The low houses, the roof tied up with sorghum stalks, and the cracked ground gave Qu Yaowen's first impression of poverty.

"This is where you grew up and lived?" There was a trace of distress in Qu Yaowen's voice, even if Song Meixiang was not his daughter, he felt panicked.

At this time, several children with bare buttocks rushed out of the alley, and when they saw that the strangers were all curiously hiding, they giggled and made a lot of noise.

Song Meixiang explained: "The conditions of the people in the village are similar, and many children do not wear pants when the weather is hot, saving cloth and water. ”

"How did you solve the draft problem in your village?" Xu Heye asked.

Song Meixiang pointed in one direction of the village and replied crisply: "There is a well over there, which is the only water source in the village, and when I was a child, I had to go there every day to fetch water, and I had to run two or three times a day. ”

"How old are you to carry water? What about the Lady of the Couple? There was a rare trace of anger in Xu Heye's voice.

Song Meixiang smashed her mouth and replied weakly: "My parents are going to work, they say that the family does not raise idlers, I was four or five years old when I carried a small bucket to carry water, it used to be small, easy to sprinkle water, every time they came home they found that there was less water to beat me twice, and then I would rather run more than dare to pretend to be too busy." ”

"It's too much!" Xu Heye gritted his teeth and cursed.

Qu Yaowen's face was gloomy, and anyone with a discerning eye could detect his anger.

Song Meixiang said: "Why don't we go to the village chief's uncle's house first, I feel more at ease with him." ”

Qu Yaowen nodded, and followed Song Meixiang's meaning to the village chief's house.

The village chief of Ochre Valley's name is Song Heping, who is over seventy years old, and his perennial work has made this little old man look very lean, and his skin is as black as a non-chief.

Song Heping saw that Song Meixiang's eyes lit up, and he casually threw the cigarette onto the kang, and hurriedly put on his shoes and went to the ground, "Girl, why are you back?" Didn't tell me in advance. ”

Song Meixiang smiled innocently and helped Song Heping to sit down, "Uncle, I came back with an uncle this time, and I didn't dare to go home, so I can only come to you first." ”

Song Heping noticed Qu Yaowen a few early in the morning, but they were very imposing, Song Heping didn't dare to ask more, and only then did he look at them strangely, "They are"

Qu Yaowen stepped forward and said politely: "Hello village chief, my name is Qu Yaowen, and I came to your village this time mainly to verify some things. ”

"What's the matter?" Song Heping was a little confused, few outsiders came to their village, and few people in the village went out, he couldn't understand what Qu Yaowen was looking for him.

Qu Yaowen looked at Song Meixiang and said in a deep voice, "I want to ask about Meixiang." ”

Song Heping's eyes instantly widened, and he was in a trance.

Looking at him like that, Qu Yaowen was instantly excited, he forced himself to calm down, and asked, "Village Chief, do you know something?" I heard Mei Xiang say that she has a small flower jacket at home, and her parents treat her badly, isn't she?"

Qu Yaowen's meaning was obvious, how could Song Heping not hear it, he looked at Qu Yaowen deeply, and then looked at Song Meixiang with pity, and sighed long, "I didn't expect it!" This kid can still find out his life experience when he goes out to study! I don't know much, Meixiang and her father have been married for many years and have no children, the two of them begged God and worshiped Buddha everywhere, and secretly burned incense to find the goddess.

All the methods were used, but there was no movement, and then I met a blind fortune teller in the county, and the blind fortune teller said that the two of them had no children and grandchildren, and the way to crack it was to raise a blessed child, maybe it could recruit a younger brother or sister.

The two will be suspicious, and they can't give birth anyway, so they can raise a child in the future and someone will be able to support them for the elderly, originally the two of them only need a son, but this kind of thing is not to buy vegetables, but also to pick and choose, it would be good to meet one.

No, the two of them didn't know where to bring back a female doll, there is nothing big in the village, this kind of thing is a big deal in the village.

So I went to see it that day, the child was wrapped in a small flower jacket, and I was so hungry that I cried, and it happened that my daughter-in-law had just given birth to a baby and had milk, and she had been feeding her for a few days.

Meixiang's father and mother didn't think that they could really get pregnant later, so they found me and asked me to tell the people in the village that the child would be their own in the future, and not let the villagers gossip, in order to block the mouths of the villagers, the two of them gritted their teeth and invited the whole village to eat eggs.

It is said that the mouth of eating people is short, from that day on, no one really mentioned this matter, the next year Meixiang and her mother were really pregnant, gave birth to her younger brother, with the virtue of those two, originally planned to throw Meixiang away, or my wife went over to persuade her, mentioning the blind fortune teller, the two of them were also worried that the son who had finally begged was gone, so they have been raising Meixiang.

It's not very good for Meixiang, that year, it's good to have a bite of food to eat, such a young child really threw it away and had to starve to death outside, we just turned a blind eye, I know so much, you really want to know how they raised Meixiang You have to ask them. ”

As soon as she said going home, Song Meixiang couldn't help but shudder, and looked at Song Heping pitifully, "Uncle, I hid from them to go to college, they must be angry, if I go back, will they break my legs?" ”

Song Heping glanced at Qu Yaowen and patted Song Meixiang's hand soothingly, "It's okay, it's okay, isn't there someone to protect you!" Come on, the old man will go with you, I have something to bear, and they don't dare to do anything to me. ”

"Thank you, uncle." Song Meixiang had tears in her eyes, and followed behind Song Heping.

Qu Yaowen and the others also hurriedly followed, the group had just entered Song Meixiang's house, Song Meixiang's parents Song Laiwang Jin Gui also rushed back from outside, the two should have heard some rumors, and as soon as they entered the yard, they scolded angrily, "Little cheap hoof, dare to give me back, see if I don't pick your skin!" Wandering hooves, I let you run, let you run"

Jin Gui wanted to step forward and drag Song Meixiang out, but Qu Yaowen stood directly in front of Song Meixiang.

Jin Gui was furious, pointing at Song Meixiang's hands and shaking, "Okay! Forget it if you run away, you dare to bring me back with a wild man! Song Meixiang, I don't have a shameless daughter like you! Don't roll me over yet! ”

"Clean up your foul mouth!" Qu Yaowen roared angrily.

Jin Gui was frightened, came back to his senses, and threw himself at Qu Yaowen angrily, "The daughter who kidnapped me is still yelling at me, I will fight with you"

Qu Yaowen will not be polite to Jin Gui, when Jin Gui pounced, he directly raised his foot and kicked people far away, "Lao Tzu doesn't beat women, but Lao Tzu won't let go of any shrew!" If you dare to go wild with Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will let you eat the barrel of a gun! ”

As soon as Xu Heye heard this, he knew that Qu Yaowen was so angry that he lost his mind, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Qu Yaowen.

(End of chapter)