Chapter 55: Just One Kick
Huo family.
Old Mrs. Huo's voice was hoarse from crying, and she was now sitting on the ground weakly.
Didn't Zhongnian just go out and call a few people? Why did it take so long?
Yao rushed in, "Mother, Zhongnian brought someone here!"
"Hurry! Help me up!" Old Mrs. Huo got up hurriedly, and her two daughters-in-law helped her into the room on her left and right.
With a "click", the door closed.
Ye Yanlan reached out and tugged at her hair, then ran to Huo Zhongnian breathlessly, "My husband, this is terrible! Mother locked herself in the room and refused to open the door! What should I do? Mother is not going crazy!"
Huo Zhongnian stamped his feet and said, "Oh no! Mother has a very strong temper. Something might happen!"
The village head waved his hands calmly, "Don't worry, don't worry. I've known your mother for decades. She's just pretending to scare people! She wouldn't let you, her eldest son who's going to be an official, die? She can't bear it!"
Everyone echoed: "The village head is right, Zhongnian, your mother is not stupid, she cherishes her life very much!"
"That's right, even if your mother were hanging in front of me right now, I wouldn't believe she really hanged herself!"
Huo Zhongnian: "..."
Is this human language?
Ye Yanlan's eyes welled up with tears: "What you are talking about is the past! This time my mother is really heartbroken, she might do something stupid in the house right now!"
The village head glared at him and said, "Why don't you just go! What's the point of guarding us, the irrelevant ones?"
Huo Zhongnian and Ye had no choice but to jog all the way back home.
"Mom, get ready!"
When Huo Danian saw his brother coming back, he whispered the news to Old Lady Huo in the room.
Old Mrs. Huo stood on a bench, pulled the hemp rope loop on the beam, and checked the door latch again.
Well, the door wasn't bolted.
So, I put my head into the ring with confidence.
It's all done, just need to give it a push!
But no matter how long they waited, the group of spectators led by the village head just didn't come in.
"What are they doing? Why can't they walk just a few steps?" Huo Zhongnian was almost losing his patience.
"They... they are making a bet..." Yao, who was in charge of gathering information, stammered.
"Bet?" Huo Zhongnian thought he had misheard.
"Yes, they were betting on whether Mom really hanged herself or just pretended to hang herself. Everyone said she was faking it..."
Huo Zhongnian almost choked on his own saliva and vaguely felt that something was wrong: How did they know that his mother was going to hang herself?
But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. He didn't have time to think about it. He gritted his teeth and went back to find the village head. "Village head, something bad has happened! My mother's door won't open, and there's no sound from inside!"
The village headman was so angry that he shook his head, "Asshole! Is it your mother or mine? If the door can't be opened, can't you just chop it with an axe? I think you have a hard time passing the imperial examination with your pig brain!"
Huo Zhongnian: "..."
Forget it, I'll bear it.
The village head's tone calmed down a bit. "Zhongnian, your mother is always trying to commit suicide. It's not a big deal after all! As outsiders, it doesn't matter to us, but it's hard on you, your family. How about we work together to cure her bad habit?"
Huo Zhongnian was stunned: "What do you mean by this, Uncle Village Chief?"
The village head laughed and said, "You'll know soon!"
Huo Zhongnian only felt a figure flash in front of him, and Ye Buwei appeared.
His fingers shot out like the wind, quickly tapping two large acupoints on his body.
Huo Zhongnian's hands and feet suddenly felt numb and he couldn't use any strength at all.
He opened his mouth to question, but found that no sound came out of his throat.
The other members of the Huo family were crying and wailing in front of Old Mrs. Huo's door.
"Mom, don't do anything stupid! Open the door quickly, Mom!"
"Mom! Ever since Daya left, you haven't been able to eat or sleep well. How could Daya understand my feelings? Mom, you've suffered so much. If Daya still had a conscience, she should have come back!"
Suddenly, they saw a group of people silently surrounding Huo Zhongnian and walking in without making any sound. They stopped crying and were stunned.
Why does this scene look so weird?
"Snotty Dad, speak!" The head of the village made a gesture.
Daddy Snot came to the door of the wing room and said, "Mom, I'm Zhongnian! Come out and stop acting!"
That voice was almost exactly the same as Huo Zhongnian's!
Snotty Dad is an outsider in the village. He learned ventriloquism from someone when he was young, and not many people in the village know that he has this skill.
Huo Zhongnian was completely stunned, his eyes and face full of fear.
Why?
How come things turned out to be completely different from what he had planned?
Old Mrs. Huo's legs were numb from standing on the bench. Suddenly, she heard "Huo Zhongnian" telling her to stop. She was immediately shocked. "What's going on?! I've been performing for hours, my throat is splitting, and no one is coming? Is everyone in Heihe Village dead today?"
Huo Zhongnian was speechless, but the other members of the Huo family were able to speak, and they all rushed to speak out, "Mom, stop talking!"
"Shut up! Don't talk without any hesitation! Do you know how much suffering I have endured today? I am the only one who benefits from Daya's return, right? Why is it that an old woman like me has to work so hard? All of you can only stare at me, what have you done?
"I've worked so hard for nothing, and you can't even say anything? You useless idiots are just as heartless as those bastards in Heihe Village!"
Old Mrs. Huo stood on tiptoe, cursing, and stuck her head out of the ring. As a result, her foot slipped and the stool she was using was kicked away.
“Uh uh uh…”
Old Mrs. Huo's fate was strangled by the hemp rope, and she made the sound of a hen laying eggs.
But people outside don’t know!
The village head looked at Huo Zhongnian with a sullen expression, "Alright! I had good intentions and wanted to help you cure your mother, but I didn't expect that you and your whole family were in cahoots? I, an old man, rushed here before I even finished my shit for you, and yet you treat me like a monkey! Huo Zhongnian, you, the Huo family, have repeatedly provoked me. Do you really think that I, the village head, am a vegetarian?"
Huo Zhongnian's face was ashen, his lips trembling weakly. Ye Buwei reached out to untie his acupoints. He gasped for breath with an innocent look on his face. "Village head, this has nothing to do with me! They planned it, and I was kept in the dark and had no idea! How could I, Huo Zhongnian, a scholar, do such a wicked thing as deceiving my neighbors!"
If everyone hadn't heard it with their own ears before, they would have been fooled by his righteous appearance.
But now, I just think he is so hypocritical and really ridiculous!
The village head sneered and pointed at his nose, "Huo Zhongnian, Huo Zhongnian, you've really wasted your time reading the sages' books! If someone like you were to become an official, I'm afraid the first thing you'd do would be to deceive your superiors and subordinates and exploit the people in your community! You've really opened my eyes!"
Huo Zhongnian jumped up as if he had been deeply insulted. "Village Head! I have always respected you from the bottom of my heart! Why do you say such derogatory words to me?"
"Respect?" The village head looked at the villagers with disdainful expressions. "Calling me a fool is your fucking respect?!"
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