A flood in Yuzhou affected tens of millions of people.
Although local governments opened warehouses and released grain to help the people in advance, it was a drop in the bucket.
What's more, some governments colluded with businessmen, and the grain they released did not reach the hands of ordinary people at all.
Fertile fields were washed away, houses collapsed, relatives were injured or sick, and they had no money to pay for medical treatment. The people were miserable.
At this time, the news that a kind person came to distribute grain in Dahuai Village spread quickly to the border area between Yu and Xiang.
It seemed that a ray of light burst into the darkness, making the people excited and fascinated. Even if they did not get any benefit from it, they also had some hope in their hearts.
Just like when life falls into darkness and despair, seeing a light in the distance can give people a sense of hope... Wait, wait, maybe that ray of light can shine on them.
"Have you heard? Someone is putting grain out in Dahuai Village! I don't know where the good man came from. He brought several carts of rice and noodles there, and every household received grain!"
"You didn't hear all the news. You're not a good person. I heard that the grain keeper used to be from Dahuai Village! His family's surname is Su!"
"The Su family was implicated and exiled by relatives of high-ranking officials sixteen years ago! We also heard about this at that time, and we lamented that their family's fate was not good. Unexpectedly, sixteen years later, they returned home in glory!"
"It's a pity that we are far away from Dahuai Village. At this time, they have run out of food distribution. Besides, they are going back specifically to repay their kindness, so we can't catch them... Sigh."
"Let's wait a little longer. The current emperor is wise and will not leave me alone. Maybe the disaster relief food will come soon."
"No, wait a minute!"
Chenjia Village is right next door to Dahuai Village. Someone was delivering food there at noon, but the news had already reached here before the afternoon.
There is a farmhouse near the entrance of the village. Half of the yard wall was washed away by the flood. Even though the mess in the yard was cleaned up, the ground is still muddy.
Half-wet and half-dry firewood is stacked on the outer wall of the renovated kitchen. Opposite is the owner's main house.
There was a woman in the house crying and cursing.
"You bitch! There is only a handful of life-saving food left at home, and my wife is not willing to eat it! How dare you secretly take it back to your parents' house to eat! Damn you short-lived broom star! You have been married to my Chen family for more than ten years and you can't give birth to an egg. , and even brought trouble to the family! Why did our Chen family marry a bitch like you! You will not die!" The old woman howled, spitting out a string of extremely vicious curses.
Another slightly younger voice was not to be outdone, "Mom, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. Which of your eyes did you see me stealing food? I have been married to your Chen family for more than ten years and have never had a good life without saying anything. , what kind of shit basin is thrown at my head! I am not the only one in this family, who knows if someone is shouting to catch the thief! Chen De, you are a coward, you can’t even let out a fart when you see your mother-in-law being wrongly accused and tortured. Not a man!"
"Who are you calling a coward? He's not a man! Bitch! He is unfilial to his parents-in-law, disrespectful to his husband, lazy and a gossip! If I had known you were this kind of thing, I wouldn't have let you step into the Chen family's door! Just wait, I'll go and invite you Clan leader, come here! You should be soaked in a pig cage! You should be beaten to death with sticks!"
"Oh my God! This is going to push me to death! Okay, okay! I can't live anymore! Just hang me on the door with a rope! God is watching what you do, and God has eyes. If you torture your daughter-in-law and drive her to death, let me see who else dares to marry into your Chen family in the future!"
"Ade, what are you doing? Stop this bitch! Ho, ho, why did you marry such a house-wanderer! What evil has the old woman done! Even my son has turned away, oh oh oh! Old woman I can’t live anymore, I can’t live anymore, I’ll just hit Qingjing to death!”
A thin man walked out of the house and squatted down under the uncollapsed wall at the entrance of the courtyard. He covered his head with his hands in pain and looked at the mud on the ground with dull eyes. He was obviously less than forty years old, but he was full of staleness and was full of unbearable fatigue. .
The noise behind them continued without stopping.
The one who said he hit the wall didn't hit him, and the one who said he hung himself didn't take the rope.
He didn't know how many years he had lived like this.
On the other side of the muddy road, someone was walking and talking. It was a woman from the village who had returned from outside.
When they arrived at the door of Chen's house, whether intentionally or not, the women stopped and stood there talking loudly.
"Is the Su family really coming back to repay their kindness? Oh, this is indeed the way of the Su family! They are a very humane family! They are honest about their duties and always remember their kindness!"
"A few young men from the Su family personally said that they would return the favor, which made the people in Dahuai Village feel embarrassed. When the Su family was exiled, they just sent some of them away to provide the Su family with a handful of vegetables. No one expected that the Su family would treat these favors as kindness and keep them in their hearts for more than ten years!"
"When their family was exiled, they all thought that they would suffer a lot if they went there, and that they would never come back in this life. Unexpectedly, not only did they come back, but they were all beautiful and beautiful! They looked good and were well-dressed. Okay, speak and act openly and elegantly, this means you are doing well outside!"
"You haven't seen that the bags of rice that people bring are full! What's the price of rice in town now? Good white rice costs forty or fifty cents per pound! The worst brown rice costs more than ten cents! The rice that people bring All the rice that comes here is good, and a bag costs a few taels of silver, my God!”
"It's a pity that my son was born two years late. If I hadn't gone to the Su family on his behalf to propose marriage to their Xiu'er family! What a good person Xiu'er is? What a good family the Su family has! What a pity!"
"I heard that the children of the Su family brought a miracle doctor back and cured Su's two father-in-laws! That was a disease that even the doctors in the town couldn't cure! Now people in Hejia Village and Liujia Village have brought a miracle doctor back with them. I am going to seek medical treatment for those who are sick at home!"
"Is it true? My baby has been feeling sick these days. I don't know if he is sick. Oh, I'm going to go to Hejiacun and take the baby to have a look!"
"This is no joke. Come on, stop nagging and go back!"
The sound of footsteps left.
The man squatting at the foot of the wall moved his eyes when he heard the word "Xiu'er". He slowly and sluggishly raised his head, looking at the direction in which the women were leaving, and then towards Dahuai Village. His eye circles suddenly turned red.
The noise in the room behind him also stopped, and soon a woman rushed out. She had white hair and red eyes, panting. Her old face looked a little distorted because of the excitement, "The Su family is back? How many cars did you buy? grain?!"
Chen De quickly lowered his eyelids, not wanting to look at the greedy face, and whispered, "Mom, the Su family has nothing to do with our family, and we can't use their food."
"Why can't I get involved?! Their Su Xiu'er is the wife of my old Chen family! Even if she is divorced, she must respect me as her mother-in-law!"
"It's not divorce, it's reconciliation." Chen De suddenly didn't want to stay here anymore, so he got up and left, "There is no dry firewood at home, I will go find firewood."
"What are you looking for? Come back to me! Ade? Ade!"
The man walked away and didn't seem to hear the call from behind.
It's just that his back is getting more and more stooped.
