Xiaoqinghe Village is a rural village under the provincial capital of S Province, about 20 kilometers away from the urban area and 7 or 8 kilometers away from the county seat directly under it.

This small village is backed by mountains and water, and the natural conditions are ideal for growing rice, even if this is a typical northern region.

Xiaoqinghe Village has been cultivating rice since the Ming Dynasty, and the rice grown has a unique and delicious taste, which is one of the specialties of the provincial capital.

There are more than 300 households in the whole village, which is a relatively large village in ten miles and eight townships. Looking at the scale, it's not even smaller than the town.

And because of the characteristic planting, the overall economic conditions of Xiaoqinghe Village are very good.

Although the village is rural and not close to the city, the houses in the village are relatively new red brick and tiled houses.

It is now 1987, and it has been nearly a decade since the reform and opening up.

The changes in Xiaoqinghe Village are also very significant, although the village's strong laborers have not yet gone to the city to work on a large scale, but when the farming season is slack in winter, they will go to the city to do some odd jobs.

There is rice at home, fish in the river, and some cash can be earned during the slack season, so the life of the villagers in the village is generally not bad.

But the best mix in the village is Zhu Maocai's eldest brother-in-law Liu Changshan.

In the mid-70s, when the whole people relied on tickets for food and clothing, he had already secretly taken the rice, vegetables and fruits picked in the mountains to the town to sell.

Quietly saved a lot of money.

After the reform and opening up, he directly opened a small shop in the town, specializing in selling grain, self-grinding sesame oil and various non-staple foods from Xiaoqinghe Village.

Because he worked early, sold good things, and the business was very prosperous.

In the coming year, the house in the village was overbuilt, and the two-story small western-style building stood out like a flock in the middle of a tiled house, which was magnificent and spacious.

Two years later, Liu Changshan bought houses in both the town and the county, and last year he rode back an imported motorcycle.

That motorcycle actually cost more than 10,000 yuan.

You must know that looking at the entire Xiaoqinghe Village, except for the Liu family and the village chief's family, all the savings of ordinary villagers may not have 10,000 yuan.

I can't save so much money in my life, but I let Liu Changshan ride under my ass, tell me, can the villagers be envious and jealous of Liu Changshan?!

Liu Changshan's parents are even more proud, holding their chests and heads up wherever they go.

Originally, Liu Changshan wanted to take his parents to live in the town, but the two old people were used to living in the countryside, and when they went to the town, they didn't know the neighbors on the left and right, so they had nowhere to show off.

And the residents of the town live well, and the parents of the Liu family want to be envied and complimented, but they can't find a suitable partner.

It's still good to be in the village, you don't have to spend money on food and housing, and when you're free, you go out to brag to others, and then you get a lot of envious eyes.

Another reason is that Liu Changshan also has a younger brother Liu Changhe.

Liu Changshan is out of luck, but Liu Changhe is just an ordinary farmer, with no skills, and his brain is not flexible enough.

In addition to farming, Liu Changhe can't do anything else.

Even when everyone went to the city to find work, Liu Changhe didn't go, there was no way, he was still timid.

People in the village once discussed: "Hey, the brains and guts of this old Liu family have all grown to Liu Changshan alone, look at Liu Changhe, obviously he and his brother crawled out of the belly of a mother, but they don't have the ability and courage at all!"

And parents are like this, even if they are not deliberately partial, they will subconsciously "rob the rich and help the poor".

The eldest son is doing well, but the second son is average, and the parents of the Liu family can't help but make up for the second son.

For example, Liu Changshan's small western-style building was originally a house he built himself after the separation, but because he bought a house in the town and opened a store, the family of three moved to the town, and the family's new house was empty.

Liu Changshan was filial and wanted face, so he asked his parents to move to his own small western-style building.

Liu's parents lived with the youngest son's family, and the eldest son asked them to live in a new house, but they didn't shirk and directly brought the younger son's family over.

Externally, the youngest son is here to serve the two of them.

In fact, the people in the village and Liu Changshan all understood.

It's nothing more than watching his youngest son have a bad day and wanting to pull him up.

Anyway, the eldest son's house is big, and it's a waste to put it if you don't use it, so it's better to let his brother help show the house.

In this way, the small western-style building became Liu Changhe's home, and Liu Changshan, the real owner, only lived occasionally during the New Year's holidays and when he came back to harvest grain.

In this regard, Liu Changshan didn't care too much, at least when the villagers said some sour words to him, he could still say happily: It's all my own brother, my house, it's nothing for my brother to live. Besides, I'm mainly for my parents!

Liu Changshan didn't say a word of superfluous words.

After a long time, the village has spread Liu Changshan's good reputation for being kind, filial, and making a fortune without forgetting his roots.

Don't look at Liu Changhe, who seems to be occupying the magpie's nest, but he is still very in awe of Liu Changshan, the eldest brother.

I may want to touch the light of my eldest brother, but I have never had the idea of occupying the small western-style building.

Nothing else, Liu Changhe is self-aware, and he knows that with his brain, he can't calculate his eldest brother at all.

Liu Changhe even understood that since the eldest brother dared to let him move in, he naturally kept his back hand, and he could easily get him out in the future.

Instead of thinking about how to calculate the boss's house all day long, it is better to take good care of your parents, and then have a good relationship with the boss, and in the future, the boss will definitely take care of him for the sake of his parents and brothers.

Liu Changhe understands it, but his wife and children don't think so.

Liu Changhe's wife is called Yu Yan, her father is the accountant of Xiaoqinghe Village, the famous iron abacus in the village, only he is old to the Yu family to take advantage of other people's family, and there is no time when others take advantage of his family.

What kind of parents you have, what kind of children you can teach.

Yu Yan has nothing else, only good at calculating, exactly the same as her own father.

At first, when she moved to the small western-style building, Yu Yan was still a little apprehensive and a little weak-hearted, but every two years she lived here, she regarded it as her home.

When Zhu Daniu, the main owner, came back to live for two days, Yu Yan didn't say anything in front of her, but she didn't talk much behind her back.

has listened a lot to her sons and daughters.

Parents should not think that children are ignorant and don't care if they say anything in front of them.

In fact, children are far smarter than adults think.

No, in the past few days, Liu Changshan has come back to harvest grain, and by the way, he also took his wife and children home to see.

Yu Yan was unhappy again, and scolded a few words angrily, all of which were listened to by her daughter Liu Miao.

Feng Che hugged his daughter, pulled his wife, and rushed to Liu's house like a gust of wind, Yu Yan was sitting in the yard washing clothes.

Raising her eyes and seeing Feng Che's family, Yu Yan secretly pouted: I have never seen such a shameless person, and they regard their old Yu family as a wronged boss all day long, and they ask for money and things, and they don't have enough to take advantage of!

It is said that the boss is shrewd, but Yu Yan thinks she is stupid, and she takes a daughter-in-law, but she has to support her daughter-in-law's family.

Raising a girl for the Zhu family in plain water, Yu Yan already has a lot of opinions, and then she saw Zhu Daniu supplementing her mother's family from time to time, and she was even more resentful.

However, shrewd people know not to show their emotions.

Don't look at Yu Yan's various opinions in her heart, when facing Feng Che's three people, she was smiling, "Oh, Maocai and Xiaoni are here." My eldest brother and sister-in-law just went out—"

"I know, they went to my house. ”

Feng Che glanced around and chatted with Yu Yan.

Anne's ears were sharp and her six senses were sharp, and she noticed a low whimper in a room on the first floor.

Her heart lifted, and she moved her ears, trying to discern the specific source of the sound.

"Second uncle, second uncle. ”

Feng Che found that the Liu family's parents were not in the yard, so he asked politely.

"My dad went to the wheat field, and my mom was in the house, so wait. ”

Saying that, Yu Yan stood up, wiped the water on her hands on her apron, and walked to the living room, shouting as she walked, "Mom, Maocai and Xiaoni are here." ”

Mother Liu had already heard Feng Che's voice, but she just didn't want to take care of it.

There is no mother-in-law in the world, and she likes her daughter-in-law to use her mother-in-law's money to supplement her mother's family, and Liu's mother is very unkind to the Zhu family.

But when people asked to see her, she couldn't pretend not to hear her anymore.

Hearing Yu Yan's shout, Liu's mother looked like she had just heard it, and greeted her with a smile, "It's Maocai, didn't your mother call your sister and your brother-in-law away just now?" ”

Feng Che said, "Nothing else, I'm just here to bring my family back." By the way, Laidi, why don't you see her?"

At the mention of Laidi, Liu Mu and Yu Yan's eyes flashed with unnaturalness.

Anne saw it all, and the uneasiness in her heart intensified.

"Oh, come on, she is playing with Miao Miao. Well, you wait, I'll call you. ”

Yu Yan thought of the things her daughter did, she was a little panicked, and she turned around and was about to find someone.

Mother Liu was also a little anxious, she didn't care about picking up the thorns of Fengche, and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Yu Yan, you go and bring Lai Di." ”

Anne rushed to Yu Yan, walked a few steps to a room with a closed door, and sure enough, it was a whimper from here.

Anne was so anxious that she forgot to control her strength, raised her foot and kicked it.

Click!

The thick wooden door was directly kicked to pieces by Anne, scaring Yu Yan and Liu Mu who followed closely behind.

Anne kicked down the door, looked into the room, and saw a scene that made her eyes crack—