Chapter 14

Because of this child, the Tang family and the Cheng Family became enemies.

The Cheng Family would come to the house to make trouble every few days. When they were free, they would come to make trouble. They would gather a few relatives and acquaintances to help.

They wanted their daughter and money. They quarreled endlessly.

Originally, the Cheng Family was poor and powerless. They were just a few ruffians in the village. They couldn't do anything to Tang Huaijin and were beaten up by Tang Huaijin.

However, for some reason, everything gradually changed.

It was 1979, when the whole of China was turned upside down.

First, Mao died. Soon, in less than a month, the Four-Man Gang fell from power and Deng Xiaoping came to power.

The drastic changes in the political environment were like ripples in the water. They went from big to small, from near to far, and finally spread to every corner of the country.

No one talked about Mao anymore. Everyone began to talk about Deng Xiaoping, about reform and opening up. They all said that the rural areas would be implemented and that the big collectives would be disbanded.

Tang Huaijin didn't know that he had been involved in a historical trend.

He just felt a little panicked.

In fact, he had already experienced a historical trend once. It was 1949.

He went from a poor orphan to the master of the era.

At that time, the poor peasants had the most status. Rich peasants, landlords, intellectuals, and intellectuals were all targets to be defeated.

He became the glorious Red Five, the secretary of the village brigade, and the leader of the village. The power of the village was in his hands.

Whoever he wanted to mess with would be messed with. Whoever he wanted to be unlucky would be unlucky.

All these years, he had lived a smooth life because of this system, the so-called big collectives, and Mao, whom he admired and respected the most in his life.

But Mao was dead.

On the day of Mao's death, Tang Huaijin was very sad. It was as sad as if his father had died.

He didn't eat for the whole day. He shut himself in the room and cried loudly in front of Mao.

Tang Yanhua and Cheng Cheng were scared. They kept asking, "What's wrong with Dad?

What's wrong with Dad?

What happened? "

Tang Huaijin's wife looked troubled. She shook her head and sighed. "Ah, Mao is dead."

Cheng Cheng and Tang Yanhua did not understand. "Mao is dead. Why is Dad crying?"

Tang Huaijin's wife said helplessly, "You kids don't understand. Stop asking."

Tang Huaijin cried for the whole day at home. Her eyes were red from crying and she did not eat.

In the afternoon, he went out to town and bought a strip of pork belly from the supply and demand cooperative. He asked his wife to cook some braised pork for dinner.

Cheng Cheng and Tang Yanhua were overjoyed. They held their chopsticks and waited to eat the braised pork. However, their father didn't allow them to eat. He placed them in front of Mao's portrait and said that Mao loved to eat braised pork. Then he placed a few steamed buns, pears, and a bottle of white wine on the table.

Then he put up a stick of incense and placed it there for the whole day for nothing.

Cheng Cheng saw that the meat was cooked, but he could not eat it. He said to Tang Yanhua, "Dad is crazy. He won't even let us eat the meat."

Tang Yanhua said, "I think Dad is crazy too.

He doesn't even know Mao. "

When Tang Huaijin heard this, he glared fiercely at Tang Yanhua and almost beat him up.

Children did not understand.

Tang Yanhua and Cheng Cheng did not think that Mao's death made any difference. However, in Tang Huaijin's eyes, everything had changed.

He felt that the members did not respect him as much as before. Everyone was happily talking about how the farm would be contracted to households. They did not take him, the brigade leader, seriously anymore.

Of course. The farmers would be contracted to households. In the future, they would not have to rely on the big group to make a living. They could farm and support themselves. They could even go out and do business. Who would care about him, the leader of the production team?

The brigade was about to be elected again. Several people suddenly jumped out and wanted to compete with Tang Huaijin.

They even dug up old scores. A few of them jointly reported him for embezzlement of public grain and embezzlement of collective property. They even planned to rope in the members to fight him in the village.

Tang Huaijin was very angry. In his life, he was the only one who dared to fight with others. No one dared to fight with him. He had a big fight with the villagers.

Although those people did not succeed in fighting with Tang Huaijin, Tang Huaijin fell ill from anger. He fell on the bed and coughed every day.

His wife found Chinese medicine to boil for him. During that time, the house was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine every day.

That autumn, Tang Huaijin lost the village brigade election and was not elected as the brigade leader again.

This also meant that he had lost his job. In the future, his family would lose their source of income and could only rely on farming to survive.

A new brigade leader took office, and the work of contracting the land to each household began vigorously. The villagers were very excited and were busy measuring and distributing the land.

Because Tang Huaijin had lost his power, he was not allocated a good piece of land. He was only allocated three mu of dry land and two mu of paddy land. The location was not very good.

Tang Huaijin was so angry that he scolded his political opponents at home every day. He wanted to go to the village to make trouble with the village cadres. Fortunately, his wife persuaded him to stop.

From then on, Tang Huaijin and his wife only guarded these five mu of land. They went out early and returned late every day to farm.

Previously, they could still be lazy when they were in a big group. Now, they could not be lazy on their own land.

If you were lazy on the crops, the crops would be lazy on you. There would be no harvest in autumn.

Without a salary, they had to support their two children's education, buy seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers, and take care of the family. The burden on Tang Huaijin and his wife suddenly increased.

The two of them were already old, so they immediately felt powerless.

The husband and wife secretly discussed. They wanted to keep one child to study and let the other child work at home. However, after thinking about it, they could not decide.

Tang Yanhua was a son. He had excellent grades. The husband and wife hoped that he would become a talent and were unwilling to let him drop out of school.

Cheng Cheng was a daughter. Her grades were not very good, but they had spoiled her since she was young. Now, they could not bear to not let her go to school.

The husband and wife were in a difficult position. They could only scrape together money and borrow from relatives to pay for their child's school fees.

Fortunately, Cheng Cheng and Tang Yanhua had also grown up.

This year, Tang Yanhua was 14 years old. He had already grown into a handsome young man.

He was beautiful and healthy. He was almost as tall as his father. His whole body was well-proportioned, as if it was drawn with a ruler.

Every bone was slender and stretched. No one could find fault with it.

Tang Huaijin and his wife were very proud of it.

Cheng Cheng had just turned 12 years old and had also grown into a big girl.

Compared to her wild monkey appearance when she was young, she had changed eighteen times between womanhood and womanhood.

One day, when Cheng Cheng passed by the Tang family, he saw a girl coming from the village. She had a black ponytail and a few strands of bangs on her forehead.

He did not know if it was because the sun was hot that day or because she was facing the light, but her face looked small, round, delicate, and cute.

Her cheeks were pink and red, and her mouth was also bright red, as if she had put on rouge.

His eyes were black and watery, like black grapes. His eyebrows were thin and light, giving him an indescribable air of arrogance.

When Cheng Cheng Cheng heard the girl say that she was beautiful, he could not help but stare. His shifty eyes kept sliding to her chest.

She looked young, but she had developed quite well. Her chest was bulging like two small steamed buns. Her body was so tender that water could be squeezed out. Cheng Cheng Cheng Cheng's heart skipped a beat. He almost shamelessly tried to strike up a conversation with her.

When the girl saw him, her long, shapely eyebrows furrowed. She looked very disgusted and wanted to leave.

Cheng Lao Si tried to identify her for a long time before he finally recognized her as his unfilial daughter.

This brat. They were from the same village, but she never greeted her biological father. Cheng Laosi had looked for her several times, asking her to go back to visit her mother. Whenever she saw Cheng Laosi, she would lock the door and not say a word.

Cheng Laosi was furious. He thought to himself that it was fine if the Tang family did not give him any face. After all, his daughter had been fed by them.

She had given birth to this girl, yet she dared to challenge her.

Cheng Laosi had always wanted to teach her a lesson, but he couldn't find a chance to do so. He didn't expect to bump into her on the streets today.

When Old Fourth Cheng saw that she wanted to hide, he took a few big steps forward and grabbed her arm. He scolded her: "You cheap girl, you still want to run? Why didn't you say hello when you saw your father?

Who taught you manners?

Was it taught by the Tang family? "

The girl was so frightened that she panicked. She was like a live fish jumping out of a pot of oil. She struggled to break free from Cheng Laosi: "Let go of me!"

She was carrying a basket on her back. She had just finished gathering pigweed in the field and was about to go home. When Cheng Laosi pulled her, the pigweed in the basket spilled out.

It was a small road and a downhill section. She couldn't stand on her feet and staggered. She pushed Cheng Laosi and tried to run away.

Cheng Laosi held her arm tightly and refused to let go. Seeing that she was unwilling to listen to him, he gave her a big slap: "Unfilial thing, you don't even recognize your biological father and you still have the guts.

You may be struck by lightning, you heartless little bastard.

Let me catch you this time. I'll see where you hide. "

This girl was thin and her arms were soft. She didn't have much strength, so how could she break free from Cheng Laosi?

She was dizzy from the slap. Her nose was bleeding and her hair was scattered.

The girl, who had been pampered since she was a child, had never seen such a scene before. She was stunned. The girl was scared out of her wits. She struggled to escape while crying loudly, shouting, "Mom, Dad, save me, save me!"

Cheng Laosi scolded: "I'm right here. Who are you calling for?

Your mom is dying and you don't even want to take a look at her. You still have the cheek to shout?

You still have the cheek to cry? "

Cheng Laosi was afraid that her shouting would attract people, so he covered her mouth with his hand: "Come home with me today. I'll teach you a lesson."

Cheng Laosi wanted to take her away by force, but he didn't expect that this girl was so stubborn. She refused to go with him and struggled like a pig being slaughtered, crying and shouting.

Cheng Laosi hugged her and felt that her body was fleshy, her face was pink, and her arms were white and tender.

He hadn't had the chance to touch meat for 800 years and had been teasing women all day long. He even wanted to f * ck a sow. Now that she was rubbing against him, he had an evil thought.

He didn't care who she was. He directly dragged her to the field and pressed her down to ride her.

Cheng Laosi was scared out of his wits.