Zhang Xing took Zhang Jinbao to leave Zhang Shuisheng's grave and went to Li Dahe's house, where Li Dahe's mother-in-law Li Youshi was boiling water in the kitchen with her youngest daughter Li Jinlian on her back.

This year, the water in Quantang Town receded late, the harvest in the field was not satisfactory, and various taxes were extracted as usual. Li Dahe's family also returned home on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year.

Li Youshi heard the voices of people at the door, and when he saw Zhang Xingzhang and Jinbao, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Come in, come in, it's windy outside." ”

Zhang Xing led Zhang Jinbao into the house, took out a bag of dried fruits and a bag of pastries that had been prepared in the baggage, put them on the table of the Li family, and said with a smile: "Auntie, this is the snack I brought for Sister Jinlian, I don't know if she likes to eat it?"

The Li family's cauldron is now boiling some messy miscellaneous vegetables, all of which are leftovers from others

, Some of the things that Zhang Xing brought were indeed common in the years when there was no shortage of food and clothing, but at the moment, it was very rare for the Li family.

Li Youshi's thin face turned into a smile, and he sat down with Zhang Xing in his hand, and said, "You kid, what are you doing so politely?" Last time, too, if you lose your money, you will leave, and you can't pull it, and today you will send these again, so that your aunt doesn't know what to say." ”

Li Jinlian was only three years old, smelled the aroma of pastries in the paper bag, and struggled to reach for it, because she was still on Li You's back, naturally she couldn't reach it. When Zhang Jinbao saw it, he touched a piece of sesame cake from the paper bag with his feet, stuffed it into Li Jinlian's hand, and said, "Here you go." ”

Li Jinlian ate her hands and face, and she was getting more and more about coming down. Li Youshi and Zhang Xing were talking about village affairs when they saw their daughter making a fuss. So he untied his backpack and put his daughter down. continued to talk to Zhang Xing.

"Xing'er, don't worry. Although Li Zheng has been here a few times, there are not many households in our village that have paid all the taxes, and your family does not have much land, even if the town wants to forcibly take out the head, it will not be your family's turn. Li Youshi said.

Although Zhang Shuisheng left Zhang Jinbao only two or three acres of land and a vegetable garden, this is also the foundation for Zhang Jinbao to return to Lizhuang Village after he became an adult. Zhang Jinbao is still young when he comes, and he is not here, and secondly, the Zhang family's taxes this year have not been paid. If the village judges these few acres of thin land of the Zhang family as terra nullius. And when I took it back, there was no place for that chapter of Jinbao to return to its roots in the future.

Zhang Xing went back to Lizhuang Village this time, just to find out how many families in Lizhuang Village had paid taxes, and if there were too many people to pay, she had to take out the little savings she had on hand and then think about saving some money. But if she doesn't pay much, she naturally wants to follow the public.

Zhang Xing listened to Li You's words, her heart was slightly relieved, and she asked again: "Does my aunt know that Uncle Ludao Village Chief is not at home?" Although she planned to follow the crowd. But you have to talk to the head of Lizhuang Village, after all, they are orphans and widows, and they are weak, if someone wants to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them. The first thing that came to mind must be them.

Li Youshi looked at Zhang Xing more and more carefully, and nodded, "Yes." You go and talk to the village chief, and I'll let Jin Lian's father go with you. And he was repairing a hedge in the garden. Apricots, sit down for a while. I'm going to call him back. ”

Zhang Xing hurriedly stood up and said, "Auntie, no need." Since Uncle is busy, I won't bother him. ”

"What's the trouble or not? It's just going with the two of you, what's the matter? Xing'er, sit down. My vegetable garden is not far away, and he can hear me when I shout at the door. Li Youshi held Zhang Xing down and said.

Zhang Xing sat down and said with a smile, "Thank you aunt and uncle." ”

Li Youshi waved his hand and instructed his daughter: "Jin Lian, you just play with Brother Jinbao, and my mother will call your father back." Li Jinlian and Zhang Jinbao are about the same age, and they are playing energetically, so they don't raise their heads.

Li Youshi went out and turned a corner, called Li Dahe back, and told him about Zhang Xingzhang Jinbao's arrival at home, and sighed: "How can you say that Xing'er is sensible? ”

Li Dahe said as he walked: "What is this? I heard that Brother Shui Sheng was beaten to bedridden when he was fleeing, and it was thanks to this girl that he survived to the bottom of the line." Although I got a serious illness when I got home, at that time, it was difficult for an adult to survive, let alone a child, with a seriously ill adult, just think about how difficult it is to know how difficult it is. This girl thinks about everything so thoroughly at a young age, and the Zhang family is afraid that she will have to hold her up in the future. You can't underestimate it, we should treat each other well and reasonably. ”

"Do you still need to say this?" Li Youshi said with a smile, "Otherwise, what am I calling you back for?"

When the husband and wife returned home, Li Dahe wiped his hands and said with a smile: "Xing'er is here." You said you, come here, what are you doing with these things?"

Zhang Xing smiled and said, "But it's not a good thing to give Jin Lian a little snack to satisfy her hunger." ”

Whether it's a good thing or not depends on the time.

Li Dahe smiled and wiped his hands, and took Zhang Xingzhang Jinbao to the house of Li Fushun, the village chief of Lizhuang Village. Zhang Xing took out a bag of dried fruits and a bag of pastries as usual, and put the things on the table, Li Fushun's silent face couldn't help but smile, and said that Zhang Xing should not be polite. When it came to the matter of Zhangjia's acres of land, Li Fushun did not submit the tax, only nodded and said: "Although Jinbao does not live in our Lizhuang Village now, he is also a person from Lizhuang Village. ”

There are many families in the whole Quantang Town, and the Zhang family has just a few acres of thin land, which is given to people, and people may not be able to look at it, after all, no matter how good or bad this land is, it is necessary to pay taxes.

Zhang Xing got the letter, put her mind at ease, thanked her repeatedly, and left Li Fushun's house, because she saw that it was not early, she insisted on pushing down Li Dahe's invitation, and led Zhang Jinbao to Weijiazhuang, walking a section of the back, when the sky was dark, the two of them arrived at the boundary of Zhanghe Town, walked along the river bank for a while, and met Wei Yunhai who came to greet them.

The three of them went home, Ye Hexiang cooked at home, Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu were taken to Zhanghe Town by Uncle Fu, and the house was much quieter. The four of them ate and rested.

The next day, the family got up early, Ye Hexiang changed into newly made clothes, and went to her mother's house in Buhe Village with Wei Yunhai and Zhang Xingzhang Jinbao. Zhang Xing didn't have a good impression of her uncle, who she had never met, and didn't want to go to Buhe Village, but Ye Hexiang was in her first year of marriage, so she had to go back to her parents' house, Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu were not at home, so she couldn't be at home alone.

The New Year's greeting Ye Hexiang has been prepared early, and now in the next year, the mother's New Year's greeting is some dried fruit cakes. Zhang Xing also brought one of the rabbits she caught in the woods, but it was not for Uncle Ye, it was for a big family of the Ye family in Yinhe Village.

Zhang Xing had already heard Ye Hexiang say that the reason why she was able to survive on the way to escape was because she borrowed the autumn breeze of this relative of her family, followed her into Yuxian City, and relied on people's help, so she survived with Zhang Jinbao.

Ye Hexiang's parents are long gone, the only brother, that is, Uncle Ye, his full name is Ye Changsheng, more than ten years older than Ye Hexiang, there were three sons and two daughters in the family, but there was a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses in the middle that failed to grow up, and now there are only two sons and one daughter, the eldest son has married a wife and had children, and the daughter has also married, and the younger son is only one year older than Zhang Xing, named Ye Changhe.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Uncle Ye's daughter Ye Changyue, who married out, also took her nine-year-old daughter Hu Lan'er and seven-year-old son Hu Hai back to her parents' home. The Ye family's courtyard has added left and right wings, and there are five rooms, and the house is full of people, and there are many children, running in and out, noisy, and not quiet for a moment.

Not long after Zhang Xing entered the courtyard, she was grabbed by Ye Changhe by the hair and asked, "Yellow-haired girl, aren't you dead?"

The house was full of people, Zhang Xing couldn't help it, so after rescuing her hair, she took Zhang Jinbao to the side. Who knew that Ye Changhe still didn't let him go, and caught up with her to grab her hair. Zhang Xing turned around sharply and glared at him fiercely.

Ye Changhe didn't expect that Zhang Xing, who had always been timid and cowardly, would glare at him so fiercely, and he was stunned for a moment. Uncle Ye's eldest grandson, Ye Youcheng, was chasing out of the house with his grandson Hu Hai, and he didn't notice it for a while, knocking the stunned Ye Changhe to the ground.

Uncle Ye has always doted on his son, Ye Changhe was first glared at by Zhang Xing, his soul was undecided, and he fell again, and immediately cried.

Uncle Ye was pulling her daughter Ye Changyue to talk in the room, and when she heard her baby son crying, she immediately snatched it out, hugged her into her arms, and coaxed: "My son, which one didn't hit you with long eyes?"

After Ye Changhe's eyes flickered on his nephew Ye Youcheng, he immediately turned to the side, pointed to Zhang Xing, who was about to go out with Zhang Jinbao, and said, "It's her!

Zhang Xingzheng felt that his head was dizzy from the noise, and he thought about simply pulling Zhang Jinbao out of the house to go around, but he didn't go out yet, first he was pulled by his hair, and then he was drunk by someone who said "stand still". When he turned around, he realized that he had been framed.

Sister-in-law and sister-in-law generally have contradictions, not to mention Ye Hexiang, who is used to playing tricks and treachery, and Uncle Ye, who is calculating, the contradictions between these two people can be traced back to decades ago.

Uncle Ye knew that her sister-in-law didn't like the two daughters, and after drinking Zhang Xing at the moment, she raised her hand and was about to slap her.

How could Zhang Xing let her hit? Seeing that her eyes narrowed, she knew that her way was not good, and before she could raise her hand, she hurriedly took two steps back.

Uncle Ye slapped the air, and scolded in annoyance: "Dead girl, dare to hide?"

Where did Zhang Jinbao see this formation, and he was so frightened that he burst into tears. Zhang Xing was distracted, her face was swept by Uncle Ye's fingers, and she suddenly felt hot and painful. She was very angry in her heart, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw the bundles of wooden sticks stacked on the wall next to Aunt Ye, so she pretended to be in pain and paused to pull the straw rope tied to the firewood.

She moves extremely fast, with front and back cover. The bundles of firewood on the wall were pulled from the ropes, how could they not fall?, and all of a sudden they all rolled down. (To be continued......)