Chapter 1937: Diarrhea (March Monthly Ticket Plus 6)
Xia Yi no longer listened to her and ran towards the village with his wife. Because they ran too fast, they fell down. Manbao, who was running far away, could hear the sound and felt a sharp pain in his knees.
She hummed twice, turned her head back from the window and said to Bai Shan, "Tomorrow, have the guards go and ask Chief Xia to collect the previous rent, as well as the rent from Chief Xu. Let Chief Xia collect it. He 'rented' the land, so he should be the one to collect it."
I occupied her land, but I couldn't even do the simple task of paying respects to her ancestors. Humph!
Bai Shan smiled and nodded, liking the way she looked angry.
Xia Yi lost all his shoes when he ran back home and saw a group of people sitting in his yard. There were a lot of broken thatch piled against the wall. Although the whole house was still khaki, he could tell the difference at a glance. The thatch on the roof was much cleaner and tidier, and it was obvious that it was newly replaced.
The young men were drinking water with their bowls, taking a break and bragging. When they saw Xia Yi coming back, they all called out to him, "Uncle Yi, you're back. Look at what we did for you. It looks great, doesn't it?"
Xia Yi turned around on the spot with trembling lips and asked tremblingly, "Where is my furniture? Where are the things I brought back from the city?"
"It's in the house," the young men continued to show off, "We've fixed it for you."
Xia Yili ignored them and rushed into the house. He looked in all three rooms and found that everything in the house had been replaced. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning and immediately started looking through the boxes. When he saw the box he was looking for, he immediately reached in and felt around...
He took out a cloth bag from inside and was slightly relieved to see that the money was still inside, but he was still furious. He stuffed the money in and rushed out, bumping into the young man who followed him in curiously.
The curiosity and smiles on the faces of the young men disappeared at this moment. The leader grabbed Xia Yi and shouted, "Uncle Yi, what do you mean? Do you suspect me of stealing something?"
Xia Yi shook off their hands, "I can't tell you, where's Dalang, Dalang——"
Xia Dalang heard the noise and ran back from outside, his face covered in mud, and asked in surprise, "Dad, you're back. Where's Mom?"
Xia Dalang rushed over to grab him, and slapped him on the buttocks with his big hand, not sparing any strength. The slapping sounded loud. His face flushed red, and he roared angrily: "I asked you to watch over the house, and what do you think? Who told you to let outsiders touch our things, huh?"
He cursed while swinging his arms vigorously. In the time it took him to say a word, he slapped him seven or eight times. The young men were stunned for a moment, then reacted and rushed forward to hold him back. "Uncle Yi, what are you doing? Isn't it good that Dalang helped clean up the house today?"
"That's right, and you just checked, your money isn't lost!" The young man sneered, "Besides, we wouldn't steal money even if we were short of money, not to mention that Aunt Xin's cousin is still here. Would we steal money in front of the officials?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned Zhou Man. As soon as he did, Xia Yi became even angrier. However, he couldn't argue with the young man, so he turned around and grabbed Xia Dalang, whose eyes were red, and continued to beat him. "I told you not to be disobedient, I told you not to be disobedient. When I left, didn't I tell you to look after the house, take care of your brothers and sisters, and don't let anyone touch anything in the house..."
"Uncle Yi, what are you doing..."
Seeing him getting more and more ferocious, the young men couldn't help but try to stop him, "You'll hurt him like this..."
"You can't hit a child, right?"
"So we're helping the wrong people? Just tell us earlier, brothers! Let's tear off the roofs and take the thatch from everyone's houses back..."
Amidst the commotion, Xia Yi's family, who had fallen behind and was out of breath, finally arrived. As soon as she came back, she saw Xia Yi beating her son. She immediately became unhappy and pushed him away, "Why are you beating the child? If he's hurt, why are you going to pay for the medicine?"
Pulling them apart, Xia Yijia wiped Xia Dalang's face with her hand, wiped away his tears, and drove him away, "Take your brother and sister back to the kitchen, I'll tell your father..."
Xia Dalang limped to pull his younger brothers and sisters who were huddled aside back to the kitchen. In the yard, Xia Yi started arguing with the young men of the clan.
Xia Erlang was terrified and asked in a trembling voice, "Brother, are you hurt?"
Xia Dalang wiped his tears and shook his head.
Xia Xiaomei asked, "Brother, should we return the money to our parents?"
Xia Dalang gritted his teeth and said, "No, no one of you should tell them that we have money."
Xia Erlang and Xia Xiaomei were basically played by Xia Dalang. The two nodded without thinking and decided to listen to their eldest brother.
Xia Dalang was no longer a child, and naturally he was past the age where his parents' words were accepted. He turned his head to look outside and saw his parents scolding and driving away everyone sitting in the yard. He said with red eyes, "Dad, this is not right. Let's go out and apologize to them tomorrow."
Xia Erlang was puzzled, "Why?"
Xia Dalang didn't know why, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "They helped us, so we should thank them."
Manbao, who didn't know that Xia Dalang had been beaten, sat in the car and said to Bai Shan, "From now on, when he lies in bed, he will think, 'I installed this bed.' When he looks up at the roof, he will think, 'This roof was repaired by my eldest and fifth brothers.' When he sits down to eat, he will think, 'This was cleaned by the Zhou family.' I wonder if he can sleep well or eat well."
Xia Yi was indeed unable to sleep or eat. Looking at the big changes in his home, he didn't feel very happy. He wanted to throw his things out and move them back according to his own wishes, and it would be best if he could even replace the roof.
But his wife didn't have that much energy. Seeing him so noisy, she simply let him lose his temper, as long as he didn't smash things in the house.
"Why don't you smash the junk in the yard to cool down." The yard was filled with beds, tables and chairs from the previous home, all of which were dirty and rotten. The things in the house were moved back from the county town.
Seeing her accepting it well, Xia Yi was so angry that his nose was about to smoke. He shouted, "You still use the things they prepared? Aren't you disgusted?"
"It's not disgusting," Xia Yijia said, "Didn't Xin's family use this thing before? We didn't feel disgusted when we moved in, so why should we feel disgusted now that we've moved back in?"
Xia Yi: ...
He was so angry that he couldn't speak, "Then, how are they the same..."
"Why is it different? I think they've done a good job. Otherwise, the house would be so messy and dirty. How long would it take us to clean it up? The wheat in the fields is ready to be harvested, and the beans are almost done. These are all jobs. Are you still going to do your work in the city? We don't have time to clean up when we're working at home. What if these things are left outside and get damaged by the rain?"
Xia Yijia said, "If you ask me, they did a pretty good job. You can hate them if you want, but why did you offend the clan members so much just now?"
Xia Yi turned around and left, not wanting to listen to her anymore. Xia Yi's mother was tired and exhausted, and was too lazy to say anything more. She ordered her three children to cook and boil water for her to take a bath.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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