The road home at the entrance of the village, Richard walked for more than ten years in his previous life.

The madman gradually picks up speed and runs in the direction of his remembered home......

……

Richard's eyes widened in disbelief at what he was seeing.

Nothing had changed, and Richard had even seen many familiar faces of his neighbors, but he had not seen the three large tiled houses in his memory.

In its place was a pond, small but one that wiped out Richard's "home."

……

Looking at the somewhat green pool water in a daze, Richard had mixed feelings in his heart.

He mustered up the courage to return to China, but in addition to thinking about his daughter-in-law and children, he was more worried about his parents.

It is said that the son wants to support but does not treat his relatives, and in his previous life, Richard's family was not poor, at least it was a relatively wealthy family in this village......

But his parents were diligent and thrifty all their lives, and they did not enjoy any blessings, so they saved half their lives and paid Richard a down payment for a house in the city.

When Richard had a little money to spare, it was time to take his parents out for a walk, and his parents were already old, where could they withstand the fatigue of the journey.

This is a true portrayal of the parents of Richard's generation, who have endured a lifetime of hardship and saved a lifetime of money in order for their children to live more comfortably......

When he came back this time, he had already made up his mind, even if he couldn't recognize each other, with his current ability, he would definitely be able to let his parents live a life of being a human being.

……

The leaders followed Richard and ran wildly, and at the moment they were already tired with sweat on their foreheads and panting......

Seeing Richard staring at the pond with a sad face, the leaders couldn't help but ask the village chief about the special features of this pond.

"Mr. Li, your ancestors should have mentioned this pond to you, right?"

"It's amazing, even in the year of the great drought, this pond has never dried up, and some villagers were ready to fill it as a homestead, but it turned out that it couldn't be filled up, as if it was a bottomless pit!"

"The key is that the pond is not very deep, only three or four meters in appearance, and later the province also came to the expert investigation, and even appeared on TV, but the result was not a ...... of Ligereng."

"This pond should be at least a few hundred years old, and this pond should have been here when your ancestors left Li Caobu."

The village chief stepped forward to explain patiently to Richard, which made Richard listen more and more uncomfortable.

"Is there a family named Li Sandou in the village?" Richard still held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked the village chief.

The village chief immediately shook his head, Li Caobu Village is not big, what is the name of every household, he, the village chief, must know it in his heart.

This Li Sandou is the name of Richard's grandfather, at this point in time, Richard's grandfather is also in his fifties, if there is such a person, it is impossible for the village chief not to know.

"Where's Li Yiren?" Richard asked his grandfather's name again.

"No ......," the village chief shook his head, he didn't know what Richard was asking for these names......

……

Richard shook his head and sighed, judging from the current situation, it seems that his family does not exist in this world at all.

It's clean, not to mention the juvenile version of Richard, even the ancestors are gone......

……

A group of city people in suits, led by the village chief, stood next to the small pond in the village.

It immediately attracted countless men, women and children in the village to watch.

Richard looked at the neighbors around him, and his heart was full of emotion, many of the neighbors he looked familiar with, and even some childhood playmates, Richard could still remember their names.

Suddenly, Richard's eyes widened.

He saw a man who had risen hope in his heart, standing in the middle of the crowd, looking curiously......

A woman in her thirties, Richard couldn't have been more familiar with her face.

The second aunt of his daughter-in-law in his previous life!

His daughter-in-law had a very miserable life when she was a child, and most of the reasons for this were due to her, the second aunt.

At least that's what Richard thought......

……

Richard was crazy and searched for his daughter-in-law in the crowd, especially near the second aunt, but he didn't get anything!

Erya is the nickname of Richard's daughter-in-law, and Richard is a childhood sweetheart, growing up together, if Erya really appears here, Richard will not be unrecognizable.

didn't find Erya's figure, and Richard became more and more panicked.

……

"Moo......"

In a panic, Richard heard the old cow mooing, and looked at the sound, Richard's mind went blank in an instant, and his chest couldn't stop rising and falling.

The old buffalo, covered in mud, paced slowly, nibbling on some yellowed weeds on the side of the road from time to time.

The old cow was led by a girl who looked to be eight or nine years old.

The girl's hair hadn't been washed for I don't know how long, it was messy, and it was covered with dust and mud.

Skinny and skinny, it looks extremely thin.

His face and body were as black as a carbon head.

The clothes were no longer recognizable, and the wide adult shirt was draped over her skinny body, and the pants were so long that they reached the soles of her feet, full of holes.

This is still the most distressing thing for Richard.

What distressed him the most was the godless gaze of the female baby, like a walking corpse, and the crowd gathered in front of him did not attract her attention at all.

If it's not Erya, who can it be......

Richard's tears couldn't stop flowing, remembering the scene when he was a child and accompanied Erya to herd cattle.

"Erya, when I grow up and make money in the future, I will definitely buy the best clothes for you to wear!"

"When I have money, we will move to the city and never see that bad woman again."

"This is the peach crisp given by my grandfather, you eat, when I have money, I will buy you peach crisp to eat every day......"

"Today, the teacher taught the multiplication formula, I'll teach you to memorize it, Erya, you are so smart, if you go to school, you will definitely be able to take the first place in the class!"

Whenever the young Richard said such a thing to Erya, Erya's godless eyes could bloom with some brilliance.

At the time, Richard didn't know what that brilliance meant......

Now he knew that this brilliance meant hope.

……

Richard's tears flowed down his face, and he wanted to rush over and pick up Erya, telling him that he was rich now, and that he could buy her everything she wanted.

She no longer has to get up at five o'clock in the morning to herd the cattle, no longer has to wear the clothes left over from the adults, and no longer has to envy other children for going to school.

He Richard can make Erya live a princess-like life and live the best life in the world in the future.

……

The scene of Richard crying made Dazhi even more overwhelmed.

The city leaders who came with Richard followed Richard's gaze......

They certainly don't know what Richard was thinking, they just thought that Richard was compassionate, and when they saw the poor girl's ragged and skinny baby, sympathy rose in their hearts, so they wept.

Thinking of this, they glanced at the village chief viciously, they had already greeted each other before they came, so they didn't want to have a discordant scene.

The village chief's face was bitter, he had forgotten about the second girl in the village.

Erya's parents ran to this village with a plan, and the family had no relatives and no reason in the village......

I am afraid that only those who have experienced this era can understand what it means.

After the family came, it didn't take long for the eldest girl to fall ill and die, and the minibus in which the parents were sitting had another car accident, leaving only Erya, a lonely child, in the family.

After this happened, the second uncle's family moved over directly and lived in the house of the second family, by the way, they were also running plans.

Think about this poor family, poor Erya bears the notoriety of her parents and broom stars.

Her second aunt is a typical unreasonable evil woman......

Erya lacked food and clothing, was beaten and scolded, and couldn't go to school, so she dropped out of school and went to herd cattle early in the morning.

Thinking of this, the village chief sighed, ran to the second aunt and asked her to quickly take the second girl back to change her clothes.

……

The more Richard thought about it, the more distressed he became, and seeing the vicious second aunt trotting towards Erya, he couldn't suppress his impulse anymore.

The second aunt's vicious appearance made the second aunt cringe a little, not knowing what she had done wrong.

She knew that when she returned home, she would be beaten again.

The originally dull eyes were full of fear at the moment......

Richard rushed up, rushed to the second aunt, kicked the second aunt in the back, and kicked her into the mud.

Such a change made all the onlookers stunned......

What's going on?!

How could this city leader accompany the man who entered the village to kick a village woman like crazy?!

The second aunt was kicked over, a large piece of blood was rubbed on her face, and she looked at Richard with dull eyes.

"Say! Why not let her go to school! ”

"Say, why are you dressed like a dog and dressed her like this?!"

"Say! ……”

Richard has been holding back his anger for decades, and today he is venting his brain, and he can't care about the consequences.

The second aunt was completely shocked, this fierce and vicious man, his eyes were full of amazing anger, she had no doubt that this man would kill herself in the next second.

"She's a stupid baby, it's useless to go to school...... the second aunt snorted, where is there still a wicked woman's appearance.

"Silly baby?! Your two mentally handicapped sons are stupid! Richard roared.

Dazhi hurriedly rushed over to stop Richard, he was afraid that Richard would do something excessive......

In fact, he doesn't know what happened to Richard now, because Richard's actions are really no different from a madman.

Richard opened Dazhi, didn't look at the woman who made him sick to his stomach, and walked straight towards the startled Erya.

"Erya, don't be afraid!"

"No one will be able to bully you again......"

"Let's get out of here, we'll never see this bad woman again!"

"I'll take you to buy flowers and clothes to wear, and take you to eat delicious ......"

Erya's body, which was originally writhing in Richard's arms, became calm.

The originally helpless and panicked eyes showed a different look......

PS: I wrote this chapter for a long time, and when I wrote it, I cried when I wrote it, and I remembered all kinds of memories when I was a child.

There are really children like Erya, who can't go to school at the age of eight or nine, and go out early in the morning to herd cattle, wearing uncovered clothes.

I am a native of the countryside, and I have such children in my village.

It was a really difficult time for some people in those days......

Especially the extremely poor children from rural families feel distressed when they think about it now.

May all people in this world be treated with kindness.