Mei Zhanxue didn't expect to meet someone who was willing to speak, she was secretly happy in her heart, and reached out to take out the silver, her mother-in-law said: "I don't need to take the silver, I'm also idle and panicked, it's been almost three months, and no one has said a word of gossip to me." You ask, I'll say whatever you ask. ”

Mei Zhanxue said: "That child named Bao Baocheng, what happened at home?"

The mother-in-law said, "What can happen? Isn't it all forced by the government?

Mei Zhanxue said: "When does the government not want money? If you can force people to die if you ask for money, then you can't force things to happen every day?"

The mother-in-law snorted coldly and said, "Is your father from the government, or is your mother from the government? How could you say such unconscionable words? You go, don't disgust me anymore." ”

Mei Zhanxue said with a smile: "My father is not from the government, my mother is not from the government, and my ancestors have never been officials for eight generations." Don't be angry, I really don't understand, I'm seventeen years old, almost eighteen, and it's the first time I've seen something like this. ”

The mother-in-law said: "In the first half of the year, my grandson was sick and had no money to treat it, and the fifteen or sixteen-year-old half-old child died like this. As for the money, it's all taken away by the government, isn't it a thing? Isn't it human life? Isn't it pitiful? I can't even eat meat once in adulthood, and I can only eat half full of food, isn't it pitiful? As for the money and grain, it's all called the government to get it. If you give the government money, you can still have half a life, but if you can't give it, even half a life is gone. Girl, you said, your own strength is your own family, why do you have to pay money to the government?" Mei Zhanxue couldn't speak, so she couldn't say anything.

Mother-in-law said: "Bao Xianshou's family is rich and land-rich, and he is a first-class rich family, while Bao Hongshan's family only has less than ten acres of thin land, and he is a low-class small family." They all have the surname Bao, but they have no connection with money. Originally, you eat yours, I eat mine, it doesn't matter whether you live or die, the bad is bad in this pack of Xianshou is a lizheng, do you know what lizheng is?"

Mei Zhanxue said: "The person who asks the people for money for the government." ”

The mother-in-law was very happy, nodded again and again, and scolded: "All of them are dogs of the government, who drink the blood of the common people." It was all the year before last, and when the autumn grain was harvested, they went to Bao Hongshan's house to ask for money and grain. Bao Xianshou is Lizheng, and he originally didn't need to come to the door to urge food in person, and he still had the first twenty people under him as a dog's leg, called the head of the household. Mei Zhanxue scolded: "Dog's legs." She knew that if she wanted to please her mother-in-law, she had to scold these people.

Mother-in-law said: "That year, there was a head of household who didn't want to be scolded anymore, so he took his family to other counties early on, and Bao Xianshou took over as the head of the household, so he went to the door in person to ask for money. The head of the household, the person who has a little face, is unwilling to do it, and it is difficult to see the face of the ancestor when he dies. ”

"When I arrived at Bao Hongshan's house, Bao Hongshan was not at home, and his wife Bao Lao took out a note, which was written by the head of the household who ran away, the head of the household, the one who deserved to be struck by lightning, his name was Wang Hei Donkey. Article 2 said that when Wang Heidonkey was the head of the household in the first half of the year, he borrowed ten stones of grain from Bao Hongshan's family, and after the grain was finished in the autumn, Bao Hongshan did not have to pay the grain anymore, so he took the IOU to deduct it. "I just said that the head of the household, Wang Heidonkey, knew what was wrong, and then scolded again.

Mei Zhanxue said: "Mother-in-law, you just said that Bao Hongshan's family is a small family, does he have so much food?"

The mother-in-law said, "Where does he have any grain? He also borrowed money from others, and then lent it to Wang Hei Donkey, hoping to earn some interest in it." Bao Xianshou read the IOU, but he refused to admit it,"

Mei Zhanxue said: "He said that this IOU is fake?" The mother-in-law said: "That's not true, how can he be so stupid?" He said that this IOU was borrowed by Wang Heidonkey privately, and it has nothing to do with the household, and it has nothing to do with him, and Bao Hongshan's family still has to pay grain. ”

Mei Zhanxue gasped and said, "He said so, isn't this IOU invalid, where will Bao Hongshan find Wang Hei Donkey?"

Mrs. Bao said that she had already memorized the words on this IOU, and it was clearly said that it was borrowed by the official, not by Wang Heidonkey, and it was also stamped with the mark of the household. Bao Xianshou ignored him anymore and instructed those dogs to carry food. The food in Bao Hongshan's house was returned to others first, and there was not much left, so it would be enough to eat, pitiful, it was almost empty. ”

Mei Zhanxue said: "Mother-in-law, I want you to see, is this grain lent to Wang Hei Donkey, or is it lent to the household?"

The mother-in-law said: "Of course it is lent to the household, what kind of thing is his king black donkey, by himself, he can open his mouth and borrow ten stone of grain? He Bao Xianshou is Lizheng, can he not know this? Is he speaking with a clear conscience? He was afraid that if he recognized the IOUs of Bao Hongshan's family, he would have to recognize the IOUs of other families, and this one, taken together, is not a small amount. ”

"Bao Hongshan's daughter-in-law and the old lady went up to protect the grain, how could they stop those vicious dogs from carrying the grain? The grain was snatched away, and the family cried together until the next night, and it was time to make dinner at night---- girl, we poor people only ate two meals, and Bao Hongshan's wife took that Baocheng to Bao Xianshou's house, saying that there was no food at home, and she wanted to eat at their house. That's the daughter-in-law of a good family, when did she do such a sloppy thing?

"When I got to the kitchen, there were pancakes in it, and Bao Hongshan's daughter-in-law, she took a cake and asked Baocheng to eat it, but the daughter-in-law herself really didn't eat it, who could really pull her face like this? Hongshan's child was only eight years old, and he refused to eat it, so at this time, he ---- it."

Mei Zhanxue said: "Bao Xianshou came in?" The mother-in-law said: "It's not Bao Xianshou, it's Bao Xianshou's third daughter-in-law, or the daughter-in-law of Bao Honghu who died." That daughter-in-law is also the daughter of a large family, and she has been calling people since she was a child, and she is used to being very powerful, so how can she bear this loss? She snatched the bread from the child's hand and threw it to the dog. Hongshan's daughter-in-law went to get the bread again, and the daughter-in-law went over to take it, and after coming and going, they fought together. People said that Bao Hongshan's daughter-in-law suffered a lot and was beaten."

Mei Zhanxue said: "Mother-in-law, are you really beaten?" Mother-in-law said: "I don't know, you want to go yourself." ”

"Bao Hongshan's daughter-in-law had a miscarriage when she returned home, and it was four months old, and the children were formed. This daughter-in-law is also stupid, with a body, what are you messing with them?" Hearing this, Mei Zhanxue found that she was only poor before, but now she was miserable. It's easy to endure being poor, but the miserable word is extremely unbearable.

Hongshan's daughter-in-law packed up the child with herself, took a rope and hanged herself. Mei Zhanxue didn't dare to ask anymore, not knowing what else would happen.

The mother-in-law said: "When Bao Hongshan returned home and buried his daughter-in-law, he had the heart of killing and revenge. I really don't see it usually, this person is scheming, he pretends to be nothing. There was a death in the family, Bao Xianshou also sent back the stolen grain, and Bao Hongshan accepted it honestly. Mei Zhanxue said: "Does this Bao Hongshan also know martial arts? How can he take revenge?"

The mother-in-law said: "Do you still need martial arts for revenge? It just depends on whether you have the courage and the heart." Why are you asking this? I won't say it, do you think I'm happy to say it? I'm uncomfortable. ”

Mei Zhanxue said: "Those people came to look for trouble today, you have also seen it, they are all here to avenge Bao Baocheng's father, and they will come again in three days, they will definitely be able to give your old man anger." However, Bao Baocheng has friends in the family, but Bao Xianshou's family doesn't have friends? Won't they also invite people? Don't tell your mother-in-law, my father and I were both invited by Bao Xianshou, and I thanked you for asking the old man first, if you really helped the bad guys, how can we help the dog's legs?"

The mother-in-law wiped her tears for a long time and took a long time before she said: "If you want to talk about martial arts, Bao Honghu can pack twenty Hongshantou, and if you don't fight ten, you have to fight eight, but God is fair, and he only gives one person a life." ”

Mei Zhanxue said: "Bao Hongshan is desperate with them?" The mother-in-law said: "What do you want to do if you don't work hard? Even if you want to work hard, it's not easy." Bao Hongshan sold a few acres of land in his family and bought a big car, which was loaded into a shed to pull people, and when the shed was unloaded, he pulled goods, and he couldn't afford a horse, so he bought a mule. He gave the rest of the money to his sister's house in other places, and his mother also sent it to his sister's house, and he and Bao Chengye drove the car. From our village to Laoyingzi Town, and from Laoying to other places, when there is no long-distance work, no matter how late it is, they will go back to the village to live. The business is not bad, and I can earn a bite to eat. No matter in the village or outside the village, when Bao Hongshan saw the people of Bao Xianshou's family, they all saluted and greeted each other in a proper manner, not at all like a grudge, and people said that Bao Xianshou would marry Bao Hongshan another daughter-in-law. Some people scolded Bao Hongshan for not being a person, and I also scolded my mother-in-law to my face, scolding him for being a bad seed, having no conscience, and not having the ambition to make money. Bao Hongshan, a child, was scolded by others, and he had to pretend to be a wreck. ”

"The days went by quickly, and this was last winter, and last winter, it was colder than any other year, and it snowed twice for three days. It was also snowing for two days in a row, and that night, Bao Hongshan came back from the town by car, alone, and Baocheng was not in the car. Later, we all said that he didn't want Bao Cheng to die with him, so he put Bao Cheng in the town first, and asked me to say that it was God who opened his eyes, and he didn't want to let his grandfather and son change their lives. ”

As soon as he got out of town, he caught up with Bao Xianshou's third son---- which was all seen by someone, otherwise how could I know? Bao Xianshou's family wanted horses and horses, and cars and cars, but that day their car was off the axle and had to stay in the town to repair, and the son didn't know what was wrong, so he had to rush back overnight. People said that his daughter-in-law was the one who did it, and I said that this is called evil retribution. Bao Xianshou's son gave in a few words, and then got into the car, it was really cold that day, and there was a shed on the car to block the wind, which would be much better. Walking and walking, you will arrive at the Luoguozi Bridge, girl, have you seen that bridge?" Mei Zhanxue nodded again and again.

When he got to the bridge, Bao Hongshan drove the car into the river, the water was so cold, not to mention flooding, it was freezing to death. When they were scooped up, Bao Hongshan and his son were still holding on to death, and they couldn't break it, so they asked the monk to recite the scriptures for two days before parting. ”

After a month, this matter still reached the ears of Hongshan's mother, and Mrs. Bao refused to eat again. People refuse to eat, isn't that a dead end, she is also dead, leaving Baocheng a little child, and a little flower in the town. ”

Mei Zhanxue said: "Mother-in-law, I want you to tell you, how can the revenge of the Bao Hongshan family be avenged?"

The mother-in-law said: "No matter how you report it, you can't report it, if Bao Xianshou doesn't rely on other people's IOUs, how can there be so many things later? But this revenge is not so easy to get avenged, is it?"

Mei Zhanxue said: "I don't know, mother-in-law, let's wait and see." He took out a piece of silver and put it in his mother-in-law's hand and walked away.