The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

The village they live in is called Sanwan Village, named after the Sanwan River, surrounded by mountains on three sides.A river meanders down from the high mountains on both sides. Sanwan Village is a small village built by the river. People here have been drinking the water of Sanwan River for generations. Sanwan River is the mother of the people here. river.

Sanwan Village is further divided into Upper Village, Middle Village and Lower Village. They live in Lower Village, and Lower Village is relatively inward, with Dashan behind.

Upper village and middle village have more flat land, which is easier to cultivate.The inner part of their lower village is mostly mountainous, and the people in the village have reclaimed fields and planted crops on the hillsides.

Their village is by the river, and many people in the village live by fishing.

Most of the people in the village do not live well. Relying on the grain in the field and the income from selling some fish and shrimp, they are barely enough to support the family.The villagers in the village are simple and industrious, and the village style is simple, and the relationship between the people in the village is relatively harmonious and friendly.

On the way back, people in the village saw them and greeted them kindly, "It's Mingming who's back. Are you feeling better?"

Their village is not big, and if something happened in the village, the whole village soon knew about it.Everyone knew that Qiao Minglang fainted at home and was sent to the town health center. Seeing him back now, they knew that he was fine, and everyone in the village was happy for them.

Qiao Minglang is considered a celebrity in the village. He had good grades in school since he was a child. He used to study in their village's primary school, and he was always the first in his age.He was admitted to the best No. [-] Middle School in the town to study in junior high school. He was the first in his village to be admitted to No. [-] Middle School. I heard that he got the first place every time in the school. People in the village are not without envy.

There were no college students in their village in the first few decades, and everyone in the village said that Qiao Minglang would be the first college student in Sanwan Village.

People in the village used Qiao Minglang to teach their children, "Look at Qiao Minglang XXXX..."

It can be said that the children in Sanwan Village grew up in the shadow of Qiao Minglang, and they ate a lot of fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots from their parents. I like Qiao Minglang.But the adults really like Qiao Minglang, who wouldn't want to have such a child who can read.

But this child is also suffering. Not long after his mother left, his father followed him. There are so many younger brothers and sisters under him, and the burden of the whole family falls on him.Everyone in the village knows what happened to their family, but these days, everyone's life is difficult. It's one thing to sympathize with others in the heart, and there are not many people who can really help.

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern, auntie." Qiao Minglang greeted the villagers on the road, and greeted the people in the village, and took his brothers and sisters all the way back home.

Even though it was his first time walking this road, some things were already familiar to his bones, and he knew how the road ahead would go without having to think about it carefully.

Their family lived at the end of the village, there were not many houses around, and there was only one family living next door.

When passing by, Qiao Minglang took a look at the house next door and saw that the door of the house was closed, presumably no one was inside.

"Brother, we're home." Qiao Mingcheng ran to the front and pushed open the yard door.

No one in their village steals anything. Everyone always locks the door when they go out, and rarely locks the door. However, there is nothing valuable in their house that anyone can steal.

"Well, we're home." Qiao Minglang was holding the youngest brother in his arms. Just now the two little guys stopped halfway when they were tired from walking.

In a small yard, there are three rammed-earth houses and a low kitchen, and a white cloth is hung on the front door.There is a large water tank in the yard, a hoe and a few sticks in the corner, two bamboo chairs at the door, some firewood piled up in the corner, and some miscellaneous things.

This is their home, and it looks a little shabby.

But in Qiao Minglang's eyes, this house is more beautiful than those magnificent palaces. This is his home with his family, and it is the place where he will live in the future.Home is a very unfamiliar word for him. He used to be a homeless person, but now he has a home and a family.

"Let's go inside."

The sun at noon was particularly hot, and when a group of people got home from the sun, their skins were all red.

After entering the room, Qiao Minglang took a look around the house. There was a four-corner table and a few benches in the room. This was where they usually ate.This place is completely unfamiliar to him, but he feels so familiar and intimate with everything in this house.

"Brother, sit down." Qiao Mingcheng pulled a stool for the elder brother.

"Well, you sit too." After walking for such a short distance, he was sweating all over his body. It may be because he just recovered from a serious illness. Qiao Minglang felt really tired, so he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Asked: "Is there any water at home, you go and drink some water."

"Yes, yes, I'll get it." Qiao Xiaohui responded, and brought a big pot over, Qiao Xiaofen helped put down the bowl, Qiao Xiaohui poured a bowl of water for one person, Qiao Xiaofen took the first bowl of water Big Brother, "Brother, you drink."

"En." Qiao Minglang took it, seeing the two little ones looking at him eagerly, he couldn't help laughing, and fed the water in his hand to the two little ones.The two young ones were obviously very thirsty, and one of them drank more than half of the bowl while holding the bowl, and the one next to him was so anxious that he almost snatched the bowl.

Qiao Xiaohui came over with a bowl of water, gave the bowl of water to the eldest brother, and said, "Brother, you can drink it, and I will feed them both."

"It's okay." Qiao Minglang smiled, took the water, took a sip, and felt his throat feel better.Seeing that the clothes on a group of children were soaked with sweat, and everyone's heads were covered with sweat, he asked, "Is there anything to wipe off the sweat?"

"I'll get a towel." Qiao Mingcheng ran to get a towel.

The two little ones drank the water fed by the elder brother, and became closer to the elder brother. They hugged the elder brother's thigh from left to right, and refused to leave.Seeing the younger brother bring over a towel, Qiao Minglang took it and wiped the sweat off the face and body of the two younger ones.

"Brother." The two little ones, one on the left and the other on the right, clung to my brother.

The two children are very thin, with yellow and soft hair, and one of them has a big head. The boy is the eldest, and his name is Qiao Mingbao. He looks a bit naive.The little girl is the youngest child in their family. Her name is Qiao Xiaoyu. She has bright eyes, loves to smile, and is a clever little ghost.

Qiao Minglang likes his two younger brothers and sisters very much, not only these two little ones, but also himself and other younger brothers and sisters, all of them are pitifully thin, it can be seen that the life of this family is going well Not very good.

At that time, his mother had already given birth to four children. She didn't want to have another child, but she got pregnant unexpectedly. She was reluctant to abort it, so she decided to give birth. She didn't expect that this pregnancy was twins.But because she was pregnant with twins at the time, his mother accidentally fell while working, and the two children were born prematurely, and Qiao's mother was also broken. After giving birth to the children, after a year of intermittent illness, she still A group of children were left behind.

When his father was still alive, he didn't like the two young ones very much, and probably blamed the two children for his wife's death.How innocent is a child.These two children were brought up by two older sisters. The mother was not in good health after giving birth to them, and had no energy to take care of them.

The young man has been studying abroad in recent years, and the journey home is far away. The young man usually lives in the dormitory of the school, and only returns home when he is on vacation.In memory, the boy also likes these younger brothers and sisters very much, but because of his personality, he is not very close to these younger brothers and sisters.

But these younger brothers and sisters like him and want to get close to him.

Looking at the group of younger brothers and sisters in front of him, Qiao Minglang sighed in his heart. In the past, he was full while the whole family was not hungry.It seems that now he has to find a way to earn more money so that the whole family can have enough to eat and raise these younger brothers and sisters for nothing.

With so many younger brothers and sisters to support, Qiao Minglang didn't think it was a burden. Instead, he felt that it was his family and his responsibility. As his elder brother, he should take good care of these younger brothers and sisters.

No matter how difficult the day was, he had lived through it, and now it was nothing.

Life is made by people trying to find a way, there is no life that cannot be lived, it just depends on whether you are willing to work hard or not.