The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 29 Wood
Fahrenheit and Mai Xiang exchanged glances, then looked up at the afterglow of the setting sun, and couldn't help sighing deeply.

Little Wood thought for a while, then said: "Okay, I'll take you up there!"

Under the leadership of Mu Mu, the mother and daughter finally climbed to the halfway up the mountain, and a small wooden house appeared in the field of vision.

Mu Mu stopped in his tracks: "Auntie, it's getting dark soon, I'm going back!"

Mai Xiang gave him another bag of pastries: "Thank you, Wood!"

Mu Mu shyly took the pastry and rushed down the mountain.

At this moment, a person walked out of the cabin, attracting Mai Xiang's attention.

A tall man walked out of the cabin and looked at the road down the mountain with a hint of doubt in his eyes.He was leaning on a wooden stick in his right hand, obviously because his legs and feet were not good for walking.

Fahrenheit couldn't help being mixed with joy and sadness, and shouted loudly: "Is it the fifth brother?" While shouting, he stepped forward quickly.

After hearing what the visitor said, Hua Yangfan finally confirmed the identity of the visitor: "It's the third sister who is here, and I'm Yangfan!"

Fahrenheit pulled his younger brother, tears bursting out: "It's good to be back, it's more important to come back safely!" He couldn't help but choked up and said: "How could the elder brother, second elder brother and parents treat you like this? It's freezing, how can people live on this mountain?" Moreover, the fifth brother's legs and feet are not convenient, if there is a large wild animal, how can the fifth brother alone resist it?

From the third sister's eyes and words, Hua Yangfan felt the deep concern and affection, which finally made him feel a little bit of warmth in his heart that was broken by his family.

Mai Xiang also caught up, and she called out to Hua Yangfan sweetly, "Hello, little uncle, I'm Mai Xiang!"

A light of joy flashed in Hua Yangfan's eyes, he stretched out his hand to touch Mai Xiang's head, and said happily: "Oh, Mai Xiang has grown so big!" Back then, he met Mai Xiang once before he went to serve in the army. At that time, Mai Xiang was only three years old.

Fahrenheit cried again: "You have been away for five years, and news came last year that you died in battle. The pension given by the court was divided between the eldest brother and the second brother. Now that you are back, they not only do not share The pension will be returned to you, but you will not be allowed to enter the house. It is too much to have such a big brother and second brother, and your parents don’t care about it. It’s too much! Second brother, you have trouble walking now, what should you do in the future! No, tomorrow I must go and ask my parents, I want to have a good fight, and fight for your family property!"

Hua Yangfan remained silent. At this moment, he still couldn't confirm whether the third sister was like the eldest brother, second brother and fourth sister.The fourth sister's husband's house is in the next village, and he has visited her long ago, but he has not seen her. However, after so many days, the fourth sister has not visited him either.

Obviously, Fourth Sister didn't want to talk to him either.As for the third sister, she was indeed a good sister before, but her heart was unpredictable. Now that he is lame and poor, who knows if the third sister is also afraid that his younger brother will borrow money from her?
Mai Xiang watched coldly, and also quietly paid attention to this little uncle.

If the little uncle's character is good, she would not mind extending a helping hand, giving some money, or simply taking him back to Liangjiaao to help him tide over the difficulties and help him become rich through hard work.If the little uncle's character is not good and is hated by others, then she will not be kind to a woman.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Hua Yangfan hurriedly said: "Third sister, are you and Mai Xiang going down the mountain, the night on this mountain is really cold."

Mai Xiang said: "If we don't leave, we will stay here with my little uncle. What are you afraid of? Little uncle is not afraid, and neither are we!"

Fahrenheit also said: "Let's go down the mountain, the eldest brother and second brother's house probably won't open the door for us to stay overnight, so we have to go to the neighbor's house to stay overnight. In this case, it's better to stay on the mountain, the three of us chatting by the brazier."

"Okay, then wait a moment, I'm going to clean up the pheasants and hares, and we'll have barbecue tonight." Hua Yangfan had no choice but to nod, at best, he would burn another brazier, anyway, it was his own sister and niece staying together There is nothing to worry about for a night.

Fahrenheit hurriedly said: "No, we brought dry food and cakes, why not eat dry food and cakes tonight! You must have managed to get these hares and pheasants, so keep the money for selling them!"

Hua Yangfan: "Third Sister, you and Mai Xiang finally came here. As younger brothers, I naturally want to treat you well! Don't worry, I served in the army for five years, and it was not for nothing. At least I learned a little bit of kung fu. Although it is cold winter, it is not too difficult to hunt a few pheasants and hares."

While talking, someone shouted outside: "Yangfan, are you there?"

"It's Wood's father." Hua Yangfan explained, then opened the door and walked out, followed by Mai Xiang and Huashi.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a farmer in his thirties walked up with a basket in his hand.

Hua Yangfan hurried up to greet him: "Brother Big Niu, you are still going up the mountain at such a late hour. Hurry up and go back, it won't be safe when it gets dark!"

Daniu: "My father asked me to invite Miss Luluo and Mai Xiang to my house for dinner. If you don't have a place to live, you can stay at my house. By the way, I also brought you some pancakes. You will eat them." Have a meal."

Fahrenheit said emotionally: "Brother Big Niu, thank you, and thank you dad. I won't go. I have decided to stay in the mountains with Yangfan tonight. You should hurry home!"

Daniu is a simple and honest person, seeing her say this, he stopped insisting, and handed the basket to Yangfan's hands: "That's fine, then I'll go down the mountain!" too safe.

Hua Yangfan quickly shouted: "Wait a minute." He quickly took two torches, lit one and handed it to Daniel: "Light the torch, it will be better."

With the pancakes sent by Daniel, as well as dry food and pastries, Huashi resolutely prevented Hua Yangfan from killing chickens and rabbits: "Let's keep the pheasants and hares, if they are roasted, the aroma may attract some wild animals. "

Hua Yangfan stopped insisting: "Alright, I'll make it for you guys tomorrow!"

The three of them chatted while enjoying the fire while eating dry food.

Through the conversation, Mai Xiang was finally relieved of this little uncle.

Well, what mother said is quite right, little uncle is a good person, and also a nostalgic person, not that kind of heartless and ungrateful person, so he can be trusted.Tomorrow, I will go to the uncle's and uncle's house to make a fuss, so as to observe the behavior of the little uncle again. If there is no problem, I will take the little uncle back to Liangjia'ao.

The night was long, and the three of them spent a difficult night around the brazier.Early the next morning, Mai Xiang took Hua Yangfan, and together with Huashi, went to the house of the uncle and uncle.

This is an adobe brick house with seven or eight rooms.

Fahrenheit told Mai Xiang in a low voice: "This house was built with your little uncle's military salary. Your little uncle saves the military salary every year and entrusts someone to give it to your grandma."

When Mai Xiang heard this, she immediately became very angry. Since the house was built with the younger uncle's military salary, what right did the first and second uncles have to prevent the younger uncle from entering the house? !

Fahrenheit knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open it. Mai Xiang became angry immediately and kicked the door: "Open the door, if you don't open the door, I will break in!"

"Come on, come on! Whoever kills a thousand swords is here to pester you so early, let's see if I won't beat you to death with a stick!" A loud voice rang out, and then the door opened, revealing a chubby woman's face .

This person is Mai Xiang's eldest aunt.

"The one who kills a thousand swords, who are you talking about?!" Mai Xiang smiled coldly, and gave the eldest aunt a look, his eyes were like ice arrows, and the heart of the eldest aunt shivered.

Mai Xiang was too lazy to talk to her, so she pushed the eldest aunt away: "Mother, little uncle, you go in first!"

The eldest aunt hurriedly shouted: "No, without my consent, let's see who dares to take a step further! You three sluts are not qualified to go in!" Bashing their teeth and claws, they wanted to pounce on Fahrenheit.

Mai Xiang grabbed her arm and pushed her aside: "This house was built with my uncle's military salary. It stands to reason that this house should belong to my uncle. If he is not qualified, Then who is qualified? Mother, little uncle, ignore her, hurry in!"

Fahrenheit agreed, and walked in with strides, followed closely by Hua Yangfan.

Fahrenheit was simmering with anger all the time, and secretly swore in his heart that he must ask his parents, elder brother and second brother face to face, why he treated his fifth younger brother Yang Fan like this.

"Master, someone broke into our house, stop them quickly!" The eldest aunt howled ghostly, and was about to scratch Mai Xiang's face with her hand.

Naturally, Mai Xiang wouldn't stand still, and with a short body, she avoided her poisonous claws.Without a hitch, he pushed her to the ground.

The eldest aunt was thrown into a squatting position, and the pain was so painful that she was about to shed tears: "You damn girl, what are you doing so hard, are you trying to kill someone?"

Hercules Mai Xiang spread his hands, looking helpless: "I just pushed lightly, who knew you fell down deliberately, who is to blame for this?"

After finishing speaking, he snorted coldly and strode into the yard.

The courtyard was already full of people, including grandparents, grandparents, and uncle and uncle. All of them were present.

Fahrenheit is asking his elder brother and second brother: "How can you treat the fifth younger brother like this? When the imperial court conscripted the younger fifth brother to serve in the army instead of the elder brother and the second brother. After finally escaping from death, when you return home, you are afraid that he will follow you. Competing for the family property, he is not even allowed to enter the door!"

The faces of the uncle and uncle were ashamed, and they lowered their heads speechlessly.

The second aunt muttered: "The person who deserved to die, who made him come back to life?"

As soon as these words came out, there was an eerie silence at the scene.

Grandma and grandfather looked at the little uncle nervously, with panic and embarrassment on their faces, but kept silent.

The second uncle raised his head in panic, and gave his wife a hard look, but he didn't say a word of reprimand. He quickly glanced at his fifth brother, and then quickly lowered his head.

A trace of sarcasm flashed in the uncle's eyes, and he also pursed his lips tightly, cherishing words like gold.

A trace of sadness flashed in the little uncle's eyes, his heart was cold and cold, and he was terribly disappointed in his parents and brothers.The guilt that was born because of some concealment was swept away at this moment.

Fahrenheit was so angry that his lips trembled, he pointed at his second aunt, but couldn't say a word.

Mai Xiang sneered and clapped vigorously: "Okay, that's great! It turns out that my uncle's life is so insignificant and worthless in your eyes! If this is the case, today I invited the patriarch and Li Zheng is here to clarify the matter of family division thoroughly! In the future, my uncle will have nothing to do with the family of the uncle and the second uncle! Grandma and grandfather are so protective of the uncle and the second uncle, and they are so ruthless to the uncle. The elder's pension issue will be handed over to the uncle and the second uncle!"

After finishing speaking, Mai Xiang turned around and looked at her aunt: "What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)