The warm life of farming

Who is Xu Guochen?Mu Yuan really didn't realize it for a while, and only remembered who this person was after An Ran reminded him.

Thinking of the man's virtue, Mu Yuan sneered and said, "I guess I'm trying to extort someone else's money again, and then let someone sue him!"

An Ran pursed her lips and shook her head, then said: "Whoever the clan wants to deal with, they must expel the family tree and drive them out of the village! I just don't know what Xu Guochen did to let the clan make such a decision."

Mu Yuan is not from this world either, so he doesn't understand the meaning of being expelled from the family tree, but is just surprised that the elders in this family still have such rights.

"How to rush? Are you not allowed to come back when you go out?" Mu Yuan was curious.

An Ran shook her head, and said: "I'll explain to you when I get back, let's go there now, it's not easy to be late for such a thing!"

Father An also nodded and said: "Well, let's go there now!" He lifted his foot and walked out of the courtyard.

Xu Changlin went into the house to put another dress on Xiao Yu, and then went out with Xiao Yu in his arms.

When Mu Yuan and the others arrived, the old tree was already surrounded by people, and Mu Yuan carefully squeezed in with An Ran.

The few old people standing under the tree were all serious and unsmiling. Mu Yuan only recognized Uncle Xu who opened wine for his family that day, and he couldn't recognize any of the others.Standing beside the elder was Xu Sheng, the village head. Xu Sheng had a dark face and didn't even look at Xu Guochen who was kneeling in front of him.

Xu Guochen was dressed in thin clothes and knelt in the snow for a long time. He was shivering from the cold but he didn't dare to stand up. He just curled up and begged Xu Sheng in a low voice. The mother and daughter standing on the side kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Mu Yuan looked around in the crowd and saw that Xu Tu had already arrived, so he pulled An Ran and squeezed past.

"Brother Xu, what's going on?"

Xu Tu looked back and saw that it was Mu Yuan, and said in a low voice: "I didn't tell you before that Xu Guochen is a gambler. This is the gambling debt owed to others, and people come to ask for it!" pointed.

Mu Yuan looked, and sure enough, he saw a few fierce and strong men standing in front of him.

An Ran frowned and said, "Are you going to drive people out of the village because of this?"

Xu Tu shook his head, gritted his teeth and said without shame: "This bastard, he actually used his own sister as a bet and gave it to others!"

"What?" Mu Yuan and An Ran couldn't help being surprised at the same time, this is too inhumane!

Mu Yuan looked at the mother and daughter. The woman closed her eyes tightly and did not want to take a look at her bastard son. The hands of the daughter who was hugging her tightly trembled slightly.The girl in the arms looked only eleven or twelve years old, she was thin and thin, and she was only wearing a thin padded jacket. She was buried in her mother's arms shivering, and she didn't know whether it was from fear or the cold. .

The group of sweaters seemed to be impatient with waiting, and one of them shouted to Xu Sheng: "I said, what are you waiting for? It's only natural to pay back the debt! This man lost his sister to us." It's right, we should let us take people away, don't you still want to deny it?"

When Xu Guochen heard this, he suddenly raised his head and shouted at Xu Sheng: "Village chief! I didn't lose my girl to them, I only owed money, but I never thought of buying her!"

"What did you say?" The big man glared at Xu Guochen angrily.

Xu Guochen shrank his neck in fright, but when he saw his sister staring at him blankly, he gritted his teeth and shouted to the man: "I said, I didn't bet on my sister with you!"

"Shoot! You want to renege on your debt?" Those strong men cursed and wanted to go up and beat Xu Guochen. The people in Xujia Village standing around were not happy at all. People in the family village, they can't be bullied by outsiders in their own village.

A few men in the village stepped forward and confronted the group of big men, "Why, you still want to do something in our village!"

The scene was chaotic for a while, and everyone in the village was filled with righteous indignation and opened their mouths to attack the group of people.Xu Guochen squatted on the ground and ran his head. Before the group of big men could get close, they were surrounded by people from Xujia Village.

Xu Tu had already rushed up, while Mu Yuan carefully protected An Ran and backed away, but he couldn't move after taking two steps back, because people were constantly pushing and shoving to rush in, and the scene seemed to be getting out of control. At this time, an old roar stunned everyone.

"Enough! Stop it!" The elders standing in the innermost place couldn't stand it anymore, "What kind of mess is it?"

The words of the elders are absolutely effective in the village, and those big men didn't dare to do anything when they saw the large number of people in Xujia Village.When everyone calmed down, the group of big men broke out in a cold sweat. If they were really surrounded and beaten, they would have no chance of winning.

"Let me ask you, have you mortgaged Xiwa?" Elder Xu looked down at Xu Guochen with a sullen face and asked.

Xu Guochen was so frightened by the scene just now that his face was ashen and trembling all over, he said tremblingly: "I, I really don't. I just owe money. If I don't have money, they want to cut off my hand. I... I just said that... "The last sentence was said in a low voice.

Xu Sheng asked in a deep voice, "What did you say?"

"I..." Xu Guochen didn't say "I" for a long time.

The big man snorted and said, "He said he has a younger sister that he can use to repay the debt!"

"I said that because they wanted to cut off my hand..." Xu Guochen defended with a pale face.

Everyone's faces turned ugly immediately, no matter what the reason was, his words were equivalent to denying his sister.

Mu Yuan pulled An Ran back out of the crowd, An Ran frowned worriedly.

"What's wrong? Look at your frowning!"

"Father is afraid to take care of this!" An Ran sighed.

Hearing this, Mu Yuan raised his head and searched for a long time but didn't see Father An. He only saw Xu Changlin standing at the same place with Xiao Yu in his arms, so he pulled An Ran and squeezed past.

"Where's Uncle An? Why can't you see anyone?"

"Well, I didn't see it either!"

Mu Yuan looked inside and became thoughtful.

After discussing for a long time, Xu Sheng finally came out to the group of big men and said, "How much does he owe you?"

"15 two or three dollars!"

Many people gasped when they heard that, 15 taels of silver is a family's harvest for one year, and some families can't even earn this money for two years.

Xu Sheng obviously didn't expect there to be so many, and his face became even more ugly. He turned his head and gave Xu Guochen a hard look, and then went back to continue discussing with the elders.

Mu Yuan whispered to An Ran: "This guy, he should really cut off his hand so that he can never gamble again!"

An Ran was worrying at the moment, so she didn't answer Mu Yuan.He really didn't want his father to meddle in this nosy business, but since he couldn't find anyone there, he couldn't stop him even if he wanted to, so he became even more impatient.

But An Ran was obviously worried in vain, because in the end the village came forward to return the money, and the IOU was also returned.

Xu Guochen was finally expelled from the genealogy. Even if he continued to live in the village, he would no longer be from Xujia Village in the future.

A farce started vigorously, but ended hastily. After the people in the clan and Xu Sheng finished walking, the crowd began to disperse slowly.

Mu Yuan pulled An Ran, who was still in place, urged: "Let's go, go home and eat dumplings!"

"But where did dad go?" An Ran still looked around unwillingly.

Xu Changlin hugged Xiao Yu and said: "Xu is going back first, let's go back quickly, the dumplings should be frozen into ice, huh?" The last sentence was to Xiao Yu.

"Yeah, I want to eat dumplings!" Xiao Yu nodded quickly.

"Let's go, let's go! I'm freezing to death!" Mu Yuan dragged An Ran back with all his might.

The people around who hadn't left all laughed when they saw this scene, An Ran felt embarrassed immediately, so she broke free again and again: "Don't pull me, I will walk by myself!"

Xu Changlin hugged Xiao Yu and followed behind, laughing.

Everyone returned to An's house in a noisy manner.

As soon as An Ran entered the door, she shouted, "Father, are you back?"

"Here." Father An came out of the kitchen in response, "I just put the pot on, and when the water boils, let's make dumplings!"

"Oh!" An Ran was surprised in her heart, she didn't meddle in her own business this time, it was really not like her usual style.

Mu Yuan sneered: "You're still a child? You have to look for your parents if you don't see them for a while?"

After An Ran gave Mu Yuan a blank look, she went to the kitchen to prepare dumplings.

In the afternoon, everyone worked hard to clear the snow on the eaves. Unexpectedly, it started to snow again at night, and it seemed that the trend was bigger than that of the previous few days.

Mu Yuan was wrapping up the quilt to keep warm by the stove, when An Ran came in after packing up, he saw this scene, so he laughed: "Why did you bring the quilt out, is it so cold?"

Mu Yuan said unhappily, "Why isn't it cold? I have a heater in winter. When the heater is turned on at home, it's as warm as spring!"

An Ran snorted, "Then you go into the house, what are you doing in this lobby!"

"I'm still waiting for you, have you finished cleaning?" Mu Yuan trembled.

"Well, all right! What's the matter?"

Mu Yuan stood up and took An Ran's hand, "Wow! Why is it so cold? Hurry up and warm up!" Then he pulled An Ran into his arms and wrapped them in the quilt together.

An Ran was embarrassed, although she felt embarrassed, but she was greedy for the temperature, so she pretended to be calm and tried to make her tone sound natural, "Well, the dishes and chopsticks just washed in cold water!"

Mu Yuan really didn't think about anything else, but just now he saw An Ran's hands were cold, so his first reaction was to warm him up first.

Mu Yuan rubbed An Ran's hands that were red from the cold with all his strength, and his voice unconsciously showed distress, "What an idiot, you don't even know how to wash with hot water? Look at your hands that are so cold, what are they looking like?"

An Ran leaned her back against Mu Yuan's chest, feeling the strong heartbeat and caring words of the person behind her, her face turned redder and redder uncontrollably, An Ran secretly took a deep breath, trying to control her heart that was beating faster and faster, "Oh, I used to wash like this before, and I'm used to it!"

"Remember to use hot water in the future, it's too cold in winter," Mu Yuan didn't notice An Ran's uneasiness at all, and continued to babble, "Besides, cold water can't wash it clean, and the dishes and chopsticks are all greasy!"

"Oh! After talking for a long time, it turns out that you think I don't wash it clean?" An Ran pouted her mouth in dissatisfaction, then raised her head slightly to look at Mu Yuan, squinted her eyes and asked sinisterly: "Then after that, you can wash the bowls and chopsticks. Can you help me wash it together?"

"This..." Mu Yuan laughed dryly, "It's not impossible..."

"Haha, then let's make an agreement, you will wash the dishes with me from now on!"

Mu Yuan cunningly wanted to be perfunctory, and immediately changed the subject without answering, but An Ran didn't like this now, and Mu Yuan had to nod.

Finally seeing Mu Yuan refused to nod, so he slipped out of Mu Yuan's arms and started grabbing the quilt from Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan was very afraid of the cold, hugged the quilt desperately, suddenly had an idea, and wrapped An Ran in again after getting out.

An Ranna was willing to give up and struggled hard under the quilt, but unfortunately his strength was not as strong as Mu Yuan's, so he struggled for a long time without success, and instead made himself out of breath.

"You... what are you doing?"

The two who were playing around stopped immediately when they heard the sound, and turned their heads to see Xu Changlin standing at the door, looking at them in shock.