Hexi Village is a small village west of Hecheng County.

Hecheng County is located in the hometown of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. It is very rich. The Grand Canal that leads from Jiangnan to the capital also passes through Hecheng County, which makes it very prosperous. Hexi Village is close to the county town, so the villagers naturally have a very good life.

Today is the day when Jiang Chengxiang, a rich family member of the Jiang family in Hexi Village, is very happy, and this village is even more lively.

The Jiang family has fifteen acres of good paddy fields, ten acres of good mulberry forests, and ten acres of dry land. Old man Jiang also has a good skill in killing pigs and sheep, so his life is naturally not bad.

You should know that Hecheng County is not a place with a large and sparsely populated area. It has a lot of people and a small land, but the land is fertile. Because the rivers are crisscrossed and not far from the sea, there will be no drought or floods. Generally, as long as you are willing to take care of it, the harvest in the fields will not be bad. Usually, people can live a good life with seven or eight acres of paddy fields and a few acres of dry land.

The third son of the Jiang family studied in a county school. Although he didn't even pass the exam, he found a good job two years ago because of his literacy. He went to work at the county wharf every day. He just wrote down a few bags of rice for the man who worked on the dock in a special shed to the man who worked on the dock and carried a few pieces of cloth, and the wages he received were two or three times that of those who sold the coolies.

Because he has some shame, he can introduce men in the village to work as hard laborers on the dock in his spare time, and he is still very prestigious in the village.

Today, Jiang Laosan got married, and the villagers took their best tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks to the Jiang family, so that the Jiang family could hold a decent marriage. The Jiang family was not in enough places, and several families on both sides even gave up their main halls to help greet guests.

Jiang Laosan was wearing a brand new red dress and a big red flower on his chest. He looked energetic and welcomed Zhu Shufen, the young daughter of Zhu Xiucai's family, back from the neighboring village.

Zhu Shufen is the daughter of a scholar and is very good-looking. The men in the village were envious of Jiang Laosan's ability to marry her. Those who could speak to Jiang Laosan came forward to congratulate him, and the joy on Jiang Laosan's face also increased a little.

The wedding was very lively and decent. The Jiang family killed two pigs the day before and bought a lot of fish. Each table had a bowl of pork, a bowl of pig's water, a bowl of pig's blood soup, a bowl of pig's trotters and tails, a steamed fish, and a lot of seasonal vegetables. The table was filled with a full table.

There were thirty tables in the Jiang family's relatives and friends, as well as those from the village who came to help. After having lunch, there was another meal at night, which was very popular for a while.

A relative who was helping the wedding to catch some tea leaves and put them in a bowl. He used a gourd ladle to scoop a spoonful of water from the iron pot with water beside him and rinsed the tea leaves. He held it in the tea bowl and looked at the old man Jiang who was standing next to him with a smile: "Uncle Jiang, where is Boss Jiang? Why haven't he seen him since his brother got married?"

The farmers get married early, and there are many people who are grandparents in their thirties. Generally, they look old in their forties and fifties. It is considered a long life to be able to live to the age of sixty or seventy. However, Old Man Jiang is nearly fifty years old, but he is still very strong and tall and big. When he heard someone ask about his eldest son, his brow frowned. His eldest son is a good at work and should be at home at this time. Why didn’t he see it today?

Confused, Old Man Jiang went to the kitchen to find his wife: "The child, where is the boss?"

"Didn't you fall into the river a few days ago? I'm sick, so I asked him to go to the old house at the west end of the village to raise it." Old Mrs. Jiang said, her drooping eyes were full of dissatisfaction: "Even if it falls into water, it's time to recover after three or four days. I think he's just being lazy. When I've been busy today, I will definitely deal with him well when I look back!"

Old Man Jiang didn't care about the family affairs and was very disliked by Boss Jiang. When he heard his wife say this, he frowned: "That's a terrible bastard!"

Old Man Jiang asked, scolded him, and forgot Boss Jiang behind his head, and started to get married again.

Everyone started the wedding lively and completely forgot about Boss Jiang, who had never had any sense of existence.

There are several dilapidated houses to the west of Hexi Village. Here we live in the Zhao family, the Zhao family who lives in Hexi Village, and in a piece of land next to the Jiang family, the dilapidated earthen house was passed down by the elders of the Jiang family. This house is so dilapidated that it can no longer be occupied, but now there is a person lying on the ground inside.

When Jiang Zhen woke up, he felt dizzy and his stomach hurt even more.

He couldn't see the surroundings clearly for a moment, and blinked several times, and it became clearer in front of him, and then he saw the dilapidated roof that shone into the house.

Isn’t he dead? How could he feel the cold and pain again?

Even if he survived at that time, he should be in the hospital now. How could he lie in such a dirty and messy place?

Jiang Zhen instinctively felt something was wrong. He wanted to jump up from the ground, but now he couldn't even move.

He was drowsy and had a severe stomachache. Jiang Zhen almost fainted again. At this moment, his head hurt and some memories that did not belong to him suddenly poured into his mind.

That is the memory of an ancient man.

This ancient man’s surname is Jiang like him, but he is not Jiang Zhenye, but he is called Jiang Zhenye. He is the eldest in his family. People in the village usually call him Jiang Lao Da. He was born on the fifth day of the fifth month, May is the evil month, and this day is the poisonous day, so he gave the name "Zhen Evil" to suppress it.

It is said that the children born on this day will hinder their parents, and Boss Jiang did "hinder" their parents.

The day before Boss Jiang was born, Old Man Jiang was taken away to serve in the military. Old Man Jiang's parents were no longer alive at that time, and Old Mrs. Jiang's mother's house was far away. She could only give birth at home alone because it was the difficulty of giving birth to her first child. She almost lost her life after a day and a night of pain.

After giving birth, Mrs. Jiang was not taken care of by her. She was hungry for a day. After that, she had to get up and cook by herself, and clean her dirty clothes and bedding. She had no way to take the confinement period well.

A woman was alone at home and had to take care of a child. I thought it was so difficult, so Old Mrs. Jiang didn't like her eldest son from the beginning and decided that her eldest son was a devastating star.

But Old Man Jiang went to military service and might die outside. If the child is gone at this time, Old Mrs. Jiang will definitely be driven out of the house by Jiang's uncle and robbed the land... Although she wished she could drown Boss Jiang, Old Mrs. Jiang still pinched her nose to support Boss Jiang.

But it's only for feeding.

Old Mrs. Jiang beat and scolded Boss Jiang at every turn, and she ate good food and drink well, but she only gave Boss Jiang a bite of leftover rice. When she went out to work, she tied Boss Jiang at home with a straw rope... She always wanted to touch this star of the Sangmen.

Old Man Jiang returned from military service five years later. Boss Jiang, who was already five years old, was thin and young, and he couldn't even call him.

After Old Man Jiang returned home, life in the Jiang family became better. Old Man Jiang brought back some money to buy land, and he could kill pigs again. During the holidays, he would kill pigs and sell them at home. Old Mrs. Jiang was still a good maker in raising silkworms, and the Jiang family eventually became a wealthy family in the village.

But Boss Jiang’s life was not much better.

Old Man Jiang has always been in charge of working and not doing things at home. Old Mrs. Jiang will not interfere with the disobedient child. Moreover, Boss Jiang, who is old but can't even speak clearly, doesn't like him at all.

One year after Old Man Jiang came back, the second child of the Jiang family was born, two years later, and the third child of the Jiang family was born. Two years later, he also gave birth to a little sister Jiang. These three children were born and grown up by Old Man Jiang. He loved them very much. What about Old Mrs. Jiang? When she gave birth to these three children, the family was in a better condition and could eat and wear warm clothes. Old Man Jiang even hired an old woman from the village to serve her during confinement... She lived a comfortable life and loved these three children.

For a long time, Jiang Lao Er, Jiang Lao Third, Jiang Xiaomei is the treasure of the Jiang family, but Jiang Lao Lao Lao is a despised by everyone in the Jiang family.

At a young age, Boss Jiang had to take his younger brother and sister to work in the fields. This was the case. Old Mrs. Jiang couldn't even let him have enough food. If he had eaten eggs and fish at home, he would never have a share.

Perhaps because he was beaten and punished since childhood, Boss Jiang became quieter and quieter, and he didn't talk much, but only knew how to work. Because of this, when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he was basically doing the farm work at home.

He is diligent and does farm work well. The Jiang family still has money, so naturally someone will be a matchmaker for him. However, Old Man Jiang, Old Man and Mrs. Jiang have money to study for Jiang Lao Er and Lao San, and make new clothes for Jiang Xiaomei, but they don’t have money to marry a wife for Mrs. Jiang. This wasted time lasted for a whole ten years.

Now that Boss Jiang is 26 years old, he is one of the old bachelors in Hexi Village. When men in the countryside are not married yet at this age, they basically don’t expect to marry a wife and warm up their beds in their lives.

Boss Jiang became more and more silent. He didn't say a few words a year. He was working or sleeping. He was like an invisible person, but the rest of the Jiang family lived a prosperous life.

Jiang Lao Er is twenty years old this year and married his wife three years ago. Now he has a son. Jiang Lao San is eighteen this year and gets married today. Jiang Xiaomei is sixteen years old. Countless people in the country want to ask for marriage...

And Boss Jiang, he was dead.

Jiang Laosan had to prepare a lot of things when he was married. A few days ago, Mrs. Jiang asked Jiang Laosan to catch fish. Jiang Laosan would do farm work. He learned to kill pigs with Old Man Jiang, but he knew nothing about catching fish. He had no chance to play wildly with other children in the village as a child, and he would not swim in the water at all.

But he didn't dare not ignore Mrs. Jiang's words, and he was still in the water.

When catching fish, Boss Jiang accidentally drowned and almost died. In the end, someone in the village saw him and rescued him, but he had a high fever the next day.

If it were the other people in the Jiang family who had a fever, they could rest in the house even if they didn’t hire a doctor, and eat, sleep, and serve eggs and fine grains. However, after Boss Jiang had a fever, Old Mrs. Jiang thought he was unlucky and asked Old Er to push him into the abandoned and broken house of the Jiang family in a car and left him alone.

Boss Jiang was so burning that he was thrown into a room that was breathable everywhere. It was fine. Old Mrs. Jiang was busy preparing for the marriage for Boss Jiang, but she even forgot to deliver food to Boss Jiang.

Boss Jiang was starved to death.
Chapter completed!