Chapter 1926 Calm Down
Patriarch Xia was really furious. In front of the county magistrate and the Zhou family, with so many neighbors gathered outside, the Xia Yi family threw a tantrum.
Although he had seen them act up when he was in the village, that was in the village, and many people did this kind of thing. No one would say anything shameful, and no one would feel ashamed.
But this is the county town, in front of County Magistrate Zhai!
Wulang and Qilang will have to meet County Magistrate Zhai when they take the provincial school entrance examination in the future.
Chief Xia was so angry that his nose was about to smoke, but the Zhou family didn't feel anything. Even Manbao, Baishan and Bai Erlang were either sitting or standing. Apart from her howling at the beginning, they were not frightened.
After all, although things like what happened in Qili Village are rare, they have happened before.
The three little ones were like this, not to mention old Zhou who was a big troublemaker when he was young. Qian just raised her eyelids and glanced at Xia Yiji who was still crying on the ground.
Magistrate Zhai, though initially startled, eventually calmed down. Seeing her howling uncontrollably, he turned and asked Zhou Man, "Master Zhou, what do you want to do?"
Manbao sighed and said with regret: "I see that my aunt is very excited now. Why not let her calm down."
County Magistrate Zhai was just about to ask how to calm her down when he saw Zhou Man staring at the yamen runners he brought with him.
County Magistrate Zhai was silent for a moment. He really wanted to ask her, "Are you serious?" However, he couldn't ask in public. He stared at her for a while, and when he saw her look at the yamen runner, then turn her head and nod slightly at him, he knew she was serious.
Magistrate Zhai had no choice but to shout at Xia Yijia, who was still slapping his legs and crying on the ground, "Silence! If you continue to act like a tyrant, don't blame me for using torture."
Upon hearing this, Xia Yijia fell to the ground and rolled around, crying out in grief: "This is terrible, this is terrible, the officials are protecting each other and bullying people—"
Magistrate Zhai couldn't help but feel the veins on his forehead twitch. He turned to the waiting yamen runners and said, "She's spreading rumors without any basis and causing trouble. Arrest her and let her cool down in jail for two days."
The yamen runners immediately rushed forward like wolves and tigers. Two of them held down the man's hands and were about to tie him up. Xia Yijia was terrified and immediately struggled violently. She wanted to make a scene, but she didn't want to go to jail.
She struggled so hard that the two yamen runners couldn't control her and almost let her escape. Seeing this, the other yamen runners rushed forward to help. The legal advisor saw her screaming, the sound shook the whole city, but the yamen runners didn't do anything, just held her hands and feet...
He glanced at Magistrate Zhai, whose face was ashen, and could not help but order, "Quickly shut her mouth."
For a moment, the yamen runners couldn't find any cloth to gag her mouth, so one of them took off his shoes, pulled off his socks, and stuffed a ball of cloth into her mouth.
Manbao's eyes widened suddenly, and Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were so shocked that they both leaned back and took two steps back in fear - it was too scary!
Seeing his wife being taken away and about to leave, Xia Yi finally stopped standing there in a daze and rushed forward to stop her. Seeing that he couldn't stop her, he knelt before Magistrate Zhai and admitted his fault with tears and snot, "Please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me. I don't know anything. I will teach her a lesson. I will teach her a lesson right now."
After saying that, he turned around and swung his arm to hit his wife. Manbao and Baishan Bai Erlang couldn't help but frown. Daji, who was standing nearby, reached out and grabbed his hand and pushed him back.
County Magistrate Zhai was also a little angry. He slammed the table and said, "How dare you! Who do you think this government office is? Who do you think I am?"
He glared at Chief Xia, narrowed his eyes, and asked, "If Chief Xia is unable to control his people, I wouldn't mind helping you to control them a little."
Clan leader Xia took a deep breath, then pointed at Xia Yi with a trembling finger and said, "If you and your wife don't calm down and talk properly, you'll be kicked out of the clan. Don't forget what I just said to you outside!"
Seeing the look of Chief Xia gritting his teeth, Xia Yi couldn't help but shrink his neck.
He was afraid of Magistrate Zhai, but actually he was more afraid of Clan Leader Xia. If he was expelled from the clan...
Xia Yi's knees went weak and he fell to the ground, holding his head and crying in sadness and anger, but this was his home, his home.
Manbao frowned and couldn't help asking Chief Xia, "His family's house is gone?"
Chief Xia immediately said, "Of course they are. Every year during the New Year they occasionally return to the village to stay for a while."
It just hasn't been repaired for many years and is very dilapidated.
Manbao didn't understand this, but Old Zhou did. He curled his lips and whispered to Manbao, "I guess they think their family is in the city, so the house in the village is abandoned."
Old Zhou remembered something and said to her, "I'll have to write a letter to your second brother and his family later. Although we're not at home, we still need to clean our rooms from time to time to prevent them from getting damaged."
Manbao looked confused. How could a house made of stone break down?
The father and daughter exchanged a few words in private, and Manbao said to Chief Xia, "It's not that difficult. The young men in the tribe can help, and if everyone helps, the house will be fixed."
Chief Xia: ...Where is the wages?
Where do the repair materials come from?
Manbao doesn't think these are problems. Her brothers help some families in the village repair their houses every one or two years.
They all helped for free. They prepared the thatch themselves, and the young and strong people in the village helped to repair some walls and roofs. Basically, they didn't ask for any wages, and they only had one meal.
She judged others by herself and felt that Xia was the same.
Zhou Man then looked down at Xia Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, and comforted him, "Uncle Yi, our bloodline is the closest. We have been grateful for your help in looking after the house all these years. How about this: tomorrow when you want to renovate the house, let us know and we will all go and help you."
"I've already made an agreement with the clan leader to give you a portion of the land left by my grandfather as a token of my gratitude for all these years."
Xia Yi was stunned. It was obviously the first time he heard about this. He looked up at Patriarch Xia.
Patriarch Xia said expressionlessly, "I'll discuss this with the Fifth Branch later and ask them to vacate the land they're currently cultivating for you."
Although Xia Yi calmed down and Xia Yi's family was also forced to be quiet, County Magistrate Zhai still did not intend to let Xia Yi's family go. Otherwise, if he changed what he had just said, it would seem that he was too fickle. So Xia Yi's family was still locked up in jail for two days to calm down.
Xia Yi didn't even think about worrying about the house. She was afraid that she would never be able to get out after being locked up, so she cried all the way to the prison gate with her child.
Even Chief Xia and the elders couldn't stop them.
Manbao didn't move and just sat in the main room waiting for Xia Yi to come back. While waiting for someone, he took a careful walk around the two courtyards in front and back.
In addition to the kitchen, there is also a small vegetable garden in the backyard, where some green onions and side dishes are planted. Manbao walked around the backyard and then pushed open the half-closed back door. As soon as he pushed it open, he found that it was another alley. This alley had only this one door. Not far away was a street. Standing here, he could hear the hustle and bustle over there.
"After Ascension from Modern Times" is on the shelves today. Book friends who have not finished reading "The Daily Life of the Rich Second Generation's Cultivation of Immortality" and want to read it can pay attention to it. Others can just forget about it for now.
Because it is a side update, the update volume is not very large (as long as it does not have four hands and two heads, wait for me to evolve it)
The next chapter will be around 6 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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