It was just past nine o'clock when Qiao Jiangxin brought his uncle to the temple.
In his previous life, Qiao Jianhua had always worked with his father-in-law Li Sanfa. After the reform and opening up, Li Sanfa was one of the first people to go out to find work. He quickly formed a small team and took on jobs everywhere. He was considered one of the better-off families in the area.
Qiao Jiangxin clearly remembered one thing: in his previous life, his father's health deteriorated and his uncle went out to make money.
When he was at the construction site, he had the good fortune to work with his younger brother Qiao Jianhua for a period of time, but Qiao Jianhua was a bricklayer, while Qiao Youfu was a porter, a hard worker who carried stones, sand and cement upstairs.
Qiao Jianhua resented Qiao Youfu for being separated from his brother. He looked down on his brother who had supported him for half his life and bullied him everywhere. He even teamed up with the people who shoveled stones and filled the baskets to load Qiao Youfu's baskets full and piled them high.
This caused my uncle to fall down and be troubled by the foreman. His knees were bloody and the worst time was when he almost fell down the stairs from the second floor. Because of this, my uncle started pushing and shoving Qiao Jianhua, and was held down and severely beaten by Li Sanfa and his team.
From then on, my uncle never went to the construction site to work again, but went to a place farther away, so that he didn't even see my father for the last time.
"Excuse me, auntie, how can I get to Li Sanfa's house?"
A few aunties sitting at the entrance of the village looked at the strangers with a look of surprise, "Go north, and the first house after you turn the corner is it. But they shouldn't be here now. Just now, I saw Li Sanfa and his son-in-law go to the field. By the way, who are you? What are you doing at Li Sanfa's house? Are you looking for him to do something?"
"Ah, my third uncle is not from home, he is from Lijiagou working in the fields for my grandfather-in-law?"
Qiao Jiangxin blinked his eyes, looking like he had something to say.
"I'm Gao Shicun, I'm here to look for my third uncle, who is Li Sanfa's son-in-law."
Sure enough, all the aunties and grandmas became excited, "You are that boy's niece, wow, Jianhua actually has a niece as old as you, this guy next to him, can't he be his father?"
The other one reached out and pushed the aunt who was talking, "What are you talking about? Isn't Sanfa's relative Old Qiaotou? I know him. He's not this brother."
"But I heard that old Qiao seemed to have married two wives..." said the aunt, looking Qiao Youfu up and down.
Qiao Jiangxin said quickly, "This is my eldest uncle. My grandparents are very good at fighting, so my eldest uncle brought me to see my third uncle."
Several aunts' eyes lit up, "Hey, little girl, don't be in a hurry to leave, why are your grandparents fighting?"
Qiao Jiangxin looked embarrassed. "It's autumn harvest time now. My third uncle rarely goes home except to carry food for others. My fourth uncle doesn't go to the fields either. My grandfather is sixty years old and still works hard every day. He can't support my third uncle anymore. He is so tired that he got angry and had a fight with my grandma yesterday."
"He scolded my third uncle, saying that he was an ungrateful and unfilial man who only knew how to lick his father-in-law's ass. He raised so many dogs for him, but it was better to raise an animal than to raise him. My father, who was over 60 years old, was still working hard, while he was hiding behind his father and enjoying himself. He said that if my third uncle didn't want to die, he should die in Lijiagou..."
The aunt looked very excited. "Oh, it's so bad. It's just so far away, and you can't even go to harvest. If it were me, I would be angry too. Oh my, the crops are going to rot in the fields. Who wouldn't be anxious? Let's go, let's go. I have nothing to do now. I'll take Li Sanfa home with me."
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