Zhou Niang's brother entered the mountain and never came out, leaving behind a widowed mother and two young children, and soon after, the widowed mother left the children and disappeared from Baitu Village.

"I thought my brother would be the same as that time, and he would come back the next day. I waited, for a day, two days, leaning on the tree in front of the house. But I waited for three days in a row, and my brother didn't come back, and I knew that my brother wouldn't come back, so I stayed in the mountains forever like my grandmother. Zhou Niang suddenly gritted her teeth and raised her head, "My brother is gone, and my sister-in-law has abandoned her home." But I'm still here, and my brother's children are still there, and I'm going to raise them just like my brother did to me. If there is nothing to be done at home, then I will catch fish and smear the water. With a rope tied to my body and one end tied to the willow tree on the shore, I am not afraid of being tired or dying, but I am worried that if I leave, there will be no one to take care of the ugly and miserable children, and someone will bully them. ”

"My sister-in-law is gone, I am the mother of the ugly and bitter child, and I must not let them be bullied." Zhou Niang's sister-in-law's original surname is Zhou, Zhou Niang was not originally called Zhou Niang, but Chen Yu, after Chen Xun's wife Zhou left, the two children began to call Chen Yu Zhou Niang.

Calling like this, the original name was forgotten by the villagers.

A woman, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, with her brother's two children, supported a family, relying on that little thin field. Relying on Zhou Niang's hands, she went to the water, went to the edge of the mountains and forests, and pulled the child up little by little.

"My face turned black, my hands got rough, I didn't care. As long as I can get food for the ugly and bitter children, and can feed them, I will be willing to do it. But I didn't dare to go in the mountains and forests, I was afraid that my grandmother and brother would never be able to get out again, so what should I do if I left two children? I want to divide more land so that I can grow more rice and be more stable, not like my brother...... I really miss my brother. ”

Zhou Niang covered her face and squatted down, crying loudly, the tiredness she had suffered over the years, the longing and guilt for her brother, the pain and grievances suffered in the village, and she was released one by one.

The people of Shu Baihao were so quiet, looking at Zhou Niang who was crying, and many people were quietly wiping their tears. Chen Ping's grandfather Chen Xiaoyi was outside the crowd, holding Xiao Niang, and Xiao Niang's little hands were wiping her face.

Talking about suffering is contagious, and because of poverty, although the villagers are careful, it does not mean that they are not compassionate. Zhou Niang's words and a little bit of bitterness deeply stimulated their conscience.

Remembering some of the usual things.

Zhou Niang had a rope tied around her waist and slapped the water at the edge of the water, which was fishing for fish. When the sun rises, it hangs on the edge of the water, and it has not gone until the middle of the day. It's not that the devil is stunned, it's for the slightest possibility, for the wooden stick in his hand to be able to pierce a fish.

Holding a broken clay pot, begging for dung from house to house, enduring the faces of the villagers, and the frolicking of children, it is just to make their fields more fertile and grow more rice.

Behind him, he led two babies, walking one field after another, picking up ears of rice, just to accumulate some rice, so that he could fill his stomach after paying taxes.

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Telling in public like this made the villagers really understand and feel Zhou Niang's difficulties.

"Zhou Niang's family is really bitter, I didn't know in the past, I want to give her my ticket." Someone shouted.

"Mine is also given to her, this child, if it is difficult to go to my house in the future, although it is not possible to provide for it all the time, but it is a big deal to move some rice." A village woman's eyes are still red, the same is the way.

According to this trend, the vote of everyone in the village is probably to be given to Zhou Niang, and the seventeen acres of land belong to one person, which is not what Chen Ping wants to see, there are still other people in the village who are not enough to eat, and they also need this field.

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor, just to survive.

"There is only one ticket for each Chengding, so don't worry. Let's listen to the plight of other poor families in the village. Zhou Nianghou is Aunt Li, Chen Ping looked over and asked, "Aunt Li, do you want to come up and talk about it?" ”

"I want it, Zhou Niang's family is really suffering, but my family is also difficult." Aunt Li nodded, and stepped forward in a hurry.

In the team on the side, Chen Shanbao slapped his palm on the side of his leg and said shamefully: "Mother, I don't want that field at home." ”

"How can it be? If everyone can make up for it, why can't I do it at home? Aunt Li said, "You think the money in your family is for nothing?" ”

Aunt Li's eldest son, Chen Shanhu was on the other side, seeing the strange eyes of the villagers, listening to his mother say this, his face was slightly red, he coughed twice, and followed Chen Shanbao to persuade him as well: "Mother, you go back quickly, Chen Wang is alone at home, and now the snow has not melted, he is happy, don't have an accident." ”

As soon as she heard that her grandson was at home alone, Aunt Li scolded twice, rushed home in a panic, and said as she walked: "A few of you are here, remember to vote for your own family later." Folks, don't forget to vote for my family. It's not easy for people, how can they become a household all of a sudden, and this is still not the time to calculate their hands. ”

Aunt Li nagged and left, this time the village woman after Aunt Li didn't wait for Chen Ping to speak, she stood a few steps forward, and then recounted her own difficulties.

Of the forty or fifty households, only one person from each household came out, and there were seven or eight villages where the families were quite prosperous, and they all gave up the fields that had been granted.

Conscience, although it will not always be there, can be squeezed, and it will always come out.

When everyone finished speaking, Chen Ping prepared a pen and paper to register the votes cast by the villagers.

"Come one by one, and report the names of the heads of households that you think are poor." Charcoal is convenient, Chen Ping raised the jute paper and showed it in front of the villagers, "In the end, all the papers will be registered on this paper, and we will select ten poor households on the spot and divide the fields." ”

The order is still under control, this complaint will be very successful, and after the last Cheng Ding reported the name of the head of the poor household, the result came out, Chen Ping glanced at the jute paper, and felt very pleased.

In fact, this method of voting has a big drawback, because households with larger populations have an advantage, and if they want to vote for themselves, most of them can also occupy a place among poor households. Fortunately, this kind of thing did not happen, even the three brothers Chen Shanhu, Chen Shanbao and Chen Shangou did not vote for themselves, but gave them to Zhou Niang and others.

Of course, even if someone does this, Chen Ping has a way to deal with it, and the objection he said before the previous vote was not a casual sentence.

"People's hearts are available, and they are not so chaotic." After ranking the votes for each family, Chen Ping handed the jute paper to Chen Yuanliang, "Brother Yuanliang, you still have to announce this." ”

With the identity of Cao Yi, Chen Yuanliang's announcement of the result is more reassuring and convincing.

"What's the mark on your side?" Chen Yuanliang pointed to the jute paper, the top position, the strange symbol on the right side of the word Zhou Niang, a vertical line.

"This is a mark I made for convenience, Zhou Niang got the highest vote, so I marked this mark. If Brother Yuanliang is interested, I will talk to you in detail in the future, from top to bottom, I have made marks. Chen Ping said.