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Chapter 176 Check

"How about it, have you inquired about it? Go to a few more houses, don't just listen to what one family has to say."

Lu Weimang sat in the study, looking at the yamen servant who came to report.

The complaining woman who suddenly appeared in the morning had gone back at this time, because Lu Weimang had already accepted her case, and said that she would consider it carefully for her and deal with it properly. Only then did the old woman calm down, and she returned home to wait for three days opening of the church.

After listening to the old woman's petition, Lu Weimang asked the yamen servant to investigate again. After a day passed, the yamen servant finally returned in the evening.

This case was not about murder or theft, and there were no hidden clues that needed to be investigated. It was just a simple and clear housework, so the yamen servant went down to visit for a day, and he reconstructed the whole story of Zhang's wife suing her son for being unfilial.

As the woman's married daughter said, the late old man Zhang was born in a big family. Because there were many brothers in the family, he grew up hungry when he was a child, so he was determined to get out of Zhangjia Village from a young age. Moved to live in town with the whole family.This family, of course, is his small family after he got married, not the home he was born in.

His birth family was not close to his family because of many brothers and parental bias.

For this dream, since he got married, he got up early at five o'clock every day, and was the first to go to the fields every day to take care of the crops and open up wasteland. Others were exhausted with three or four strong laborers serving five acres of land. Before it was completed, he was the only one who worked in the field with a hoe from morning till night.

With this hard work, he raised three children, and sent all three children to elementary schools in the village to enlighten the children.

In addition to working in the fields, he would go to various places to do coolies to earn money every winter when he was busy, leaving his wife and children at home.

This is about the character of old man Zhang. He is taciturn by nature, and he doesn’t talk much to his parents and brothers, and he never forces others to work as hard as he does. Therefore, since his wife married old man Zhang, every day Every day, he only needs to cook at home and take care of the children, which makes the villagers envious.

It is this kind of hard work day after day, and over the past few decades, old man Zhang has saved a "huge sum". People who go to the city to buy a house.

All of a sudden, Zhangjiacun was in an uproar.

Unbeknownst to him, old man Zhang's body had already been overdrawn year after year, and his lifespan was shortened, but he passed away after only one year in the city.

Because old man Zhang has a good reputation in the village and is a well-known hardworking man, his two sons married an educated woman early on.

You must know that even in Jincheng, there are not many women who are educated. It can be seen that everyone recognizes old man Zhang, and he married into the Zhang family as the daughter of a wealthy family.

Old man Zhang's daughter also married into a well-to-do family in Jincheng because of her lack of education.

The three sons and daughters got married and started their own businesses. Mr. Zhang also bought a house in the city and left the village with his wife and children to live in the city. This can be regarded as fulfilling his lifelong goal.It stands to reason that he left with a smile on his face.Unexpectedly, as soon as old man Zhang left, his wife and children under the halo of old man Zhang were exposed. The wife wanted to bury old man Zhang in a grand burial because she was grateful for her husband for decades, but the two sons of old man Zhang were not willing. With this money, they only lived with their mother and were not close to their father since they were young, so they just wanted to bury their father in a thin coffin.

The widow of the old man Zhang refused. After discussing and quarreling with the two sons to no avail, she asked the old man for help.The villagers only thought that once the old man left, he would only deal with his two sons in the future, and they would persuade the old woman to marry her husband and obey her son after her husband died. They told her to stop insisting and listen to her son. .

It's such a simple case, if the old woman and her son hadn't gotten up against each other, they wouldn't have handed the certificate to Lu Weimang.

"My lord, the former neighbors and relatives of the Zhang family have said that this family is kind and reasonable. It's just that the two sons are married separately and have been under the same roof for a long time. Therefore, at the funeral of old man Zhang, the two sons quarreled because of the conflicts accumulated over the years. The second child said that his parents took special care of the elder, and that he had been studying for a few more years. If he was not really talented, he would continue. He said that he used so much money from the family, and the two had separated at this time, and the boss should pay more money for his father's funeral. But the boss didn't think so, but felt that the two were both father and son, and the original family property The eldest son should take the lion's share, but the father made the decision before he passed away. The two sons shared the house and money equally and took care of their mother. Therefore, each of them should pay half of the funeral expenses. Therefore, one month after the old man passed away, the two quarreled several times, but they did not agree on the expenses. Whoever has more and who has less, in the end, the two of them unanimously decided to deal with it simply, and after the two brothers separated, the walls of their house were also built."

Speaking of this, the yamen servant was a little untimely excited, "My lord, do you know that these two brothers are really interesting in their work. The courtyard in the city faces south, and they built two walls in the courtyard, and divided the three north rooms into three parts. The room in the middle belongs to the old lady. If anyone takes care of the old lady for a month, the old lady will go to that house to go to the toilet. You said, they are like this, are they also extinct?"

The yamen servant joked about the separation of the two sons like gossip, but Lu Weimang couldn't laugh when he heard it.

The sorrows and joys of life are not connected, and what outsiders see is only gossip about the life and death of others.

A young man who has never been to school is determined to take his whole family out of the village facing the loess and back to the sky, and go to the city to seek a living.His life's dream finally came true before he died.

When such an admirable old man dies, the family members will make a fuss, and outsiders will just watch the fun.So what do people want in their whole life?What can be left?
Lu Weimang didn't know whether to applaud him or feel sorry for him.

"Go and bring old Zhangtou's two sons here."

Lu Weimang talked to the yamen servant in front of him.

The yamen servant looked a bit embarrassed, "My lord, the day we set for the court to settle the case is tomorrow. If you announce them today, they probably won't come."

The yamen servant paused, then continued, "Both of these two had read books for a few years when they were young, and they were able to read and write. Now they work as waiters in a grocery store. Among them, the boss of the Zhang family is valued by the shopkeeper because of his outstanding knowledge, and he wants to focus on training And when I went to find out about the situation with the two brothers of the Zhang family, they said that they had something to do every day, and they did not violate the law, so we have no right to summon them at will, and they will come naturally when the hall opens. "

Lu Weimang smiled, "Sure enough, I have read the book, and it is reasonable to deal with government servants."

The yamen servant nodded, "Yes, my lord. In the final analysis, this matter is a family matter, and it is not easy for our yamen to intervene. This old man's parents died early, and he and his brothers also have a cold relationship. No one will stand up for him. Old lady Zhang It is reasonable for a husband to obey his son, so from the plaintiff's point of view, no one can legitimately complain for him. Besides, if the old man is still there, he may choose to keep the funeral simple, after all, he has been thrifty all his life."

Lu Weimang nodded, and suddenly thought, "How did this old man die?"

The yamen servant was taken aback, "It seems to be suffering from a serious illness."

Lu Weimang asked, "How long has it been since you got sick and died?"

The yamen servant recalled the comments of the villagers, "I heard that it was half a month. He vomited blood as soon as he ate, and was sent to the hospital. The doctors said that he was exhausted and his life was not long. So he didn't do much treatment, so he stayed at home. Weakened and died."

Lu Weimang understood, "That is to say, he didn't die suddenly, so in the half month before his death, did he explain how to handle his funeral?"

The yamen servant thought about it again, and finally said, "Very few people know about this. Old man Zhang got a serious illness in the city, and the news spread to the village. Before his relatives and brothers had time to visit him, he had already left. .And his two sons go to work every day and don't want to stop easily, so they only ask for leave to go home to take care of the funeral after their father dies. So when he died, only his wife was by his side. Her wife said that when the old man died, he always Talking about the days when I was a child picking wheat ears with my parents in the fields, I wanted to bring old man Zhang back to the village and have a grand funeral. But his two sons said that his father’s heart and mind was going to the city all his life, so the funeral should be done in the city. handle."

Lu Weimang understood, "Okay, since the two sons of the Zhang family can't come, we can only decide tomorrow in court."

(End of this chapter)