The ancestral house of the Ding family is located in the northeast of Shanghe Village, a three-entry compound, in front of the houses built of loess and thatch, the Ding family compound is particularly eye-catching, but this can only be regarded as a medium-sized family in Shanghe Village. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are only a few high-class families in Shanghe Village, and just a few hundred acres of fertile land are enough for a poor family to live for a lifetime even if they break their legs in a year. With money, how can you live in a poor village like Shanghe Village? These people are called landlords.

The sunset is halfway up, the dusk falls, the big table in the main hall of the Ding family compound is full of people, and the dinner is also set on the table early, it looks very rich, even the pork and chicken that only appear in the New Year's festival have it, but no one moves the chopsticks.

"Big brother, the sun is going to set, and it's getting dark if you don't eat!"

The person who spoke was Uncle Ding Dawei, fat and fat, dressed in a gorgeous robe as if he was a fat outsider. Now I have opened a small hotel in Beiqucheng, and I eat too many good things at home, so it's strange if I don't get fat.

Sitting next to Ding Dawei was his wife Wang, who was about the same age as Ding Dawei, probably in her forties, wearing a bright red Confucian skirt, and her face was smeared with a thick layer of rouge, similar to a white-faced person. The whole body is covered with gold jewelry from head to hand, and each piece is probably worth a lot of money.

There is also a little fat man sitting beside Wang, the son of his uncle Ding Dawei, who is about the same age as Ding Xiaolei, and his physique is like a round ball.

Ding Dacai, who was sitting in front of the middle of the big table, held a dry cigarette in his hand, took a puff of smoke into his mouth and spit it out, and then said: "Wait, Pingyi should be on the way, and he will be there soon!" ”

Don't look at the big Bo Ding Dacai is not as good as Ding Dawei in terms of clothing, but he is a small landlord in Shanghe Village, with more than thirty or forty acres of fertile land under his hands, and his annual income is not less than a hundred taels of silver, otherwise how can he supply a warrior with four layers of internal strength?

Da Boding Dacai not only has a son Ding Pingyi, but also a daughter Ding Pingxiang. In Ding Xiaolei's memory, the children of Da Boding Dacai bullied him a lot.

It's ridiculous to say that the eldest uncle has a lot of money every year, but he can't help but let his aunt Zhang come to his house to borrow something, either salt or rice; Sometimes he would borrow money, under the pretext that Ding Pingyi needed a lot of silver to practice martial arts, and the family's money was poor and there was only a house left. In Ding Xiaolei's eyes, these excuses are not as good as even three-year-old children, and only his honest father Ding Daniu will believe it.

Next is Ding Xiaolei's family, it can be said that the three families are sitting together, the three of Ding Xiaolei's family seem to be very shabby, everyone is coarse linen, and the family is kept at the food and clothing line, and the big Boding big wealth and the little uncle Ding Dawei are incomparable.

When Ding Xiaolei first came to this world, he also wondered why there was such a big difference, and kept knocking on the side from his mother Zhao, and concluded that his grandfather and grandmother were particularly eccentric when they were there. When I was a child, it can be said that all the heavy work in the family was done by my father Ding Daniu alone, but the eldest uncle Ding Dacai and the younger uncle Ding Dawei studied in a private school, which also led to the father Ding Daniu not knowing a single big word, so he could only grow crops.

This is still a trivial matter, the Ding family has always left more than 50 acres of fertile land on the ancestors, and left a will before the grandparents died, more than 20 acres and the ancestral house were left to the eldest uncle Ding Dawei, 30 acres were left to the younger uncle Ding Dawei, but his father Ding Daniu only had only four acres.

Father Ding Daniu was originally an honest person, since the old man made a will, no matter whether it was reasonable or not, of course he obeyed it honestly. This almost caused his father Ding Daniu and his mother Zhao to almost get along.

Judging from these conditions, Ding Xiaolei has to wonder if his father Ding Da Niu was raised, otherwise there would not be such a big difference.

"Ding Xiaolei, you just sweep the streets in White Horse City, why do you have to come to my house with a broom, it's really unlucky!" The person who spoke was Ding Pingxiang, the daughter of Da Boding Dacai, and I saw her looking at Ding Xiaolei with disgust.

"That's right, Xiao Lei, it's not the eldest aunt who said you, why do you always carry a broom, such an obscure thing quickly put it outside, how can you bring it in for dinner?" Zhang waved his hand again and again, as if he was chasing flies.

"What's wrong? My son will also let you take care of the broom! Zhao's face has not been very good since he came into the ancestral house, and when he saw Zhang's mother and daughter disgusted with their son so much, they suddenly became angry.

"Xiao Lei, don't say a word!" Ding Da Niu immediately pulled Zhao Shi, and then said with a stupid smile: "Big brother, I'm sorry, Xiao Lei is like this!" ”

Zhao turned his head a little angrily, Ding Xiaolei smiled, "Auntie, you can't put down the broom, my master said that the broom is there, and the person is there; If the broom dies, the person dies! ”

Everyone in the Ding family looked at the broom behind Ding Xiaolei in a daze, wondering in their hearts, why is the head of the Wu Tianwu Pavilion so strange that he still needs someone to carry a broom? What else is said that the broom is there, and the people are there.

But more ridicule, Ding Pingxiang pursed her lips and muttered: "I think your master said this because he was afraid that you wouldn't sweep the streets, right?" The face of our Ding family has been smeared by your second room! ”

"That's right, that's right!" Ding Shouyi, the son of Uncle Ding Dawei, echoed and said: "The last time I saw Ren Xiaolei sweeping the streets in White Horse City, it was so chilling that I didn't dare to call him when I saw him!" ”

Ding Xiaolei only felt funny in his heart, he didn't dare to call him when he saw it, but he remembered very well that when he was sweeping the street, this cousin Ding Shouyi took a few people to him and introduced it, saying that this is my second uncle's son who swept the street, and took the lead in throwing garbage on the ground after the introduction.

If it weren't for the carefree old man by his side at the time, he really wanted to beat this round cousin.

"I said, second sister-in-law, you still don't want Xiao Lei to go to the Wu Tianwu Hall to practice martial arts, he is not that material. Otherwise, go to Dawei's hotel, just now the hotel lacks a miscellaneous! Aunt Wang covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled, looking as if she was doing good for Ding Xiaolei.

"What do you say? Ask my son to do your chores, you think it's beautiful. My son is not the material for practicing martial arts, so your son is a ball at most. I can tell you, my son was personally invited by the head of the Wu Tianwu Pavilion to practice martial arts, or was he taught for free, why is it not the material for practicing martial arts? Zhao stood up in annoyance and pointed at Wang for an explanation.

"Xianggong, you see that I was just for Xiao Lei's good, and my second sister-in-law said so, I was wronged!" Wang covered his face with a handkerchief, and leaned on Ding Dawei as if he was very scared.

Ding Dawei patted Wang's shoulder, looked at Zhao and said, "Second sister-in-law, Shouyi is also for Xiao Lei's good, look at what Xiao Lei has learned in White Horse City in the past three years?" I can only sweep the streets, so it is better to go to my hotel to help the helper for a few years, and if I open another hotel in the future, Xiao Lei can also go there to be a big shopkeeper. ”

quietly watched the performance of the uncle's family, and sneered at Ding Dawei's words, saying that it sounded good to help him for a few years, and let him be the shopkeeper of the newly opened hotel in the future; If he doesn't open a new hotel, then he will continue to do it for free, is he really stupid?

"What a stinky fart, you really think I don't know what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd! I want my son to help you with chores for free, go dream!! "The Zhao family didn't give anyone face, even the Zhang family dared to beat back then, and even Ding Dacai dared to scold.

"What a woman's opinion!" Ding Dawei shook his robe heavily.

"Enough, the family finally sat down for a meal together, do you need to be noisy?" Ding Dacai said in a deep voice, the Zhang family on his side couldn't wait to watch a good show, but it was a pity that this good show ended so quickly.

Ding Da Niu hurriedly pulled Zhao and motioned to sit down, and Zhao sat back in his seat with an unhappy face, humming in his heart.

At this moment, an abrupt voice sounded, "Daddy, I'm back!" ”

Everyone looked at the gate together, only to see a young man wearing a white robe standing at the gate, holding a long sword in his right hand, the young man smiled, and walked towards the main hall with a handsome and dashing look, this person is Ding Xiaolei's cousin Ding Pingyi.

Ding Xiaolei pursed his lips, and said in his heart that this is nothing awesome, but he is holding a sword and wearing a white robe, so he thinks he is a master. Then he's carrying a broom, isn't that more forceful!!

Ding Pingyi stepped forward, held the long sword in his hand, gave a salute, and called Daddy. Then he nodded at Ding Dawei's family, but he didn't nod to Ding Daniu's family, Ding Daniu didn't feel anything, but Zhao's heart was uncomfortable, didn't he look down on his own family?

"Good, good, good!" Ding Dacai shouted three times in a row.

"Pingyi, you are now in the fourth layer of internal strength, I'm afraid that Uncle Beiqucheng will need you to take care of it more in the future?" Ding Youwei said with a smile.

"This is certainly, if the uncle has any use to find his nephew!!" Ding Pingyi responded with a smile.

"Pingyi, I didn't expect you to have four layers of internal strength at a young age, but it's a good thing!" Ding Da Niu usually doesn't talk much, but today his nephew is still very happy to become the fourth layer of internal strength.

"Hmm." Ding Pingyi just responded coldly, which was very different from the tone that replied to Ding Dawei before.

Ding Daniu was stunned, and then smiled stupidly, not thinking that there was anything wrong with Ding Pingyi like this.

Zhao's face on the side became darker and darker, and finally he couldn't help but say: "Pingyi, how can you say that Xiao Lei and his father are your second uncle, how can you speak like an outsider?" ”

Ding Pingyi glanced at Zhao, chuckled, and didn't pay attention to Zhao, but looked at Zhang, "Mother, my horse is still outside, wait for me to lead the horse and come back for dinner!" ”

Zhao's face darkened, his whole body couldn't help but tremble with anger, Ding Xiaolei's heart sank, and he hurriedly held his mother Zhao's trembling hand, Zhao turned his head to look at him, he found that Zhao's eyes were moist, as if he was about to cry, and his heart couldn't help but hurt.

"Okay, there you go!" Zhang covered his mouth with a handkerchief to hide his smile.

Ding Dawei and his family pretended to be stupid, as if they hadn't heard what happened just now, now Ding Pingyi is a fourth-layer martial artist with internal strength, although it is nothing in Beiqu City, but for ordinary people like them, the status is quite high.