One of the two brothers disagreed, and the other would definitely not agree, the village chief said: "You are all grown up by me, your parents died early, and it was the patriotism who brought you up, Xiao Wu, this child is sensible, now ten years old, your family raises him for a month, and takes turns, you can raise him until he is fourteen years old, and then let him poke and work." ”

"And let him read until he is fourteen?" Ma Aidang snorted. "I can't get into college in the first place, just be able to settle accounts, what do you do after so many years? Don't you look at our brothers who still don't have a house, they do all hard work, we also have our own wives and children to support, and now we still have a lot of food, when we came to ask for the title deed a few days ago, how could we throw the house in vain, I see, this is retribution! ”

"How do you talk!" The village chief was furious and pointed his pipe at Ma Aidang and said.

"How else can I speak, I'll tell you the truth!" Ma Aidang said with a straight face.

The village chief said: "The title deed should not have been yours, you have to rob it, I think your ghost is indispensable for the burning of the house that loves the country this time!" ”

"Village chief, don't spew blood!" Ma Aidang pointed to the village chief's nose and said. "I see that you old thing doesn't want to beat you, don't talk to Lao Tzu in front of me, don't be nosy!"

"You're a brute!" The village chief raised his pipe and was about to beat the horse and love the party.

Ma Aimin kicked in the abdomen of the village chief, kicked the village chief to the ground, and the rest of the villagers scolded, two young people couldn't look past it, and stepped forward to beat Ma Aidang, Ma Aimin saw that his younger brother was beaten, and hurriedly went up to pull the account, and when he saw that he couldn't pull it away, he fought with the villagers, and soon the villagers all rushed up, beating Ma Aimin and Ma Aidang to a blue nose and swollen eyes.

"Iniquity!" The village chief wanted to cry without tears, and some regretted his impulsiveness, but now that the people of Sanlitun and the two brothers of the Ma family have completely fallen out, the issue of raising Xiao Wu is no longer to be discussed.

Xiao Wu watched all this from the sidelines, watching his second and third uncles leave angrily, without saying a word.

The villagers all scolded Ma Aimin and Ma Aidang for being brutes who came out of Sanlitun, and felt that it was not worth it for Ma Aiguo, because Ma Aiguo had a discord with Niu Aihua several times because of his two younger brothers, and now his son's survival has become a problem.

The village chief sighed and said: "Xiao Wu is still too young, he can't make money to support himself, he will contact the people who lack sons, Xiao Wu will change his surname in the past, if not, he can only follow the rules set by our ancestors in Sanlitun, kowtow to a hundred families, and eat a hundred meals." ”

"I don't want to change my last name." Xiao Wu said. "My dad is just my son."

Xiao Wu is a person who can't see other people's faces, he ate at my house for two days, saw that I didn't speak, thought I was unhappy that he was here, and lived at Zhao Dahai's house for the next few days.

At that time, everyone in the village contacted people they knew and asked who wanted a son.

There are many families who want a son, but in today's years, every household can't open the pot, even if there is a lack of a son in the family, they still want a son who can work, and most importantly, they want to change their surname.

Some people have heard that Xiao Wu has great ability, and at the age of ten he is already stronger than that of an adult, except for eating a lot, there are no shortcomings on the side.

Many people expressed their willingness to have Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu himself disagreed.

That day, Xiao Wu went to school in the town with us, and he entered the alley of Qiantang Town by himself, and went to Wu Qingyun's house through the alley.

Xiao Wu looked at the words "Refuse to see guests" written on the closed door, thinking of what Senior Brother Wu Yao said before, and guessed that Wu Qingyun and Wu Yao might have gone out to travel.

Xiao Wu looked at the high wall of the Wu Mansion, took a few steps back to run, and stepped on the stone lion in front of the Wu Mansion to climb over the wall and enter the compound.

The moment Xiao Wu landed, a black shadow flashed, wearing a ghost head mask and a black cloak, hiding behind the rockery, and on the beam in front of the main entrance hall hung a female corpse with a cloak and a dishevel.

Xiao Wu was not afraid to see the hanging female corpse, but he was just sad, he knew that this was specially used by the master to scare the thief, and it was also a wooden dummy hiding behind the rockery, Xiao Wu walked straight into Senior Brother Wu Yao's room, and saw a letter on Senior Brother Wu Yao's desk, on which was written the words "Senior Brother Enlightenment".

"Senior brother, the master didn't let me look for you before leaving, I hope you are very precious, the fate is uncertain, and you can't believe it all, perseverance and hard work will lead to the road. He will see you every day, and I hope you are as well as yesterday. Cherish your life, senior brother, Wu Yao. ”

After reading the letter, Xiao Wu couldn't help wiping his tears and said, "Senior brother, do you know that I am already a helpless orphan, and you don't even want me to abandon me like this." ”

Xiao Wu walked out of Wu Yao's room, went to the Taoist ancestral hall in the backyard, looked at the statue of the ancestor sitting upright, kowtowed to the ancestor reverently, and then left the Wu Mansion without looking back.

At noon, Qin Changqing went to the school and asked Mr. Zhang to go to a newly opened pawn shop called Fusheng Xing in Tangkou to mention the characters, and by the way, he took Jiang Sheng over for dinner.

After eating, Qin Changqing led Jiang Sheng into the house, he is now eighteen years old, he looks like a jade tree in the wind, and he looks dignified, I don't know how many girls who think of spring miss him.

Qin Changqing closed the door and said, "Jiang Sheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, I was in the province when the plague occurred, and I was worried about you to death." ”

Jiang Sheng snorted and said, "I'm fine, it's just that Xiao Wu's family is gone, and now he is the only one left, and he doesn't know what to do now when he goes to find his master Wu Qingyun." ”

"Little Five? You mean that little fat man? Qin Changqing was slightly puzzled.

Seeing Jiang Sheng nodded, Qin Changqing continued: "Daoist Wu Qingyun has already gone out to travel, I'm afraid it's useless for him to go, but I didn't expect him to have this blessing to worship under Daoist Wu's door, but it seems that he is only a registered disciple." ”

"Have you been to the pear orchard, I haven't seen the senior brothers and sisters for a long time, if you can, Xiao Wu can enter the pear orchard and there is a way to make a living." Jiang Sheng said.

Qin Changqing said: "It's a pity that he is still too young, otherwise I would definitely be able to arrange to get a good errand in the hall." ”

Jiang Sheng and Qin Changqing chatted for a long time, and in the afternoon, Jiang Sheng went to the pear orchard, fortunately, the pear orchard was not affected by the plague, but life was poor, and now street performers need to go far away, and sometimes they don't come back for a few days when they go out.

Xi'er and Xiao Shovel were very happy to see Jiang Sheng, Hu Xiaomeng was not willing to let Jiang Sheng go, Jiang Sheng would invite the brothers in the pear orchard to eat delicious food every time he went, this time he had no money, he came in a hurry, and he left in a hurry.

Jiang Sheng sat on Qin Changqing's rickshaw and whispered: "Now that the pear orchard is in a recession, Xiao Wu is incomplete in five tones, so he can't eat this line of food." ”

At that time, Xiao Wu had already returned to Sanlitun, and when he walked to the door of Zhao Dahai's house, he vaguely heard the sound of quarrels coming from inside.

Shen A-Niang has a good temper and has never quarreled with Zhao Fugui, but at this time, the two quarreled, Zhao Fugui said: "You don't look at how many you can raise, my son Dahai can't stand the slightest grievance, you are about to give birth to such a big belly now, and you still want to take in Xiao Wu?" ”

Shen A-Niang said: "Our family's economic conditions are okay, although Xiao Wu's child is naughty, but his heart and eyes are much better than ordinary children, he has great strength, he can help our family work, and he will definitely be filial in the future." ”

"I don't agree, what kind of good son can Niu Aihua raise, our two children are enough, I feel uncomfortable with one more surname Ma, the old man needs to be taken care of when he is old, you better dispel this idea, I didn't say anything after living in our house for a few days, you don't have to force me to pick up people." Zhao Fugui said angrily.

"Then how do you let Xiao Wu live alone, he is still so young." Shen A-Niang said.

"How much does it have to do with us, tens of thousands of people died in Beiping City a few months ago, and there are not 10,000 but 8,000 children from poor families, and you have raised them all?" Zhao Fugui said.

"Isn't this for us to meet one?" Shen A-Niang said without giving up.

"Don't tell me about this nonsense, in short, if you can't ask for it, you can't ask for it, and the old man won't agree, he can eat and live in our house for a while, if you adopt, hum."

There was no sound in the door soon, and Xiao Wu at the door retreated silently, he stood at the mouth of Tunzi, looked at his burned house, looked at Siye, and calmly walked towards the big river to the east.

Take a leap.