The water of the Minshui River is swaying, and the mask of the Shili River is muddy yellow.

Dead branches and leaves flow down the river.

The typhoon swept wildly, the Fujian River flooded, the upstream flooded for hundreds of miles, and the bridge in the lower reaches of the Fujian River destroyed the houses. The people living outside the river dam are miserable.

After the typhoon, the sky has cleared, the sun is scorching, and the place just past the flood is hot and smelly.

The heat is rising, and it is about to be the season of July.

Fangle in Houguan County, next to the Min River, outside the embankment is the flood has not receded, and inside the embankment, it is the mess after the waterlogging.

The flood water had only barely receded, and the traces of flooding on the beams of the houses were still there, and the pots and pans floated in the sewage like septic pond water, floating in front of the doors of every house. Adults and children on both sides of the street, holding long bamboo poles, kept hitting the water surface by the window sill on the second floor, hoping to catch a pot or two.

In an ordinary house in Fangle Lane, it is similar to the foot house where the Tan people live, with two floors, the lower floor is humid and hot, and it is easy to overwater, it is easy to mold in spring and waterlogging in summer, only the upper floor can live in people, and the lower floor is only used as a manure toilet and in front of the stove.

But on the lower floor, there is a family living here, and a boy is lying unconscious on a rattan bed with his eyes closed.

The house showed signs of the flood water not long after it receded, and it was a mess and filled with the smell of mold**, but he was still nesting here.

The door of the head suddenly thundered, and the young man on the bed showed a look of struggle on his face.

"No, it's not my body, it's not my memory."

"I'm not Lin Yanchao, I'm not."

"I want to go back, I'd rather be a ghost of the Celestial Empire than a person from the Ming Dynasty."

Exhaling a long breath and exhaling, the young man only felt a splitting headache, narrowed his eyes slightly, and whispered in his ear all the time.

Vaguely, an old man cut his wrist with his hand and said: "This disease is difficult, after so many medicines, it stands to reason that even if it continues to take root, it should be improved, but this improvement is not much." According to the old man, if this continues, the wind evil should turn into tuberculosis. ”

"Please, doctor, save him. Aren't you a genius at rejuvenation? ”

"Don't say that, medicine doctors don't die...... Forget it, for the sake of many years of neighborhood, how much money does your family have? …… What no money? The old man is helpless! ”

"Qucker, where are your medical virtues?"

………………

scolded well, the young man on the bed wanted to move his mouth, but he couldn't lift up the slightest strength.

It seems that he has really crossed over, reading the memories of another person, and the scenes of his life unfold in front of his eyes.

His thoughts were mixed, and he only felt that his eyelids were black, and he fainted at the moment.

When he woke up again, he was awakened by the voice next door.

"Auntie, I want to borrow some money from you and go to the next village to find Dr. Zhang to see."

"Dr. Xu has always been well-known in the township, and the medicine is cured, but he was buying his father's face at the beginning, and I begged him for a long time to invite him easily, how could his medicine not help?"

The young man thought in his heart that the quack doctor before was invited by you.

"Auntie, this doctor Xu has seen that Brother Chao has not improved at all, and he only knows how to collect money, and I have driven him away. Dr. Zhang's medical skills are excellent, the son of the third aunt next door was bitten by a snake back then, and he saved it, and now only he can save Brother Chao. is not only the money for medicine, but also Brother Chao's shackles, and Jieyi owes social studies for more than half a year. But I don't care about anything else at the moment, the eldest lady will save Brother Chao first, and then say, my straw mat is finished this month, so I will pay you back. ”

"Saving people is like fighting a fire, I can't wait for a moment, I know this truth, but you look at the water at home, there is a big hole to be plugged, and the money in my hand is also eager to break it and spend it, where is the money left? Brother Chao's parents back then, didn't they leave you a sum of money as a dowry? I remember that there was a good golden phoenix hairpin, and I took it to the pawnshop in the town to arrive, and I could also exchange it for two taels of silver to save the tide of life. ”

"Don't give." The young man's mouth wanted to move, but he couldn't, this lady obviously wanted this golden phoenix hairpin, and wanted to take advantage of the danger of others.

But I heard a voice resolutely say: "Auntie, this golden phoenix hairpin is the last thing that Brother Chao and her mother gave me back then, and I must not be it." If my aunt refuses to help, I can only borrow it from Brother Chao's uncle and grandfather. ”

"What are you talking about, do you think I'm doing things unfairly? If you think you can pass me over to my father-in-law, my father-in-law to deliver a message? Just give it a try. "

The other party didn't answer, the eldest lady probably felt intimidated by the other party, and said: "Shallow, you borrowed them, didn't you borrow me, this is the money in charge, give your whole family to drink the northwest wind, my master, just owed a lot of debts a while ago, almost even I did, prolong my life and study, I am worried day and night, let's talk about me, run such a big family, there are old and young, everywhere is a money hole." ”

is a good soft and hard means, and the young man has almost sketched the image of this housewife in his heart.

"In the final analysis, it's not money, if you are willing to give me the golden phoenix hairpin, I will exchange more money from the pawnshop, and you can also cure the disease, do you really care about the tide of the body."

"Auntie, you don't have to get an inch, this golden phoenix hairpin, at that time, Brother Chao and her grandmother won ten taels of silver, even if it was nine out of thirteen, it couldn't just be two taels of silver."

"You can't believe me when you say that, you look at this Fujian flood, all over the rivers and wilderness, people can't sell their sons and daughters for two or three taels of silver, you are worth more than human life? Love should not be right. "

"Don't be it!"

"Don't be it!"

The boy on the bed wanted to roar, but he couldn't make a sound, so he pushed the medicine bowl next to him with all his strength, and he heard a clang.

A woman threw herself on the head of the bed and said in surprise: "Brother Chao, Brother Chao, are you awake?" "

A faint woman's fragrance rushed into his nose, and the young man on the bed looked at it, but his vision was blurred.

He was so excited that he fainted again.

This time he didn't know how long he had been asleep, and woke up for the third time.

The dim oil lamp flickered in front of him, and a young girl crouched beside her bed, and the whole room smelled of unpleasant mustiness.

"It looks like it's really crossed."

The boy raised his hand, he closed his eyes, and the memory of the previous owner of his body was still quite clear, and it was replayed in his mind in his sleep as if it had been a movie.

The owner of the body is named Lin Yanchao, a hard-pressed schoolboy who has been studying for two years, can't even memorize the three-character scripture clearly, and his parents are dead. The place where he lives is the ancestral house in Yongleli, Fuzhou Prefecture.

There are seven members of the Lin family living in the ancestral house.

Lin Yanchao's grandfather, Lin Gao, is the shop master of the express shop, who lives in the shop and rarely goes home. He has three sons under his knees, the eldest son is weekday, and the second son is Lin Yanchao's parents, who were killed in the Japanese rebellion a few years ago, and the third son is Lin Yanchao's third uncle who works as a farmer at home.

Lin Yanchao's parents died, but fortunately, his father found a child daughter-in-law for him and raised him at home. Therefore, Lin Yanchao and his child daughter-in-law Lin Qianqian depended on each other for their lives.

On weekdays, when her grandfather is not there, she is the daughter-in-law of the Lin family, she holds her own long house, and she takes the family's money alone, she is mean and stingy, Lin Yanchao can't get the slightest help from her, so she can only rely on Lin Qianqian to make straw mats to maintain her own life and study and study.

But unfortunately, Lin Yanchao, who is not good at water, almost gave his life one day in order to save people. When Lin Yanchao returned home, he had a serious illness, which was difficult to treat. Lin Qianqian took all the money left by Lin Yanchao's parents to treat Lin Yanchao's illness, and there was nothing left in the treatment, and then there was the previous scene, Lin Qianqian begged his aunt.

The candle flame exploded lightly, and with a snap, Lin Yanchao was pulled back from his memory, but when he saw the tears in the eyes of the woman lying at the head of the bed, he was obviously overjoyed.

She folded her hands and said: "Thank you Tianfei Niangniang, thank you Tianfei Niangniang, you returned Brother Chao to me, and you can't repay you for being a cow and a horse all your life." ”

The little girl was full of tears, a kind of extra weakness, Lin Yanchao hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry, don't cry." ”

"Hmm." Lin Qianqian nodded, but he still sobbed.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel a little pity when he saw Lin Qian's shallow hair and sideburns, the two maids were so cute and upright, under the long eyelashes, a pair of eyes were like water, and there were tears hanging from the corners of the eyes.

O iniquity, O iniquity.

Lin Yanchao has already figured out his current situation, how can he bear to let such a lovely girl suffer with you?

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but sigh and said: "Shallow, I'm afraid my illness won't get better, I'm afraid of dragging you down, you are so young, don't be by my side, find a good family to take you in." You didn't get through the door anyway. ”

"What are you pinching me for? I haven't ...... sick yet," Lin Yanchao was halfway through his words, and saw Lin Qianqian's tears rolling in his eyes.

The little girl said solemnly: "I knelt in the Tianfei Palace all night, and the Tianfei Niangniang said that you will be safe, and you are not allowed to mention to me that there is any illness that cannot be cured." Even if you have something, I am also the daughter-in-law of your Lin family, and it is my business whether to remarry or not, and it is not your turn to say. ”

"And I promised your father and mother, to take care of you, you also have to take care of me, you dare to die of illness, leaving me alone, just unfilial, do you understand?"

Lin Yanchao looked at each other, thinking that at first he thought that this daughter-in-law who had not passed through the door was a docile and lovely, easy-to-push little Lori, but he didn't expect to be so tough. Doesn't it mean that women in ancient times were all three from four virtues?

The door creaked open.

Lin Yanchao raised his head and saw a bloated woman with high cheekbones walking in.

"Oops, the tide is awake. Auntie is still worried about you for a long time? ”

Lin Yanchao remembered that this was the woman who quarreled with Lin Qianqian when he was in a coma. He was not in good health, and he did not want to speak, let alone perfunctory with this woman.

"Auntie, Brother Chao's illness is cured, and I didn't make the right decision." Lin Qianqian said.

"It's not right, it's your own, everyone lives under one roof, it's a family, and it's like I'm forcing you." The eldest lady smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the money in your family's Chao Yi is really not a thing, it's not that I don't help you, what is it if you owe a few months, your third uncle also said a while ago, the current situation is not good, simply let Chao Yi stop studying, go home to help him, and save a lot of money, you don't have to work so hard in the future." ”

"No, I promised Brother Chao his father and his mother, saying that I would let him study......"

"Chaoyu, it's not that I look down on you, you're not the material for reading, what kind of social studies are you going to, my family's longevity is one year older than you, and I have read all four books, and Mr. said that he will be able to take the county exam next year." In the end, there was a hint of pride in the mouth of the eldest lady.

"Auntie, you can't ridicule my Chao brother like this." Lin Qianqian and a little tigress were generally protected in front of Lin Yanchao.

"Shallow, I'm for your own good, someone's son is studying, and he can get fame in the future, your family's tide, then throw the money in the water, you can't even hear the sound of water, why spend this unjust money?"

"Auntie, then why can you study in the village social science in this village? Brother Chao has to walk more than ten miles to study in Hongtang Social School? Why is the teacher of longevity Xiucai, and the teacher of Brother Chao is just a child? It's not because Hongtang Sociology's bundle is cheap, and now you are even pushing back this money, do you think I don't know what you think, you are going to swallow Brother Chao's bundle. ”

Lin Qianqian stood up and argued with reason, not afraid of this lady who was twice as big as herself.

The eldest lady stomped her foot heavily, looked at Lin Yanchao and said: "My family's longevity reading is better than yours, why can't you hire a smart teacher, if you are still sensible and well, don't go to social studies, go home to help, don't you say?" Don't keep letting you pass the words, you are a big man, let your daughter-in-law who has not passed the door raise you, is it a shame? ”

Lin Yanchao was furious and glared at the eldest mother, the eldest mother's heart jumped, and she said in her heart that this useless nephew would dare to throw his face at him.

After the anger surged, Lin Yanchao quickly controlled his feelings, and said lightly: "My Lin Yanchao's business is my business, you don't have to worry about it, and you are not qualified to take care of it!" If you're not satisfied, I'll be separated from you with Qianqian. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao said to Lin Qianqian: "Qianqian, although my father is gone, but it is also the second room, I remember that my father was a Xiucai, and the clan divided ten acres of steamed fields to our family, if it is divided, it should belong to me." ”

The eldest lady listened to it for a while, and then said for a while: "You are actually clamoring to split up the family, do you think you can threaten me?" Who said that you must not be allowed to go to school, you want to throw the money into the water, just go by yourself, I don't care, anyway, it is your old Lin family's money. ”

In the last sentence, anyone could see that the aunt was very inward, and after finishing speaking, he left in a hurry.

Lin Yanchao saw that he had the upper hand, and immediately said: "Shallow, like such a bitter villain, if you are weak, she will be stronger, if you are stronger, she will be weaker, and you can't take a step back." It's a big deal, we've split up. ”

Lin Qianqian listened and said, "We can't separate from home? ”

Lin Yanchao smiled confidently and said: "What are you afraid of, the matter of separating the family, just ask the elders of the township to make a decision, it is not so easy for her to cover the sky with one hand, if it doesn't work, I will stab the government, in short, make the matter bigger, see what face she still has in the township."

When Lin Yanchao was in his last life, where was he beaten so much and didn't fight back. I am not an ignorant ancient, I am afraid of half death when I see an official, as long as the matter is exposed and I appeal to justice, I am still afraid of what this lady will do.

As soon as Lin Yanchao spoke, Lin Qianqian said: "Brother Chao, you don't know that the imperial court has long had laws, where grandparents and parents are alive, and children and grandchildren do not set up household registration and divide property, they will have a hundred rods." Auntie doesn't know, forget it, you're not a scholar, why don't you know? ”

Lin Yanchao was stunned for a moment and thought, if it is really legal blindness that kills people, he has read a lot of novels, and he thought that he could coax and intimidate the eldest mother, but he didn't expect that he would lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.

Lin Qianqian raised his fingers, and said without saving Lin Yanchao any face: "Not only that, don't expect the government to make a statement for you, the yamen notice said that the civil households are fighting over a trivial matter, and they are not allowed to sue the official, and they must be judged by the old man in the management." If it is not judged by the elder Li, regardless of the truth or truth, the complainant's staff will be broken for 60 first, and it will still be sent back to the elder for evaluation. ”

Hearing Lin Qianqian say this, Lin Yanchao realized that he really took it for granted with modern thinking, and the pursuit of politics in this era is not subordinate to the countryside, and the people do not see the government. The county official is very busy, where is there time to fight for a few acres of land to be distracted, even if there is this vacancy, a county parent official, it is also something that you, a person with no merit, can see casually?

"In the end, the eldest lady and his mother's family are old in the hometown, and forcibly dividing the family will definitely be biased, so we have no chance of winning at all."

It's really handsome for five seconds, Lin Yanchao is a complete miscalculation, and he is speechless at the moment.

"Shallow, you have never talked about this separation of families. Let's say something else. Shallow, there is only one bed in this house, where do you sleep? ”