After glancing at his daughter, Zhang Tianzheng took a sip of food and drank wine before he spoke, "This matter has to start with the mountain I just contracted." Two years ago, a flood disaster flooded several acres of fertile land at home, and I thought that my family would have to get some side jobs and earn more income to make up for the loss. So I took a fancy to the hilltop land of Jiang Youwei's family, and wanted to plant fruit trees and hickory trees after the contract, so that I could have more extra money when the harvest was harvested in the future. ”

"That Jiang Youwei saw that I was going to contract the mountain, and at first I felt that I had the money to sell the land and make a lot of fun, so I spent thousands of yuan to contract the mountain. We cut down the woods on the hill and burned them, and then fertilized and planted the fruit trees bought from Hengtian Town, but when we were planting, Zhang Sheng accidentally found a few unusual stones, these stones are very beautiful, at first I thought it was a work of art left in ancient times, and then I went to identify it to know that it was a jade mine, and it was sold for more than 20,000 yuan. ”

"Jade mines?" Xiao Qiang was a little surprised, thought about it and said, "Is it Huang Huayu?" ”

"Yes, it's the ore of Huanghuayu, my father and I thought we had found a vein at first, so we wanted to secretly find someone to come to explore, if there is really a vein of Huanghuayu buried on the mountain, then the family will send it." Zhang Sheng continued, "But it's a pity, after inviting someone to explore, I came to the conclusion that there are no ore veins on that mountain, and it was pure luck and luck to find those huanghuayu ores." ”

"I see...... So since there are no money-making stones on the mountain, why don't you make it clear to the Jiang family? Xiao Qiang was puzzled, "The two families in the village don't look up and look down, it's better to get along with each other if they are too stiff." ”

"Grandson, if the Jiang family is really what you say, then it's good to be reasonable!" Zhang Tianzheng sneered disdainfully, "Do you think they will believe us if there is nothing valuable on the mountain when we sue the Jiang family?" They already know that we have made more than 20,000 yuan by selling stones, and they will not believe any more facts. Besides, it's clear that I've been contracted for 50 years, so why should I let it go? After more than two years, the fruit forests and hickory forests we planted at the beginning have matured, and they will soon be able to bear fruit and sell for money. ”

"Yes, Xiao Qiang, and I accidentally found two ores when I went up the mountain to weed recently, although there are no ore veins on this mountain, but there are still some ores stored in zài, why should I give them to those people in the Jiang family for nothing?" Zhang Sheng was also indignant, "The people surnamed Jiang bully us in the village on weekdays, and they have always been domineering and scoundrels, so we won't be so good to them!" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qiang basically understood, and said a little blamed, "Uncle, didn't I say it, you found that the ore was secretly sold, why did you leak this news?" No matter how you explain it now, I'm afraid that the Jiang family will think that there is a treasure on the mountain. ”

"Hey...... Grandson, do you think we don't know what the character of those people in the Jiang family is? How could we possibly talk about this? Zhang Tianzheng sighed helplessly, "Speaking of which, it's all your uncle's good deeds!" I Zhang Tianzheng don't know what sins I created in my last life, raising such a delicious and lazy beast! ”

As soon as he heard that this matter was leaked by his uncle, Xiao Qiang couldn't help but be a little curious about this uncle, but because his grandfather was in a bad mood, he also knew that now was not the time to ask.

Soon, the people at the table stopped discussing this topic with interest, Zhang Tianzheng's mood gradually improved, and after a few glasses of liquor, he was even more excited to draw a wine fist with Mayor Qi, until one o'clock in the afternoon, this meal can be regarded as eating and drinking, and the family reunion is very enjoyable, even Zhang Cuihua made an exception to drink some liquor, and her face was full of happy smiles. After all, it feels good to be home......

After eating, my grandmother and mother took the initiative to clean up the already messy dining table. Mayor Qi took his second uncle Zhang Hua to get up and say goodbye, after all, they still have to go to work in the afternoon, and township cadres are also cadres, so it's not okay to skip work. Grandfather Zhang Tianzheng was already a little high, but his mind was still a little sober, he took a puff of the Chinese cigarette that Xiao Qiang gave him, sat in the yard and drank tea and sighed, "Is it a good smoke...... It's much better than the bad cigarette I usually smoke. Good grandson, I forgot to ask you, the good car parked at the entrance of the village outside is yours? ”

"No, it's my friend's, borrowed to open it." Xiao Qiang smiled and told the truth, of course, with his current economic strength, it is naturally not a problem to buy a car.

"Oh, I said, I haven't seen you in the past few years, how did you become so rich." Grandfather Zhang Tianzheng smiled, and suddenly sighed a little, "Xiao Qiang...... I can see that you young man will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future, but whether you are rich or poor, you must not forget your mother's goodness, she has suffered enough for you, you must be filial, you know? ”

"Don't worry, grandpa, I will not only be filial to my mother for a lifetime, but also to you for a lifetime!" Xiao Qiang smiled and said, "By the way, grandpa, when our family was in difficulty, my mother seemed to ask you if you borrowed money, right?" I brought the money and I'm ready to give it back to you. ”

"What else to pay back, I gave the money to your mother, why do you need to pay it back!" Zhang Tianzheng glared at Xiao Qiang and said, "You kid, it's not okay to use money indiscriminately, you have to save it, you know?" You don't have to pay back this money, it's your grandfather's pocket money. ”

"Then what's going on, grandpa, this money must be returned!" Grandfather's words made Xiao Qiang's heart feel warm, once upon a time, when he saw the ugly faces of those relatives of the Xiao family, he always felt that relatives could do so ruthlessly for money, but now look at his grandfather's practice, who is good and who is bad is simply judged.

"What's more, I'll turn my face if I say this again!" Grandpa stiffened his face and said, "If you have a heart, just go back to the countryside to see me, you know?" Okay, don't say these useless words, go, I'll take you out for a walk. Aren't you looking for that old Chinese medicine doctor in the mountains? I remember someone who should know his whereabouts. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qiang and Zhang Jingyi's eyes lit up. In addition to accompanying her mother to meet her grandparents and her family reunion, the purpose of coming to Jiang Village this time was to accompany Zhang Jingyi to find the old Chinese medicine doctor in the mountains and obtain the formula for making Chinese herbal masks, so that Melinda's company could be brought back to life. Seeing that his grandfather Zhang Tianzheng said this, naturally the two of them couldn't ask for it.

Soon, the two followed Zhang Tianzheng out of the courtyard and walked along the village path towards the village to the east. Don't look at Jiang Village is an underdeveloped mountain village, but in fact, there are still a lot of households, many villagers here are in ancient times to escape the war and relocated to immigrate, so the background is very complicated, there are everywhere, except for the local surname Jiang, other people with foreign surnames were originally not from this village, so they are particularly united. This is also the main reason why Zhang Tianzheng dared to fight against Jiang Youwei.

After walking on the village road for five or six minutes, and came to a thatched house built on a small hillside, Zhang Tianzheng took the initiative to push open the courtyard gate built by the fence and walked in, shouting as he walked, "Old Niutou, are you at home?" ”