The water in the river was gone, the fields were dry and cracked, the dry crops of corn and jute were wilted, and the sun was burnt with scorched under the white sun. Finally one day, the river at the entrance of the village broke down, and the water coming from Shangba Village was not even as thick as chopsticks.

"Bang bang bang..." The big bell at the entrance of the village rang violently. Lu Dayuan, who was standing on the wheel, looked down at the villagers who were rushing over with a majestic expression. He tilted his mouth to Tu Gang, the village militia company commander standing beside him, jumped off the wheel, and walked into the village office conference room with both hands.

"The man laborers from all households have a meeting at 7 o'clock in the evening?" Tu Gang jumped onto the wheel and shouted loudly.

The village conference room looks like two classrooms are connected. There are about ten tables in the room, benches around them, and benches are placed around the wall. Two bright 200-watt incandescent lamps are hung on the ceiling.

Although the village meeting was for men to attend, what was the matter with the wives from each family at night? After dinner, they dressed up and took needlework, and some even breastfeeded their children, and rushed to the venue in groups of three or three.

Lu Dayuan sat in the main seat of the conference room, behind him was a large portrait of Mr. Deng, with slogans posted on both sides. The one on the left was: Adhere to the reform and opening up route, and the one on the right was: Unwavering for a hundred years.

Gradually, there were more and more people. The small conference room was crowded, and people were sitting or standing from the door to the yard. The men were smoking, coughing loudly, spitting loudly, and yelling at each other. The women were chatting about family matters, their hands were fast, and they also took time to curse their children from time to time. The older girls were scolded by the young wives, but they couldn't help but blushed and raised their ears to listen to those shameful and annoying topics.

Seeing that the person was almost here, Lu Dayuan coughed, and Tu Gang quickly took a few shots at the microphone covered with red silk.

The "buzzing" sound immediately made the entire conference room quieter.

"Dear young men, as well as wives, wives, and girls from various families. Today, Secretary Lu held this meeting to study the issue of water. Please invite Secretary Lu to speak!"

Amid the scattered applause, with a low laughter, Lu Dayuan took the microphone and blew it hard, and the venue became quiet.

Lu Nan also followed his mother to the venue. This was not what he cared about, but he wanted to understand what was going on with water that he had always ignored when he was a child.

In fact, the upper reaches of the river have been damned by Shangba Village. To rob water, it is to dig the dam. Although it can be digged and blocked again in theory, people will be injured every year during the robbery. As long as there is no serious injury, the police at the police station will routinely go around and comfort both parties, and roughly arrange the water use ratio. Generally, this matter will be settled. Shangba Village will not build the dam again, so of course there is no need to dig the second time in Lujiagou Village.

What Lu Dayuan arranged was to divide the villagers into groups, which ones were responsible for digging, which ones were responsible for fighting and intercepting them. Women also had a role, usually they were scolding each other, and even had to fight and scratch each other. Children were mostly watching the fun. Anyway, there was no water in the river, so they just went ashore before the dam collapsed and played casually.

In order to prevent the leak of water robbery, Tu Gang even arranged several militiamen to stroll around the venue with red tassel guns in his hands. When he found Yan Sheng, he went up to interrogate, which seemed to be like. Lu Nan listened outside the door for a long time and lost interest. When he turned his head, he saw Lu Dongsheng and Tu Fangjun standing side by side, looking at him with eyes wide open.

"What are you doing?"

"Nannan, take us to play, they will dig a dam tonight."

At one o'clock in the morning, four large pots were set up outside the door of the village office conference room. Six or seven women and a chef were busy around the pot. The hot noodle soup was rolling in the pot, and the fat slices of palm-sized scent emitted a strong and seductive smell of meat. A man with a hundred men sat nervously on the court. The actions that were about to happen made everyone nervous. His voice was very small, and he was far from the excitement of the meeting.

This atmosphere infected everyone who rushed over, both men, women, young and old, was careful and did not dare to speak loudly. They took the big bowl of noodle soup handed over by the chef, and did not thank them. They grabbed a pair of bamboo chopsticks from a table next to them, picked up a chopstick to soak the peppers, and found a place to squat and squat and eat.

In less than two o'clock, everyone had a meal and was divided into three groups under Tu Gang's arrangement. The strongest group was holding bars, and they were responsible for fighting. The group with the most people was holding shovels, hoes, and baskets. They were responsible for digging dams. The rest of the people were mobility, so they were more complicated.

Twenty or thirty strong women were in another row, and they didn't take anything, rolled up their sleeves, and they could immediately integrate into the role whether they were fighting or quarrels.

Lu Dayuan looked at the team in front of him, showed a satisfied expression, and silently twisted the long flashlight, waved his hand, and immediately the troops started to move silently and quickly.

Lu Nan and dozens of other children hid behind the crowd, looking at the long queues lined up in about 100, they actually felt a fierce feeling. No wonder war is the most exciting thing for men. This small water grabbing action can keep up with the battlefield. Everyone who participated should be very excited, right?

When he glanced over, he found that Hu Kaishan was walking quickly in the team with a big shovel. Yu Yan's father, Yu Yong, had no one in the family, and he was also erecting his chest and carrying a basket with a smile on his back. He was humming a tune while walking, and suddenly he squeezed into the women's team who were seeing him off.

Lu Nan followed Yu Yong's eyes and Zhang Xiuyun was holding Yu Yan, with red eyes and waved his hand.

Alas! Yu Yong is not bad at speaking, it’s just too messy! With such a good wife and children, she doesn’t live a good life, but she just goes to gamble and go for a prostitute. This time she is finally doing a serious business, and I don’t know how to show off in front of Zhang Xiuyun after returning. Zhang Xiuyun is not strong and can’t scold people. The women’s team didn’t pick her at all, so she can only see her off for her man.

However, Lu Nan's parents were both selected. Lu Dafu carried his son to fight. Xie Fengying and dozens of other women were mixed together, chasing the men's footsteps, and soon disappeared at the entrance of the village.

The bazi built by Shangba Village is seven or eight miles away from Lujiagou Village. It goes back and forth, and when things are busy, it will be dawn. Lu Nan's family has no one, so he can sleep and play casually. Lu Dongsheng and Tu Fangjun are used to being wild, and they are always very excited to play after Lu Nan. However, Tu Fangjun can't stand Yu Yan always following Lu Nan, and Lu Dongsheng always threatens with his fists, making him constantly confirm that Yu Yan is Lu Nan's young wife.

"Xiao Yan'er!" Lu Nan ran to Zhang Xiuyun, reached out to hug Yu Yan, and smiled and said, "Aunt Zhang, I'll take Xiao Yan'er back to play."

"Well, don't play too late, you'll go to bed later!" Zhang Xiuyun believed in Lu Nan, and always felt that this child had calmness and wisdom that other children could not match.

Lu Nan led a few children into the house, closed the door and became the Monkey King.

There was not a single person at home. Lu Nan took out a pile of biscuits from the cookie tube and fruit candy to entertain him. He also found a pile of villain books. Lu Dongsheng and Tu Fangjun were so greedy that they grabbed them with their hands. They lay on the bed, sticking their butts and holding their chins against the villain books. Yu Yan ate a lot of things in Lu Nan's family, but they were not so ugly. They obediently snuggled in Lu Nan's arms and listened to Lu Nan telling her stories in a low voice.

A few children had enough food and drinks, and were sleepy. They were sleepy and got into the quilt and fell asleep. Yu Yan was like a kitten, with a small and soft body crept in Lu Nan's arms, closing her eyes, and slept soundly and sweetly. After being confused for more than half an hour, Lu Nan suddenly woke up, jumped out of the bed quietly, and turned off the lights. Only then did he realize that the window had turned white.

Just go for a run! Lu Nan put on his shoes and went out. As soon as he closed the door, he heard a sudden chaotic footsteps at the entrance of the village, as fast as if he was chasing a thief. More than a dozen dirty and smelly men and a few haggard women were running in the same direction.

What happened? Lu Nan just thought of this when he heard a "ao" scream from Zhang Xiuyun's house not far away!

This scream made Lu Nan's hair stand up! Zhang Xiuyun, who had always been gentle and gratifying, could make such a sound! Lu Nan's scalp exploded and saw more than a dozen men running from the entrance of the village, rushing over with a simple load.

Yu Yong is dead! As a member of the Dam Digging Group, he went to fight with someone rashly, but his life was bad. He was knocked on his temple by someone and fell to the ground at that time!

A living man disappeared like this! Seeing the blood gushing out of Yu Yong's temple, everyone present was stunned. He was so panicked that no one thought of reporting the case. When the police officers from the police station and the barefoot doctor from Shangba Village arrived, Yu Yong was already cold all over.

The villagers who accidentally injured people were taken away by the police on the spot. The angry Lujiagou villagers surrounded the people of Shangba Village and beat them to flee with their fists and mud-filled big feet. Even if the village chief of Shangba Village and Lu Qisheng, who was of the same clan and surname, took the initiative to dig the dam, it would be useless.

Zhang Xiuyun, with her hair disheveled and shaped and shaped, hugged Yu Yan, who was crying and sleeping, and guarded in front of the fire pit. Yu Yong's cousins ​​helped kowtow and return the gifts. The funeral team sent by Lu Dayuan was quite efficient and silently and quickly presided over the funeral. Welcome guests, receive gifts and roll names, cook and carry water, and buy vegetables... Everything was going on in an orderly manner. In a thin coffin in the main hall, Yu Yong headed towards the gate, wearing a new old garment, covered with a quilt, his eyes were tightly closed, and there was a piece of gray butterfly-like paper ash on his eyelids.

It was already the last day. After lunch, Yu Yong was going to be sent to the county town for cremation by a tractor in the village. During three days, Zhang Xiuyun was coaxed and persuaded by several women. After sleeping for more than two hours, drinking half a bowl of porridge, he just carried it on the rest of the time. Yu Yan was taken back by the women in the village to take care of him. Zhang Xiuyun seemed to be unaware of it, and she was just crying and staring blankly.

"Lu Dayuan, give me a gift of 100 yuan, and my relatives will give me a gift!" As the firecrackers rang, the welcome shouted loudly. A woman next to Zhang Xiuyun pushed her hand and Zhang Xiuyun fell to the ground.

"The ceremony is over!"
Chapter completed!