The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 27
Sure enough, shopkeeper Liang took a fancy to the Xiaolongbao: "Sell me the recipe of this Xiaolongbao too. I'll give you 50 taels of silver, okay?"

Mai Xiang nodded readily: "Okay, let's just have 50 taels!" She is not greedy, as 50 taels is a lot of money for her.

This time, everyone took five wheelbarrows to the mountains.Shopkeeper Liang originally wanted to take a horse-drawn cart or an ox cart, but Mai Xiang vetoed it: "A horse-drawn cart and an ox cart can't go to such a mountainous place, they can reach halfway at most."

This time, I stayed in the mountains for five full days.Although the harvest was great, it was also a lot of suffering. Fortunately, among the people brought by shopkeeper Liang, two of them were martial arts masters.Otherwise, everyone may be buried in the belly of a wolf, or become a snack in the mouth of a tiger.

Out of the deep mountain, after walking for about ten miles, I came to a clear stream. Shopkeeper Liang sat down on a big rock by the roadside: "It should be safe here, let's take a rest!"

Hey, this trip is really not easy. You have to fight with tigers, wolves and poisonous snakes, you have to fight with mosquitoes, you have to fight with thorns and sharp thatch.This experience, in this life, he will never forget.

After drinking the mountain spring water in the gourd and eating a few wild fruits, shopkeeper Liang finally felt a little better.Before, when he left the deep mountain, his heart was kept high, for fear that when he finally left, he would encounter some poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts.

Seeing the same distressed crowd, he beckoned to Mai Xiang, and said to her in a low voice, "This time it's been so hard, you and your father will give you 50 taels, and Tian Sheng and Mao Lin will each give you [-] taels." With that said, he took out his purse from his pocket, counted out seven ten taels of silver bills, and handed them to Mai Xiang.

Tian Sheng and Mao Lin got another ten taels of silver, and they couldn't help being very happy.So far, the private money of the two of them has accumulated to about seventeen or eight taels.Nowadays, five or six taels of silver are enough to build a small courtyard with earth bricks and black tiles in the countryside.

Unexpectedly, he just walked to the entrance of the village, and before he returned home, he saw his five-year-old daughter sitting on the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, crying sadly.

Tian Sheng was taken aback, and asked from a distance, "Xiao Zao, what's the matter with you? Who bullied you?" Before he finished speaking, he found that his daughter had many wounds on her body, her face was red and swollen, and her arms were bare. There are welts all over the place.

Hearing Daddy's voice, Xiaozao hurriedly cried and threw himself into his arms: "Daddy, you are finally back, it was Grandma and Brother Tiehammer who beat you!"

Tie Hammer is the son of Big Brother Tian Sheng, who is ten years old this year.

Tian Sheng hugged his daughter distressedly: "Why did grandma and Hammer beat you?"

Xiaozao whimpered and cried: "The day before yesterday, Licorice gave me two pieces of candy. I was about to share it with my brother, but Brother Tiehammer asked me to give him the candy. I didn't agree, so he beat me two pieces of candy." I slapped her and snatched the candies away. Later, she filed a complaint with grandma, saying that mother hid money from her own house and secretly let me eat alone. Grandma heard about it and beat mother with a broom. He was also beaten."

Is there any reason? !

Tian Sheng was furious when he heard that, Tie Hammer was ten years old this year, and he even snatched Xiaozao's candy.That's all, and even sowed discord, causing Xiaozao and her mother to be beaten.The mother was too partial, and just based on the child's words, she convicted the little Zao mother, and beat her if she said so!

He can't bear this kind of life anymore!Separate, must separate!This time, I will use this matter to resolutely divide the family!
After several earth-shattering quarrels, Tian Sheng finally fulfilled his wish, took his wife and children, and was expelled from the house by his parents, brother and sister-in-law.Everyone in the village felt sorry for him, but his heart was full of joy. It didn't matter if he left the house, as long as he could successfully get rid of that suffocating and desperate family, it would be better than anything else.

Tian Sheng, who was kicked out of the house, came to Liang Gaoshan with his wife and children: "Brother Gaoshan, our family has nowhere to go. Can we borrow your house until the house is built?"

Liang Gaoshan said without hesitation: "Yes, yes, of course!" He quickly said to Hua: "Mother of the child, hurry up and vacate a room for Tian Sheng's family to live in."

Huashi has a very good relationship with Tian Sheng's wife, Li Shi, so he was not unhappy, and quickly took Li Shi's hand and said enthusiastically: "Little Zao Niang, come with me, I will vacate Ban Xia's room for you Let him live with the three sisters Mai Xiang!"

Li said gratefully: "Thank you, sister-in-law, for disturbing you!"

Fahrenheit waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, Tian Sheng and Mai Xiang's father are good brothers who grew up together, and our relationship is also very good, and the children of the two families often play together. You can rest assured and don't think too much about it." , who doesn't have a time when they are in trouble."

Tian Sheng put down his luggage, went to Lizheng's house with Liang Gaoshan, and bought the thorny wasteland next to Mai Xiang's house on the left.This piece of land was about an acre in size. Not only were there many messy thorns, but there was also a two-cent-sized mud field, which took a lot of effort to clean up.No one is willing to buy such a land, and Tian Sheng wouldn't be interested in it if it wasn't right next to Mai Xiang's house.

"Well, it's only half a tael of silver!" Li Zheng was very happy that this piece of wasteland, which looked very unsightly, was finally taken by someone.Half a tael of silver is also money. The most important thing is that someone sells it to build a house, and the landscape in the village is better.

Tian Sheng hired more than [-] middle-aged people in his village to help build the house, and Tuo Liang Gaoshan hired fifteen or sixteen young and middle-aged people in neighboring villages.Those people in the neighboring villages had a very good relationship with Liang Xingxing, and they were also some well-known masons in these ten miles and eight townships.

There are many people and strength, and in less than 20 days, a small farmyard was completed.There are three main rooms, two wing rooms on the left and right, with adobe bricks and black tiles.For Liangjia'ao, this is a pretty good house.

You know, nowadays many people live in houses with thatched or straw roofs.Wa Gai's house is regarded as a wealthy family in Liangjia'ao.

When Tian Sheng's sister-in-law heard about it, she was so angry that she smashed several jobs.

When Tian Shengniang saw it, she couldn't help feeling very distressed, and she couldn't help frowning: "What do you want to do? Okay, why smash the bowl, don't you want to buy it with money?"

Sister-in-law Tian Sheng: "Mother, why does the second family have money to build such a good house? Did you and dad secretly give money to the second family?"

Tian Shengniang quickly distinguished: "Where do we have money? Aren't all the money in the family in your hands?"

Mrs. Tian Sheng snorted coldly: "Speaking is better than singing. Didn't the money that the second child earned when he went out to work, and the money that Xiao Zao Niang sold embroidery, all be handed over to you?"

Tian Shengniang was also angry: "That's right, they gave me the money, but didn't they give you half of the money? Most of the rest was spent on the hammer and Jinbao!"

Tie Hammer and Jin Bao are the children of Big Brother Tian Sheng.

Mrs. Tian Sheng rolled her eyes at her, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? How can I use your hammer and gold treasures? You appointed those silver coins to be secretly saved, and then secretly gave them to you. Second child! Otherwise, where would he have the money to build a house? No, you just go to the second child's house with me and get the money back!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored it and dragged Aunt Tian away.

Walking along the way, when the villagers saw this posture, they couldn't help asking curiously: "Ms. Tiehammer, what's going on?"

Tian Sheng's sister-in-law: "My mother secretly gave Tian Sheng the money from the family to build a house. This heart is so desperate, I will go to Tian Sheng to get it back!"

Tian Shengniang quickly distinguished: "I don't have it, my family is headed by Mrs. Tiehammer, how can I have so much money in my hand!"

Walking all the way, talking all the way, came to the door of Tian Sheng's house, behind Tian Sheng's mother and Tian Sheng's sister-in-law, there was already a long line of onlookers following.

Tian Sheng's sister-in-law didn't go in either, she stood at the door of Tian Sheng's house with her hands on her hips, and yelled, "Tian Sheng, you shameless person, you are the one who overdid yourself when you left the house! If that's the case, why did you follow me secretly?" Parents want money..."

The scolding sound was a bit unbearable.When Xiao Zao Niang heard this, she couldn't help being very scared, for fear that her sister-in-law would forcibly move into her new home.The elder sister-in-law is an unscrupulous person, comparable to Mai Xiang's eldest aunt in Liangjia'ao.

Tian Sheng couldn't get angry when he heard this, he opened the courtyard door suddenly, and shouted sharply: "Don't spray dung all over your mouth, my family borrowed the money for building the house from Brother Gao Shan's family! Don't say that there is no money in your parents' hands, even If there is money, they will not give it to me. Otherwise, how could they leave our family clean?!"

The neighbors who watched the excitement couldn't help but nodded, and someone said righteously: "That's right, if Tian Sheng's mother really cared about Tian Sheng's family, she shouldn't have left the Tian Sheng's family when they separated. Iron Hammer, you These words are too exaggerated, the money Tian Sheng's family built the house must not have been given by Tian Sheng's mother!"

Liang Gaoshan stood up: "That's right, Tian Sheng's family borrowed all the money to build the house from me!"

Mai Xiang also said: "That's right, I know about this matter. Uncle Tian Sheng borrowed a total of ten taels of silver from my father! Uncle Tian Sheng's family was purged and left the house. They only brought out a few worn-out clothes for washing. Nothing!"

Xiaozao also ran out from inside: "My family borrowed the money to build the house from Uncle Gao Shan, I can testify to this matter!"

Sister-in-law Tian Sheng was speechless for a moment, and glared at Mai Xiang viciously several times, as if her gaze had been poisoned: "Mai Xiang, you bitch, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb!"

Mai Xiang was furious immediately, picked up a branch from the ground, and hit Mrs. Tian Sheng on the body: "Who are you calling a cheap girl? If you want to talk about cheap, in Liangjiaao, there is no one more cheap than you! Don't The thing about the face, even counting the uncle’s family going out of the house, is even envious of his new house!"

A slender twig was gently waved by the Hercules Mai Xiang, and Tian Sheng's sister-in-law was beaten to the point of crying and scrambling away.

Xiao Zao looked at Mai Xiang with stars in her eyes: "Sister Mai Xiang, you are really good!" If she is as good as Mai Xiang, she won't have to be afraid of her aunt and cousins ​​in the future.

Mai Xiang reached out and touched her little head: "Eat more, exercise well, and grow taller quickly. When you grow up, you will be as powerful as your sister!"

Xiao Zao grinned and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Well, I know, I run every morning and night! Except for wind and rain, I will never miss the day!"

During the days when Tian Sheng's family stayed at Mai Xiang's house, every morning and evening, she would run with Mai Xiang's siblings in the courtyard of Mai Xiang's house.Now, she has long been used to it, and she feels uncomfortable if she doesn't run for a day.

(End of this chapter)