The woman who came was a widow; Woman Zhang, she suffered a loss by the well that day, and vowed to make Cao and Pomegranate have a hard time after beating them.

One day, she met Yao's third daughter-in-law in the village, and the two hit it off and quickly formed an alliance.

Yao's third daughter-in-law gave the Zhang family an idea, saying that the Cao family is arrogant and domineering in the village, so don't you rely on a man to support you, you go and hook Tao Yougui's heart to see what the Cao family is proud of.

At the instigation of Yao's third daughter-in-law, the Zhang family decided to take action against Tao Yougui. Over the years, there have been many men who have climbed her bed, and they are clear about men's weaknesses.

Tao Yougui often goes to Mantian's house to visit the door, every time he has to pass in front of her yard, after making up his mind, Zhang's every day is neat and bright and sits at the gate of the courtyard to do needlework, and when Tao Yougui passes, he looks at him with resentful eyes.

Tao Yougui was forced to break off the relationship with the Zhang family out of desperation, and after being looked at by the Zhang family so twice, the desire suppressed in his heart: hope was ready to move, and the defense line collapsed in a few clicks.

After hooking up again, the two were more cautious than before. However, Tao Yougui is a middle-aged man under forty after all, and the demand for men and women is still relatively strong, the more sneaky he is, the more exciting he feels, and Zhang's deliberately welcomes him every time.

Now that the Zhang family came, the two immediately went into the shack and did the indescribable thing.

After a blushing and heart-pounding sound, the sound of the two of them talking could be heard from the shack.

"Brother Gui, since the two of us continued this evil relationship, I have followed you wholeheartedly, I don't ask for any reputation for the rest of my life, as long as you are good to our mother and son, treat Shen'er as your own child."

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who has no conscience, as long as you don't get involved with other men, your mother and son's life will be wrapped up in me in the future."

"Brother Gui, you are so good, to be able to meet you in the second half of my life is a blessing that I cultivated in my previous life."

"We can't be husband and wife in this life, but in the next life, I Tao Yougui will definitely marry you as a daughter-in-law."

The two affectionately told each other for a while before they reluctantly parted.

"Be careful on the way back so that you don't get seen."

"Got it, brother, I'll go around to the village and then enter the village." Zhang Liqi walked out of the shack and opened the umbrella, and on his face where the sun could not shine, the pair of eyes were shining, and the abyss was as cold and secluded as a whirlpool.

Tao Yougui threw himself into the pond water to wash away the sweat and traces on his body.

All afternoon, no one came back in the col.

The sun was slanting, and Tao Yougui saw that the water in his field was almost full, so he went home.

On the last day of June, the scholar Xiu Mu was at home, and Liuhua went to learn from him to read and write.

This is what the two of them agreed before she came back from the town, and as long as the scholar rests in the future, she will continue to teach pomegranate flowers.

The scholar also brought some calligraphy back for the pomegranate flower to follow, on the grounds that it was not enough to recognize the words, but also to be able to write.

Pomegranate did not have the four treasures of the study, so the scholar lent him a set of at home to Pomegranate Flower.

Since knowing that the scholar is a rigorous person, the learning attitude of the pomegranate flower has been much more correct, even if she knows all the words in the book, she must pretend not to know, and ask twice to show her solemnity.

The students studied seriously, and they were very pleased to be gentlemen, and they became more and more careful in teaching.

When the scholar taught the pomegranate flower to study, Dow was doing needlework on the side, supervised by elders, and outsiders couldn't find a reason to talk about it.

As I was reading the book, I heard someone outside shouting Tao.

Tao went out in response, and the two who were studying put down their books and went out to see what was going on.

There were two middle-aged men and women standing at the gate of the courtyard, like two people, and the woman spoke to Tao with an anxious face: "Sister of the Tao family, we really have no choice but to come, that Tao Shanlin, we are so good at talking, just don't let us cross the water from his field, the rice in the field is about to die, this is to make us have no harvest!" Sister, I know you're out of touch with their family, but we can't help it......."

Before he finished speaking, he lost his voice, and he thought it was difficult for some strong people.

The man continued the woman's words and said, "Tao Shanlin said that the field should have belonged to their family, and it was enough for us to plant it for so many years, and now it is time to return it to them." If we don't pay it back, we won't be able to grow. ”

The couple is a tenant of the Tao family, and the man's surname is Xie.

After Tao returned to the village, he bought a total of 10 acres of paddy fields and gave them to three families to plant.

Because of the low rent-to-rent ratio, the three families have never said that they want to quit the tenant for more than ten years, and after harvesting the rice every year, they will send the rent over early.

Dow only dealt with the tenants when he received the rent, and he never asked about the fields.

Xie Jiadian's field is in the col where Tao Yougui released water, and there is a hill field under the mountain pond that is Tao Shanlin, and if the Xie family wants to draw water from the mountain pond to the field, they must pass through the field of Tao Shanlin.

In previous years, there was also a drought, and the Xie family did not suffer from difficulties when they went to release water, but this year Tao Shanlin suddenly provoked trouble, and its purpose was revealed from the Xie family's mouth.

After more than ten years of peace, I thought that I would not have any intersection with that family for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect that to this day, it is still haunted.

Dow was angry and angry, his feet were so weak that he could barely stand.

"Mother!"

"Aunt!"

The scholar and the pomegranate flower screamed and rushed forward to support them.

"I'm fine." Tao Shi tried his best to stabilize his body, and said to the Xie family and his wife after a little slowdown: "Let's go, I'll go with you, I'm here to see why the people of that family say that Tian is theirs." ”

"Sister Tao......" The Xie family and his wife stopped talking, with a tangled worry on their faces.

Everyone in the village knew that Tao didn't want to have anything to do with Tao Shanlin's family anymore, but now she wanted her to negotiate head-on with the people with the heart of tigers and wolves for her own affairs, and they couldn't bear it, but if she didn't go, how would her family live this year?

Tao waved his hand to show that he understood their intentions, and instead instructed the scholar to invite Li Zheng, Tao Shanlin dared to blatantly encroach on the land, he must have been prepared for a long time, and he would never give up easily.

"Aunt, I'll go with you." Pomegranate wrapped her arms around Dow's arm, her eyes were firm, and her tone was decisive.

Dow looked at Pomegranate's face, hesitated slightly, and nodded.

A group of several people walked to the east of the village, and on the way, the scholar turned around and asked for Lizheng.

It takes at least a quarter of an hour to walk from the west to the east of the village, and this is the first time that Dow has passed through the entire village since settling down.

Along the way, the pomegranate kept holding Dow's arm and did not let go.

Dow understood her intentions, the sadness in his chest was wrapped in warmth, and his steps were brisker.

The courtyard of Tao Shanlin's house is no different from that of other villagers, except that because it is on the side, the courtyard area is wider than that of other people's houses. In front of the door is a new and flat open space, which can be used as a drying field, and further on the steep slope, there is a slip of paulownia planted on the side.

In front of the courtyard of Tao Shanlin's house, Tao's family, pomegranate blossoms, and the women of the Xie family stood in the shade of the paulownia tree, and the men of the Xie family stepped forward to call people.

Compared with more than ten years, Tao Shanlin's house has not changed much except that the house is more dilapidated.

Dow's gaze flowed over brick by brick, grass and tree, and the past of fifteen years ago clearly appeared in front of him.

In the winter of that year, she returned to the house where she had little memory of her son, who was not yet full of age, and begged her biological parents to take her and her beloved son into her home after many years of absence.

But the ruthless parents saw that she was alone with a young son and had no long things, so they refused to let her enter the house on the grounds that she was no longer the Tao family and there was no extra room for the mother and son to live in.

Leaving home at the age of seven, she only vaguely remembered that there were relatives in Taojia Village, except here, there was nowhere else to go in the world, for the sake of the child in her arms, she could only kneel and beg bitterly, but for ten taels of silver to sell her parents closed the door of the courtyard, and turned a deaf ear to the pleas outside the door.

She knelt from dusk to nightfall, the cold wind hit, the child in her arms cried non-stop, she banged on the door, shouted until her voice was hoarse, but the people inside did not come out to take a look.

That night, she took the toddler in her arms and curled up under the eaves of the house.

At dawn on the second day, she walked to Lizheng's house step by step with her young son in her arms, and vowed in her heart that she would never enter the door of this house again in her life.

Fifteen years later, she was forced to return to this place again.