The Yang family and the Xu family didn't come today as if they had discussed it with each other. They searched around the yard but couldn't find anyone, so the helper quickly went to the Yang family.
But he came back in a quarter of an hour, "Qingsong, the Yang family said they can't control these people. They said that if you really don't want to feed them, just don't show it."
Li Qingsong walked under the eaves and frowned, because he didn't speak, so the two tables hadn't been served yet, because they had been waiting for too long, and there were already knocking on the tables.
"What's the matter with this family? Can't we help you carry the funeral?" He looked very impatient.
Carrying a funeral is really not for everyone, it has to be the younger generation of the deceased, and Li Qingsong has to personally invite them one by one, and there will be a thank you gift afterwards, such as a bag of snacks and peanuts.
The coffin will go up the mountain in a while, and the mourners have already been invited. Where are these strangers needed
Seeing those people shouting more and more, Li Qingsong gritted his teeth and said, "Serve them food."
"Yang family! After this matter is over, I will definitely ask them for an explanation."
In fact, no matter whether it is a happy event or a funeral, the people who come to the village are sincere and willing to help. Even if the two families usually have some disagreements, as long as they come, they will not deliberately find the host’s uncomfortable. After all, every family has things to do. when.
The Yang family is so unkind.
These people said they were invited by the Yang family and lived there, but in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that these people were obviously recruited by the Xu family.
When the food came to the table, the people over there started to gobble it up, but they didn't knock on the table anymore, but after a short pause, they started to knock again, "Add food!"
It is okay to add food in the first few days. After all, home-cooked food is not enough to eat, but today it is generally not added, because the dishes will be better, and each table has a ration. After adding, it may not be enough.
The coffin here is about to go out, Li Qingsong doesn't care about that anymore, "Tim."
But Li Qinghe would come to help whenever someone in the village had something to do, and spent most of the time in the kitchen. Hearing that she wanted to add more food, she thought about it, put a few plates of vegetarian dishes out there, and whispered to the brothers of Li Jiaben who came to serve the dishes with a disgruntled face, "Be more polite, just say they are late." It’s over, the meat dishes are gone, let’s eat.”
The person who served the food was not stupid, he knew instantly, after the food was served, he said Li Qinghe's words with a smile on his face.
Those people did not continue to clamor, and added two more times during the period.
To be honest, there are people in the village who can eat like them, but they are not so fussy. It is a rare thing in the village to threaten to ask the host to add more vegetables.
They have been eating and can't leave the table. They have been buried in the mountain over there, and they are still drinking. In this severe winter, I can still endure sitting down.
When Li Qingsong saw it when he entered the door, he immediately frowned, "Who served the wine?"
Someone sighed, "The wine is all placed under the eaves, and they took it by themselves. There is a whole jug, I wanted to hide it, but I didn't have time."
Li Qingsong immediately became angry, since his father had already been buried now, and the funeral was over, he angrily left the house with a knife in his hand and went to Xu's house.
Seeing his posture, the villagers were afraid of accidents, so many people immediately followed him.
The Xu family members were all at home. Li Qingsong kicked the door open with a "bang" and shouted, "Get out!"
People called the door, the Xu family went out quickly, but they were all at home, even the two brothers of the Xu family who lived in the Yang family came back.
"What is this for?" Mother Xu frowned.
Li Qingsong was not polite, "Do you care about the people at the two tables in my yard? Whose family is like yours, let us raise long-term workers for you? Haven't given them food for half a month?"
Xu's mother stepped forward, "They are also human beings, and they have grown legs, so how can we control them?"
"It doesn't matter?" Li Qingsong asked with a sneer, "Then tell me, where did you find those people?"
Mother Xu paused, and said quickly, "Can you control it?"
Standing in the crowd, Li Qinghe thought carefully about those people just now. Before today, the most people in the village would say: Looking at the five big and three rough, I didn't expect that they wouldn't be able to get out of work.
Judging by the way they eat, their tone of voice and actions today, they don't look like the strong labor of ordinary farmers. It's like a rogue.
Moreover, there is another most important thing, there are so many people in Wang Village, their in-laws are spread all over Luoyue Town, and there are even girls from the next town marrying over, none of them know even a single one of them.
It also proved that these people came from other places.
"It doesn't matter." Li Qingsong nodded, "Then you go and call the person away, or I'll go to the town to report to the mayor that someone came to my house to rob things."
Hearing this, Xu's mother became anxious, "Your family is doing business, if someone comes to the door, it is a customer. Isn't it just to eat your meal, and even go to the mayor to complain..."
Seeing her appearance, she didn't intend to call her back. Li Qingsong nodded and looked at Zhou Chengkang, "Brother-in-law, please lend me your carriage."
Zhou Chengkang agreed, seeing the two go out, he really went to the town to find someone. Xu's mother was anxious, "Is it okay if I go and call? You are stingy!"
When Xu's mother entered, the people at the two tables were still drinking, she walked to the table and said, "Sangou, take them back when they're almost done eating."
Sangou is the head of the strong man, waved his hand and said, "Brothers still want to drink."
Mother Xu looked at the table and said with a smile, "It's the same when you take the wine home to drink."
"What do you mean?" The strong man named Sangou slapped the table and stood up, "Do you feel ashamed of me? But you said that if you let us come to eat, all of them are vegetarian dishes, and it's not okay to borrow a place to drink ?”
Xu's mother hurriedly laughed, "No, they are going to clear the table and return it to each other. The weather is too cold, so they want to go back and rest after finishing their work. You drink here, and they can't go home. The host kindly let You eat, and you also make it convenient for them... "
"That's fine." Sangou got up and picked up the jug, "Brothers, let's go!"
Seeing a group of people leaving with a whimper, everyone secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
When they saw them, they felt that the visitor was not kind, not like a good person. Still, it makes sense.
Li Qingsong was still angry, but it was fine when he left, if he really got into a fight and made people anxious, he might not be able to win a fight.
A group of strong men still listened to that Sangou and dared not provoke them.
There are not many things to do in winter, and there are still a few families who take advantage of the free time years ago to hold weddings. The Xu family seems to have gained a sweet treat. Every time there is a happy event, they let this group of people out for dinner, and the host’s house wine is fine. Let them find it, and they can't chase it away. If you are a little anxious, the man named Sangou is very fierce, and he doesn't drink until dark every time.
Moreover, when they were eating, they always looked at the eldest girl and the young daughter-in-law, causing the eldest girl to stop going home, and the young daughter-in-law would leave the kitchen unwilling to go out, or go home by herself when no one was looking.
After a few more visits, someone came to the village head, a group of big men, and there are many big girls in the village. If something happened, it would be over. You can't give your own girl to be their daughter-in-law, can you
The village head was also in a dilemma. After all, these people hadn't done anything yet, but there were too many people looking for, so he also went to Xu's house and asked them to take them away.
Xu's mother promised well, but it's okay for those people to do what they want. Compared with not going out before, now they still occasionally hang around in the village.
Li Qinghe heard about this and raised two more dogs.
As for the wealthy people in the village, they belong to them now, not to mention whether they have that kind of thought or not, they have to be on their guard.
After rambling on until the twelfth lunar month, those people still didn't leave, and Li Qinghe and the others started to catch fish and sell them.
The fish is still alive when caught in the town, and some people like to buy it early, which is cheaper, and the price will definitely increase during the two days of the Chinese New Year. Anyway, it's okay to take it back and keep it in a bucket for ten days and a half a month.
They started selling fish here, and the fish from Xu Changjie's side were also taken to the town. They were busy selling fish throughout the twelfth lunar month, and Li Qinghe didn't pay much attention to what happened in the village.
On the night of the twenty-ninth night of the twelfth lunar month, she suddenly heard screams coming from the direction of the Yang family next door.
At the same time, there was an urgent knock on the door, "Open the door! Open the door!"
The violent male voice was just outside, smashing and kicking the door. Compared with other houses, the door of Li Qinghe's house was new, and the courtyard wall was still green brick, which was very strong. After a long time, the movement gradually became smaller.
But Rhubarb at the door led two puppies still barking loudly, right at the door.
It seems that people have not left.
Anyway, the two of them were not curious about whether they had left or not, as long as they didn't come in, when it was almost dawn, they saw someone standing on top of the wall, and they actually set up a ladder to come in.
When the person got down to the ground, Zhou Chengkang took a wooden stick and hit him hard, until the person's head was broken and bleeding.
Probably heard the movement inside, no one came in outside. Rhubarb also gradually stopped calling, and there should really be no one outside.
Li Qinghe found a rope to tie him up, and the two lit a torch, and it was clear that it was one of the people invited by the Yang family next door.
In fact, it is not surprising. There have been few petty thefts in the village for many years. There have been no such people who enter the house to steal things for many years. In addition to that time with Zhao Tianfu and the others, they couldn't get out for a few years after they were caught. The lessons learned from the past show that these people in the village would never dare.
Only these outsiders will be interested. The two woke him up with cold water and asked, "Where do you all come from? Where do you live? How did you end up at Xu's house?"
Don't ask him why he climbed over the wall, in fact, it would be nonsense to ask him, he must be trying to steal something by climbing over the wall.
One of the man's eyes was swollen, and he squinted his eyes. Actually, it was still dark, so he couldn't see anything at all. He spat out a mouthful of blood and said with a sneer, "I have the ability to kill me."
"It's the same as saying I dare not beat you to death." Zhou Chengkang swung the stick and beat him up, regardless of where he hit, anyway.
The man rolled around to avoid it at first, but when he saw Zhou Chengkang's attack was vicious, he hurriedly said, "Stop beating!"
The village households are actually quite simple, and it is possible that no one can be found who beats people to death like Zhou Chengkang.
Zhou Chengkang struck again, which made him scream and sneer, "If you dare to climb over the wall, you deserve it if you are beaten to death."
"Do you want to say it? If you don't say it, I will continue to fight!"
At this time, it was already daylight, and the man's clothes were covered with blood and muddy water. He said, "We...cough cough...we came out of prison."