Zhao Siniang, who was very disciplined, insisted on walking to Jiangjiatan, but she still seriously hindered the speed of Zhao Yongzhong's family when she stopped along the way, causing the family to arrive at Jiangjiatan when it was close to Shenshi.

Jiangjiatan is a fishing village, and the people in the village basically rely on fishing for a living. Jiang's maiden family originally only had one fishing boat, and Jiang lived on the fishing boat with his family before he left the cabinet. Later, it was Jiang's eldest brother who endured hardships and stood hard work, made money and built a house in the fishing village, and the family moved from the fishing boat to the land. A few years later, Jiang Hua built a new fishing boat, and then married his daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law Yao is also quite virtuous, helping her mother-in-law Yang to take care of the housework, and the Jiang family's life is gradually getting better.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, since the new emperor ascended the throne three years ago, he issued a ban on the sea, stipulating that fishermen are no longer allowed to go out to sea to fish, and the Jiang family can only fish nearby, but the fish caught by the two fishing boats together are not as many as the original boat. As a result, the already poor Jiang family's life became even poorer, and seeing that life was about to be unbearable, Jiang Hua went to the dock to find a job to help people move goods, and the family was barely able to make ends meet.

As soon as Zhao Yongzhong's family approached Jiang's house, they heard bursts of crying in the courtyard. When Jiang heard this, he was afraid that something would happen at home, so he hurriedly hurried over. As soon as I entered the door, I saw her mother Yang holding her crying niece Jiang Lihua coaxing, and her always well-behaved and sensible nephew Jiang Xiaohu was pulling the corner of Yang's clothes, crying: "I want my mother!" ”

Seeing that Yang was sweating profusely, Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to take Jiang Lihua in her arms into his arms, patted his niece's back, and coaxed softly, but who knew that Jiang Lihua recognized her life, and she didn't recognize her aunt, who only came back once a year, and cried more and more. When Yang saw that Jiang suddenly came home, he was worried about whether something had happened to Jiang, and asked Jiang how he went back to his parents' house. For a while, the scene was chaotic.

In the end, it was Zhao Shilang who took out two pieces of candy from his pocket to coax the two crying children not to cry. These two pieces of candy were given to the shopkeeper when Zhao Siniang was buying ingredients in the grocery store, and they were given to Zhao Shilang after they arrived. Zhao Shilang took the candy from his sister's hand, was embarrassed to eat it in front of his family, and planned to eat it quietly in a place where no one was, so he left it until now and didn't move, but he didn't expect it to play a big role. After all, the two children of a poor fisherman's family suddenly saw that Jiang Hua was willing to buy one or two sugar cubes for them to satisfy their hunger during the Chinese New Year, and they could vaguely smell the tempting aroma emanating from the sugar cubes, and remembered the sweet taste, so they immediately stopped crying.

When the Yang family heard that Zhao Yongzhong's family had come over to pay homage to Old Man Jiang's birthday, they were filled with joy and sorrow, and beckoned them into the hall with tears in their eyes.

The Jiang family's house is a mud house, and there are three main houses in total. A hall in the middle was used for entertaining guests, and a small room was built behind the hall to serve as a stove room. In the room on the left lived Mr. and Mrs. Jiang and their young daughter. It turned out that the Jiang family had a total of three brothers and sisters, in addition to her eldest brother Jiang Hua, there was also a fifteen-year-old younger sister Jiang Yue'e, who had not yet been married, and was still waiting for the boudoir. The one on the right lives Jiang Hua's family, Jiang Hua married his wife Yao, and has an eight-year-old son Jiang Xiaohu and a three-year-old daughter Jiang Lihua. Although it is three houses, it is only the size of a hall house of the old Zhao family, which makes Zhao Yongzhong's family, who are used to living in a blue brick house, feel very depressed as soon as they enter the door.

Since Yang entered the hall and finished collecting tea for his son-in-law's family, he didn't say a word, and kept bowing his head to wipe his tears. She was full of bitterness, and she really didn't know where to start.

"Mother, just now Xiaohu shouted to ask for his mother, where did my sister-in-law go?" Jiang asked. Her sister-in-law, Yao, is quite virtuous, and if she saw their family coming, she would have greeted them to bring tea and water. But now her two children are crying endlessly, and I don't see her to persuade her, thinking where they have gone.

"Mother, she's back to her parents' house! Mother, mother, don't want us! Jiang Xiaohu, who was licking the sugar cube in small sips on the side, saw that Yang didn't speak, so he replied on his behalf. Speaking of this, Jiang Xiaohu's nose was sour, and he couldn't help crying again.

Seeing this, Jiang hurriedly asked Zhao Shilang's brother and sister to take their nephew out to play for a while. The two of them answered, and took their cousin out of the hall. Zhao Silang was seriously playing with Jiang Xiaohu, while Zhao Siniang turned around and went into the hall again.

I only heard Yang say: "Since I can't go to sea, my family will have a hard time." Although the imperial court compensated us with two acres of land, the land was so barren that we couldn't grow any crops. Last year, I planted sweet potatoes, although I harvested thousands of catties, but sweet potatoes are coarse grains and cannot be sold at a high price. ”

"Yes, there are so many people who grow this sweet potato that they can't sell it. Put it at home as food to eat, people eat too much heartburn, and our family will eat it at breakfast. There are still a lot of them in the cellar! Jiang said.

Hearing this conversation, Zhao Siniang's eyes lit up, and she lowered her head and thought about it carefully.

Yang on the side continued: "Although your brother said that he went to the dock to move goods for people, this work is very tiring, and it is not every day. Seeing that this life was going to be unbearable, it happened that a family in the village saw that life was difficult and planned to sell their land to join their relatives. In addition to the two acres of thin fields divided by the imperial court, his family also has two acres of middle fields, and because he is in a hurry to get rid of them, the total of four acres of land is only six yuan. Your brother thinks that the people in the village are all gathered nearby to fish, there are not many fish to catch, and there is no income in fishing, so it is better to sell a boat and exchange a few acres of good land for planting. So he sold his family's new boat for five dollars......"

"What? Only sold for five dollars? Mother, that boat is made of good materials, and it's worth at least ten dollars! Jiang exclaimed.

"Alas, now I can't go to sea to fish, the price of the ship has fallen again and again, and the price of five yuan is already considered high." Yang sighed.

"Mother, Siniang was sick the day before yesterday, and I saw my brother come over with a piece of silver, which is the money from selling the boat, right?" Jiang asked.

Seeing the Yang family nodded, Zhao Yongzhong's family was very grateful, and the Jiang family cried even more, and they knew that the money was the life of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family would count on it to live after seven years. But when Zhao Siniang was seriously ill, Jiang Hua still took it out without hesitation!

Zhao Siniang clenched her little fists and secretly decided: I must repay this kindness!

"Siniang is sick, we should do our part. After your brother came back, he took all the valuable things in the house, and only then did he scrape together enough money to buy the land from others. Originally, I planned to clean up the newly bought fields at home and no longer go to the dock to move goods. But I heard that a large number of goods came to Su Ji yesterday, and there was a shortage of manpower to move the goods, and your brother was reluctant to pay the forty big money, so he went to the dock again, who ......knows, "Speaking of this, Yang choked for a long time before he sobbed and continued: "Who knew that the mast on the ship was somehow broken, and seeing that a child was about to be hit by the mast, your brother couldn't bear it, so he ran over to save the child and accidentally injured his leg......"

"Oh my God! How's he, brother? Does it matter if it hurts? Jiang Shi jumped up from the bench in shock. Zhao Yongzhong's family also surrounded Yang to inquire about Jiang Hua's injury.

Yang wiped his tears with the corner of his clothes, and choked up: "Lang Zhong said that he didn't have to worry about his life, but his bones were broken, so he had to lie in bed for three months." Your brother took the medicine at noon and finally fell asleep. ”

Zhao Yongzhong's family listened, and their hearts lowered slightly.

Jiang Shi asked hesitantly: "Then sister-in-law, how can she go back to her parents' house at this time?" Is she disgusted ......?"

Yang nodded helplessly and said, "Actually, it's not all about your sister-in-law. The family was already so poor that they couldn't open the pot, and now your eldest brother was injured again, and where could your father plant the land he bought back with bankruptcy, and seeing that he couldn't live this day, he could only leave. ”

"But there are still Xiaohu and Pear Blossom, she is gone, what will the child do?" Jiang was annoyed, and thought about his brother, and said to Yang, "I'll take a look at my brother." ”

Zhao Yongzhong's family walked into Jiang Hua's house lightly, only to see a big man who was still alive the day before yesterday, and now his face was pale. Although he was asleep, he still frowned, I don't know if it was because of the leg pain, or because he was angry that his wife left his children and left. The family was afraid that they would wake up Jiang Hua, so they didn't dare to stay longer, and soon went out of the room.

Not far from the door, Zhao Siniang pulled Zhao Yongzhong and said, "Dad, we originally planned to put down the congratulatory gift and leave." But now that my uncle is injured and my grandfather's land is uncultivated, let's not leave, let's stay and help! ”

Zhao Sanlang also agreed: "The piece of land allocated to our family, hoeing, topdressing, etc., is almost done, and we have nothing to do when we go back, so it's better to stay and help for a few days!" ”

"Yes, when Siniang was sick, my uncle came to help us, but now that my uncle is injured, we can't do anything about it!" Zhao Sanniang also said.

Zhao Yongzhong also thanked Jiang Hua for his kindness, so he decided that the family would stay to help the Jiang family.

Seeing that his son-in-law's family was so righteous, Yang was moved to tears and speechless.