Idle courtiers

Chapter 3 I want to get off
The young man was probably a rascal who couldn't keep things in his mind, so when he heard Zhou Nan say that, he smiled and asked, "Are you a foreigner, passing by here?"

Zhou Nan: "Yes, I happened to be passing by, and I heard how lively this place is, so I came to have a look. My little brother, just now you said that the matter is very clear, so I asked for advice."

The young man said: "Back when Yunniang married to Zhou Xiucai's house, she was not empty-handed and brought a dowry. In fact, Yunniang bought three acres of the Zhou family's ten acres of land with the dowry. Even if she remarried, she would have to give up the three acres Take it away. Of course, if Yunniang wants to be a widow, there is no need to say these things."

Zhou Nan rubbed his chin: "If this matter is to be resolved, the three acres of land that Yunniang brought from her natal family's dowry should belong to them. But swallowing up all the land at once is really too much. "

The young man said, "Who says it's not?" He turned his head to look ahead again.

In front of them, Yunniang was still crying, Cigu was still scolding, and there was a lot of chaos. It seemed that the civil dispute in the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall today could not be settled for a while.

Zhou Nan was even more distressed. He was a black family. He traveled from Liaodong to Huai'an a while ago.

"Forget it, there are too many people, and it would be bad if it aroused others' suspicion. You might as well go to Zhou's house and wait, and then give them Zhou Xiucai's ashes after the trouble here is over. Anyway, whether it is Zhou Xiucai's younger brother, younger brother Xi, or his wife can be fine, I have completed a task, please rest assured."

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan patted the talkative junior next to him, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, may I ask where Zhou Yang and Yunniang's house is?"

The man pointed to the diversion canal in the distance, and said, "That's right, did you see it? The brick house belongs to Zhou Yang's family, and the wooden house belongs to Zhou Xiucai and Yunniang." After finishing speaking, he looked suspiciously. Zhou Nan: "Brother, have I seen you before? You look familiar."

"I'm just the face of the public. I belong to the kind of people who can't be found if I throw it in the crowd. It's not surprising that I look familiar." Zhou Nan smiled, didn't stop, turned around and walked towards the water diversion weir in big strides.

"Because yes... no... I must have seen you." The young man couldn't stop scratching his head, his face full of distress: "My dog ​​has a good memory, no, no, I have to think hard."

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After walking about a few hundred steps, Zhou Nan arrived at Zhou's house.

In front of me is a small yard surrounded by loess walls.It was late spring, and there were many wild roses crawling on the wall, and the flowers were blooming just right.Scales buzzed in and out of their nests in the earthen walls.

The brick house where Zhou Mu and Zhou Yang live is connected with Yunniang's wooden house, forming the shape of the letter L.The brick house is very old, with cracks in many places, and it was covered with yellow mud and lime. It can be seen that the conditions of the Zhou family are not very good, and they can be regarded as lower-middle peasants in the entire Huai'an Prefecture.As for Yunniang's wooden house, it was even more dilapidated.The wooden houses are all crooked, the tiles on the roof are not broken, and grass grows on them.

Zhou Nan was puzzled, it's not right, the Zhou family has ten mu of paddy fields, and will be a proper small landlord in later generations.You must know that in later generations of farmers, the per capita arable land is only one and a half mu.In remote mountainous areas, it is even only six or seven points, and the output of ten acres of land should be quite a lot.Not to mention Zhou Yang's family, why is Yunniang living in such hardship?
After thinking about it, he laughed again: "Now is the Ming Dynasty without pesticides, fertilizers and improved seeds, but I have forgotten it."

It turns out that in the Ming Dynasty, the yield per mu of good paddy fields was only one stone and a half, that is, two hundred catties.After deducting the seeds and the royal grain tax that should be paid, as well as the part distributed to the tenants who rent the seeds, the remaining rent in the end is really not a few catties in the hands.Ten mu of land is barely enough for Zhou Yang's family of four to eat and spend.If there is one more Yunniang, it is to grab food from other people's bowls, no wonder they are bullied and excluded.

Looking at the situation of Yunniang's family, Zhou Nan felt great sympathy for him: This woman is really miserable. She was originally married to a young talent. Respect Mr. Zhou.However, once Zhou Xiucai had an accident, and now the news of his death came, and his husband's family would take away his property, it would be a problem to survive in this world.

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"No, I must have known this person just now." The young man was still scratching his head.

In front, Zhou Xiucai's wife Cigu was still cursing.This kind of country woman is the most powerful. Once she gets angry with others, she will rest without drinking water from morning to night.

How Yunniang is Cigu's opponent, besides wiping tears, she still wipes tears.

After a long time, she shouted angrily, "God, why did you treat me like this? My husband, my husband, I have been waiting for you for ten years, why did you just leave like this? It doesn't matter if you leave, leave me alone in this world Bullying, life feels like years, what is the point of my life?"

"Yunniang, what are you talking about? Are you scolding Cigu? You are a woman, you can't lift your shoulders and grind your back. Since your eldest brother went to Liaodong, don't you rely on me for eating, drinking, and messing? I simply raised a mother, you Say, is it a loss or not?" Zhou Yang listened for a long time with a gloomy face, but seeing that there was still no result, he finally became impatient and shouted: "Why don't you just die?"

"Well said, why don't I die!" Yun Niang smiled sadly: "Yes, after waiting for so many years, what I waited for was the news of my husband's death. What's the point of my life? Just go with my husband, It’s good to be together as a couple.”

As he said that, he rushed towards the diversion weir suddenly, intending to drown himself in the water.

The water diversion weir is not wide, only about ten meters, but the water is deep. This is the season of floods, and the water flow is fast.If a person jumps down, he will immediately lose sight of his shadow.Every year, several unconscious children are drowned in the upstream and downstream of this canal.

Seventh uncle was shocked, "Hurry up, stop her!" Yes, if there is something wrong in the village, the elders of the clan can solve it by themselves.But if someone is killed, it is a serious case and has to be reported to the county government, and everyone will inevitably be in big trouble.

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Zhou Nan saw Yunniang running in front and a group of people chasing after her, but she didn't realize what was wrong.I couldn't help standing up and shouting: "No!"

Fortunately, the women in the village were quick and finally caught up with Yunniang by the river and hugged her.

Yunniang cried loudly: "Please let me go, what's the point of me living in this world?"

Cigu screamed loudly: "What a whore, you are forcing her to die. I am really afraid of you. Her third aunt, fifth aunt, and second aunt, let go of this bastard. I want to see if she dares to die. .”

The seventh uncle yelled: "Daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, human life is at stake, so don't make trouble, everyone, don't say a word."

"I seem to have seen that person before." The young man who talked to Zhou Nan earlier was still scratching his head.Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he shouted: "Brother Nan is back, Brother Nan is back, I saw it."

Yes, when Zhou Nan was dispatched to Liaodong, this young man was just a child of seven or eight years old.Ten years have passed, and his childhood memories have faded. He just thinks that Zhou Nan looks very familiar.Now, memories of the past have returned.

The sound was very loud, and looking along his fingers, everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Nan in the Zhou family's yard at the same time.

But he saw a rather tall man over there, with ragged clothes and dirt on his face, he looked like a beggar.However, there was a shadow of the handsome Zhou Xiucai Zhou Xianggong in his eyes.

At this moment, it was the red sun in the sky, and the warm wind was blowing from the green fields full of seedlings, which made his figure dance with ribbons, like a free kite, about to fly to the sky.No no no, it's like a weightless soul.

Seeing the crowd hugging Yunniang, Zhou Nan turned to look at him, grinned, and waved to them.

This smile, coupled with the dust all over his face, really looks like indigo, ferocious and terrifying.Everyone suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and countless goosebumps appeared on their bodies.

Suddenly, a woman howled: "Zhou Nan's soul has returned home, hell!"

"Help!" When did everyone see this kind of thing before, they immediately exploded, turned around and ran desperately.

A girl was in a hurry to escape, so she fell directly into the paddy field with a plop, stirring up a patch of grass insects and two frogs.

All of a sudden, people turned their backs and turned into a mess.

Zhou Nan was baffled, and his anger could be calmed down: Am I that scary?Back then, I was a cute and handsome guy in my work unit, and the aunts in the office were all eager to introduce me to someone. Why were you so afraid of this?

"Sanggong, is that you? You were reluctant to leave home, and after traveling thousands of miles, you finally came back." Yunniang cried loudly and ran over, shouting as she ran, "Come back, come back, your soul is back!"

Yun Niang came so fast, she rushed into her yard in a short while, and grabbed Zhou Nan's hand: "Sanggong, Xianggong, is that you, am I dreaming... Ah, you are not dead, you are still alive!"

She touched Zhou Nan's face with trembling hands: "It's hot, it's hot... People say that ghosts are cold... Xianggong... Xianggong."

She turned her head suddenly, her eyes were full of joy: "Brother Nan is alive, he is not dead. Second Uncle, Cigu, Xianggong is back!"

"Ah, it's alive, it's considered alive!" Hearing Yunniang's cry, the whole village rushed in, and countless hands touched Zhou Nan's head, face, and hands one by one, shouting in surprise: " Alive, yes, this is Brother Nan."

"That's right, that's right, Brother Nan's body is very hot."

"It must be alive, how could a ghost appear in broad daylight."

"Of course, look, Brother Nan has a shadow, only the living have shadows."

It was a mess, and it was so loud that it exploded people's heads.

What finally caught, what alive, Wild Ultraman?Zhou Nan was dumbfounded, confused: No, this is not the beginning of a time-travel novel of aesthetic fatigue.That's right, the beginning of this story is that the husband's family seized the property, but how did it become like this?
No, it shouldn't be like this, crossing EMU, stop quickly, I want to get off!
(End of this chapter)