ushernet Chapter 109 The Lazy Man of the Era 2
Chapter 109 The Lazy Man of the Era 2
Since the older cousin is a good older cousin, the younger cousin should also show his appreciation.
In the middle of the night, Zhang Pingzhu went out, carrying five grilled small fish in his hand, and walked quickly towards Xikou Village.
They happened to walk face to face on the road, and Zhang Pingzhu raised his hand to shake the string of small, burnt fish and made a teasing remark.
"Hey bro, what are you doing, stealing in the middle of the night?"
Wang Dahao took the small fish, but couldn't utter a sound for a long time. He only said that he had found something at home and asked him to help take a look.
"No, I need to talk to you about something. You'll find out when you get to my place. Can you take a look for me..."
Zhang Pingzhu pretended not to see his cousin's distorted expression. When the two walked quickly to Xikou Village, Wang Dahao had already chewed up all the fish bones.
After arriving home, the two wiped their hands, and Wang Dahao simply had his cousin stand aside and watch him dig the jars.
Then came the formalities, and the lazy guy who came to deliver the little fish to his cousin received a tip from his grandfather underground.
The two unfortunate brothers were so excited by this windfall that they wanted to go for a run.
Unable to sleep, the two sneaked to Old Wang's grave at night to kowtow, scaring away a pair of wild mandarin ducks on the haystack.
Zhang Lanhan scanned the area with his spiritual power and discovered that his father was actually the original owner's distant widower cousin.
He came all the way to Xikou Village to do manual labor outdoors. Does he have thorns on his bed? His spirit is truly commendable.
All I can say is that everyone is extremely busy tonight.
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Wang Dahao ignored the two figures that suddenly darted out. The villagers loved to hunt for food in the wild; they probably had eaten too much.
When we arrived at the cemetery, we placed a bamboo tube of water to make wine, laid out a straw mat, and then pulled my cousin to sit cross-legged. Kneeling was not customary in their family.
Before he passed away, my late father told me to remember to come and talk to them during holidays.
Wang Dahao had a lot of nice things to say about the grave. He said the Zhang family was inhumane, and that his cousin wouldn't starve. He told everyone that they could rest assured in the afterlife, and if they weren't, they could go and cause trouble for the Zhang family.
Zhang Pingzhu didn't even need to perform; he only needed to nod and agree from the sidelines...
Tired of talking, Wang Dahao picked up the bamboo tube and drank it all in one gulp. He then pulled up some weeds before leaving with his cousin.
Following the example of the original owner, Zhang Pingzhu stayed overnight at Wang Dahao's house and returned to Dagang Village just before work.
I never expected my widower cousin to have so much energy. He wielded the hoe with such vigor that you couldn't tell he was meeting a beautiful woman on a haystack in another village in the early hours of the morning.
The villagers of Xikou Village and Dagang Village thought Zhang Pingzhu was quite lucky, as he hadn't been cursed by his cousin. Then they saw that he had started slacking off again.
Their village is probably going to have another bachelor...
With that lazy, good-for-nothing attitude, it's a miracle he can even get a wife. I need to give my children and grandchildren a good talking-to, lest they end up with someone like him who will bring shame on us for the rest of their lives.
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The sky looked a bit gloomy, but Wang Dahao felt the weather was good and he was in a good mood.
An older educated youth was chirping crickets nearby, explaining to the new educated youth that Wang Dahao's cousin, Zhang Pingzhu, was a lazy bum from the neighboring Dagang Village.
If you happen to run into them, try to avoid them. I've heard they even prey on their parents and grandparents at home...
"That's just lazybones, he can't even support himself..."
"You'd better keep your eyes peeled, or Zhang Pingzhu will cling to you and you might as well go back to the village with him..."
"Don't think you can fool him just because you're from the city; this guy doesn't eat pancakes..."
They were able to offer these reminders because they were worried that the new educated youth might not understand the seriousness of the matter.
If you provoke the other party and they try to extort you, and then bring the trouble back to the educated youth settlement, you're doomed.
There were educated youth in Dagang Village in the early years. They tried to trick him into working and tried to influence him with "warmth". As a result, the original owner did not work but went to wait for him at mealtimes.
The educated youth lost five meals of coarse grains, and in return, he gave the original owner a few eggs as an apology before the matter was considered closed.
As for Wang Dahao from Xikou Village, let's not even talk about him...
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Zhang Pingzhu managed to get through the day in the fields by pretending to urinate, barely managing to accumulate five work points.
After that, he went directly to the old village chief's son and told him, after embellishing and refining the information that the original owner had heard from his cronies.
There are some ruthless people in the old forest of Yuanhe Commune who deal in good stuff, including grain. If you want to buy, just go there in the middle of the night.
If you want to get good stuff, like malted milk powder, radios, iron pots, or kitchen knives, you need a code word—"a chicken in the left hand" or "a duck in the right hand."
The original owner didn't find out the code, so he didn't reveal it.
The original owner had many connections, so the brigade cadres turned a blind eye. He could take as many work points as he wanted, since he wasn't harming anyone else.
As for causing trouble for Lao Zhang's family, is that really causing trouble? That's just a loving family.
Zhang Pingzhu remembered that he hadn't gone to the Zhang family's house for breakfast yet, so he changed direction and headed towards the Zhang family's house.
The villagers were already used to it, and some even quickly followed along if they were going the same way.
The excitement is about to begin! It'll be over soon if you don't watch now.
As usual, Zhang Pingzhu stood at the door of Old Zhang's house and knocked for a long time.
Oh, the door is closed.
Then he'll have no choice but to climb over the wall to get in.
Zhang Pingzhu glided over the wall and even opened the bolted door, causing a commotion inside.
Good heavens, this wall has been raised twice already, how come it's still so easy to climb over? Seeing this, the other villagers were also eager to try it out.
Old Zhang was shaking like someone with Parkinson's disease; before his chopsticks even touched the bowl, it was taken away by someone.
"Sir, do you really need to get so excited to see me? It's only been a little over a day since we last met."
"Zhang Pingzhu, you've been reassigned! Don't call me 'Grandpa,' I'm not your grandpa!"
No sooner had the old man finished speaking than his dutiful grandson had already shoveled the rice into the bamboo water tube with practiced ease.
"Alright, alright, if you say it's not true, then it's not true. See how good I am to you? I even saved half for you! If you're still hungry, you can have some of my dad's. My dad is so filial to you, he definitely won't refuse you, right, Dad?"
As he spoke, he glanced around at everyone at the table.
Grandma Zhang pretended not to see anything and hurriedly slurped the soup from her bowl. The others also gripped their bowls tightly, fearing they might suffer the same fate.
The villagers dispersed as soon as Zhang the Lazybones got his food. They thought the Zhang family men were utterly useless and boring.
If the Zhang family knew what they were thinking, they'd probably be devastated.
Didn't they ever think of making this kid submit to them?
The dishes would break while washing, and the clothes would be ruined while washing. It didn't float away because the original owner also needed to wear clothes...
They dared to beat the younger children in their families after being beaten, and they also dared to pick all sorts of random mushrooms, wild vegetables, and weeds and mix them together. The person cooking just felt mentally exhausted...
Unless we can kill him outright, this is the only way things can go.
However, even if it costs you your life, you still have to be wary of that little wolf cub from Xikou Village; he's a ruthless fellow too.
Zhang Jinzhu and his younger brother from Zhang Dabo's family helped the original owner put on burlap sacks, in exchange for Wang Dahao refusing to work and instead coming to them with freshly scooped manure from his home.
In any case, neither the Zhang nor the Wang families had a good reputation in the village.
In his previous life, when Zhang Jinbao led people out to work, he didn't even have a wife at home.