The eldest cousin is seven or eight years older than Zhang Jiaqiang. When he was a child, he often held him and sang children's songs.
In his impression, his eldest cousin was a woman with white and delicate skin.
But now, her hair is messy, her face is dusty, and her figure is stooped, like an old woman.
Although it was early autumn, there were still many chapped hands on her hands. As they contracted and contracted, the cracks opened and closed to reveal the fresh flesh under the skin, which was heartbreaking to watch.
Obviously, these are the results of years of hard work, washing, rinsing and soaking in cold water.
How much abuse did the eldest cousin suffer?
Zhang Jiaqiang's heart felt like a needle pricking his heart, and his eye circles were red.
"You're back!" The brother-in-law greeted him and reached out to take the wash basin, "Give it to me, give it to me!"
However, before his hand touched the wash basin, the old woman suddenly yelled.
"Have a rest, you have to dig herbs at night, you want to die!"
"To raise a daughter-in-law, besides giving birth to children, you also have to work. Why else would you raise her? She can't eat meat!"
The useless brother-in-law was so frightened by the scolding that he ran into the house and hid.
The cousin was struggling to carry the big wooden basin. The people didn't even have a helper, and they looked at her with contempt and ridicule.
With a clang, the big wooden basin was blown away by Zhang Jiaqiang, and all kinds of wet clothes fell all over the floor.
My cousin was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down to pick up those clothes.
Zhang Jiaqiang pulled her up, held her hands and roared angrily.
"You guys move out of this yard immediately and go wherever you like!"
The old woman's face changed, she pointed at Zhang Jiaqiang and shouted, "You are a nephew and a dog, but you can still be the head of the Wang family. Your hair has not yet grown, and you dare to chase away relatives and ask your uncle to speak!"
Zhang Jiaqiang smiled coldly, turned to Zhigang and said, "Go and call a few people to move for them. Throw everything out for me. Wangjia Village does not accept relatives like this!"
The two women who were looking after the children outside started yelling at each other when they entered.
"Little bastard, who do you think you are? You drove us away, and the whole valley is pointing at your spine and scolding you!"
"Oh, the Wang family is chasing away relatives. Come and comment, isn't this a bastard?"
"No beast can do such a thing, where does this bastard thing come from!"
The middle-aged man who had just been drinking porridge with his brother-in-law came face to face with Zhang Jiaqiang, pinching his waist.
This guy smacked his yellow teeth and yelled, "You little bastard, you go and ask around, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tie Zhu carried the guy to the yard and beat him up like a rat to death.
"If you continue to scold me, I won't hit the elderly or children, but you still dare to talk mean words!"
A burst of screams came from outside the door, frightening the faces of several women in the room to pale.
The old woman looked at Zhigang with pleading eyes, "Village chief, you beat someone and you don't care? Do you still have Wang Fa?"
Zhigang rolled his eyes, "In this village, he has the final say. You guys, you've done enough these days, so hurry up!"
The whole family held their heads and cried.
"Where can we live? Let's go, okay!"
"It's okay to let me go, why should I be given another 200 kilograms of grain?"
"There are old people and young people here. We don't dare to do it anymore. Please forgive me this time!"
Zhang Jiaqiang is not moved at all. Poor people must be hateful. The reason why these people are in this situation is entirely their own fault.
If they were just acting recklessly and being nice to their cousin, Zhang Jiaqiang would definitely not be so heartless at this moment.
They don't think of their cousin as a human being anymore, how could they even recognize this relative?
Zhang Jiaqiang, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Liang took their cousin and her children to comfort them.
Zhigang called several villagers and Tiezhu drove out all the old and young people in the family.
The honest cousin-in-law also walked out with his head hanging down. When he was leaving, he looked back at his cousin reluctantly, without saying a word.
Zhang Jiaqiang grabbed him back and said, "What are you doing, planning to divorce my cousin?"
Cousin-in-law Dashan waved his hands repeatedly, "No, we won't leave. My parents are gone. I don't have the shame to live in my father-in-law's house. Let Linghua take the baby here. My nephew and dog will eat at grandma's house for a few days and no one will say anything. I’m not that shameless!”
Linghua pulled Zhang Jiaqiang and said with a pleading look in her eyes, "Jiaqiang, this is all the idea of my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Your brother-in-law is not a family man, so there is nothing you can do to stop him. Hey, you, just let him stay." Well, he is strong enough to work..."
Zhang Jiaqiang had no intention of letting his brother-in-law leave.
He said in a deep voice, "You don't need to go there. The autumn harvest is about to begin. There are few people here to help. You will live in this yard. When you get back, let Zhigang get you a few acres of land. Live a good life here!" "
Linghua cried with joy, someone finally treated her as a human being.
Dashan groaned and said, "What should I do with my parents!"
Zhang Jiaqiang was so angry that he could have kicked him a few times if he hadn't been in front of his cousin.
Zhizheng was sincere and pulled Dashan to the door and said.
"They won't starve to death. I arranged a straw hut for them to live in and got dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes, enough for them to eat for a few days. When you have food after the autumn harvest, just send them home!"
Dashan nodded in agreement.
Zhigang said, "Go back and tell your villagers that we need to build a canal here. If you don't want to go hungry next year, send someone to help. Then we will bring you some water. Don't always think about eating your relatives in the autumn wind. Shame on you!”
"Hey, hey, I, I can't say..."
Zhigang lost all his energy for a long time and was so angry that he almost vomited blood!
Zhang Jiaqiang and his cousin cleaned his nephew together and coaxed him to sleep.
Zhang Jiaqiang said, "I will take care of my nephew from elementary school to university. You and your brother-in-law will have a good time in the mountains. If you want to go out, ask Xiao Zhen to contact me. I will make arrangements for you wherever you go. I will never let you fall on the ground!"
My cousin had tears in her eyes and kept nagging, "I can't trouble you, I can't be so troublesome."
At this time, Dashan tentatively walked in the door, not daring to look at Zhang Jiaqiang standing in the corner with his head hanging down, like a primary school student who was forced to stand.
Zhang Jiaqiang took out a pack of cigarettes and handed them to him, saying pleasantly.
"Does my brother-in-law have any other skills besides farming?"
Dashan trembled and took the cigarette case, but he was so clumsy that he couldn't open it. He said naively.
"I, I can also collect medicine and feed pigs..."
Zhang Jiaqiang sees that he is not very old, he looks like he is twenty-seven or eighty-year-old at most. He seems to be younger than his cousin. He should be able to learn things at this age.
"Brother-in-law, do you still want my sister and nephew to live a good life?"
"Yeah, I can only dream about it, but, I don't have the ability!"
"Then go and learn, learn to drive, learn technology, whatever you want to learn, I will arrange it for you!"
Dashan's eyes were filled with joy, "Well, I'll listen to you..."
Zhang Jiaqiang returned to his parents' courtyard that night to spend the night, and left Xiao Zhen 1,500,000 project funds early the next morning.
In addition to paying for the canals, the money was used to build villas and compounds.
Zhang Jiaqiang specially asked that before building the villa, a basement should be dug underneath.
Now that he has more and more valuable things in his hands, he also plans to find a few places to store them in scattered places, which can be regarded as reserved for emergencies.
Everything was arranged here, and Zhang Jiaqiang set off and headed straight to Qindao.
"Honey, please wait impatiently, I'm coming!"
