Just after the beginning of spring, there is already a trace of warmth in the air, as the saying goes: Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet!

No, a few floating ducks are swimming happily in the pond at the east end of Beishan Village. Industrious farmers in the fields are ploughing the fields, waiting for the weather to be warmer before spring planting.

The unknown grass on the ridge has grown a few young leaves, scattered all over the fields, and the willow trees at the head of the village have just budded, and the whole village has begun to recede the depression of winter and usher in the tender green spring.

In the Xu family's wing room in the west of Beishan Village, Xu Qingyan was pretending to sleep, thinking about what she had seen and heard in the past few days, and she didn't want to open her eyes.

"Sister, why are you still sleeping, is there anything uncomfortable?" Xu Qingyan, who was still pretending to be dead, was interrupted by this child's voice, and had no choice but to open her eyes and look at the child in front of her.

"Well, it was a little bit just now, but it's much better now, I'll get up right away."

"Sister, don't get up if you're uncomfortable, lie on the bed for a while, and I'll bring you breakfast." The child said sensibly

Seeing the five-year-old child in front of her say such intimate words, Xu Qingyan's nose was sour, and she secretly pinched herself, it hurt!

It's true, it's not a dream, five days have passed, every time I open my eyes, I see this thatched roof and earthen wall, and the sensible child in front of me, calling her sister with a happy face, and the words that come out are both sensible and distressing.

Xu Qingyan had to force herself to face up to her current situation and reluctantly accept this fact.

It's time to wake up from the dream, whether it's Zhuang Zhou's dream of Butterfly or Butterfly's Dream Zhuang Zhou, it's no longer important.

Xu Qingyan cheered up and smiled: "I'm much better now, and my head is no longer dizzy, so let's get up and take a walk." ”

"Awen, why don't you see your father and mother?" Xu Qingyan listened to the fact that there seemed to be no movement outside, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, at this time in the past, Xu Guanghua's loud voice had already begun to shout.

"Oh, my mother and my aunt went to the field to turn over the ground, my father and my uncle went to Landlord Zheng's house, and my grandmother was cooking in the kitchen," Xiao Awen replied in a clear manner

Xu Qingyan nodded when she heard this, took the clothes at the bedside and put them in the quilt to warm up, so as not to wear them on her body for a while.

After a while, feeling that the clothes were almost warm, Xu Qingyan lay down in the quilt and began to dress. After putting on a patched padded jacket, Xu Qingyan still felt cold. But there is no other way, there are no extra clothes at home, so I can only carry them.

opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew in, Xu Qingyan was shocked, and instantly felt a lot clearer. Shrinking his neck, he took a wooden comb with broken teeth from an old wooden platform in the west corner of the room, combed his hair twice casually despite the cold, and tied it up with a red head rope.

According to Xu Qingyan's thoughts, what is this grass-like hair still for, not only is the color yellow but also easy to knot, and the scalp hurts every time she combs her hair, in her opinion, it is not as good as clicking with a pair of scissors.

But she can only think about it, but she doesn't dare to really do it, in ancient times, she paid attention to the hair and skin of the body, and her parents could not cut her hair at will, and only those who wanted to become nuns could cut off these three thousand troubles.

"Arwen, let's go, let's go to the kitchen to make a fire, it's warmer there." After that, he wanted to take Arwen and ran to the kitchen.

"Roast the fire, what kind of fire, sister, are you cold? No way! Now that spring has begun, my father and mother said that they will be able to sow seeds soon, how can it be cold, I don't want to roast the fire. Arwen said with a look of refusal

Hearing this, Xu Qingyan looked at the willow trees that had sprouted outside the courtyard and said, "Okay, you are amazing, you are not afraid of the cold, I am afraid of the cold, right?"

In the kitchen, the Cao family was cooking, watching Xu Qingyan rush in like the wind, and said worriedly: "Slow down, what are you doing running so fast, this disease is just better, and I poured the wind carefully." There is hot water in the pot, you go wash your face first, and when your father and mother come back, you can start the meal. ”

Xu Qingyan nodded, scooped hot water to wash her face, and after washing her face, she squatted in front of the stove to help Cao's fire burn. Seeing this, Cao Shi said: "The porridge has been cooked, there is no need to add firewood, you and Ah Wen go to the yard to play." ”

"Grandma, I'll be here, it's warmer here, Ah Wen went to play with Ah Jun."

"What? Do you still feel cold? Cao Shi was a little surprised when he heard this, looked outside and said, "It's already spring now, and you are wearing a lot, how can you still be cold like this." After Cao's finished speaking, he was a little worried, and then touched Xu Qingyan's head with his hand and said, "It's not hot, and there is no fever, how can you be so afraid of the cold, are you still uncomfortable?" ”

Xu Qingyan shook her head and said, "No, I just feel a little cold, maybe I just came out of the bed, and it will be fine after a while." Xu Qingyan didn't know why this body seemed to be particularly afraid of cold.

The grandfather and grandson were talking, when they heard a movement outside the hospital, and when they listened carefully, the Xu brothers and their daughter-in-law came back. Cao Shi hurriedly greeted him and asked, "How is it?" What did Landlord Zheng say? ”

One sentence made the Xu brothers bow their heads and say nothing, and Cao's heart sank when they saw this.

A breakfast was extremely depressed, Xu Qingyan was infected by this emotion and felt uncomfortable, two days ago I heard her father and mother say that this year I want to find Zheng landlord to tenant two more acres of land, and I can have more harvests every year, even if the rent is a little higher.

"Our brother went, and just explained his intentions, then Steward Li said that the land was rented out, but I don't think his expression is right, and this is just his excuse." Xu Guangqi, the boss of the Xu family, said angrily, relieved for a moment and said helplessly: "Why don't we open up some wasteland." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Guanghua objected loudly: "No, big brother, you forgot the year before last, the two acres of wasteland that we worked so hard to open up were not occupied by the group of beasts of the Wang family, and there is no money to get a land deed, so it will be in vain for us to open it." Uncle Xu was silent when he heard this, and the family was still angry about this matter.

The Wang family is a well-known pimpy household in this Beishan Village, the family is arrogant and unreasonable, and loves to take advantage, but the Wang family has a lot of labor, and there is some kinship with the Zheng landlord, so no one dares to mess with it in the entire Beishan Village.

The year before last, the brothers of the Xu family saw that there was little land at home, and it was difficult to even solve the problem of food and clothing after paying taxes, so they thought that it would be better to open two acres of wasteland, although the wasteland had not produced much in the first two or three years, and there were many stones in the wasteland, and it was difficult to open it. But thinking about the situation at home, the two brothers decided to give it a try, and it was a big deal to plant some beans and nourish the land first.

But the two acres of wasteland that took nearly two months to open up have not yet had time to plant. Then the Wang family jumped out to object, saying that this was public land and the Xu family had no right to occupy it. The Xu family also quarreled with the Wang family at that time, and almost got into a fight, but later the village chief came to mediate, saying that only by taking out the title deed could it be proved that the land belonged to the Xu family.

The Xu family's heart sank when they heard this, even if there were many grievances and grievances in their hearts, they were helpless. Although the Xu brothers had expected this situation, they had no choice but to take out the two taels of silver from the title deed, so they could only try it with luck, and if it didn't work out, something really happened. The Xu family has no money and no power, so they can only admit it.

The Xu family only has two brothers, but the Wang family has more than a dozen middle-aged laborers alone, coupled with the Wang family's evil behavior in the village, the villagers dare not help the Xu family speak, for fear of provoking the Wang family's revenge.

The next day, the Wang family took the silver and gave the two acres of wasteland that the Xu family brothers had worked hard to open up to the title deed, and the two acres of wasteland became the Wang family's land in an instant, and the Xu brothers worked for two months in vain.

No wonder she was so angry, Xu Qingyan said secretly in her heart. If it were her, she would probably be dying. The peaches you have worked so hard to grow are ready to be picked by others when they are ripe, and it is strange if you are not angry, but the most angry thing is that you are powerless to resist, and you can only watch others do whatever they want.