Xu Tongdao had a dream, a very long dream, he hadn't had that dream for a long time, after all, it was more than 20 years ago.

In the dream, his father disappeared suddenly, and afterwards, many creditors came to his house to ask for debts, saying that his father Xu Weixi lost the gambling money to them the night before he disappeared, and disappeared on the same day, as well as his uncle Xu Weidong's widow - his eldest aunt.

In a daze, Xu Tongdao knew in his heart that this was not only a dream, but also what really happened in his family more than 20 years ago.

It was this incident that changed the fate of all his family.

At that time, he had just finished the high school entrance examination, and was waiting at home for the scores of the high school entrance examination to come out, just because his father suddenly disappeared and left a large amount of debt, he failed to go to high school, and afterwards, his score in the high school entrance examination came out, 594 points, which was able to go to the county No. 2 middle school.

There is also a younger brother Xu Tonglu, who is only one year younger than him, has excellent academic performance, from childhood to adulthood, he gets awards every year, and he is a good seedling for reading, but because of this change in the family, his temperament has changed greatly, and he has no heart to study.

and his parents' adopted daughter, his sister Ge Yuzhu...... At the age of 18, he was married off early by his mother, married a second ancestor who did not learn and did not know, and life has been very hard, at the age of 26, he finally divorced, with a daughter, and his life has not improved.

As for his mother......

Just three days ago, he passed away.

He was just buried during the day today, and until he was buried, his younger brother Xu Tonglu was nowhere to be seen, and no one could contact him.

He Xu Tongdao has been divorced for 6 years and has no children.

The family lived like this, and he was naturally depressed.

In addition, his mother had just been buried, so he drank more wine at night, and he didn't know when he fell asleep, and then he had this long dream.

He knew it was a dream, but he still didn't want to wake up.

Because in the dream, although his father is missing, his mother, brother and sister are still there.

Except for his uncompetitive father, his whole family is fine.

"Big brother...... Eldest brother...... Big brother, wake up......"

Xu Tongdao suddenly heard his sister's voice, she seemed to be calling him, as if she was shaking his shoulders while shouting.

My sister came to see me?

sighed softly in his heart, he actually didn't want to wake up from this dream.

Frowning and opening his eyes, Xu Tongdao saw his sister Ge Yuzhu sitting on the edge of his bed, one hand still shaking his shoulder.

Suddenly, Xu Tongdao was stunned.

looked at the little sister Ge Yuzhu in front of him in a daze, Ge Yuzhu, who was already in her thirties...... In front of me, I looked like a teenager.

Slender figure, delicate facial features, black pearl-like eyes, and ...... A dark, shiny complexion.

This sister ...... In fact, he is not related to his whole family.

The reason why his parents adopted her when she was still an infant was mainly because the family was poor and worried that the two sons would not be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, so they adopted a girl from an early age, planning to wait for the two sons to grow up, and she could marry one of them to reduce the burden on the family.

For this purpose, Xu Tongdao's little sister is not surnamed Xu, but his mother's surname is Ge.

Judging from her appearance, Ge Yuzhu is very beautiful, she has been slender since she was a child, her facial features have been delicate since she was a child, and her black pearl-like eyes are particularly beautiful.

It's the kind with very dark, shiny black.

So, some people think she's beautiful, but more people think she's too dark and ugly.

For example, his younger brother Xu Tonglu has thought his sister is ugly since he was a child, and he has never seen such a black girl.

As for him Xu Tongdao?

He didn't think his sister was ugly, but then he didn't marry this sister for two main reasons.

One is that they grew up together since childhood, and they only have the love of brother and sister, and there is no other feeling.

Two...... It's because when they were adults, the family was too poor, and he, the eldest brother, didn't want his sister to continue to live a hard life with him, so he let his mother make the decision and married his sister Ge Yuzhu to others.

Later it turned out that my sister had married the wrong person.

But that was later, and there was no way to change that.

But the ...... is in front of you

My sister Ge Yuzhu is still a teenager, what's going on?

Xu Tongdao frowned and looked around, and what he saw surprised him even more.

The surrounding earthen walls and leaves on the roof...... The old wooden bed, the old clothes next to the bed, the old wooden table by the window, and two old chairs......

Everything you see is so familiar.

These are the things his family used to look like!

"Big brother, are you feeling better?

Seeing that he didn't make a sound, Ge Yuzhu frowned, asked worriedly, and reached out to touch Xu Tongdao's forehead.

Run a fever?

Xu Tongdao's eyes blinked and remembered.

The day after his father's sudden disappearance, those creditors came to the door one after another, first asking if his father was at home?

Capture all his two pigs, chickens, ducks, etc.

Not only that, but he also emptied all the rice in his barn and the rice in the rice jar.

The only electrical appliance in the house, the television, was also removed.

After these people left, Xu Tongdao and their family were really in the four walls.

Of course, this was not the direct cause of his fever.

The direct reason was that after there was no rice in the pot at home, his mother sat in a daze for a long time, and suddenly got up and called him to go to Tankou Village, across the river, to borrow rice from his second aunt's house.

When you go, it's good.

On the way back, it suddenly rained, and he and his mother dragged two bags of rice in a wooden cart, and after trekking home, he and his mother both had a fever.

He remembered it very well.

Because this is the case, because the family has no money to see a doctor, just take some antipyretics, he himself is young, in good health, and will get better soon.

But after his mother's fever subsided, she kept coughing for half a month.

After that, his mother contracted tracheitis, and when the weather was cold, this old problem was easy to make, and she coughed incessantly.

"Whew, it's okay! Big brother, your fever seems to have subsided. ”

His sister Ge Yuzhu touched his forehead and then her own, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled happily.

Xu Tongdao smiled, although the fever had subsided, he was now soft, and the sequelae of the fever were still there.

"Mom, and your second brother?"

His younger brother Xu Tonglu has slept in this bed with him since he was a child, but now he is nowhere to be seen, so Xu Tongdao subconsciously asked.

Ge Yuzhu sighed, "Mom went to Shangwei, second brother, he just went out with a harpoon to fish, big brother, are you hungry? Get up and eat! There is still porridge in the pot, specially left for you, get up quickly!"

Shangwei (wei)?

Xu Tongdao's brows furrowed again.

More long-term memories were suddenly remembered by him because of these two words.

That's right!

When there was an accident in his family, it happened to be shortly after his high school entrance examination, which belonged to the rainy season, and it was the rainy season in 98.

The rainy season of this year is particularly heavy in terms of rainfall, and the polders in many places have burst their banks.

Fortunately, the Zhulin Township, where their family is located, was not broken, and the family's mud houses were saved, but the crops in the fields were all damaged, and he remembers that all the farmland in their village was flooded this year.

All the crops in the field were submerged under the water.

Standing in the village and looking at the farmland, it was as if I had seen the sea, white and full of water.

Because of this, his family had a particularly difficult year, and the grain production in the field was greatly reduced.

And now......

It is still in the rainy season, and it rains almost every day.

Sometimes it's day and night, and the rain is continuous.

Occasionally, it will be sunny for a few hours, and then it will rain suddenly.

In such bad weather, every family has to send a person to the polder to protect the polder, which is mandatory, and no one can be absent.

Because of this, even though his family has been in such a difficult situation recently, his mother may not have a fever that has not subsided, but she still went to the polder to protect the polder.

Xu Tongdao was worried about his mother.

As for his younger brother Xu Tonglu taking a harpoon to fish, he thinks it's normal.

In my memory, every year during the rainy season, he and his younger brother would go out to fish.

During the rainy season, the amount of rain is usually very heavy, and many fish in the ponds swim into the fields and ditches around the fields.

At this time of year, as long as you have the ability, you can do whatever you want with the fish in the fields and ditches, and even if the owner of the fish pond sees it, he has nothing to say.

After all, it wasn't done in someone's fishpond.

"You go out first! I'll be right out!"

Xu Tongdao sent his sister Ge Yuzhu out, and got up to dress and put on shoes.

When he was dressed and put on his shoes, his brow was slightly furrowed and thoughtful.

He didn't know why, and he didn't care why.

Maybe it's a rebirth...... Or maybe his original life is a dream, and the life in front of him is real......

He doesn't care.

What he was thinking about at this time was how to lead this family out of the current predicament.

In any case, he didn't want the future of the whole family to be so unbearable, his father ran away, and he, the eldest son who was about to become an adult, was going to become the pillar of the family.

Last time, he didn't do a good job.

Now that he has a chance to do it all over again, he won't allow himself to fail like that again.

He was determined to hold up the family.

When he walked out of the room, Xu Tongdao had already made up his mind in his heart.

He is now 17 years old, and he already has a heart that is nearly forty years old.

It seems that overnight, it has matured a lot.

He is not tall, in his early sevens, with a thin body and a faint hairy mouth.

The expression is flat, and a pair of eyes are bright, but there is a calm taste.

Her younger sister Ge Yuzhu came in from the back door of the hall holding a large porcelain bowl, and there was a very thin bowl of porridge in the big bowl.

On the old table of the Eight Immortals in the hall, there was only a small bowl of black pickles.

Seeing him come out of the room, Ge Yuzhu showed a smile, "Big brother, I brought you porridge, come and eat!"

"Good!"

Xu Tongdao smiled slightly, and his voice was gentle.