Chapter 3： Xishan Village

Chapter 3 West Hill Village

An hour later, Li Yu and Li Qing had arrived in Qingshui Town, which happened to be the day of the town's big fair, and the streets were crowded with people coming and going.

Li Qing pulled Li Yu's shirt tightly, as if he was afraid that his sister would disappear if he let go. Li Yu also let him hold it, and the sister and brother walked from the street to the end of the street.

Li Yu found that there is only one street in Qingshui Town. The houses on both sides of the street and the bluestone road at the foot are just like the ancient streets he saw when he traveled before.

Li Qing pulled Li Yu's shirt, raised his head and asked, "Sister, shall we go home now?"

"Well! Go home." Li Yu took Li Qing out of the town according to his memory. When he walked out of the town, he saw the opposite Daqing Mountain at a glance. From a distance, the mountains and ridges of Daqing Mountain were green and undulating like a dragon entrenched in the clouds. , what a majestic Daqingshan.

The sister and brother walked towards the river road to the west, and kept walking along the river. Li Yu saw that in the rice fields on both sides of the road, the rice began to be starched and the ears of rice looked very short. Li Yu felt that the yield should not be high.

The sister and brother walked for about half an hour. They saw a mountain beam about two stories high across the river. There was also a bluestone arch bridge on the river. There was a pass across the bridge. Go to Xishan Village.

Li Yu saw a big banyan tree standing there not far in front of him, and led Li Qing towards the big banyan tree. After walking for a quarter of an hour, he arrived in front of the big banyan tree.

There were several old people sitting under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village, gossiping and gossiping, watching Li Yu sister and brother enter the village, an old man looked up at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Isn't this the little fish sister and brother of Li Shan's family?"

Li Yu stepped forward and bowed, "Grandpa Zhang, it's our sister and brother, we're coming home."

Old man Zhang looked at the siblings with a curious expression, "You have nothing in your house, what are your siblings doing when they come home?"

"Didn't you say that the Zhang family's noble student passed the exam as a scholar? After all, Xiaoyu also showed his filial piety! I'm afraid he came back to prepare for marriage!" said another old man surnamed Liu.

Li Qing responded angrily and loudly, "Grandpa, my sister didn't come back to get married, the Zhang family repented of their marriage and wanted to marry the young lady of the husband's family in the county. They beat us and forced my sister to break off the marriage, and my sister escaped with me. "

Li Yu pulled Li Qing and scolded in a deep voice: "Aqing, don't say it anymore, the Zhang and Li families are not in the right households now. His Zhang family is vicious and almost killed our sister and brother. I'm going to retire too."

After Li Yu finished speaking, several old people showed a clear look, alas! The sisters and brothers who have no father and no mother are young, how can they not be bullied!

After thinking about it, Grandpa Liu persuaded him, "Xiaoyu wants to open up, and take your brother to live a good life in the village in the future."

Li Yu nodded, "Understood, thank you Grandpa Liu, we'll go back."

Li Qing asked Li Yu strangely, "Sister, where are the things in our house? I remember everything in the house. Where did the things go."

Li Yu thought to himself: What do you remember as a little kid? On second thought, yes! Where did the Li family's things go? Since they are all gone, 80% of them were taken by the Zhang family.

Li Yu replied: "Eighty percent Zhang's family took him to his house, and he will let him return it to us later."

The people they met on the way were asking how the sister and brother got home, and Li Yu and his brother repeated what they said at the entrance of the village.

The sister and brother walked from the entrance of the village to the door of their house at the end of the village. The villagers of Xishan Village spread word that the Zhang family wanted to climb Gaozhi to force Li Yu to break off the marriage.

Arrived at the house at the foot of Cunwei Mountain. Siblings Li Yu stood at the gate of the courtyard and saw that the gate was locked. Li Yu walked to the wasteland to the west and saw that the wall to the west had collapsed.

Li Yu laughed at himself and said, "That's it, you don't even have to look for the key."

Standing at the collapsed place, Li Yu noticed that the yard was overgrown with weeds as tall as a person, and said to Li Qing, "Aqing, let's clean up the yard first."

Li Yu stepped over the fence and walked into the yard overgrown with weeds. He saw that there was a three-sided courtyard inside. The roof is broken, but the whole yard looks huge.

Li Yu put down the back basket, grabbed a handful of grass in one hand and pulled it up gently. Li Qing also jumped in, and the sister and brother began to get busy.

The siblings worked neatly, and they cleaned half of the yard in a while. Li Yu shouted to Li Qing, who was about to clean up to the east courtyard wall: "Aqing, there is a well, you have to be careful not to fall into it. already."

Li Qing nodded and pricked up his ears, "Sister, someone is here."

Li Qing's voice just fell when Li Yu heard someone shouting outside, "Xiaoyu, Aqing."

Li Yu responded quickly, "Who is it? We're inside."

At this time, an uncle and aunt stepped into the yard from the collapsed wall. Li Yu thought about it carefully before he remembered that it turned out to be the youngest son of the village head, Chen Yaohui and his wife Chen Li.

Chen Li looked at sister Li Yu and smiled happily: "It's really your sister and brother, I thought they were coaxing us!"

Li Yu sister and brother greeted Chen Yaohui and his wife, "Uncle Chen, Aunt Li, we have just arrived for a while."

Chen Yaohui looked at Li Yu and asked, "Xiaoyu, people in the village are saying that the Zhang family beats and scolds you to force you to break off the marriage, and Zhang Guisheng wants to marry the lady of the husband's family. Is that true?"

Li Yu nodded, "Yes, Uncle Chen, Aunt Li, the Zhang family thinks that I'm just an orphan with a younger brother, and his Zhang family forced us to die in order to break off the marriage. , I must also break off the marriage."

Mrs Li looked at Li Yu and sighed, "Little fish! You have to have a backbone to be a human being. My aunt taught you not to let the Zhang family take away all the furniture and farm implements from your family. You are not happy, but now you recognize the Zhang family. It's still too late, now your parents should rest assured that they are underground."

Chen Yaohui was very angry, "If Zhang Defa hadn't stole the cub for his greed for money, the mother bear would not have chased him, and your father would not have given his life to save him. After your father left, Zhang Defa took so many furs from your family. , food, your aunt has remembered these things for a long time, I have brought a letter to your aunt, and when she comes, we will do justice to you together."

Li Yu thought to himself: Father Li saved Zhang Defa's life, and Zhang Defa took the property of the Li family, but instead of being grateful, he abused the original owner and sister and brother, but Chen Yaohui and his wife still remember the grace of Father Li for saving his life. Is this an old saying? The bucket of rice raises kindness, and the stone rice raises revenge.

Li Yu took Li Qing and bowed and said, "Thank you Uncle Chen and Aunt Li for upholding justice for us."

"Thank you, thank you! If it wasn't for your father pulling your uncle and Zhang Defa to run away desperately, your uncle might not have escaped."

Chen Li looked at the collapsed walls and dilapidated houses, and remembered that when Li Yu's mother was alive, the courtyard and the walls were full of roses and wild flowers. Since the gentle and beautiful woman left, the Li family has declined. , After the elder brother of the Li family left, the Li family also became like this.

Chen Yaohui and his wife sighed and bent over to help Li Yu and his brother clean up the yard.