Everyone in Anping Village knew that Li Dashan in the city had fallen in love with the little girl of Old Man Niu's family.

The old man Niu has lived in this small village for generations, and the previous generations went out to ask for food, but this generation finally saved six acres of paddy fields and lived a good life by farming for food.

When the old man Niu was young, he helped the widow in the next village farm the land, and the widow followed him with all her heart.

Although life is still difficult, compared with his father's and mother's generation, Old Man Niu has already "mixed up his personality".

The widow gave birth to two sons and a daughter to the old man, and died of illness within two years of giving birth.

The old man kowtowed in front of the grave, saying that he would never remarry in this life, concentrate on raising the children, planting the land well, and save enough money to buy a cow before kicking his legs, so that the dolls could live a better life.

After saying that, the old tears flowed for a long time, and I only felt that I was like the storyteller said, a man with affection and righteousness, and he would also be a man with affection and righteousness in the future.

More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the old man Niu has pulled the three children up with a handful of and urine, not only has he not saved any of the money to buy cattle, but the six acres of paddy fields have shrunk to three acres.

If the taxes collected in the city are a little higher, I am afraid that the three acres will not be able to be saved.

There are not many paddy fields in Anping Village, and paddy fields are high-quality farmland. Fortunately, the old man Niu is very talented in farming, and he always has to produce a little more than other people's fields.

Not far from Anping Village, there is a small city built in Dujian, and there is a Li Dashan living in the city.

Li Dashan came to Anping Village to "go green", and accidentally saw the old man Niu farming, and saw that the old man Niu harvested the rice grains full and round, and admired it very much, and wanted to hire the old man Niu to help him farm the land.

The old man Niu is also a stubborn old man, and he directly refused, although the ancestors went out to beg for food, but they did not be slaves.

When Li Dashan heard this, he gave him a thumbs up and praised him for his backbone.

I never thought that as soon as the old man Niu came home, Li Zheng came to the door and told him politely that this year's tax had been raised by half, and there would be an additional "no cattle tax". Even those who don't have cattle have to pay taxes, but those who have cattle don't have to pay them.

The old man's land can't pay such a high tax anyway, and if he can't pay it, the land will be gone.

Li Zheng persuaded him: "Seeing that you are so worried, I have an idea, it is better for you to sell the land to Li Dashanren, and then you plant the land for him, although the land is his, but in the end you will plant it, and you will never pay taxes in the future, and you can get a little grain after the harvest." ”

"But then I don't have any more land, I can't sell my land." The old man shook his head with a dry cigarette.

"Who says you don't have land? You're still planting this field! As long as you sign a contract, don't worry about anything else! In the future, if you are bullied, you will say that you are the long-term worker of Li Dashan, his grandmother's, and it depends on the owner whether others beat the dog. ”

The old man still shook his head, although he couldn't say anything to refute it, but he intuitively felt that there was no difference between himself and the dogs in the city.

Li Zheng persuaded him for a long time, and when he saw that the old man Niu still didn't get in the oil and salt, he couldn't help but get angry, and said loudly: "Don't forget, you still have three babies who haven't got married!" ”

The old man Niu shook when he said this, yes, the real problem is in front of him, and if he can't get the tax land, he will be gone, which girl is willing to marry.

Suddenly, the grass curtain was lifted in the house, and a little girl rushed out, who was the old Niu Niu of the Niu family.

Niu Niu picked up a broom and waved it inward: ", my father doesn't give others a slave, don't you just want to blackmail my family's land, and then trick my father into being a slave?!" ”

Li Zheng's face was blue and white for a while, and Li Zheng flicked his sleeves: "If you are kind, you should be a donkey's liver and lungs, I see what you take to pay taxes, and if you can't pay it, you will pay the field!" After speaking, those who are angry will push the door out.

When I went out, I suddenly turned my head and squinted at Niu Niu, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old little girl is developing, her small breasts have grown, her waist and big buttocks, although her face is a little pockmarked, but she also has double eyelids and big eyes.

Within a few days, Li Dashan actually sent a matchmaker in the city to propose marriage, saying that he admired the backbone of the old man Niu and wanted to marry the old man Niu and let Niu Niu be the twenty-eighth concubine for Li Dashanren.

At that time, the people in the village were red and wanted to bleed, and said that the Niu family had made a fortune, and actually climbed up to the Li family in the city, even if it was a concubine, it was also Li Dashan's concubine, although Li Dashan was already in his fifties, as long as he survived for more than ten years, Niu Niu could still come out with severance pay to remarry.

Niu Niu heard that she was crying at home for three days, and the old man Niu touched Niu Niu's head full of yellow hair, and comforted her: "If you don't marry, don't marry, the rotten egg will fart when you fall to the king." Your father and I won't marry you to that kind of old king. ”

After the old man refused to kiss, within three days, Niu Niu went to the field to deliver food, was taken away by the strongman, early in the morning the old man Niu found the body in his own field, Niu Niu was naked, her body was full of bruises and wounds, her two big eyes were wide open, and she couldn't close it.

The boss of the Niu family roared and became angry, and he wanted to go to the strongman to settle accounts.

But where did the strongman come from? Anping Village has not seen a strongman in decades, but there have been strongmen in the past two days.

Just when the father and son of the Niu family were crying, the officials in the city came to collect taxes, and when they saw that the food was not enough, they pressed the old man Niu down, cut his fingers and pressed the blood mark on the paperwork, and the land was gone.

Niu Boss rushed forward to reason with the official, but was broken by the official on the spot and passed out.

Niu Lao Er found a firewood knife with red eyes and was about to stab those officials, but he was hugged by the old man Niu and cried: "Son, let's accept our fate!" It's a big deal to go out and ask for food again!"

The cry of the Niu family rang for several days and nights in Anping Village, and after three days of silence, Niu Niu was buried in the Daoye ravine, and died innocently, and there was no need to engrave a monument.

Li Dashan specially ordered someone to send ten copper plates over, saying that he was a little kind of heart, so that the old man Niu should not be too little.

Li Zheng asked the old man Niu to kowtow and thank him, but the old man Niu came up stubbornly and refused to live or die.

Li Zheng leaned in his ear and said, "You really don't know who killed the little girl?" We can't twist our arms around thick thighs, so you can be soft! ”

After saying this, the old man knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Two days later, the old man went to sleep in front of his daughter-in-law's grave who had been dead for many years, drank a few bottles of sour old wine, and said that he was sorry for his daughter-in-law, the promise he made back then was not fulfilled, and the three dolls died and paralyzed, and the ground was gone, and the cow would not be gone. As he spoke, he cried, and the crying was as unpleasant as the croaking of an old crow, and only the leaves on the tree fell with a clatter.

Suddenly, a soft sigh sounded in the distance, and the old man Niu was shocked into a cold sweat, and then thought that a person like me who was about to die would soon be a lonely ghost, so he became bold when he thought about it, and said loudly: "Ghost grandfathers, I will come to be your companion in less than three days, and you will wait for me!" ”

After saying that, he stumbled out of the cemetery.