Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 234

“You can’t understand comic books either,” Zhou Chunwen said, pouting.

Zhao Da'e looked at Zhou Chunwen and said, "Big sister, you don't know many words either. Don't laugh at someone who is just as bad."

Zhou Chunwen has indeed received some education, but he doesn't know many characters. However, it's enough for basic needs; he can read comic books without much trouble. Reading more complex books, though, would be difficult.

Zhou Chunwen occasionally reads Romance of the Three Kingdoms...

However, Zhou Chunwen would often sneak off to the house of a blind man downstairs to listen to him tell stories.

The blind man was a trumpet maker who made a living through "artistic performances." His artistic performances consisted of going out to play the trumpet to earn money whenever there were people performing folk dances and Errenzhuan (a type of folk opera) in the spring.

Or in the summer, he would find a big tree and tell the villagers stories like "The Three Heroes and Five Gallants," "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties," and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

Zhou Chunwen's knowledge was basically learned from blind people.

"Heh. You can't even read." Zhou Chunwen scoffed.

In Zhou Chunwen's eyes, Zhao Da'e hadn't gone to school either, so it was understandable that he couldn't read.

Zhao Da'e shrugged. She couldn't say that she had been reborn, so she could only say, "I can read. I've been smart since I was a child, and I have a photographic memory."

Zhou Chunhong stopped reading, got out of bed, and asked Zhao Da'e and the others if it was time to cook.

Zhou Chunwen sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed): "Er Ya, go sweep the floor. I heard you were talking badly about me to my mother. You said that my sister and I didn't let you do any work, that you were too diligent, and that's why you had nothing to do and that's why you got bitten by the wolf. I just laugh. Zhou Chunhong, from now on, I'll grant your wish. Sweep the floor quickly."

Zhou Chunhong did mention this, but she regretted it less than a day later.

"me……"

"Oh, Second Sister. If you want to work, how could your eldest sister and I not oblige?" Zhao Da'e was laughing in her sleep. There were even "honest" people who were willing to work. You couldn't find them even with a lantern.

"Sweep the floor."

Left with no other option, Zhou Chunhong picked up a broom and began sweeping the floor.

The Zhou family's land...

The ground is just soil.

The east room had bricks paving the floor, but the west room had no bricks at all.

In this day and age, even bricks are valuable. A single brick costs a little over ten cents. These single-story houses in the north are actually quite spacious.

The standard size is 3.6 meters by 7.5 meters.

The room is 3.6 meters long and 7.5 meters wide.

A room is 27 square meters. One square meter requires 32 to 33 bricks. That's nearly 900 red bricks. That costs about 100 yuan.

Is one hundred yuan a lot? Actually, it's not. But the Zhou family really didn't lay bricks in the west room.

Sometimes Zhao Da'e even felt that there was something wrong with her aunt Cheng Jinxi: Just because of this 100 yuan? Isn't this a sign of favoring sons over daughters?

Sometimes Zhao Da'e wondered, it's one thing for men and elders to favor sons over daughters, but even mothers in traditional times favor sons over daughters.

This is a very real problem.

God knows what they're thinking.

In fact, Zhao Tingxu and Wang Guixiang, for example, exhibited extreme favoritism towards sons over daughters. Even though Zhao Chunqin did attend university.

However, Zhao's two daughters, Zhao Da'e's aunts, were both illiterate.

In her past life, Zhao Da'e had heard her second aunt complain that she wouldn't be allowed to go to school because of the five yuan tuition fee. She was only five or six years old, not even as tall as the stove, when she started cooking.

The Zhou family's situation isn't too serious, but it's still quite evident.

Zhou Chunhong finished sweeping the floor, leaving the whole room covered in dust. Zhou Chunwen was furious: "Er Ya, don't you know you should splash water before sweeping?"

Zhao Da'e quickly comforted Zhou Chunwen, "Big sister, don't be silly. Don't dampen your enthusiasm." Then Zhao Da'e said to Zhou Chunhong, "Second sister, go cook."

Zhou Chunwen frowned and muttered under her breath, "Is her cooking even edible?"

Zhao Da'e shook his head: "No way. I doubt it's even as good as my dad's cooking. Even the dog wouldn't eat my dad's food. The dog would vomit if it saw my second sister's cooking."

Zhou Chunwen was taken aback: "How about we have your dad and Er Ya have a cooking competition?"

Zhao Da'e: "..."

Please don't make things difficult for my dog!!!

Xiao Bao is such a good dog, so well-behaved. If these two masters had a cooking competition, my dog ​​would starve to death!

Please don't torture the dog like that!!!

Zhou Chunhong actually obeyed and went to cook. She went out to fetch some firewood and started a fire, and in no time, the whole house was filled with smoke.

Zhou Chunwen was about to get angry, but Zhao Dage stopped her: "Don't be like that. What are you doing? If you don't let her cook today, she won't do it tomorrow. And she has the nerve to say it's because you didn't allow it. Sister, what are you trying to achieve?"

"She can't possibly eat all that she made!" Zhou Chunwen frowned, displeased.

"It's okay, I still have instant noodles," Zhao Da'e said.

Zhao Da'e took out two bags of instant noodles and some spicy strips and gave them to Zhou Chunwen. Afterwards, the two of them ran to the back of the house and secretly ate their instant noodles.

After eating their fill, Zhou Chunwen and Zhao Da'e strolled around the yard. Nothing much to do, just wandering around.

When Zhou Chunhong finished cooking, neither of them ate, saying they weren't hungry.

Cheng Jinxi and Zhou Yuren took a couple of bites and quickly said they weren't hungry either.

Dinner was eaten in such a muddled way that no one ate anything.

After that, Zhou Chunwen started directing Zhou Chunhong to fetch water. After fetching four or five buckets of water, she then asked Zhou Chunhong to feed the cattle, clean the cattle shed, and remove manure.

Zhou Chunhong was asked to heat the kang (a traditional heated bed) at night.

As expected, the next day...

Zhou Chunhong collapsed from exhaustion...

He developed a high fever that wouldn't go down and started talking nonsense.

When Cheng Jinxi saw that Zhou Chunhong was sick in the morning, she was furious and scolded Zhou Chunwen, "Chunwen, why did you treat your sister like that yesterday?"

Zhou Chunwen shrugged: "Mom, stop arguing. This isn't what Er Ya said. She wants to work, she likes to work, she really loves working. She complains when she doesn't work, and I've already satisfied her. What does her being sick have to do with me?!"

Helpless, Cheng Jinxi muttered a few words, found two fever-reducing pills, and gave them to Zhou Chunhong, but they didn't help much. By noon, they had no choice but to take her to the Dongtaizi Village clinic for an IV drip.

Chen Shuyi's clinic wasn't very big, and the medicine wasn't very good. But there was no other way; these were the conditions.

Zhou Chunhong had a fever, and Chen Shuyi gave her an anti-inflammatory injection. When asked, he said there were no other medications available… only penicillin.

Fortunately, after receiving the medication, Zhou Chunhong felt better.

After a lot of trouble, Zhou Chunhong finally recovered, but she was still feeling unwell.

When Zhou Chunwen asked her again, Zhou Chunhong refused to say that she was attacked by wolves because others wouldn't let her work...

Zhou Chunwen suddenly remembered something and asked Zhao Da'e, "Da'e, I suddenly feel like I've been cheated. You said that when someone in your village was bitten by a wolf, the village spent money on funeral expenses. Why didn't my Er'ya get a single penny when she was bitten by a wolf?"

That's a problem!

Zhao Da'e looked bewildered: "No, eldest sister. The problem is, second sister isn't from our village... If you want to extort money, you have to go back to your village to do it."

Zhou Chunwen felt there was some truth to this. At least, Dongtaizi Village had set a good example, hadn't they?

If someone in another village is bitten by a wolf, the village will buy a coffin and hold a funeral. Zhou Chunhong was also bitten by a wolf. They don't need much, but they should at least give her a few pounds of meat to help her recover, just as a token gesture.

So when Zhou Chunwen got home, he told Cheng Jinxi and Zhou Yuren about it.

"Dad, Mom. Look, Er Ya was indeed bitten by a wolf, wasn't she? There's witness testimony and physical evidence. Look at what Dongtaizi Village did! And look at our village, this isn't fair!!!"

After Zhou Chunwen said that, Zhou Yuren also felt that this was unfair.

So Zhou Yuren went to the village chief's house at noon.

The village chief, who was known as the "lifter of the staff," was very old, over seventy years old, and also surnamed Yao. The old man was Accountant Yao's uncle. In fact, he was Yao's biological uncle.

Of course, Village Chief Yao was a decent person. When he heard Zhou Yuren say that the village would have to pay for it, he said that he couldn't make that decision himself.

Afterwards, the village chief, who was known for his shrewdness, convened a meeting with the village leadership: Accountant Yao, the women's director, group leaders, and others. They discussed whether to provide some compensation to Zhou Yuren's daughter, Zhou Chunhong.

Finally, it was decided: Zhou Chunhong would receive a subsidy of two jin of buckwheat...

Zhou Yuren wasn't angry even without the subsidy, but when they gave him two jin of buckwheat, he got so angry that he started cursing at them in the village.

They almost came to blows.

Zhao Da'e was stunned. He brewed some tea at home and teased Zhou Chunwen, "Big sister, your dad is really brave. He even dares to scold the village chief now."

Zhou Chunwen was stunned for a moment: "They started fighting?"

Zhao Da'e said, "That's right. When I went out to check just now, those guys were arguing so loudly. Your village is really ridiculous, like a bunch of idiots hired by dogs. They said they would give my second sister two jin of buckwheat as a subsidy. But that's not the point. The point is that your village accountant Yao said: Zhou Chunhong went up the mountain to steal something and has to be fined. After that, with the subsidy and the fine, my uncle has to pay two jin of buckwheat to the village."

"Holy crap! They're really obsessed with buckwheat. What a weirdo. The point shouldn't be that your Dongtaizi Village spent 800 yuan on Zhao Tiezhu's funeral, while our village didn't contribute a single cent. Didn't Er Ya get bitten for nothing?" Zhou Chunwen said angrily.

"Then what should we do? Should we have my second sister go back and bite the wolf a couple of times?"

"No, isn't this Accountant Yao picking a fight?" Zhou Chunwen said indignantly. "Last time you and my brother went to smash up their door, they didn't catch anyone, but anyone who's not an idiot would know it was our family who did it." Zhou Chunwen said helplessly.

Zhao Da'e shrugged: "At worst, I'll just keep working with Accountant Yao. Who's afraid of who? Anyway, those with nothing to lose aren't afraid of those wearing shoes."

Now that the goal was set, and since Zhou Chunwen wasn't expecting the village to spend money on the matter anyway, he figured he could just leave it at that.

Just get revenge on Accountant Yao.

A while later, Zhou Yuren returned angrily, cursing as he walked.

None of them spoke.

That evening, Zhao Da'e brought Zhou Tianfu up again: "Brother, my uncle was bullied by Accountant Yao during the day. What do you suggest we do?"

Zhou Tianfu had gone out to collect scrap during the day and wasn't home at all. When he returned home, no one told him about it. It was only after Zhao Da'e mentioned it that he found out.

Zhou Tianfu was instantly enraged: "Go beat him up."

"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive. We smashed his door and windows last time, so Accountant Yao should be on guard tonight. So, we should think of another way," Zhao Da'e suggested.

Zhou Tianfu was rather simple-minded and said directly, "Big Goose, you tell me what the method is, and I'll do it."

After all, it was Zhou Yuren who was being bullied, so Zhou Tianfu naturally wouldn't let it go.

“A few days ago, I borrowed some firecrackers from my great-grandfather’s house.” Zhao Da’e chuckled. “Let’s set off some firecrackers in Accountant Yao’s room tonight.”

Zhou Tianfu agreed immediately.

After that, we had dinner.

When the night was deep and quiet, Zhao Da'e dressed up, put on his fox fur hat and scarf, and set off with Zhou Tianfu in a menacing manner.

When Zhao Da'e and Zhou Tianfu sneaked up to the vicinity of Accountant Yao's house, they found that even though it was night, the lights were still on and the front door was open, so it seemed that they had indeed made some preparations.

Zhao Da'e's firecracker was made by Zhao Tingming himself. It wasn't very powerful, but it made a lot of noise, though its destructive power was quite limited. Zhao Da'e wasn't worried about it hurting anyone.

After observing the terrain, Zhao Da'e finally decided to go to the hillside behind Accountant Yao's house.

Most of the houses in Jurenzhangzi Village are built against the hillside, which makes them much warmer in winter. The house and yard of Accountant Yao are no exception.

So Zhao Da'e and Zhou Tianfu secretly went up the hillside and found the right angle.

"Brother, this place is about fifty meters from Accountant Yao's house. It's a pretty good spot. Let's make sure Accountant Yao's house is in complete chaos today."

Zhou Tianfu nodded, took out his lighter, and then aimed it at Accountant Yao's yard and set off a firecracker.

Ding……

when!

In the quiet night, the sound of a firecracker went off. Although it was a bit abrupt, it was still close to the New Year.

Many people who are not in good spirits will set off a firecracker in the middle of the night.

So nobody really cares.

These days, there are just too many people with mental health issues.

But the next second, the firecracker exploded. The windows of Accountant Yao's house shattered with a series of cracking sounds.

The accountant and his wife, who were still awake in the house, were immediately terrified.

Accountant Yao thought someone would throw stones at her window, but instead it was firecrackers!

When the firecracker went off, Accountant Yao turned pale with fright: "Damn it, this is outrageous!!! It must have been the Zhou family who did it."

But the next second, even more firecrackers went off like a commotion in Accountant Yao's house.

It kept making a clanging and banging sound.

Accountant Yao was so frightened that she ran away with her head in her hands, and the family dog ​​was also terrified, howling loudly.

The glass shattered with a crackling sound.

Accountant Yao had just replaced all the new windows in the house, and soon they were shattered all over the floor. Not only the windows in the main room, but also those in the side rooms were broken. Some firecrackers even went the wrong way and entered the house, shattering the mirrors on the walls.

Accountant Yao's house was in complete chaos.

Zhao Da'e and Zhou Tianfu, however, died young.

More than a hundred firecrackers were set off.

A long, long time later, at his aunt's house, Zhao Da'e heard Accountant Yao outside wailing and cursing: "Which son of a bitch set off firecrackers in our house! I'll fucking kill you!!!"

But in the deserted village, no one responded to him.

Zhao Da'e scoffed, "Tch, if you've got the guts, grab me! You're a piece of trash!"

Half-asleep, Zhou Chunwen glared at Zhao Dage and said, "Go to sleep. Let him curse; he can't catch you doing it anyway."