Chapter 48: Making a Scene

A few days after the wheat was planted, the locusts finally gradually dispersed.

    The villagers all received the news that the relief grain had been approved, and they had just received the “Snake God’s” grain, their mood was relaxed.

    Taking advantage of the fact that they were not busy recently, Lin Yue decided to find someone to help repair the house.

    The house belonging to her uncle’s family had been a bit dilapidated because it hadn’t been lived in for many years.

    But fortunately, it was a mud brick house with a tiled roof, it was better than the place they were living in now.

    The roof of this small house was still thatched with straw.

    That night, Lin Yue and Zhang Yuandong discussed how the house should be planned.

    In addition to the necessary repairs, Lin Yue also wanted to add two side rooms on the east wall.

    In villages like this, with three rooms, they were used to building a stove at the entrance, which was used for cooking and could also be used to heat the kang in winter.

    But Lin Yue didn’t like this structure very much, there were no range hoods in this era, every time she cooked, the whole house was filled with smoke, not to mention that in summer, when she used a large pot to cook, the kang was so hot that people couldn’t sleep on it.

    Her idea was to build two side rooms, one as a kitchen and the other could be separated into a toilet and a bathroom.

    She really couldn’t stand the outdoor toilet anymore.

    There was another kind of toilet in the village, called a “big circle”, it used to be connected to the pigsty when they raised pigs, the village wanted to save manure, even though they didn’t allow individuals to raise pigs now, many families still used this kind of toilet.

    Lin Yue was always nervous every time she used this kind of toilet, she was afraid she would fall in, so she also resolutely refused this kind of toilet.

    Zhang Yuandong looked at the sketch she drew, he gave a reasonable suggestion, “If you build the side rooms here, it will block the light from the main room.

    Why not build them on the south side, near the east, and also raise the east wall a bit.”

    This layout was called a “south room” in the countryside, Xiaotuan Village was too poor, few people built south rooms, so Lin Yue didn’t know this common layout.

    Zhang Yuandong’s uncle’s house, the west side was next to Zhang’s mother’s family, and the east side was Zhang Zhixi’s family.

    They had a habit, they especially liked to look over the wall at other people’s houses, they would do it when there was nothing going on, and they would do it even more when there was something going on.

    Zhang Yuandong had a deep memory of this, in the past, if his uncle’s family spoke a little louder, there would immediately be a bunch of people looking over the wall.

    Lin Yue was startled when she heard Zhang Yuandong say this.

    People in the countryside loved to watch the show, usually if someone had a fight or an argument, a bunch of people would gather around.

    Lin Yue had also encountered his family going to watch the show, but they were quiet and didn’t stand out, but she hadn’t expected them to be so addicted to it.

    She asked, “Then why not build the side room on the east wall, can’t the main room window be moved a little? The side room doesn’t have to be very big.”

    Zhang Yuandong shook his head.

    Lin Yue was also helpless, she was most afraid of not being able to protect her privacy, she was already worried about how to get along with her new neighbors before even moving in.

    The next morning, Zhang Yuandong went to Zhang Zhiqiang’s house first to talk about the renovation of the house, he asked him to recommend a few young men who knew how to build houses, to help them build two side rooms.

    In the countryside, people would ask their relatives to help with building houses, they would help each other, it was said that they didn’t need Zhang Zhiqiang to help find people, but who would have thought that their family had already split up, the families who were close to Zhang Zhiwei’s family, Zhang Yuandong and Lin Yue didn’t necessarily want to continue interacting with them, so they could only ask Zhang Zhiqiang to help arrange it.

    There were quite a few people in the village who were willing to come and help, Zhang Yuandong was capable, although some people looked down on him for being just a small policeman now, but a policeman’s salary was much higher than the salary of ordinary workers, many people secretly envied him.

    Zhang Zhiqiang thought for a moment before he said, “If you’re building a house, you need to prepare wood, stone, your family definitely doesn’t have any wood, my family still has a few old locust tree trunks that have been processed, we haven’t used them in these past few years, you can take them first.

    As for the stones, you need to find more people to carry them back from the mountain.

    Your family is building a house so hastily, you need to prepare some good food.

    ” The wood for building a house couldn’t be cut and used right away, it needed to be processed before it could be used.

    Zhang Zhiqiang was being kind, Zhang Yuandong didn’t refuse, he nodded in agreement.

    During the day, Lin Yue took the two little ones and pulled out all the vegetables in the yard.

    These vacant houses in the village were basically planted with vegetables by the people in the yard, as long as there were no disputes, the brigade generally wouldn’t care.

    Zhang’s uncle’s small courtyard didn’t look big, but there were more than one household planting things in the yard, they were very tacit and used fences or hemp ropes to enclose the vegetables they planted to prevent others from picking them by mistake.

    Because there were always people planting vegetables in the yard, there weren’t any dangerous animals, and there wasn’t much grass either.

    It was just a pity that the stone path that Zhang’s uncle had built in the yard had been cleared away by someone.

    Lin Yue had already notified the neighbors a while ago, some families knew that her family was going to move there, they had already dealt with the vegetables they planted, some families were simply unreasonable, they insisted on pulling them out after the season was over.

    Lin Yue didn’t spoil them, when the time came, she pulled them all out and sent them to the brigade headquarters, whoever’s vegetables they were, they could go to the brigade headquarters to claim them.

The next day, people came to make trouble. There were two families, one was Zhang Zhixiang’s family, they all came, none of them missed, even their two grandsons came.

The one who came earlier was Wang Baodong’s mother, Liu Aihua. Wang Baodong also came, but he was scared of being beaten last time, so he was hiding far away and looking this way, not daring to come over.

Liu Aihua also planted vegetables in this yard. Last time, Lin Yue went to her house to ask, she was scolded rudely and refused to pull them out.

Since her precious son was beaten by Zhang Yuandong last time, she has been looking for trouble with Sun Hongmei, who instigated her son.

She also knew that her son was wrong, and was afraid that Wang Baodong’s deeds would be investigated by the brigade, so she didn’t dare to trouble Lin Yue openly. But every time she saw Lin Yue, she would secretly spit and curse, “Fox spirit.”

Anyway, Wang Baodong was beaten, one blamed Sun Hongmei for instigating him, and the other blamed Lin Yue for being unchaste and seducing men.

Her son was completely blameless.

This time, Liu Aihua finally seized an opportunity, feeling that she was in the right and could vent her anger. She sat at the door of Zhang Da’s house and made a scene: “You murderous bitch, I worked so hard to plant a little bit of food to survive, and you, this little slut, just ruined it! It’s really against heaven!” She started with a bunch of nasty words, one dirtier than the next.

Liu Aihua’s fighting power was much stronger than Sun Hongmei’s.

Although Sun Hongmei’s character was not good, she cared about her reputation. Even if she did something disgusting, she would find some excuses to cover it up.

Liu Aihua didn’t. She just acted like a hooligan, making a scene, not afraid of being laughed at. She could curse anything dirty and smelly, and her voice was deafening, as if she was afraid that others wouldn’t be able to appreciate her talent.

Lin Yue quickly covered the ears of the two little ones, and angrily scolded: “Liu Aihua, stop spitting nonsense here. I reminded you several days ago to deal with the vegetables you planted, but you refused to do it.

Why are you making a fuss here now?” The sound of arguing soon attracted the attention of the nearby families. Zhang Da’s granddaughter, Guixiang, ran over and took the two children back to her house. Children were not suitable for this kind of occasion; in case they got bumped or bruised.

Zhang Zhixi’s family from the east did not come out. The whole family was huddled on the wall watching the excitement, from the sixty-year-old Zhang Zhixi couple to his ten-year-old grandson and granddaughter, all fifteen or sixteen people were there.

The wall was too crowded, so they hid behind the door, only sticking out their heads to watch. Each of them had a handful of beans in their hands, munching on them while watching the excitement.

Lin Yue glanced at the whole family, speechless.

Liu Aihua saw more and more people watching the excitement, and she became even more excited: “I spit! Who says this house is yours? Zhang Zhigang’s family escaped to the Northeast, they didn’t die out, it’s not your family’s turn to inherit the property! Everyone, isn’t that, right?” Lin Yue really didn’t want to argue with her. This kind of person, no matter how much reason you give, it’s useless.

But she blocked the door, and Lin Yue couldn’t hit her in front of everyone. She just wanted to get rid of her quickly: “This house was bought by my family. If you have any doubts, come to the brigade with me to figure it out. Don’t make trouble here.”

Liu Aihua didn’t want to go to the brigade: “Why should I go to the brigade with you? Everyone knows that you and Su Ximei’s old lady are good friends. In the end, they will all side with you, no matter what you say. You said you bought it with money, but I didn’t see you pay, who knows if it’s true or not! You, this fox spirit, took advantage of your husband’s absence in the past few years, I don’t know what kind of dirty things you did behind the scenes, making them help you so much! Spit! You’re a fox spirit! I think you should be charged with ‘prostitution’ and thrown into the pigsty!” She became more and more unreasonable, obviously wanting to deliberately retaliate for Wang Baodong being beaten.

Lin Yue really didn’t know how to deal with this kind of person who splashed dirty water on others. She had been here for so long, and she knew that in this world, a woman’s reputation being ruined was a very terrifying thing. She was so angry that her fists clenched, and she was about to move: “Your stinky mouth doesn’t want it anymore, I’ll sew it up for you with a needle! You’re full of male thieves and female prostitutes, so you think everyone is like you!” The people watching the excitement couldn’t stand her stinky mouth either, afraid that Lin Yue would act impulsively, they quickly pulled her: “Auntie Liu, you have to have evidence when you speak. You’re slandering people like this, without evidence, you’re going to be in trouble. Be careful when her husband comes home from work, he’ll come to your house and beat you up!” Zhang Da’s wife had already sent her grandson to the brigade to call people, and now she also scolded: “Liu Aihua, what are you babbling about? We all know how Far East’s wife is, you just talk nonsense, trying to ruin a woman’s reputation, a woman’s reputation is not something you can ruin at will!” Liu Aihua was a little afraid of Zhang Yuandong, but thinking of her age, Zhang Yuandong had to call her aunt, she puffed out her chest again.