Rebirth of the backing and eating mountains

There was still some time before dinner, Song Chu discussed with An Rubao and decided to go to An Ling's house.Otherwise, Song Chu was always worried about this matter and was always worried.After Qin Feng understood the situation, he also urged them to go quickly.The two changed their clothes and walked towards An Ling's house hand in hand.

An Ling's house is in the west of Beicun, not too far from Song Chu's original home.There are four people in the family, apart from An Ling's father and mother, there is also a young man who is 15 years old this year.As soon as he approached An Ling's house, An Rubao frowned.The house in front of me is too dilapidated.Although many of the houses in the village are yellow mud thatched huts, they are all neat and solid.Compared with An Ling's family, it can really be described as appalling.The yard is not too small, and there are five houses in a row. If you look carefully, the foundation is still good.That is, it has not been repaired for many years, and the thatch on the roof is almost gone, and some wooden boards are used to barely cover it.The gate of the courtyard was not closed. When they walked to the door, they could see the situation in the courtyard at a glance.

The square courtyard is very empty.It is reasonable to say that just after the autumn harvest, every family will dry some grains and beans in the yard, but except for a few piles of corn under the eaves, there is almost no other food in sight.Seeing this scene, Song Chu also frowned.

The two of them didn't enter the courtyard, Song Chu shouted at the door: "Is anyone there?" As soon as the words fell, a husband in his thirties walked out of the room, first looked around, saw Song Chu smiled, and greeted him. "Xiao Chu is here, come in quickly." Song Chu called "Uncle?" and walked into the yard, followed by An Rubao.

Ah Ling's name is Lu Ming, and her family is in Dulingzhai Village, south of Qingshan Village.He let them all the way to the living room.It is said to be a living room, but it is just a table and a few stools.Lu Ming called the two of them to sit down, went to bring some wild fruits, poured two more glasses of water, and then asked: "Xiao Chu, come and find Xiao Ling, he just went out and will come back later. Wait a minute for him?"

Song Chu took the water, but didn't drink it, and said directly to Lu Ming, "Uncle, I'm actually here to find you. Xiao Ling went to my house this morning. I saw that his expression was not right, so he didn't say anything when I asked him. Come here and ask, what's going on?" Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, then sighed after a while, and said, "He went looking for you? Well, you two have been good since childhood, and I won't hide this from you. Two days ago, he settled a house with someone, and he agreed to negotiate with him in two days, and he would take him away after the negotiation." Song Chu was taken aback, stood up and shouted: "Take him away?! Xiao Ling is not yet an adult, why? Just...could it be,could it be..." Before he finished speaking, Lu Ming's tears had come down, and he said in a trembling voice: "Yes, you are right, my Xiaoling is going to be a foster husband..."

Song Chu's face immediately changed, and he said anxiously: "Does Xiao Ling have a father? Why do you want to be a foster husband? How can you bear it? He is only 12 years old!" When he was an adult, he was bought and raised by someone, and when he was an adult, he became his husband's little brother.Here, only those who cannot survive at home or who have lost their parents since childhood will be sold to others as adoptive husbands.Most of the people who buy a husband are either physically handicapped and cannot find a husband, or they have been single for many years and have saved a sum of money, or the husband has gone and there are children who need to be taken care of at home. I can't find my step-husband.The adoptive husband does not need to hold a marriage ceremony when he comes to Lang Guan's house, and he doesn't have to go to the family tree. He has no status in Lang Guan's house, and he is no different from a domestic servant. Life can be summed up in one word, bitter.Now that An Ling's aunt told him that An Ling was going to be a foster husband, it's no wonder Song Chu was anxious.

Lu Ming just cried and didn't speak.Song Chu was anxious, turned around a few times, and suddenly thought of someone who said, "Where is Brother An Ren. Xiao Ling has said since he was a child that he would offer Brother An Ren to be his husband. Didn't they all have a marriage proposal? Where did he go?"

When Lu Ming heard An Ren's name, he cried even more fiercely. It took a long time before he sighed and said, "Don't mention him. At that time, there was something wrong with your family, and you didn't know it. He went to the town to be an apprentice three months ago."

Song Chu said in a bad tone: "Uncle, tell me, why on earth are you selling Xiao Ling? What's wrong with Xiao Ling, he is capable and obedient, he...he..." As he spoke, his tears also burst into tears. fell down.

Hearing his question, Lu Ming burst into tears, and said, "We don't want to... woo... To tell you the truth, the autumn harvest has just passed, and apart from the piles of sticks under the eaves, what else is there in our house?" The food is gone. You also know that your uncle broke his leg two years ago and has been in poor health. An Yuan is sensible, but he is only fifteen this year. We don’t have much land. Yuan and An Ling are two helpers, and they are barely planted. However, your uncle always takes medicine, plus the medicine money borrowed when the leg was broken, we owe An Fumin's family more than 20 yuan in total. An Fumin said , this year is the deadline, if you don’t pay it back, you will pay the interest next year. No, we have worked so hard to harvest a whole autumn, and only collected more than a dozen stones of grain, and we gave them all, and it’s still three times short. An Fumin He also said that if Xiao Ling is willing to be An Chun's husband, not only will he not have to pay back the three pens, but he can also give us another ten pennies. What is An Chun? Fu Lang. An Yuan was so angry that he ran to the restaurant in the town to work as a waiter, saying that he would never come back unless he made a lot of money. But if you don’t pay back An Fumin’s money, the rolling interest will only increase, and there will be no future. No way. We were trying to borrow money from east to west, and someone from Lijia Village came and said that a man in the village who had lost his husband was willing to pay five pennies to buy a adoptive husband..."

When Song Chu heard that it was related to An Chun again, he gritted his teeth secretly, and said, "Even so, you can't sell Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling only has Brother An Ren in his heart, and it's not like you don't know, isn't this driving him to death? ?!"

Lu Ming wiped away his tears and said, "It's not that we want to sell Xiao Ling... Well, you also know that Xiao Ling, although he looks docile and obedient, is actually a man with ideas, and he is deadly. Changed it, of course we knew it in our hearts. Besides, no matter how difficult it was, we would not betray our little brother. Your uncle scolded that person out. But later... it was all wrong. If you talk about Xiao Ling and An Ren It can be considered fate. Xiaoling has been attached to Anren since he was a child, and Anren played well with him. At that time, your uncle's leg was not broken. We discussed it with An Qing's family. When both children are over ten years old , I proposed marriage to them. Not two years later, your uncle’s leg was broken. Our family suddenly became a poor household in the village, and food and clothing became a problem. How could we have the nerve to propose a marriage? After Ling was ten years old, there was no movement in Anqing's house, so we dared not mention it. After the people from Lijia Village came, Xiaoling cried all night, and went to the town the next day, and waited until it was dark. Come back, you don’t know. When he came back, his face was pale and his eyes were straight, but it scared us a lot. He finally recovered the next day. I asked him what happened. No more. Later, when the man from Lijia Village came again, Xiaoling suddenly accepted the money and agreed to become a foster husband!... Cough, your uncle and I cried and asked him why, and he said he couldn’t look after the house People are going to die. You know how dead Xiaoling is. When Anren was a child, he said, "I will definitely welcome you." I have remembered it for many years. How could it be so easy to give up? I think it must be the day when Anren told Xiaoling What, it hurt Xiao Ling's heart, so he abused himself like this. But when I asked again, he just didn't say a word. We were also anxious. Seeing that after the Spring Festival, people will come to pick up people, but Xiao Ling just didn't let go. Neither can we."

After Song Chu listened, he also calmed down, realizing that the key lies in An Ling.Something must have happened when An Ling went to town that day. It seems that he has to figure it out before he can help him.Thinking of this, Song Chu rushed to Lu Ming and said, "Uncle, I understand. This matter still depends on Xiaoling. If he can't untie the knot in his heart, none of us can help him. In this way, I will go back today. If Lijiacun Come on, just delay. I'll come up with a solution for this."

After hearing this, Lu Ming took a peek at An Rubao, who was sitting beside him silently, wiped his tears, and forced a smile, "Xiao Chu, you've got your wish. I won't bother you about this. We have been trying to find a way for two days, and it’s not easy for you, so just... just live your life well. Don’t worry, even if your uncle and I die, we won’t let Xiao Ling become a foster husband.” In his In my heart, although it was forced by the situation, Xiao Chu is now being raised in someone else's house.There is no difference between the identity and the adoptive husband.The adoptive husband has no status in Lang Guan's family.He was grateful that Song Chu was anxious to think of a solution for his family, Xiao Ling, but he couldn't harm Xiao Chu.

An Rubao watched from the sidelines, and had already seen Lu Ming's thoughts.Immediately said: "Uncle, don't worry, Xiao Chu is my prospective husband, his affairs are my affairs, we will find a way to save An Ling."

Now Lu Ming was stunned, and turned overjoyed.The grandson of the Anshan family is a scholar, and the whole village has known about it for a long time.Few peasants can read and write, and in their eyes, scholars are already very important-that is, they have fame.Lu Ming didn't know what to say, his whole body trembled with excitement.It took a while before he hurriedly said: "It's good to dare, it's good to dare... Now it's over, my Xiaoling is saved. In the next life, my uncle will be a cow and a horse to repay you!" As he said, he was about to cry again.

Song Chu and An Rubao didn't dare to stay longer, so they hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

Out of An Ling's house.Song Chu remained silent.An Rubao walked with him for a while before asking: "What you said to An Ling's Ah Mo just now, I heard ambiguous. Then what happened to An Ling and An Ren? Who is An Ren?"

Song Chu sighed, and said, "Brother An Ren is a few years older than us. When I was young, Xiao Ling and I played well, and the children in the village pushed me out, and even pushed him out. Later, he was seen by Brother An Ren and taught those children a lesson. Since then, he has always protected Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling has been sticking to him. When he was a little older, An Ren told Xiao Ling that he would welcome him when he grew up. Be a husband. Xiao Ling remembered it in his heart. A few years later, Xiao Ling was dead-eyed, and he still kept this sentence. But everyone is no longer a child who doesn’t know anything. Who knows if Brother An Ren can’t remember remember?"

An Rubao said: "According to what An Ling said, the two families intended to negotiate a marriage, but it fell through. It must be An Ren who went back on his word."

Song Chu thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "I don't know. However, Anren's aunt is a little narrow-minded, a little... snobbish, even if Brother Anren is willing, he is not willing to welcome Xiaoling in."

An Rubao said "Oh": "Who is this An Ren's father?" Song Chu said: "His father is Uncle An Qing." Suddenly said: "It's him. His husband is indeed... different." He still remembered An Qing's husband's bitter and mean look, and felt a little more sympathy for An Ren who had never met.

However, there was one more thing that he was more concerned about, and asked, "Listen, why is this matter related to that An Chun?"

Song Chu sneered and said, "An Fumin's husband is An Chun's uncle. An Chun will be lame from now on and has a bad reputation. I'm afraid they won't be able to find a good husband. They didn't get what they wanted here, so they got An Ling again. It's a good idea."

When An Rubao heard this, she also felt angry.Hearing Song Chu say again: "I thought about it, I still have to go to Brother An Ren for this matter, and ask him what happened that day. Then, I will go to the town to find him tomorrow morning, and ask him face to face."

Seeing his impatient expression, An Rubao coughed, and said leisurely, "You can't go to town tomorrow." Without waiting for Song Chu's response, he continued, "Tomorrow is the Autumn Festival. I wonder if An Ren will come back for the festival?" Song Chuyi clapped his hands and said, "That's right, why didn't I expect that. He will definitely come back tomorrow. Well, I'll go to the entrance of the village to block him tomorrow morning." The more he thought about it, the more he was right, he was looking forward to coming soon in the morning. With the wind blowing under his feet, he walked home on his own.An Rubao, who was left behind by Song Chu, stared dumbfounded at the sight of his prospective husband turning into a black spot, and only after a while did he lift his heels up.