After finishing the farm work on the first day, her back ached, and she developed blisters on her hands. From the second day onwards, she feigned illness and refused to go to the fields. Her husband, Sun Zhilei, covered for her, and this is where the conflict arose. Her sister-in-law, Lü Xiaoting, and her brother-in-law, Chen Zheng, also refused to work in the fields and told their husbands to learn to shirk their responsibilities. The eldest son, Sun Zhixin, was relatively honest and worked diligently. The third son, Sun Zhimiao, however, seemed busy but didn't accomplish much. Seeing this situation...
Old Sun, Sun Shiguang, then threw a tantrum at home. Everyone started blaming each other, and the commotion attracted a crowd of onlookers.
"It's all those old fogies who insist on teaching everyone how to farm. What's the use of learning that? With this little bit of land, we could work ourselves to death and still not make ends meet. We're not the Yun family anymore, we can completely ignore them." The third brother, Sun Zhimiao, launched into a tirade of accusations.
"What did you say? Nobody told you to farm, you disrespectful brat. You're insulting your cousin." Hearing Sun Zhimiao's words, the Yun clan member next to him was very angry. "That's right, even my great-uncle didn't say anything." "If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. You can move out." Everyone started criticizing Sun Zhimiao.
"Bad people come from poor and remote places. What does our family's business have to do with you?" Chen Zheng was furious to see her husband being surrounded and criticized by so many people, so she jumped out to rebuke them. Sun Zhimiao was already feeling annoyed because of the elders he had insulted, but when he heard his wife's words, he realized that he was not wrong and that these people were just being nosy.
The public outrage sparked by the saying "poor mountains and bad waters breed unruly people" led many to point at Chen Zheng, saying, "Where in our village is there poverty, evil, and unruly people?"
"That's right, this place is so poor, so wicked, and there are so many troublemakers. You'd better leave quickly, lest you be assimilated by us one day and become troublemakers yourself."
Feeling humiliated by everyone's comments, Sun Zhimiao and his wife retorted angrily, "We're leaving now. Do you think we like staying here? My parents have already bought a house in the city, and we don't want to come here." After Chen Zheng finished speaking, he pulled Sun Zhimiao back to their room to pack their luggage. Neither of them saw that their father-in-law, Sun Shiguang, was trembling with anger.
It was Sun Shaofeng, who was standing next to his grandfather, who first noticed the situation. He quickly called his father, Sun Zhixin, and his second uncle, Sun Zhilei. Seeing the old man's condition, the people around him also became anxious. Some hurriedly dialed the emergency number, while others rushed to the village clinic to find the barefoot doctor and Yunnan medicine.
"Quickly disperse everyone, don't crowd around here." Upon arriving at the scene, the Yunnan medicine doctor found the area crowded with people and quickly dispersed them. He then instructed Sun Zhixin to lay the elderly man flat, took out silver needles from his medical kit, and pricked all ten fingers. He then told Sun Zhilei and his brother to squeeze out the blood forcefully. "This is a sign of a stroke. Don't be afraid of the pain, squeeze hard." As he spoke, he pricked the wounds a few more times.
Sun Zimiao, however, had already knelt before his father before the Yunnan medicine arrived, deeply blaming himself.
Yunnan Medicine stepped forward and kicked him, shouting, "What are you still kneeling there for? Quickly take off your father's shoes. Pinch his heels hard."
After some first aid, Old Sun regained consciousness before the ambulance arrived. Everyone quickly lifted him into the ambulance and rushed him to the hospital for treatment.
The medical skills of Yunnan medicine are passed down in families. They run a small clinic at the entrance of the village, where they can treat colds and fevers and provide simple first aid. For more serious illnesses or illnesses that they are unsure about, they will recommend that people go to the hospital for treatment.
Because of this incident, the village chief gathered everyone together again and said, "Everyone in Pinghe Village must learn to farm. If anyone has any objections or wants to reap the benefits without sowing, the village will not welcome them." The clans in Pinghe Village are relatively united, and with the suppression from their elders, many people, even if they have objections, dare not speak out at this time, for fear of accidentally upsetting their elders.
Fortunately, the emergency treatment was timely, and his condition did not worsen further. Sun Shiguang stayed in the hospital for a few days, receiving intravenous drips for several days, before being discharged.
The first thing I did after being discharged from the hospital was to find some of my cousins and the village chief. I called the whole family to sit in the courtyard.
"It's all my fault for not educating them properly, so they don't know how to respect the elderly and care for the young. I'm really sorry to my old brothers!" Sun Shiguang apologized for Sun Zhimiao's swearing yesterday.
“Uncles, it’s all because I have a foul mouth and don’t know how to speak properly. You can hit me if you want.” At this moment, Sun Zhimiao also stood up and apologized to the elders.
The second grandfather snatched the cane from the third grandfather's hand and struck Sun Zhimiao several times. "If you keep talking so recklessly, you'll become someone else's uncle next time." And so, the matter was dropped.
“Although you’ve all settled down and started your own families these past few years, I haven’t asked you to provide for me in any way. Even when you came back home, I didn’t ask you to pay for living expenses. Look at the mess you’ve made of this house while you’ve been here. You have your own little schemes, but you need to consider what time it is now. Don’t think I don’t know. You all think things will return to normal soon, that you’ll go back to work, and that you’re just passing through this house, so you don’t care about it.” Sun Shiguang exposed the family’s ugly secrets in front of everyone.
Hearing their father's words, the three brothers remained silent, heads bowed, lost in thought.
"Before, you all had your own careers, so naturally you looked down on this little bit of land at home. Now that the land has been taken back, I won't allow it to lie fallow. I'm going to redistribute the family property, including the land and the house, so that you won't have any disputes when I'm gone. From now on, you can all work separately. Once the land is divided, it's up to you whether you cultivate it or not, what you cultivate, or how you cultivate it. It's none of my business. I can still work now, so I'll keep a portion for myself to cultivate, and you won't have to support me. When I get too old to work, you brothers can share the burden."
The three brothers knew that if they worked together, they wouldn't be of one mind. They were all used to being in charge, and they figured that working separately would be better for everyone, so they all agreed.
In reality, dividing the family property simply meant dividing up several houses and land. The houses were built a few years ago. During the reconstruction, several areas were already designated, and each person simply lived in their own area. As for the land, it was also distributed equally.
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