Heyuan Town is a relatively remote town in the south, a few hundred years ago, it is a land of fish and rice with good weather and rain, but with the explosion of information, the economy is □□, this place is convenient and gradually backward, although it is not the kind of poor township in the northeast mountainous area, but it is not much better, the only desirable thing is probably that the scenery here is good, and the people are a little more human than the metropolis. But that's the way it is at most, young people don't want to stay in such a small place, and they all leave home one by one, and here gradually, there is also a little less vigor.

Hexi Village is a small village under Heyuan Town, said to be a village, in fact, there are less than 100 households, the location is not far from the town, because it is on the west side of the river, it has such a name.

On this day, the peaceful Hexi Village was bustling, and the doors of a dilapidated house were crowded with people, all with sympathy, schadenfreude, or senseless expressions on their faces.

Speaking of which, this family is quite famous in Hexi Village and even Heyuan Town, but of course, it is not because of any good things. Eight years ago, a husband and wife in this family had a car accident and were directly crushed into mud by a large truck.

The couple's surname is Xiang, and the two of them were in a car accident together, leaving a pair of sons, the eldest son was only eight years old at the time, and the younger son was not even a year old. The couple let go, but a pair of underage sons were raised by the only grandmother, not that they had no other relatives, but with such two sons, who is willing to raise them.

After so many years, these two children have gradually grown up, but they survived the old man, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person's grandma Xiang, but she couldn't hold it anymore, looking at the eldest grandson who had just taken the college entrance examination, and touching the little grandson who had just entered the first grade, Grandma Xiang really couldn't even feel at ease to die, she still had a young son, but since she married her wife and gave birth to her own son, she didn't even have a face-saving affection for these two nephews.

Xiang Grandma couldn't rest assured, thought about it, and finally thought of a way, she is now glad that her eldest grandson went to school early, and now he has finished the college entrance examination, although he is still underage, but on their side, he can also be regarded as a little adult.

Grandma Xiang grabbed her eldest grandson's hand and looked at the old man standing in front of the hospital bed stubbornly, with a hint of pleading in her cloudy eyes.

The old man who was staring at her tightly sighed, took a puff of cigarette, nodded in the end, and said: "Brother and sister Xiang, since you have decided, I, who will be my brother, will not let go, you can rest assured." ”

Hearing this, Xiang Grandma breathed a sigh of relief, reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth, and said, "Big brother, thank you." ”

The old man in front of the bed is the old village chief of Hexi Village, speaking of which, Xiangjia is the surname of Hexi Village, and most of the people in a village have this surname, and they are more or less related to each other.

Originally, the old village chief didn't want to take care of other people's housework, but the situation of Xiang's family was different, and under Xiang's pleading, he agreed to come down.

As soon as the words fell, a couple suddenly walked in quickly, followed by such a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, and they didn't care about the room of people, the woman opened her mouth and shouted: "Mom, we are late, you must get better, we are still waiting to be filial to you." ”

Hearing this, the faces of the people in the room were obedient, without him, this couple is really not a filial person, especially this daughter-in-law, who usually sneers at her mother-in-law, but at this time she is pretending to be a filial son and a filial daughter, but it is a pity that everyone in a village knows the virtues of both of them, and they don't know how to laugh at them in their hearts.

The woman didn't care what others thought, pulled her son to the bed, squeezed aside the young man who was originally squatting there, grabbed the old man's hand and said, "Mom, take a look, this is your eldest grandson Chen Bo, Chen Bo, call grandma." ”

The boy shouted reluctantly, and quickly withdrew his gaze, not realizing his mother's meaning at all.

The person who was pushed aside was the eldest grandson of the Xiang family, Xiang Ange, originally he didn't want to quarrel with his little sister-in-law, but seeing that she was grabbing the old man's hand lightly and heavily, he didn't seem to see the old man's frowning appearance at all, and couldn't help but step forward and pull her hand away: "Auntie, if you have something to say, you scratched grandma." ”

The woman's face distorted for a moment, but she couldn't care about him at this time, and she was about to speak again, but Grandma Xiang on the bed didn't know what she was thinking, coughed, and said, "Don't howl, I've been sick for so long, and I haven't seen you take care of it for a few days before." ”

The woman's face stiffened, and she hurriedly said: "Mom, I, I'm not busy with work, you also know that Chen Bo has good grades, and he will definitely go to college in a big city in the future, if he has no money, his future future will not be delayed." ”

Xiang Grandma glanced at Xiang Chen Bo, and sighed in her heart, they are all grandsons, in fact, she also loves Xiang Chen Bo, but this child has listened to his mother's words since he was a child, and his grandmother's family is closer than his grandmother's family, and he is even more estranged from her, and people's hearts are biased, compared to Xiang Chen Bo, who is not close, she is naturally more distressed by Xiang Ange, Xiang Antai brothers, who were brought up since childhood.

waved his hand to his grandmother, not wanting to listen to his daughter-in-law's explanation, and said lightly: "My future affairs have already been explained to you to Uncle Xiang." ”

Saying this, the woman's voice suddenly paused, and her eyes looked at the old people beside the bed, these are all very senior old people in the village, and their words carry a lot of weight, especially the old village chief, who is said to have some relationship with the leaders of the town.

Xiang Grandma rested for a while, glanced at Xiang Ange, who was looking at him with concern, and called the younger son who was standing aside to his side, before continuing: "The things left by your father have long been clearly divided when the family is separated, and this house is earned by Ange's parents themselves, and they have to keep it for their two brothers." ”

Xiang Yuan glanced at the eldest nephew who was sitting on the edge of the bed and had been holding the old lady's hand, and then looked at the little nephew who was standing beside them and wanted to cry or not, and also nodded and said, "Mom, I won't want this house." ”

To tell the truth, this house was built a long time ago, it was started when Xiang's parents got married, at that time the couple had no money, thinking about building a random one first, and then rebuilding a better one when they have money, so the house is very simple, and now in the village, I am afraid there are few more broken buildings.

Xiang and his wife came over in such a hurry, naturally they would not be worth a few dollars for a broken house and a house in the village. The couple glanced at each other, and the woman said: "Mom, we naturally won't fight over the eldest brother's things, but Chen Bo is also your grandson, so you can't be too partial." ”

Xiang didn't look at his daughter-in-law at his grandmother, but just looked at his son and asked, "You think so too?" ”

Xiang Yuan's eyes rolled slightly, probably noticing the disapproving eyes of several old people around him, so he just said: "What the hell the child said also makes some sense, Chen Bo is also surnamed An." ”

Xiang Grandma sighed, although she had long known that her youngest son was unreliable, she was still a little disappointed to see him being led away by his daughter-in-law.

She propped herself up a little and hurriedly said to Ange: "Grandma, don't get up, let's talk about it another day." ”

Xiang Ange was brought up by Xiang Grandma, the eldest son was still there at that time, and Xiang Grandma's life was also comfortable, and then the family changed dramatically, and this child simply became the reason for Xiang Grandma to live. Grandma Xiang has always been the most hurt is this sensible grandson since childhood, seeing his two eyes red, she is distressed, she only hates that her body can't survive, I'm afraid I won't see the day when this child gets married.

Xiang Grandma patted Xiang Ange's hand and said: "Things, what do I have, when your father died, the things that should be divided in the family have been divided, I am an old woman, and I don't have a pension like people in the city, when your eldest brother is still there, you can give some expenses every year, after your eldest brother dies, you can only take out the money." ”

This is not good, according to the rules of the village, the son is to support the elderly, although it was said that the old lady followed the eldest son, but the younger son has to give some food and money during the New Year's holidays. It's just that after the death of the eldest of the Xiang family, Xiang Yuan didn't want to take care of his two nephews, and he didn't even care so much about his mother, but it was just for the sake of face, which meant to give some food.

Xiang Yuan heard this, his face was really ugly, the woman in front of the bed was still talking, and Grandma Xiang had already said: "I really have a sum of money in my hand, which was exchanged for your life by your eldest brother and sister-in-law, and I want to keep it for Ang Antai as tuition, what, do you want to divide this money." ”

Xiang Yuan's eyes flashed slightly, but the woman's eyes were bright, you must know that eight years ago, the couple was killed together, and the truck driver lost a lot of money, at least 100,000, which was not a small amount at the beginning, of course, now that many years have passed, 100,000 seems to be not a lot, but for the people of Hexi Village, it is also a lot.

At the beginning, Xiang Yuan and his wife had the idea of this money, not to say that they wanted to do business, that is, to say that the child spent money on studying, and wanted to borrow it first, but Xiang Grandma knew the virtue of the younger son and his wife, and if this money was given to them, it would be a meat bun to beat the dog, and he gritted his teeth and did not agree, so he was not less unhappy before, but Xiang Grandma is an elder, and the couple is helpless.

Seeing this, Grandma Xiang immediately sneered, and said lightly: "I have already handed over this money to your Uncle Xiang, and in the future, the money for Ange and Antai's studies will come from here." ”

When the woman heard this, she was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Mom, we are Ang Antai's own uncle and aunt, how can we give the money to outsiders, besides, Ang Antai is still young!" They must not be taken care of. ”

Xiang Ange pursed the corners of his mouth, Xiang Antai was young, but he was more sensitive to people's feelings, and subconsciously grabbed the corners of his brother's clothes, and did not speak with tears in his eyes.

Xiang Grandma patted her grandson's hand and continued: "I have already decided, Anger is sixteen years old, and if you get your ID card and are about to go to college, you can save your worries." ”

Aunt Xiangjia quit, jumped up and shouted: "Mom, you can't be so partial, Ange Antai is your grandson, isn't our Chen Bo, besides, the eldest brother and sister-in-law have been dead for so many years, and the three of you don't rely on our family to help, otherwise, how much money can be left." ”

Hearing this, Grandma Xiang was so angry that she almost didn't come up in one breath, these years the youngest son has not even brought a piece of meat except for two bags of grain every year, and she has given the two nephews New Year's money every year, she now has the face to say this.

Xiang Ange was very frightened when he saw this, and he hurriedly smoothed his grandmother's back, and said in a loud voice: "Grandma, don't worry, don't be angry, don't scare me." ”

Aunt Xiang had to say more, but the old village chief next to him couldn't stand it anymore, coughed and said, "Chen Li, what do you mean by this, don't you worry about me as an outsider?" ”

Without waiting for Chen Li to speak, the old village chief continued: "The Xiang family and younger siblings gave me a total of 100,000 yuan, and every penny of this money will be used on the two small ones, and I will remember it clearly, and when Ange University graduates, I will return all the rest of the money to him." ”

Most of the old people present were good friends with Grandma Xiang, and naturally they couldn't get used to the unfilial Xiang Yuan and Chen Li, one of them sneered and said: "Who is an outsider, your surname is Chen, this is an outsider, we are all surnamed Xiang, and the village chief is still Ang Antai's grandfather." ”

Chen Li saw that several old people were angry, but she didn't dare to say anything, she was not afraid of others, but the old village chief had always had some prestige, and Xiang Yuan next to her also pulled her, and said: "Uncle, she didn't mean that, it's not that she is in a hurry, so she is open-mouthed." ”

The old village chief saw a lot of people, and he looked down on Xiang Yuan very much, and said lightly: "Is this what you mean, you know it in your hearts, I put my words here, this money is here, no one wants to take it, when I hand it over to Ange in the future, please come over and be a witness, see if I am greedy for a dime." ”

Most of the people in the village believe in the character of the old village chief, besides, the son of the village chief's family has made a lot of money over the years, and 100,000 yuan is a large amount for the Xiang family, but for their family, it is actually nothing, and they immediately expressed their belief.

Xiang Yuan's husband and wife's faces were ugly, and the old village chief made it clear that he wanted to get involved in this matter, and it seemed that the money would not reach them.

Xiang Yuan and his wife saw that they couldn't achieve their goal, and the old lady didn't seem to be able to die for a while, so they made an excuse to leave first, and they had no intention of staying to take care of them at all. The old village chief shook his head, making a fuss, and his grandmother's face became even more ugly, and the village chief took a look at it, and then took people out first.

When the people left, the room was quiet, Xiang Antai is only eight years old now, and he could hold back his tears just now, but now only his brother and grandmother who are close to him are left, and he couldn't help wiping his tears.

Grandma Xiang pulled her little grandson to her side distressedly, wiped his tears, sighed, and said forcefully: "Ange, since your village chief grandfather agreed, he will definitely do it, in the future, you listen to him more." ”

Xiang Ange's eyes were also filled with tears at this time, and he nodded and said, "Grandma, I know, don't worry, I will listen to the words of the village chief and grandfather." ”

Xiang nodded to grandma, and said: "In the future, there will only be you two brothers in the family, Ange, you have to take good care of Antai, don't let people bully him, Antai, you have to listen to your brother, don't learn from your uncle......"

After saying this to grandma, she couldn't support her deep sleep, and she never got up again, leaving only the two brothers to rely on each other.

Although Xiang Yuan is not filial, he has to manage his mother's funeral for the sake of face, if he refuses to do this, I am afraid that he will not be able to stay in the village in the future.

Xiang Ange didn't pay attention to his uncle's ugly face, he hugged his younger brother in his arms, crying uncontrollably, from now on, the grandmother who loved him the most was no longer there, except for his younger brother, he had no relatives.