husband, he picked it up [farming]

Fang Mu is the second son of Fang Sen in Xishui Village.

Xishui Village is a village of mixed surnames. Its geographical location is close to mountains and rivers. It was a port in the early years, but it was gradually abandoned due to the diversion of shipping. After the villagers who make a living from farming lost a portion of their income, their lives were not too bitter, but they were definitely poor.

Of course there are good ones in the village too.

Fang Sen's family lived well. His father worked hard and earned him more than ten acres of land. At the age of seventeen, he married Zhong's Jiaoniang, who was one year younger than him, and gave birth to the second year after marriage. A fat boy is a father, and the relationship between him and his wife is getting deeper and deeper. The family is thriving, but it seems that all the good luck has been used up after the elder son is five years old. They were caught off guard.

In order to treat Fang Sen, the family even sold a few acres of land. Fortunately, after spending the money, Fang Sen's condition improved. Three years later, the two had their youngest son again.

After the youngest son was born, Fang Sen's condition relapsed and became more serious when he was still under the age of four.

Only orphans and widows are left.

Fang Zhongshi and his young husband and wife could not talk about love before they got married, but they lived a happy life after marriage, and Fang Zhongshi was willing to watch over him, so she took her two sons with her for two years, but she was young after all, except There are many good men in Fang Sentianxia, ​​but in the end he couldn't stand the teasing, and when Fang Mu was six years old, he remarried to a widower surnamed Xiong in Dongshui Village next door.

This widower surnamed Xiong is also a hard-working man. He lost his wife in his early years and never remarried. After the age passed, he wanted to have children around his knees, but his family was poor, and his daughter-in-law looked down on him. Right.

As far as Fang Zhong's is concerned, he is indeed a beauty, who has been soaking in the fields all year round. Not only does he not look old when he is over thirty, his face is still white and tender, and his figure is also good. It can be said that he still has charm.

Fang Zhong wants to remarry, but he is worried about his two sons. The eldest son, Fang Lin, is 14 years old. They all say that children from poor families will be in charge of the family early. His mother's remarriage was not a good thing for him and his younger brother. At the beginning, he did not allow his mother to remarry, but the law of the dynasty did not expressly stipulate that a widow must remain a widow. If it is raining, he cannot stop her from marrying.

Fang Lin was not stupid either. After discussing with the elders of the family, he agreed to Fang Zhong's remarriage, but the Fang family's land would not be given to her.

Feeling ashamed, Fang Zhong agreed to the request and lived in Xiong Daying's house with just a few changes of clothes.

Besides, Fang Mu, after all, he is young, and although he has a concept of his mother's remarriage, he is not completely clear. Also agreed.

Fang Mu was taken to Xiong Daying's home by Fang Zhong's family, but it was not his own. Although Xiong Daying treated his stepson harshly, it was by no means good. Fang Mu followed him to work in the field when he was young. Zhong should be said to be especially so after Xiong Zhong became pregnant. Fang Mu not only had to work in the fields, but also had to wash and cook.

All the meat that had been raised in Fang's house was gone.

However, he also started to draw bars, and in just two years, he grew a lot taller.

When he was seven years old and near the end of the year, Xiong Daying and Xiong Zhongshi's first child was born, and Xiong Zhongshi became a boy in one fell swoop, making Xiong Daying happy to see Fang Mu smiling for a month.

That was also the only good time that Fang Mu lived in Xiong's house.

When Xiong Yingtian was two years old, nine-year-old Fang Mu was sent back to Fang's family.

It's just that there is no place for him in the Fang family at this time, and Fang Lin, 17, is married.

His sister-in-law didn't like this little uncle who was fostered in another family. She might not embarrass Fang Mu in front of Fang Lin, but she spoke harshly and criticized him in private.

Fang Mu has been living under the fence for three years, and he is no longer a six-year-old child. At the age of nine, he already understands the ways of the world, and he has never exposed the things that his sister-in-law made difficult for him in front of his elder brother.

Sometimes he thought, Fang's house is so big, with three rooms, why can't there be room for a little him?

Or he was also thinking about his mother, who loved him so much when he was in Fang's house, why did he marry someone else, and after having a child, he seemed to be picked up?

Fang Mu couldn't figure it out. After living in Fang's house for half a year, he left Xishui Village.

He went to the town, and he heard that there was a job in the town, and he could earn money to support himself.

It's just that his catastrophe didn't seem to stop just because he left Xishui Village. He eventually wandered to the county town and was adopted by an old tailor who lived alone.

He ate the noodles cooked for him by the old tailor, and said in tears that he would give the old tailor his retirement.

The old tailor didn't take it seriously, just smiled and patted his head.

Fang Mu kowtowed three times to him, and finally stayed in the old tailor's leaky little house.

The old tailor is also a hard-working person, only one granddaughter depends on each other, but the granddaughter got old two years ago and married a merchant in the county.

Even though we lived close together, we couldn't come back to see him every day.

From then on, the old tailor was alone, and after being alone for two years, he picked up Fang Mu, a little beggar.

Xiao Fangmu is a good boy, who knows how to repay his kindness. Since he came to the old tailor's house, he has contracted all the housework.

The old tailor wanted to teach him skills, but Fangmu was not the material. In the end, the old tailor could only teach him to read and write, and taught him all the skills except clothing making.

After that, the old tailor became Fang Mu's grandfather, master, and benefactor.

Fang Mu also met the old tailor's granddaughter, she was a very delicate girl, the same age as Fang Lin, she had two dimples when she laughed, she spoke softly, Fang Mu called her elder sister.

Li Yao did not reject Fang Mu's appearance, she even thanked the young man for being by his grandfather's side, so that she could rest assured.

It's just that the good times didn't last long. Six years later, the old tailor died of illness.

After all, he was old, and before he died, he could see his granddaughter getting married, a loving husband and wife, accompanied by his little grandson Fang Mu, and he was already smiling Jiuquan.

Fang Mu also did what he said, he dressed the old tailor in mourning, and sent him off for the last time.

After the death of the old tailor, Li Yao had nothing to worry about, and it happened that her husband was going to other places for development and was going to sell the old house and tailor shop for some money.

In the heart of Li Yao's husband, Fang Mu is an outsider after all, and it is impossible to leave these things to him.

But Li Yao was grateful for the sister-brother friendship between the two, and wanted to take Fang Mu away with him, but Fang Mu didn't agree, so Li Yao had no choice but to give Fang Mu a tael of silver before leaving, so that he could live well. get together.

Fang Muhong agreed with eyesight.

After Li Yao left Pingnan County, Fang Mu returned to Xishui Village.

During the six years at the old tailor's house, Fang Mu came back occasionally. Although his sister-in-law didn't want to see him, Fang Lin really loved him. Even though this feeling was limited, it was the only thing Fang Mu had at present.

Fang Lin is now 24, and his sons and daughters have been married for a long time, and the big house can't live in Xiangmu.

Fang Mu exchanged the three mu of paddy fields and three mu of dry land that his father had entrusted to him before he died, for something else.

Paddy fields are the lifeblood of rural people, Fang Mu is not stupid, so he didn't sell it, and left it to Fang Lin to plant, but he had to give him three loads of rice a year.

Rice in Xishui Village can be planted twice a year, and the rent for three acres of land is only three dans of grain, which is already affordable.

As for the three mu of dry land, two mu of dry land was exchanged for the wasteland at the foot of Changling Mountain, and one mu was rented out to others to grow peanuts.

Afterwards, Fang Mu left Xishui Village with the one tael of silver that Li Yao gave him, and traveled around with a group of friends he met in the county to earn a little money.

..............

Five years later, Fang Mu, who has reached the crown and grown up, has just finished a business trip and is returning to Xishui Village with his harvest.

This time he said goodbye to his friends in Qingyuan Town. He wanted to return to Xishui Village before noon, so he took a shortcut and went home.

This shortcut is a section of mountain road that connects Changling Mountain. As long as you cross this section of mountain road, you can reach the foot of Changling Mountain and directly reach the door of his house.

In the past, only the chirping of insects and birds, and the sound of the wind blowing the tail of the tree, the mountain road is different today.

Flying to the end of the journey, Fang Mu, who can get home as long as he goes up a slope and then goes down a slope, saw a fainted person under a tree a few feet away before going up the slope.

With such a big person lying on the side of the road, Fang Mu couldn't even pretend he couldn't see it.

I had to go over to see if the person was dead or alive.

When he got closer, he saw that his clothes were worn out, the heathen gray was wrinkled upright, and his sleeves and trousers were stained with mud. Looking at his dusty appearance, he seemed to be in a hurry.

Fang Mu grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him over. Seeing his chest heaving, he thought that he was still alive. Otherwise, no one would dare to walk this road for a while, and his face was also dirty. , I don’t know if it fell into the furnace to get so much dust.

There is still a burden under his arm. Although Fang Mu is not in the village all year round, he is from Xishui Village, and he still knows how many people there are in the village.

This person was only a few years younger than him. Although he couldn't see the exact appearance, but judging by his facial features, he was indeed a stranger.

If you know someone, you can send someone back home, but now...

Now that this trouble has arisen, Fang Mu does not intend to avoid it. After all, it is a human life. He props the man up against the tree trunk, removes the water bladder, pulls out the plug, hits his lips, and pinches his mouth open. , I poured a few sips of water.

This person's lips are dry and there are signs of cracked skin. He should be suffering from heatstroke or starvation.

It is summer now, and the weather is extremely hot. Although the mountain road is covered by trees, it is slightly cooler, but it is hot outside, and the sun is very poisonous at this time. This person does not know where he came from Xishui Village. It seems that he has suffered a lot. bitter.

Fang Mu waited for him to relax for a while, ignoring the traces of water flowing into his clothes, and poured him a few more sips. After making sure he would not wake up, Fang Mu had no choice but to carry him back home.

This person looked tall, but he didn't expect it to be heavy on his back, and his thighs were not much thicker than his arms.

I don't know what it took to lose weight like this.