Chapter 4 Liu Tun's

If you want to count the people in our village, you have to count the Xia family on the first few fingers, no matter how you feel about this family.The Xia family has about 300 mu of land, which is enough to show that it is bigger, even if we admit that our village is not very small.The old man Xia believed in religion before Gengzi.His son Xia Lian also believed in religion.They have three hundred acres of land, which is more important than whether they believe in religion or not: however, their father and son are as unwilling to give up religion as they are unwilling to part with one or two acres of land.If they only believe in religion but do not have these properties, probably the foreign pastor who occasionally visits the countryside will never remember their names on purpose.In fact, they have about 300 mu of land, and they believe in religion, so there are articles.

They have a lot in mind.If you want to take 80 cents for the public welfare in the village, the money bags of the Xia family and his son seem to be perfect, without any seams. "We believe in religion and don't develop this." The benefits of religious belief are waiting for you here.No one in the village dared to publicly say that their father and son were mean, but no one praised them for their kindness.If they don't jump out of the circle to bully others, people will not dare to provoke them for no reason, and they will stay away from each other.However, sometimes, people still have to go to the Xia family and his son; there is nothing to say about that.Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, willing to fight and suffer. "You know we are good, don't come to us! Things are things!" Although the father and son didn't say so clearly, they were indeed so energetic.They pay less than others for anything they buy; but cash, handing over money and delivering, they call it Quaker pie.As for being caught by others occasionally, it has to be returned even if it has been explained that "no return or exchange"; the Quaker Pai'er has shown some strength in this kind of joint.No one dared to mess with them, and they really weren't thorns - from a distance.

They came to the door to be stabbed, their father and son really had some invisible hard feathers. From the outside, they are far from being shrewd.The most outstanding thing about the old man Xia is a pair of bow legs.I go in and out stalking and stalking all day long, as if I lost something, and I haven't found it after searching for more than sixty years.His stature is also noticeably short because of the bandy legs, although he tries hard to hold his chest up, which is not very dignified.The head is not big, and the eyebrows seem to be longer than the beard, so the beards seem to be aggrieved.Red eyes; the eyeballs are not yellow, nor black, let alone blue, but gray and sunken; when looking at people, they always aim at the tip of the nose, and the small pointed chin also rises accordingly .Xia Lian is decent and taller than his father.She has a long face, and she doesn't seem to want to move the flesh on her face when she smiles.His eyes are always looking into the distance, as if there is always something wrong in his mind, and he is the most dazed.The father should be like a little garlic, and the son should be like a green pepper.

Xia Lian and I went to school together when we were young.I don't know what the wishes of their father and son are. They don't talk to others, and their mouths are as strict as a solid walnut.But I know that their property is increasing.I also know that whatever they want to do, even if it takes three to five years, they will eventually achieve their goals.They don't seem to have failed as far as I can remember.They will wait; if it doesn't work once, wait again; if it doesn't work, wait again!Perseverance defeats time, and shrewdness will seize opportunities. On the bright side, they are indeed admirable.Quite a few people believed in the religion because they saw the smooth sailing of the Xia family; they thought that the gods the Xia family believed in must be true and effective.Whether this idea is correct is another question, the success of the Xia family and his son is a fact.

Or am I not the only one who sometimes thinks this way: Will their father and son also fail someday?As far as I'm concerned, it's not out of jealousy, I don't intend to watch them laugh, it's just a curious speculation.I always think that people cannot overcome everything after all, and no one has to have something that cannot be digested.Speaking of all human beings, I am willing and hoping that we can overcome everything. Personally speaking, I do not hope so, nor do I have such belief.Napoleon hit a snag, and he should. Intellectually, I believe this view is correct.Yes, I thought of this because I saw the Xia family and his son, but this is not a curse for them.Who knew it would be like a curse!I didn't like what they were, really; but I didn't think they were going to fail.It wasn't that I saw the fly settle on the glue and felt sorry for it, no; their failure was so embarrassing and strange!This "thing" has separated my emotions from my reason.

In the first five years, I left my hometown for some days.By the time I got home, I'd heard a lot about—not very well—about my old schoolmates.Putting these words together, I made this sentence: Xia Lian got a "person" in Liutun, a small village more than six miles away from us. If this kind of thing is placed on someone else, it is not a big deal.Xia Lian, no.In the first place, he is a churchman; if you want to fool people, you have to teach.According to the people in our village, no matter if you are in the White Lotus Sect or what other religion, as long as you leave the religion, you will be unlucky.Naturally, Xia Lian's bad luck was exactly what some people hoped, so everyone's ears were pricked up, and their hearts jumped a little.As for whether this matter is reasonable or not from the church's point of view, there are also a few people, but their opinions have not attracted much attention-they are too foreign.

Second, Xia Lian, Xia Lian!What a joke!Regardless of whether you believe in religion or not, just talk about this "person", he can fool people, the sun can indeed come out from the west, maybe it will be tomorrow morning! There have been three generations of the Xia family who are the sole heirs.Xia Lian has three daughters and a son.The son lived to be ten years old and died.Mrs. Xia is very weak and may not be able to bear children anymore.Three lifetimes alone, it seems to be cut off here!Everyone knew this fact, but everyone didn't make Xia Lian play tricks on others because of it. His popularity was just the opposite of "good".

"You can't use foreign money even if you cut the roots", anyone who sees that pepper has to think so, which is naturally the reason why everyone is so surprised.fool, he?he! What's more, if he asks for a concubine for the purpose of having a son, everyone will not be so blind to God.He picked up a girl in Liutun. "No wonder he keeps looking far away, Liu Tun!" Everyone laughed and muttered, as if they didn't want to make any effort to laugh, they just slipped down to the throat and squeezed out the unfinished meanings to the eyes. Except for Xia Lian who knows himself, everyone else is just guessing; his mouth is tighter than a clam.But in comparison, I can still be regarded as his acquaintance, a classmate since childhood.I dare not say that I understand him, but when it comes to guessing, I might be able to make a good guess.As far as his religion is concerned, it probably has no effect except that he is willing to have a foreign pastor come to his house occasionally, and foreign pastors like to have a few basic church members in the church.I am afraid that there is not much difference between him as Boxer or as a church member.It does not matter to Him whether there is one God or ten.He listened to the pastor's sermon, and he took advantage of Fraternity after listening.But he wants to be a church member.He had no friends, so he needed somewhere to go—church was a good place. "You ignore me, I don't like to hand over you; I have my own place to go, I'm a member of the church!" This seemed to be clearly written on his long face.

He can't openly marry a concubine, he doesn't want to go out to teach.But not having a son is a big deal.He wanted to solve this problem secretly.Pick up a girl, wait until you have a son.Of course the old man Xia didn't object, the grandfather hoped for his grandson more than the father hoped for his son.As for the church, foreign pastors don't come often, but the pastors in this village are not the same thing.Anyway, if there is no sunny day and the sun is shining, using a gondola to pull people home is not considered a deliberate violation of religious rules. Everyone closes their eyes, is there still trouble?

As for trying to save money, that's not necessarily true.Finding someone is not necessarily cheaper than marrying a junior.In order to get his son, he finally made up his mind this time and had to grit his teeth. Although "Catherine" is not an official title, it has its own function, and the son is indispensable, so close your eyes and spend some money! That's my guess, a bit mean, I know; but not necessarily meaner than anyone else's.As for the degree of correctness, I believe mine is the best. I didn't live at home for a few days, and I went outside for two months.By the end of the year, when I went home to celebrate the New Year, the affairs of the Xia family had reached a certain point: Xia Lian had voluntarily left the church, and the man from Liutun had been brought home.I really didn't expect this to happen so quickly.But I didn't need to inquire, I could guess that if all the people in the village had their mouths on one place, it would take only three days to collapse a large part of the Great Wall.The girl in Liutun must have been bitten out by everyone, like a hound digging a rabbit's nest, she must be picked to the end.Once they bite the bullet, the church refuses to pretend to be deaf and stupid, so... this, I guessed right.

However, I still don't know.I met the old man Xia.There are smile lines under his red eyes, which is rare.Those aggrieved beards moved slightly, as if they wanted to have a talk with me.I understand: the mouths of the people in the village are now biting the Xia family, and even the old man Xia can't hold it anymore; he also wants to defend himself a few words.I just came back from the outside, it seems to be a third party, he happened to complain to me about his grievances.Well, the clam opened its mouth, it's not easy, I don't want to miss this opportunity. His words were full of praise for that woman, and he cleverly called her "Liutun's".The old guy has a trick, I said to myself.Instead of defending the "thing," he cleared the way for her in the village.Things in the village have always been like this: a few people look to the left, even if everyone is facing the right, they can slowly lead everyone to the left.Now that she's here, try to get her to count; the old man is laying foundations for her. "Liutun's" is neither humble nor overbearing, and it has a poetic flavor! "That's great, 'Liutun's'," he blinked busily around his red eyes. "Much better than sister-in-law, really pungent! She can wash and do things, and when she sees the kindness of others, the father is the father, and the mother-in-law is the mother-in-law! It costs a lot of food, but we use one person in vain! My sister-in-law is always sick. The horizontal grass doesn’t move, and the vertical grass doesn’t move; the ‘Liutun’s’ can pick up everything! So I said to Lian’er, “The old man raised his chin and looked into my eyes. I knew he was going to give his son Covered up: "I just said, Lian'er, bring her here, we 'want' such a leader!" After finishing speaking, he winked at me, and the side of his red eyes moved vigorously, and it seemed to be Sun Monkey's. Father.He is waiting for my opinion. "That's fine," was all I said, in a nonchalant way. "It's really God's will!" He nodded in admiration. "You've got to see her; see her and you'll understand." "Okay, uncle, I'll pay you New Year's greetings tomorrow." Really, I want to see this virtuous woman from Liutun. The next day I went to Xia's house to pay New Year's greetings, and saw "Liutun's". How old she was, I couldn't tell, maybe thirty, maybe thirty-five, maybe forty.It is probably true that she is under forty-five.I laughed in my heart, what a "human"!Tall, with a long face, with a pound of white powder on it, but it is not completely white; the sideburns and eyebrows are very neatly painted with ink: it seems that a newly built wall is still white. Not completely dry, but the dark places are really dark and neat.The eyes are pushed outwards, and the eyelids are slowly blinked on purpose, as if they are touching the eyeballs.There is a lot of yellow hair on the head, which has also been brushed with ink, but the brushing is not very successful; she wears a red pomegranate flower.He was wearing a new blue foreign satin padded jacket and cotton trousers, with a pink foreign gauze handkerchief draped under his arm.The big red new shoes are no more than a foot long. I simply had nothing to say, I wanted to laugh all the time, and I was a little panicked. "Liutun's" some said.She seemed to have gone to school with me, and asked me this and that in a dignified way.I can see from her words that she knows everything about my family and the village very well.Her eyelids slowly blinked at me a few times, as if she even looked at how many steamed buns I ate every day!Her mouth is sweet, and she is talking about tea and water from guests; heart.The edge of the red eyes of the old man Xia was a little wet, and the eyes of the old lady Xia—a little old lady with a shrunken mouth and a stooped waist—followed "Liutun's"; .Xia Lian was not at home.I want to see Mrs. Xia, because I heard that she is still ill.The two elders of the Xia family didn't seem to express anything, but they all looked at "Liu Tun's" as if they were asking her for advice; probably they have admitted that they are not as friendly as "Liu Tun's" when they socialize and behave properly. OK, so I'll have to ask her.When she was busy, she went to open the door and let her into the west room.Walk with me to the window.Then I confessed: "Someone is here." Then he smiled at me, "Sit in the house, I'll go and see the water." I went into the west room alone.Mrs. Xia is the most honest person in the family.She was sitting on the kang surrounded by a quilt.When she met me, she seemed to like it very much.But before the smile fell on her face, tears fell: "Uncle Niu Er! Uncle Niu Er!" She called me twice.In our village, we always call each other by baby names, and grandchildren have to use nicknames when they call grandfather.She seemed to have a lot to say, but she refused to say it. She wiped away her tears, looked out the window, and then pointed out the room.I see what she means. I asked her about her symptoms, and she sighed: "I won't live long; I can't rest assured if I die!" That woman is really a sickness in Mrs. Xia's heart, I can see it.Even if I admit that sister-in-law Xia is inevitably jealous, I can't say that her worries are entirely for herself, she is the most honest person.She and I both seem to see some danger, that bitch! Coming out of Westinghouse, I met "she" standing under the eaves of the upper room.He rushed over very affectionately and asked me to sit down again. I smiled and didn't answer anything.I know that smile has made me hate her.This bitch has something in her eyes, she can clearly see the meaning of this smile, besides, I just came out of Westinghouse.When I got out of the gate, I breathed a sigh of relief and felt a lot better; I didn't feel too awkward in front of her.I once had a nightmare in which I dreamed of a tigress with lead powder rubbed on his face.This "Liutun's" brings back the unpleasant feeling from this nightmare.I hate this bitch, although I don't have the slightest moral prejudice against her.Just hate her, those protruding eyes! After the new year's festival, I left my hometown again and returned to the next year's Lantern Festival. It seems that as soon as I entered the village, I heard a chirping sound; in the middle of this sound was "Liutun's".As soon as I entered the house, it was she who everyone was eager to report. After I collected myself, I remember hearing them say: Old man Xia has very little beard left, and more than half of it was ripped off by "Liutun's men".Mrs. Xia often kneels down to this wife.Sister-in-law Xia has already separated.Xia Lian's teeth were slapped away... I wonder if I'm dreaming!It wasn't a dream, because after I rested for a while, they kept telling me: "Liutun's" completely took down the Xia family.They kept saying what they said, and I believed it was true, but I couldn't remember what they said. I've never been a big believer in the stories in "Awakening Marriage"; this one is even more bizarre.I had to see it for myself!Seeing is believing, otherwise I cannot believe these words. The next day, the opera was sung in the village, and the gongs started at nine o'clock in the morning.I also followed the family to watch the excitement; in fact, my eyes were only looking for "her".When we got to the vicinity of the stage, the first pass was already made on the stage.There are already many people in the audience, besides those from this village, there are also many people from other villages.Because of the relationship between the terrain and the household registration, the theater troupe always stopped here first.The second gong and drum sounded again, and I saw "her" at a glance.She was still wearing her beautiful New Year's clothes, and her face was not powdered—it didn't look like a small piece of newly built wall, but rather like a large fan of stickmeal pancakes.The stage in the country is not too short, she grabbed the edge of the stage and went up in a short time.On the stage, she kept rushing towards the writing room, "Stop!" She shouted.The gongs and drums stopped immediately.I thought she was going to vote for something. "Send the Family Show", or "Visiting the Family", if she plays it, it will be suitable, as far as I think.No, I didn't guess right, she turned around, walked to the edge of the stage in two steps, and waved to the people in the audience.Her eyes were as big as a pair of little lanterns.Strange to say, the audience immediately fell silent.My heart is cold: in the year since I left my hometown, she has conquered the whole village.What method she used, I haven't investigated yet, but it is true that no one dares to mess with her. "Old neighbors!" Her eyeballs were extremely hardened, and the children standing under the platform were frightened by her and cried two or three times. "Old neighbors! My girls will show you how to behave like Mr. Xia!" Her legs were circled, her eyes were aimed at the tip of her nose, her face was turned upwards, and she made two circles on the stage.Someone in the audience laughed loudly. After walking around, she stood still by the stage again, swept her eyes around, and began to scold Mr. Xia.I can't record her words, the words I remember are definitely not enough.She scolded for a full three quarters of an hour, one sentence after another, smooth and rich.If it wasn't for the fact that her voice wasn't right, it would be safe to swear for two or three o'clock. When she stepped off the stage, the play started, and the audience happily watched the play, as if the scene just now was also on schedule.My mind turned in circles, what's the matter?I didn't want to listen to the opera, so I left the stage and went for a walk in the "ground". Not far away, Uncle Song'er walked towards him with his beard pouted. "Go to the theater, Uncle Song'er? Xinxi, make a lot of money!" I made a bow. "Get rich!" The old man sized me up. "Go to the theater? This year's theater!" "Is it hard to listen or not!" I catered.Old people have this kind of temper, and everything is good in old age; in fact, when Uncle Song'er was standing under the stage, he might not have forgotten to eat. "See why you're not working hard anymore!" The old man nodded and smacked his lips. "Uncle Song'er, let's find a place to chat, isn't it better than listening to a play? The cigarettes bought in the city!" I took out a box of "Beautiful" and gave one to the old man. Uncle Song'er is a saint in the village Well, this pack of cigarettes of mine is worth gold, if I want to inquire about some valuable news; the affairs of the Xia family are indeed of some value in my heart right now.How could it be that no one in the village dared to provoke her?It weighs on my heart like a stone. Lighting the cigarette, Uncle Song'er took two puffs with a loud sound, then rolled his eyes and thought for a while: "Let's go, go home! I have two hundred and one packs, and it's very stuffy. It's not bad if we talk about it for a long time. !" Follow Uncle Song'er to the house.Except Mrs. Song'er, everyone went to the opera.After paying New Year's greetings to them, I kicked the aunt out with my hand: "Ma'am, go to the theater, let's watch the house!" She made tea for us—it was two hundred and one packs—and listened with her mouth pursed. The play is gone. After Uncle Song'er has interrogated me—how much money do I earn, what are the major affairs of the country... I will start to interrogate him. "Uncle Song'er, what happened to that girl from the Xia family?" The tendons on the old man's head jumped, as if someone had punched him on the mouth violently. "Smelly shit! Mention her?" Pai spit on the ground. "But no one dares to provoke her!" I used the aggressive method. "New shoes don't step on stinky shit!" I can see that some people in the village disdain her, or because they disdain to help Xia's father and son.The other side of not stepping on stinky shit is to allow her sexual rebellion, so I swallowed "No one dares to come out and discipline her?" and replaced it with "Maybe some people think she smells weird?" "That's needless to say! A bucket of millet, a foot of cloth, no one will turn to her; the father and son of the Xia family will not even put a fart on the street in their entire lives!" That's right again, some people have already demoted her.She is willing to buy someone with a bucket of millet and two feet of cloth, but the Xia family father and son are reluctant to give up. "Where's the church?" "His men are stunned, and those who pretend to be foreign will ignore them!" The status of their father and son is over. There is probably such a meaning here. I think: some people would rather answer to her than sympathize with them; she is their father and son's punishment; The gods use her to make a fool of themselves!Maybe some people still believe that she can call the wind and rain! "How is the Xia family now?" I asked. "How is it?" Uncle Song'er poured down a large bowl of strong tea in one go, and wiped his beard with the back of his hand: "How is it? I'll make it up to them. If we don't go out for three or four years, it's all over! We're not bloody, Looking forward to bad luck for her, it’s the New Year’s Lantern Festival! You see, sister-in-law Xia split up. It’s been half a year ago. At that time, Liu Tun was always instigating: ah, I’m not sick, pretend to be sick, and eat a bite of it. , who can bear it? Three girls, which one is not a loser! Old man Xia's heart changed, and he gave his sister-in-law 30 acres of land, and asked her to take her three daughters to live in the three small south rooms in the West Courtyard. From that day Xia Lian hadn't been to the west courtyard once. His eldest daughter was born in September, and they all ate there for three days, but they didn't give a penny to the sister-in-law. Xia Lian and his father thought it was a bargain—Bai Eat my daughter-in-law for three days!" "Sister-in-law's natal family will naturally help?" I asked. "That's natural; but there is one floor, they are all in the dark, and they dare not let the girls in Liutun see it. She always prepares a ladder on the west wall, and looks at the west courtyard many times a day. It doesn't matter. People went to see Mrs. Xia, and there was a truckload of village dialects written down on the wall; for those who have something to do with it, that's even better, that bitch blocked the door with a knife!" Uncle Song'er spat again. "No one dares to provoke her?" Uncle Song'er shook his head. "Sister-in-law Xia is a toad on the table legs, she will die!" "She is dead, so that bitch can become sister-in-law Xia?" "Still waiting for her to die? Now who dares not call that bitch 'elder sister-in-law'? Even 'second sister-in-law'!" "Master Song'er, what about yourself?" Ordinarily, I shouldn't run this old man down like this! "Me?" The old man seemed to hang up, but the fact discouraged him again: "I ignore her!" It seemed too discouraged, so he added: "Why don't she come to my head, tell her to try, She has to dare too! I want to change places with Old Man Xia, but she dares not to pull my beard! Old Man Xia is just asking for trouble. She is doing bad things to them, how can they take advantage of her? They listen to her ;This is the end. After listening to her, she is the master! Listen, what else: Didn't she and they clean up Mrs. Xia? In less than a month, it came to Xia and his wife, and she cleaned them up. They were also kicked out. The old couple shared 50 acres of land and went to the two cowsheds outside the yard. Old man Xia was really in a hurry. He was about to go to the city with his horse on his back and file a complaint. He hadn't left the village yet. Go, she chased after him, pulled him back, opened his mouth left and right, then tore off half of his beard, and then gave him two legs. Old man Xia hasn't been on the ground for half a month. Now, she lives Go to the house, the property belongs to her, let's see!" "She can still murder Xia Lian?" I interjected. "Well, who dares to say what! Anyway, one day, the Xia family will not even be able to leave a piece of adobe, and either they will be taken away by her, or they will be lost because of her. I don't know anything else, I know that this family will play. End! I have never seen such a thing, I am almost seventy years old!" Neither of us spoke for a long time.Later I said: "Uncle Song'er, wouldn't their husband, mother, and sister-in-law Xia join forces to do something with her?" "Isn't that all right, my silly brother!" smile. "That old bastard. She bullied him and taught him to bully Mrs. Xia. He didn't dare to offend her, but he dared to offend Mrs. Sister-in-law. She was ill all the time, so it was not easy to bully. If he hadn't How could a man like this fall into such a situation? That woman has got the pulse of their grandfather! Xia Lian is also like this, he thinks that his father has suffered a loss, and it is his own advantage. How else to say There is no way!" "It's just an honest sister-in-law Xia!" I said in a low voice. "It's hard for her! The good man fell into the wolf's den!" "I have to see Mrs. Xia!" I seemed to be saying to myself. "You don't need to talk about that, let me tell you something good!" He said very "self". "That bitch dares to roll a word with me, I'll tell her to roll away!" I smiled.Uncle Song'er thought for a while: "What's the benefit if you tell her to roll around?" I have nothing to say.Uncle Song'er's philosophy should be partly responsible for the "Liutun's" daring to run amok like this.At the same time, personally, this is the best insight in our village.No one would step on the stinky shit, but the stinky shit became even more stinky; of course there are people who say she is fragrant! Farewell to Uncle Song'er, I want to see my sister-in-law; I can't be afraid of that "Liutun's", no matter how powerful she is—someone in the village may believe that she can do witchcraft!But then I thought about it: If I fight with her, even if I win a big victory, what good will it do for Mrs. Xia?I'm not a person who is often at home!I left my hometown, wouldn't she bully Mrs. Xia even more because of it?Unless I have a thorough solution, it's better not to go. Soon, I went out again, and I forgot about it. I didn't go home for about three years, and I didn't have the opportunity to go back for a month or two until last summer. On the day I got home, it was just after the heavy rain.The corn, sorghum, and millet in the fields; the trees inside and outside the village are too green to be greener.Even the shadows of the trees and the base of the wall are all green.After three years in the city, when I first came to this quiet and green place, it seemed like I was in a dream; the air was so fresh that it really made me feel drowsy.I tried my best to go to bed ashamed, and chatted away from my family.After talking about it, "she" was naturally involved.Immediately I am not sleepy, but at the same time I feel that the countryside is not a green poem.Of all the reports, the funniest thing is that "she" is now preaching!As soon as I heard about it, I thought of a reason: She wanted to restore the previous status of the Xia family father and son, but put it on herself.But, for reasons or not, it was ridiculous. "Liutun's" preaching?Who can't teach, just wait for her! According to them, that's what happened: a group of believers came to the village, including Chinese and foreigners.This group of people believed that prayer was enough to heal the sick, and that a confession of sin would lead to forgiveness.This group of people has nothing to do with the local church, and local church members do not participate in their activities.But they had a lot of trouble: Zhang Erlen who stole the youth, Liu Si the drunk, Feng Ertou who stole his sister-in-law, and "Liutun's man", all pleaded guilty.According to the two foreigners who came here, this is the greatest success. The photos of Zhang Erlen and others have already been confessed. Bring a camera—send it abroad.Miracle!After this group of people left, "Liutun's" led Liu Siyi and others to continue preaching the gospel, preaching in the courtyard of Xia's house every day when the sun was setting over the mountains.I have to listen to it! Some were squatting, some were sitting, some were standing. There were twenty or thirty people in the courtyard of the Xia family.I saw Zhao Wu, our long-term worker, at a glance. "Why are you here?" I asked him. Zhao Wu's face turned red, and he said hesitantly: "It's okay if you don't come! I have come once, if I don't come the second time, she will be involved in three generations of ancestors!" I don't have to ask any more questions.She is the "overlord" of the village.There is still some golden sunlight on the top of the willow trees, and the cicadas are singing in the cool breeze that just arrived. I was just staring blankly at these lightly swinging willow trees, when suddenly everyone stood up, "she" is here!She is a little fatter than three years ago, and she doesn't have any decorations on her body, but she is very neat.Her big feet walk lightly and powerfully, and her eyeballs are stretched out to look flat, as if the whole world belongs to her.She stopped, her eyes didn't move, her whole body didn't move at all, she just opened her lips slightly: "Pray!" Everyone bowed their heads.She didn't close her eyes, she straightened her neck and muttered words, as if she was talking face to face with God. At this moment, Xia Lian came softly, stood behind her, bowed his head reverently, and closed his eyes.I didn't expect that he was fatter than before.How can we know that what we find embarrassing is not his enjoyment?Zhu Bajie is playing old vultures, everyone is good at their own way - there are some wise sayings in our village. Her prayer is roughly: "May old man Xia fall to his death. Make Miss Xia not come out of breath, block her to death..." Strangely, no one found this ridiculous, or disgusting.Could it be that she really has witchcraft and evil methods?I'm so confused! I'd love to have a word with Charlene.But "Liutun's" was looking at me—out of the corner of her eye.Xia Lian is her cat, dog, or something else.He saw me too, and after just one glance, he lowered his head again.He used her as a screen, behind her, he felt safe, even though his teeth were knocked out by her.I don't quite understand the real relationship between the two of them, I just think of it: Once upon a time there was a woman in the village who looked up at incense, wearing a white fox fairy.She has a "Tonger" who is only in her forties.This Tong'er and Xia Lian are a couple, I can't think of a better example.This old boy followed the representative of the white fox fairy, just like the hairless sheep followed behind the monkey.This old boy sleeps on the same bed as the representative of the White Fox Immortal at night, so he is somewhat immortal.Xia Lian also seems to be a little fairy now, he prayed very devoutly. I walked away, feeling the eyes of "Liutun's" following me. Old man Xia is still busy in the field. Although I saw him several times, I haven't been able to talk to him. He avoids me.He was already out of shape, and the red eyes seemed to be compared to the summer sun.But he still spared no effort, as if he wanted to make up for what was taken away by "Liutun's" from the ground, he took the hoe to the ground and gritted his teeth.Mrs. Xia, it is said, is dying of illness.Her second daughter was about to leave the house soon, and she was given to a soldier, probably a platoon leader, but everyone in the village said he was an officer.People in our village respect and stay away from people in the church; people in the "county" use both tactics and awe; what everyone fears most, what they really fear, are soldiers. "Liutun's" is probably also a little afraid of soldiers, although she doesn't say so.Now she herself is a missionary; she is a squire, although she is not recognized by the "county"; she also advertises that she has someone in the county.She has all the power a country should have, (it's her own making, she's a genius,) but no soldiers. Regarding Miss Xia's promise to be an "officer", she thought it was Mrs. Xia's sincere challenge to her.If she doesn't get rid of them immediately, it will be a serious problem.If she ignored it quietly, it would not be long before someone saw her weakness.Zhao Wu and I have been studying this matter.According to Zhao Wu, no matter how much the "Liutun people" bully Mrs. Xia, no one in the village will take care of her.Those who are richer are willing to watch the Xia family make a fool of themselves, and some are "Liutun's" subordinates.However, "Liutun's" has not done anything yet, because she has to think about "soldiers".In the past few days, she is very devout and prays very frequently, Zhao Wu knows.The clouds are already full, just waiting for a thunder, as if it is. Soon there was thunder.The second daughter of the Xia family is the most capable among Mrs. Xia's three daughters.According to "Liutun's", it is naturally the most powerful.One day, the third girl was buying thread outside the door, and the second girl was guiding inside the door—because she was about to leave the door, she was embarrassed to come out.In such a short period of time, the "Liutun's" also came out to buy thread, and San Niu walked in before finishing shopping, her face changed color.Er Niu said inside the door: "Buy yours!" "Liu Tun's" seemed to flash, and rushed to the door: "I scold the thirteenth generation ancestors of your Xia family!" Two girls and three girls all ran in, and "Liutun's" chased after them.I am sitting under a willow tree not far away.I also rushed there, for fear that she would scratch Er Niu's face.But this girl dared to know what to do first, so she ran to Mrs. Xia.With two punches, Mrs. Xia would be dead.After she died, the "Liutun's" was justifiably the "sister-in-law";No one cared about selling them off. Elder Xia was the first one who didn't care about them. If Xia Lian didn't get "Liutun's" for his son, no one else would mention it.She has entered the door, I catch up.In a certain situation, probably everyone will mess something up. I grabbed her and pretended to persuade her, but my eyes did their duty.The second girl understood my eyes, and when she came up, the third girl became more courageous.Probably this is what they often dream about. Today, with my help, it actually came true. I said yes in my mouth, but I used enough strength in my hand; the man who is almost too weak really can't touch her.At such a time, "Liutun's" has changed its strategy-what an amazing girl! "Uncle Niu'er, my girls don't fight;" she smiled, lowered her head, and showed some charm, "I'm scaring them to play. The little girl's film is so arrogant when she has a mother-in-law's house. Leave yours alone!" After she finished speaking, she gave me a glance, twisted her waist and walked away. A bachelor doesn't suffer from immediate disadvantages, if she really wants to be beaten twice by them, wouldn't she wipe away her prestige——she felt that my hands were a little weak. Soon, Xia Lian is here.他的脸上很难看。他替她来管教女儿了，我心里说。I ignored him.他瞪着二妞，可是说不出来什么，或者因为我在一旁，他不知怎样好了。二妞看着他，嘴动了几动，没说出什么来。又楞了会儿，她往前凑了凑，对准了他的脸就是一口，呸！他真急了，可是他还没动手，已经被我揪住。他跟我争巴了两下，不动了。看了我一眼，头低下去：“哎——”叹了口长气，“谁叫你们都不是小子呢！”这个人是完全被“柳屯的”拿住，而还想为自己辩护。他已经逃不出她的手，所以更恨她们——谁叫她们都不是男孩子呢！ 二姑娘啐了爸爸一个满脸花，气是出了，可是反倒哭起来。 夏廉走到屋门口，又楞住了。他没法回去交差。又叹了口气，慢慢地走出去。 我把二妞劝住。她刚住声，东院那个娘们骂开了：“你个贼王八，兔小子，连你自己的丫头都管不了。……”我心中打开了鼓，万一我走后，她再回来呢？我不能走，我叫三妞把赵五喊来。把赵五安置在那儿，我才敢回家。赵五自然是不敢惹她的，可是我并没叫他打前敌，他只是作会儿哨兵。 回到家中，我越想越不是滋味：我和她算是宣了战，她不能就这么完事。假如她结队前来挑战呢？打群架不是什么稀罕的事。完不了，她多少是栽了跟头。我不想打群架，哼，她未必不晓得这个！她在这几年里把什么都拿到手，除了有几家——我便是其中的一个——不肯理她，虽然也不肯故意得罪她；我得罪了她，这个娘们要是有机会，是满可以作个“女拿破仑”，她一定跟我完不了。设若她会写书，她必定会写出顶好的农村小说，她真明白一切乡人的心理。 果然不出我所料，当天的午后，她骑着匹黑驴，打着把雨伞——太阳毒得好象下火呢——由村子东头到西头，南头到北头，叫骂夏老王八，夏廉——贼兔子——和那两个小窑姐。她是骂给我听呢。她知道我必不肯把她拉下驴来揍一顿，那么，全村还是她的，没人出来拦她吗。 赵五头一个吃不住劲了，他要求我换个人去保护二妞。他并非有意激动我，他是真怕；可是我的火上来了：“赵五，你看我会揍她一顿不会？” 赵五眨巴了半天眼睛：“行啊；可是好男不跟女斗，是不是？” 可就是，怎能一个男子去打女人家呢！我还得另想高明主意。 夏大嫂的病越来越沉重。我的心又移到她这边来：先得叫二妞出门子，落了丧事可就不好办了，逃出一个是一个。那个“军官”是张店的人，离我们这儿有十二三里路。我派赵五去催他快娶——自然是得了夏大嫂的同意。赵五愿意走这个差，这个比给二妞保镖强多了。 我是这么想，假如二妞能被人家顺顺当当地娶了走，“柳屯的”便算又栽了个跟头——谁不知道她早就憋住和夏大嫂闹呢？好，夏大嫂的女婿越多，便越难收拾，况且这回是个“军官”！我也打定了主意，我要看着二妞上了轿。那个娘们敢闹，我揍她。好在她有个闹婚的罪名，我们便好上县里说去了。 据我们村里的人看，人的运气，无论谁，是有个年限的；没人能走一辈子好运，连关老爷还掉了脑袋呢。我和“柳屯的”那一幕，已经传遍了全村，我虽没说，可是三妞是有嘴有腿的。大家似乎都以为这是一种先兆——“柳屯的”要玩完。人们不敢惹她，所以愿意有个人敢惹她，看打擂是最有趣的。 “柳屯的”大概也扫听着这么点风声，所以加紧地打夏廉，作为一种间接的示威。夏廉的头已肿起多高，被她往磨盘上撞的。 张店的那位排长原是个有名有姓的人，他是和家里闹气而跑出去当了兵；他现在正在临县驻扎。赵五回来交差，很替二妞高兴——“一大家子人呢，准保有吃有喝；二姑娘有点造化！”他们也答应了提早结婚。 “柳屯的”大概上十回梯子，总有八回看见我：我替夏大嫂办理一切，她既下不了地，别人又不敢帮忙，我自然得卖点力气了——一半也是为气“柳屯的”。每逢她看见我，张口就骂夏廉，不但不骂我，连夏大嫂也摘干净了。我心里说，自要你不直接冲锋，我便不接碴儿，咱们是心里的劲！夏廉，有一天晚上找我来了；他头上顶着好几个大青包，很象块长着绿苔的山子石。坐了半天，我们谁也没说话。我心里觉得非常乱，不知想什么好；他大概不甚好受。我为是打破僵局，没想就说了句：“你怎能受她这个呢！”“我没法子！”他板着脸说，眉毛要皱上，可是不成功，因为那块都肿着呢。 “我就不信一个男子汉——” 他没等我说完，就接了下去：“她也有好处。” “财产都被你们俩弄过来了，好处？”我恶意地笑着。 他不出声了，两眼看着屋中的最远处，不愿再还口；可是十分不爱听我的话；一个人有一个主意——他愿挨揍而有财产。“柳屯的”，从一方面说，是他的宝贝。“你干什么来了？”我不想再跟他多费话。 "I--" “说你的！” “我——；你是有意跟她顶到头儿吗？” “夏大嫂是你的元配，二妞是你的亲女儿！” 他没往下接碴；简单的说了一句：“我怕闹到县里去！”我看出来了：“柳屯的”是决不能善罢甘休，他管不了；所以来劝告我。他怕闹到县里去——钱！到了县里，没钱是不用想出来的。他不能舍了“柳屯的”：没有她，夏老者是头一个必向儿子反攻的。夏廉是相当的厉害，可是打算大获全胜非仗着“柳屯的”不可。真要闹到县里去，而“柳屯的”被扣起来，他便进退两难了：不设法弄出她来吧，他失去了靠山；弄出她来吧，得花钱；所以他来劝我收兵。“我不要求你帮助夏大嫂——你自己的妻子；你也不用管我怎样对待'柳屯的'。咱们就说到这儿吧。”第二天，“柳屯的”骑着驴，打着伞，到县城里骂去了：由东关骂到西关，还骂的是夏老王八与夏廉。她试试。试试城里有人抓她或拦阻她没有。她始终不放心县里。没人拦她，她打着得胜鼓回来了；当天晚上，她在场院召集布道会，咒诅夏家，并报告她的探险经过。 战事是必不可避免的，我看准了。只好预备打吧，有什么法子呢？没有大靡乱，是扫不清咱们这个世界的污浊的；以大喻小，我们村里这件事也是如此。 这几天村里的人都用一种特别的眼神看我，虽然我并没想好如何作战——不过是她来，我决不退缩。谣言说我已和那位“军官”勾好，也有人说我在县里打点妥当；这使我很不自在。其实我完全是“玩玩”，不想勾结谁。赵五都不肯帮助我，还用说别人？ 村里的人似乎永远是圣明的。他们相信好运是有年限的，果然是这样；即使我不信这个，也敌不过他们——他们只要一点偶合的事证明了天意。正在夏家二妞要出阁之前，“柳屯的”被县里拿了去。村里的人知道底细，可是暗中都用手指着我。我真一点也不知道。 过了几天，消息才传到村中来：村里的一位王姑娘，在城里当看护。恰巧县知事的太太生小孩，把王姑娘找了去。她当笑话似的把“柳屯的”一切告诉了知事太太，而知事太太最恨作小老婆的，因为知事颇有弄个“人儿”的愿望与表示。知事太太下命令叫老爷“办”那个娘们，于是“柳屯的”就被捉进去。 村里人不十分相信这个，他们更愿维持“柳屯的”交了五年旺运的说法，而她的所以倒霉还是因为我。松儿大爷一半满意，一半慨叹的说：“我说什么来着？出不了三四年，夏家连块土坯也落不下！应验了吧？县里，二三百亩地还不是白填进去！” 夏廉决定了把她弄出来，楞把钱花在县里也不能叫别人得了去——连他的爸爸也在内。 夏老者也没闲着，没有“柳屯的”，他便什么也不怕了。 夏家父子的争斗，引起一部分人的注意——张二楞，刘四，冯二头，和宋寡妇等全决定帮助夏廉。“柳屯的”是他们的首领与恩人。连赵五都还替她吹风——到了县衙门，“柳屯的”还骂呢，硬到底！没见她走的时候呢，叫四个衙役搀着她！四个呀，衙役！ 夏二妞平平安安地被娶了走。暑天还没过去，夏大嫂便死了；她笑着死的。三妞被她的大姐接了走。夏家父子把夏大嫂的东西给分了。宋寡妇说：“要是'柳屯的'在家，夏大嫂那份黄杨木梳一定会给了我！夏家那俩爷们一对死王八皮！” “柳屯的”什么时候能出来，没人晓得。可是没有人忘了她，连孩子们都这样的玩耍：“我当'柳屯的'，你当夏老头？”他们这样商议；“我当'柳屯的'！我当'柳屯的'！我的眼会努着！”大家这么争论。 连我自己也觉得有点对不起她了，虽然我知道这是可笑的。