Yoshida Mii

Chapter 164
Mrs. Li had almost rested at Lin's house. Hearing that Mr. Yan brought a group of people to Wenfeng Academy to arrest Song Bai, and the shop must not be empty, they went back to the town together.

After leaving the Lin family, the villagers who met along the way, as long as they were a little friendly, came forward to comfort them, and even those who hadn't spoken on weekdays gave a lot of comforting smiles.

"It's thanks to the three of your fathers this time." Li Shi held Qiuxia's hand and said, "If it wasn't for Quanzi and his father, Dongbao, a girl, would be at home, maybe..."

Aunt Qiuxia patted Li Shi, who was still in tears, and said, "What do the two families talk about? Who can ignore this matter today?"

Dong Bao nodded secretly when he heard this, and recalled the ten or so middle-aged men who came to help at home. The more important reason for being kind to neighbors on weekdays should be to be fair and comfortable.

The farmers' families are still very simple in their hearts, and there are always people who pull out their "hoes" to help when the road is uneven.

"We have to thank them very much." Dong Bao said, "After this matter is over, let's order a few tables from restaurants in the town, add some more dishes, buy some jars of good wine, and treat them to a meal .”

With these people around, Dongbao was unscathed, not to mention inviting them to dinner, she would be willing to let Mrs. Li spend all her family money, besides, people who give charcoal in a timely manner are very precious.Hearing what Dong Bao said, Mrs. Li nodded quickly, and added: "Our family will send another pack of brown sugar, plus a few catties of tofu and bean sprouts."

"Why are you all back?" Dong Bao laughed, "Aunt Gui Zhi and the others are the only ones in the shop, can it work?"

Zhang Xiuyu cast a reproachful glance at Dong Bao, then stretched out her finger and tapped Dong Bao's forehead, "You are a money addict! After all this happened, who of us has the heart to do business and make money? Baba ran away." I came back to see you, and you disgusted me! Aunt Guizhi and the others also came back to see, but I stopped them and asked them to support the shop. Don’t worry, you will have a penny!”

"That's right!" Aunt Qiuxia said with a smile, "If money is gone, you can earn it again. People can't do anything! Just now when Liu Sheng said something happened to your family, ouch, it scared us all. No, now My calf is still shaking!"

Dong Bao's eyes were a little red with a smile, and he felt that this life was really worth it. Although he came to a poor and backward place, what he got was a family affection that could not be compared with the sum of his previous lives.

"Go and urge the owner of the woodware shop later." Dong Bao said, "I'd better move there earlier, so I won't be in trouble all day long." There are Mr. Yan and Liang Zi in the town, and the Huang family just wants to make trouble. , also have to weigh whether she can afford to make trouble.

Mrs. Li sighed: "That's true." The house in Tagouji is really bad. I thought that the family would be separated and far away from the Song family. It's enough for everyone to respect each other. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. thing.Thinking back to the past, when I was in the Song family, I worked as a cow and a horse. When I divided the family, I would give it to the old couple of the Song family. I gave tofu and bean sprouts for nothing every day. I was sincere in exchange for my in-laws taking advantage of my absence to take someone to rob my home!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Li covered her face and began to cry, shaking her head with sobs and said: "I have never done anything to be sorry to them since I was married here..."

"Mother, don't feel bad, it's useless." Dong Bao took Li's hand and persuaded, "They don't think they did something wrong. Look at my grandma and think it's wrong to go to our house to rob money." Of course, it's not worth it to suffer for such a person. When we move to the town, there will be fewer days to see each other."

Dong Bao didn't finish what was in her heart, she seemed fine on the surface, but she couldn't get rid of the bad breath in her heart.It's intolerable for Song Bai to come up with such a conscience-stricken thing.In Dong Bao's view, this time he must not be simply let go. If necessary, she will go to the county government to beat the drums and complain. Song Baihuang and others must be punished and let them know what they can do and what they can't do. !Don't think about hitting their orphans and widows in the future.

The women couldn't walk as fast as the men, and Li's ankle was injured, so he walked even slower. When they arrived in the town, Mr. Yan had already brought Song Bai to the town.

The town is just a small courtyard with a few tile-roofed houses, and a plaque hangs at the gate, with the words "Town" written on it.Most of the time, the town is quiet and quiet, it is the place where Mr. Yan and others work, and the yamen servants rest and drink tea after patrolling the streets.

However, the town hall was very lively today. When Dong Bao and Li Shi entered, the courtyard was full of people, and it was very crowded.Da Shi and Zhang Qian stood at the door, and when they saw Dong Bao, they both heaved a sigh of relief at the same time, and hurried over to meet him.

"Are you okay?" Dashi asked quietly.

Dong Bao smiled, as if this sentence was the most asked question today, "I'm fine." Dong Bao stepped into Dashi's ear and said, "With Uncle Lin and the others blocking the door, nothing happened."

Entering the yard, Dongbao saw Song Bai, wearing a long blue cloth gown with wrinkles from being pulled, with a pale face, standing under the shade of a tree in the yard, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

And Mrs. Huang stood in front of Song Bai like an old hen guarding the cubs, chattering with the middle-aged men next to him who looked like wives, saying that it had nothing to do with Song Bai, and that it was all about Zhang Wan, the gangsters who were worried and kind. .

"Here we come!" A yamen servant who recognized Dong Bao saw the person at the gate of the courtyard and hurriedly said to Mr. Yan.

Master Yan nodded to the Li family, coughed, and cupped his hands at the masters first, and said: "Just now Zhang Wan and the others have identified that Song Bai, a student from your academy, faked an IOU, but in fact he deceived his parents and raped him. To rob the widow's wife, I want to take Song Bai to the county for a detailed interrogation by the county magistrate, what do you guys think?"

One of the masters cupped his hands, sighed, and looked at Song Bai with both disgust and hatred, and said: "I am ashamed to say that Song Bai is so rebellious, and I have neglected my duty. I have not fulfilled my duty as a teacher. Everything will be dealt with by Lord Yan, but please give everyone a justice."

"Master Chen, student, students are also being forced!" Song Bai's face paled in fright when he heard that the mountain chiefs were no longer going to protect him, and he shouted in panic, "It's Zhang Wan and the gang who threatened the students, the students It is really a last resort..."

Master Chen snorted, frowned and said: "You have the face to defend yourself! First, if you study hard in the academy, why do you recognize these hooligans who make trouble all day long? Second, even if you have thousands of reasons, Can you deceive your parents and plan for the money of your widowed sister-in-law and niece?”

Song Bai was scolded so much that his face was dripping with cold sweat, his hands and feet were weak, he just felt that his life was over, that he had no chance for any fame and fame, and since then there would be no future, so he couldn't help crying while dragging Mrs. Huang, "Mother, You kill me! I'm too alive to die, forget it!"

"This is impossible! My son, why can't you think about it!" Huang cried out. Although she didn't understand the matters of the imperial examination, she also knew that going to the court could do good things, even ordinary people would not If he is willing to go to court, his reputation will be bad once he goes to court, not to mention that Song Bai is still a scholar who is preparing to take the exam for scholar, if he goes to court and is convicted of a crime, Song Bai's life will be ruined!

Old man Song was also in a hurry, his hands were still tied behind his back with a rope, he immediately knelt down to several mountain chiefs, and began to kowtow to the ground, every time he kowtowed, his head made a "dong dong dong" on the bluestone board The sound made several mountain chiefs bend down immediately to help him up.

"Old man, why are you doing this?" Master Chen sighed.

Dong Bao watched silently from the side, watching Huang's heartbroken crying with Song Bai in his arms, watching old Song kneeling on the ground without dignity and kowtowing to his wives, while Song Bai's seventeen and eight-year-old People, in ancient times, had already reached the age of adulthood, but they had no responsibility after getting into trouble, and would only hide behind Huang's back and cry.

This scene is much like what she saw in high school. The school wanted to dissuade students who fought and made trouble and did not study hard. After the parents of the students came to the school, they apologized to the teacher, begged the teacher to forgive, and gave the child another chance.

It's just that what Song Bai committed was too serious, involving moral and legal aspects, and it can't be solved by pleading and apologizing.

Seeing old man Song kowtow to the mountain elders, Mrs. Huang seemed to have reacted suddenly, and rushed over to kowtow to Mrs. Chen and the others, crying, "Masters, please do me a favor, my third son is a good boy! He has been smart and promising since he was a child, and our family has counted on him! He was wronged in this matter. If something happened to him, our old couple would not be able to survive! My eldest daughter-in-law and the others are not outsiders, but My wife, I will go to their house to get money, it’s not a big deal, tell the officials and gentlemen, it’s nothing to do with my family..."

Mrs. Chen and the others looked at the old man Song and Mrs. Huang who couldn't stop kowtowing. Huang is not reasonable.

"You two old men, you'd better get up, we can't control this matter anymore." Master Chen finally just said, "Song Bai's crime of adultery has violated the laws of my Dasu court. Besides, he is young. , even if there is such a 'judgment', we can't be his teacher."

Huang yelled fiercely: "If you take my son away, we old couple will be crushed to death in your yamen! Tell people to see how you officials forced the common people to death!"

Mrs. Chen's ears hurt from Huang's sharp screams, so he looked at Mr. Yan.

Lord Yan thought for a while, even if he brought someone to the county to be convicted, not only the old man Song and his wife would hate Mrs. Li, but at that time, people who originally sympathized with Mrs. Li would point her out and sue her parents-in-law and younger uncle in order to vent their anger. Not necessarily a good thing for them.

(End of this chapter)