Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 218

Zhao Tiegang's suggestion to ask Zhao Tingxu to deliver it is actually quite superstitious.

But he was having such a bad day that he felt this was something that science couldn't explain.

He didn't waste any words with Wang Guixiang, went straight back to his room to wash his face, covered himself with the blanket, and went to sleep.

After a while, Zhao Tiegang couldn't sleep and woke up again. He got out of bed, took out a bowl, poured himself a bowl of wine, and drank four ounces.

"Oh dear... I'm having bad luck because I didn't drink enough. If I drank enough, I won't be unlucky anymore."

Zhao Tiegang finished drinking and went back to sleep.

Wang Guixiang, seeing Zhao Dage standing at the door, perked up when she saw no one was home and yelled, "You little bastard, you dare to come back!"

Zhao Da'e was stunned: Holy crap! Nobody's home, who gave you the courage!

The two of them actually had the same idea.

Wang Guixiang felt that Zhao Tiesheng wasn't home, and Zhao Tingxu was out too. She was the eldest in the family, and Zhao Da'e was all alone. Wang Guixiang wanted to stand up for herself and teach Zhao Da'e a lesson.

Zhao Da'e felt that with no one home now, she no longer had to worry about being called unfilial.

after that……

Wang Guixiang came out with a broom...

Zhao Da'e turned and ran: "Wang Guixiang, you just wait."

Zhao Da'e ran up there, went around to the backyard, and then climbed back over the wall.

Wang Guixiang chased after him for a long time but couldn't catch him, so she muttered curses at Zhao Da'e outside the yard.

Zhao Da'e, however, slipped into Zhao Tiegang's room and began rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

Zhao Tiegang was asleep, but a pair of big eyes were watching Zhao Da'e from the kang (heated brick bed): "Big sister, what are you doing?"

Zhao Da'e turned around and saw Zhao Yongbo. He said, "Your grandma is asking for trouble. She wants to take advantage of the fact that no one is around to deal with me. Little brother, give me the slingshot first."

Zhao Yongbo had a slingshot made of rubber bands, and he took it out and gave it to Zhao Da'e.

Zhao Da'e then rummaged through his pockets for a while, only to realize, "Damn it, I didn't bring any money."

She then said, "Little brother, your older sister owes you ten yuan. I'll give it to you tomorrow. You can do something for your older sister later today."

"What's the matter?"

“Go to that room later and smash the water vat!” Zhao Da’e said.

Zhao Yongbo: "Sister, that money..."

Zhao Da'e grabbed Zhao Yongbo's hand: "Come on, pinky swear, never to change. I'll definitely bring you money tomorrow, ten yuan. Plus two strings of candied hawthorns, okay?"

Zhao Yongbo immediately perked up: "Don't worry, big sister, I guarantee I'll complete this task."

"Smash it tonight, and do you know what to say after you're done?" Zhao Da'e instructed.

Zhao Yongbo thought for a moment and said, "I said my dad did it."

Zhao Da'e made an OK sign: This kid is teachable.

Then Zhao Da'e took a slingshot, secretly went out, hid behind the house, and fired a shot at Wang Guixiang.

when.

The slingshot shot a stone that hit Wang Guixiang's stone.

The pebble wasn't very big, so the pain was limited to the upper body, and Zhao Da'e didn't dare hit him.

After all, Wang Guixiang is Zhao Dage's "grandmother"...

Although Zhao Da'e wanted to teach her a lesson, he couldn't actually hit her. Otherwise, everyone would say that Zhao Da'e was unfilial.

Wang Guixiang cried out in pain.

Zhao Da'e chuckled, then took the slingshot and fired a few more shots, hitting the target every time.

Wang Guixiang was in excruciating pain and ran out into the street, cursing, "Zhao Da'e, you little beast, you hit your grandma! Everyone, please be the judge..."

Wang Guixiang called out for a long time, but no one came out.

After all, most of the Zhao family members are still on the mountain...

Others are too busy watching the excitement in this freezing weather.

Seeing Wang Guixiang run out, Zhao Da'e slipped into Wang Guixiang's room, scooped a ladle of water from the water vat, and slowly poured it onto Wang Guixiang's quilt.

Then they made a hasty escape.

Zhao Da'e wasn't afraid of wolves, nor was he afraid of wolves entering the village, so he went straight back to his aunt's house.

When they arrived at Aunt's house, Zhou Chunwen was cooking. She asked Zhao Da'e, "Da'e, your second aunt is here. She'll treat us to dinner tonight. What would you like to eat?"

Zhao Da'e was stunned for a moment: "What do you care about the food? Don't let her eat it. My second aunt is really heartless. I haven't even found my second uncle yet, and she's already here eating."

Zhou Chunwen shrugged: "There's nothing we can do. Your second aunt just applied buckwheat ointment to Er Ya's face, so we owe her a favor. We should at least treat her to a meal. Otherwise, she'll say our family is heartless."

"No need, I'll go and talk to them." Zhao Da'e went inside.

Zhou Chunhong was lying there with her pants legs bare, her wound covered in buckwheat. Sun Xiaoxia was chatting with Cheng Jinxi, and Zhou Yuren was keeping her company.

"The goose is back! Did you find your second uncle?" Sun Xiaoxia asked anxiously.

“No. I ran into my older brother, who said my second uncle went to the Triangle Flower Mountain. Later, my third uncle, whose eyesight isn't very good, drank too much. He got a rabbit snare on his foot and injured it. A few of us brought him back, and he got some stitches at the clinic. After that, I came back. I didn't go up the mountain again,” Zhao Da'e said.

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiaoxia got up to leave, saying, "Then I have to go back. I hope your second uncle doesn't die."

"It won't get lost, it's such a grown man. Even Laidai couldn't eat him."

"I'm not worried about it." Sun Xiaoxia had already gotten out of bed and put her shoes on.

Cheng Jinxi and Zhou Yuren quickly urged her to stay, saying, "Second Aunt, please stay a little longer. Have your meal before you leave."

Zhou Yuren and Cheng Jinxi were indeed sincerely trying to persuade her to stay. Regardless of the circumstances, Sun Xiaoxia helped apply buckwheat ointment to Zhou Chunhong's wounds, making her a "lifesaver," since no one else would have done that.

However, Sun Xiaoxia didn't take it seriously.

Buckwheat is worthless to her.

The most urgent thing now is to find her husband: "No, I really have to go. I hope my husband doesn't get hurt. I don't care about him, but if he gets hurt, who will do the work?"

Zhao Da'e chuckled: "Otherwise, my second uncle wouldn't be a good worker either."

"Oh well, even if you're not a pro, you still have to do it. I'm off." Sun Xiaoxia then left.

Zhou Yuren and Cheng Jinxi tried to persuade her to stay, but to no avail. They then escorted her to the door, thanked her profusely, and returned home.

On the other side, the Zhao family's old house.

Wang Guixiang cursed for a while, but when she saw that no one paid attention to her, she lost her temper and went back inside.

The main problem was that there were zero viewers watching the street brawl, and also that other people were simply too busy.

After all, this wasn't the first time Wang Guixiang had resorted to insults. Most importantly, Wang Guixiang was insulting Zhao Da'e, her granddaughter. Surely her granddaughter couldn't possibly retaliate with insults, could she?

So, since there was basically no excitement to see, no one came out.

Wang Guixiang went back to the house and had just sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) when she felt that she was wet. She then jumped to the ground and touched the quilt, which was completely wet.

Wang Guixiang immediately burst into a rage, cursing, "That little beast! He splashed water on my blanket while I was out! That bastard! He's getting more and more despicable."

Zhao Tiegang was sleeping in that room when he heard Wang Guixiang cursing. He sat up groggily, his eyes glazed over: "Tell me, is my mother mentally unstable?"

“No problem. My grandma is indeed mentally ill. She’s always cursing this and that, but she never curses herself,” Zhao Yongbo suddenly said.

Zhao Tiegang glanced at Zhao Yongbo, said nothing, got up and poured himself another two ounces of baijiu (Chinese liquor), and then felt extremely sleepy.

He sleeps very loudly.

Zhao Tiegang fell asleep and knew nothing more.

Suddenly, with a crack, the water vat in Wang Guixiang's room broke.

Then, Wang Guixiang turned on the light and stared at the water filling the room. She was stunned. Then she cautiously woke Zhao Tingxu: "Old man, someone smashed the water vat!"

"You bastard! Who did this?" Zhao Tingxu had spent most of the day searching for Zhao Tieqing with the others and was exhausted. When he heard from Wang Guixiang that the water vat had been smashed, he immediately flew into a rage: "Which bastard did this?"

“Zhao Da’e did it!!!” Wang Guixiang said through gritted teeth.

Zhao Tingxu was stunned for a moment, then lay back down to sleep: "You're wrongly accusing the goose, but there's some truth to it. It's the middle of the night, and the goose is at her aunt's house. Would she come over and smash our water tank? Is she crazy, or are you crazy?"

Zhao Tingxu naturally did not believe that the water vat was smashed by Zhao Da'e in the middle of the night, at least Zhao Da'e had no time to commit the crime.

Wang Guixiang turned on the light in the inner room, then pulled Zhao Tingxu to the outer room to look: "Look, this is what happened when it was hit by a stone. A big vat like this would cost thirty or forty yuan. Besides, in the dead of winter, a room full of water... won't it freeze in a while?"

Looking at the broken water vat and the brick beside it, Zhao Tingxu basically had his answer. Besides the elderly couple, the only other people in the old house were Zhao Tiegang and his son, Zhao Tiesheng. Zhao Tiesheng was timid and somewhat cowardly, so he certainly wouldn't dare to defy his father and smash the water vat his father used for drinking. As for Zhao Tiegang, he was probably still drunk, leaving him all alone.

That was Zhao Tingxu's eldest grandson, Zhao Yongbo.

Zhao Tingxu cursed and swore, but ultimately did not leave the house: "It must have been Zhao Yongbo who did it. That little bastard is really naughty."

Zhao Dage was genuinely not present at the scene; otherwise, he would have certainly scoffed at Zhao Tingxu's extremely hypocritical attitude.

Now that they know it was Zhao Yongbo who did it, no matter what the reason, would Zhao Tingxu and Wang Guixiang really go and beat him up?

That's their precious grandson, how could they bear to hit him?

The two people used brooms and combs to sweep away some of the water from the ground, but some remained. The temperature was low on winter nights, and the remaining water on the ground soon froze.

Wang Guixiang's legs weren't very good; she had bound feet, so she wasn't very steady on her feet. She tripped and fell flat on her face, almost knocking out her front teeth. However, she also chipped her lip and it bled.

"That little bastard, he does nothing all day. I bet it was Zhao Da'e who gave him this idea."

Zhao Tingxu agreed with Wang Guixiang's words, since Zhao Yongbo was only four or five years old and didn't understand things yet. Although Zhao Dage was also young, she not only understood things but also knew how to trick Zhao Yongbo into doing bad things.

Zhao Tingxu believed that Zhao Dage had tricked Zhao Yongbo into smashing the large vat.

Zhao Tingxu's eyes turned cold, and he left the house, went to the west room, pulled on the door, and locked it from the inside.

Anyway, Zhang Cuilan wasn't home, otherwise Zhao Tingxu would have started a fight again if he hadn't been pulling on the door so late at night.

The door wasn't open, so Zhao Tingxu went over and knocked on the window sill: "Gangzi, get up."

After being called a few times, Zhao Tie groggily woke up: "What's wrong, Dad? Why are you up in the middle of the night? What's all the fuss about?"

What's going on?

Zhao Tingxu's temper flared up immediately!

Is he trying to cause trouble?

"Your son smashed the big vat in my room!"

Zhao Tiegang was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He fumbled to turn on the light in the room, glanced at Zhao Yongbo sleeping next to him, and said, "No way! Zhao Yongbo is sleeping! When was it smashed? He didn't go out! Dad, are you drunk? Are you talking nonsense?"

"You're the one talking nonsense!" Zhao Tingxu yelled angrily, "I was banging on the window so loudly, even you, who's drunk, woke up. Why didn't he wake up?"

Zhao Yongbo was indeed still asleep, and he looked like he was sleeping soundly.

Zhao Tiegang, still half asleep, thought Zhao Tingxu was just having trouble sleeping and had come to cause trouble, so he said, "The child is young and sleeps soundly, what's wrong with that?"

Zhao Tingxu was speechless after being rebuked, so he could only say, "Okay, we'll wait until tomorrow during the day."

Zhao Tingxu then went to sleep.

Zhao Tiegang, still half asleep, turned off the light and said, "My dad's mentally unstable too. My mom caught it from him. She's always so paranoid. How could my well-behaved son break the water tank? It must have been my mom who did it in the middle of the night, trying to frame someone else..."

The next day, when it was broad daylight.

Zhao Tingxu came to the west room and knocked on the door again. Zhao Tiegang was still not awake, but Zhao Yongbo woke up, got dressed, got out of bed, and opened the door.

"What's wrong, Grandpa? Are you calling me for dinner?" Zhao Yongbo asked in a childish voice.

Zhao Tingxu immediately lost the urge to question Zhao Yongbo about whether he had smashed the water vat last night. His cold expression softened, and he said, "Your grandma is cooking. Come and eat."

Since Zhao Tiegang stopped cooking and Zhao Yongbo's mother, Zhang Cuilan, ran away, the task of feeding Zhao Yongbo fell to Zhao Tingxu.

You can't let your children suffer, and you can't let your grandchildren suffer.

Zhao Tingxu, who takes this as his standard of conduct, naturally couldn't bear to see Zhao Yongbo go without food.

Zhao Yongbo then went to the east room of the old house.

However, Zhao Yongbo discovered that Wang Guixiang hadn't cooked. After all, Wang Guixiang was so lazy she was practically crawling with maggots, how could she possibly cook?

Zhao Yongbo said, "Grandma, why aren't you cooking? My grandpa is calling me to eat!"

Wang Guixiang said irritably, "What are you talking about? Tell me, did you smash the water tank in the house?"

Zhao Yongbo readily admitted, "I smashed it."

Then, widening her eyes, she said, "My eldest sister said that if I want to get good grades and go to university next year, I have to learn from Sima Guang, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. Sima Guang became the top scholar in the imperial examination because he smashed a large water vat. My eldest sister said I should smash the vat in the granary. I don't think that's right, Grandma. If I smash the water vat in the granary, wouldn't my eldest sister benefit from my success in the imperial examination? But I know Grandma loves me, so I firmly disagreed. In order for Grandma to benefit from my success in the future, and for Grandma to be honored when I become the top scholar, I decided that I must smash the large water vat in Grandma and Grandpa's house."

Wang Guixiang's line: "As expected, it was taught to me by that little beast Zhao Da'e."

It was not said aloud.

Then, somewhat bewildered, she said, "Your older sister is quite a nice person... By the way, Yongbo, you know that story about Sima Guang smashing the water vat, right? You should study hard and get into university. Grandma will be content. It's just a water vat... It's nothing."

Wang Guixiang comforted herself.