There is a courtyard wall in the courtyard, but the courtyard wall has fallen into disrepair for a long time and has collapsed for more than half of it, the thatched roof is in tatters, and there are many weeds growing in the yard.

This is the only house with courtyard walls in the village, and it is also the most dilapidated house in the village.

Lin Zifu really felt that she was the unluckiest of the traversers, she was sold to marry her, then met the vicious Zhou family, and then met the rogue, who was almost defiled and almost lost her life, and then came to the village, but she didn't even have a place to stay.

The mother-in-law, who was bent on her death, was really "well-intentioned." ”

But she is a person who does not believe in evil, it is impossible to die, not only will she not die, but she must live well, live well, and only then will she have the opportunity to seek revenge on Lin Youcai's family in the future, and only then will she have the opportunity to rebel against the Zhou family.

If you want to pay attention to human rights in this era, you can only have the ability to speak and be looked down upon by people if you have a straight waist.

Aunt Ying was mentally prepared, but she was still shocked to see such an environment, this place was so broken that there was no way to live in it.

A middle-aged man wearing a green cloth linen dress with a thin figure walked over and asked gently: "I am the village chief here, I don't know who the two are?" ”

Lin Zifu saw that the village chief was very kind, and smiled at him: "We are distant relatives of the Zhou family. ”

Ying Gu took out the deed at this time and handed it to the village chief, explaining: "This is the deed given to us by the Zhou family. ”

The village chief took the deed and looked at it again, then looked the two up and down, handed the deed back and kindly reminded: "The house has not been inhabited for many years, and you have also seen that it is dilapidated, and even if you live in it, you can only repair it." ”

After all, they will be neighbors in the future, and seeing that both of them are women, my heart is moved with compassion, not to mention that the young woman is still wearing plain clothes, presumably someone in the family has died, and she wants to help: "If you want to repair the house, you can tell me, I will help you find someone, and the salary will not be expensive for you." ”

Lin Zifu, who was planning to repair the house, was overjoyed when she heard this, and the village chief was undoubtedly a charcoal in the snow.

Glancing at Aunt Ying, Aunt Ying nodded slightly, and then she said gratefully: "Then thank the village chief, our mother-in-law and grandson don't know the people in the village, so everything will trouble the village chief." ”

It was already past noon, and it was impossible to repair it in the afternoon, and in the morning, one person ate a dry bun, and his stomach was very hungry.

Lin Zifu knew that Aunt Ying had very few words, and she didn't want to communicate with outsiders more because of the scar.

He stubbornly asked, "I don't know who in the village has a surplus house, and we want to rent it for a few days." ”

When the village chief heard this, he smiled freely: "Don't talk about renting, you two can come with me, and you can live in my house until the house is repaired." ”

Aunt Ying and Lin Zifu were grateful in their hearts, their luck was not too bad, at least they met a kind person, packed up their things and left with the village chief.

The village chief's house is not far away, and it is also a thatched house, but there are many rooms, five rooms in the open, in the middle is a hall house, two houses on the left and right, and there is a side house on the south side of the house.

In the courtyard, a woman in her thirties, dressed in a patched robe, was feeding the chickens, and looked up at them curiously.

The village chief smiled: "Guixiang, these two are distant relatives of the Zhou family, and they will live in our house for a few days temporarily, and the courtyard of the Zhou family is too dilapidated to be repaired before people can live there." ”

Tian Guixiang figured out the identities of the two, with a smile on his face, and stepped forward to greet him: "No one has come to the Zhou family for many years, I didn't expect to remember this Zhuangzi, you are hungry when you are in a hurry, sit in the house for a while and I will get you some food." ”

Lin Zifu was not polite, she was really hungry, and said thank you repeatedly.

Aunt Ying gave the burden to Lin Zifu, walked up to Tian Guixiang and said, "Is there anything you need help with?" She thought, you can't eat other people's white food.

Carrying the baggage, Lin Zifu and the village chief entered the hall.

The hall is not very large, and the furniture in the house is very shabby, but it is very clean, and everything is in order.

The two sat down, and Lin Zifu put the burden on the stool next to her, and she had a lot of questions to ask.

The village chief took the lead in speaking: "My name is He Dayou, you can call me Uncle Dayou, why are you just your mother-in-law and grandson, and other family members?" ”

Lin Zifu smiled bitterly, and didn't dare to tell the truth, and said: "This matter is a long story, our mother-in-law and grandson are also desperate to come here, the Zhou family owes my mother-in-law a favor in the early years, so I gave the house and land here to my mother-in-law, but I don't know what happened to those acres of land?" I heard that the Zhou family had given the field to another relative to plant. ”

He Dayou is a smart person, people don't say that they can't continue to ask, seeing that the two of them are also hard-working people, he sighed and didn't hide it: "Tian estimates that you can't get it back, another distant relative also lives in the village, that is, the family at the head of the village, the male is called Zhou Qiangui, and the female is called Li Xiuhua, both of them are not very good-tempered, and they have been planting the land for so many years, and it is too difficult to get something from them back." ”

This is the truth, no one in the village is willing to make friends with the two, he saw that Lin Zifu and Aunt Ying were both kind people, but he was afraid that he would not be able to fight Zhou Qiangui's family.

Lin Zifu knew that things would not go too well, Mrs. Zhou wished they were dead, so she gave the house deed and title deed to Aunt Ying so freely, I am afraid that she would have known the situation here for a long time.

wants her to have a conflict with Zhou Qiangui's family, so that her life with Aunt Ying will become more and more difficult, such wishful thinking is really good.

Unfortunately, she was not in a hurry to take it back.

looked at He Dayou gratefully, and he was able to say it so clearly, and he was also a caring person: "Thank you Uncle Dayou for reminding me, I don't plan to take it back for the time being, the top priority is to repair the house, and it will trouble Uncle Dayou to buy materials and invite people." ”

He Dayou smiled heartily: "You're welcome, since you come to live in the village to be a villager, it is estimated that it will cost about one or two silver to repair your house, after all, the walls have to be reinforced, the roof has to be removed and rebuilt, and the courtyard wall of the yard has to be repaired ......." ”

Lin Zifu nodded again and again, He Dayou was so right, the arrangement was absolutely reasonable, and it was not expensive to get all the silver for one or two, so it could only be said that He Dayou really had a heart.

"Thank you Uncle Dayou for your help, don't thank you, Zifu will slowly repay you in the future."

Receiving the grace of others, you must repay each other with a spring, this is Lin Zifu's criterion for life.

Aunt Ying held the head of the nest, Tian Guixiang held a stack of pickles and a bowl of sour soup, and said, "It's all coarse tea and light rice, don't dislike the two of you." ”

Lin Zifu and Aunt Ying have eaten the coarsest dry food these two days, their throats are stuck and painful, and they can only drink cold water, so they can have a bowl of hot soup to drink, and they can't be too happy to eat a hot nest.

Lin Zifu stepped forward to take the soup and put it down, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Aunt Guixiang." ”

Tian Guixiang and He Dayou are kind, and they will help anyone in the village when they are in trouble, so He Dayou has been the village chief for more than 20 years, and he is also a respected person in the village.

asked about the situation of Aunt Ying and Lin Zifu in the stove room, and was very sympathetic to the two, especially knowing that Lin Zifu was only thirteen years old and decided to be widowed for her dead husband, and even respected Lin Zifu: "Zifu is not polite, if you have any difficulties in the future, tell your aunt that the people in the village are very easy to get along with, but you have to be careful with Zhou Qiangui's family." ”

Lin Zifu nodded gratefully, sat down and ate together, and He Dayou was busy going to the village to find someone after dinner.