In the morning, the weather was clear and cloudless. The sun is like an orange lampshade, radiating a soft light, shining on the body warmly.

The good-looking boy sat in the empty yard, his hands on his cheeks, and looked expectantly at the little girl who was working in the vegetable garden.

The girl took a small rake in her hand, turned around in the ground, and muttered: "It's strange, why haven't these seeds germinated after so many days?" Can't they be planted outside the space? ”

Xia Yan scratched her head, raised her head a little irritably, and met the bright eyes of the young man, she immediately felt numb all over her body, as if there was an electric current passing through, and she looked away a little crampedly.

She stammered a little and asked, "What do you see, it's... It's all your fault, in order to save you, I lost all the purslane I finally picked. It's almost winter, and I won't be able to pick it up again. How do you still look, there are... Something? ”

"I like you..."

Xia Yan was stunned, overwhelmed by this sudden confession. Her cheeks were crimson, she didn't dare to raise her eyes, her fingers subconsciously stirred the corners of her clothes, and she was about to open her mouth, but she heard the young man continue, "I like you... Cooking, I'm hungry. ”

"Huh?"

"What is purslane?"

"A wild vegetable with thick little leaves and red rhizomes... It's delicious. Although he was curious why Mu Fan cared about a wild vegetable, Xia Yan still patiently talked about it.

"Well, go cook."

"Oh." Xia Yan glanced at the young man with some embarrassment, and found that he didn't notice the way he had just lost his temper, so he breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked towards the kitchen.

At this time, she heard Xia Huai's hoarse shout, "Which of you dares to bully my mother today, Lao Tzu and him are desperate." ”

She was stunned, and ran quickly to the front yard in desperation.

At this time, there were two groups of people in the front yard who were confronting each other, one was the mother and son of the Yan family, and the other side was the Wang family who was full of bad water and the third child of the Xia family who was pulled to support the Wang family, Xia Xinchao.

The Wang family, who had a tiger's back and a bear's waist, crossed his waist and yelled at Xia Huai: "You little cub, do you still have filial piety in your eyes, you dare to shout at your third uncle, aren't you afraid of thunder and thunder?" Who bullied your mother, we are discussing with her, what are you talking about this little? Little thing, if you don't learn well, we should really discipline and discipline you for the second brother. ”

Xia Xinchao, who was sharp-beaked and monkey-cheeked on the side, pretended to persuade Wang, "Forget it, sister-in-law, let's not be like a child, and talk to the second sister-in-law about business." ”

"Bah, you don't need to be so hypocritical, are you discussing? This is clearly a robbery! This house was left by my father, why should he give it to you? And the face to ask for a title deed? How many years have you occupied my land, and you don't know in your heart? Today you want the title deed and title deed, step over my corpse first. ”

Xia Yan had just arrived, and when he heard Xia Huai say this, he immediately became angry. She shouted: "Brother, why are you telling them so much, just hit out!" As he spoke, he picked up the broom and waved it at Wang's body.

But before the broom hit Wang's body, he was stopped by Xia Xinchao, he squinted, a glimmer of light appeared in his fox-like eyes, and bowed to Yan's family, saying: "Sister-in-law, it was a little abrupt for me and my sister-in-law to come to the door rashly today, and the younger brother is here to apologize to your sister-in-law." But the eldest nephew's words are forgiving, if your land hadn't been taken over by us, it would have been abandoned a long time ago, how could the eldest nephew wronged us and said that we occupied it? What's more, this deed and title deed are not what I and my sister-in-law want, it is Weiwei who is about to get married, and my mother wants you to add a box to Weiwei as a sister-in-law, if you have any opinions, go to my father and mother to talk about it. ”

Yan's hands were clenched, and his ten fingers were about to pinch his palms to bleed, but he still couldn't think of any way. She looked at the two children anxiously, at a loss.

Seeing Yan like this, Xia Yan sighed inwardly, and then she stopped in front of her mother and spat at the two of them, scolding: "Don't pretend here, fake benevolence and hypocrisy." didn't occupy my family's land, why didn't my mother come to the door and ask you not to return it? Isn't it because my mother is weak and easy to bully? I'm here today, what are you coming at me, my aunt and grandmother are not afraid of you. ”

Wang squinted his eyes and glanced at Xia Yan, "Yo, I haven't seen you in the past few days, this ugly girl is about to turn the sky upside down." Okay, your aunt and I have a lot of knowledge, and I don't have the same knowledge as you, so if you have any opinions, go to the old house and talk to your grandmother. Third, let's go. With that, he slowly walked towards the door with Xia Xinchao.

Yan Shi here watched the two of them leave, his body collapsed to the ground uncontrollably, and his tears fell uncontrollably like beads with broken threads, "It's all useless to blame my mother, I can't even keep this last bit of family business, and I want to be taken away, how should this be?" ”

Xia Yan looked at Yan's hopeless appearance and was a little angry, but he thought that at this critical juncture, it was better to solve the matter first, and then find an opportunity to slowly change Yan's in the future.

She persuaded: "Mother, you go into the house and rest, this matter is left to me and my brother, let's go to the ancestral house to settle accounts with the old woman, I will not let them succeed in their conspiracy." Brother, take the good guys, let's go. ”

"Okay."

The brother and sister ran to the door of the old mansion angrily, but found that the door was open, and Xia's mother was squinting, sitting on a chair with a comfortable face basking in the sun.

Xia Yan wondered in his heart, "Could it be that there is fraud in this courtyard?" She immediately reminded Xia Huai: "Brother, there is something strange here, you should be careful." ”

Xia Huai answered, and the two stopped in front of the courtyard gate, not daring to go in. At this time, Xia Mu opened her eyes, saw the two of them, and immediately said with a smile: "Aren't these Huai'er and Yan'er, what a rare guest, how can you have time to come to grandma, come, come in, let grandma take a look." ”

The two glanced at each other, a little hesitant, Xia Yan said, "Grandma, let's just stand here and tell you." ”

"Then what is it, let outsiders see it, maybe I will arrange something. Didn't you come here for your deed? Standing at the door all the time, Grandma doesn't want to discuss it with you. ”

Xia Yan still wanted to argue, but was pulled into the hospital by Xia Huai. She thought about it again, and felt that the old lady in the countryside was powerless and couldn't make any tricks, so she let down her guard and said to Xia Mu, "We have come in, can we start discussing?" ”

"Of course you can, it's still Huai'er who is brave, it's different from the other children in my Xia family."

"Okay grandma, don't talk nonsense, just say it." Looking at Xia Mu's smiling appearance, Xia Yan's heart had a bad premonition.

"Your sister-in-law is about to get married, and grandma wants your mother to add a box, shouldn't she?"

"Yes, it should, but for so many years, the eldest aunt and the third aunt have taken things from our house, and these are not enough to add boxes to the sister-in-law?"

"But your father is an honest official, and there is nothing valuable at home."

"Then my family's land has been occupied by you for many years, and the silver money from farming is enough for my sister-in-law."

The expression on Xia Mu's face gradually became hideous, "But that land was planted by your uncle and third uncle together, and the money was naturally distributed to them." ”

"But my father bought the house himself, so why should I hand it over."

"The Xia family is not separated, so we should have a share of that house."

"When my father was in office, he took a lot of silver from the family, without my father, you can live such a good life and live in such a good house?"

"That's my son, and I should be honored."

Hearing Xia Mu's shameless answer, Xia Yan asked a little anxiously: "Then grandma, what other solution do you have besides the house?" ”

At this time, Xia Mu's expression was extremely cautious, as if she was possessed by a demon, and she grinned and said: Or, sell Yan'er, you? ”