Xiaoliu Village is located in the deepest part of the Shennong Mountains. It is a very remote mountain village. So far there is no decent road. The village has only been connected to electricity two years ago. It is the poorest village in Xihe Township.
"finally arrived at home!"
Lu Fan stood at the entrance of the village with a bamboo basket on his back, heaving a sigh of relief. Although he didn't come back for one night, he felt as if a year had passed.
After coming out of that horrible place, he felt much stronger and seemed to have inexhaustible strength in his body. This time he went down the mountain in less than a third of the usual time.
He tightened the bamboo basket and hurried into the village.
The village was very deserted, and Lu Fan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled because he didn't see anyone along the way.
Soon came to the front of his house, pushed open the simple courtyard door, and walked in.
"Father, mother! Sister! I'm back!" Lu Fan took off the bamboo basket, put it aside, and walked into the house.
But the house was empty, and there was no one.
"Where did they go?"
When he came to the kitchen, he saw a small bowl of dried pickles on the dining table, surrounded by three rice bowls containing rice with sweet potatoes and mixed grains.
"It seems that they encountered some urgent matter and left in a hurry." Lu Fan frowned, feeling a little worried.
At this time, a figure appeared outside the door.
"Young man, who are you looking for? Old Lu's family has gone out." An old voice sounded.
"Wang Po, I'm Lu Fan!" Lu Fan walked out and found that it was the Wang Po next door. He was surprised to find that Wang Po had aged a lot.
"What! Are you really a little fan? Didn't you disappear three years ago?" Wang Po was startled and almost fell down.
Lu Fan hurried forward and supported her, thinking in his heart, this old woman is getting old, and what she said is confusing, and she hasn't come back all night, how could it be three years?
"Oh! It's really you, where have you been these three years?" Wang Po hurriedly asked after seeing the other party clearly.
"Wang Po, you remember wrongly, I didn't come back last night, not three years." Lu Fan said.
"You young man, you are actually talking nonsense. Three years ago, you went to the mountain to gather medicine, and then there was no news. At that time, your parents and your uncles searched for you on the mountain for three days and three nights, but they still couldn't find you. , Your mother cried blindly because of this, and fell ill in bed, and I took care of your mother for a while, how could I remember wrong?" Wang Po said with a straight face.
The other party's expression didn't seem to be panicking. Lu Fan's heart "thumped", feeling that the matter was a little serious. He hurried into the room and looked at the calendar on the wall.
"It turned out to be true!"
Lu Fan's eyes widened instantly, his face full of horror.
Unexpectedly, I stayed in that ghostly place for three years, and even made my mother blind. I felt deep guilt suddenly in my heart, by the way, where are my parents now?
After Wang Po heard this, she slapped her thigh fiercely.
"Damn it, why did you forget the important thing, little fan, hurry up and go to your orchard. Shi Qiang and a group of people are going to cut down your fruit trees, saying that you borrowed money from his family to pay back the fruit when you were in school. If you want to use the orchard to pay off your debts, your parents have already gone there."
Lu Fan's face suddenly became ferocious, and his black pupils reflected a piercing cold gaze: "Shi Qiang, if you dare to touch a single hair of my parents, I will never forgive you."
Shi Qiang relied on his father being the village tyrant, and he was domineering in the village on weekdays. Back then, Lu Fan, who was thin and thin, was often bullied by him, and the two could be regarded as old enemies.
On a sloping land at the east end of Xiaoliu Village, there are many peach trees planted. At this time, the peach trees are full of pink flowers. It was originally a beautiful scenery, but the atmosphere is a bit depressing at this time.
Many villagers gathered at the edge of the peach grove, and a fat figure stood in the center, staring at the three people in front with an unfriendly expression.
Two of the three were thin old men with wrinkled faces and white hair. One of the old men had cloudy and gray eyes and was holding a wooden stick in his hand. A girl of sixteen or seventeen was supporting her. The girl was also thin The figure is tall, but the skin is fair and the face is delicate.
"Old man Lu, if you still don't pay back the money today? Don't blame me for not thinking of my hometown and cutting down all your rotten peach trees." Shi Qiang, who is fat, said arrogantly. The young man raised the ax in his hand cooperatively.
"Qiangzi, I beg you, these peach trees must not be cut down. Our Lu Yun's tuition fee depends entirely on them. Please do me a favor and give Uncle a period of time. I'll give it back to you." The white-haired Lu Daming hunched over and begged.
"Which onion are you? Dare to call yourself my uncle? Besides, this is 30,000 yuan. As poor as your family is, where can you get so much money? "Shi Qiang said disdainfully.
"At that time, didn't you only borrow 10,000 yuan? How did it become 30,000 yuan?" He Guizhi, who was leaning on a wooden stick, asked anxiously.
"Hmph! What nonsense are you blind old woman talking about? Back then, my father gave you a total of 20,000 yuan. Now five years have passed, and the interest should be 10,000 yuan. Don't you want to renege on your debt?" Shi Qiang Said with a cold face.
"Back then, your father took out 20,000 yuan, but he rewarded 10,000 yuan to my Xiao Fanzi. How did this become a loan again?" Lu Daming said with a frown.
"That's right, the 10,000 yuan was awarded to Lu Fan, but who made him have that scandalous incident and was expelled from the school. My father said that such a bad student is not worthy of his funding at all, so this He has to get the money back." Shi Qiang raised his head and said.
"You're talking nonsense, my brother wouldn't do such a scandal, he was wronged." Lu Yun blushed.
Shi Qiang's gloomy face was instantly filled with a smile, and a hint of obscenity welled up in the depths of his eyes: "Yunzi, brother Qiang is not talking nonsense. Back then, when my father was drinking with the vice principal of County No. 1 Middle School, I was by the side. I heard it with my own ears."
"Hmph! Anyway, I don't believe it!" Lu Yun gave him a disgusted look and turned her head away.
Shi Qiang didn't care at all, he glanced at the budding chest of the other party, turned around to look at Lu Daming who was full of anxiety, and said, "Old man Lu, I think you can't pay the money, so this The piece of orchard will belong to my historian from today on.¡±
After finishing speaking, he waved to the three young men behind him, and the three picked up their axes and were about to start cutting trees.
"Wait, Qiangzi, I beg you, give me a little more time, and the money will be returned to you. This peach tree cannot be cut down no matter what. Lu Yun is about to take the college entrance examination and is waiting to use the money." Lu Daming hurried up to block the road.
Seeing the other party's anxious look, Shi Qiang's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: "Old Uncle Lu, I didn't mean you, Lu Yun is a girl who reads so many books with a feather, and sooner or later she has to marry, so Well, as long as your second veteran, Lu Yun, marries me, not only will you not have to pay back the 30,000 yuan, but you can also go to work in my father's brick factory and do management directly. How about it?" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com