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My family has a distant relative who was rich before liberation. During the land reform, he was classified as a landlord. All the real estate and land belonged to the public, and all the property in the family were divided.
Two brothers in the family, the second one is working at home, and the eldest one is working outside. In addition to parents, there is also an old lady, who is the head of the family for major issues.
Before the cooperative, the boss suddenly died of an acute illness. After the cooperative, everyone was having a meal in the same pot, and the second wife began to complain. It is unfair to say that two children and the eldest wife are the eldest, and three mouths are half a labor force, which means that everyone is raising them, mother and son.
made a fuss again and again, and grandma said, "I am old and can't bite the cucumber anymore. I don't forget to say it. If you think it's unfair, just split up!"
The house was divided into two parts, and the eldest and second brother occupied one place in front and back houses. The family has three shares, and the parents-in-law and the old mother are one. The two of them each have one shares. With such a separation of family, it is obvious that the orphans and widows will have a hard time living. Grandma privately said to her son and daughter-in-law: "The eldest daughter-in-law raises grandchildren for us, we can't treat them badly."
The parents-in-law and grandma live in the opposite house on the south side of the house, and the second daughter-in-law lives in the north side of her family. In private, parents-in-law often helps the eldest daughter-in-law do some work, and after cooking, they will call their young grandchildren over to eat together.
After a long time, the second wife has an objection again, saying that the elderly are partial. She often rushes her two children to eat with her parents-in-law to get some mealtime.
Outside, the adults at home have to work honestly because of their high ingredients. When they get home, the second wife is like a firecracker, and they may explode in a while. No one dares to respond, and the family lives a life that is too frustrating.
Grandma is strong all her life, and the man leaves early. Although his ancestors have left a lot of family business, it is not easy for a woman to hold on with her two sons for so many years. Nowadays, life is getting worse and worse. When the old lady suddenly fell ill and died of an acute illness.
The old lady was buried in peace. After all the relatives and friends left, the second wife secretly asked her parents-in-law impatiently, "The old lady didn't leave any of the floating objects during the land reform?" Have you had an explanation before leaving? The in-laws were so scared that they quickly covered their mouths and refused to let her talk nonsense, saying that they must have not kept them! Do you dare to stay? If you keep it, you will cause trouble. Besides, your grandma is in a hurry to leave and has no time to say anything!
The second wife left in disbelief. After that, I often criticized the mulberry and said that I was the one who brought 37 to 46. With his words exposed, grandma must have something left in her hand. If I knew who had eaten a partial diet, I wouldn't be able to spare him.
The whole family was afraid that her words would be caused by outsiders to hear them. No matter how she scolded her, no one dared to take her back.
In the years of land contracting, the high and low composition in the village was not a big deal. At that time, my parents-in-law had already passed away. The second wife thought to herself, the three old men have sent them away. Are they really timid and afraid that nothing has been left, or have they secretly given it to the old people?
This time she scolded even more fiercely. Seeing that everyone was not in charge, she even went to the door to investigate and questioned her. The eldest daughter-in-law said, "It is true that I live in the opposite house with three old people, but I have never seen anything before. It is true. If you think you have a treasure, just search. We don't know the situation at that time. Who dares to hide something privately? Isn't that waiting to cause disaster?"
No matter how the eldest daughter-in-law defends her, the second daughter-in-law just doesn't believe it. She must have stock after she recognizes that she will be scolding people more and more frequently. Anyway, it's not the situation at that time of land reform. Even if others know that there is a private goods hidden at home, no one cares about it. Sometimes she even said that her sister-in-law was a widow at such a young age and had not thought of remarrying for so many years because the elderly kept her with their inventory.
After a while, the eldest son who has already started a family can't stand it, so he discussed with his mother and told him to change the house.You haven't had enough of her for half your life? Nothing is left behind, I am so angry every day. I don’t want to endure it if you can tolerate it. If you hadn't always blocked her, I would have beaten her up long ago!
The mother said, we live in three old houses, and the brigade will not give us new homestead land. The son said that the uncle next door's son is old and he has always been thinking about placing a place to build a house. We discussed with his family and gave him our old house and asked a brigade to approve new land. It should be fine to go with the brigade.
Things are done very smoothly. Next door is afraid that the new foundation will be too far away, so it is difficult for them to take care of each other if they live far away from their son. He said that he had given the old house a gift, so he would flip the cover together, and his son would be able to live in a wife.
The two families went to the brigade to negotiate together, and the old son also talked about the difficulties of living in an old house. The brigade's managers were all clan relatives. After knowing their family's situation, they agreed to their request.
After the new homestead was approved, the uncle next to the house said there was no hurry and I will talk about it when your new house is built.
A new house has been tossing for more than a year, and finally I can move to a new house. The whole family is so happy. On the day of moving, the second wife and her daughter-in-law walked in and out and found nothing to say. Although the eldest and his family didn't give them a good look, they looked indifferent and their eyes were searching everywhere.
The eldest daughter-in-law knew the sister-in-law’s mind and deliberately took out all the things in the boxes and cabinets before moving. Then move out the empty boxes and cabinets, put them into the boxes one by one in front of my second son's house, and then use hand tractor to pull them to the new house.
stared at me for a day, but I didn't see anything wrong, and my second wife was still half-believing and half-doubted. But she really couldn't find any evidence, so she was a little depressed.
The one who bought a house next door was not willing to build a house back then. The original owner's old house was a tiled house, which was warm in winter and cool in summer. In the past, people who lived in such a house in the village were all wealthy families. The thick rafters and large purlins have exquisite wood carvings on the windows and doors, and beautiful grinding brick carvings on the gray brick walls under the eaves. He really couldn't get down and destroyed this old house, which was both solid and beautiful.
A few years later, a cement building called Beijing flat began to become popular in the village. Wood purlin rafters and houses are no longer popular. When girls look for their husband’s house, they want Beijing flat, just like they want buildings now. For the sake of your son, parents must do their best and follow the wishes of young people.
The uncle next door planned to demolish the tile house he bought first. In order to save money, he asked someone to demolish the floor part and prepare the father and son to clean up the foundation part by themselves. The original house has a 6-meter-wide body, while the new house is popular with a 8-and-a-half-meter-long body. They have to expand southwards for two-and-a-half-meter-long body.
Just when they had not cleared the foundation, something came out, saying that they had dug up a jar of silver dollars under the foundation.
This statement not only spread in the village, but also in the surrounding villages, with details that are both nose-and-eye. It was said that it was the third day when the father and son cleaned the foundation. It was raining lightly, and someone saw them with their own eyes carry a jar to their home.
The jar is not too big, wrapped in a lot of mud, obviously just dug out from under the ground. Judging from their strength in holding the jar, it should be quite heavy. It must be a valuable thing. Some people directly say it should be a big money (silver dollar).
The words were passed around, and the sister-in-law naturally knew it. The second family immediately asked someone to ask, but they were choked and said, "Don't say that nothing was dug, it doesn't matter to you if you dig something, right?" The second wife was speechless when she was choked and refused to recognize her. She didn't see the real thing and had no evidence, so she could only leave in disappointment.
When the old son heard about this, he regretted and hated him. I regretted that I proposed to sell the house, and I hated my grandparents and the old lady. On the surface, I felt sorry for theirs, but I brought such a big secret into the coffin, which made my mother suffer for so many years.
or his mother has the determination, she said to her son: "No matter whether this matter is true or false, it has nothing to do with us.As the old saying goes, wealth is found for someone with destiny! We have lived in that house for so many years and don’t know anything about it, which means that this money has no fate with us! "
She also told her son a story, saying that there were two people in ancient times, passing by the same place one by one. The former saw a small puddle in the middle of the road, and stepped over and walked over. The latter followed him closely, but saw a bunch of small silver turtles there. Isn't this just one has a life and the other has no life?
She said: "It's said that people have dug up something, who saw it? No one came out to prove it. No matter whether it is true or false, we don’t have to ask, just take this as nothing, and we won’t be distracted from the feeling. Even if this thing really comes to our hands, it may be a good thing. Think about it, if we can, does not have an airtight wall . Your second aunt will spare us if she finds out? Maybe a disaster will come! "
The incident has been decades, and both sisters-in-law have passed away. The information about the treasure dug out is still unknown, and the one who bought the house has not been exposed. But the villagers believe that this matter is true and said that it must be the old lady who secretly buried the money with her son. As for why she didn't tell the younger generation, she couldn't guess what was said there.
This incident caused the two sisters-in-law to stay calm for half their lives, and the eldest daughter-in-law was angry for half their lives. The second daughter-in-law had been making trouble for decades, and in the end she was in vain. The old saying goes: "Money is touching! "It is really uncommon to hurt family harmony for money.
