The Big Landlord

Tang shi opened his eyes and saw that the two children around him were fast asleep, so he didn't make a sound.

He could tell that it was human blood, and it came from not far away. He scanned the entire Tang family with his mental power and found that no one was injured, so he was a little relieved and expanded his mental power to the Tang family. around home.

It turned out to be the case.

However, it has nothing to do with him at all. He should sleep on his own. Dad said that tomorrow he will go to the ancestral grave on the back of the mountain to worship his ancestors, and he has to climb the mountain. Well, he needs to recharge his energy.

The next day, the Tang family finished their breakfast, because women were not allowed to participate in the ancestor worship activities, so only the men carried a lot of ancestor worship supplies and took the boys to the back mountain.

It is said to be the back mountain, but it is actually just a hill, with an altitude of only 400 meters.In early spring, the trees on the mountain were all glowing green. Looking over at a glance, they were thriving and full of vitality. The vigorous vitality rushed to his face. Tang Shi took a deep breath, full of joy.

On the way to the back mountain, Tang Shi also found some hidden bloodstains along the way, tsk, this injury is really serious.

Putting aside these thoughts that had nothing to do with him, Tang Shi wandered in the vitality of the back mountain, while reviewing the words learned yesterday for the two children, and at the same time greeted the flowers and plants around him with mental strength. Touch his ankle as you pass, it tickles him.

Although the back mountain is only a few hundred meters away, it is still a disadvantage for the children to walk halfway up the back side of the mountain. After walking nearly halfway, Tang Song obviously couldn't move. Seeing this, Tang Ji had to carry follow him.

In addition to some forests and shrubs in the back mountain, there are also some small animals. Now everything is growing, and these small animals have also reached the season of reproduction. No, two little hares are intoxicated in the wonderful world of sex 20 meters away. The movement of a group of people immediately scared them far away, but unfortunately, there are so many people who went up the mountain to worship their ancestors today, the two rabbits had nowhere to run.

When the Tang family came to a corner, they ran into a family going up the mountain from another oblique direction. They were the old village head and the others.

Because of the last court incident, the old village chief and the Tang family have already broken off contact, but the village chief's status in the ancient countryside is still not low. After all, the existence of the clan system still restricts ordinary people, otherwise there will be no The clan did things like dip a woman who stole someone into a pig cage.

So even though the village head tricked Tang Shi in the courtroom, the Tang family still did not provoke the village head under Tang Qing's persuasion. As long as they were not at fault, the village head would not do anything to them.

During this ancestor worship, the two families met head-on.The old village head has been depressed since yesterday because the Tang family got a good field. Obviously, the fertile land in the village was planted by their family in the past, but this time the new landlord did not know what kind of ecstasy soup was poured into him. Lease all the land to the Tang family!He wanted to ask Landlord Geng about the situation after today.

Because of this incident, the old village chief's family didn't look good when they saw that the Tang family had neither nose nor eyes.

Tang Qing was indeed a good old man, but he didn't know how to put a hot face on a cold butt, so he nodded and led the Tang family to the tombstone of Tang Shi's grandparents.

Some shallow grass grew in front of the tombstone. After Tang Qing placed all the sacrificial supplies, he said, "Everyone pay respects."

He himself knelt down first, and Tang Nian, Tang Ji, and Tang Shi behind him also knelt down solemnly and began to worship.Tang Feng and Tang Song also followed their movements in a decent manner.

After the worship, Tang Qing and the others burned some sacrificial supplies and prepared to go down the mountain and go home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, Tang Qing saw someone he didn't want to see at all.

The person who came was Tang Qing's younger brother Tang Lian, and Tang Lian was followed by his only son Tang Zhen. The appearance of the two was somewhat similar to that of the Tang family, but the biggest difference between them and the Tang family was their attire.

Although they were all wearing heavy colors, the fabrics were not of the same grade, and from their expressions, it could be seen that Tang Lian and Tang Zhen hated Tang Qing's family.

Tang Shi searched the information of these two people from his memory and found that it was very vague and basically useless.

"Brother, is this done?" Tang Lian raised his head and looked down.

Tang Qing didn't want to have a conflict with Tang Lian in front of his parents' grave, so he just nodded lightly, "Let's start."

It was impossible for Tang Lian to blush with Tang Qing on this day, so he silently watched Tang Qing's family leave the back mountain.

On the way back, Tang Qing seemed to have something on his mind, and kept silent. Tang Nian and Tang Ji probably knew something about the past, so they didn't speak.

Tang Shi led Tang Song down the mountain, saw a willow tree not far away, and asked, "Afeng, Xiao Song, do you know that besides worshiping ancestors, there are other activities on Tomb-sweeping Day?"

Tang Feng looked at him expressionlessly, with a blank look in his eyes, Tang Song was a little interested, and asked quickly: "Uncle, what is it?"

"There are green outings, swinging, willow planting, cuju, etc. Do you think there are willow trees over there? Why don't we break two willow branches and plant them in front of our house?"

There was a hint of interest in Tang Feng's eyes, and he nodded. Tang Song didn't say anything, and directly dragged Tang Shi to the willow tree, trying to reach out for the willow branches, but he was too short to reach them.

Seeing that he looked so cute, Tang shi couldn't help standing aside and watching him bouncing around.

Tang Song stared at the fluttering wicker, puffed his cheeks, and had to ask his father for help.Tang Ji reached out and broke one for him, and handed it to him, Tang Song said, "There is another one."

After folding the willow branches, they went back to Tang's house without any delay.

Tang Shi took Tang Feng and Tang Song to insert willow branches into the soil in front of the door respectively. Willows have very strong vitality, and they can live wherever they are inserted, so Tang Shi didn't need to pay attention to them at all.

"Okay, let's wait for them to grow up now." Tang Shi stood up and said as he walked into the yard, "Continue to learn characters today, both of you come over."

Tang Feng went to call Tang Ya, and the three of them squatted in the yard and began to write the characters they learned yesterday with tiny sticks.Both Tang Feng and Tang Ya could write it down, but Tang Song forgot a few words.He himself was very depressed, but Tang shi thought it was normal.Tang Song is only six years old, and generally speaking, children from poor families do have slower brain development due to malnutrition.

He praised Tang Feng and Tang Ya, comforted Tang Song, and started today's teaching.

At this moment, someone knocked on the courtyard door, and Tang Shi suddenly fell silent. Seeing that his uncle didn't respond, Tang Feng looked at the courtyard door, and then at Tang Shi's plain face, he couldn't help hesitating.

Seeing Tang Feng questioning himself with questioning eyes, Tang Shi said, "Go and open the door."

Tang Feng went to open the door obediently, and was taken aback when he saw someone coming.

Tang Shi looked up, and saw Zhao Xuhong's eyes were swollen and he looked at him with a pale face.

She was a little embarrassed and her hair was a little disheveled. When she saw Tang shi, she walked up to Tang shi quickly and knelt down in front of Tang shi with a "plop".

Tang Shi remained unmoved and motioned Tang Feng to close the courtyard door.

Zhao Xu looked up at Tang Shi's indifferent face, and couldn't help feeling sad. She first gave Tang Shi a big gift, knocking her forehead to the ground completely, and making a sound, which startled the three children.

Tang Shi glanced at the three of them, "You all go back to the house!"

His glance was quite majestic, and Tang Feng and the others knew that something was unusual, so they obediently went back to the house.

Tang Shi lowered his head to look at Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu raised his head, tears flowed from his red eyes, dripped into the soil in the courtyard, and gradually seeped in.

"Tang Shi, I know this request is too much, but I still want to beg you to save my brother." Her voice was hoarse but extremely firm, and her eyes were fixed on Tang Shi.

"What's wrong with your brother?"

"He has been seriously injured and is almost unable to hold on. Can you save him? No matter what price you pay!" Zhao Xu was desperate.

Tang Shi smiled, and said helplessly, "Shouldn't you go to the doctor if you're injured? What are you looking for? You'd better get up."

Zhao Xu shook his head in despair, "Doctor... can't be saved."

"Then it's even more impossible for me to be saved." Tang Shi's round eyes fixed on her, and Zhao Xu could see indifference from it.

"I know you can save, Tang Shi, I know, you saved my brother, we can promise you anything!" Zhao Xu's eyes were determined.

Tang Shi didn't know why she was so convinced that she could save Zhao Jin, but he didn't bother to know.

"Are you willing to sell yourself as a slave?" There was a trace of evil intentionally in his eyes.

Zhao Xu was silent for a second, then firmly replied: "As long as you can save my brother, I am willing to sell myself as a slave."

Tang Shi shook his head, "I'm not talking about you, but Zhao Jin."

Zhao Xu was stunned. He saved his brother, but asked him to sell himself?If the elder brother chose by himself, how would he choose?Thinking of this, she couldn't help smiling miserably, with a pale face, she got up and bowed to Tang Shi, "I'm sorry to bother you."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the outside of the courtyard, every step was weighty.

Heart ashes, but that's all.

Tang shi understood her feeling, but what about understanding?He didn't have the obligation to save everyone, there was no right or wrong, only Tang Shi wanted to.

When Zhao Xu's figure left his sight, the three curious children in the room immediately ran out.

"Uncle, is Uncle Zhao next door injured? Will he die?" Tang Song's face was a little worried.

Tang Shi shook his head, "Uncle doesn't know either."

"Then why did Sister Zhao kneel on the ground just now? Are you crying so sadly?"

This child is obviously two brothers and sisters, but one is called uncle and the other is called sister.

"Okay, how does my uncle know so clearly about other people's affairs?" Tang Shi put the stick back into their hands, "Come on, let's continue learning characters."

Tang Song had no choice but to stop asking, and squatted down, with a strong thirst for knowledge in his big eyes.

Tang Shi also squatted down and wrote a word on the ground with a thin stick. Just as he was about to explain it, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his head.

He didn't pay much attention at first, and said, "This word reads as..." Before he finished speaking, the thin stick in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.