After Lao Zhang explained for a long time, Erhua finally understood.
The old uncle worked hard for half his life and got three daughters. He was so worried that his hair turned white. In the end, he could only raise his eldest daughter as a son and marry her to a live-in son-in-law.
To find a son-in-law, one needs to give a dowry and renovate the house. The old uncle has no money, but he has two beautiful daughters.
The third child is honest, obedient and easy to control, but the second child is rebellious and has his own ideas.
The year Amei was born, a family in the village also gave birth to a child, a boy.
Every night, the uncle could hear the child's loud voice, like a big drum being struck, hitting his heart and keeping him awake all night.
He looked outside eagerly, wondering why the boy didn't come to his home?
The boy's name was Aqiao. Although his uncle envied him, he actually had a very tough life. His mother died when he was born, and his father died when he was three years old. He had to use the ground as a bed and the sky as a roof, and he grew up eating food from many families.
That year, the rice flowers were particularly fragrant and the fish in the fields were particularly fat. When Aqiao was 15 years old, the endless rice fields became his most familiar home.
He swam nimbly through the rice fields, racing with fat fish. No fish could swim faster than this strong young man.
Aqiao easily caught two fat fish. He smiled innocently, showing his two rows of big white teeth, and threw one of them accurately at Amei's feet.
It was natural for the two childhood sweethearts to get together.
Aqiao has no house and no money, so his uncle's plan is going to fail.
Their love was strongly opposed by the old couple.
Just when Amei was planning to elope, Lao Zhang came with Erhua.
After the two of them discussed it, they immediately changed their plans.
After all, the old uncle disagreed because Aqiao had no money and could not give a betrothal gift. Wouldn't it solve the problem if he had money?
Where is the money?
The money came to your door!
It turns out that Erhua is not here to find the mistress of the house, he is a kind-hearted man who came down from heaven!
Erhua was stunned for a while, and when he came to his senses, a mouthful of blood rushed to his throat. He took two steps forward, grabbed Aqiao by the collar, and cursed:
"Well, you two are taking me for granted! I'm the boy who gives out money from heaven, right? Give me back my money!"
Aqiao was taller and stronger than Erhua. He stiffened his neck and ignored him, with blood on his forehead flowing down his nose.
If he had argued a little, there would still be hope of getting the money back. But now it looks like he is not going to return the money even if he is beaten!
Erhua was in a hurry, as he had borrowed the money from his second uncle!
The landlady didn’t get what she wanted and ended up losing thirty yuan!
"And what about mine? Where's my money? Young man, I'm not marrying A-Mei. This matter has nothing to do with me. Just give me back my share of the money first!"
Old Zhang stood there unsteadily, rubbing his hands constantly.
He approached Aqiao, but Aqiao didn't even look at him.
"What do you mean it's irrelevant? We should pay it back together, why are you trying to distance yourself from me?"
Erhua was furious. This Old Zhang has no moral principles!
Several people were pulling each other, and there was a "dong" sound, and Amei next to them also knelt down.
A trace of pain and pity suddenly appeared on Ah Qiao's expressionless face. He said anxiously:
"What are you doing! You are not allowed to kneel. We only kneel to heaven, earth, and our parents! Get up now!"
Ah Mei ignored him and mumbled something to Er Hua, which Lao Zhang translated into the following:
You are a big shot from outside, a rich man. Any change you bring is enough for us to build a house. Please have pity on us, this poor couple!
Erhua turned this over again in his mind, and the meaning of this sentence was roughly: You, a fool, it was obvious that you couldn't marry a wife of the housewife. Now you are here and the money is in our pockets, how can I pay you back?
"No! This isn't three cents, it's thirty dollars! You have to pay me back!"
After that, he angrily shouted at the old couple, "Quickly control your daughter! This is robbery!"
I can understand that you want money, want to build a house and get married, but you can't do such a sinful thing, right?
My money didn't come from the wind, did it? Look at me, I'm so poor, do I look like a rich man?
Erhua wanted to continue speaking, but he saw Amei turned to her father and mother and kowtowed three times, "dong dong dong". Her forehead was broken and bleeding, which was shocking to see.
Seeing Ah Mei injured, Ah Qiao pulled her up and held her in his arms, gritting his teeth and saying, "I've decided to take the money today. You have to give it to me whether you want to or not!
Here, I will cook you a good meal today, so that you can go home after eating.
If you don't give it to me, I'll tie you both up and throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves!"
"You! You have no law to follow! I, I, I will report you to the police!"
Erhua never expected that the unruly people in this poor and remote area would be so powerful!
"Report it to the police? Haha, you won't even have a bone left!"
Erhua was a little scared at the moment. Not to mention reporting the case, he couldn't even find the way out of the mountain!
He looked at the old uncle and aunt again. Now they were the only ones who could do justice in this situation.
However, my daughter is still my daughter after all, Erhua and Lao Zhang are just two outsiders!
Seeing that the two men were silent, Ah Qiao sneered and said, "You choose whether you want money or your life. If you want your life, I'll let you have enough food and drive you out on a bullock cart."
Erhua stood there, his face turning blue with anger.
Old Zhang glanced at everyone present one by one, and finally stopped his gaze on Erhua.
He reached out and tugged at Erhua, saying, "Erhua, forget it..."
Erhua threw his hand away and cursed, "Coward!"
"You're not a coward! All right, you get your money back!"
Erhua's face turned from blue to red, and then from red to black. Finally, when he was only holding his breath, he shouted:
“Damn it!”
The farce finally ended.
When he came to his senses again, he was already sitting on the ox cart with Lao Zhang, and in his pocket were a few cakes prepared by Aqiao.
This is an old cow. It breathes out through its nose while walking, and it has to stop after walking for a while.
Aqiao was humming a song while herding the cattle, and you could tell he was in a very good mood!
A kind-hearted boy named Caidi fell from the sky and gave him dozens of dollars for free, which also solved his big problem. Who would be unhappy about this?
Erhua had no other choice but to angrily stomp on the board of the ox cart twice, wishing he could make two holes in it.
Ah Qiao glanced at him, smiled and said, "Go ahead, go ahead, I'll break it and let you vent your anger!"
After they got out of the mountain, Aqiao drove the two men out of the car and drove the cattle away without looking back.
Lao Zhang sighed, patted Erhua on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go. A wise man never suffers a loss. It's my bad luck. I won't ask you for the money!"
"You still want money? Who would I ask for my thirty? I'm so unlucky that I believed you!"
Not long after they walked away, they heard a grunting sound again. Erhua turned around and saw a huge bull nose in front of him.
"Here, here's the money for your tickets!"
Then he threw down five one-dollar bills.
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