Seeing Kong Yinfan holding on to him, Kong Yinjing's face sank.
"Second uncle, are you not giving us the five acres of water we promised to irrigate our fields?" Kong Shangyun, who had been standing nearby, suddenly interjected.
After hearing this, Kong Yinjing said with a dark face: "There is no such thing as five acres of irrigated fields, only five acres of dry fields."
"Didn't we agree on five acres of water to irrigate the fields?" Kong Shangyun asked again.
However, Kong Yinjing looked at Kong Yinfan and said, "If you don't want these five acres of land, you can do whatever you want, but there is no water to irrigate the fields."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Kong Yinfan, who was holding the field deed in his hand, looked very ugly.
He suspected that his family's five acres of irrigated land had been replaced by Kong Yinjing's five acres of dry land on the east slope, because most of the saline-alkali land on the east slope was under Kong Yinjing's name.
"Dad, is it true that the water for irrigating the fields is gone?" Kong Shangyun asked his father
Kong Yinfan gritted his teeth as he watched Kong Yinjing leave.
But he knew that he could not afford to offend Kong Yinjing, and he also understood why the other party did not send the land deed to his daughter when she got married.
"Go home." Kong Yinfan lost his mood and went to the ground, then returned to the yard with a hoe.
Kong Shangyun had no choice but to come back with him.
Five acres of irrigated fields in the west depression turned into five acres of saline-alkali land on the east slope. Kong Yinfan and his family could only swallow this loss, even if they sued the clan elders, it would be useless.
Because my daughter married a family far away in Datong, and was taken away because of the watering of the fields, the gloom in my heart became heavier. For several days, there was no smile at home.
Although the harvest in saline-alkali land is not good, for their family, it is the only land that belongs to their own family, so they still have to plant it.
Kong Yinfan decided to plant beans in the saline-alkali soil of Dongpo. He and his son would have to work harder and water more. Fortunately, they would be able to get a small harvest and not even be unable to earn back the seeds.
But this makes people even more tired. Not only do they have to take care of the rented family farmland, but they also have to work hard to take care of the five acres of saline-alkali land. Kong Yinfan and his son go out early every morning and don't come back until dark.
After a few days, everyone seemed to lose weight.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
There was a knocking on the window frame outside the window.
"Who is it?"
Kong Yinfan, who had just gone to bed and lay down, asked. He put on his clothes and picked up a wooden stick beside the eaves of the kang.
"It's me, Master Kong. I'm Xing Yun. We just met a few days ago."
There were voices outside the window.
The woman on the kang looked at Kong Yinfan and asked in a low voice: "Who is Xing Yun? I don't remember that there is a family named Xing in the village."
The woman who has lived in the village for nearly twenty years knows that all the people living in the village are members of the Kong clan, and none of the men has a foreign surname.
"It's the guard who took our daughter away. Don't let anything happen." Kong Yinfan hurriedly got off the kang, put on his shoes, lit the oil lamp on the table, and walked out the outer door.
However, he was also on guard and never let go of the wooden stick in his hand.
After pulling out the latch behind the door of the outhouse, Kong Yinfan first stretched out the oil lamp in his hand and shined it under the window, trying to see clearly the faces of the people outside.
By the faint light of the oil lamp, it turned out to be the guard sent by his son-in-law.
Then, his heart sank.
The guard came back, but his daughter was not there. His first thought was that something had happened to her.
"Mr. Kong, I'm disturbing you so late, can I come in and talk?" Xing Yun saw Kong Yinfan approaching and whispered.
It was getting dark, so Kong Yinfan was naturally unwilling to let such an outsider into his house, but thinking of his daughter's safety, he still let him into the outhouse.
"Did something happen to my daughter?" Kong Yinfan asked hurriedly as soon as he entered the room.
Xing Yun shook his head and said, "Miss Kong is fine. I came here specifically to take Mr. Kong and his family out of here and go to Datong."
"What? Are you taking us away?" Kong Yinfan was stunned.
I thought that the other party came back because of his daughter's affairs, but unexpectedly, he came back to take their family away from Qufu together.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Xing Yun said: "I have seen it during my time in Qufu. Mr. Kong's family is not living well here. It is better to go to Datong with us and not have to endure the pain of separation."
"Did your boss ask you to take us away?" Kong Yinfan asked.
Xing Yun nodded and said: "Yes, our boss has promised that as soon as Miss Kong leaves, Master Kong and his family will be taken away together."
"Here, let me think about it." Kong Yinfan did not agree immediately.
He didn't even know what his son-in-law did, let alone leaving the place where he had lived for half his life to seek life in a strange place.
Xing Yun said: "With the ability of our boss, Mr. Kong and his family will have no worries about food and clothing when they arrive in Datong. Even if they want to farm, they can allocate ten or twenty acres of land for farming. It is all their own land and there is no need to rent. You don’t have to pay much taxes, and your life is more promising than in Qufu.”
"My daughter is really okay?" Kong Yinfan asked again worriedly.
Xing Yun said: "It's okay. Miss Kong is fine. If Mr. Kong is worried, he will see Miss Kong when he leaves here."
"This matter is too big, please let me think about it."
Since his daughter was fine, the other party might really want to take their family away, but Kong Yinfan did not agree and decided to decide whether to leave after discussing with the rest of the family.
Xing Yun didn't expect to take him away today, so he said, "I'll come back tomorrow night. Master Kong, don't forget to pack your bags. I'll take your family away tomorrow night."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Kong Yinfan to speak, he turned around and retreated from the room, disappearing into the night.
Kong Yinfan was left standing alone in the outer room for a long time. Only when a cool breeze blew by did he come back to his senses.
He quickly closed the door and returned to the east room.
"Did something happen to my daughter?" The woman asked worriedly while sitting on the kang.
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Kong Yinfan blew out the oil lamp, returned to the kang, and said, "My daughter is fine because of other things."
"What else can I do besides my daughter?" the woman asked puzzledly.
After all, my daughter had just left for a few days, so there was no way she could arrive in Datong so soon.
Kong Yinfan whispered: "Our son-in-law sent his men to take us to Datong."
"Going to Datong?" The woman was stunned for a moment, and then said, "What are you going to do in Datong? I have never heard of anyone marrying their daughter, and the son-in-law has to take the old man away with him."
Kong Yinfan asked: "Then do you think we should go to Datong?"
"Why are you going to Datong? Are you going to be a burden to your daughter? I think we are living a pretty good life here. Don't we still have five acres of dry farmland? After all, it is our own property." The woman was reluctant to leave.
