Uncle Qi brought herbal medicine and applied medicine on his legs, saying, "That's right, I can't help. You know, I have cold legs, and working in the fields is no better than a woman.

Every year for spring plowing, I have to ask you, Jiao Laosan, and Luo Panya for help. You can’t ask for cow dung, and he has cattle at home, so he can’t ask for help from us."

Leng Yi asked curiously: "The cow dung family has cattle, why don't they lend it to you? Fellow villagers should help each other."

"Help?" Uncle Qi spat on the ground angrily, "His eyes are only staring at his own bowl and pot, how can he even look at us? Not to mention borrowing, he can't even rent!"

"You can't even pay for rent? Why?"

"The asking price is too high, we can't afford it, and he refuses to give in. There is nothing we can do."

"How much does he want?"

"Half of the grain in the field!" Mrs. Sun said, "He said that without his cattle to help cultivate the land, there would be no grain at all, so the cattle are the most important. The land cannot produce grain.

The key is whether there are cattle for farming! He only takes half, which is already very generous."

Leng Yi smiled bitterly: "He took away half of the food, what else do people have to eat?"

"No!" Mrs. Sun continued to say, but was interrupted by Uncle Qi next to him, saying: "What are you talking about? Why don't you go and call Luo Bangya and Jiao Laosan to help carry them? I

This will be bandaged right away, and you have to carry it. You can't move this leg to prevent it from dislocating, otherwise you will be lame for the rest of your life!"

Mrs. Sun quickly agreed and hurried out.

After a while, Mrs. Sun came in with two young men. She was a little surprised when she saw Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang. Ma Woodcutter said: "These two are husband and wife. They went up the mountain to collect medicine. I came back from cutting firewood and crossed the cattle."

When we were walking on the small wooden bridge above Dung's house, the wooden bridge suddenly broke and I broke my leg. They happened to be passing by and sent me back. - Two of them, they are my neighbors, Luo Bangya and Jiao Laosan."

The two of them bowed their hands to Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang, and Jiao Laosan said to Leng Yi, "This brother can carry the horse's face all the way back, so kind and righteous!" He turned to the horse woodcutter and said, "We can carry you back.

.(Just read the novel.) Let us drink two cups of the soju in your wine jar. By the way, we can entertain this good brother who carried you back!"

"Okay!" Ma Woodcutter said generously, "Thanks to these two people for carrying me back today, otherwise, I would have been lying there blind. To express my gratitude, I will treat you two to a drink today."

"

Luo Bangya and Jiao Laosan immediately became happy. Luo Bangya said: "I didn't expect that your son is still generous. Cheng, I still have a knife of bacon left over from the New Year. I cut it up and used it to drink. - Jiao Laosan

.What can you make up?"

Jiao Laosan said: "I'll ask my wife to cook. You guys are having a drink. This -, by the way, I haven't asked you for your names yet!" Jiao Laosan said to Leng Yi.

Leng Yi hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "My surname is Leng, and this is my wife."

"Your surname is Leng?" Jiao Laosan glanced at Leng Yi again. "This surname is rare nowadays. Our new magistrate of Yinling County is also surnamed Leng."

Uncle Qi said: "He is a good man. Before the Chinese New Year, he gave a lot of food and clothes to the people. Our family also shared some. If it weren't for Leng Zhixian, I don't know how we would have spent this year!"

Jiao Laosan also said: "That's right, my mother burst into tears when she mentioned this matter. She said that she had lived for sixty years. The county magistrate had given her clothes and food, but almost all of them were given to those who had plenty of food and clothing.

The landowners have become rich peasants, and there are only a few households with few things. Like this time

In this way, the magistrate of Leng County was the first to be directly sent to the hands of the poor people. Therefore, it was the first time for our family to receive such relief. My mother was so grateful that she insisted on going to the magistrate on the first day of the new year.

To pay New Year greetings, I heard that many poor people also wanted to go, so I carried my mother on my back and walked dozens of miles of mountain roads to go."

Zhuo Qiaoniang felt happy when she heard them praise her husband. However, she was wearing a human skin mask and could not see her expression at all.

Luo Banya said: "I didn't go that time, but my father did. He came back and said that Leng Zhi County was very happy after receiving the Wanmin Umbrella as a gift.

The common people are doing things. Except for the Ten Thousand People Umbrella, Leng Zhixian doesn’t ask for anything. He is such a good official."

Ma Woodcutter said: "Okay, okay! He, the Lengzhi County magistrate, is just trying to win people's hearts. Besides, his business is none of my business! Take me home quickly!"

Uncle Qi knocked on his foot, causing him to howl like a slaughtered pig. Uncle Qi said: "Anyone can say it, but not Mr. Leng! If you dare to say anything bad about Mr. Leng again, these two things of yours will

I don’t want any medical treatment for my legs!”

Sun said with a straight face: "Brother Ma, what you said is really unconscionable. The cotton clothes you are wearing, the quilts covering your home, and the rice in the rice vat were all sent by Leng Zhixian."

Here you are, Mr. Leng, trying to win over people's hearts. If you have the ability, just feed these things to the dogs!"

Ma Woodcutter quickly apologized and said with a smile: "I said something wrong. Isn't it okay? Hello Master Leng! He is the most good man in the world! Isn't it okay?"

Jiao Laosan said to Ma Woodcutter: "What you said is indeed unreasonable. I know, you think your share is less, right?"

"It's not..."

"What's not," Jiao Laosan said, "when we were divided, you complained all over the place, saying that your share was less, but you didn't even think about it. You were single, and we had seniors and juniors, and we had the same share as you, so

It’s unfair again!”

The woodcutter Ma muttered: "I said it should be divided according to households, how much per household..., okay, this matter is over, I didn't say anything else."

Uncle Qi knocked the woodcutter on the head and said, "You are such a heartless boy! From the moment you put on your crotchless pants, I can see that you are such a virtuous boy. If you don't die, my father will pay back his responsibilities."

Come on, I don’t care about you!”

The woodcutter said with saliva on his face: "That's right, that's right, okay, I was wrong, you guys, go to my house, I'll bring you some wine to apologize!"

Uncle Qi removed the door panel of his house, and Luo Panya and Jiao Laosan carried Ma Woodcutter to the door panel and carried him to Ma Woodcutter's house.

This house is really shabby, and it's really hard to be single. No one takes care of it. Except for the quilt on the wooden bed, which is newly issued this time, there is nothing decent in the house.

After putting the woodcutter on the bed, Jiao Laosan stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Baby! Come over and cook quickly, there are guests!"

Jiao Lao's third daughter-in-law was in the yard and said in a male-duck voice: "Here you come! Why don't you come and sit at our house? What are you doing at his house?"

"Come when I ask you to come, you talk nonsense like a bitch! - By the way, bring the half of the hare at home too!"

"Isn't that reserved for future generations of in-laws?"

"You dead man! Eat it and then use it again! Hurry up!" Jiao Laosan came back with a curse.

Luo Panya said: "I'll go back and get the bacon knife!"

The third daughter-in-law came, holding half a hare in her hand, greeting Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang with a smile, and then started to light a fire to cook.

Jiao Laosan said: "I caught this hare on the mountain last time. I was going to take it to honor the county magistrate, but he didn't want anything from anyone, so I had to take it back. I ate half of it during the New Year a few days ago.

There is only half of this one left. Brother Leng passed by today. He is a benevolent and righteous friend worth making. I will give him a beating as a sacrifice!"

Several people laughed.

The fire stall was in the middle of the kitchen. There was an iron tripod hanging above the fire stall. It was empty. The woman walked to the water tank next to the fire stall, picked up the lid and looked around. The water tank was empty. He curled his lips and said: "I'm talking about Ma Lian, you are a bachelor and you really don't want to live. The well is just a few steps away from your door, and your water tank is still empty. Are you too lazy?"

The woodcutter laughed and said, "We are just a bachelor. If we have enough food for one person and the whole family is not hungry, what are we going to do with fetching water? If we are thirsty, we can go to the well and fill our stomachs with water."

"How can I cook without water?"

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "I'll pick it up!"

Zhuo Qiaoniang also stood up quickly and said: "I'll go, I'll go!"

After saying that, he picked up the bucket. Leng Yi was about to go over, but Uncle Qi grabbed him and said: "Brother Leng, you are so unmanly. This kind of housework is originally done by women. You are a big man." What are you doing, gentlemen? Sit down, sit down! You are tired after walking on the mountain road for a day. Let’s take a rest first. When the food is ready, let’s have a few drinks. - You are a kind-hearted person, but you are so far away and the horse’s face is so smelly. When you come back, it’s worth paying for it! What’s more, your surname is Leng, which is the same as the county magistrate. It’s said that you don’t look at the monk’s face and look at the Buddha’s face. Just for the magistrate’s sake, I have to respect you. A glass of wine!”

Leng Yi was pulled and had to sit down and watch Zhuo Qiaoniang and Jiao Laosan's wife carrying buckets out.

Luo Panya helped light the fire. Soon, the fire started to rise, and the room suddenly became alive.

The woodcutter was lying crookedly next to the fire shop. He had applied medicine to his leg injury, and it no longer hurt much. He was just thinking about spring plowing soon, but he broke his leg. What would he do with the work in the field? He felt very sad. Frustrated.

Jiao Laosan's daughter-in-law was the chef, and Zhuo Qiaoniang was assisting in the cooking. The two women were very quick in their movements. They quickly cooked three side dishes and placed them on the four sides of the fire shop. One was bacon, one was fried pork with bamboo shoots, and one was vinegar-stewed cabbage.

Uncle Qi first took out a handful of vegetables with his chopsticks and brought it to his mouth. He chewed it and praised repeatedly: "My third daughter-in-law's cooking skills have definitely improved!"

The woman smiled and said, "Where is I? I am Brother Leng's daughter-in-law and she is very skillful. She cooked several dishes. I don't have that skill."

Uncle Qi was very impressed and said to Leng Yi: "Little brother, you are so lucky! You have such a capable wife."

Jiao Laosan didn't need the woodcutter's instructions at all, he took out the jar, poured out the wine, put it in several earthen bowls, one bowl for each person, and started drinking.

This wine was home-brewed, and it was very strong. After one bowl of wine, several people's faces turned red. Although the horse woodcutter's legs were broken, he refused to drink less at all, and frequently raised his earthen bowl to invite people to drink.

After drinking, I started to talk a lot. One moment I praised the county magistrate for being considerate of the people, the next he talked about the hard work of farming, the next he said the man who made cow dung was unreasonable, and the next he talked about the hardships of being a bachelor. (Not finished yet. Continued)
Chapter completed!