This is clearly a warning to those who stir up trouble.
After ten lashes, Zhou Yue's back was bleeding, and Second Grandpa asked the villagers to carry him away and apply medicine.
It was Ye Xiu's turn. This was difficult to handle! Women were not allowed to lash people. In the past, there were ancestral halls where people could kneel.
Zhou wanted to know the dilemma faced by his great grandfather and his family, so he walked over to Ye Xiu and whispered in her ear, "Aunt, tell me, if I ask my great grandfather and his family now, that our three families take turns taking care of him and collecting his salary, will they agree?"
Ye Xiu turned and glared at her, "Don't go too far!"
"Who's wrong between us? You hurt the enemy a thousand times and yourself eight hundred times just to make me laugh. Do you think that when others laugh at me, they won't laugh at your stupidity? Don't they laugh at the entire Zhoujia Village?"
"I learned this from you. Don't you care about the Zhou family's reputation?"
"I was making a scene in the hospital, and people would only say the patient's surname was Zhou. You live here, and your every word and action represents Zhou Village. Others would say a woman in Zhou Village personally led him to find the person, and the entire Zhou family's reputation has been ruined by you. How do you think Great Grandpa and the others will punish you?"
Ye Xiu finally understood why his defense was useless when he was brought here. His uncle and the others ignored him, saying that it was just a minor fight and was of a different nature.
"I was wrong. I will never pick a fight with you again. Please ask your great-grandfather and the others for mercy."
I don't want to be punished by kneeling or being whipped. I can't stand either of them.
"Is this true?"
"real!"
"Alright! I'll trust you again. I have the ability to deal with you, but I'm too lazy to bother with you. Who knows you'll jump out on your own?"
After today, she believed that Xin Zhou thought this girl was no longer ordinary, mysterious and unfathomable.
"Thanks!"
How rare! I can still hear these words from my aunt.
"Thanks early, I have a condition."
Ye Xiu gritted her teeth and said, "You say."
"I'll come talk to you in the afternoon."
"good!"
Zhou wanted to go back to his second grandfather and said, "As for my aunt, please forgive her for once! She has also realized her mistakes. Later, I need her help with something."
The grandfathers exchanged glances and nodded, "Okay, forgive her this time, and don't do it again."
"good!"
Second Grandfather stood up and waved to the outside, "Everyone go back! You must learn from what happened today. If anyone commits the same offense again and refuses to obey, they will be removed from the family tree."
The villagers dispersed and went home to tell their wives and children not to stir up trouble again. This made the village elders angry, and they drew up the family tree. Do they still have any roots?
Zhou Xiang shook his head. The family tree at this time still had some binding force, but what about the future? Working everywhere, marrying across provinces, no need for burial. A small box and half a square meter of mountain land were all they could possess after death.
Who cares if you have a family tree? There are cemeteries everywhere. The power of the clan is slowly fading.
The yard was cleaned up, and the aunt-in-law and two other women began to set the table and serve the food.
Women, at all times, are more resilient than men.
There was only one table, and none of the uncles came.
Zhou Xiang slowly ate the real farm dishes. The same dishes were cooked with firewood, but the taste was different when they were cooked by the rural women.
None of the four old men drank any alcohol, and neither did Zhou Quan. Soon, all the dishes on the table were cleared away.
The tea from the local tea leaves came up, and the grandfather took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and said, "Think about the recent changes in your family. I have heard about it from your father, and I also understand that one person cannot support an entire village.
I know you've had a lot of contact and understand a lot outside. You can show our village a way out, get them busy, make money, have a goal in life, and less trouble. The children can also have more years of education, and slowly change the village's atmosphere."
Zhou Xiang didn't blame his father. The changes in his family couldn't be concealed. The changes in his family could be seen from the yard of the Water Conservancy Bureau alone.
"Let me think about it. We can discuss this matter tonight. I'm going to go around the village and the fields."
"Okay, I'll find someone to accompany you!"
"No need, isn't there someone here? Tiedan, come in."
"Fifth aunt, great-great-grandfather, second-great-grandfather, third-great-grandfather, fifth-great-grandfather."
Tiedan was discovered, so he had to go in and call everyone he knew.
Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Since you call my daughter Auntie, then you can call me Tenth Great Grandfather."
"Hello, Tenth Great Grandfather!"
"Okay! Here, use it to buy some candy!" Zhou Quan happily took out a two-yuan bill from his pocket.
Tiedan didn't dare to take it, and his father scolded him for the piece he had taken in the morning.
Zhou Xiang took it and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, "It's ready."
The great grandfather stroked his beard and said, "Tiedan is a good kid. I'll definitely ask his father to send him to school in a couple of years."
Second Grandpa nodded, "Yes, he is a sensible and sensible child."
Zhou wanted to stand up, "Then I'll ask Tiedan to take me out for a walk."
"Okay, go ahead!"
Tiedan's claws pulled Zhou Xiang's again, "I know where you're going."
"Go check out the fields, and then look around the village."
"Okay! I'll take you there."
As they walked and talked, the grandfather sighed, "Think about this child. When he is steady, he looks like a little adult. When he is lively, he can play with children of his age. It's great."
Zhou Quan grinned, "That's right. If you see her directing others to do things, she has the aura of a great leader. I'm completely driven around by her."
"Really? Tell me more about what she did. I think she has a spiritual acuity. Her brain is more sensitive than others."
Zhou Quan also knew that there were some things he could say and some things he couldn't say. His daughter had changed so much that if someone spread any bad rumors, his daughter would be ruined.
For example, we must never tell anyone about the night the thieves broke in, because the wooden warehouse and the dagger must not be seen in the light.
For example, she couldn't tell anyone about her tutoring Ling Ran. In fact, Zhou Quan didn't know anything about it. Ling Ran did it on purpose. Except for the time when he skipped a grade, there was a disconnect between the two. She had been making excuses afterwards.
For example, she has always been ahead of the curve in her studies, but we can’t say that the little girl has an extraordinary memory; it’s better not to expose this fact.
We cannot burden our little girl with the ancestral teachings, and they are no longer suitable for modern society.
Just ask the little girl to help find a way out for the village. My family has already left the village a long time ago and does not have much affection or responsibility for it.
He then selectively spoke a few words, and the four old men listened with great interest.
I sighed: If only it were a boy.
Zhou Quan looked up at the sky. If it was a boy, he would have been tied to the boat in Zhoujia Village by you. Fortunately, it was a girl.
Zhou thought of the corn husks on the green stalks in the farmland, which had just turned slightly yellow and were not yet ripe. The corn was small, and when the husks were peeled off, the kernels inside were not big either.
Looking around, almost all the fields are planted with corn.
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