Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 163 Uncle 1's family steals trees

"As a parent, whose own son died, how can anyone remain calm and not feel grief-stricken? Do you think this is normal?"

Woman B said, "Hearing what you said, it's not impossible that the eldest son raised by this old couple who were so hard-hearted could do such a thing."

After hearing this, women A and C both nodded.

Woman C affirmed: "The old saying is right, 'If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked.' The two old guys are so cruel, so his eldest son is naturally not much better."

The three women chatted with each other and hurried towards the wasteland.

Several men behind were also heading towards the wasteland.

One of the men joked, "I heard that the food at her house is very good. We are going to help today, so we must try it."

Another man said with a smile: "You are the only one who is greedy! Let's be more ambitious, okay? We are going to help, and if we want to help, we must show some sincerity!"

The men giggled all the way, and soon they also reached the wasteland.

Some people come to join in the fun because the food is delicious.

Of course, there are also some people who really want to help.

But no matter what the reason, the old, young, women and children in the village came to help, which is also a good thing.

A group of people came over and saw that the village chief and his wife were also helping An Yue to manage the affairs.

What shocked them even more was that they actually hired a team of craftsmen who specialized in building blue brick and tile houses.

Several people had just come to watch the fun, but were unexpectedly shocked by the atmosphere.

They were arranged by the village chief to lend a hand without knowing it, and were dragged to help reluctantly.

At this time, after the people in the east room finished their breakfast, Zhang and her daughter-in-law Meng Xiuer were about to clean up the dishes, but An Chengde stopped them in time and motioned for them to sit down first.

After everyone was seated, An Chengde asked everyone while smoking a pipe: "As a family, what are your plans for the future?"

After asking, he looked at everyone's faces.

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

After a long time.

Zhang finally couldn't help but speak up: "Dad, the few taels of silver we have at home are only enough to cover our recent food expenses, and there is no way to repair or build a house."

An Chengde glanced at his son An Tiancai and asked seriously, "Dacai, tell me."

When asked this question, An Tiancai took a step back reflexively.

But seeing that everyone was looking at him, he hesitated and spread his hands, looking embarrassed and said: "Dad... Dad, Mom, there is nothing I can do! In our current situation, we don't even have enough money to buy wood to build a thatched house."

Zhou clapped her hands and suddenly reminded, "Okay! Li Huairen only agreed to let us live here for a month, and half a month has already passed. Do we really have to live in a cave by then?"

No one spoke anymore and the atmosphere fell into silence again.

An Qing said helplessly: "Grandfather and grandmother, father and mother, why don't we let Qing'er go out to work and earn some money? No matter what, we have to find a way to build a few thatched houses."

An Chengde waved to everyone, indicating that everyone should come closer to him.

The whole family gathered together, seemingly discussing something.

After listening to An Chengde, Zhou denied it and said, "No! This is too risky."

An Chengde rolled his eyes at his wife Zhou and said, "You are too kind! We are so poor that we are almost sleeping on the street, what are you afraid of?"

After reaching this conclusion, everyone was worried throughout the day.

But due to the current situation, they have to find a way to build a few thatched huts no matter what.

Over the years, their relationship with their neighbors in the village has been extremely bad.

Now that he is so poor that he is homeless, it has become extremely difficult to build a few thatched huts.

He had no money and the villagers were unwilling to help him. An Chengde, who had once been a prominent figure, was afraid that he would be a burden to his relatives, so he vowed to cut off all ties with them.

As for the two married girls, An Ning and Jing Jing, they were not liked by their husbands' families and their lives were miserable.

Being forced into this situation, they could only think of one solution, which was to steal trees.

Every day, before dawn, he would quietly go up the mountain to cut trees.

In recent years, the government has clearly stipulated that barren mountains and wastelands that have not been bought and sold shall be under the unified jurisdiction of local governments. Without approval, villagers are not allowed to cut down large trees on the barren mountains or open up wasteland for cultivation.

They went to the barren mountains to steal trees, and the three women stayed at home, each of them feeling uneasy.

They took risks to build a few thatched huts.

Five more days passed like this.

The An family lived in fear every day, fearing that their tree theft would be discovered.

If they were discovered and reported to the authorities, they would certainly be thrown into jail.

After the fire, we are all part of the An family.

An Chengde and his family lived in fear every day, while An Yue and his brother were busy building a blue brick house.

Zhou watched as An Yue bought all the barren hills and wasteland in one go, brought bricks to build houses, and hired a team of craftsmen who made green bricks and tiles.

Even the men, women, young and old in the village ran over happily to help.

Zhou felt very uncomfortable as she watched Anyue's blue brick and tile house rising from the ground.

The team of craftsmen works in an orderly manner every day, and the men, women and children in the village help with the work.

Everyone had a smile on their face, and the lively scenes ignited an inexplicable flame in Zhou's heart.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she wanted to curse.

On this day, the sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, and the daughter-in-law Zhang was cooking alone in the kitchen.

Perhaps it was because the An family had encountered a major change and she lived in fear every day with so many things to do that she became a little dazed and accidentally stewed the food for lunch.

The burnt smell quickly spread, and Zhou rushed straight to the kitchen following the smell.

As soon as she entered the kitchen and lifted the lid of the pot, her face gradually began to darken, flames of anger burst out of her eyes, and she pointed at Zhang and started scolding her.

"You spendthrift woman, look at what you made. Can this be eaten by humans?"

Zhang stood up and saw that the lunch dishes were burnt by her.

Even when her mother-in-law Zhou pointed at her nose and scolded her, she didn't dare to look into Zhou's eyes.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she dared not say a word and could only silently endure the scolding from her mother-in-law.

She knew that it was her negligence that caused the whole family to go hungry again. She knew she had made a mistake and her heart was filled with guilt and self-blame.

Meng Xiuer, who was standing aside with her head down, was also scolded for no reason: "You jinx! What are you doing standing here?!"

Meng Xiu'er had just married into the An family and didn't know much about the family situation. When Anqing was not at home, she was often scolded by her grandmother.

She had no idea how to deal with the grievance and helplessness she felt, and could only cry secretly and silently endure her grandmother's scolding.