Liu Cun was really tired, and after returning home to wash, he fell asleep on the couch.

Sun Wan held her slightly bulging belly and lit a homemade mosquito repellent coil, and the sensible Niuniu quietly lay beside her mother, watching her father who was snoring lightly covering her mouth and laughing.

Under the ginkgo tree in the backyard, more than 20 lucky young men who were accepted by Liu Cun as martial arts disciples sat neatly on the ground, looking intently at the blackboard in front of them, staring at the ten words that senior brother Liu Zhen wrote on the blackboard with chalk, and then lifted the pen made of thin bamboo poles and wrote along on the sand table in front of them.

In the village a hundred steps away from here, there is no noise in the past at this moment, more than 30 male aborigines with the oldest qualifications in Wangjiazhai gathered in the main hall of the old Wang's house, all of them looked solemn and uneasy, no one spoke for a long time, and the atmosphere in the room was very dull.

Uncle Wang, one of the three old men with gray beard, sat on the right hand side of Uncle Wang, holding the curved pottery cup given to him by Liu Cun in his rough hand, the pottery cup contained the wild tea that has been loved by everyone now, his eyes that seemed to be asleep kept staring at the green tea in the cup, and as he had been accustomed to for decades, his lips were closed and silent, and he would not speak until the critical moment, and even if he did, he would only use the least words to express his positive or negative attitude.

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Uncle Wang, the patriarch of the stars holding the moon, sighed faintly: "These days, most of you have come to me to complain, and some complain that there are more and more people under the mountains in the south, and the red brick and blue tile houses built are row after row, from the two small rivers at the foot of the mountain in the south to the seaside downstream, they rushed to reclaim more and more fields, and also built roads and stone bridges that connect the east and west, north and south and are five zhang wide. can enter the spacious Mengxue in the middle of the new village to study, so many people in our village feel that Liu Cun is biased, and feel that he has forgotten the kindness of our family and no longer helps our Wangjiazhai. ”

After a pause, the gloomy old Uncle Wang continued: "There are also people who say to me that the days in our village are getting better and better, every family lives in a new tile house, the fields are more than ten times more than half a year ago, the five pottery kilns can burn 5,000 pieces of shiny black pottery every month, and each household can get more than 50,000 yuan from the caravan every month. Anyway, nearly half of the people in the caravan are from our Wangjiazhai, and they have traveled all over the eight counties in the north and south in the past few months, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, and they are already familiar with the road. ”

"Some people also say that the brother of the Liu family is generous and benevolent, without him there is no village today, he will never ignore us, if anyone is unhappy in his heart, he can discuss with the brother of the Liu family, everyone is a family, can not be separated, no matter whether the future days are sweet or bitter, no one will leave anyone, only in this way, all the old and young in our village will live a stable life, and only in the future will there be a reliance."

After stating the above three opinions, the old Uncle Wang stopped and looked around, then picked up the tea on the low table in front of him and slowly drank a few sips, as if he didn't hear the discussion in the hall, put down the cup and whispered a few words to the fourth uncle on the right hand, saw the fourth uncle Wang nodded slightly, and then turned to the left-hand side, and whispered to ask for the opinion of the sixth uncle Wang, the oldest hunter in the village.

The people in the hall slowly quieted down, and many people looked at Wang Qi, who was sitting at the head of Uncle Wang Liu, who was silent from beginning to end, as if they were expecting Wang Qi, who had never expressed his attitude, to say what he thought.

But Wang Qi never reacted, kneeling straight on the straw mat, his purple-red face had no expression, and his half-closed eyes were facing downward, like a Taoist priest meditating, looking at the nose and the nose looking at the heart.

In desperation, Uncle Wang finally broke the silence, this time not talking to himself, but looking at Wang Qi on the side: "Qizi, in the past two months, you have either gone out with the caravan, or you have gone to the new village in the south to check, and every time you come back, you are very worried, and then you are bored at home and no one is seen, I know you have ideas, you village elders are the same as me, I want to hear what you mean." ”

Wang Qi respectfully saluted the old Uncle Wang, straightened his waist and loudly reported a news involving everyone's interests: "Because more and more people are entering our place, it is rumored that the county government is discussing to merge all the villages in the border of nearly 100 miles east of Dazhu Mountain in the south to Xiaozhu Mountain in the north into one township, and each village will elect Qiangfu, Xiangzuo, Pavilion Chief and Three Elders. ”

The hall was full of exclamations, and Uncle Wang and other village elders were even more surprised.

A lean man in his forties in the crowd suddenly jumped up, pointed at Wang Qi, who had closed his mouth, and asked loudly: "Qizi, the surname Liu is the closest to you, these days he always rides out of the mountains and into the city alone, and asks you to go to his house to drink every few days, has he communicated with the county government to turn our Wangjiazhai into his family business surnamed Liu?" Hmmm?! ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and four more men stood beside the lean man and glared angrily at Wang Qi.

Facing the eyes of the hall with different expressions, Wang Qi was in pain, and finally raised his head slightly, and said unhurriedly: "If I am not mistaken, the elder brother of the Liu family will never have such a mind, because he will soon be out of office." ”

All the voices disappeared suddenly, the expressions on everyone's faces stiffened, and even Fourth Uncle Wang, who couldn't move the thunder, opened his mouth with only four front teeth left, and couldn't close it for a long time.

Wang Qi sighed: "Elders, uncles and brothers, listen to Wang Qi's words, the elder brother of the Liu family is a dragon, he will not be buried in this small remote place for a long time, as early as a month ago, when our families were still thinking about how many domestic slaves to buy, the elder brother of the Liu family has returned all the contracts of sale to each of the domestic slaves he bought, and let all the more than 3,000 displaced people who have been settled down report their origins, inherit the surnames of their respective ancestors, give them dignified names, and then register and send them to the county government. Those displaced people, like us, are all civilians with household registration. I also heard that on the day that the elder brother of the Liu family returned the deed of sale, all the people who had been favored by him wept bitterly, and three days later, hundreds of people shed tears while working. I finally understood the hard work of the Liu family's brother, saw his mind as broad as the sea, was moved by his noble morality, couldn't sleep at night, and also saw his ambition to soar for nine days! ”

Wang Qi stood up suddenly, came to the three village elders and knelt down slowly, prostrate on the ground and kowtowed five times in a row, straightened his waist in the shocked eyes of everyone, and said even more shocking words:

"Sage Cloud: The Tao is different, not conspiratory! Wang Qi is immoral and incompetent, and continuing to stay can only add civil strife to the village, Wang Qi will leave today, no matter where he is in the future, as long as the old folks of Wangjiazhai have advised, Wang Qi will definitely go to the soup and fire, and he will not give up! Wang Qi will forever remember the kindness of Wangjiazhai's parents and villagers eight years ago, and his children and grandchildren will always remember the kindness of Wangjiazhai Wang's family! ”

After Wang Qi finished speaking, he kowtowed three more times, stood up and turned around without turning back, and when the people in the hall reacted, Wang Qi had disappeared outside the courtyard gate.

In a daze, Liu Cun was woken up by his wife, he opened his tired eyes, saw his wife's face full of anxiety, and hurriedly sat up: "What's wrong?" ”

Sun Wan took her husband's hand: "Go out and take a look, Brother Qizi's family came to the main hall with their burdens, and my sister-in-law was crying and crying, and she didn't say anything." ”

Liu Cun was taken aback, he hurriedly got up, ran out barefoot without wearing board shoes, looked at Wang Qi who was standing in the center of the main hall with an indifferent face, and then looked at his tear-stained wife and two frightened children beside him, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?" ”

Without warning, Wang Qi threw the burden in his hand aside, knelt down with a "bang", lay on the ground and shouted: "Wang Qi is now homeless, please take it in!" ”

Liu Cun only felt a loud "buzz" in his head, looking at Wang Qi who was prostrate and stunned, until Wang Qi's wife and two children also knelt down with Wang Qi, Liu Cun felt that his facial features were wooden, his legs were weak, and he couldn't help but sit on the ground, facing Wang Qi who slowly raised his head, his eyes were dull and dazed.

Wang Qi was shocked in his heart, stared at Liu Cun who was out of shape for a while, swallowed his dry throat hard, and crawled to the ground again: "Lord! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about—" Liu Cun exclaimed as if he had been burned.

Wang Qi repeated loudly: "Wang Qi is now homeless, I beg the lord to take him in!" ”

Liu Cun was completely sober, hurriedly picked up Wang Qi, and hurriedly turned to Wang Qi's wife, who was still kneeling, and just stretched out his hand and found that it was not suitable, he immediately turned to the other side, pulled up Wang Qi's two sons one by one, sank his face and scolded loudly: "Bastard! You two little bunnies aren't studying in the backyard, what are you doing here? Get lost! Get out of ......"

After two "pops", Wang Qi's two sons covered their hot buttocks and fled to the backyard, Liu Cun, who was annoyed and angry, was still angry, and walked to the back door in a few steps to scold, allowing Liu Zhen, who allowed the Wang brothers to leave the class, was scolded by Liu Cun and almost cried, this scene made Sun Wan and Wang Qi, who had never seen Liu Cun's gaffe, stunned.

After venting, Liu Cun finally felt comfortable, he turned around and returned to Wang Qi's side, dragged Wang Qi onto the low couch, sat down cross-legged and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, what happened?" ”

Wang Qi sighed: "I don't want to live in a daze like before, I don't want to escape the weakness and cowardice in my heart, I don't want to spend the rest of my life in a humble and humble way, and I don't want to lie on the couch every night and lament the injustice of God, I want to be like you, do things in a down-to-earth manner, rise up silently, and regain the dignity of my Hanoi Wang clan in the past!" ”

"Hanoi Wang? You're from Hanoi? ”

Liu Cun was surprised, he knew that Hanoi was the area north of Luoyang and north of the Yellow River, and it was a famous granary and industrial and commercial gathering area of the Han Dynasty.

Wang Qi nodded heavily: "Nine years ago, my father Wang Jing was the governor of Hanoi County, and executed two soldiers who took the opportunity of quelling the chaos to rob the people's property and daughters. My Wang family is just an obscure side branch of the many clans of the Hanoi Wang family, four generations of martial arts heirloom, and the Wang family and the Wei family are all from generation to generation since the Qin and Han dynasties of the wealthy family, the rich side of the servants are like clouds, and the children of the clan are as many as hundreds of officials in the court and various places, so in the early days of the disaster of the party, the two families very easily attached to the crime of disrupting the party, received the imperial court decree, and beheaded my father and more than 30 members of the family. ”

Wang Qi's voice became hoarse, and his eyes were bloodshot: "At that time, I was serving as a border army Sima in Yanmen, and I happened to be on leave to return home to save my relatives, I didn't know that the person who was ordered by the emperor to hunt me down passed by halfway, and when I returned home, I saw a miserable situation, and my heart was full of grief and indignation, I wanted to take revenge desperately, and kill one by one, but when I saw that my wife who was hidden by the neighbor was carrying a two-year-old son on her back, and she had a big belly, I suddenly became timid, and quietly absconded to the east with my wife and son incognito, and went all the way through several hardships. Finally came to the shore of this inaccessible sea, I thought that I would die of old age with hatred in this life, and it was God's favor to leave the blood of my Wang family, until I met you, I found that my heart was not dead. ”

Liu Cun sighed: "Big brother, do you remember the day we burned the first kiln pottery?" ”

"Remember, I can't forget it in this life." Wang Qi nodded heavily.

Liu Cun said earnestly: "After the younger brother drank the bowl of sour wine handed by the eldest brother, he never treated the eldest brother as an outsider, the younger brother lived alone, no friends, and no brothers, every time he encountered something that could not be decided, he consulted with the eldest brother, and he had already regarded the eldest brother as his own relatives in his heart, and the two nephews that the eldest brother sent to the younger brother, the younger brother also regarded him as his own child, and he should be beaten and scolded, and the younger brother quietly pinned his infinite hope on the two nephews and the righteous son Liu Zhen, I think these eldest brothers should feel it." ”

Wang Qi's eyes were moist, and Wang Qi's wife on the side was already in tears, and she fell into Sun Wan's arms and cried.

Liu Cun sighed: "No matter what happens in the future, you Wang Qi will always be my eldest brother, even if you are accused of your heinous crimes, you are still my Liu Cun's relatives, so please don't call me any lord, I know, there will never be equality in this world, but I think inequality is just different origins, different wealth, different status, and different things, and everyone's personality is equal, and everyone's dignity cannot be trampled on, which is why I ignore all opposition and don't listen to anyone's dissuasion, The reason for resolutely returning the contract of sale to the displaced people, I always think that even if we can't let them live a happy and comfortable life, we must let them live with dignity, and only when people have dignity can there be hope. ”

Wang Qi was completely convinced, his hands and feet hurriedly retreated, got up and quickly sorted out his crumpled clothes, knelt down solemnly, and saluted Liu Cun deeply: "Please allow Wang Qi to follow you!" ”

Liu Cun didn't dissuade him this time, took his hand and motioned him to sit closer, and asked him what happened when the couple brought big bags and small bags to their house?

Wang Qi hesitated again and again, but still told the truth what happened.

Liu Cun frowned after hearing this, and after weighing for a moment, he turned to his worried wife: "Wan'er, go to the backyard, tell Zhen'er and them to stop studying, everyone pack their baggage, except for Jian Mu and what I wrote, everything else is left, and when it's over, let's leave here and go to the new village in the south, where thousands of fathers and villagers have long been looking forward to us passing." ”

Half an hour later, Liu Cun and Wang Qi's two families, with twenty-eight young disciples, carrying large and small burdens, led two tall and healthy horses full of simple slips, silently left the riverside courtyard, and marched south along the mountain path unhurriedly.

In Wangjiazhai, the village elders and young men who were still arguing fiercely received reports from several children, some exclaimed, some frowned, and some sneered unmoved.

The expressions of the old Uncle Wang and the fourth uncle Wang changed greatly, looked at each other and hurriedly ran out of the main hall, ran to the high hill outside the courtyard gate in one breath, and looked at Liu Cun and his party who were gradually moving away at the foot of the green mountains three miles away.

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