Chapter 152 Registration
Because the village chief's house had burned down, the job recruitment was arranged at the Gu family's house. As a result, the Gu family's house was bustling with people coming and going these past two days.
Some families brought eggs and hoped to hire one or two more people.
Someone came to her with a flattering face and asked if her mother's side had a capable nephew who could come over?
Second uncle rejected them all with a cold face.
"No, the quota is fixed at one company per year and cannot be changed. Besides, this is just a preliminary list. If you don't do well in the first month and can't pass the probation period, you will never be hired."
"No, let alone your family. Look, has anyone come from my wife's family? This is a big event in Taohua Village. Anyone who dares to tell anyone will be expelled from the village."
"No, really not!"
After talking so much like this, the villagers no longer mentioned these irrelevant things.
However, everyone has a new opinion of the second uncle.
This Gu Huangmo turned out to be a pig pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He looked honest before, but now he is so arrogant after becoming a small manager. How dare he not give face to them, the elders!
But they dared not speak out, for their niece was so capable that she could set up a school or a workshop at will.
If they make people angry, they will just leave and do nothing about it, and they will be the ones who suffer.
In the afternoon, Gu Zhigeng and Gu Bailu did not go to school, but helped their second uncle write his name at home.
By the time we finished all these things, it was almost dark. Everyone left Gu's house and headed back to their own homes.
At this time, a man who looked like a yamen runner was seen walking towards the village chief's house.
Those who were curious quickly followed.
The village chief's house had been burned down and was uninhabitable, so they temporarily lived in their neighbor's house.
Fortunately, his eldest son and his family are in the county town, otherwise they would have nowhere to live at this time.
The village chief often went to the county government office to do business, and the yamen runner also knew him.
When I met him, I directly told him the purpose of my visit. "Village Chief Gu, County Magistrate Wang asked me to tell you that Li Ergou has been arrested. The case will be heard in the county court at noon in three days. As the victim, you will be present to identify him. Don't forget."
The village chief was so happy that he bowed repeatedly. "Thank you very much, Chen Yayi, for making this trip. It's been a long journey. If you don't mind, please come in and have some tea."
Chen Han waved his hand. "No, it's getting late, and I need to get back to the county town, so I won't stay. Village Chief Gu, please remember to show up in three days."
After saying that, he was about to leave.
The village chief quickly took the ten copper coins his wife handed him and ran after him. "You are so polite, Mr. Chen. I am ashamed of this. In that case, please accept this tea money. If you get thirsty on the way, you can buy a bowl of water to comfort yourself."
Chen the yamen runner did not refuse.
This is an unwritten rule. If he refuses today, and these people don't pay him for his hard work in the future, who would be willing to travel so far to do business?
As soon as Chen the yamen runner left, the villagers started discussing again.
This Li Ergou was really good at running. It took the entire county a whole day and night to find him.
When Li's parents heard that the yamen runners were coming, they guessed that it was about Li Ergou, so they asked the elders of the Li family to come to the village chief together.
As soon as they saw the person, Li's parents knelt down.
"Village Chief, please spare Ergou's life. He's still young and acted impulsively."
"That's right, Village Chief. Please forgive him. In the future, my husband and I will work like slaves for you to repay you."
Even now, the two old people still think that Li Ergou was young and ignorant.
They don't realize that it was their spoiling of their son that led to the irreversible consequences today.
The village chief opened his mouth to say something, but Duan came out of the room, a firewood stick in his hand. "Get out, get out, all of you, get away from me."
"Your Li Ergou is young and ignorant, but I am old and fearless! I tell you, if Li Ergou is not sentenced severely in three days, I will take you two old fools and die together."
"If you can't raise a child, don't have one! I don't know what you two were thinking. You treat the sensible eldest like a dog, but you treat the trouble-making second child like a treasure. You really have shit in your heads."
Duan's ferocious appearance intimidated Li's parents. They stood there in a daze, staring at the fire poker waving in Duan's hand, not daring to speak.
The elder of the Li family who was invited to act as a lobbyist sighed.
Their Li family had such a beast, and honestly, they felt ashamed in this village. They wanted to beat Li Ergou to death.
But he is the child of their Li family, and they can't just watch him be sentenced to exile three thousand miles away.
"Shut up! It's not your house that was burned down, and it's not your daughter who almost died. My little grandson is afraid to sleep now, and he cries uncontrollably when he can't see me for a while. How are you, the Li family, going to solve this?"
"You want my family to let go just by lip service? Okay, then your Li family should pool the money to repair my house!" This is also the reason why Duan is still angry.
Li Ergou's family was so poor that he even stole the coffin money of the two elderly people and gambled it away. He had no money to compensate his family for repairing the house.
But not having money is one thing, but up to now, they haven't shown any attitude at all. When they meet, they beg them to spare Li Ergou, but they never mention compensating his family.
What's this all about? How can this not make people angry?
It was a sign of good upbringing that Duan Shi didn't lose her mind and rush forward to hit someone. He couldn't bear to think whether his grandson and daughter would still be alive if it weren't for the teacher and Gu Jiayue.
Still showing mercy? Bullshit, according to Duan's idea, just kill him directly!
"You, you are unreasonable! Gu Huangping, your wife is so disrespectful to the elders and you don't do anything about it!" The elder of the Li family was so angry that his face turned blue, and he slapped his thigh and said loudly.
I didn't expect that a man of his age would be scolded by a younger person! Really... Really...
Well, who should we blame? Blame the Li family for having such a useless descendant.
The village chief glanced at him, sneered and said nothing.
Care? If he wasn't the village chief, he would have joined his wife in cursing.
When the elder of the Li family saw the village chief like this, what was there that he didn't understand?
He slapped his thigh, shook his head and said, "Never mind, I don't care. Do whatever you want!"
The elder of the Li clan turned around and left.
"Uncle San! Uncle San can't leave. What will happen to Ergou if you leave?" Father Li ran after the elder of the Li family.
Mother Li saw that she was the only one left and was powerless. What if that shrew Duan suddenly jumped up and hit her?
No, let’s go find the boss and work out a solution together.
So she slipped away too.
Gu Jiayue, who happened to pass by and accidentally watched the whole process, had to give a thumbs up to Duan.
Domineering! She can be a role model for all the women in Taohua Village.
Three days later, most of the villagers followed the village chief to the county town.
Some people went to watch the fun, and some went to bear witness.
For example, Huo Junyu, as the first person to discover Li Ergou, was naturally invited by the village chief to the county government to testify.
After the fire was put out that day, the village chief found a piece of cloth in the vegetable field not far behind his house. The piece of cloth perfectly matched the torn part of Li Ergou's clothes.
With all the evidence and witnesses, Li Ergou had no chance to deny his crime and was eventually sentenced to exile three thousand miles away by the county magistrate Zheng Qinghe.
Li's parents grabbed Li Ergou and cried loudly, wanting to find something for him, but they didn't have a penny.
"Mom and Dad, please save me. I don't want to be exiled. I don't want to leave you." Li Ergou finally felt scared at this time.
He didn't originally want to burn down the village chief's house, he just wanted to light a small fire to scare people.
Who knew that the village chief had a lot of straw piled in the kitchen, and he couldn't control the fire when the wind blew.
When he saw the fire, he ran out of the village in fear.
He wanted to run away and hide, but he had no money on him, so he could only hide in the county town.
Unexpectedly, the village chief completely disregarded the reputation of the village and directly reported the matter to the authorities.
The yamen runners of the entire county launched a carpet search, and they found him in just one day.
He regretted it immensely. He should have not acted so impulsively at that time. The village chief was not his family, and he would not tolerate him like his elder brother and his parents did.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world, and Li Ergou’s exile is already doomed.
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