Chapter 679: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey
Jiang Fubao was afraid that Meng Bujiu's sentence was too light.
So she mentioned it again.
It can also be considered a disguised way of helping the Jiang Kang family to take revenge.
"Okay, I've got that. Go slow on your way back. If you have anything to say, come to me. Once he's sentenced, I'll send someone over right away and have him talk to you so you can feel better."
Meng Bujiu raised the corners of his mouth and chuckled, but his laughter was not as hearty as before, but rather a little weak.
His rosy lips turned a little pale.
As if the essence of his body had been sucked away by a demon, his clean-shaven beard had grown some new growth, and looked blue, but it still couldn't conceal his handsomeness.
On the contrary, it has a different flavor of being a weak young man.
"Okay, Brother Bujiu, you and Godfather should go and have a rest. Don't tire yourselves out. If you overwork yourself, it will affect your life span. I hope you can all be safe and live to be a hundred years old, okay?"
Jiang Fubao blinked his eyes and looked at Meng Bujiu with a pleading look.
She is really afraid that people around her will leave her.
Thinking of her grandfather's health, her eyes turned red.
She recently found an ancient book on health preservation and studied it thoroughly when she got home in the evening.
She must continue to keep her grandfather alive, not to mention anything else, but at least let him live for another seven or eight years.
Jiang Fubao thought to himself.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Go back soon. I'll see you off."
Meng Bujiu waved at her. He stood still and watched the Jiang and Kong families leave.
When the human figure disappeared, he turned and went in.
He is really too tired.
After returning home, Meng Bujiu lay down on the bed without taking off his clothes and fell asleep.
Meng Zhili was not much better off. He was old and not as healthy as his son.
He was snoring on the bed when Meng Bujiu was still at the door.
Since Kong Mingxue and his wife stayed at Jiang's house yesterday, they went back to Kong's house to stay for a day today.
But the two are still on the same route.
They did not take the carriage, but walked home together to digest their food.
"I didn't see Brother Mingxue just now, and I thought you were not in the restaurant. It turns out you were in the backyard." Jiang Fubao suddenly said.
"Your brother Mingxue was dragged to the backyard. He was so angry that he wanted to fight with the Zhou family this morning. Dad was worried that things would get out of hand and something bad would happen, so he asked the waiter to drag him away. If he had fought, not only would he not get any good results, but he might also be misunderstood and accused of bullying others by taking advantage of his power. In short, he must not fight, husband, you are too impulsive."
Jiang Wangyou misunderstood Jiang Fubao's meaning and thought that his sister was blaming her husband for not coming out to protect their family.
So she hurried to explain, and did not forget to remind Kong Ming to learn it.
"They are too much. They are just making trouble. They are yelling and cursing. They really deserve to be slapped in the face! Their mouths are full of feces. Pah! They are the ones who deserve to be beaten."
Kong Ming is very academic.
As a boy who has been a leader among children since childhood, he has never suffered such humiliation before.
When someone points their finger at your nose and scolds you, you can't talk back.
He was forcibly dragged to the backyard again. If he hadn't seen his son and wife in the shop, he would have definitely broken free from the waiter's restraints and beat up the Zhou family.
He was so upset.
"You are all fathers now, so you need to be more calm in the future. Sooner or later, I will hand over the food farm to you. Even though you look down on it, the food farm makes a lot of money. Otherwise, how could our family have such a big fortune? Can beating people solve the problem?
Learn from Fubao and seize the vital points of others right away. Otherwise, how can the Zhou family's affairs be resolved so quickly? Will they admit it? You have no hope of passing the imperial examination, but Dad is satisfied. At least you have passed the imperial examination, which is better than Dad. From now on, as long as you and your family of three are safe and sound, Dad will be satisfied."
Kong Yuanbao rolled his eyes at his son.
Then he insulted him, praised Jiang Fubao, and made a wish.
Thanks to Kong Mingxue, he didn't care about these things and doted on Jiang Fubao.
Otherwise he would have been jealous a long time ago.
"Yes, thanks to Fubao today, she recognized the Zhou family's trick at a glance. Fubao, when will you perform an autopsy? How come you know everything? And you are not afraid of corpses?
You are more powerful than my godmother. I didn’t dare to go out of the manor just now, for fear of getting too close. It was too scary. The lid of the old woman’s coffin was open. I got creepy after just one look. I’m afraid I’ll have a nightmare tonight.”
Thinking of the old woman's blue face, Wan Xian couldn't help shaking twice.
But her daughter, who was only in her early teens, dared to touch the corpse.
She admires him so much.
"They have so many loopholes that it's not hard to spot them. You know, every time they tell a lie, they have to tell countless lies to cover it up. With so many lies, can they guarantee that every lie they tell is flawless?
Damn it, just wait and see. With Brother Bujiu here, they can’t escape the ten-year prison sentence. Humph, people like this, to put it bluntly, deserve to die. Damn it, do you know what they did? Let me tell you…”
Jiang Fubao snorted coldly and told Wan Xian all the sins committed by the Zhou family.
The others also took it to heart.
"Oh, these people are so bad. No wonder they are a family. There is no good one in them. They are all bad. Crops are so important. As farmers, how could they not know that? From the moment they destroyed other people's crops, they were no longer worthy of being human beings. They were determined to kill others.
Thanks to the family you mentioned, they were able to go to Jiangjia Village, otherwise they would have starved to death. The taxes plus the annual expenses would really drive the whole family to death. Haven’t we seen enough of this in recent years? They are so evil, are they really evil-minded? I hope they will be severely punished.”
Wan Xian is the most righteous.
When she heard how bad the Zhou family was, she started cursing as well, just like Jiang Fubao.
Soon, the New Year was over.
The Zhou family was also sentenced.
Zhou Kui was the first to be sentenced to twelve years in prison, his five sons and grandsons were sentenced to eight years of forced labor, and the rest of the women, except Sun Xiaotao, were all beaten with ten strokes of the cane and imprisoned, and would not be released until five years later.
Logically speaking, the sentence in this case was indeed a bit harsh.
Who asked them to bully the Kong family? And Meng Bujiu wanted to warn others, so naturally he had to kill a chicken to scare the monkey.
After this news spread throughout Qixi County, the villagers of Zhoujia Village were in an uproar.
Every household even stewed meat to celebrate.
It's even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
"Great, that's great. The damn Zhou family finally got their comeuppance."
"Hahaha, five years, eight years, twelve years! By the time they can return to the village, I'm afraid their houses will have collapsed, and they'll have to spend money to repair them. Tsk tsk, they deserve it! It makes me feel better just to hear this. These evil people should have been treated like this long ago."
"Yes, once the house is not occupied, it will collapse quickly. By then, they will be old. Haha, I am afraid that hard times are coming. Have you heard that the old Wang's coffin was thrown into a mass grave by the officials? I don't know if she is buried. Anyway, we will not let this coffin in. It is unlucky."