For many ordinary villagers, going to court to file a lawsuit is a very scary thing. After hearing this, Hua Chengzhong and his wife felt their legs go soft.
They suddenly remembered a lot of old things, and suddenly became uneasy, not knowing what to do.
The other villagers who were watching the excitement slowly came to their senses. Everyone in the village knew how Hua Chengzhong and his wife treated Jin Wazi. Just now Hua Chengzhong was making a fuss about wanting to spend the homestead and fields of the third family's house. Jin Wazi heard it in her ears, and in her heart, could she have no idea
How old was Jin Wazi when he left Huajiagou? A seventeen-year-old girl, working hard outside with nothing, no family or support, and no one to complain about. Now that she is finally prosperous and prosperous, she must have resentment towards Hua Chengzhong and his wife.
"Uncle Chengzhong, you and Auntie go back to rest first." Seeing the couple's face turned pale with fright, Hua Shuji's son didn't dare to say a word. He stepped forward and whispered to the couple, "Don't let outsiders see the joke. ."
Only then did Hua Chengzhong come back to his senses, glared at everyone watching the excitement, and dragged his wife to run home in a hurry.
"Oh, he's quite temperamental." The village woman who was yelled at by Hua Chengzhong just now saw Hua Chengzhong so frightened and said in a high voice, "Isn't it because he gave birth to two children at the head of the village? His voice is louder than others. At that time, I wanted to marry Jin Jin to an old bachelor, not because I wanted to save money for the marriage of the eldest of his family. So be a person, don't do wicked things, you will be punished. "
"Jin Jin has been outside all these years, and she is really promising. I think the men who followed her just now look a bit like bodyguards."
"If I were her, and there was an uncle like Hua Chengzhong, I would have to bring bodyguards when I got home. What if I locked her in the house again and forced her to marry?"
Everyone was talking, some were emotional, some were curious, but when they mentioned those things in those days, everyone would scold Hua Chengzhong for being inauthentic. The villagers have not had a good relationship with Hua Chengzhong's family these years, but because Hua Chengzhong has two bad-tempered sons, he will fight with others if they disagree.
Seeing that his family may be unlucky now, everyone is secretly applauding, who would like the village bully
"The land in our nine villages is fertile, and the vegetables and fruits we grow taste good." Secretary Hua introduced some of the current situation of the nine villages. Pei Yan looked at the high heels on his dazzling feet, and then turned to look at the person in front of him who was not very good at walking. Breaking through, he stopped her by the waist and carried her to a rock to stand, walked in front of her and pointed at his back: "Come up."
"You support me, I can walk well." Hua Jin glanced around, and there were several children and old people looking over here. Secretary Hua saw that they suddenly stopped leaving, and looked over suspiciously.
"What are you helping? There are bumps here. What if you fall on your knees?" Pei Yan carried her on his back without saying a word. "I'll let you down when the ground is flat."
Hua Jin glanced at Secretary Dazzling's shocked eyes, silently buried her head behind Pei Yan's neck, slowly stretched out her hand, and wrapped her arms around Pei Yan's neck.
"This is the economic fruit forest planned by the technicians in the town. It has started to bear fruit in the past few years." Secretary Hua turned his head, as if he did not see the intimacy between Pei Yan and Hua Jin. He is old and does not understand the city. The way couples get along.
After walking through the dirt slope and arriving on a relatively flat road, Pei Yan put down Hua Jin, held Hua Jin's hand and asked, "I'm sorry, Hua Hua injured her knee a few years ago and can't walk on too rugged mountain roads, I hope you don't. mind my actions."
Most of the staff in the village office are from Jiu Village. Hearing that Hua Jin's foot was injured, he couldn't help but look at Hua Jin a few more times, and Secretary Hua couldn't help but say: "How could the injury be serious or not? "
"Very serious, I almost lost my life back then." Pei Yan said with a sullen face, "Huahua had good luck and survived, but she still had old illnesses. As long as it was cloudy and rainy, her legs would hurt."
Everyone fell silent. Huajin has changed so much over the years, and they must have suffered a lot in places they didn't know about.
"Over the years, Huahua has been thinking about the people who took care of her in the village, so we will come back and make a little contribution to the development of the village." Pei Yan looked at everyone's faces, "Although many unpleasant things happened here in those years. , but Huahua still wants everyone to have a better life. I respect her thoughts, so I came here with her."
Everyone recalled the past when Hua Jin lived in this village, because she was a girl when she was born and was rejected by her grandmother. Fortunately, she was the first child. Although her grandparents and parents did not like her, she was not sent away.
Later, with the birth of her younger brother, Hua Jin's life became more and more difficult. When she was only six or seven years old, she would come out with a small bamboo basket to cut pig grass and help the family with chores. Fortunately, she is self-confident and has good grades. Every time Hua Chengmin and his wife go to a parent-teacher meeting, they will be named and praised by the teacher.
Hua Jin's mother is a woman who loves face very much. Because of Hua Jin's good grades, when several villages mentioned her, they all praised her, so Hua Jin was not embarrassed in terms of studying and going to school. It is a pity that this good luck also ended after the accidental death of the husband and wife.
It has been nearly eight years, and every time it is time for the college entrance examination, someone in the village will sigh with emotion.
It's a pity that nothing happened. Looking at Hua Jin standing in front of them now, all the elders in the village blushed.
But Pei Yan was not ready to stop: "I heard that Hua Chengzhong's family is very domineering in the village. For this kind of village tyrant, the superior has already given instructions. It is necessary to severely crack down on the behavior of the village tyrant and give the common people a peaceful life."
Hua Shuji shuddered when he heard the words, and met Pei Yan's calm eyes. The young man's eyes were so sharp that he hardly dared to look him in the eye: "Mr. Pei is right, and what he did not do well needs to be improved."
Pei Yan didn't say anything more, he turned to look at Hua Jin: "Where is your land?"
Hua Jin looked around and pointed to a paddy field under the fish pond: "That field seems to belong to my family, right?" She glanced at the dazzling secretary.
"Yes, this field belongs to your family." Secretary Hua nodded, and the group walked to the edge of the fish pond and found that there were still grain piles in the paddy field. Obviously, this field has been used by some people, and the rice in the field was cut not long ago. Walk.
The people in the village office are a little embarrassed. Although it is better to grow the fields than others, the old rule in the village is to say hello to the owner when they grow the land that others do not use for the time being.
Hua Jin noticed the embarrassment of the villagers, but she just pretended not to see it: "Is there enough rain in the past few years?"
"There was too much rain some time ago, which affected the rice harvest. Fortunately, our drainage ditches are well done, and the crops have not been affected too much. Those melon fields by the river have suffered miserably." Referring to the recent rain problem , The embarrassment in Hua Shuji's heart has disappeared a lot, and finally there is a topic to talk about.
Strange to say, Mingming Huajin was the one they grew up watching, but now in front of her, everyone feels a little uncomfortable. Maybe it was because they didn't help when Hua Jin was locked up by Hua Chengzhong, so they felt guilty, or because Hua Jin was too developed now, and their village took the benefits she gave for nothing, but they couldn't help her too much. Somewhat embarrassed.
But no matter the reason, they knew very well in their hearts that the current Huajin was not the same as back then.
Lunch was eaten at Hua Shuji's house. Hua Jin looked at a table full of farm dishes, thanked Hua Shuji's family, and sat down to eat. Halfway through the meal, Hua Chengguo brought two pieces of smoked and dried bacon, put them in front of Assistant Pei Yan, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Second Uncle." Hua Jin stopped Hua Chengguo, "Let's eat together."
"No, your second mother made the meal at home, I'll just go back and eat it." Facing Hua Jin, Hua Chengguo felt a little guilty, and he wiped his hand back and forth on the edge of his trousers several times, "I remember that you liked bacon when you were young. Stewed dried vegetables, there is a lot of rain this year, the dried vegetables are moldy, and there are only two pieces of bacon left, you can take them back to eat."
Hua Jin glanced at the bacon in a plastic bag at the assistant's feet: "Thank you, Er Uncle."
Hua Chengguo's lips moved, but he didn't say anything more. At that time, his family was poor and Hua Jin could not take the college entrance examination. Although he did not participate, he did not help her either. Now that she's developed, he doesn't have the face to climb relatives.
"Well, then you will be fine in the future." Hua Chengguo secretly glanced at Pei Yan who followed Hua Jin, "I will come back and have a look when I have time in the future."
After all that could be said, Hua Chengguo hunched his back and walked hurriedly along the path he had come from.
Hua Jin stood at the door, watching Hua Chengguo's back getting farther and farther away, with a dazed expression.
"Hua Xiaojin." Pei Yan held her hand gently, "Go, I'll accompany you back to dinner."
Hua Jin stared blankly at Pei Yan, and smiled slowly.
Standing here today, she realizes very clearly that she is actually a person without relatives. She has lived in Huajiagou for more than ten years. She is familiar with the grass and trees here to the extent that she can walk with her eyes closed, but when she comes back after eight years, she is familiar with the road, the water, and even the people she is familiar with. , have changed.
After dinner at noon, Hua Jin took out a pair of flat shoes from the car and put them on, took out the ingots and other items that had been prepared, and went to visit her grandmother's grave.
After walking behind Secretary Hua for a long time, I finally came to my grandmother's tomb. This tomb is very simple, the tomb is simply piled up with stones, surrounded by lush weeds.
Looking down at the grass that had grown above the knee, Hua Jin bent down, took the sickle in Secretary Hua's hand, and cut it silently.
"I'm coming." Pei Yan held Hua Jin's wrist. "The first time I saw my grandmother, I asked her to show her kindness in front of her old man, so that her old man would know that I am sincere to you."
Hua Jin blinked her reddish eyes and handed him the scythe: "Then you should be courteous."
It had just rained a few days ago, and the weather was hot and humid. Pei Yan, who had never touched a sickle since he was a child, started to sweat profusely after mowing the grass for a while. The assistants wanted to help, but they were all called back by him.
"This kind of thing is called filial piety if a junior like me does it." Pei Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his elbow and grinned at Hua Jin.
Looking at his silly appearance, Hua Jin couldn't help but smile, took out a handkerchief from his bag, and wiped the sweat off his face, "Be careful, don't cut your hands."
It took an hour to finally remove the weeds on and around the tomb. Pei Yan arranged for his clothes, lit the incense candle, then knelt down with a thud, and threw the tied ingot into the brazier.
Hua Jin stared blankly at his action and knelt beside him.
Grandma, your unfilial granddaughter is back.
Hua Jin's eyelids trembled, and she turned to look at Pei Yan. The man kneeling beside me stupidly, called Pei Yan, was the best man I had ever met in my life.
Your old man must remember his face well, and bless him with good health, everything goes well, and peace and security. This is the person who may become your grandson-in-law.
In this life, my granddaughter has not received much preference. You are the first, and he is the second. After you passed away, someone finally noticed what I liked to eat, and put what I liked to eat in my bowl. No matter how much I eat, he thinks that I eat less and don't get fat enough.
You also like such a boy.
Hua Jin smiled and kowtowed three times towards the grave, and Pei Yan followed her firmly.
You see, this idiot is just so stupid and so good. For me, I came to the countryside where I am not used to it, and I can't wait to kowtow to you and want to be your grandson. In case... In case we are not together after one day, you must not blame him.
He is so good, I just want him to be happy forever, please bless him.
When the ingots burned out and Hua Jin stood up from the ground, Pei Yan hurriedly reached out to help him, and only got up from the ground after Hua Jin stood firm.
"What did you say to your grandma in your heart just now?" On the way back, the two walked slowly, Pei Yan held Hua Jin's hand and asked in a low voice, "Did you tell grandma that I am your boyfriend? , is your future gentleman."
"Guess?" Hua Jin looked at him with a smile.
"I don't guess, anyway, even if you didn't say it, I introduced myself in my heart." Pei Yan raised his chin and said slightly, "I told her to the old man that I am her future grandson-in-law, and I will definitely do well in the future. Take care of you and live with you forever."
lifetime.
A lifetime is too long, Hua Jin hardly dares to hope, but she cherishes every moment with Pei Yan. Occasionally, I will also extravagantly hope that the two really have a future that will not be separated for a lifetime.
"What kind of eyes do you have?" Pei Yan looked at the smile on Hua Jin's face, "Don't you want to live with me for the rest of your life?"
"Hua Xiaojin, let me tell you, you can't be half-hearted. I even knelt down and worshipped your ancestors. If you round it up, it means you belong to your family. Do you understand?" He wrapped his arms around his waist, "After we go back, let's go get the marriage certificate."
"What?" Hua Jin looked at Pei Yan in a trance, unable to believe her ears.
"Don't you want to be responsible for me?" Pei Yan widened his eyes.
Hua Jin: "… "
Listen, why does it sound like she did something to him
Even Hua Shuji, who was walking in front and pretended to be hard of hearing, turned his head and glanced at Hua Jin with condemning eyes, as if she was a scumbag who didn't recognize her account.
"Silence is equal to consent." Pei Yan stole an incense on her face, "Then we're done."
Hua Jin and Hua Jin had nothing to say, but deep down in her heart, she was actually a little excited. Maybe, she wanted to tie her Pei Yan to her side, but she always pretended to be sober, pretending to be at ease.
After worshiping her grandmother, Hua Jin took Pei Yan to the grave of her parents to put a stick of incense, but this time Hua Jin did not kneel. She looked at the three graves side by side and kept the paper ingots in the brazier.
The more the paper ingots burned, the more prosperous they were, and they soon burned out.
There is a saying in the countryside that when the ancestors worship, the more paper money is burned, the happier the deceased will be.
Hua Jin laughed at herself. When they were alive, she lived like an outsider in front of this family of three. Now that they are dead, do they still like her more
When the sparks dissipated, Hua Jin said to Pei Yan, "Let's go."
The two walked in silence, and when they passed a cornfield with only dry stalks left, Hua Jin stopped. She looked at the land and said to Secretary Hua, "Uncle, thank you back then."
Secretary Hua was stunned for a while. He stared at the land for a long time before trying to understand what Hua Jin was talking about. Hua Jin was hiding here back then, and he secretly lost several hundred dollars to Hua Jin.
"Let the past be in the past. You can go back and talk to your aunt to prove that the hundreds of dollars were given to you back then." Hua Shuji joked, "This will clear my grievance for hiding my private house money. ."
Hua Jin smiled: "Okay, I'll make it clear to my aunt when I go back."
"Here..." Pei Yan looked at the land in confusion.
"When I escaped from my uncle's house, I was discovered by my uncle and hid in this field." The scene that has surfaced in countless nightmares, and now Hua Jin, can finally easily say, "Then The corn at the time was tall and lush and hid me well, but I was discovered anyway."
Hua Jin smiled at Secretary Hua: "After Uncle Hua found me, not only did he not tell the uncle, but he secretly gave me a few hundred dollars."
Looking at this piece of land, Pei Yan could hardly imagine what kind of fate would have been if Hua Jin had not escaped and greeted her that night.
He turned to look at Secretary Hua, and bowed solemnly to him: "Thank you."
Thank him for helping Hua Jin, so that she can have a new life, so that they can meet in a big city where people come and go. Otherwise, in this life, they will be in the north and south, and they will never meet.
The author has something to say: Pei Yan: Thanks to the sky, the earth, and the kind secretary Hua.