After redemption, he took away the luck of the future queen

The Golden Crow sinks to the west and the Jade Rabbit rises to the east.

The bullock cart gurgled toward the back of the village.

Aunt Guo looked at Mrs. Huang with tears in her eyes and was grateful for Mrs. Huang's care. Otherwise, their family would have to build a thatched house like Zhuang Mingde's family. Moreover, without Huang's help, the four of them, mother and son, would have to walk this way. You can’t take off a layer of skin.

Mrs. Huang felt Aunt Guo's gratitude and guilt, smiled nonchalantly, held her hand and comforted her: "Mother Guo, I asked you to live with me because I wanted your family of four to embolden my family of three. Yes, the village chief said that the shabby house I rented is on the edge of the village. There are wolves at night. I heard that in summer, there are a lot of snakes. It is quite dangerous to live with me. If you refuse now, why don't you? There’s enough time.”

The reason why Mrs. Huang chose to help Aunt Guo's family was to repay Aunt Guo for taking care of her family in the past. In the past, there was no food at home. When her daughter went to Aunt Guo's house, she would always give her daughter a few mouthfuls of food, so that her daughter would not be hungry. Hell, sometimes her family has a lot of food, and her daughter can bring some back to share with her son. Such Aunt Guo and her family should repay the favor if they are capable.

Furthermore, Guozi's two younger brothers are still young, so the two families live together and have companions, so they don't have to worry about gender differences. Unlike my sister-in-law's sister-in-law's family, which all have adult men, it is really inconvenient to live together.

Aunt Guo shook her head quickly, held Huang's hand, and choked with sobs: "Ergou's mother, don't say that. I know your good intentions. I will accompany you. Leave all the washing and cooking to me. If you do, treat it as the rent I pay you."

Mrs. Huang agreed without much thought. Guozi's mother could do whatever she wanted. She herself would not be idle, so she couldn't leave everything at home to Guozi's mother.

After half a stick of incense, the oxcart swayed to a stop in front of a dilapidated courtyard at the edge of the village. The low courtyard had no door at all. What caught everyone's eyes was a yard half tall with wild grass and three dilapidated houses.

Mrs. Huang felt that this was the shabby house that Village Chief Du was talking about. It was far enough away and remote, and the yard was shabby enough. She asked Zhuang Mingde to drive the ox cart directly to the yard.

Zhuang Mingde sent the people to the place, thinking about his family, and hurriedly jumped out of the oxcart. He told Mr. Huang that he would come to help weed the grass tomorrow and left.

Mrs. Huang got off the bullock cart and chased him, saying that she didn't have to come over tomorrow and she could do the weeding herself, leaving him busy with things at home.

Pian Huan got off the oxcart with the two dogs in his arms, pushed aside the weeds under the faint moonlight, and walked towards the main room in the middle. The door of the room was unlocked. When he opened the door, a ray of moonlight came in through the hole in the roof, illuminating it. The hall of the main house was lit up.

Behind the hall are three rooms with door panels removed. The roofs of each room are damaged to varying degrees, and the moonlight shines directly down.

There is moonlight in the house, so there is no need to light the oil lamp.

Fortunately, it didn't rain tonight, otherwise, no one would be able to live in the house.

Huang and Guo Zi Niang unloaded the things from the ox cart one by one, while Guo Zi took her two younger brothers to untie the cow rope and let the cows graze freely in the yard.

Pian He led the two dogs. After checking the main house, he walked to the kitchen on the right side of the main house to see if he could heat something to eat in the kitchen. The two of them walked over under the moonlight and saw that the kitchen door was slanted. Leaning on the door frame, looking like he would fall over at the slightest touch, Pian He didn't dare to open the door and go in. He could only turn back and check the woodshed on the left side of the main house.

The door of the woodshed is simply made up of a few wooden boards. The gaps between the wooden boards are large, but it looks intact. There are no holes in the thatched roof, and no moonlight leaks in, but the same is true inside the woodshed. It was empty, not even a piece of firewood, so it took away the hard work of cleaning.

After looking at this house, although it was dilapidated, Pian He was very satisfied. When he first arrived in Xiufeng Village, he was able to settle down in such a dilapidated house. It had a foothold and a tile to protect it from the rain. Compared with those houses that needed to be built thatched, For people, it’s so much better.

It seems that you did the right thing by giving the money and banknotes to Mr. Huang for safekeeping. If you have money, you can rent a house.

With money in her hands, Huang has confidence in her heart. She no longer feels inferior in front of others, and can always plan for a better life for the family. There are always things that she can't worry about if she only relies on Pianheng.

Mrs. Huang didn't mind that the rented house was dilapidated. This dilapidated house was a little dilapidated and a little out of the way, but it was their temporary new home. What was worthy of recognition was that there was a well behind the house and a large one in front of the house. In the yard, we can organize a few vegetable plots, raise a few chickens, and build a cowshed.

Thinking of these, Huang was very satisfied.

Under the cool moonlight, cows were grazing leisurely in the yard. Everything was quiet. The dark and steep mountains were like beasts, dormant there quietly, ready to go. The deep valleys were like Zhang Zhang. Open wide...

Ergou suddenly said: "Sister, I'm hungry!" breaking the unusual tranquility.

Aunt Guo poked her head out of the kitchen: "Pianheng, Ergou, come here. Auntie has cooked some batter. Come on, have a bowl while it's hot."

Pian He led the two dogs to the kitchen. Aunt Guo had already closed the rough wooden door of the kitchen, and Guo Guo was serving batter to several people.

After everyone had dinner in the dark, they began to tidy up the room.

In fact, the room does not need to be tidied at all, nor does it need to be cleaned deliberately. It is very clean. I spread the mat on the floor and put the quilt on it, and it is tidied up. Because there is only one mat and one quilt, everyone can only squeeze in tonight. Spend the night in a room.

The clouds break and the sun rises, and the east becomes white.

The morning mist filled the air, and most of the weeds in the yard were eaten by the cows. The full cows lay quietly in a corner of the yard.

Pian Huan took a long knife and started to clear the weeds in the yard. The cut weeds were piled aside and dried to feed cattle, used as firewood or used to repair the roof.

After cutting the weeds in the yard, Mr. Huang and Aunt Guo also made breakfast, and Ergou Guozi and others got up.

The dilapidated house at the back of the village became lively and there were voices.

Just after breakfast, my sister-in-law, uncle and Mingde came over. They all brought long knives. Judging from their posture, they must be here to help. Huang invited them in enthusiastically. The weeds in the yard had been removed. Pianheng has cleaned up, but the roof needs to be repaired, otherwise when it rains, no one can live in the house at all.

Pian Heo saw Ming De and wondered whether she should ask Ming De to go to the city. There was no bed and he slept on the floor. If a spider, centipede or something crawled into the room at night, would they be able to recover? She stopped worrying last night. I didn't sleep well all night.

Before Pian Huan could call Ming De, Dashan came over alone with his head down. It was also easy to find Pian Huan's family. Pian Huan's family was the only one in this area, so Dashan found the right door.

"Cousin?" Pian Huan looked at the frowning Dashan, feeling a little worried.

Dashan pulled Pian Huo out of the hospital and whispered: "Pian Huan, my mother is going to sell the ox cart. I don't want to sell it. Cattle are indispensable for land reclamation. You..."

"Cousin, do you want to ask me to borrow money? I can lend you money, but the money you borrow from me can only be kept with you and cannot be handed into the hands of your mother."

Pian Huan can understand the difficulties of the mountains. Everyone is fleeing and no one has any money left. But, let Pian Huan lend money to the eldest aunt. Pian Huan is not willing to do it, not because he is afraid that the eldest aunt will borrow the money. She will default on her debt later, even if the eldest aunt wants to default on the debt, she believes that Dashan will pay back the money for her. Pianheng just doesn’t want to see his money flow into the hands of the eldest aunt. Isn’t it good to leave it in Dashan’s hands?

Dashan pondered for a moment, sighed heavily, and said: "Okay."

"Cousin, you must not lie to me. If I find out that you gave the money you borrowed from me to your mother, I will no longer recognize you as my cousin. Tell me, how much do you want to borrow?"

"Two taels." Dashan held out two fingers uncertainly. He didn't know if his cousin had two taels of silver in his hand.

"Okay, the interest is that you accompany me to the city today." Pian He felt that it was imminent to learn how to drive the cattle cart.

Dashan nodded hurriedly, smiled naively, scratched his head, looked at the low courtyard wall of the second aunt's house and his uncle and Mingde who were repairing the roof of the second aunt's house, and added: "Okay, I'll come over to help tomorrow. You raise the walls of this courtyard."

"Deal, let's go." Pian He was anxious. Xiufeng Village is a bit far away from Yushan County. It takes a day to go to the county seat just by walking on two legs. Riding an ox cart is faster, and it also takes a day to go back and forth. It still takes a lot of time to go shopping and sell. If you don't set off, you might be late and you won't be able to get home in time.

Dashan nodded again, Pianhuo ran back to the yard, confessed to Mr. Huang, and then set off to the county town with Dashan.