Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Originally, these people were trying to steal the barrel and the charcoal inside when they were attacking the honest and straightforward Ergou on the riverbank. However, Ergou refused to allow them to take anything away, and even argued that the things were lent to them out of kindness, and that the other party had clearly said that they would take them back. How could they take advantage of others and then take all the things for themselves?

Ergou's mother was the first to learn about what happened next when her son came back with his bowl of rice.

Ergou's mother, who hated evil and was bold and upright, spat and angrily scolded those short-sighted women and children who picked up the bowls to eat and smashed them when they put them down. How could they do such shameless and unpresentable behavior?

Those mean people who only know how to take advantage of others all day long should not be allowed to drink clean water. No, they are not even worthy of drinking dirty water.

If his son hadn't come back to inform everyone, those people would have been dried up by the sun. They accepted the kindness from others, but not only were they ungrateful, but they also had dirty thoughts. They really gave those shameless people a chance.

After Ergou's mother finished scolding those greedy women, she turned around and scolded her own son.

You said you were fine, why did you tell those ignorant people about it, knowing full well that they were the ones who were notorious for taking advantage of others, being petty and reckless in the village.

But his son was so naive that he thought he had done a good thing by allowing everyone in the village to drink clean water.

Now that they know that the things were borrowed from the Lin family, that would give these scoundrels a target. If they take advantage of people's negligence, they can take advantage of the opportunity and steal the things. Then the sin of the mother and son would be huge.

Moreover, it would be fine if your silly son returned the things, but why did you take such a big bowl of rice back? Don't you know what kind of times this is? Food is worth life! But you just brought it back so carelessly. Even if it was really given to you, you can't take it. God knows if you happened to return the things when they were having dinner, then they would have been polite to you and given you a bowl of rice? You really think politeness is a blessing.

Er Gou's mother knew her son's rigid and stubborn mind too well. How could she have given birth to such a fool? He was just like his damn father, who never used his brain to think about things and was always straightforward. This must have pissed off his parents to death.

It just so happened that Ergou said that the girl wanted to see her.

So what are you waiting for?

Ergou's mother slapped her thigh immediately, held the untouched bowl in one hand, grabbed her son's ear with the other hand, and rushed over to apologize to the girl and return the rice and bowl.

What kind of situation is this? Er Gou's mother didn't dare to take advantage of such a big bargain. If she didn't, the road would become more and more difficult. For such a bowl of rice, the other party might have to tighten his belt and starve for several days to save up such a big bowl.

What a crime!

Lin Xiaoyue: ...Not really, really not.

Just as the mother and son were about to go over, they ran into a few women and children who had followed them to cause trouble.

Those women and children did not get any advantage on the riverbank, and after returning to their place of residence, they were upset and felt unhappy. So, a few like-minded people decided to come to Er Gou's mother to get back at her.

As soon as the two sides met, Er Gou's mother, holding a big bowl of rice in her hand, caught the eyes of these scoundrels who were looking for trouble. The greedy women, with their brains burned out, were determined to win, and they immediately tore apart Er Gou's mother.

Er Gou's mother was not careful for a moment, and her job was taken away from her. That was too much, she hadn't gone to each family to cause trouble for these people, but these people dared to be so arrogant and come to make trouble for her.

So both sides opened fire and fought each other.

As a grown man, Ergouzi could neither watch his widowed mother being bullied nor hit a woman, so he was so anxious that he shouted at the top of his voice, "Come quickly, someone help." At the same time, he tried his best to protect his widowed mother, blocking the fists and kicks of the women and children on himself, trying not to hurt his mother at all.

But as parents, how can we bear to see that the child they have been pregnant for ten months, gone through the gates of hell, and finally gave birth to is beaten and kicked by others?

Immediately, Ergou's mother was so angry that her eyes turned bloodshot and her scalp was about to explode. She rushed forward without hesitation and fought with those women and children.

……

When the village chief was brought here, he was so angry when he saw these troublemakers. He was still angry at noon, so he also exploded with anger, holding his cane high and beating these bastards who were full and making trouble for no reason.

The sons and daughters-in-law of the village chief who had followed were afraid that their father would get hurt from being so angry, so they stepped forward to separate the fight, and at the same time shouted to the villagers who were watching the fight with their hands clasped around them to come over and separate the people.

After a lot of chaos, Ergou's mother told the whole story before these hooligans started to distort the truth.

Now not only the village chief, but even those families who had received favors from Ergou and the Lin family across the street and brought back clean water were unhappy.

In the final analysis, they are all ordinary farmers living at the bottom of society. Although they will get together with others to gossip about other people's affairs when they have nothing to do, most of them have no bad intentions and simply want to add some spice to their boring days.

But the women and children who came together to make trouble were different. Look at what they did. Not only were they mean-spirited and greedy, they also wanted to destroy the hope of survival for the entire village.

Anyone who is not so short-sighted and only cares about the immediate interests can see clearly the chaotic situation at present. If it were not a year of great disaster, when ordinary people could not make a living, who would be willing to leave their hometown and live a life of displacement and homelessness?

Along the way, I didn't eat enough, didn't sleep well, and even the water I drank was turbid and dirty with a strong earthy smell.

They finally met a good person who gave them a drink of clean water. But these troublesome scoundrels jumped out to make trouble again, and even said that they took the water purification tools so that everyone could have clean water in the future.

Ugh, what a shameless thing.

You take advantage of others and do dirty things that cannot be disclosed in public, but you package them in a high-sounding way. Even the coffins of your ancestors cannot suppress your surging wolfish ambitions.

It's really shameless.

Then I looked at the rice scattered all over the ground, mixed with mud and sand.

What a sin! How can you be so cruel as to waste food?