Outside the village committee, Old Mrs. Sun kept talking, and from time to time she would talk about things from the past, but no one came forward to interrupt her.
Even the villagers couldn't help but squat down, holding their chins with their hands, and listened with interest. After all, who couldn't be interested in what happened to Jin Landlord's family back then!
Li Weidong held his arms in his arms, and something happened at this time. Only by clarifying what happened back then can he better understand the present of Shuangshui Village.
Ever since she suffered from eye disease, Mrs. Sun has been lying on the sun's fire pit for most of her life. She has never been so popular as she is now.
Sensing the gazes of the onlookers, Mrs. Sun seemed to have the illusion that she was the storyteller who walked the streets back then.
The storyteller was originally a scholar from a peasant family. He relied on his parents' few acres of thin farmland and went to private school for several years. In order to gain a future, he went to Beijing to take the exam and sold the farmland to a wealthy landlord. He thought he would get a gold medal and soar to the sky.
But after he spent half a year and exhausted all the materials he had, when he arrived in the capital, he found that the emperor was gone and the court had no choice but to recruit officials.
There was no choice but to beg all the way and return to Huangyuan County. He originally wanted to rely on his brothers to live in Huangyuan County again.
But his brothers were originally angry at him for selling their ancestral property, and now that they saw him returning home in despair, they not only did not accept him, but also laughed at him severely and drove him out of the village.
The storyteller had no choice but to rely on the travel novels he had read before and tell stories to guests in teahouses in the county town to earn some reward money to survive.
However, what he didn't expect was that storytellers also have their own background. When the original storyteller saw that he was more popular, he was afraid of being robbed of his business, so he colluded with some gangsters, beat him up and kicked him out.
Out of the county seat.
There was no other way, so the storyteller had no choice but to find a cane and go to the countryside to beg. Of course, his so-called begging was different from those of real beggars. Instead, he first told people a passage.
To this day, Mrs. Sun still remembers the storyteller who told the crowd the story of monkeys and pigs seeking scriptures. The originally absurd story was told so brilliantly that people around them applauded.
This man is really capable.
But later, Huangyuan County suffered from droughts for several years. The villagers themselves couldn't even eat enough, and the storyteller disappeared.
Yes, that’s the taste. Storytellers were urged to do so in those days.
Old Mrs. Sun took a deep breath and continued: "Xiu'e is completely different from the talented girl in the county. She is a hard-working girl. Her father and mother are both farm laborers, and she has two brothers. She has to do all the heavy work at home. Because she
The two brothers were getting married and needed money to buy a wife, so her parents took up her idea.
Jin Landlord came to propose marriage, which was exactly what his parents wanted. After all, Jin Landlord was a big landowner, so the bride price he gave must be much higher than that of ordinary families.
At that time, Xiu'er had a childhood sweetheart, but the young man lived in the same village as her, but he was a pauper.
After receiving the bride price, Xiu'e's parents tied up Xiu'e without any hesitation and sent her to Jin Landlord's home.
I have to say that the old matchmaker did have a vicious eye. Xiu'e gave birth to Jin Guangliang the first year she entered the house, and in the following two years, she gave birth to the second child Jin Guangming and the third child Jin Guanghui.
It stands to reason that Xiu'e's status will be greatly improved if she helps the landlord Jin give birth to three sons. However, the fact is exactly the opposite. Xiu'e's life in the Jin family is only a little better than that of an ordinary maid. The house she lives in is damp and cramped.
Moreover, when eating, they could not go into the house to enjoy a delicious meal with the landlord. They could only eat cornstarch mixed with sawdust with us servants.
Xiu'e gradually understood that she was a fertility tool for the golden landlord.
She is a young girl herself, and she is the kind of person who is full of resistance. She has always wanted to escape from the Jin family, but the landlord Jin did not relax his supervision of her. All the maids were ordered not to let Xiu'e leave.
The Jin family mansion.
So Xiu'e never found an opportunity.
At this time, Jin Junshan appeared.
Jin Junshan is the distant nephew of Landlord Jin. Although he is also a long-term employee of the Jin family, because he attended private school with Landlord Jin for several years when he was young, he is considered to be literate and does not have to be like ordinary long-term workers in the Jin family.
Find the cow and horse in the field.
He was entrusted by Landlord Jin to be responsible for the rent collection of the Jin family. Since the Jin family had too much land, even if they hired a large number of long-term workers, there was no way to cultivate it, so Landlord Jin took advantage of the remaining barren land.
It is rented to nearby farmers. If farmers want to rent the Jin family's fields, they have to pay a large amount of rent every year.
Collecting tenant rent is not a simple job. In the eyes of golden landlords, those cunning farmers will try every means to conceal their output and demand a reduction in tenant rent during the harvest season, and they will also do various tricks when paying the tenant rent.
He planted a trick to confuse people who came to collect rent.
Looking at the Jin family, only Jin Junshan can take on this responsibility. Firstly, he has read books and can use an abacus. Secondly, Jin Junshan was tall and thick back then and had strong muscles. He looked very capable of intimidating the farmers. Most importantly,
One point is that Jin Junshan has lived with Jin Landlord for a period of time since he was a child. He is considered a direct confidant of Jin Landlord and is the kind of person who can be trusted. Therefore, Jin Junshan entrusted the rent collection to Jin Junshan.
Of course, under the advice of the talented woman in the county, Jin Junshan is still a long-term worker and not the housekeeper of the Jin family. In this way, he can save a salary.
Although Jin Junshan is a long-term employee, because he also holds the position of rent collector, he can freely enter and leave the Jin family mansion.
Compared with Jin Landlord, Jin Junshan is like a handsome old scalper, and he quickly attracted Xiu'e's attention.
Xiu'e took the opportunity to fetch water in the yard and began to hook up with Jin Junshan. At that time, Jin Junshan was not married yet and was just a young man in his twenties. How could he be the rival of that young woman.
In addition, Xiu'e was very beautiful and Jin Junshan was also a lecherous person. In just a few days, they took advantage of the opportunity of Landlord Jin to bring the county's talented girls to watch a play in the county and accomplished something good.
In the days that followed, the two would get into the bullpen whenever they had the chance.
They thought they were doing it very secretly, but they couldn't hide it from me, the maid. However, I also felt sympathy for Xiu'e at the time, so I didn't expose them.
Later, my brother-in-law suddenly fell ill and was fired from the Jin family. He had to stay at home all day, so I didn't know what happened.
But a fire suddenly broke out in Landlord Jin's house one night. Everyone in the Jin family, including the three Jin Guangming brothers, the maids, and the long-term workers were all safe, but Landlord Jin and the talented county girl died in the fire.
Already.
Don’t you think this is strange?”
Old Mrs. Sun suddenly stopped and looked at Jin Junshan with strange eyes.
The villagers who were watching suddenly started talking about it.
"Yes, I heard from my father about the fire that year. It was really strange. It was almost burning around the Jin Landlord's house."
"I think the matter between Jin Junshan and Xiu'e must have been discovered by Landlord Jin. Landlord Jin was going to punish the two, but Jin Junshan found out, so he ordered Jin Landlord's house in advance."
"Hiss... This says that Jin Junshan is not a good person. There is no way that such a person can be the second-in-command of our Shuangshui Village."
"I suggest that Jin Junshan be dismissed from his position now!"
In the crowd, the three Jin Guangming brothers looked at Jin Junshan, their teeth chattering and their fists clenched tightly.
They were still very young at that time and were not sensible. They only remember that one night, a fire broke out in Jin's house, and Landlord Jin and his aunt and two wives were all burned to death.
Landlord Jin was a bully to the long-term workers in Shuangshui Village, but to the three brothers, he was a relative.
In particular, Landlord Jin, despite being stingy with others, was very kind to his own children. When they were young, the three brothers of the Jin family enjoyed treatment that they would never enjoy again in this life.
They ate delicacies every day, could ride on the necks of long-term workers when traveling, use the long-term workers as oxen and horses, and were able to wear silk and satin clothes... All these were wiped out with the death of Jin Landlord.
After Jin Landlord's death, the three brothers were still young. The branches of the Jin family once wanted to occupy Jin Landlord's property. However, when they arrived at the Jin family compound, the brothers of the county's talented women came from the county with their people.
Already.
They didn't come by themselves, they were followed by a group of servants carrying spears.
They announced on the spot that all the property of the Jin family belonged to them and had nothing to do with the people from the Jin family's branches or Shuangshui Village.
Of course the Jin family members were dissatisfied, but facing the black muzzle of the gun, they had no choice but to succumb.
In this way, the three brothers of the Jin family had no food and clothing, and lived a life of hunger and hunger. Of course, Jin Guangming knew that Landlord Jin had hidden a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to prevent bandits from entering the village.
But he knew better that he was too young and did not protect those properties at all. As long as he took those properties out, they would be robbed.
In this way, the Jin brothers survived until liberation after hardship.
In the view of the three Jin brothers, the reason why their lives are so miserable is because of Jin Junshan.
Jin Guanghui was relatively calm by nature and could endure it, but Jin Guanghui and Jin Guangming were already filled with anger.
"Jin Junshan, it turns out that your grandson is behind this! Thanks to us three brothers, we have still trusted you all these years!"
Jin Guanghui and Jin Guangming picked up shovels and rushed forward.
"Listen to my explanation. Old Mrs. Sun is just talking nonsense. You must not believe it!" Jin Junshan's expression changed drastically and he waved his hands quickly and said, "You brothers have forgotten. If it weren't for me, you would have died of hunger!"
This matter has to start after the fire of the Jin family, because all the property of the Jin family was robbed by people in the county. The three brothers of the Jin family turned from the young masters of the Jin family to paupers overnight, and they even didn't even have a place to live.
nothing.
At this time, Jin Junshan appeared. He brought sweet potatoes and cornstarch to the three brothers, and placed the three brothers in a dilapidated cave dwelling.
"Of course we remember, but you did something bad and felt guilty in your heart, that's why you were so kind to our brothers!" Jin Guangming said loudly.
"Brother, stop nagging him, we are going to avenge our parents today!"
As he spoke, Jin Guanghui raised his shovel and pounded it towards Jin Junshan.
when!
A stick stabbed out from the side, and the shovel struck the stick. The shock force transmitted from the shovel handle made Jin Guanghui's mouth hurt, and the shovel handle came out of his hand.
Jin Guanghui was shocked and turned around to look. When he saw it was Jin Junwu, he frowned.
"Jin Junwu, what are you doing? This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't get involved!"
The three Jin brothers all had a good impression of Jin Junwu, who helped them several times after liberation.
Jin Junwu looked at the chaotic scene and sighed in his heart.
We were just one step away from being able to defeat Tian Futang with the help of Sun Yuting, but how did things develop to this point?
Ever since he started dealing with Tian Futang, he always felt that there was a force secretly competing with them.
This power is particularly strange. It does not prevent them from dealing with Tian Futang, but it always puts them in a lose-lose situation when competing with Tian Futang.
Jin Junwu looked at the three angry Jin brothers, smiled bitterly and shook his head to dispel the strange thoughts in his mind.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He strode up to Jin Guangming and said coldly: "Jin Guangming, no matter what Jin Junshan did before, it was before liberation and nothing like it is now.
Any relationship. We should look forward, unite, and not fall into the enemy's scheme."
Hearing this, Jin Guangming frowned, with a thoughtful expression on his face. He was not a fool. The old lady of the Sun family did not mention it sooner or later, but at this time, she told what happened that year.
If you come out, you must have bad intentions.
Moreover, as Jin Junwu said, the current enemy of the Jin family is the Tian family, and they are still at a disadvantage. If there is internal strife, all the Jin family will not get good results.
He hesitated for a moment.
When Jin Junwu appeared, Tian Futang frowned tightly and shouted in his heart that something was wrong.
Among the people in the Jin family, the one he fears the most is Jin Junwu. Although Jin Junwu is not as cunning as Jin Junshan, he has a characteristic that Jin Junshan does not have - sincerity.
Those Jin family members are willing to listen to Jin Junwu.
What happened next was exactly what he expected.
Tian Futang could not tolerate the good situation, which was destroyed because of Jin Junwu's interference.
He took a deep breath, stepped forward, looked at Jin Junwu and said: "Jin Junwu, what do you mean? They were burned to death in the fire, but Jin Guangming's parents have nothing to do with you, of course you can
You are considered an outsider. No, you are not an outsider. You are Jin Junshan’s younger brother. Of course you have to speak for Jin Junshan!
However, I would like to advise you: God is watching what people do, and if you help others commit evil, you will be punished sooner or later."