborers. Xiaoyue stayed at home, working on the ferry all day long, and only went back to make do with it when it was time to eat.The sick cow suffered so much that Cai Niang came several times a day to feed, drink, and mix grass washer. On this day, it was raining heavily, so Xiaoyue took the boat away and read a book on the kang at home.The door is coming.Sit on the edge of the Kang and say to her; "Sister Xiaoyue, there is something I want to ask you for advice." Xiaoyue laughed and said: "May I have an idea? You can talk!" door said: "Really, Miss Xiaoyue, my heart is in a mess. I didn't want to come to you..." "I'm Mum Tiger, are you so scared that you dare to look for me?" "How can I say this? I really wish I could become a magpie and live on that sycamore tree. I can watch you every day, but..." "Afraid of talent?" "I'm not afraid of him, I'm afraid of you." "Afraid of me, when did I hate you?" "I'm afraid you'll get sick again..." Xiaoyue's heart jumped suddenly. "loquacious!" After she said such a sentence, she lowered her head, and even lost her breath. "Menmen, what the hell is going on?" "It's like this. Uncle Qin told me yesterday that he has a pretty good niece, and he wants to introduce it to me. What do you think should be done?" Satsuki seemed taken aback.Before this quarter of an hour, she never thought that Menmen would get engaged one day! She looked at Menmen, closed her eyes, and thought to herself: Yes, Menmen is going to get engaged, he is really going to get engaged, after he In front of him, how many girls are preparing to snatch him away! From now on, everyone will have a home, let alone talk together often. But she calmed down quickly, without any surprise, and said: "This is your business, you make up your mind." "I don't really want to." "Don't want to?" "I don't think I can love her." "then you?……" "I……" The two watched silently, and there was an embarrassing silence.The rain outside the window was getting heavier, and the raindrops hit the sycamore tree in the corner of the courtyard, making a noisy and monotonous noise. "Menmen," Xiaoyue said, "this is your business, you decide." Menmen stood up painfully and said: "Do you have anything else to say?" "No more, the same sentence: You make up your mind." Menmen walked to the door and said: "I am leaving!" "Let's go!" The door got into the rain from under the eaves, and the head and body were immediately wet.Countless blisters appeared on the pool in the yard.Convexed, broken, convex again, broken again, a layer of mysterious changes.The rain is getting heavier. On the third day, Xiaoyue got the news: Menmen was going on a blind date with that niece of the Qin family.Xiaoyue was eating, when the chopsticks stopped suddenly, and she rushed into the house, full of anger, and saw that nothing was pleasing to the eye; the sick cow was barking in the cowshed, it was so ugly, she walked over and took the stirrup. The material stick beat the bull's head severely, and cursed: "Let you scream! Let you scream!" She didn't finish her meal, so she came to the ferry wearily and sat in the boat bored.At this moment, Uncle Qin was calling for a boat on the other side of the river. When the boat passed by, there was a beautiful girl standing behind Uncle Qin. She immediately jumped in her heart: "This must be Uncle Qin's." The niece is here, and she is really here!" Old Qin uncle jumped onto the boat in one step, but the girl tried several times, but she didn't dare to jump.Old Uncle Qin pushed the boat closer to the shore and shouted, "Don't be afraid, jump hard!" The girl blushed even more embarrassingly.In the end, it was Xiaoyue who stretched out the penny and let the girl grab it, and dragged it to the boat.Once on board, the girl smiled quietly and sat in the cabin without moving.She has an oval face with fair skin and tender flesh.A pair of big water-colored eyes, when smiling, the thin eyebrows fly; after smiling, the eyelids are lowered, and the folds of the double eyelids appear very wide.Wearing a pink shirt on the upper body.The lower body is a pair of dark black trousers, with clean shoes and socks, the neckline and cuffs are tightly buttoned, wrapped so that no flesh is exposed, and a long snake-like braid hangs from behind. Old Uncle Qin looked proud, stood at the bow of the boat, unbuttoned his clothes, and said to Xiaoyue, "Xiaoyue, you still don't know my niece! Juan'er, this is Xiaoyue, from a village." Xiaoyue gave an "um" and smiled again when she saw the woman. "Xiaoyue, how is my niece?" Xiaoyue nodded, and stuck the penny into the water under the stern of the boat with a "boom", and the boat rushed out suddenly.Xiaoyue raised her pole, and she couldn't help but look at the girl, and the two eyes met, Xiaoyue didn't move, but the girl hurriedly lowered her face.Xiaoyue said in her heart: She is such a good woman! Talent and temperament seem to be described in some book.Is she really going to go on a blind date at every house today? When the boat reached the shore, old uncle Qin and the girl left, and she stared blankly at the girl's back for a while. At noon, Xiaoyue came home, put on the white nylon turtleneck that was given to everyone, and combed her hair again, thinking: "Go to Menmen's house and see how Menmen has a blind date!" But she thought again: "When the girl goes back, she must be sent off door by door. They will inevitably take my boat again." Sure enough, after lunch, they sent the girl across the river, and Xiaoyue punted for them.Menmen was not sitting with the girl, one was at the stern and the other was at the bow.The girl wanted to say something a few times, but she didn't open her mouth, she just pretended to look at the river in a daze.Menmen stared blankly at the girl for a while, then at Xiaoyue for a while, and noticed that Xiaoyue had changed into that turtleneck.Xiaoyue also felt that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, and she wanted to find some funny words to amuse her, but couldn't find any words for a while.The boat carried three awkward people and moved forward at berth. When the boat reached the other side, the girl jumped off and bid farewell to the door, and the door responded, and returned to the boat silently, letting Xiaoyue ferry back to the village. No one thought that Menmen didn't like that girl. Old Qin couldn't believe it, so he scolded every door and asked: "Is the person walking or not, or sitting or not? Is the nose not growing to the right place, or the eyes are slanted and small?" "It's really long." "Then why did you come here?" "Not good enough." "Is she not good enough for you?" "I'm talking about not being compatible with each other. She just needs to be like Xiaoyue." "If you say this, you should be punished as a bachelor for the rest of your life! Eat five grains and think about six flavors, and one mountain looks like another mountain! Humph, you boy have never suffered from not having a wife. When the time comes, you will be a mother if you lift your tail. I want them all!" Menmen wasn't angry, but smiled and bowed to Old Qin. Early the next morning, he packed his grain bags and bedding and went to the construction site of the pumping station.