Hu Er's face turned green, and he lost all the arrogance he had just now.
His uncle and aunt also looked disheveled, and said without giving up: "Sister-in-law of the Lin family, isn't your yard nice? Why do you have to go up the mountain to suffer like this?"
Old Mrs. Lin held her granddaughter in her arms and led the whole family into the stone house. She was always kind to people, but she didn't like dealing with lazy women. She didn't even look at her and said, "When I go home, do I need to explain to you?"
Aunt Hu choked and rolled her eyes disdainfully.
But her man had his big yellow teeth and looked greedily at the empty space in the room.
"Sister-in-law, you see there is still room in the house. Give it to three of us. We are all from the same village. Please help."
Lin Laoer led the ox forward and the ox breathed out a hot breath from its nose, which happened to hit the back of Hu Er's neck, startling him.
Under his hateful gaze, the old scalper bent his limbs and occupied the empty space just now.
Aunt Hu immediately became unhappy: "You guys from the Lin family are so unethical. No one has any land to live in. What's the point of bringing a cow in? Can an animal's life be more important than a human life?"
Lin Laoer glanced at her: "My cattle can plow the land, pull goods, and usually eat better than anyone else. Apart from my little niece, they are the most valuable in the family. Do you think the lives of the three of you are as important as them?" "
The villagers who were still watching the show behind him all agreed.
"An adult ox in the town can be sold for twenty or thirty taels of silver. It is as strong as two or three strong laborers. It can not only increase the family's production, but also add two acres of fertile land to the household registration. Whose family will not hold the cow as a treasure? "
"Members of Hu Er's family, how much money can you get for selling your bodies in town? How dare you brazenly boast that they are more valuable than cattle!"
Hu Er and the others were so annoyed that they couldn't say a word and left in a hurry.
Many villagers in the village who had not found a cave to protect them from the rain looked at the Lin family with envy or jealousy when they saw that the Lin family lived in a stone house.
Mrs. Lin walked out of the house holding an umbrella and nodded to everyone.
"Natural disasters are rampant, and we don't know how long this disaster will last. The wind is strong on the mountain and the weather is cold. Our family has discussed it and boils some cold-repelling medicinal soup for everyone every day. If the elderly or children at home have a fever, If you have a cold, you must be sent to me for treatment as soon as possible, and you must not delay the condition."
The villagers who were so jealous just now felt ashamed and secretly cursed themselves for being so petty.
Since the Lin family came to the village, they have solved many difficult and complicated diseases for everyone.
Knowing that the people in the village were poor, he even agreed to use grain as a deduction for gold and silver, which would have been absolutely impossible for any doctor.
The villagers immediately handed over their hands and thanked him. Although they were happy, they had other worries.
Nowadays, the crops in the fields are being harmed. Every household’s stored grain is soaked in water and washed away. The situation in the surrounding counties must be similar. The price of grain will rise rapidly by then. Who can be willing to use it as medical expenses? .
Mrs. Lin saw everyone's hesitation.
The poor spend their money wisely and do not dare to get sick, let alone see a doctor.
As the old saying goes, if you are short of everything, you will be free from illness, lest your wealth will be stabbed.
In these troubled and disaster years, human life is more homeless than duckweed, and more humble than catkins.
He sighed and said slowly: "The money for medical treatment can be paid on credit first. When our homes are rebuilt in the future and everyone has some extra money, it will not be too late to give it to our family!"
Everyone looked overjoyed and wished they could kneel down to thank Mrs. Lin.
Some promised to collect firewood for the Lin family, and some placed the dug wild vegetables at the door of the Lin family's stone...
The villagers looked at the Lin family with bright eyes. If anyone dared to talk about the good life of the Lin family, before the Lin family knew about it, they would jump out and tell the other person enthusiastically.
In the end, no one in the village was dissatisfied.
Cao Tongguang was the last to go up the mountain. He was responsible for counting the number of people going up the mountain to prevent anyone from being missed.
However, at the mountain pass, I saw Hu Er and his uncle and aunt peeking into the Lin family yard.
"Hu Er, didn't your family go up the mountain this morning? Why did you come down again?"
Of course Hu Er would not tell him that it was because he was kicked out of the stone house by the Lin family and he couldn't stand the cold on the mountain. He thought that there were houses at the bottom of the mountain that had not been washed away by the flood, and maybe he could continue to live there.
There are tiles above your head and walls around you. Isn’t it more comfortable than the wind and rain?
They chose over and over again, and decided that the Lin family house was the best.
"The water in Lin's house is not high, so why do they go up the mountain to join in the fun?"
"That's right, if they don't go up the mountain, we can still stay in the stone house."
Cao Tongguang knows best the virtues of Hu Er's family.
He was about to drive people away immediately: "Go, go, no matter how nice the house is, it's not yours. Everyone is staying on the mountain to take care of each other. Your family is out of line. If the flood comes and sweeps you away, will we save you or not?" save?"
Aunt Hu Er said twice: "What nonsense are you talking about? Our family is doing well."
Hu Er has always disliked Cao Tongguang, and now that he has become the village chief, the comparison among his peers makes him even more convinced that he is trying to show his authority.
"Chief Cao Da should go up the mountain and take a look. Half of the villagers can't find shelter from the rain. You, a new official, must not take on the responsibility of taking care of everyone. Otherwise, who will think highly of you?"
Cao Tongguang frowned, ignored Hu Er and others, and walked up the mountain.
As soon as he left, Hu Er immediately found a stone and smashed open the Lin family door.
Uncle and Aunt Hu Er walked in grandly and rummaged through various rooms, hoping to find some remaining food.
Who would have thought that the whole house would be like a bandit, with not even a blade of grass visible except for the four walls and the cement on the ground.
"What the hell, the cart that the Lin family brought up the mountain didn't look like much. Did they hide all the big furniture?"
Aunt Hu looked at the beams of the house, went to the backyard cellar, and checked the vegetable garden and chicken coop.
I'm sure there isn't even a hair on the huge house.
"Their family was afraid of being stolen, so they moved their position first." Uncle Hu put his hands behind his back and spit on the ground. "The Lin family came to our village for half a year. They only received food but not copper coins for medical treatment. I observed them for a long time. Yes, their family has at least saved this amount of food!"
Aunt Hu Er's eyes lit up when she saw her husband holding out five fingers: "Fifty pounds?"
"Idiot! Five hundred pounds!"
"Oh my god, it's impossible, right?"
Aunt Hu's eyes widened, her mouth widened, and she exclaimed: "How much space does five hundred kilograms of grain take up? Where can I hide five hundred kilograms of grain in this house?"
The three of them split up and started searching again, but they couldn't find the food hiding place until dark.
Hu Er sat down on the ground and said, "No more searching. Instead of wasting our energy here, we should squat and guard the Lin family. After they have finished eating the food in the car, they will definitely come back to get food. When the time comes, we can grab the sheep and don't have to worry about being hungry in the future." Belly?"
"It makes sense, Hu Er is still smart, hahaha..."
The three of them laughed proudly.
The wind and rain outside were getting heavier and heavier, and they had no intention of leaving. They huddled together on the kitchen stove to keep warm.
Thunder boomed in the middle of the night, and several streaks of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the dark night...
When Hu Er and others were awakened by the thunder, the water under them had already spread to the stove, only a little bit enough to wet the corners of their clothes.
"Old man! Old man! What should we do, are we going to be drowned here?"
Sister-in-law Hu Er's hair was disheveled and she was jumping on the stove like a madman.
The noise was so loud that I wanted to knock the stove down.
"Damn old woman, if you don't calm down quickly, the stove will collapse. Just wait until you are swept away by the flood to see the King of Hell!"
Uncle Hu was so angry that he slapped his wife in the face, grabbed her and stepped on the edge of the stove, and there was another thunder.
As the light came in through the window, the three of them finally saw the surrounding situation clearly.
At a glance, there is an endless expanse of water. Except for the sound of thunder and lightning and the sound of water rushing down the obstruction, the surroundings are silent and there is no sound of human beings.
