Chapter 2: Everything is Ready, Only Waiting for Death

Second brother rushed over from Tianjin, but eldest brother is still in Jiamusi and hasn't returned yet. The second brother saw his younger brother, who used to be as strong as a cow, now emaciated and dying. He shed old tears. He shook the Fried Dough Twists in his hand like a rattle: "I brought you something good, authentic Fried Dough Twists on 18th Street."

I can't eat anymore, "Li Dafa said from his throat

His second brother smashed Fried Dough Twists with a knife and boiled it with milk. It was warm and cold. He helped Li Dafa up and let him lean against his arms like a baby.

The second brother spooned a spoonful of Fried Dough Twists paste into my younger brother's mouth, and Li Dafa felt the sweet taste. He tried to swallow. The mountain road blocked by the monster finally opened a little, and Fried Dough Twists paste flowed into my stomach like a stream. Li Dafa felt a hint of warmth as his second brother said, "You're almost done, you can even eat now

In the evening, both the elder sister and the second sister were there, and the family made dumplings. The cabbage in the field was not yet rolled up when Second Sister pulled it out and peeled it off, leaving behind a small vegetable heart. Cabbage dumplings are Li Dafa's favorite food.

Li Dafa was encouraged by Fried Dough Twists's three spoonfuls of food, but he ate a cabbage meat dumpling for three minutes. After finishing it, it was as if what he had eaten was not dumplings, but a Sun Wukong whose belly was full of twists and turns.

The second brother discussed with his two sisters: "It's a reflection to be able to eat Fried Dough Twists, and it's really going to die. Look, it's time to prepare for the future and see what else to deal with. Fortunately, when he understands, it will be over."

Big sister said, "There are still three acres of land, one package is ten years old, and there are still six years left. Why don't we sell it first? If it really doesn't work out, it will definitely be taken back. It's better to sell the money to pass the time

Second Sister said, "There's still a forest of trees, poplar trees. Let's kill them all. They're not worth selling now. If we wait for someone to stop, neighbors will snatch them away. He's so angry that he crawled out of the grave

Big sister went to explain these meanings to Li Dafa, and Li Dafa nodded in agreement.

Leave the task of selling land and trees to Second Sister and Second Brother. Big sister is getting old and has gone home to rest. Big sister is really the eldest in the family, while second sister is the fourth.

The contract for selling the land has been brought, written by my second brother-in-law, a junior high school educated scholar, with a brush. Li Dafa looked at the black text on the white paper: One acre of land costs 200 yuan per year, and three acres of land costs 1800 yuan for a six-year contract. He frowned and said, "It's too cheap

When he saw the three words Zhao Youcai on the signature, his face twitched, like a twisted Tianjin big Fried Dough Twists. His old chicken skin hands were ready to tear up the contract, but his hands held the paper and suddenly shook violently. The voice in his mouth was like a monster: "Don't sell! Don't sell!"

As he spoke, he suddenly stood up and fell steadily from the bed to the ground. His cotton lined autumn clothes and pants were loose and loose, as if only a skeleton was left, but this skeleton was undoubtedly angry and powerful. He waved the land contract and shouted, "Even if I die, I won't sell it to this prince

Zhao Youcai is his lifelong enemy!

The hatred between the two people originated from the time when they were both young people. Two strong young men went to the county town together to work as construction workers for eight yuan a day. After finishing work in the dark, sometimes there is a small job of unloading red bricks, and the wages are calculated separately, which costs 50 cents for unloading one truck of bricks. Li Dafa has strength and doesn't miss a penny. Zhao Youcai likes to pretend to be a city youth wandering on the streets of the county after work. Occasionally, he looks down on the glamorous city girls and curses them, so he doesn't do the job of unloading cars eight out of ten times. The old man in charge of work had blurred eyes and took a character from each of the two poor boys from the same village to make a fortune. The two brothers couldn't distinguish between each other.

At the end of the year, Li Dafa's brick money went into Zhao Youcai's pocket. Li Dafa's brow furrowed as he worked hard to earn money, but in the end, he was busier and took less than he was idle.

Li Dafa traced the clues and found Zhao Youcai's place. Zhao Youcai belongs to the Pixiu tribe and only eats without pulling, so his hard-earned money cannot be recovered.

Later, the two fields were adjacent, and after the autumn harvest, they were plowed again and planted with stems. The stems of Zhao Youcai's family twisted their yangko into Li Dafa's land, which was equivalent to invading Li Dafa's land. The two of them first started talking. Zhao Youcai cursed Li Dafa for being single and unable to get a wife, while Li Dafa cursed Zhao Youcai for giving birth to three daughters and calling him an outcast! When they get angry, it's hard not to get angry. Once, the two of them rolled into mud monkeys in the field. Li Da stuffed a handful of soil into Zhao Youcai's mouth, and Zhao Youcai stuffed a handful of soil into Li Dafa's mouth. As we were eating soil from each other, the village chief shouted loudly, "The soil in the field is a common drop. If you eat too much, one person will be fined 250

After the end of the war, the two families never interacted with each other. Now, he's almost dead, and his land is going to be sold to his archenemy! Let him eat the soil hard!

He pointed at his second sister and cursed, "If you sell it to that bastard, I'll hit him to death right now. You happen to be collecting my body

He pointed at his second brother and cursed, "You haven't been home for so many years, and you don't even understand anything. Don't you have a mouth under your nose? Are you here to collect my body

He said this much clearer than ever before. Because of anger, the sarcoma on his neck trembled and trembled.

Second brother has never seen this scene before. When he was a child, he often taught this little brother a lesson. Now, his little brother is going to die, and the sky has changed.

He thought about coming back from a long distance, reversing his car five times on the way, and jumping on a trampoline once before coming to this small mountain village. He didn't expect to encounter such stormy treatment, full of grievances and unable to give a dying person a reason. So he turned around and left.

As soon as he left the village, it started to rain lightly. On the way, he met an old man who was driving a cart. The old man asked him to sit on the cart and gave him a plastic cloth to cover his head. The cart creaked and twisted for a while, heading towards another fork in the road.

Second Brother got off the car and thanked the old man, saying, "When you arrive in Tianjin, come find me. I'm not in the city, I'm in Jinghai County in the suburbs. Do you know about Daqiu Village back then? Our village is thirty miles away from Daqiu Village, and the feng shui is very good. I'll treat you to a meal

Then, in the drizzling autumn rain, he walked five miles alone. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, whether it was rain or tears on his face. He wants to go to the elder sister's house in town and ask her to seek justice for him.

When he arrived at his elder sister's house, he found that his pent up anger had almost subsided, and then he remembered that he had come to visit with ten carrots, feeling very embarrassed.

He had to tell the truth about the land sale. Her elder sister said, "Lao Wu is already a person who is going to be buried in the soil. Why bother with him? It's better to follow his wishes. He sees the land as his daughter, and no matter what, he has to make a good wife

He told his elder sister about the kind-hearted person he met on the road who was driving a ox cart, and his brother-in-law spoke up, "You have a real heart. He has been driving ox carts and pulling gold and silver treasures all his life, and he probably won't be able to reach Tianjin Wei. Even if he reaches Tianjin Wei and the ox carts, carriages, and cars block the road first, he won't be able to reach your treasure land. You can save on that meal

Second sister is very angry, but she can't run. Once she runs, no one will take care of this little brother anymore.

Second Sister had to cancel Zhao Youcai's contract. I have found a new employer. The new employer is Wang Dafang, who runs a small shop in the east of the village. Wang Dafang has a capable wife who itches all over her body when she doesn't work all day. Her five acres of land are a contempt for her extraordinary working ability.

Wang Pangzi personally came to sign the contract. At this moment, Li Dafa was lying on the bed again, like a lazy dog spreading out, with no strength at all.

He saw Wang Da Pangzi and wanted to smile satisfactorily, but the wrinkles on his face were like a broken web, unable to bloom brightly to match his ideas. He had to grit his teeth. Back then, when he was so poor that he had no money left, Wang Da Pangzi dared to give him credit for oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and Lao Bai Gan. He thinks that Wang Da Pangzi is the best person in the world.

The best person in the world, seeing Li Dafa's appearance, his eyes turned red. He sniffed hard and finally didn't shed any tears. Wang Pangzi signed his name and pressed his handprint, while Li Dafa trembled and pressed his bright red handprint. Wang Pangzi paid for three acres of land, which was wrapped in red paper from the convenience store.

Finally, Wang, the chubby man, took out his wallet from his pocket. Li Dafa thinks that Wang Dafang is a civilized person. Rural people don't even need wallets, afraid that thieves will take them out. However, Wang Dafang has always used a wallet and is a cultured person who values civilization.

Wang, the chubby guy, took out two hundred yuan from his wallet and placed it next to Li Dafa's pillow, saying, "This place sells well. Leave an extra two hundred yuan and buy some nutritional supplements

It's Li Dafa's turn and his eyes are red. Li Dafa tried his best to endure it and finally didn't shed any tears.

Later, those poplar trees were also collected by Wang Dafang, who was reluctant to kill them and had to wait for them to flourish.

Li Dafa's worries have been somewhat resolved.

Li Dafa fumbled through the pocket sewn on the edge of his long pants for a while, then struggled to hold a square bag wrapped in a handkerchief in one hand and handed it to his elder sister. He said, "There's still money in this passbook, take it and split it up with the money from selling land and trees

Adding the money from selling land and trees, there are a total of 8000 yuan, which is Li Dafa's lifelong savings. The second brother firmly refused to take any money, citing that the fifth brother was taken care of by two local sisters, and the money should also be divided between them. The male members of the family were far away and had no right to split the money. Second brother is close to Daqiu Village, and his life is close to the level of Daqiu Village. So, the two sisters each split three thousand, and kept the remaining two thousand for backup. After the death of the person, various expenses were shared among the four siblings.

The village chief came to visit. He has no children. After he dies, leave a whole body and buy a good coffin to bury in the old forest on the mountain. The village committee just needs to turn a blind eye

When the village chief said this, he did not avoid Li Dafa. Li Dafa was very afraid of being burned to ashes. He had heard that the ashes in the large furnace of the fire burial ground were not necessarily his own ashes. He thought that mixing with other male and female ghosts was impure, and he was even more afraid, especially female ghosts. When he was alive, he was afraid of women, and when he died, he had to spend his days and nights with unfamiliar female ghosts in a small box. If he encountered an unreasonable shrew, the underworld world would be boring. When the village chief said this, he felt relieved. He moved his head in agreement.

The village chief was sent away, and the siblings gathered together. The second sister said, "No, we must be cremated! In the future, if someone with bad intentions files a complaint, it will cause a big problem. For example, Zhao Youcai, who offended him by selling land this time, can he still give us good fruit? Burial is illegal, and if you break the law, you will be imprisoned. If you don't go to jail, you will be fined 30000 or 20000 yuan. Will you pay or I pay

A few years ago, there was a man in Erjie Village who died of liver cirrhosis. He secretly buried him and was reported by the villagers. Just a month after burying him, he dug it up again from the grave, covered it with corn stalks, poured gasoline on it, and cremated it on site. Second Sister went to watch the excitement and smelled the pungent smell of corn stalks, gasoline, and strange human oil mixed together. She also saw the burnt head, and the two black holes resembling eyes... She had nightmares for a month because of this.

So they decided that when Li Dafa died, he must be cremated. Anyway, since he's dead, opposition is invalid.

Everything is ready, only waiting for death.