rebirth of cataclysm

"Xiaochen, what did you say? Did I hear you correctly? You want to do business and you want me to help you rent a house?" In the evening, when his third uncle Hu Jianqiang came back from Fang'er Town, Hu Mingchen stopped him on the path.

.

When Hu Mingchen said he wanted to do business and wanted his help to negotiate renting a house, Hu Jianqiang's reaction was even greater than that of Hu Yandie.

"Third uncle, you heard me right, you have to help me no matter what." Hu Mingchen prayed.

The reason why I asked the third uncle for help was simply because the third uncle had always taken good care of their three siblings. Even after he got married, among several uncles and aunts, Hu Mingchen's family was closest to Hu Jianqiang's family and had the best relationship.

In Hu Mingchen's memory, during the Chinese New Year when he was a child, only his third uncle, who worked outside, would give his three siblings a few dollars of New Year's money. Therefore, when encountering difficulties, the first thing Hu Mingchen thought of was his third uncle, Hu Jianqiang.

"I can help you, but your parents can rest assured that you can do business? You are so young, what should you do if you are cheated? How much capital do you have? These are all problems. Doing business is not as simple as you think."

The third uncle took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff and asked continuously.

"What I make is gadgets that cost a few cents each, and the main customers are students. Who would cheat me? As for the capital, I only have about 40 yuan that my mother left us for living expenses."

"Second sister-in-law left you more than forty yuan? Isn't she at home? Why should she give you so much living expenses?" Hu Jianqiang asked doubtfully.

"Don't you know? My father had an accident over there in Jiuzhou and went to the hospital. My mother went there to take care of him."

"No one told me. Oh, if I had known earlier, your mother and I would have gone. Is your father seriously injured?"

"I don't know exactly what it is. It was the second eldest father from Sanjiazhai who came back to tell me. My mother has been there for a few days and there is no news. For this matter, my mother borrowed a lot of money.

, we owe debts everywhere, there is no way, we have to do something ourselves, so I came up with the idea of ​​​​making a business, waiting and relying are no longer possible." Hu Mingchen said.

"Here, I have ten dollars here, take it." Hu Jianqiang held the cigarette in his mouth, reached into his trouser pocket, took out ten dollars and handed it to Hu Mingchen.

"Uncle Third, I don't want your money. If you take it back, we still have money." Hu Mingchen argued that he didn't want it.

Hu Mingchen knew that Hu Jianqiang didn't get much salary as an apprentice. After a month, it would be good if he could keep smoking. Ten yuan might be all his belongings now.

"Just take it if I ask you to. Don't you still do business? All your living expenses are used for business. What will you three siblings eat? Take it." Hu Jianqiang forcibly stuffed the ten dollars into Hu Mingchen's pocket.

Old shirt pocket.

Hu Mingchen knew what his third uncle was like. He had stuffed it all in his pocket. If he took it out and gave it back to him, he would feel bad, so he simply accepted it. When he is able in the future, he can thank and repay him properly.

"Third uncle, have you promised to help me?"

"I don't know what you are doing, I don't understand, but I support your idea. I can't help you much in your family's situation. If you really want to do it, I will support your bet.

Once. It’s only about forty yuan. In addition to rent and car fare, I don’t know how much I can get for the goods you mentioned.” The third uncle supported it, but in his heart, he was worried.

"Take as much as you can. Waiting for good luck or relying on others is not the answer. If you die like a bird in the sky, you will not die for tens of millions of years. You are afraid of a bird. You have to rely on the sky and the earth. In the end, you have to rely on yourself."

Hu Jianqiang looked at Hu Mingchen as if he didn't know him. He didn't expect that Hu Mingchen was not only much more sensible, but could also say such things. He was not at all like the nephew he knew in the past.

"Uncle Third, I, my face is dirty? Why are you staring at me like this?"

"No, I haven't seen you for more than a week. Why do I feel like you have completely changed? You used to be lazy and playful." Hu Jianqiang shook his head and said.

"Third Uncle, isn't this such a big thing happening at home? How can I continue to mess around? People change, especially under the pressure of life. If I don't change, I'm afraid my family will collapse."

Hu Mingchen said emotionally, half truthfully and half falsely.

"Tomorrow afternoon I will go with you to that family's place. In the morning, your third eldest father's house on the other side of Qingshui River is hosting a banquet. I'm going to help."

There are two main branches of the Hu family in Duge Township. One is in Huangni Village and Sanjiazhai, and the other is in Qingshuihe. This is mainly due to the fact that during the liberation, Hu Erhua's uncle moved to Qingshuihe.

, there are branches and leaves there. The two villages are an hour's journey apart, but cousins ​​on both sides often travel back and forth.

"It's okay. It doesn't matter whether it's earlier or later. What kind of wine is his house hosting? My father is not at home. Should I go there?"

"He's moving to a new house and organizing a moving party. Don't go. You're a little kid and it won't be a big deal if you go there. I'll just help you and talk to him when the time comes. Okay, go back quickly. I'll be back tomorrow.

I'm calling you."

"Okay, thank you, uncle."

When they woke up early the next morning, Hu Mingchen's three siblings made breakfast, and Hu Mingchen mentioned money to his sister again.

"Xiaochen, I thought about it for half the night last night, and I'm still a little worried. You've never done business, how sure are you?" Hu Yandie carried the hoe and planned to take her sister to the field to weed the corn.

.

"Sister, I'm 90% sure, just believe me. I made an agreement with my third uncle yesterday, and he supports it. We can't continue to be timid, because timidity will never lead to anger." I thought it was just a matter of time.

After the evening, my sister would readily agree to cooperate, but unexpectedly, she showed signs of backing down, which made Hu Mingchen want to jump out of a hurry.

Hu Mingchen was ready, all he needed was this east wind. If Hu Yandie was stunned and refused, wouldn't Hu Mingchen be full of worries?

Hu Mingchen had to convince his sister to give up the money no matter what. On the road of life, he had no way out. If he didn't hurry up, once he was discouraged, it would be even more difficult to win Hu Yandie's cooperation.

"Third uncle supports?"

"Yeah, can't I still lie to you? If you don't believe it, you can ask him when he comes back from Qingshuihe. I don't need to lie to you. Well, he gave me ten yuan." Hu Mingchen didn't do it yesterday.

He gave the ten yuan given by Hu Jianqiang to his sister, and now in order to attract her to give more money, Hu Mingchen had no choice but to take it out.

From the beginning to the end, Hu Mingchen had no intention of taking the ten yuan for himself. Instead, he had made up his mind to invest the ten yuan into purchasing goods.

Failure or failure, Hu Mingchen is determined to go all out and go for a big fight.

"Okay, wait until the third uncle comes back, if he..."

"Sister, brother, listen, what's the sound?" Hu Yandie was interrupted by Hu Yujiao before she could finish her words.

Hu Mingchen and Hu Yandie held their breath and listened carefully, and they really heard the sound of the suona playing.

"Don't think about it, someone from another family must have died, and they came to the sacred tree in our property to pray for blessings." Hu Yandie asserted when she heard the sound of the suona.

There is a camphor tree in Hu Mingchen's house under the well. The tree is very tall, and two or three people holding hands may not be able to hug it. However, the tree has been struck by lightning more than once. The upper part is black and the trunk is open.

It has several petals, and the lower half is hollow. There are often some small animals that use the hollow tree hole as a temporary home. Despite this, every spring, this tree will still send out new buds and grow twigs.

I don’t know since when, this tree has been called a sacred tree by the locals. Its branches are always covered with dense red cloth strips, making it an important place for local prayers.

It is said that in the past, if a child of a certain family was crying at night, the adults would take the child to burn some incense and paper under the sacred tree, kowtow a few times and bow, and the child would stop crying. It was quite effective.

.

Later, after the death of an old man, some families began to ask their children to come under the tree to pray for blessings and worship. It seemed that they were telling the sacred tree about the death of their ancestors, hoping that it could help their ancestors in heaven.

To attain enlightenment and become an immortal, then to protect the descendants of the descendants, and to have good luck and longevity.

Even though this tree has become a bit old in recent years, its status as a sacred tree still remains.

However, this so-called sacred tree did not bring much help to the Hu family. The Hu family was still poor and unlucky. On the contrary, this tree in turn caused a lot of trouble.

.

If other people just bring their children to pray for good behavior and safety, then it would be better. The most troublesome thing is for families with deceased elderly people to come.

After hammering and hammering for a long time, it was noisy and annoying. The group of people who came had to walk through Hu Mingchen's family's land. A large part of the land was trampled so hard that it was impossible to plant any seeds. In addition,

They also burn a lot of incense and paper, creating a foul smoky atmosphere, and accidentally ignite the surrounding weeds and crops.

In Hu Mingchen's memory, in order to avoid these troubles, the sacred tree was cut down after he entered junior high school. Since there is no sacred tree, believers naturally stop coming and instead seek various other ways of praying and worshiping.

Now that the sacred tree is still there, people will inevitably come to make noise from time to time.

"Sister, why don't we go and see which one is dancing under the sacred tree?" Hu Yujiao suggested happily.

As children, they just like to watch the excitement, so there is nothing wrong with that.

"Is there anything interesting to see? It happens many times a year. It's not like I haven't seen it before. It's just like that. It's not interesting." Hu Yandie has no interest in watching people dancing under the sacred tree in their own land.

Hu Mingchen, who was standing next to him, had an expressionless face and said nothing. On the surface, he seemed to be uninterested.

In fact, Hu Mingchen is not only interested, but also very, very interested.

His mind was currently spinning around that sacred tree.

Hu Mingchen's family is facing huge difficulties now, so Hu Mingchen thought, could he do something about the sacred tree?