Seeing Li Yu walk away, Lin He asked, "Xiao Hu, what's wrong with you? Why are you so distant to me all of a sudden?"
Yang Xiaohu scratched his head and chuckled: "You are a scholar now, you can't be as disrespectful as before.
Actually, I wanted to find you when you came back yesterday, but Grandpa said you must be very tired, so he asked me to go up the mountain to hunt some game to celebrate your study. I didn't expect to meet you before I could get anything.
Lin He's eyes turned black with anger, and he said to him in a cold voice: "What are you talking about? We are good friends, and I am also from the country. How can you think like that? I will be very angry if you do this in the future. Also, don't bring any game to my house. Keep it for yourself and your grandfather to nourish his body."
When Yang Xiaohu was one year old, his parents were killed by bandits while they were out doing business. When the news came back, his grandmother couldn't bear the blow and died with them.
They depended on their grandfather for everything. Their family was just like Lin Hai's family before, often having no food to eat.
Then he asked, "Did your eldest and second uncles take away a lot of grain this year?" Yang Xiaohu nodded.
Lin Hai was so angry that he said to him, "Don't be sad, I will find a way to help you." He gave some of the mushrooms and fungus in his basket to Yang Xiaohu.
Then he continued, "Go back and wash it and fry it or boil it and serve it cold. You can eat it quickly."
Yang Xiaohu had been used to listening to Lin He since he was a child, so he just nodded foolishly and left with his things.
Lin He was having a headache. Yang Xiaohu's grandparents had three sons and one daughter. They showed a slight preference for the youngest son, Yang Xiaohu's father, and after splitting up the family, they lived with the youngest son.
After Yang Xiaohu's father got into trouble, his eldest uncle, second uncle, and aunt no longer cared about him. Even the crops he worked so hard to grow every year were taken away by the family.
Li Yu has been here for so long and rarely interacts with the villagers.
She hasn't met the best in the village yet.
If Li Yu knew about Yang Xiaohu's family, she would definitely ask her sister-in-law to find out everything.
Gossip is something that is in women's bones.
On the way back, Lin He told Li Yu about Yang Xiaohu's family situation: "Mom, I want to help him, but I don't know how to do it."
"After all, this is someone else's family affair, and we can't interfere. So, you go to Xiaohu's house this afternoon and let him..." Li Yu whispered to Lin He.
Yang Laoshuan's youngest son, daughter-in-law and wife have all passed away, leaving behind a young grandson.
Although this family lives a hard life, the life is warm as the grandparents and grandchildren depend on each other.
However, his eldest and second sons were both greedy people. They had always felt that their parents were partial to the third son and loved him the most, and now they were suffering the consequences.
After the third brother's family got into trouble, not only did they not take care of their old father and nephew, they also bullied them unscrupulously.
After seeing that the village chief didn't care much about the affairs, he became possessed with evil thoughts and even wanted to rob Yang Laoshuan's family of their food.
So, the two families got together and gathered a group of scoundrels, who took advantage of the night to steal most of the food from Yang Laoshuan's house.
One of the two men was an old man and the other was still a child. There was no way they could do anything to them. Moreover, the two families threatened the old man that if they told anyone that he was dead, they would sell Yang Xiaohu to human traffickers.
This went on for many years. In the past, Yang Xiaohu could survive by eating less, but now that Yang Xiaohu has grown into a big man, this little food is not enough for the grandfather and grandson.
After hearing the news, Li Mei felt mixed emotions.
She suggested to Lin He that he should report the matter to the village chief.
To be honest, the village chief might be aware of these things, but since Yang Laoshuan didn't say anything, he just turned a blind eye. After all, the other party didn't ask you for help, so how could you have the audacity to come and meddle in other people's affairs?
That doesn't make sense.
Li Yu decided to teach these two top-notch people a lesson. After all, he was Lin He's only friend, and the kid was a good person.
At noon, everyone in the village was taking a nap. Because the summer harvest had passed and the weather was hot, many people stayed indoors to cool off.
Yang Laoshuan brought her grandson to the village chief's house, described in detail what had happened over the years, and asked the village chief to help him seek justice.
The village chief was very angry after hearing this, and immediately gathered some villagers and decided to go to Yang Dazhu's house to teach him a lesson.
When everyone arrived at Yang Dazhu's house, Yang Dazhu was sitting in the house eating and drinking.
Seeing the village chief coming with everyone, he felt a little guilty.
However, when he saw that only Yang Laoshuan and his grandson were there, he became arrogant again.
He asked sarcastically, "What are you doing here? Are you trying to beg me for some food again?"
The village chief stepped forward and said seriously, "Yang Dazhu, have you been stealing food from your father and Xiaohu all these years?"
The village chief's words caused the onlookers to whisper.
Seeing this, Yang Dazhu quickly put on a smile and said, "What are you talking about? My father gave it to me on his own initiative. He was afraid that no one would take care of my nephew after he died."
As he said this, he winked at his second brother who was standing next to him. What a joke! The food was not taken by his family, so why could his second brother just watch the show from the sidelines?
Although Yang Erzhu was reluctant, he also understood that he had a share in all these things. He stepped forward with a smile and said, "Uncle Village Chief, my eldest brother is right. I was there when the old man said to give us food, and I can testify.
Yang Xiaohu stood up at this time: "You are talking nonsense, it was clearly you and uncle who came here to rob, and grandpa never said he would give you the food."
When Yang Dazhu saw that his secret was exposed, he stopped pretending. He said: "I took the grain, so what? I just wanted to take it. He has been so good to the third child since he was a child, and he lived with the third child when the family was divided.
Let the whole village laugh at me. Since ancient times, when a family divides its property, the elders always follow the eldest son. But you follow the third son. The third son is dead, and you still want to bring his son to my house for me to raise. Why?
Yang Laoshuan finally understood what the eldest and second sons were thinking. He said, "I admit that I favored your third brother, but that was when you were little. After you grew up, didn't you both have everything he had? When your wife was trying to divide the family, your third brother hadn't married yet. Didn't I just ignore him? Don't you feel guilty for saying that?"
"Guilty? What do I have to feel guilty about? Even if you're right, what happened later? The third brother got married, and you gave him money to go into business. I wanted to start a small business, but I didn't have any capital, and when I asked you for it, you said you didn't have any.
"That's when I understood that the third son was the real son in your heart, and the second son and I were nothing!" he said hysterically.
Yang Laoshuan said, "How could that be possible? The money your third brother earned from his business was your sister-in-law's dowry. You asked me to borrow money for your business. Although your mother and I didn't agree at the time, we borrowed three taels of silver from your third brother the next day and asked the second brother to give it to you."
Then he turned to Yang Erzhu and asked, "Is that right, Lao Er?"
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