klisemfg Chapter 337 Standing Up for Ding Dahu
Chapter 337 Standing Up for Ding Dahu
Seeing that Ding Mei was also following, Lu Yao waited for her to leave together.
By this time, Ding Mei was walking much more nimbly, using her crutches skillfully, and had gotten used to having two extra legs.
When the two arrived at the east room, they were both startled.
Ding Dahu's eyes were swollen and quite large, and his eyeballs were bloodshot.
Ding Mei hurriedly asked, "Dad, are you crying? What happened?"
Ding Dahu squinted, having to look up to see them clearly.
"Who the hell is crying? A real man bleeds but doesn't shed tears."
As soon as she finished speaking, a tear rolled down her cheek.
Quickly wipe it with your sleeve.
Her hands were wrapped in white gauze.
Lu Yao understood immediately: "Uncle Da Hu, are you fighting with Sun Erlaizi?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
"Just guessing. Who in this village could mess with you? How about that? Did you mess up? I saw Yang Shouye today, but I didn't get a chance to talk to him. It looks like he got beaten up too."
Ding Dahu was puzzled: "He didn't go either! Besides, what do you mean by getting beaten up? I didn't really get beaten up. Sun Erlaizi's eye was also bruised, but that kid cheated by stuffing lime into my eyes."
It turns out that today Ding Dahu listened to Lu Yao and went to Yang Shouye for help.
As it turned out, Yang Shouye went to a meeting in the city and wasn't at the commune.
Even though Ding Dahu is back, we can't stop work.
We should try to build the greenhouse in the first year, and sow the seeds as early as possible.
So they continued to lead more than forty men to Xishilazi Mountain to carry stones back.
Here, people are building walls, driving piles, and setting up small stoves.
Neither will interfere with the other.
That should be enough stones.
However, after only two trips, Sun Erlaizi from Xishilazi Brigade led dozens of villagers there.
Armed with pickaxes, shovels, pitchforks, and other weapons, they defended the Shilazi Mountain in Shilazi Village.
Sun Erlaizi picked up the double-barreled shotgun again.
He shoved two shotgun shells in and threatened that anyone who touched even half a rock on Shilazi Mountain would be bombarded.
This gun, also known colloquially as "foreign cannon," fires bullets with a large attack area, making it extremely powerful at close range.
A stray lead bullet can turn a person into a sieve.
Back then, many people were hit by shotguns during fights and couldn't afford hospital treatment; they could only afford to pay 50 cents for a lead pellet.
The man with dozens of lead bullets in his body was stunned when he heard this. Some people stopped after removing half of them, pulled up their pants, and went home.
Ding Dahu came to carry the stone, but the other party wouldn't let him, so a stalemate ensued.
Originally, Shilazi Mountain was part of the Dahuan Mountain and not the private property of Shilazi Village, but they believed that taking away the stone would disrupt their feng shui.
So they just won't let us move it.
Sun Erlaizi spoke in a loud, guttural voice, while Ding Dahu spoke in a foul and harsh tone. Before long, the two of them got angry.
Just as Ding Dahu was about to make a move, Sun Erlaizi was quick to react, pressing a cannon directly against Ding's forehead.
Ding Dahu told him to shoot, but Sun Erlaizi said, "If you dare touch me, I'll shoot."
Ding Dahu knocked him down with a single punch.
Just as he was about to grab the gun, Sun Erlaizi's younger brother, Sun Sanfeizi, threw a lime bag at Ding Dahu and hit him on the nose.
A tiger loses its fighting ability without its eyes.
Ding Dahu punched a rock, breaking a finger, but missed Sun Erlaizi.
He hit him repeatedly with the butt of his gun, leaving him with a bump on his head.
Fortunately, the members of both sides remained relatively calm and stepped in to break up the fight, preventing a large-scale brawl.
In the end, they didn't manage to carry the stones; they all came back.
Ding Dahu had his eyes washed and his hands bandaged at Huang Yuejuan's place, but the more he thought about it afterward, the angrier he became.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xie Chunfang was sent to Lu Yao's house to find Tuwazi to come and discuss the matter.
I also wanted to vent my frustrations.
I'm going to take five rounds tomorrow and fight against Sun Erlaizi's homemade and foreign artillery.
When Xie Chunfang went outside, she saw a patch of snow on the wall, a fresh mark, and knew that Lu Yao had come again.
Sure enough, he was there when we arrived at the west room.
Lu Yao was also angered after hearing Ding Dahu's words:
"That Sun Erlaizi is a real scoundrel. We didn't say anything to them when they came to Rabbit Ridge to hunt. Rabbit Ridge is close to our village, and nobody said they wanted to take it for themselves."
Ding Mei asked Lu Yao, "Why don't we find Yang Shouye? He's the leader, let him coordinate."
Ding Dahu shook his head: "If we're going to try to mediate, let's wait until my eyes are better tomorrow and then beat him up."
Lu Yao looked him in the eyes: "No need for you, I'll go. I'll go find that bastard right now. He dared to touch my Uncle Tiger, I'll make him come here and kowtow to you to apologize!"
Lu Yao stood up and was about to leave.
Ding Mei quickly grabbed him:
"Are you stupid? Going alone will only make you look foolish."
Lu Yao glared at him: "You're absolutely right, I prefer to do things by myself, it's more convenient."
"You're a militia member, you can't just beat people up."
"I'll be polite first, then forceful. Little Mei, you don't understand. Women shouldn't meddle in men's affairs. You only need to know how children are born."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Ding Dahu was so moved that he shed another string of tears.
Growing up, I've only ever stood up for others; no one has ever stood up for me.
That country bumpkin is really something!
But she was also worried about him: "Wait, Tuwazi, I'll go with you."
He stood up and chased after it. His eyesight wasn't good, and he tripped over a slop bucket in the outer room, hitting his forehead on the corner of the stove. He almost passed out.
Ding Mei was more composed.
He called to Xie Chunfang, "Go quickly and tell Uncle Ba to gather the villagers and go to Shilazi Village to help. I'll go find Goushengzi to go to the commune to find Yang Shouye."
Although she knew Lu Yao was formidable, Ding Mei was still extremely worried that he would take on an entire production team by himself.
If my legs were still strong, I would have chased after them long ago.
Lu Yao went home, got his bike, and rode off.
Shilazi Village isn't far, but it's faster to get there by bike.
We sped along the path and arrived in no time.
He knew where Sun Erlaizi lived, so he went straight there.
At this time, Sun Erlaizi's house was filled with smoke, with a dozen or so grown men smoking.
The choking even made Erlaizi's wife, Yang Jinhua, go to squat in the outer room.
These grown men have nothing else to do but sit in a circle on the kang (heated brick bed) and brag.
Those who couldn't speak stood on the ground and listened.
Back then, there was no television or radio, and chatting was a pastime for the commune members during their leisure time.
When we have nothing to do, we sit together and brag. We won a great battle today, can't we do a post-battle review?
The meeting was chaired by the Sun brothers.
Sun Erlaizi and Sun Sanpangzi, like a comedian and a straight man, described the day's events and predicted what might happen tomorrow.
In short, they didn't take the Jiapigou production team seriously.
At this moment, a villager named Wang Zongyuan, who was standing on the ground, interjected:
"There's this country bumpkin in Jiapigou who's really something lately. He's supposedly the one who led the militia in fighting the wolf pack, and he even brought back two tigers. Everyone says the most awesome guy in Jiapigou right now isn't Ding Dahu, it's this country bumpkin."
Sun Erlaizi cursed, "Get lost, you little brat. I know Tuwazi, he was ice skating on the ice last year, his nose was all snotty from the cold, what kind of skill could he possibly have?"
The dejected eldest son, Sun, spoke up:
"No, that's not true, Erlaizi. I also heard that there were Japanese soldiers in the mountains a few days ago. This country bumpkin is also a militiaman. He killed a lot of Japanese soldiers. They said he even made a contribution. People who have killed people... can't be too timid."
The room fell silent for three seconds after he said that.
Immediately, a discussion about Tuwazi began.
At this time of year, information is scarce. Although the distance is not far, there isn't much concrete and accurate information available. There are more rumors, which are not very credible.
Sun Erlaizi and Sanpangzi still believed that the rumors were exaggerated.
Just then, the door to the outer room opened, and Lu Yao arrived.