Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 118

Hu Xiaogou was stunned.

Fat Ah Fu's hands were soft and warm as he held hers, but he was not shy and couldn't shake them off, as if he didn't feel at all that she hated them.

He was determined to take them to steal offerings.

Hu Zhuier: "You are so hospitable, does your true god know?"

"Of course, the real God has praised us!" Skinny A Yuan raised his round chin proudly.

Having said that, they finally understood why they dared to steal offerings. It was all because of their true god's indulgence.

There was more than one person who did this. Many children thought they were careful and came to the side of the altar, stuffed the snacks they had long had their eyes on into their arms, and then ran away with their friends.

They all looked guilty, but what difference did that make to them? They hadn't even left yet, and many people had seen them!

They didn't even stop us?

Even if you want to eat the offerings to the gods, you should take them home and eat them, right? How can you just leave them there for children to take as they please?

There was also a time when he drank rice wine secretly, stumbled and ran behind the shrine to pee but failed, and was picked up and beaten by his parents.

Oh, it’s Xiaohu again.

The children were puzzled as they ate the stolen bean cakes.

Chang Xiaoyu was also confused. They all went out to play, so why should he stay and divide the land?

Just because he is tall, he is not a child?

Is there any justice in this?!

He was indignant in his heart, but as he watched more and more land being taken up, his anger gradually subsided.

How generous.

It would be great if this were true.

"It's too late to plant this year. It's better to turn the crops over and take good care of them. Next year's harvest will be better..."

Before they could enjoy themselves for long, the village chief 'inadvertently' mentioned borrowing grain and marriage.

"Old brother, let me be frank. My daughter Yue'er just secretly saw your eldest grandson and she really likes him."

Old Man Li was afraid that Chang Xiaoyu would make a scene, so he could only say with regret: "Well, this is a good thing, but it's a pity that the child is too young, only thirteen years old. I'm afraid it will delay the girl's development."

"No delay, no delay," the old village chief said easily. "It's okay for Yue'er to wait for him for two years, as long as you don't mind her being a few years older. Besides... I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but my child is a little stupid..."

The old village chief was really open and honest, and discussed the matter in a gentle manner, with no intention of hiding anything. He just wanted to find someone his daughter liked.

Old man Li felt so sorry for his daughter that he wanted to grit his teeth, stomp his feet, and give Chang Xiaoyu to him directly.

It's a pity that it didn't work, and they would leave sooner or later.

The village chief felt a little regretful, but he didn't force it. He changed the subject and went to work with a hoe.

"There should be some in the courtyard where you live. If there's not enough, I'll go ask if anyone has some and I can lend them to you first."

Old Man Li: "Speaking of this, we have something we want to ask you, brother. We live in that yard..."

"...Whose house is this? There's everything in there. Where did the people who used to live there go?"

The children playing in the stream were also asking this question.

Fat Ah Fu, who was dabbing his pants while rolling up his pants, said, "That yard belongs to Uncle Wang Wu."

She looked a little sad.

Shou Ayuan said, "They won't be coming back. During the spring plowing season, people from Xiaxi Village came to steal water at night. Uncle Wang Wu discovered them and beat him to death. Aunt Wu went mad and ran into the mountains where she died. I heard that when the village chief and his men found her, she had almost been eaten by the wild animals in the mountains."

"The true God said that the dead will turn into the breeze and stay with us forever, but we feel it, and neither can Aning, and she has been very sad. She didn't even come to the master witch's teaching today." A Yuan stepped on the water and sat on a big rock on the shore.

Child: "Who is Aning?"

"He's Uncle Wang Wu and Aunt Wang Wu's son. He's now at Uncle Wang Er's house, just like me."

Fat Afu said that her parents also died because of fighting for water, and then she and her grandmother lived in her uncle's house, but her uncle was not her biological uncle. Her biological uncle's family had too many children and could not raise her.

Adopting a child sounds quite normal, but it is strange to raise the grandmother as well.

What’s even stranger is that Yuan and Fu didn’t find anything strange at all, as if they were born sisters.

They play together and go home together, but one calls them dad and mom, and the other calls them uncle and aunt.

It is said that this is the case here. When all the working people in the family die, the villagers take them home and raise them as their own children. The elderly don't have to worry, because even if they are not in the same family, there will be someone to support them.

Unless you don't want to.

There was a widowed grandmother named Chunhua who had no children and loved to live alone. She refused to live with anyone else.

That’s what the village chief wanted to say to Old Man Li.

However, there is also a bad thing. Their house and land are also shared. When there is no one at home, the house will be taken back to the village. If the children do not come, the house will be given to others sooner or later.

It’s actually nothing. Compared with the friendship here, money is really nothing.

Hu Shanniang and Zhuier still had the mind to ask what was going on with stealing and robbing water.

When the child and Waiya heard this, they just wanted to tell God that they were born in the wrong place.

How happy they would be if they could encounter such a good thing. In this village, if Ayuan and Afu didn’t tell them, they couldn’t tell who was their biological child and who was not.

The children asked them if adults were partial.

Shou Ah Yuan put her hands on her hips and said, "Of course I'm more likable. My parents love me."

"You're talking nonsense, my uncle and aunt said they like me the most!" Fat Ah Fu pouted.

As they were talking, they started to quarrel and tried to pull a woman who was washing clothes in the distance. Finally, one of them was hit and ran back crying.

They feel that their aunt loves no one.

Really?

Not at all.

The woman urged them to go back and change their clothes, complaining that they had wet their clothes, but she took the dirty clothes and wiped their feet.

They just stood there obediently, crying and letting the woman manipulate them. Finally, they were coaxed into submission by a sentence: "I'll cook fish for them in the evening." Where is the fish?

Change your clothes and go fishing by yourself.

"I'll beat you up if you get wet again!" She looked aggressive and strong, clearly different from the thin and petite Nun Jingchi, but why do they feel the same?

The child clenched her fists and turned away. She didn't like this place!

What's so good about this shabby place? They fight over water and kill people at the drop of a hat.

If we don't grab them, the harvest won't be enough to eat.

Wuxiangshen Village and Xiaxixi Village share a water source. People in the upper village use this stream for washing clothes and cooking, while people in the lower village only use this water to irrigate the fields. They have to go to farther places to fetch water for eating.

But farming by just carrying water can be exhausting.

But this stream is just a small stream. Even if it is dredged, it is not enough for the two villages to use together. Moreover, this stream was originally dug by the people of Wuxiangshen Village. There is no reason for them to use it.

The two villages had agreed early on that when the weather was good, they would each use the trench for a few months. If there was little rain like this year, they would block the trench and leave only a gap.

Everything was fine when they talked about it, but the people in Xiaxixi Village never followed the rules and would come to steal water at any time. If it was done openly, they wouldn't be afraid of a fight, but if they stole water secretly and even beat someone to death, that was another matter.

If the people of Xiaxi Village had not said that they would leave it to the True God Wuxiang to deal with, they would have fought them long ago and would not have waited until now.

Blood debts must be repaid with blood, and they would say so in front of the true God.

The seven people found out everything they wanted to know.

It all comes down to one sentence: "There are no monsters."

Not only are there no monsters, but the village is full of good people. As for why the village chief and the witch mentioned this house last night, it was only because the true god told them that some people will turn into bad ghosts to harm people after death, so the witch was a little worried. The village chief felt that since nothing had happened for several months, it was probably nothing, and it was just like that, and he had no shameful thoughts at all.

Child: “When are we leaving?”

Everyone looked at Old Man Li, not because they admired him, but mainly because he had to be the one to speak on matters like this.

"Let's do it tomorrow. I'll tell you I want to take you to visit some relatives, and we won't be coming back once we get down the mountain."

good idea.

The wealthy but non-existent Li Fugui is waiting for us.