An hour later, Li Yu and Li Qing had arrived in Qingshui Town. It happened to be a big market day in the town, and the streets were crowded with people coming and going.

Li Qing pulled Li Yu's skirt tightly, as if he was afraid that his sister would disappear if he let go. Li Yu also let him pull him, and the two siblings walked from the street to the end of the street.

Li Yu discovered that there was only one street in Qingshui Town. The houses on both sides of the street and the bluestone road at his feet were just like the ancient streets he had seen when traveling.

Li Qing tugged on Li Yu's clothes, raised his head and asked, "Sister, are we going home right now?"

"Well! Go home." Li Yu took Li Qing out of the town according to his memory. When he walked out of the town, he saw the Daqing Mountain opposite. From a distance, the mountains and ridges of Daqing Mountain were undulating like a giant dragon entrenched in it. In the clouds, there is a majestic Daqingshan.

The siblings walked towards the river road to the west and kept walking along the river. Li Yu saw that in the rice fields on both sides of the road, the rice was beginning to be sizing and the ears looked very short. Li Yu felt that the yield should not be high.

The siblings walked for about half an hour when they saw a mountain beam about two stories high on the other side of the river. There was also a bluestone arch bridge on the river. There was a pass on the opposite side of the bridge. The siblings crossed the stone arch bridge and crossed the pass towards the river. Walk to Xishan Village.

Li Yu saw a big banyan tree standing not far ahead, and led Li Qing towards the big banyan tree. After walking for a quarter of an hour, he arrived in front of the big banyan tree.

There were a few old people sitting under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village, chatting about their daily life. Watching the Li Yu siblings enter the village, an old man looked up at Li Yu and said with a smile, "Aren't these the Xiao Yu'er siblings from the Li Shan family?"

Li Yu stepped forward and bowed, "Grandpa Zhang, it's our brother and sister, we're back home."

Old man Zhang looked at the two siblings with a curious look on his face, "There is nothing in your house, what are you two doing back home?"

"Didn't I say that the noble student of the Zhang family passed the scholar examination? Counting the days, Xiaoyu has also paid tribute! I'm afraid he is coming back to prepare for marriage!" Another old man surnamed Liu said.

Li Qing responded angrily, "Grandpa, my sister didn't come back to get married. The Zhang family regretted their marriage and wanted to get engaged to a lady from the husband's family in the county. They beat and scolded us and forced my sister to break off the engagement, so my sister escaped back with me." "

Li Yu pulled Li Qing and scolded in a deep voice: "Ah Qing, stop talking. The Zhang and Li families are not in the same family now. The Zhang family is acting viciously and almost beat our siblings to death. Now even if his family doesn't want to I also want to break off the engagement."

After Li Yu finished speaking, several old people showed understanding expressions, alas! The two siblings who have no father or mother are so young, so why don’t they get bullied by others?

After thinking about it, Grandpa Liu persuaded him, "Xiaoyu wants to be more open-minded and take your brother to live a good life in the village."

Li Yu nodded, "I understand, thank you Grandpa Liu, we will go back."

Li Qing asked Li Yu strangely, "Sister, where are the things in our house? I remember that we have everything at home. Where have all the things gone?"

Li Yu thought to himself: What do you, a little kid, remember? Then I thought about it again, yes! Where did the Li family's things go? Since they are all gone, the Zhang family probably took them away.

Li Yu responded: "It's probably the Zhang family who took it to his house. We'll let him return it to us later."

Everyone they met on the road who they knew was asking the siblings why they had returned home. The Li Yu siblings repeated what they had said at the entrance of the village.

The siblings walked from the entrance of the village to the door of their house at the end of the village. The villagers in Xishan Village spread the word that the Zhang family wanted to climb high and force Li Yu to break off the engagement. The siblings almost lost their lives and finally escaped back.

When they arrived at their home at the foot of the mountain at the end of the village, Li Yu and his brother stood at the gate of the courtyard and saw that the door was locked. Li Yu walked to the wasteland to the west and saw that a part of the west wall had collapsed.

Li Yu laughed self-deprecatingly: "Now it's better, I don't even have to look for the key."

Standing at the collapsed site, Li Yu found that the yard was covered with grass as tall as a person, and said to Li Qing: "Ah Qing, let's clean up the yard first."

Li Yu crossed the wall and walked into the yard full of grass. He saw a three-heyuan building inside. The lower part of the house foundation was made of bluestone strips, the upper part was made of rammed earth walls, and the wing room on the left was The roof is broken, but the whole yard looks huge.

Li Yu put down the bamboo pole on his back, grabbed a handful of grass with one hand and pulled it up gently. Li Qing also jumped in, and the siblings began to get busy.

The two siblings worked neatly and cleared half of the yard in a while. Li Yu shouted to Li Qing who had almost cleared the east courtyard wall: "Ah Qing, there is a well there. You have to be careful not to fall in." ”

Li Qing nodded and pricked up his ears, "Sister, someone is coming."

As soon as Li Qing finished speaking, Li Yu heard someone shouting outside, "Xiaoyu, Ah Qing."

Li Yu quickly responded, "Who is it? We are inside."

At this time, an uncle and aunt stepped into the yard from the collapsed wall. Li Yu thought about it carefully and then remembered that they were the youngest son of the village chief, Chen Yaohui and his wife Chen Li.

Chen Li looked at the Li Yu siblings and said with a happy smile: "It's really your siblings, I thought they were coaxing us!"

Brother and sister Li Yu greeted Chen Yaohui and his wife, "Uncle Chen, Aunt Li, we have just arrived."

Chen Yaohui looked at Li Yu and asked, "Xiaoyu, people in the village are saying that the Zhang family beat you and scolded you to force you to break off the engagement. Zhang Guisheng wants to marry a lady from his family. Is this true?"

Li Yu nodded, "Yes, Uncle Chen, Aunt Li, the Zhang family thinks that I am just an orphan now with a young brother. The Zhang family pushed us to death in order to break off the engagement. Such a family even if their family does not break off the engagement." , I must also break off the engagement."

Mrs. Li looked at Li Yu and sighed, "Xiaoyu! You have to have backbone as a human being. My aunt taught you not to let the Zhang family take away all your furniture and farm tools. You are still not happy. Now you can recognize the Zhang family." It’s still too late, now your parents can rest assured underground.”

Chen Yaohui was furious, "If Zhang Defa hadn't been greedy for money and stole the cub, the mother bear wouldn't have chased him, and your father wouldn't have sacrificed his life to save him. After your father left, Zhang Defa took so many furs from your house. , food, your aunt has already remembered these things, I have brought a letter to your aunt, and when she comes we will bring justice to you together."

Li Yu thought to himself: Li's father saved Zhang Defa's life, and Zhang Defa took the Li family's property, but was ungrateful and abused the original owner's siblings. However, Chen Yaohui and his wife still remembered Li's father's kindness in saving his life. Is this an old saying? Douban of rice nourishes kindness, and stone of rice nourishes hatred.

Li Yu pulled Li Qing and bowed and said, "Thank you, Uncle Chen and Aunt Li, for upholding justice for us."

"Thank you! If your father hadn't pulled your uncle and Zhang Defa to run away, I'm afraid your uncle wouldn't have escaped either."

Chen Li looked at the collapsed walls and dilapidated houses, and recalled that when Li Yu's mother was alive, the yard and walls were full of roses and wild flowers. Since that gentle and beautiful woman left, the Li family has declined. , the Li family also became like this after the eldest brother of the Li family left.

Chen Yaohui and his wife sighed and bent down to help Li Yu and his brother clean up the yard.

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