The old house is a two-entry courtyard, a blue brick and tile house, Yan Zhen's grandfather used to be the landlord in the village, but Mrs. Yan is not the kind of bully landlord, so he didn't suffer much after liberation, and the house yard was retained.

In the past, Yan Zhen's father lived here, and then his father went to Kyoto, so he asked his eldest brother to help him take care of the house, and then his wife came back to live for a few years when he was pregnant, leaving Yan Zhen, and when Yan Zhen got married, his wife became pregnant, and he also brought his wife back, gave birth to Xiaoyu, and lived for seven or eight years, and then he entered the city and rarely came back.

However, the old lady of the Yan family said to Xiaoyu that when Xiaoyu gets married in the future and gets pregnant and gives birth, she will also return here to give birth!

The old house of the Yan family has always been empty, leaving Yan Zhen's family to live, no matter how many years it has been empty, the furniture inside is spotless, and someone cleans it every day.

Now living in the old mansion with Mrs. Yan is the eldest son and the fourth son of Mrs. Yan. The old man's five sons and two daughters, all of whom did not go out in the village, were farmers facing the loess with their backs to the sky, relying on farming and selling vegetables to support the whole family, and when it came to Xiaoyu's generation, there were a total of seventeen children, the eldest was married and had children, and the youngest was only three years old.

Xiaoyu took out the things that he brought in the car, as well as the candy he bought from the supermarket just now, a group of children were not interested in any high-end pastries, but they drooled over those gummies, and the eldest aunt took the bag, two for each person, no one was partial, and sent everyone away, and the rest was handed over to her daughter.

"Xing'er, put these in the cupboard and lock them up, and give them two more tomorrow!" the eldest aunt handed half a bag of candy to her daughter.

Xing'er is thirteen or fourteen years old, with a slender figure, big eyes and a small mouth, and she looks delicate but a little malnourished.

"Hey!" Xing'er responded obediently, and just wanted to leave, but Xiao Yu stopped her, took out a canvas bag, and said to her: "Eighth sister, when I came, grandma asked me to pack some clothes, most of which I haven't worn yet, you are about to catch up with me and get a little thinner, there should be a suitable one, you take it and wear it!"

"Thank you, Fifth Sister!" Xing'er smiled very politely at Xiao Yu, holding candy in one hand and a canvas bag in the other, and walked quickly towards the back room.

The eldest aunt also took two pieces of candy, peeled off one and stuffed it into Mrs. Yan's mouth, and the other one ate it herself, chewed it, and said to Duan Chen and Xiaoyu, "You bought it in Yan Youqing's store on the street, right?

As soon as he mentioned this little language, he was angry, looked at his aunt and said, "It's just that supermarket! It's so tricky, no wonder no one is there! And when I entered the village, he actually asked me for a toll of 100 yuan! Auntie, who are those people?"

He is the head of the village, and he has used Phoenix Mountain to make personal business, and now the richest person in the village is their family!"

A young woman with a child in her arms came over and snorted and said, "Our village is now divided into poor areas and rich areas, and the ones on the other side of the street are all rich areas, and the houses they live in are different from ours! Those people are all Yan Youjun's brothers and sisters!"

The eldest aunt said to Xiaoyu: "This is your brother Jincheng's daughter-in-law, called Lamei." Last year, her mother's family came over, and they were cheated by Yan Youqing's father and son for more than 500 people, and now they don't dare to go to our village!"

Lamei gritted her teeth and said, "Yan Youqing, these bastards, someone will clean them up sooner or later!"

Duan Chen looked at his eldest aunt and said, "In other words, the toll booth at the entrance of the village was only made by Yan Youjun, the village chief, and the money collected belongs to them, and will not be used in the village?"

That bastard just relied on himself to be the village chief, and his uncle was the mayor of the town, lawless, and used Phoenix Mountain as a tool for him to make a fortune, asking for money when he entered the door, and asking for money when he went up the mountain, so that now tourists don't dare to come!"

The eldest aunt sighed and said, "It's okay if you don't come, anyway, we still grow our vegetables, and it doesn't matter to us whether we come or not!"

"Why doesn't it matter? In the past, those tourists came to play, and they brought a few handfuls of vegetables back by the way, saying that they wanted to taste this original ecology. It's good now, no one is coming, our food can only go to Suicheng to live is Yancheng, the price is cheap, and we can't make a few dollars all year round!"

Xiao Yu said a little strangely: "My dad seems to send money to his hometown every year, why don't you build a better house to live in?"

The eldest aunt was a little ashamed, opened her mouth and didn't speak, and Lamei on the side said with a straight face: "Mom, Uncle Sangou's daughter is not an outsider, so there is nothing to hide! Now our family is the big family with the most land in the village, despite this, it is only to maintain food and clothing, you don't see those who can't even afford the land, life is really not a human life!"

The child in her arms made a fuss, and Lamei did not shy away from it, so she directly lifted her clothes and breastfed the child in front of outsiders.

Xiao Yu blushed and secretly glanced at Duan Chen, but found that he was just frowning slightly and listening to the words, there was nothing abnormal in his expression, he looked at Lamei and said, "Does it take a lot of money to contract land?

Lamei said angrily: "What kind of collective, that is, Yan Youjun and his own, the contract fee for one mu is 1,000 yuan, who planted it? When he became the village head, he asked for 100, and then two years later it rose to 500, and now it is even more of a lion's mouth, asking for 1,000 all at once! If it weren't for the fact that Uncle Sangou is a big boss in the city, and he hasn't forgotten the people in his hometown, and he helps to give money, our family can't afford to live on the land, and we can't feed the whole family!"

Xiao Yu didn't expect that the rape field that she saw in the car was exactly the same as in her dream, and there was such an expensive transaction behind it!

This is only the cost of contracting land, as well as the purchase of seeds, fertilization, harvesting, and so on, and all aspects require money to be smashed in, and no amount of money can be filled into this big hole! It is no wonder that Mrs. Yan's family still lives in such an old house!

"What do those who can't afford to farm live on?" Duan Chen frowned and continued to ask.

Lamei gritted her teeth and said: "What else? Just give Yan Youjun's family as a coolie! Carrying water and food on the mountain, selling it to those tourists at a high price, and Yan Youjun collects the money earned, and gives those coolies a little labor fee, which is 30 yuan for a trip, and it is good to earn 100 yuan at most if you can run three times a day!"

The eldest aunt said on the side: "There are also people who go out to work, and when they come back with the money they earn, they want to build a house and buy good furniture, but they are all stopped by Yan Youjun, and they want to keep these old houses, saying that they are maintaining the original customs and people's customs, and what kind of original ecological living environment." If you want to build it, you can go to the West Street side and buy land, where the price of land is more expensive than that in the city, who can afford to buy it?

"Now if you want to prevent Yan Youjun from being squeezed, you can only earn money outside, and the whole family will move out! But how many people can really be like Uncle Sangou, who can be a big boss? How big a house do you have to buy? How much does it cost? So few families can really move out, and everyone is living like this, and they are used to it!" Lamei sighed, put down her clothes, gently shook the child, and coaxed him to sleep.

Xiao Yu gritted his silver teeth in such a tone, clenched his small fists, and said to the eldest aunt and Lamei: "You just let him do evil in the village? Sue him! Dismiss him! This kind of person will only make himself fatter and fatter, and the whole village will become more and more miserable!"

"Alas, child, you are not in the village and do not understand the situation. How can we sue the mayor of the town is his second uncle, where can we sue? Before he could investigate, his second uncle had already suppressed the matter, and the person who sued him was treated as a psychopath and sent to the town's mental hospital!

Lamei also gritted her teeth and said: "When it comes to casting, the village committee is all from his family, dare not vote for him, his son will take his family to your house with a machete to smash and chop, Yan Erbao's leg was cut off by Yan Youjun's son Yan Jishan because of this, and it cost more than 200,000 yuan for treatment alone, Yan Youjun's family didn't pay a penny, it was all borrowed by Yan Erbao's family, and the account has not been repaid until now, and at the end of last year, Yan Erbao's wife hanged herself!"

"I'm going to sue! These brutes are simply lawless, do they still think they are the emperor?" Xiao Yu felt that his head was about to explode, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and was about to make a call.

The eldest aunt grabbed her hand, shook her head and said, "Child, don't be impulsive, you can't control this matter, if you provoke Yan Youjun's people, it will stick to you like a dog skin plaster, and you can't get rid of it!"

Lamei also showed a desperate look, sighed and said, "In Xiaoyan Village, he Yan Youjun is the emperor!"

"Even if he is the real emperor, I will pull him off the horse, not to mention that he is just a soil emperor! A small village chief, who gave him the power and courage to be such a cheap Xiaoyan village? I can make him step down with a phone call!" Xiao Yu took his mobile phone to dial the number, but was held down by Duan Chen.

"Master, can you bear this thing? This is my hometown, these are my relatives, how can I watch them being bullied, oppressed, and watching them suffer?" Xiao Yu looked at Duan Chen with tears in her eyes, and wanted to remove his hand, but Duan Chen looked at her arm casually, but she couldn't move.

Looking at the time, Duan Chen smiled and said to Xiaoyu and the eldest aunt: "It's not early, let's go up the mountain now, we may have to live on the mountain tonight!"

"How can this be done? I finally went back to my hometown, and I had to have a meal before leaving!" the eldest aunt hurriedly retained.

Lamei also nodded and said: "The food at home may not be as good as that in your city, but it is not those families who can't open the pot, there are all kinds of vegetables and meat, and it is also appropriate to have a meal with the grandfather, right?"

"Master!" Xiao Yu also shouted at Duan Chen dissatisfied.

Duan Chen directly let go of his hand and said to his eldest aunt and Lamei: "Okay, then let Xiaoyu accompany you more at home, I haven't seen you for so many years, let's talk more, I'll go up the mountain by myself!"

As soon as she heard this, Xiao Yu's face changed, although Duan Chen's face could not see joy and anger, but she seemed to feel that the master was angry in her heart, all her dissatisfaction and complaints were gone, only the fear that the master didn't want her anymore, and hurriedly said to the eldest aunt and Lamei: "Auntie, sister-in-law, I can't eat at home anymore, I want to accompany my master up the mountain! Grandpa, I'll come to see you when I come down the mountain, I'll go first!"

Seeing that she couldn't keep it, the eldest aunt didn't keep it anymore, but said regretfully: "Then you should be careful, the car will be placed here, and the family will show you a good look!"

Duan Chen turned his head directly, looked at her and said, "Is there any other place to put the car?" I don't like to put the car too close to the old mansion!"

"What do you mean?" Lamei was reluctant, looked at Duan Chen and said with a complaining face: "When you get home, you don't have to eat a single meal, and you don't even have a car at the door of your house? Our rural people's food is dirty, right? If you can't get used to it, you can leave, and we won't talk about it, why are you even dirty in the countryside? Are you afraid of dirty your car? Or are you afraid that our children will break it for you? Don't worry, although our rural children are wild, they are not monkeys, and no one dares to touch such a valuable car!"

Duan Chen didn't explain, just looked at them with a smile. The eldest aunt sighed, pointed her hand forward, and said to him, "Then you can go to the barn!"