Aunt Zhao happily pulled Sanmao up from the ground and ran to Ming Ke excitedly:

"Did you hear that, his uncle asked you to give us those copies. Hurry up and take it out, we still have to go home and cook!" ”

Ming Ke pursed his mouth, thinking of the books Amy gave, and suddenly had other thoughts in his heart, he especially wanted to beat Sanmao again and let himself go to prison for a while, so that he didn't have to let the book out.

Thinking so, he took a step forward, and the village party secretary seemed to know what he wanted to say, so he opened his mouth in advance:

"Alright, you guys go back first! Let Mingke prepare, and I will accompany him to deliver books to you in the afternoon. ”

"This ......" Aunt Zhao looked back at Ming Ke, seeing his reluctance, she also knew that with her ability, it was impossible to get the book from Ming Ke's hand, so she smiled at the village party secretary:

"It's okay, then we'll go back first, please send us the books in the afternoon."

After speaking, he left with Sanmao.

There were only four of them left in the courtyard, and the village party secretary glanced at Ming Ke, who was standing there staring at the door, put his hands behind his back with a dark face, and walked back to the house.

Seeing this, Zhou Yize and Amy, who were standing next to Ming Ke, glanced at each other and pulled back Ming Ke, who was standing there and was reluctant to go back to the house.

The village party secretary sat on the edge of the kang, took out the smoking pot, and looked at Ming Ke while smoking, Zhou Yize and Amy stood beside Ming Ke like left and right protectors, and the four of them did not speak with their own thoughts.

"You think if you don't speak, this matter will be over? You're so old, why don't you use your brains to do things, do you think I shouldn't agree to Aunt Zhao to let you pay the book to others? ”

The village party secretary smoked a cigarette pot and asked Ming Ke.

At this time, Ming Ke did get to the tip of the horns, and now he was full of thoughts about exchanging ten days of prison food for a few textbooks given by Amy, and nodded without thinking.

"Heh, you kid didn't notice that I had been looking at you from beginning to end, do you think I can't explain the past to the people in the village without those books?" He got up from the edge of the kang and walked to Ming Ke's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said helplessly:

"Child, there are many things in this world that can't follow your wishes, just like today, and I am helpless."

"I know, I just don't want to give them books, and I'm willing to go to jail if I can."

Ming Ke looked at the village party secretary with firm eyes, but Amy next to him was anxious and said in surprise:

"Mingke, are you crazy, it's just a few books, I'll give you two."

Mingke turned his head to look at her and said stubbornly:

"That's different, the book you gave, I don't want to share with anyone."

When the village party secretary heard his childish words, he laughed a few times, returned to the edge of the kang, and said:

"You kids, do you really think you can have so-called love? Let me ask you, you came out of prison and kept your two books, which is not a big deal at first glance, but what if because of this, you are disqualified and cannot take the college entrance examination? ”

Ming Ke didn't know if he listened or not, he lowered his head and looked at his two feet.

The village party secretary then asked:

"Okay, even if you're lucky this time and don't get disqualified and admitted to college, have you ever thought about what others think of Amy? They would only say that she was a fool, that a good girl followed a man who had been in prison. ”

The village party secretary looked at him, paused, and then said earnestly:

"You don't think it's anything now, but if you really go to prison and come out, your life will be ruined, everyone will say that you are a person who has been in prison, your parents, children, and wife will be ridiculed by others because of this. You're still young, you're self-conscious, and you can't stand it when people say a few words about you, but when you get older, you'll find that compared to your own reputation, anything else is a fart. Uncle didn't want you to ruin it, so he agreed to the Zhao family's daughter-in-law's statement, words, I have already told you, what to do depends on yourself. I can't take care of it, so I'll go back first. ”

Zhou Yize saw him get off the ground and hurriedly shouted:

"Uncle, I'll send you."

With the sound of the door closing, only Amy and Minke were left in the small room.

Why not? Because except for the ondol. The room was only two paces wide and three paces long for adults.

Because it's autumn and it's not too cold, the stove in the house is not installed, so it looks a little bigger.

On the wall next to the door was a very small cabinet, just big enough for one person to write on it. On the side of the cabinet away from the door are two tall yellow wooden stools.

Further inside, the stool, including the adjacent wall, was nothing. When I turned around, the wall on the other side of the door was nothing. Only a stove of about one square meter was enclosed near the ondol.

Although the place is very small, compared to the cowshed where I used to sleep, this small house that can shelter from the wind and rain seems very warm.

At this time, Mingke's ass was leaning against the black stove, his two long legs were casually put together, he lowered his head, clasped his arms in his hands, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Amy sat on the edge of the kang with half her buttocks, her hands resting quietly on her thighs, and her eyes looked at Minke for a moment waiting for him to speak.

After a while, Zhou Yize came back, he stood on the threshold, looked at Ming Ke, pursed his lips slightly, as if he was thinking, and then spoke:

"Ming Ke, Uncle Yan is also kind, otherwise you can listen to him and give them the book! Amy and I have extra money to lend you, it's better than them going to the Public Security Bureau and you going to jail! ”

"Yes, what Team Leader Zhou said is right, if you think you are reluctant to send you what I send you, then send mine over, I see the same as you."

Amy looked at him worriedly, her fingers on her lap kept pointing, and she was especially afraid that Minco would be stubborn.

Ming Ke nodded under their anxious gaze.

At this moment, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Amy's tense body immediately relaxed.

In fact, Ming Ke was not thinking about whether to give the book to the mother and son, but was recalling the words of the village party secretary again and again.

Since his mother was taken away, he has been bent on learning martial arts and constantly strengthening his body, he thinks that only in this way can he make himself strong and protect the people he wants to protect.

But today, he listened to the words of the village party secretary and thought of the discrimination and humiliation he had suffered when he first came to Mao'er Village because of his status. I found out that as a person, not only should I be physically strong, but also have a good reputation, so that the person I love does not have to experience the humiliation he experienced.

In the afternoon, Ming Ke woke up from a nap with the village party secretary, and took out two high school textbooks from the gap between the mattress and the pillow.

He looked at the artistic words on the cover of the book, touched it a little reluctantly, then sighed and led them to the village party secretary's house.

At this time, the village party secretary had already gotten up and was sitting in the courtyard repairing the bench.

"Uncle, please take me to Aunt Zhao'er's house!"

Minke's books walked up to him, and there was no wave on the surface.

"Okay, it's an acquaintance, I didn't see the wrong person, you wait here, I'll go back to the house and wash my hands."

The village party secretary glanced at him with squinted eyes and nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing Ming Ke and them walking in, Aunt Zhao picked up the shelf, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the table next to her, and said sneeringly:

"Yo, who should I be, it turned out to be Ming Ke, why aren't you tough at this time."

"Daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, do you still want these books, if you want them, shut your mouth for me."

Part of the reason why the village party secretary is biased towards Ming Ke is to appreciate this child, and the other part is that he is particularly annoyed by the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, who is so old and has no sense of proportion in talking and doing things, all according to his own temperament.

"I didn't say no, it's all in the same village, why are you going to be a bad guy!"

Aunt Zhao's melon seeds didn't knock anymore, she sat on the stool aggrieved, lowered her head, rubbed her bottom with both hands, and muttered aggrievedly.

The village party secretary didn't hear her, handed her the things in his hand and left with Ming Ke.

On the way home, he patted Mingke on the shoulder with his hand, smiled at him, and said:

"Our village, poor! Some people will inevitably ignore the head and tail of things, and when it comes to their own hands, they will be their own, or they will go to you like the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family to make trouble unreasonably. Don't be impulsive, let Zhou Xiaozi go to my house to find me, and I will solve it for you. ”

"Well, I see, thank you Uncle Yan."

Ming Ke's opinion of the man in front of him changed in his heart.

When he got home, Amy was already waiting in the house, and when she saw him come back, she looked worried:

"What's going on? Done with the matter? You didn't quarrel with Aunt Zhao! ”

"No, with Uncle Yan here, you can rest assured!"

Minke smiled at her.

That night, as soon as the study class ended, Sanmao walked over to a few of them and stood still in front of Ming Ke.

"That...... This is your book, I still don't want it! ”

When he received this book, his first reaction was not ecstatic but like receiving a hot potato, and he was scared tightly, he hadn't forgotten how the man in front of him beat him to death yesterday.

"No need, stay away from me in the future."

Ming Ke listened to his words, the movements in his hands paused, and he said without looking back.

"Yes, since this book is given to you, it is yours, so let's treat it as compensation for him beating you yesterday!"

It is impossible to say that there is no resentment in your heart, but people take the initiative to find it, and you can't throw your face at others, Amy squeezed out a tough smile at Sanmao and said.

"Well, well!"

At this time, Sanmao was finally relieved, touched the textbook in his hand, and looked excited.