Chapter 143, Once Upon a Time...
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and He Anze was treated to a good meal during the New Year.
Grandma He beat him in several places.
Finally, I went to the village doctor's house to get some medicine.
This was also what Grandma He asked to get. Mei Xue originally said it was not necessary and she could just use some spiritual spring water.
But I couldn't resist my grandma's drive to get rid of him.
So, another happy thing happened during such a joyous day as the New Year.
That is, He Anze bought the land of He Anqing's family and was attacked by Aunt He San (grandmother), and the attack also broke into the village doctor's house.
When people heard about this, many made fun of He Anze behind his back, saying that he had money but no land to spend it on, and so he bought a piece of worthless land.
Many people had a happy New Year's Eve.
On the night of the 30th, Mei Xue couldn't help asking her grandmother, "Grandma, why did you have to make such a big noise?"
When Mei Xue saw Aunt Xilian and the others coming to her house to see He Anze, she was not stupid and she understood something, but she didn't understand it all.
"Silly child, don't show off your wealth. The villagers are not as nice as you think. They are very vicious and will eat you up without leaving any bones." Grandma He said meaningfully.
"Let me tell you a story." Grandma He became interested.
"Once upon a time..."
As for the story about once upon a time, it didn’t happen that many years ago. It was something that Grandma He experienced personally.
In a village not far from Hejia Village, there was a landlord before the reform. His family was considered one of the richest families in Chenxing Town.
I don’t know how many people envy me, and I don’t know how many people are jealous of me.
In the villages near the rich families, it can be said that every one of them envies the life of the rich families.
Eat meat every day and wear new clothes every day.
The good times did not last long. With the arrival of major reforms, the life of this wealthy family began to become unstable.
The wealthy family didn’t know if they were really as rich as the rumors said, or that they lived such a good life.
Their family was very friendly to the people in the surrounding villages, but even so, they could not stop the plots of those jealous people.
Not long after, the rich family was arrested and all their property was confiscated, but no one found a grain of rice or silver in the rich family's house.
Even the rich people themselves wear very everyday clothes and don't look like rich people at all.
This makes many people unbelievable.
From the parade at the beginning to the severe torture later, three months passed unknowingly. The rich head of the family who was severely punished did not survive and eventually died.
His wife and children were all held in solitary confinement and tortured until their family wealth was uncovered.
What a pity, the whole family, some died, some went crazy, some became stupid.
In the end, everyone was still worried, so some people made an appointment to go to the rich family's house, tear down the house, and dig three feet deep, but they still couldn't find any food or money.
Just like that, a document came down from above, prohibiting the abuse of rich families. Unfortunately, everyone died, and only a stupid son survived the family of five.
In the first one or two years, the fool was still living under everyone's eyes. Unfortunately, two years later, the fool knew nothing except being stupid.
Some people didn't believe it and thought the fool was just pretending to be stupid, so they fed him feces. After watching him actually eat it, those people finally let the rich man's son go.
Another year passed and the fool disappeared.
It’s not that no one tried to look for him at that time, but unfortunately no one found him.
Why did Grandma He tell them all this? It was because when everyone had no food to eat, who had not received help from wealthy families?
But what is the final result?
The rich man died.
My son is a fool.
A wealthy family just disappeared before everyone's eyes.
Even the ancestral homes of wealthy families have now become other people's fertile fields.
After hearing this story, He Anze had some impression of it, because he seemed to have heard about it when he was a child.
Everyone in their village looked regretful that they hadn't found anything.
But he didn't know much.
Mei Xue thought it was normal, as that was human nature.
"Don't worry, grandma. No one dares to target our family. We'll deal with them one by one, or two by two. We're not afraid." Mei Xue thought her grandma was afraid that those people would come and cause trouble.
I gently hugged my grandma's shoulders to comfort her.
He Anze glanced at Mei Xue, as if he understood what she meant, and shook his head with a chuckle, "I'm still here, don't worry."
I don’t know whether to comfort grandma or Meixue.
"How dare you say you're here? If it weren't for you, would our family have these troubles?" He spent so much money to buy a base, he's quite capable.
Mei Xue agreed with the idea of buying the base, so she defended He Anze and said, "Grandma, buy it. Then we can build a two-story building like Uncle Zhengnan's. Then you can live upstairs and see far away."
To be honest, Mei Xue really likes An Cheng’s small building. It is a two-story wooden building with many rooms, and it is spacious and bright.
She also planned to raise more pigs and chickens. Mei Xue had some plans for a farm in her mind, but this amount of land was actually not enough.
She would feel good if she could buy all the peripherals.
"Just protect him. You don't know how many people are calling him stupid now." Grandma He rolled her eyes at He Anze.
"It's okay, grandma. Once you buy it, it's yours. I'll build you a beautiful two-story house then." He Anze said to save his life.
The New Year's Eve dinner passed like this, and there was no such thing as staying up all night here.
However, people had to get up early on New Year's Day to worship their ancestors, so Grandma He asked them to go to bed early.
Mei Xue and He Anze first helped grandma fetch water and wash before returning to their own room.
"Do you really think it's a good idea for me to buy that land?" In fact, he was always worried.
I’m afraid Mei Xue won’t agree with my approach.
"Very good! If possible, it would be a good idea to buy the three hills behind the house. Unfortunately, our family does not have enough money." Mei Xue sighed.
He Anze was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?" He walked up to Mei Xue and looked at her with a smile: "Did you always think that the price I said to buy the mountain was the little hill where you farm?"
In his mind, his wife has always been very smart and courageous, but he never expected that there were things she dared not think about.
"Yes." Mei Xue was a little confused.
"Haha, Xiaoxue, that mountain is not a gold mine, how can it cost so much? I'm talking about the three hills behind our house. These hills are not big, there is no harvest on them, not even a few trees, how can they be so expensive?"
Land in the countryside is the least valuable thing nowadays. It is better to buy a house in the city with the money.
Of course, that's what he thought before.
"Ah?" Mei Xue put down the clothes in her hand, "So you told the village chief that buying the hills means all the hills behind our house?"
No wonder she was surprised; she really didn't expect it.
"Yes." He Anze nodded affirmatively.
"That's great. I was thinking of buying the other two hills when I have enough money. Then I can open up some land and grow vegetables. I will make a lot of money in a year." Mei Xue was counting the money excitedly.
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