In the far suburbs of the coastal area, Huayuan Village, a subordinate of Fuli Township, although the name is very good, is an out-and-out poor village.

There are many reasons for the formation of poor villages, and unlike Liuyagou, which is conservative to its own school, the poverty of Huayuan Village has a lot to do with its backward and conservative folk customs.

The people of Longyuan Province are good at buying money and face, and this is especially true in rural areas where the concept is relatively backward.

Along the way, when Xiao Jie seriously introduced the entire situation of Huayuan Village to Lin Qing and Li Yu, the two of them couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation.

Huayuan Village is shaving in the soil, and when the year is good, each family is a little less than ten acres of land, and in a year, in addition to the cost and tax, there can be 10,000 yuan of income left.

Ten thousand yuan was not rich at the beginning of the century, but it can never be said to be poor, but Huayuan Village still has this other custom, that is, some traditional and old-fashioned "rules".

The old-fashioned rules will inevitably lead to backward thinking, regardless of the rest, only a single wedding and funeral, the daughter-in-law must take at least 100,000 yuan of the bride price, and some more face-saving, no 200,000 yuan.

When the old man dies, he has to do a lot of work, and it will cost him a capital of one or two hundred thousand yuan if he doesn't make a trip.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Lin Qing asked himself, if he didn't count the domain name he invested in and the working capital in his brother's company, relying on the hard work of his father and mother for so many years, would he still have a deposit of 100,000 yuan at home.

But a wedding and funeral in Huayuan Village will make such a big fuss, it is conceivable that the Dai family sent Dai Xiaomo to college, not to mention the "fingering" of the same villagers, even if it is his own family, I am afraid that he has indeed lost a huge "financial resource".

Don't say that the power is not powerful, the Dai family has a son and a daughter, and his son will spend that money to marry a daughter-in-law, if the daughter does not marry, where will the son's bride price come from?

But in this way, it is obviously not enough to rely on the family to farm, so many young people in the village rushed out of the village, and most of them went to Binhai City or the surrounding counties to work for subsidies.

When the young people are gone, the efficiency of the old people in farming will be lower, and over time, those who have the ability will want to take the old people away.

And the rest, in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are only some village men who have no big pursuits and eat all day long.

Under the vicious circle, life is getting worse and worse.

Walking along the dirt road at the head of the village, there are rows of dilapidated and even many obviously uninhabited yellow mud houses that have collapsed for a long time.

When Dai Xiaomo, who actually came to the school to register, his address, several people's hearts were cold.

Xiao Jie has been handling cases all year round, Lin Qing fought abroad in his previous life, of course, he has seen a worse purgatory on earth, and their biggest headache now is how to convince Dai Xiaomo's parents in this situation.

And Li Yu is completely different.

He talked to Dai Xiaomo about friends for nearly three years, but he only knew that her family was poor, but he didn't know how poor it would be.

In front of the three of them, in a small courtyard with a fence made of crooked wooden stakes and hemp rope, a well, several bundles of hay and branches piled up one by one, just in the corner against the wall, there was a lonely one, only a small bag of fertilizer, which was covered with dirt, and it could be seen that it had been used for a long time, but it was still not used up......

Looking further inside, there was a dilapidated yellow mud house, with cracks in the mottled walls, just at the corner of the eaves, and there were two tree trunks straight there, and it was obvious that it could collapse at any moment.

Don't think about it anymore.

The small door of the courtyard and the small door of the room are just symbolic two wooden planks that have long been split and can no longer be split, not to mention the thief, I am afraid that a little bit of force can be directly smashed by it.

"Uncle, aunt, I'm Lin Qing of the University of Technology, Li Yu and I, and Captain Xiao of the criminal police team have come to see you!"

There was really no way, Lin Qingzhen was hard-headed and stood outside the small door and shouted hello.

This is the case in the countryside, knocking on the door is definitely not as convenient as shouting, and it is just this small broken door, don't knock it on your own without paying attention to it, and you have to repair the door for others.

"Auntie, uncle, are you at home?"

After a long while, seeing that there was no movement in the door inside, Lin Qing couldn't help but shout again with some suspicion.

Still no response.

"Eh~ Their family won't be back, right?

Lin Qing couldn't help but scratch his head a little.

If you come all the way from the coast, and they don't go back to the village at all, then isn't this oolong a big problem?

"Hmm~ probably not. ”

However, Xiao Jie on the side shook her head slightly.

"I said yesterday that they came to withdraw the case, and the withdrawal process would have to go for a few days, so let them find a place to live first, but they thought that the accommodation in the city was expensive, so they didn't say that they would go back to the village and wait for a while, and they specially confirmed with me for a long time, so I don't think they should be there. ”

"Squeak~"

As he was talking, there was a sudden knock on the door, and sure enough, the small door of the earthen house inside slowly opened weakly, and an old body slowly appeared in front of the three of them.

"Uncle, let's ...... Forehead ......"

Almost instinctively, Lin Qing went up to say hello.

But as soon as he spoke, Lin Qing's heart trembled fiercely, and he grinned, but he couldn't make any sound.

Dai Xiaomo's parents he had seen before!

But look at the "old man" who opened the door at this time, his figure was thin and stiff, his cheeks were sunken and his eyes were dull, and he trembled faintly when he walked aisle.

After glancing at everyone with blank eyes, he turned around slowly and weakly, and beckoned to several people in an almost faint voice.

"The door is unlocked, come in......"

"Hey, it's done!"

Looking at the other party's step-by-step figure, Lin Qingzhen wanted to go over to help but was a little afraid to do so, for fear that if he walked faster, the wind he brought up would blow the other party to lie down.

Dai Xiaomo's home, if it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "four walls of home", with yellow mud walls on all sides, a stove and a pot next to it, and a clay kang made of yellow mud next to the stove, in addition to these, not even a basin can be seen.

"Yo, Captain Xiao is here, it's Xiao Mo's business, is there any news?"

As soon as a few people entered the house, Dai Xiaomo's mother's voice suddenly came from the side.

At this moment, all three of them were startled, and they hurriedly turned their heads to look only to find that in the place by the window at the door, under the sun, a weak body, wrapped in a blanket, with a sallow face and dry hair, but the two eyes were shining, staring at the three people who came in.

"Captain Xiao, can my daughter's case be canceled?

Dai's mother's voice was so excited!