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At this moment, Wang Shi looked at Wang Wushuang and Dongying's mother, Dongying, with mixed feelings.

They held the two bags of wheat tightly in their hands.

Wang Shi walked to the middle of the three people and said with a heavy heart, "I... I have another wheat field, which is far away from everyone else's wheat field. It's deep in the mountains and old forests. There is no way locusts will appear there."

In the dilapidated wheat field, Wang Wushuang was overjoyed when he heard what Wang Shi said. He instantly felt hopeful again. He walked quickly to Wang Shi and said excitedly: "Brother Wang Shi! Is what you said true? Take me to see it."

Looking at the deep mountains in the distance, Wang Shi said to Wang Wushuang firmly: "Brother...believe me." The two ran into the deep mountains, and A Ma, Xiao Yanzi and Dong Ying were chasing after them.

The two men quickly ran into the mountains, passed through the woods, and came to a pond.

A-ma, Xiaoyanzi and Dongying finally caught up. They looked from afar and found that Wang Wushuang was kneeling in front of a pool of water.

Then they quickly passed through the current woods because the woods here blocked their vision. After passing through the woods, the field of vision became wider. As they looked in the direction of Wang Wushuang, suddenly, a golden light appeared in everyone's eyes.

On the other side of Wang Wushuang's bank, there was a wheat field which was not particularly large, but was enough for both families to have enough food to eat. Wang Wushuang looked at the life-saving wheat with tears of gratitude and a sad look in his eyes.

Wang Wushuang, who was standing in front of the pond, pretended to be calm, showing an overjoyed expression, and said happily: "Great! Brother, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to afford the taxes this year."

Wang Shi, who was running in the golden wheat field, said awkwardly: "Oh! I didn't plant wheat here originally? But later, because all the wheat fields in Hua Town had been planted, my new wife asked me to find a piece of land in the deep mountains and old forests to plant wheat. Even if the harvest is not good, we can still collect some as tax."

Xiaoyanzi, who was standing by, became more and more angry when she thought about this, and she shouted, "Yes! He found me a stepmother a few years ago." Wang Wushuang reacted quickly and asked, "This is a good thing! Why didn't you say anything?"

Wang Shi looked a little shy, then scratched his head and said, "This is not an honorable thing, so I didn't make a big fuss about it. No one else knows about it except Xiaoyanzi and me."

Later, Wang Shi and Wang Wushuang stayed here for a long time, guarding the wheat fields day and night, giving them the best fertilizers and water, and taking good care of them every moment.

One night, Wang Shi and his wife suddenly quarreled. Wang Shi's wife complained loudly: "Wang Shi, what do you want? We have already suffered from natural disasters, locusts! Now everyone can't eat enough, and you still want to give them the wheat we planted far away. What do you think? Did you get hit on the head by the door? We can't eat enough, and look at how thin Xiaoyanzi has become?"

Wang Shi, who was standing by, stood up and said angrily, "Xiao Yanzi! I think she is fine. What do you know as a woman? Now you treat her sincerely. When she becomes rich in the future, will she forget you?"

Having said that, the woman next to him was just a woman after all, and Wang Shi still had to make the decisions on important matters at home, so she did not respond to Wang Shi any more.

Wang Shi also said to himself: "What's more, I think Dongying and Xiaoyanzi are a good match. I even want to marry Xiaoyanzi to him."

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she pointed at Wang Shi and said, "You are really good. You sent them food and packed up my daughter for them. Why don't you pack up my whole family for them?"

Wang Shi said impatiently, "You better get ready! Wang Wushuang and his family will come tomorrow, and they will bring their remaining wheat. We will prepare six bags of wheat and hand them over as taxes. We will then eat the rest until next year and plant again."

The woman immediately said with anger on her face: "I can ignore other things! I can't control it, but when it comes to my daughter's matter, can you please let me marry that loser?" In this woman's view, she had heard about Dongying as early as a few years ago when she married Wang Shi, and he has not achieved anything until now when he grew up, so she looked down on Dongying very much.

Wang Shi originally said this when he was quite angry. He did not take it seriously and then just acquiesced.

Early in the morning, as the red sun rose in the east, Dongying was woken up by his mother. His mother was inspecting the last bit of food at home, holding it tightly to her chest. Finally, the family of three walked towards Xiaoyanzi's home. As they walked on the road, Dongying looked back in the direction of home every step of the way.

Grandma stroked Dongying's head, but her brows were frowned, and she didn't know where the road ahead lay.

Wang Wushuang walked in front, holding tightly the bags of wheat that they had fought so hard to save that night. Not long after, their family finally arrived at Xiaoyanzi's house.

Seeing Xiaoyanzi welcoming him at the door, Dongying immediately went up to him and said, "Xiaoyanzi, we are here."

When Xiaoyanzi saw the person coming, she immediately shouted, "Hurry up, come here quickly, she has already prepared the food."

Xiaoyanzi strode happily behind her mother, father and Dongying and pushed them in.

After entering the room, Wang Shi was already preparing food. Then the woman next to him brought out the last dish, and the two families finished their meal together.

Wang Wushuang and Wang Shi started to discuss the matter. Finally, Wang Wushuang gave the last few bags of wheat to Uncle Wang, and Wang Shi also took out three bags of wheat from home. The two of them planned to go to Hua Town to pay taxes.

As they left, they looked at the wild pheasants beside the door, and planned to take the game that they had hunted with great difficulty in the mountains to Hua Town to see if they could sell it for some money.

Dongying felt indescribably sad when looking at the wild pheasant. His father had spent several days and nights in the mountains to catch this wild pheasant, and during this process, his father had not eaten for two days and two nights.

Just as they were about to leave, Wang Shi saw Dong Ying and Xiao Yan Zi and decided to let them go out and take a look. Then he said, "Let Dong Ying and Xiao Yan Zi go to Hua Town to take a look."

Hearing this, Dongying was originally quite happy, at least he could go out for a walk, but after thinking about it again, he was not so happy. In fact, only Xiaoyanzi beside him was particularly happy.

Afterwards, Wang Wushuang and Wang Shi took Dongying and Xiaoyanzi towards Huazhen.

After everyone left, the middle-aged woman revealed her true face and said unhappily, "You and your family are simply jinxes! It's not enough that you bring harm to your own people, but you also bring your bad luck to others."

Grandma frowned and lowered her head, because she knew that now that she was living under someone else's roof, whatever they said was right. Grandma did not respond.

After a long while, grandma said softly, "It's alright, I'll go down first." Then the woman next to her rolled her eyes and said, "How come it's alright? Didn't you see the leftover bowls there? Hurry up and wash them."

A-ma came silently to the table, collected all the bowls and put them in a wooden basin. Then she found that it was a bit difficult to even lift them up. But soon, A-ma adjusted herself and went to the downstream of Tao River to wash them. Maybe it was because there was no water here. Xiaoyanzi's home was dozens of miles away from Tao River.

Finally, Grandma cleaned and dried the bowls one by one. He walked from the downstream to the middle stream and returned to Xiaoyanzi's home.

Just got home, before I could put the bowl back, the woman next to me threw a big bucket over and said arrogantly: "There is no water at home, I don't want to move, please go and fetch some!"

Grandma didn't say anything, but silently picked up the shoulder pole and bucket and walked towards Tao River.

It is afternoon now, the residual temperature is particularly hot, and my mother's sweat keeps dripping into the bucket.

In the dark corner, stood a vicious woman, her eyes revealed ferocity and cruelty, her face was distorted, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth.

When the mother carried the water to the outside of Xiaoyanzi's house, Wang Shi's woman saw that the mother, who was so tired that she looked like a human, was dressed so shabbily, with stains all over her clothes and her shoes were badly worn out, but at least she had carried the water back.

Then she walked over, tasted the water with a sharp look in her eyes, and suddenly found that the water was salty. She was furious and said like she was lecturing a servant: "Can't you be more careful? Your sweat has fallen into the water. How can you drink it? How can you use it?" The anger in her heart burned even more vigorously.

This vicious woman was tall and muscular, giving people a sense of oppression. Her messy hair covered her eyes, making it impossible to see her expression. Her finger joints were thick and covered with calluses, which were the marks left by her long-term beating and scolding of others.

The woman angrily kicked the bucket of water to the ground, and at the same time, my mother fell to the ground with the bucket, and the water splashed on her. My mother was so tired that she was unrecognizable. She did not continue talking, but turned around and sat aside silently.

The woman immediately yelled in anger, "You are not good enough to do anything, but you are always bad! Your family is really unlucky! You are bringing disaster to others!"

Wang Shi, Xiaoyanzi, Dongying and Wang Wushuang finally arrived at Hua Town. They were carrying four bags of wheat and looked particularly dazzling as they walked on the road. Many envious glances came from the side. They all wondered how Wang Shi and his friends could keep the four bags of wheat.

The person who came to collect taxes at the place where Li family collected taxes was not the usual manager Li. Instead, the person who came to collect taxes on behalf of Li family was a young man. His clothes and hat were rather ornate and he wore better decorations.

The young man who collected taxes was particularly angry. He whipped those who had not paid the full tax to the ground, punched and kicked them continuously, and said angrily: "You people don't even have half of the tax, why are you still here to pay taxes." He whipped the old man in front of him who had not paid the full tax with a whip and a bamboo stick.

The people who were lining up to pay taxes held their wheat in their hands but dared not speak out. The young man on the seat cursed at the people below: "You guys don't work hard on farming, and now you can't even pay the taxes."

The old men and young men who were being beaten below were too scared to fight back. They knew that if they fought back, they would implicate their loved ones, and if they did not fight back, they would be beaten to death. But one death was better than a group of deaths, so they could only endure it silently.

Looking at the old man and the young boy who were beaten and covered with bruises in the distance, Dongying and Xiaoyanzi also felt the cruelty from the boy. Normally, they would feel sorry even when they saw small animals being abused, let alone the fact that the targets this time were humans.

Dongying and Xiaoyanzi said, "Dad? Dad! Why did they beat us? Yes! What right did they have to beat us?"

Wang Shi reacted quickly and said without hesitation: "Brother Wushuang, quickly shut up the two of them, especially you, Xiaoyanzi."

Wang Shi said in an upset manner: "You two! Stop causing trouble for us." Then Wang Wushuang and Wang Shi, carrying four bags of wheat, walked towards the tax collection site.