Chapter 14: Breaking the Threshold
In the palm-sized village, the news that the child of the old lame family was admitted to Jiedeng College soon spread. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the same day, many people came to visit, most of them brought gifts, and the dilapidated courtyard that had been deserted for many years ushered in such a lively scene today.
"Brother Dongshan, I heard that your baby has been admitted to Jiedeng Academy?
"Brother Dongshan, I just came back from the mountains and hunted a bubble rabbit, it's not a rare thing, take it to Xiaobai and stew it!"
"Brother Dongshan, my daughter has been clamoring to come to your Xiaobai to play, I think these two children are quite in love, I don't know if they will become a couple in the future?"
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Those who bless and congratulate, those who give wild meat, and even those who give their daughters are even more exaggerated. Mo Dongshan was annoyed by this, and refused all, if it weren't for the fact that the poor people in the past couldn't afford to install the courtyard gate, he wouldn't even allow this group of villains who saw the wind and made the rudder more inflamed to step into his own threshold, and they would all be turned away!
"These people, when my old Mo family was down in previous years, I didn't see anyone willing to pull and help, and they thought I was a cripple. At this time, as soon as I heard that my son was born, they all came to pay their respects. ”
With a bad attitude, she drove away the big-mouthed village woman who came with her obviously unhappy daughter to have a relationship with her baby son, Mo Dongshan spat on the ground with a disdainful face, "What kind of thing, don't look at your daughter's virtue, is she worthy of my family's Xiaobai?"
Today is the most hearty day in Mo Dongshan's life, and he doesn't know how happy he is, so he raised his eyebrows fiercely.
Joyfully!
"Higashiyama. ”
At the moment when Mo Dongshan turned around and went back to the house, a familiar voice came from afar, turned around, looked at the white-haired old man who was striding with red light on his face, and couldn't help but have a cold look in his eyes: "Third uncle?"
Why is this old guy here?
The person who came was Mo Dongshan's own uncle, and he was also the only father in their family who remained in the world.
His eldest son is capable and talented, and he made a fortune in business outside in his early years, and he is also a well-known rich man in the village.
However, because the third uncle broke with Mo Dongshan's father due to the uneven distribution of ancestral property, the relationship between the two families was bad, and they rarely moved around, and they were strangers.
Even, after the death of Mo Dongshan's father, the third uncle, who had always been unwilling, also bribed the officials and forcibly took away the ancestral property that originally belonged to Mo Dongshan's family, an old house of two acres of land. Afterwards, he only gave Mo Dongshan a pension that was better than nothing, and sent him to live in this remote adobe house.
In general, instead of being close, the two families have a certain degree of resentment.
It's just that not long ago, in order to raise money for Mo Bai to participate in the fighting soul test, Qiu Yun had no choice but to sell a complete tiger skin at home to this third uncle.
Mo Dongshan has never had a good impression of this third uncle who used tricks to take away his ancestral home, and when he saw him come to the door, he couldn't help sneering in his heart.
"Oh, Dongshan, our uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for three years. Come on, I have a pot of good wine here, and I have brought it for you to taste. ”
The third uncle laughed and came over and patted Mo Dongshan's broad shoulder, indicating that he had said hello, as if they were very close to each other.
"Third uncle, please inside. ”
Although he didn't want to see this third uncle who also didn't want to see him in the past, Mo Dongshan knew that he was a junior, and the etiquette on the surface was still indispensable.
This is the first time that the third uncle has entered Mo Dongshan's house for many years, and as soon as he entered the inner house with cracked corners of the four walls, the third uncle, who was used to living in a luxurious mansion, couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"The humble house is shabby, neglecting the third uncle, and looking at Haihan. Mo Dongshan's tone was a little yin and yang.
"It's okay to be able to shelter from the wind and rain, so what's the point of being simple? The third uncle waved his hand indifferently and sat down at the table.
"That's right. I still have to thank the third uncle for leaving this adobe house for our family, so that my nephew would not drag his half-crippled body to sleep on the streets, but I was blessed by the third uncle. ”
Mo Dongshan pursed his lips, but there was something in his words.
If it weren't for you, a cunning old thing, who robbed my family's ancestral house, why would I, Mo Dongshan, live in such a crumbling and dangerous house?
"Haha, it's okay,"
As if he didn't hear Mo Dongshan's words, the third uncle laughed, turned the page nonchalantly, and put the old wine on the table and unveiled it, "Ah Yun, take the bowl, I want to have a drink with your Dongshan today." Dongshan, come, sit down and drink together!"
"Third uncle, I'm sorry, my nephew is frail and sick, and he can't drink alcohol. ”
Mo Dongshan didn't give face at all, and he didn't even want to sit, "The third uncle came to the door today, what is the important matter, if you don't mind, please say it directly." ”
"That'...... All right. The third uncle couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.
However, it is not in vain to live at such an old age, it is easy to adjust his mentality, the third uncle pondered for a moment and said, "Dongshan, that's the case." I'm here today for two things, the first is about your old house. ”
"Didn't you sell the old house?"
Mo Dongshan was obviously a little worried about this matter.
"No, no, no, Dongshan, you misunderstood. That house was indeed taken by a wealthy businessman surnamed Jia who settled in the house, and he wanted to buy it for 5 million. Didn't you happen to be seriously injured and unconscious at that time, so I, as the third uncle, will help you talk about this matter. ”
took the porcelain bowl handed over by Qiu Yun and poured it for himself, took a shallow sip, and continued, "Later, considering that your family is facing financial difficulties in order to treat you, and at the same time, I don't want our old Mo family's ancestral house to fall into the hands of others like this, so I took it upon myself to rent it to them for ten years. Didn't I give you the rent later? In other words, although the right to use the house is in their hands, the house is still yours, and you can move back to live next month when the ten-year period expires. ”
Mo Dongshan's eyes lit up, but he immediately pursed his lips with disdain: "The rent is only the 50,000 free coins you gave me at the beginning?"
He won't believe the third uncle's nonsense, with the size of his old house, only 50,000 free coins, just renting it for a year is not enough.
In this regard, the third uncle was already ready to say: "Of course not, the 50,000 free coins is half a year's deposit, and the subsequent money is collected by my son's assistant and stored in the treasury of our Mo family." I didn't think of the money for a while, so I didn't withdraw it...... It wasn't until the end of the decade that I remembered. ”
"What about the money?"
Mo Dongshan sat down at this time, staring at the third uncle with sharp eyes.
This old thing, back then, took advantage of his coma to occupy the ancestral house, but he never mentioned the rent to himself.
"Money...... I'm all set. ”
Trembling in his heart by Mo Dongshan's gloomy gaze, the third uncle hurriedly took out ten gold cards from his pocket, and the golden coin cards were of 100,000 denominations.
"Of these million miles, 950,000 is the rent of the past ten years. ”
The third uncle just pushed such a stack of coin cards with a halo of circulation in front of Mo Dongshan, "Get ready, let's move back next month, I've wronged you all these years." ”
"What's the other thing?"
Turning a deaf ear to the old guy's fake politeness, Mo Dongshan was not in a hurry to put the money away.
"Well, there's one more thing, the tiger skin ...... last time."
The third uncle smiled, "When Qiu Yun sold it to me, because I just didn't have any cash on hand, I gave her 10,000 free coins first, but in fact, the tiger skin you called from Dongshan was in perfect condition, far more than this price, and I also specially found someone to appraise it, at least it is worth 40,000 free coins." I see that your family has not had a good time over the years, so I will add you an extra 20,000 yuan, minus the 10,000 down payment given to Qiu Yun before, 50,000 yuan, plus 950,000 rent, just a whole number, 1 million. ”
"I see. Then thank you Uncle San. ”
Hearing this, Mo Dongshan nodded, and he was not polite, and kicked a million huge sums of money into his arms with peace of mind, which was what he deserved.
Seeing the third uncle stretching his neck and looking inside and outside the house, Mo Dongshan couldn't help but be puzzled: "Third uncle, what are you looking at?"
"Where's this kid Xiaobai?"
"Oh, his mother is cooking, tell him to go make soy sauce. Mo Dongshan pursed his lips, it turned out that he was courteous to his baby son.
"Alas, what a pity. ”
The third uncle looked at the path outside the courtyard, his eyes were in a trance, and he wanted to see through it.
And the thin figure that was desperate to see never appeared.