The dense black clouds have been holding in the sky for a long time. Seeing the dark clouds accumulating thicker and thicker in the sky, they are as heavy as mountains that are about to press down. Lightnings are like silver snakes dancing wildly interspersed among them from time to time. The rumbles of thunder are heard in the sky.

The sky was tightening and roaring, and judging from this situation, the rain was definitely going to be heavy.

This is not June anymore, so why does the weather keep changing? There was still a gentle breeze in the morning, but now it has intensified, and it has turned into a violent wind. In an instant, sand and rocks are flying, and the sky is dark. The branches are swaying crazily in the wind, and they are weak.

The small tree could not bear the damage of the strong wind, and its waist was bent to the earth, as if it was about to break in the next moment.

It stands to reason that you should try not to go out in such weather if you can, but there was a family like this, two adults and their children rushing on the road in the strong wind.

Wang Youyuan and Xiuzhi gave birth to six children in total, four boys and two girls. The eldest son Wang Shanfeng is fourteen years old this year, and the eldest daughter Wang Yueya is also ten years old. Among the children, the difference between the eldest and the second is a little more than that of the others.

Almost all of the four children are two or three years apart. The eldest son and two daughters are okay, but the three younger ones are as delicate and weak as newly born lambs.

At this moment, Wang Youyuan firmly held the handle of the unicycle, pedaled hard with his feet, tilted his head, and squinted his eyes to push forward step by step. Wang Shanfeng stood on the right side of the unicycle, holding the household items on the car with his left hand, and helping with all his strength with his right hand.

She asked her father to push hard. Xiuzhi was afraid that one of the children would be blown away by the wind, so she was so frightened that she called several children and tightened their hands. The wind contained a lot of sand and dust, which hurt her face and made her unable to open her eyes.

Yes, the whole family squinted their eyes, covered their faces with their hands, and had to bend slightly to contend with the strong wind.

Finally, the dark clouds could no longer bear the moisture in the clouds, and rain poured down like a torrent.

Wang Youyuan and his wife stumbled and hurried with their children. Fortunately, they rushed into the earth temple just as the rain started to fall. Outside the temple, heavy rain fell, and soon a rain curtain formed on the eaves.

Wang Youyuan's figure is tall but not strong. Years of smoke corrosion has made his already straight figure slightly curved. His angular and slender face has a high nose bridge in the middle. His whole body exudes a gentle and elegant temperament.

In his thirties, in order to avoid the national army arresting laborers to dig fortifications, he dressed himself up as old and frail, with a long beard hanging on his chin and a cane when going out. Don't tell me, this image really frightened many people.

The national army arrested workers for the first time, and every time they arrested people, they walked past him and turned a blind eye.

At this moment, he was panting heavily and sat down on the hay nest left by an unknown passerby in the corner. He leaned against the wall and looked around. He saw a clay statue of an immortal wearing a tattered red cloth, with his hands clasped on his chest.

In front of him, he sat cross-legged on the altar with a smile, looking at the people with half-closed eyes pitifully. He didn’t know what kind of deity he was. The paint on his face was mottled, and it looked a little scary under the light of lightning. On the incense table in front of the altar

The ashes were as thick as a finger, and there was no incense in one of the incense burners, leaving only gray and white incense ashes piled up all over the incense burner. It can be seen that the incense in this small temple was still flourishing for some time.

Wang Youyuan looked at the altar, sighed and thought regretfully: Why are there not even any sacrifices?

Li Xiuzhi was busy checking the children, the peaks, Yue Ya, Yue'e, mountains, mountains, Zhuang, where had the mountains and rivers gone? When she didn't see Lao Liu, she immediately became anxious and shouted to the mountain: "Boss, where is Xiao Liu?"

When Wang Shanfeng heard this, he quickly put down his hand on packing his luggage, looked over like his mother, and smiled: "Mom, aren't you carrying Xiaoliu on your back?"

Li Xiuzhi suddenly realized it, and while untying Xiaoliu, she said, "I was really looking for a donkey on a donkey. I forgot about it in a hurry."

Slowly, Wang Youyuan regained his composure, his nose and tears began to flow out, and he started to huff one after another. He was just on his way, and he forgot everything in a hurry. This will make him feel better, but his craving for cigarettes started again.

Wang Youyuan blew his nose, rubbed his face with his hands, and shouted: "Hurry up and unload the pot to cook, I will starve to death."

When Li Xiuzhi saw her husband like this, she knew that he was addicted to smoking again, so she didn't dare to make any noise, and quickly called her children: "Shanfeng, Dani, Ernima, hurry up and take off the pot."

"Hey!" The three children quickly unpacked their luggage. Shanfeng picked up a few stones to build a simple stove and put the pot on it.

"Mom, what are we going to eat?" Dani rummaged through the food bag, shook it and said to her mother: "We don't have any food at all. We have been digging wild vegetables and eating all the time. It's raining now, and there is no food."

There’s no way to dig wild vegetables.”

Li Xiuzhi glanced at Wang Youyuan cautiously and said nonchalantly: "Dad, look, we don't have anything to eat. How about I take the children to dig wild vegetables when the rain stops?"

Wang Youyuan's temper was good before he started smoking. Since he became addicted to cigarettes, his temper has become violent. He will get angry at the slightest disagreement. Because he persuaded Wang Youyuan to quit smoking, Li Xiuzhi was beaten many times and did not stop him. He is a good family of traditional Chinese medicine.

All the accumulated property has been lost, now it’s better! Without money to smoke, Wang Youyuan will have no choice but to endure it if he becomes addicted to cigarettes again.

Wang Youyuan was suffering from his cigarette addiction and was very angry. He shouted: "Wait until the rain stops. Who knows when the rain will stop. Now the fields are full of crops, which are almost ripe. Let Dani and Erni go and chop some."

That’s fine, it’s raining so hard and no one is watching.”

Li Xiuzhi looked at the pouring rain outside the temple and said worriedly: "Dad, look at the thunder and lightning outside, how can the child get out?"

"Where are we going? If we're going to walk, do we have to go in a sedan chair?" Wang You shouted angrily to the child: "Dani, Erni, hurry up and grab the cloth bag, break off some sticks, and bring back some pumpkins."

Yue Ya and Yue'e grabbed the doorframe and looked outside. Yue'e turned her head back and said to Wang Youyuan: "Dad, I'm scared. Can we wait for the rain to lighten up before going?"

Wang Youyuan got up quickly, walked to the door, and said, "Are you waiting for the rain to lighten up? You girl, you are so cute!" He stretched out his foot and kicked Yue'e.

Yue'e was stretching her head to look outside the temple. She was caught off guard and rolled down the steps.

"Wow...Mom." Seeing her sister being kicked out, Yue Ya was so frightened that she ran to the bottom of the steps, hugged her sister and cried.

Yue'e sat in a daze at the foot of the steps, with heavy rain pouring down on her face. Fortunately, she was not injured. Her sister hugged her and cried.

When Xiuzhi saw Wang Youyuan kicking the child out, she felt extremely distressed. She ran out after him, fearing that the child would be broken. She cried and trembled while touching the child's head and body: "Damn it, Erni is only eight years old. I

How could I get rid of my child?"

The rain got heavier, and it hit her face. The rain and tears were mixed together. With her eyes blurred by tears, Yue'e looked at her mother stupidly, and her heart became even more desolate: How could I end up with such a father?

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He gritted his teeth and said to his mother: "Mom, please stop crying. Get me a cloth bag and I'll walk around in the fields. Otherwise, dad will go crazy again."

At this time, Shanfeng came over with a cloth bag, looked at his mother and sister and said, "Mom, take your sister back, and I'll go take a look in the fields."

"I'll go." Yue'e became determined. At this moment, she wanted to stay away from her father. No matter how heavy the rain was, she was not afraid. She just wanted to stay away from that father and never look at him again.

Shanfeng knew that this younger sister had always had a stubborn temper, so he arranged for his mother: "Mom, hurry up and go in with Yueya. The fourth, fifth, and sixth children are still waiting to be taken care of. Yueya, look at the temple and there is still firewood.

No, just make a fire and warm your clothes with my mother, while Yue'e and I will go."

Yue'e washed her face with the rainwater, wiped the tears from her eyes, grabbed her brother's hand and stood up, rushing into the rain and mist first.

"Second sister!" Shanfeng shouted at Yue'e's back. Seeing that Yue'e didn't respond to him, he hurriedly chased her out.

The wind whipped Yue'e's thin body with the rain, and the big drops of rain poured down like a waterfall. The impact was such that she couldn't open her eyes. Her clothes were already soaked and stuck to her body. The cold wind made her shiver.

Shiver. How many years was Shanfeng older than Yue'e? With his height and long legs, he caught up with Yue'e in just a few steps. He tightened his sister's hand and motioned for Yue'e to walk behind him, trying to use his weak body to block her.

A storm.

Wang Youyuan lay in the hay nest, feeling sleepy and gradually fell into sleep.

A fire was lit in the moon buds, and soon the smoke from the firewood rose. Even though the door was wide open, the smoke still filled the entire hall.

When he breathed, Wang Youyuan smelled the smoke and did not feel it was choking. Instead, he tasted a bit of the aroma of the smoke. In his dream, he was staying with He Mengyao at the moment, and He Mengyao handed him the lit pipe.

, the seductive smile appeared on his face again: "Brother Youyuan, take one, it smells good."

Wang Youyuan resisted in his heart, knowing that he couldn't smoke anymore, but he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to take the pipe. As soon as he took it in his hand, the scene instantly changed to the scene of his father before his death. The dying old father held Wang Youyuan's hand tightly and murmured.

He kept mumbling: "Dayuan, Dayuan, you can't smoke anymore. If you smoke again, your family will be ruined. You can't smoke anymore."

Wang Youyuan was heartbroken, with tears streaming down his face. He buried his head in his father's hand and swore, "Dad, I will never smoke again. I will quit. If I smoke again, I will no longer be a human being!"

Wang Youyuan suddenly woke up. The smoke was rising. Xiuzhi was taking care of his youngest son. His eldest daughter was sitting by the fire to dry her clothes. The two younger sons were immersed in what they were playing.

Wang Youyuan's eyes were dull and he was staring ahead without moving, but his thoughts had drifted far away, back to the time when he first got acquainted with He Mengyao.

"Hiss..." He Mengyao lay on the chair and took a long puff of smoke from the mouth of his pipe. The smoke entered his lungs. He exhaled for a long time. His eyes were blurred and he seemed to be mumbling to himself. He said to Wang Youyuan sitting next to him: "

It's so comfortable, brother Youyuan, why don't you take a sip? Take a sip! After a heavy smoke, you don't know how comfortable it is. It's like floating in the clouds. Whatever you want will appear in front of you."

Wang Youyuan curled his lips and sneered: "If you pull it down, wouldn't it become a panacea? Whatever you want, you can have it. I want gold ingots, can a bunch of gold ingots fall out in front of me? There is no magic pill."

This is the effect."

"Don't believe it! You know that big smoke has another name called ***, listen! The name sounds like it is a good thing. Smoking this thing can increase your luck and longevity. Besides, this thing is only available to people with status.

Being able to smoke is a status symbol! There are some mud-legged people who can afford to smoke, just like you, Brother Youyuan. You are not on the same level as those mud-legged people, right? Why don't you try one?

"He Mengyao handed the cigarette holder to Wang Youyuan's mouth.

Wang Youyuan tilted his head slightly and flashed the cigarette holder: "Only those with status smoke, does Landlord Wei smoke? You are a housekeeper with him, you know best. Why haven't I seen Landlord Wei smoke a big cigarette? I don't smoke, I

I have no money. My father holds all the money in my family. He only gives me some pocket money every month. With this little money, I want to buy some snacks for my children."

"Can my husband not smoke? Not only does he smoke, but his wife and concubine also smoke. You also said that you have never seen that you can see them when they smoke? When my husband smokes, he always lies on the couch.

, served by maids and women, just thinking about that scene, tsk tsk, it is like the life of a god." He Mengyao showed contempt and glanced at Wang Youyuan with disdain: "Let's talk about you, you have been a doctor for so many years.

All the money you earn is given to your father, you are like a child who has not grown up and cannot be the master of the family at all."

Wang Youyuan frowned and shouted angrily: "What's wrong with my father? I'm the only father, and all the money he saves will be mine in the future!"

Hearing what Wang Youyuan said, He Mengyao's heart twitched as if his property had been occupied by the Wang family. Wang Youyuan's family has been practicing medicine for generations, and they also opened a Renxintang drug store in the county ten kilometers away from the village. The family's wealth is relatively rich, and his life goes by naturally.

He has been jealous of the Wang family's huge yard in the village and the medicine shop in Cao County. He has been dreaming about how he can transfer all Wang Youyuan's wealth to his own name. However, the Wang family also has a lot of money in the village.
Chapter completed!