The story is very old-fashioned, and it happened in countless towns and even cities in China. People are used to it and don't even pay attention to it.

After Lin Qiu and his party returned home with Yan Xia, they found that the house was barren and messy as expected: the old brick house, the yard was full of sundries, the furniture was outdated, moldy and a little damaged, and it was barely used, which showed the master's absent-minded.The dirt in the yard shows two rows of ruts, probably the only valuables in this home.

"Don't think my place is bad, it will be demolished in the future!" Yan Xia saw that the faces of several people were not right, and immediately said, "This is not a small amount of money. If it is true, I will not fight. I am quite generous!"

These words attracted the attention of Lin Qiu and the others.

Due to family reasons, Lin Qiu is very "radical" in terms of the three views of men and women and this secular view. Coupled with his marginal status as a homosexual, he is well aware of the complexity and concealment of traditional customs.

Brother Quan is because he has done a lot of cynic youth and likes European and American styles, so he got used to it without knowing it. He believes that his future wife must have a job and hobbies. He can help take care of the children and save a joint account. Half and half, these ideas were one of the reasons why Xu Wei rejected him in the first place.Now, he is in love, so he naturally dismisses Yan Xia's views.

Xiao Yang is due to his military status, so he can't show this kind of view no matter what, at least on the surface, he didn't say anything about it in reality, but the family said that he must have a child, and the "preferably" is a boy...

It is basically impossible for these people to have empathy with Yan Xia, but the little policeman who sent him back had a much calmer tone: "Then what are you going to do? Legally your sister is also involved in this matter."

"This law is wrong. If my sister gets married, she will have everything. How can I get married if she argues about it?" With the support of public officials, Yan Xia's voice immediately became louder, and she said confidently, "You are such an adult. You are still so ignorant!"

The two chatted like this, and for a moment it seemed that this kind of thing was a matter of course and there was no problem.

This kind of atmosphere reminded Lin Qiu of the village where Xiao Yezi sent her companions back. The male members of the entire village were almost killed by Chen Qifu, and the inheritance left behind was divided up by relatives in other villages, basically equating to the destruction of the village.

"Do you know about this?" Lin Qiu asked Xiao Yang casually, and gave the name of the village where Xiao Ye Zi went, without revealing what happened.

Xiao Yang said calmly: "I know, the village has merged with the neighboring village." He paused, and said with some hesitation, "But there is something strange."

"how?"

"The orphans in that village, that is, the children of the original villagers are gone."

Lin Qiu was taken aback: "Where did you go?"

"Now people in the village say that they were adopted by relatives from other places, but people in that village basically don't go out very much. Where did the relatives from other places come from? Their closest relatives are the people who took over the property, and most of them were married off. The girls and the sons who have been separated from each other basically don’t spend five clothes, so I don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”

An ominous thought faintly rose in Lin Qiu's heart: Could these children have been sold?Unfortunately, this dire guess was ninety-nine percent true, and there was nothing he could do about it.

The evil dragon is finally wiped out by its own evil, and a new evil dragon is born again from the evil.

The group of people just chatted for a few words, but there was no suggestive conclusion. Soon, the younger sister of this family came back.It was a girl with patched clothes, probably only fifteen or six years old. Although this place is poor, but looking after the furnishings of the house and Yan Xia's dress - this guy still has a car, and he has passed the exam - is still pretty good. It is not necessary to patch the clothes, there will be such a situation, but the daughter of this family can only "can" wear such clothes.

"Brother..." The younger sister was taken aback after entering the door, and then timidly called out.

"You still know how to come back?" Yan Xia squinted at the only relative left in the world, "What did you do?"

"Cutting pig grass." The younger sister was carrying a basket in her hand, which contained some invisible grass. These days, towns and villages near cities have leftovers from the city to feed pigs. Feed, grow faster, save worry and energy, and the efficiency of killing pigweed is too low, "Who are these people? Brother, do you owe money again?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Yan Xia was furious, "When did I owe money?"

"Someone came to ask for money this morning..." The younger sister's voice became softer, as if she had made a mistake, "I said there was no money, and he moved the TV in your room."

"What?" Yan Xia yelled, turned back and rushed back into the room, then burst out a series of swear words, ran back and shouted, "Why didn't you stop it? What's the use of you?!"

As soon as the words were out of the mouth, the local policeman's brain started to function somewhat normally: "Hey, what did you say? How did your sister stop you? You big man owes money and doesn't blame the family?"

Yan Xia lost her temper by such a scolding, and said unconvinced: "Isn't this... lending money to my sister to go to school?" This is probably too blind, it's not winter or summer vacation or a holiday, and my sister is still cutting in broad daylight. As for the pigweed, he quickly added, "And the money for my parents' medical treatment, all borrowed!"

This is possible, and the local police couldn't pick any thorns, so they had to say: "If you have anything to say, hurry up and tell me when there are distinguished guests, I still have a job!" Obviously, he is impatient to care about such trivial matters, if it is not Lin Qiu insisted, he probably drove Yan Xia away long ago.

As soon as he said this, Yan Xia suddenly seemed to have a Shangfang sword, and he said loudly with his chest: "Sister, the police came today, and I will tell you clearly! Everything in the house is mine, and I want to get married. Money and a house are indispensable, and if you want these, you will break the roots of our old Yan's family! Deceive the teacher, destroy the ancestors, and strike lightning!"

The younger sister flinched when she heard the words "thunder strikes from the sky", obviously still scared.Yan Dongnian's face twitched when he heard "Lao Yan's house", and he didn't know what to think of, and finally held back his words, but Lin Qiu heard "not my son" repeated several times in his consciousness, Can't help but want to laugh a little.

The younger sister held back for a long time, and only uttered a sentence: "Brother, I want a dowry..."

The matter is such a thing, the brother and sister talked over and over again for a long time, and there were two sentences of "don't give" and "I want" back and forth. "This house doesn't belong to you. Sue me if you have the ability! Look, the police are here, I'm not afraid of where you sue!"

"Hey, what are you talking about? With me as your back, do you have the face?" The local policeman got annoyed again, "Sister, let me be fair, this is your fault, you are a girl, After you get married, you will belong to someone else’s family. It’s unreasonable for you to bring your own things to someone else’s family? Do you think so? Can your child have your last name? Your brother gave birth to a surnamed Yan. It will still belong to the Yan family in the future, and it will not belong to the Yan family after you take it away, so you have to think clearly."

The younger sister lowered her head, and after a long time, she whispered: "Without a dowry, you will be bullied if you want your in-law's family in the future."

"What's the matter? If your brother is powerful, are you still afraid that your in-laws will bully you?" The policeman said loudly, "If you do, tell your brother to beat you up!"

"That's right!" Yan Xia also regained his spirits, "Can I ignore you?"

The two of them sang together and talked about absurd truths, but they both acted like "the truth of the world has been like this since ancient times".The most absurd thing is that this policeman really believes so, he can catch drunk driving, and he knows at least some modern laws, but in his eyes, family principles are still the same as they were 100 years ago, without any change, while in the eyes of ordinary people, he is represents the official attitude.

This kind of thing that is rooted deep in the soul cannot be broken by a simple one or a few laws. In the final analysis, interests are the source.

Every time Lin Qiu sees something going on, and amidst the din, someone calls out to stop creating confrontation between men and women and just wants to laugh. It is a mockery from a male standpoint.He is very clear about the thoughts of these people, just like the unfair punishment in homicide cases brought about by the difference in physical strength between men and women, the legal advantage that men get because of their natural physical strength is just brought about by the low level of investigation and deep-rooted family private cognition As a result, this kind of antagonism between men and women is not deliberately created with ulterior motives, but the natural resistance and anger of women due to the damage of their own interests.

Men do not feel guilty because of this, "I am not the one who made the law, and it was not I who killed my wife. Why should I feel guilty because I am born a man?" Most people do not put themselves in the position of the vested interests , but think that "it was born this way".

Lin Qiu didn't say anything about it before, and he wouldn't be ashamed if he wanted to be sincere about it. It's like other people's illness. It's impossible for you to know how painful it is. Only when you have the same illness can you feel ashamed. will understand.

The sufferings of everyone in the world are not the same, and most people only feel that others are arguing. Lin Qiu has crossed the boundary of a small part of "others", but if he really understands how painful dysmenorrhea is, he can only really understand how painful it is. I have a long uterus, is this possible?

Emmmmm, it is really possible under the awakened system, but in most cases it is impossible.

Right now, Lin Qiu is facing a very strange situation.

"You really only want the dowry?" Xiao Yang relayed Lin Qiu's question.

The younger sister blinked her eyes and said in a low voice, "Otherwise you will be bullied when you marry."

"No, how difficult it is to marry a wife now!" The local policeman quickly said, "You are so young and good-looking, and you have endured hardships. There are so many people who want to marry you! Just choose!"

Lin Qiu couldn't help but look sideways at such a "sales tone".

"It's better to have money." The younger sister kept saying softly, "If you have money, you can do many things."

"For example?" Xiao Yang continued to be the microphone.

"For a small business, if you are bullied by your in-laws, you can go to work with your own money." Speaking of this, my sister finally had some light in her eyes, "Otherwise, there would be no travel expenses to the city. "

"I didn't say, girl, why do you always want to get married when you are young?" Brother Quan couldn't stand it anymore, and interrupted, "How old are you?"

The little girl was taken aback by Brother Quan's loud voice, until Yan Xia angrily shouted "Speak" before timidly saying: "Fifteen."

"Yeah, fifteen, you're not young, you should be sensible!" Yan Xia followed and said, "Arguing, what are you arguing about? Who can you sell the house to after you are arguing? Do you know where to sell the house? You know How to write a contract? I don’t know all the words, so I know how to mess around!”

The little girl lowered her head, and it took a long time to utter a few words: "I went to elementary school, and my family won't let me go."

"Elementary school counts as learning? You pig brain..."

"What are you talking about!" Brother Quan yelled at Yan Xia angrily. His girlfriend is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and he was gradually brainwashed under the subtle influence, "Girls need to study more, you know nothing!"

"I, why don't I understand?" Yan Xia blushed, "You should be the same as you people in the city? What kind of books do you marry? Is it possible that you can have a son by studying?"

Completely chatting with ducks, Brother Quan wiped his face and looked at Lin Qiu with an expression of "can't go on".

Everyone was looking at Lin Qiu, if he hadn't insisted, they wouldn't have come here to meddle in these nosy matters.

Lin Qiu deeply felt the helplessness of Yan Dongnian for a moment. In this world, lives are dying and being tortured every moment. Personal power is so small and powerless that there is nothing they can do.

Lin Qiu didn't realize that Yan Dongnian was looking at him with worried eyes.

"Are you willing to go with us?" Xiao Yang relayed.

"Who are you?" The little girl frowned and walked towards Yan Xia unconsciously.

"We are..." Xiao Yang looked at Lin Qiu, hesitated, and said, "It's run by Awakening, an official. We can let you go to school if you want."

The little girl immediately shook her head: "I won't go, I don't know you guys."

"Give me money?" Yan Xia's eyes lit up, and he looked at several men for a long time, "Do you like my sister?"

Brother Quan couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted angrily: "Shut your dog mouth, say one more word and I will make your life miserable!"

As someone who the whole world is looking for, Brother Quan really has the confidence to say this.

The younger sister looked at Lin Qiu and the others, and finally stopped on Yan Dongnian's face. After hesitating for a long time, she said shyly, "Are you here for a blind date?"

Lin Qiu suddenly felt that his behavior was a big joke, especially after meeting the eyes of the local police.

"No, you made a mistake, the two of them." Xiao Yang can be regarded as someone who understands Yan Dongnian's temper, and immediately explained while pointing to Yan Dongnian and Lin Qiu, "They are a couple."

The younger sister's expression was stunned at first, and then turned into obvious disgust: "Both men? How disgusting."

Lin Qiu took a deep breath and said to Xiao Yang, "Okay, let's go."

After walking out of this simple courtyard, Lin Qiu went back to bed, and he could still see his younger sister tightly holding Yan Xia's hand, looking at them with contempt in his eyes, if it wasn't for the previous noise, he would have thought that the two brothers and sisters were very close good.

Probably because the atmosphere was too dull, the local policeman said: "You are all high officials from the city. You don't know our rural area. The concept is definitely not comparable to that of a big city. Every place has its own rules, and it's not that we want to change them. can be changed."

Xiao Yang exchanged a few pleasantries, and the two sides said goodbye. When they saw the door opened by Brother Quan, the little policeman was amazed and looked at the western scene.

After returning home, Lin Qiu noticed that Yan Dongnian was a little different, and seemed to often look at him and avert his eyes. When he asked, Yan Dongnian was the same as usual, without any change at all.

They played games together, watched league advertisements together, perfected the private awakening ceremony together, slept together, and ate together, as if nothing had changed.

However, Lin Qiu was sure that something had changed in Yan Dongnian.

It's funny to say, if it wasn't for such intimacy and long time together, he wouldn't be able to distinguish the changes in Yan Dongnian at all. It was some very subtle things, such as looking at him, such as the occasional distraction when eating, hugging His arms are more vigorous.

Lin Qiu has never had any long-term intimate relationships, including his original family, his mother died young, his sister kept a distance since he was sensible, not to mention his father, he never had any "intimate" relationship in his life from childhood to adulthood.

Living alone, growing up alone, and understanding the world alone, he thought that his life should be like this, just like Yan Xia and his sister thought their life should be like this.

Lin Qiu tried to insinuate, but there was no result. Yan Dongnian didn't seem to know what he was talking about. Sometimes he wondered if he had become suspicious. Don't want to be that person.

All these doubts were answered when Lin Qiu dug out an old-fashioned video camera.

This camera was bought by my father a long time ago. At that time, there were no mobile phone cameras, handheld cameras, especially the Japanese brand was a weapon to prove the wealth of the family. It was like the old-fashioned three major items, which were not affordable by ordinary families. It's just a toy after all.

Lin Qiu couldn't remember where this camera came from. Even if it existed, it should have been placed in the original home, and it would never appear in the villa.He picked it up suspiciously and looked at it. There were two videos in it, but the date was the most recent.

Who brought it?Who took it?Is it a winter year?

With all these doubts, he should have eagerly opened the video to see it clearly, but there was another impulse urging him to delete these unknown videos.

Lin Qiu was suddenly confused, why should I delete it?What kind of logic is this?Why is it deleted?

Lin Qiu put down the camera, walked to the wall, supported the wall with both hands and slammed his head against it!

This was not light, the system popped up and shouted: "You are crazy!"

"What did you just say?" Lin Qiu asked.

"No, you have a mental problem!"

"No, I'm not." Lin Qiu said firmly, "That's you."

"It's not me! You are crazy, you can hear me clearly!"

"If it wasn't for you, how would you know that the state I'm describing isn't 'hearing'?"

The system is silent.

Lin Qiu hit his head hard a few more times, and after making sure he was awake enough, he walked to the table and turned on the video from the camera.

The angle of the first video seems to be a candid shot, with a very high angle of view, which seems to be above the range hood in the kitchen.At first, it was all messy things. Lao Ding was cooking, Granny Lu asked what food he wanted to buy, Xiao Ye Zi went into the kitchen to open the refrigerator to see if there was anything to eat, and then Lin Qiu saw himself coming in.

What day is this?

Lin Qiu couldn't remember, what happened next confirmed his guess.

Lin Qiu saw himself typing, the camera lens was not accurate enough, he couldn't see the words on the phone, but he could "hear" the reply, because the reply was voice.

It was the voice of Minister Jin. Since there was no word from him, we could only figure out what he said from Minister Jin's voice.

"Although your idea is good, the steps are too big."

"There's no need to do that."

"Mr. Lin, there is a serious problem with your thinking!"

"I can't agree to that."

"It is your freedom to protest to the higher authorities, and I will never agree."

There are only five messages. It seems that Minister Jin is objecting to something he has done, but he has no impression of this!

Lin Qiu clicked on the second video, which was Yan Dongnian's confession.

"Aqiu, I don't know if you are you, so I can only use this method to remind you that the camera is not connected to the Internet, so it is relatively safer." Yan Dongnian sat on the swing under the big tree in the yard, Lin Qiu felt that no one could sit on it because the branches couldn't bear it, "You... have changed, I'm not saying you want to change, this is some kind of control, but you won't notice it. After Yan Xia's incident, I foresaw a terrible change , including the death of Minister Kim, this is a series of catalysts, and it is also what it is looking forward to. When resources have been greatly enriched, you proposed a compensation plan for the country. The intention was good, but this caused a series of The problem, the link in it is very complicated, I have been observing. I can't prevent this from happening, because no matter how you predict it, it is inevitable, and it is the foreseeable ending from the arrival of the system."

Yan Dongnian paused for a while, his heart was pounding.

"The compensation plan has put the whole world on fire, which is exactly what it expects. Minister Kim wants to stop you out of selfishness. However, he is not a problem now. The problem of Wei Yan's divination was not 'conquering the world', It's 'destroying you', which is indeed 'destroying you' on the surface, making you no longer trusted in the organizational system, however, this catalyzes the beginning of you leading the awakened to the point of no return. This It's just small changes that will eventually turn into problems for the whole world."

This is the end of the second video, and Lin Qiu reopened the first one. In the video, he is still the same as usual, even from his own perspective, there is no change.

"system."

"What? Do you want an explanation from me?"

Lin Qiu was silent for a long time: "If the Reapers come, will there be any evidence? I just want to know, there is no other meaning, since this is an inevitable ending, at least let me be clear."

It took a long time for the system to say, "Go outside."

Lin Qiu walked into the garden according to his words. It was evening, the sky was full of red clouds, and the vibrant late autumn courtyard was full of colors.

"look up."

As soon as Lin Qiu raised his head, his eyes felt a familiar pain. He quickly closed his eyes and let the tears wash away the dryness of the eyeballs.After a long time, the pain of immersion gradually eased, and he couldn't wait to open his eyes——he saw a "light band".

A long strip of light that almost cuts across the entire sky. In the strip of light, he can see faint mechanical structures, like spaceships.These spaceships are arranged in long strips, suspended in the air, with one end rising from the horizon and the other falling from the horizon, as if surrounding the entire earth.

"Now, you see the evidence."

Lin Qiu once thought that the Reapers would be aggressive when they came, just like in many movies, with huge airships, bright lights and shadows, and global announcements.Humanity will be feared and united, tragedy will be everywhere but more hope will emerge.

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