After Liu Tieniu was caught, he was kicked by Wang Dazhi out of nowhere and fell to the ground with his head tilted back, knocking over a urinal and immediately getting soaked. "Ouch, it hurts so much!"
The sudden voice startled Old Man Wang, "Who?"
The old lady of the Wang family said, "There's a thief, go catch him!"
Liu Tieniu didn't have time to think about it. He endured the pain, opened the door and rushed out of the house.
But no matter how fast he ran, the injury on his crotch had not recovered yet, and this running almost killed him with pain.
Old man Wang picked up the lunch box at the door and rushed out, hitting the shadowy figure. "I'll beat you to death! You dare to come to my house and steal things? I'll beat you to death!"
The old lady of the Wang family shouted: "Catch the thief, come and catch the thief..."
The screams disturbed the tranquility of the small mountain village, and soon after, the neighbors around the Wang family heard the noise and came out.
"Old Wang, where is the thief?"
"Here, I've been caught." Old Man Wang shouted, "Come and help me catch him!"
Soon, the 'thief' on the ground was caught.
When the old lady of the Wang family took out the oil lamp at home and looked at it, everyone around her was stunned.
"Isn't this Liu Tieniu from Liu Laosi's family?"
"Oh, it's true!"
"He's got blood all over his face. Is he dead?"
Hearing this, everyone around took a step back.
The Wang and Liu families had long been enemies, and Old Man Wang was even more stubborn, saying, "So what if he was beaten to death? Who told him to come to my house and steal things?"
The old lady of the Wang family also said: "That's right, he deserves to be beaten to death!"
"Wake him up quickly." said an old sister-in-law.
"Go call Liu Laosi!"
Everyone was talking at once.
Someone pinched Liu Tieniu's Ren Zhong point, while someone else hurried to Liu's house to report the news.
Liu Laosi, who had just been awakened from his sleep, was also confused. "What nonsense are you talking about? My Tie Niu is still sleeping at home!"
"Go and have a look!"
Liu Laosi got angry and asked, "How can it be fake that my son sleeps in the same bed with me?"
He lit the oil lamp and shone it on the bed. It was empty. He touched the mattress and it was cold and lifeless.
Liu Laosi trembled all over, his eyes full of panic, and he slapped the sleeping woman awake, "Don't fucking sleep, Tie Niu is in trouble..."
...
The next day, Zhao Zheng slept until he woke up naturally.
Last night, the three women whispered to each other until the second half of the night before they fell asleep, and it drove him crazy.
After going to the toilet to flush the toilet and looking at the empty roof, Zhao Zheng secretly vowed, "I will burn the tiles out no matter what in the next few days."
Firing tiles itself is not a technically demanding task, nor is it as complicated as firing ceramics. All you need to do is find some clay and dry it.
It's waste charcoal.
However, coal is not popular in Dakang, which leads to high costs.
Therefore, blue bricks and white tiles are things that only masters can afford.
"First, I'll build a small stove with stones. In a couple of days, I'll push a cart to the village to buy some coal..."
After fastening his belt, Zhao Zheng saw the hot breakfast in the kitchen: a bowl of duck egg flowers with sugar, a bowl of rice, and omelet and pickles!
Zhaodi and Xiao'e were not at home, and no one knew where they had gone.
Zhao Zheng sat on the kang and enjoyed his breakfast.
Soon, footsteps were heard outside, and Yang Zhaodi and Zhang Xiaoe ran back home, "Father-in-law, something happened last night!"
"What's wrong? You're in such a hurry."
Yang Zhaodi recounted the entire incident, leaving Zhao Zheng stunned. "Are you saying that last night, Liu Tieniu broke into the Wang family and made Wang Dazhi a eunuch?"
"Yes, I heard that it was completely destroyed. Liu Tieniu was so ruthless that he almost pulled it down!" said Zhang Xiaoe.
Zhao Zheng gasped, "Liu Tieniu really hates Wang Dazhi!"
How could he not hate someone who changed Liu Tieniu's life with just one kick?
"What about Yueying?"
"She was forced by her parents-in-law to take care of Wang Dazhi." Zhang Xiao'e was anxious, "Father-in-law, what should we do next?"
Zhao Zheng drummed his fingers on the low table. "Hey, Wang Dazhi is useless, and the Wang family is basically half-extinct. Old man Wang is so old that he's probably already gone. Even if he can, it will take his old lady to come back to life. So... things are actually easier!"
He ate the last bit of rice in the bowl and got off the kang. "Go tell Yueying to carry out the original plan..."
Zhang Xiaoe nodded and ran out quickly.
Zhao Zheng smiled and said, "Liu Tieniu, what a good man!"
The village was in an uproar all day long.
Wang Dazhi is the only child in the Wang family, and the old man Wang and his wife almost fought to the death with Liu Laosi's family.
Liu Laosi was no pushover either. It was said that the two families fought each other and both suffered heavy losses.
It was useless even if Xu Youde came forward.
If Wang Dazhi could be cured, there would be room for maneuver, but Sun Daxian looked at it and said it was completely broken, and it would be of no use unless a god came to the world.
Moreover, Liu Tieniu was too cruel. If Wang Dazhi was not cut into pieces quickly, his life would be in danger.
The two families fought each other for the whole morning. Finally, with the intervention of three village elders, they decided to save Wang Dazhi's life first.
Liu Laosi gave away the three taels of compensation he received before it even warmed up.
In the afternoon, the Wang family pushed Wang Dazhi into the village on a cart to save his life!
But this matter had nothing to do with Zhao Zheng. He collected clay and built a small kiln with the remaining stones from the last time he built a kang. He could burn up to a hundred tiles at a time.
After finishing the work, I used a mold to shape the clay and spread it evenly in the house.
Seeing that he was not doing his job again, the villagers laughed at him, "Old Zhao, you can't even afford to eat, and you still have the time to burn tiles? Can you afford to buy charcoal?"
"Can we afford tiles? Haven't you seen that the people in Xu Village use thatch?"
Zhao Zheng smiled without saying anything and didn't explain too much.
However, Yang Zhaodi and Zhang Xiaoe believed in Zhao Zheng very much. Before the fire even started, Zhang Xiaoe began to fantasize, "If my father-in-law burns the tiles, then our house will never leak again, right?"
"I heard that after laying tiles, it won't leak no matter how heavy the rain is, and there's no need to worry about the roof collapsing when it snows!" Yang Zhaodi felt motivated just thinking about it. These days, everyone tries to work as little as possible to conserve their energy for the winter, so their family can just build as much as they want.
But she did not act recklessly. Instead, she tried hard to make her home better. Seeing her home getting better day by day, she was happy from the bottom of her heart.
"I don't know either. We'll know after the tiles are burned." Zhao Zheng smiled.
At this moment, the old lady from the Zhou family also came and asked, "San'er, I heard that you are planning to burn tiles?"
"Hey, Auntie, why are you here?" Zhao Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"You're just sitting around at home doing nothing, so come and give me a hand!" As she said that, the old lady rolled up her sleeves, didn't mind getting dirty, picked up the clay and started working.
"Auntie, it's cold, don't catch a cold."
"I'm so cold staying at home that I feel like I'm getting cold feet. It's better to get out and move around. I've been busy all my life and I just can't sit still."
Zhao Zhenghao couldn't persuade her no matter what he said, so he brought a small stool for her to sit on. "Then please walk slowly. If you are tired, take a rest. If you feel sleepy, come to my kang and lie down for a while. It's very comfortable!"