It sounds strange.
If someone lives in a house, it won't be too shabby.
Once there are no people inside, it will quickly lose its vitality, collapse and chamfer, with broken beams and tiles.
It had been more than half a year since the Jiang Sheng brothers and sisters left the dilapidated temple. The two-room hut was already in dilapidated condition, with drafts leaking from all four corners.
The only thing that remains normal is the giant Buddha who is always smiling.
Jiang Sheng stopped the carriage, went to the corner of the ruined temple and took out three incense sticks, lit them carefully and put them away.
"Why are you still superstitious?" Zheng Ruqian stretched his head and asked.
Jiang Sheng rolled her eyes at him and said, "This is not superstitious. Buddha blessed Jiang Sheng with enough food and also blessed Jiang Sheng to be with his brothers forever. Of course, I have to thank Buddha."
She clasped her hands together and bowed solemnly three times.
We returned to the carriage and continued walking to Shilipu Village. After more than half a year, there were no major changes in the village.
Thin smoke curled up in the wind, and there was a crisp sound of children playing.
The auntie is spitting, and the boss is asking the parents of the west.
Uncle Zhao's flat cart was tied at the door again. He probably knew that no one would steal it since Xiao Jiang Sheng was gone.
There are still voices of criticism coming from Zhou Zhiqiang's house from time to time, but this time there are female voices rebutting, although they are not very loud.
Arrive at the door of Zhang Qi's family.
Fang Hengle stopped his horse, handed the reins to Zheng Ruqian, jumped down and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Aunt Cui'er's voice came from inside.
Fang Heng raised his voice and said, "It's me, Fang Heng, coming to see Uncle Zhang."
Liu Cui widened her eyes, put down the dustpan in her hand, and ran over, but refused to open the door. Instead, she questioned, "Really? Are you really Fang Heng?"
This...can it still be fake?
Fang Heng was stunned and didn't know why.
Jiang Sheng was still smart and reminded him in a low voice, "Do you have any secrets that no one else knows?"
Fang Hengxin understood, "The trap on the mountain has been quiet for half a year. I came to see Uncle Zhang to see if the clamp needs to be replaced with a mountain cage."
The clamp is small and can only hold bulky bodies, and those with more flexibility will avoid it, but the mountain cage can cover all prey.
Zhang Qiquan mentioned this to Fang Heng.
Liu Cui felt relieved and opened the door. When she saw the Fang Heng brothers and sisters, her eyes immediately turned red, "It's really you."
These words made Xu Mo and Chang Yan frown at the same time.
Have you been here before?
Fang Heng tied the carriage at the door and brought in the pastries he bought, "Auntie, where is Uncle Zhang?"
"He...he's lying on the bed." Liu Cui's eyes were red.
This isn't winter, it's the time when the wheat ears are peeling, and all the laborers have to work, so how can they lie in bed.
Fang Heng, who was as slow as he was, also noticed something was wrong. He stepped into the cramped hut and saw Zhang Qiquan unconsciously leaning on the bed, with one leg tied to a branch and wrapped with a white cloth.
It's a bit like the tree branch that Xu Mo was tied to when he broke his leg, only more rough and crude.
"What, what's going on?" Fang Heng was startled.
Liu Cui was on the side, wiping away tears again, "It's not the money that's causing the trouble."
There are three sons in the Zhang family. Zhang Qiquan is the younger one. It is said that the emperor loves the eldest son and the people love the youngest son. However, Zhang Qiquan has not been favored by many parents. Instead, he has been alienated from his parents because he has been working hard since he was a child.
Five years ago, Zhang Qiquan returned to Shilipu Village from outside. The young man, who was already in his twenties, definitely wanted to get a wife. The Zhang family's parents made several offers, but Zhang Qiquan didn't take any fancy to them.
In the end, I fell in love with Liu Cui, who has no father or mother.
The Zhang family's parents disagreed and looked down upon Liu Cui, but fortunately Zhang Qiquan persisted and finally got married and lived steadily for five years.
In the past five years, Liu Cui has not been pregnant, and her parents-in-law have also had troubles. However, it is very difficult for farmers to marry a wife. How can they have the money to take a concubine, or stop taking a wife and marry again.
Until, selling the tiger got twenty-five taels of silver.
Liu Cui choked up and said, "My husband planned to distribute the twenty-five taels of silver to my parents, five taels to my eldest brother, five taels to my second brother, and we will use the remaining ten taels ourselves."
"But they concluded that I would have no children in this life, so even if they kept ten taels of silver, it was useless. They encouraged my parents-in-law to take away all the money. How could my husband agree? The three families have almost lost their relationship from the quarrel a few years ago to now."
"A few days ago, the eldest brother and the second brother, no, those two beasts pretended to be acquaintances and knocked on the door. I opened it without warning, and they rushed over to beat me... My husband protected me, but one of his legs was broken. .”
As for these branches, they were bandaged by a newly opened doctor in the town. They also paid a full tael of silver for them, which made Liu Cui extremely heartbroken.
"It's really too much."
Fang Heng clenched his fists angrily. Even if the brothers of the Zhang family were fighting, it would not be considered excessive, but it would not be justified in any way for the eldest brother-in-law to beat his sister-in-law.
The movement between the few people disturbed Zhang Qiquan, who was sleeping on the bed.
He coughed, opened his eyes and saw Fang Heng. He was startled for a moment, and then said in surprise, "Good boy, why are you here."
The two of them hunted together and did form a bit of a bond.
Fang Heng didn't talk nonsense. He flicked his sleeves and said, "Uncle Zhang, I will avenge you."
Zhang Qiquan's pupils were shaking and he quickly asked Liu Cui to stop him.
"Don't be impulsive." Xu Mo also pulled his brother back, "Let's listen to what Uncle Zhang has to say first."
Zhang Qiquan glanced at Xu Mo gratefully, then looked back at Fang Heng, and said earnestly, "No matter what, they are all brothers after all. I have been working hard outside these years, and my parents have relied on them to take care of me. I owe them. "
So after earning twenty-five taels of silver, I was willing to share it with my family.
But I didn't expect that these two families were so greedy that they didn't want to leave any money they earned.
"So I will let them bully my aunt?" Fang Heng asked.
Zhang Qiquan was silent again.
If it were him, it would be fine if he felt a little wronged, but Liu Cui could not be implicated, she was innocent.
"Perhaps, they didn't mean to succeed so hard, but they were just...accidental." Zhang Qiquan defended in a low voice.
Fang Heng was almost going crazy. The man who killed tigers so neatly and beautifully, and who loved his wife as much as she wanted him to, took the money and bought her a hairpin as soon as possible, turned out to be a foolish and filial man.
He was about to run away.
Xu Mo coughed and pulled his third brother.
Chang Yan, who was on the side, smiled and took two steps forward, "Uncle Zhang used to have sound limbs and could barely protect Aunt Cui'er. Now he is lying on the bed with a broken leg. If another evil person knocks on the door, what will Aunt Cui'er do? ?”
As if to cope with the situation, Liu Cui covered her face and choked up.
Zhang Qiquan's expression wrinkled, and he finally said, "No... no, the eldest brother and the second brother will never do this again."
"Really?" Chang Yan smiled again, "Then let's make a bet with Uncle Zhang to see if they will come later, okay?"
"If Uncle Zhang wins, we will pay these ten taels of silver for you."
"If Uncle Zhang loses, just take Aunt Cui'er and fly away."
