In the mountains and forests, Wang Lung walked in front with a tiger on his shoulders and said, "By the way, we are all married verbally, and I don't know what your name is?" Hehe. ”

The girl said, "My name is Li Yu. I am from Lijia Village. Seventeen years old. My mother died when she gave birth to me. It was just me and my father at home. What about you? ”

Wang Lung smiled and said, "My name is Wang Lung. My mother gave birth to me and left. My father was seriously ill and died not long ago. It seems that our family situation is very similar, no wonder we talk so much. ”

Li Yu said: "Well, I thought I was miserable enough, but you are worse than me, now that we are together, we have to support each other and run this family well." ”

Wang Lung said, "Of course. ”

The two walked out of the mountain forest, walked on a mountain road paved with bright sunshine, walked through Wangjia Village, and walked through a forest that divides Wangjia Village and Lijia Village, and then came to the entrance of Lijia Village.

Lijia Village is a small village, there are only a few dozen families in the village, because everyone has already gone out to work in the morning, when Wang Long and Li Yu walked into Lijia Village, they did not meet anyone.

This also saved Wang Lung a lot of trouble, after all, he was walking with a tiger on his shoulder, and if he was seen, he would definitely surround Wang Lung and ask questions.

The two came to the end of the village, stopped at a courtyard house, and Li Yu said, "This is my home." ”

Li Yu opened the fence gate of the courtyard, and then walked in with Wang Lung, and after entering the courtyard, Wang Lung said, "Is there a place to put tigers?" This tiger is precious, and it must not be thrown in the yard. ”

Li Yu said: "Yes." ”

Li Yu took Wang Lung to the kitchen, and then said, "Just put it here." ”

Wang Lung left the tiger in a corner of the kitchen, and at the same time took off the backpack full of prey and placed it on the edge of the stove, Wang Lung said, "Let's go see your father first." ”

Li Yu said, "Uh-huh. ”

Li Yu and Wang Lung walked out of the kitchen, through the courtyard, and came to the main house, which was also a thatched house, but a little larger than the kitchen, with sleeping rooms on the east and west sides, and a living room in the middle, which was used to entertain guests and eat.

Li Yu and Wang Lung came to the east room, only to see that the windows of the east room were open, and the sunlight was shining in, making the room extremely bright, and on a wooden bed, a middle-aged man with a pale face was resting.

Li Yu came to the middle-aged man and said, "Dad, I'm back." ”

The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes, and then said, "Girl, you're back." Where did you go early in the morning? ”

Li Yu said: "I went hunting in the forest, because you said you wanted to eat meat, but I didn't have the money to buy it for you, so I wanted to go to the forest to hunt some game for you to eat." ”

The middle-aged man said, "Then did you hit the prey?" ”

Li Yu said: "No. However, I met Wang Lung, who not only saved me from the tiger's mouth, but also hit a lot of prey. Now that he's mine, his prey is mine, Daddy, you have meat to eat. ”

The middle-aged man was not very happy when he heard that there was meat to eat, but instead shifted his gaze to Wang Lung, who was standing next to him, and then said, "Wang Lung, it's him." ”

Li Yu said: "Yes. ”

The middle-aged man said, "He looks pretty good. I'm dying. You find someone to rely on, and I'm relieved. ”

At this time, Wang Lung said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiaoyu." Also, I've learned some medical skills before, maybe I can help you, can you tell me where you are in pain? ”

The middle-aged man said dejectedly, "There is no salvation." I had a stomach problem, which was so severe that I couldn't digest anything I ate, and I had blood in my stool. ”

When Wang Lung heard this, he immediately thought, it seems that he is really hopeless, and he has blood in his stool, it must be an advanced stage of stomach cancer, even if Hua Tuo comes, it can't be cured.

Wang Lung said, "Father-in-law, then you can rest well." Xiaoyu and I will cook you a delicious meal now. ”

The middle-aged man said, "Yes. After saying that, the middle-aged man closed his eyes and recuperated.

At noon, the table in the living room was full of hot dishes, Wang Long and Li Yu helped up the middle-aged man and came to the living room. ”

Li Yu said: "Dad, don't talk nonsense, after eating this meal, maybe you will get better." ”

The middle-aged man said, "I know what's going on. Don't comfort me. ”

The three of them had a lunch meal in laughter, and after eating, the middle-aged man returned to the east room to rest with Li Yu's support.

In the evening, the middle-aged man called Li Yu, and the middle-aged man said, "Girl, I'm leaving." You have to take care of yourself. ”

After speaking, the middle-aged man's head tilted, and he lost his breath.

Li Yu cried bitterly, and Wang Long next to him hurriedly comforted: "People can't be resurrected after death, and the festival mourns and changes." ”

The next day, Wang Lung and Li Yu packed the middle-aged man into a wooden box, then lifted him onto a small cart and pulled him out of the house.

When passing through the village road, the people in the village saw Wang Lung pulling a small cart carrying a wooden box, followed by Li Yu in a white mourning dress, and also understood that this Li Yu's family must be dead, and Li Yu's family is only two people, Li Yu is still alive, and the deceased must be Li Yu's father who is seriously ill.

But Li Yu was followed by Wang Long, which made the people of Lijia Village very confused, because they didn't know who Wang Long was from Li Yu's family?

Wang Lung doesn't care about the strange eyes of others, what he cares about is whether he can create a better life with Li Yu in the future.

Soon, Wang Lung and Li Yu pulled a heavy small cart out of Lijia Village and came to a piece of land in the wild, where many ancestors of Lijia Village were buried.

Wang Lung said, "Just bury it here." ”

Li Yu said, "Yes. ”

Wang Lung put down the wooden box, and then dug a pit with Li Yu with tools.

When the pit was dug, the two lifted the wooden box containing Li Yu's father and put it into the deep pit, and Li Yu and Wang Lung covered the pit with shovels.

Soon, there is a raised mound of soil in this piece of land, and there is a stone tablet standing in front of the mound, because Li Yu's father's name is Li Dazao, so the stele is engraved with five big characters of "Li Dazao's tomb".

Wang Lung said, "Lady, it's done, let's go back." ”

Li Yu said, "Yes. ”

was about to leave, but a group of young adults came over, led by a young man with beautiful eyebrows, this young man said: "Li Yu, you dare to be with other men, I am your father-in-law." ”

When Wang Long and Li Yu heard this, they were very puzzled.

Li Yu said, "Who are you?" Don't talk nonsense, I'm Wang Lung's man. ”

The young man who took the lead took out an agreement and said: "Your father worked in our Long family back then, he didn't work well, he liked to gamble, and owed a lot of gambling debts, in order to repay the gambling debts, your father borrowed money from my father, at that time your father had nothing, your mother had just become pregnant, and my father signed an agreement with your father in order to find a future daughter-in-law for me, and my father lent money to your father to repay the gambling debts, but if your mother gave birth to a child who was a girl, then after 18 years, she married me." If a boy is born, after 18 years, he will come to my house to work for three years to repay the loan. Now that eighteen years have come, and you have grown into a big girl, then I will come and pick you up now. ”

Li Yu read the content of the agreement intently, and the following was indeed his father's autograph, and he suddenly collapsed.

Wang Lung was calm and calm, and said: "This agreement was signed by his father, not Li Yu, so it doesn't count." As for the money that Li Yu's father owed to your Long family eighteen years ago, then we can pay you back in full. ”

The young man in the lead snorted coldly and said, "This is not good. Eighteen years ago, his father borrowed a hundred taels of silver from our family, and now I don't know how many times it has risen. And I have a lot of money in my family, I like a girl like Li Yu, even if you give me ten times the money, I won't do it. ”

Wang Lung said: "But Li Yu is already my person, we are already married, so don't hang yourself on a big tree." ”

The young man who took the lead said: "I want you to leave Li Yu now, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind." ”

Wang Lung said, "Don't think about it. ”

The young man who took the lead gave an order, and more than a dozen young adults behind him rushed towards Wang Lung like runaway jackals.

The corners of Wang Lung's mouth hooked up a contemptuous smile, thinking, looking for death.