Chapter 1995: Fate Brings Us Together (5)

After being reminded by Uncle Mu, Niuqiu regretted his words and hurriedly said: "There is a free school in our village now. Children don't have to go to other towns to study, and don't have to worry about not being able to pay tuition..."

I didn't avoid the matter of my uncle's family. I asked Niuqiu frankly: "How is my eldest house now? Where do you live now?"

When Niuqiu heard me ask this, he hurriedly looked back at Uncle Mu and the clan leader. Seeing that they nodded, he turned back and said to me: "Wen'er, your grandparents died a long time ago. Your uncle went crazy more than ten years ago. Last year, he accidentally beat your aunt to death. When the river melted this spring, your uncle fell into the river and drowned. Now there are only your two cousins ​​left in the family. However, they are both in poor health and can't do farm work. They have been relying on the help of villagers for these years. They are very poor!"

Hearing that their family got what they deserved, I no longer bothered about the crimes they committed against us in the past. Although Mu Chongcai and Mu Chongfu are still alive, they are just alive. It is not worth it for me to do anything to them.

Uncle San warmly invited me to visit his home. Coincidentally, I hadn't eaten yet, so I readily agreed.

When I arrived at Uncle San's house, Aunt San came out to greet me. She didn't recognize me. After Uncle San introduced her, Aunt San cried excitedly and talked about many embarrassing things that happened when we were young...

A girl in her teens was hiding in the house timidly. Uncle San called her out and asked her to come and meet me and call me uncle.

This girl is Mu Xijie'er, the daughter of Sister Cailian. Sister Cailian died of hemorrhage when she gave birth to her.

After Sister Cailian died, Ji Wanfu and his son took away all the property of Uncle San's family and ran away. Xijie'er was raised by Uncle San and Aunt San. Now she has been betrothed to the son of Brother Jiujin, who runs a restaurant in the town. They will get married in two years.

Because of my arrival, the villagers were afraid that Uncle San's family would not have food to entertain guests, so many people took the initiative to send chickens, ducks, eggs, vegetables and other things, and several women came to help Aunt San clean up.

The clan leader and Uncle San sat in the main hall to chat with me, and some clan elders from the same family also came and sat there to ask me questions. While talking, I accidentally heard that they were going to hold a clan meeting tonight. I asked and found out that since the imperial edict was uploaded a few months ago, for the Queen's Thousand Years Festival, the people of Mujia Village were exempted from the heavy taxes for the whole year. Everyone knew that the current Queen was really the eldest daughter of a scholar. When Mu Lao San mentioned it before, no one was willing to believe it.

The village had a queen, which was a great event. The people of Mujia Village were very proud, and Mujia Village naturally became a phoenix nest.

The clan leader thought that since the village was a phoenix nest, it should not be managed like other villages, so he called all the men from each family together to discuss it. Finally, everyone decided to implement a communist system in the clan where everyone had fields to cultivate, food to eat, money to use, and clothes to wear. Every once in a while, everyone would be given rice, vegetables, and money to show that it was different from other villages.

I happened to be free, so I had the idea of ​​going to see the clan meeting. After dinner, I went to the ancestral hall at the west end of the village with the clan elders.

When I arrived at the ancestral hall, I saw long benches with long tables inside, and clan members sat neatly. Clan meetings usually involve representatives from each family, and some families are all present. Every time everyone discusses and puts forward many opinions.

Everyone sat up straight, and the village wives poured tea for everyone. In a corner of the ancestral hall, there were bags of rice, bundles of green vegetables, and baskets of eggs.