"Mom Wen Xin, stop talking. I understand. I'm going to hold a meeting for everyone tomorrow, and you must come too."
Liu Mao left these words and turned to leave.
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Early the next morning, the loudspeaker in the village rang, indicating that the village chief had said that each family should send at least one representative to the meeting.
Xu Miaomiao washed her face and went over with her sons.
Liu Mao saw that the people were almost here, and he stood on the high platform and coughed.
"First of all, everyone should know that the big problem of lack of water in our village has been solved."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people below started talking.
Liu Mao made a "stop" gesture and continued, "You may not know that the spring on the mountain was discovered by Wen Xin's mother, Xu Miaomiao, who risked her life. During this period, she encountered a pack of wolves and narrowly escaped.
And the method of successfully diverting water down was also thought up by Wen Xin's mother. It can be said that without Wen Xin's mother, we would not have the water we have now. Wen Xin's mother saved the lives of our entire village!"
boom!
The crowd in the audience was shocked, and even Xu Miaomiao's sons were shocked.
Xu Miaomiao was almost overcome with embarrassment in the audience. She just did a small thing. How come it turned into such a big deal when the village chief said it?
Many people in the village looked at Xu Miaomiao with inquiring eyes. It can be said that their impression of Xu Miaomiao has not been changed yet, and it was difficult to accept it for a while.
"Thank you Wen Xinma, Wen Xinma, I kowtow to you."
The first person to say such words was Grandma Liu. Xu Miaomiao was shocked. How could she bear such a bow? She immediately stopped her.
The second person to stand up was Xu Miaomiao's mother-in-law Li Hongying.
The people in the village are all honest. Many people saw the scene when Xu Miaomiao rescued Liu Yuhang, and they believed most of what the village chief said.
They all expressed their gratitude to Xu Miaomiao.
Ma Yan clenched her hands tightly in the crowd and was so angry that she didn't know how to react.
She told herself not to be impulsive now, otherwise she would become the target of attack by the whole village.
"Everyone, please be quiet. I originally planned to reward Wen Xin's mother dozens of dollars, but later I found that our village simply couldn't afford that much money. In the end, I decided to give Wen Xin's mother more than 20 acres of wasteland in the backyard of her home.
New mother, to express her gratitude.
Everyone has no objections!"
"No comment."
"I agree."
"I agree."
People in the village have expressed their opinions one after another, and even if some people disagree, they dare not speak out now.
The matter was settled like this. Xu Miaomiao never dreamed that the village chief would give her more than 20 acres of wasteland.
Her house is located on the edge of the village, and Ma Ju is a neighbor. The other side and back are all wasteland, and beyond the wasteland is the foot of the mountain.
This made Xu Miaomiao extremely happy. She had previously considered where to build a new house for her family, and this was it.
There are many sons in the family, and they will get married and have children sooner or later. Now this small courtyard is simply not enough to accommodate more people.
The crowd dispersed and Liu Mao came to Xu Miaomiao.
"Wen Xin's mother, let's go through the formalities now. I will transfer these more than 20 acres of wasteland to your name."
Xu Miaomiao was immersed in her imagination and didn't hear Liu Mao speak at all.
When Liu Mao saw that she didn't talk to her, he thought she was unhappy, "Wen Xin's mother, I know that these more than twenty acres of wasteland are not worth what you have done for the village, but there is nothing we can do now. Let's do it.
Can I also give you a small piece of hilltop behind the wasteland?"
This is the best he can do.
Xu Miaomiao finally came to her senses, "Village Chief, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true. I still have this right."
"Then let's go now!"
Xu Miaomiao has already thought about what the small hill behind will be used for.
Xu Miaomiao followed Liu Mao away without even looking at her sons who were left behind at a loss.
The procedure was done quickly.
When Xu Miaomiao came back happily, she was already hot and sweating profusely, but she didn't feel hot at all, let alone tired.
Living in the countryside, land is fundamental. Even though she does not have special feelings for the land like the older generation, she still loves the land.
As soon as she walked to the door, she met Grandma Liu who was carrying a basket and seemed to be waiting for her.
"Mom Wen Xin, thank you for saving my eldest grandson, and thank you for bringing water to our village. This is a little thought from me, and I hope you can accept it."
Grandma Liu looked at the chubby Xu Miaomiao now and felt that Xu Miaomiao was a person full of blessings. Her clothes were clean and her chubby face made her smile particularly pleasing.
The most important thing is that Grandma Liu now sees Xu Miaomiao with a natural filter. If anyone says something bad about Xu Miaomiao now, she will definitely fight with that person.
Xu Miaomiao looked down and saw that the basket contained various vegetables, as well as several eggs and duck eggs!
"Grandma Liu, I can't ask for this thing. Your life is already difficult with Yuhang, so how can I ask for your things?"
If she wants the things given by other people in the village, forget about Grandma Liu's things.
Grandma Liu has suffered a lifetime with her grandson, and she will be a pitiful woman.
The son died early, and the daughter-in-law ran away with him. When he gets old, he can only count on his 12-year-old grandson.
When Grandma Liu saw that she didn't want to accept it, she immediately became anxious. Without saying a word, she dropped the basket and ran away, shouting as she ran, "I don't want the basket anymore either. If you don't accept it, I'll come here every day!"
Xu Miaomiao looked at her running back and sighed, "At such an old age, she is in really good health and can run really fast."
Xu Miaomiao had no choice but to carry the basket into the house and take out the vegetables and eggs. In the evening she steamed a pot of steamed buns stuffed with cabbage and pork, picked out seven or eight and put them into a cleaned basket and handed them to Liu Wenle.
"Send it to Grandma Liu's house, put down the things and leave."
Liu Wenle completed the task perfectly. Grandma Liu shouted, thinking that the things Liu Wenle sent to her were returned, so she hurriedly picked up the basket and chased after it.
When I stopped to rest, I discovered that the basket contained large buns the size of a bowl. My eyes suddenly became hot and I almost cried on the spot.
On the way back, she kept saying, "Wen Xin's mother is such a good person!"
In the evening, Grandma Liu and Liu Yuhang ate steamed buns together, only to realize that they were actually meat buns. The two of them cried while eating.
"You must be nice to your Aunt Xu in the future. You can't eat your Aunt Xu's big meat buns for free."
Liu Yuhang listened to Grandma Liu's words with tears in her eyes. Ever since his parents died, no one had been so kind to him and Grandma.
the other side.
Xu Miaomiao asked Liu Wenxin to deliver four buns to his old house.
Li Hongying and Liu Dexing were increasingly satisfied with Xu Miaomiao, their third daughter-in-law. She not only took good care of their grandchildren, but also often gave them food.
