At noon that day, Li Shuwan and Ke'er were preparing lunch in the kitchen. It was too hot, so Ke'er suggested eating cold noodles. Li Shuwan kneaded the noodles while Ke'er picked and washed the vegetables. She needed to shred a few cucumbers, wash the leeks, blanch them and chop them, wash the coriander and chop them, peel a few cloves of garlic, wash them and crush them.
Ke'er prepared the dishes, Li Shuwan kneaded the dough, and heated the oil in a pan.
At this moment, a shout came from the yard, "Ke'er, hurry up, Zhou Jinyan and Xiao Si were beaten, your second brother is fighting with someone."
Ke'er jumped out and asked, "Where is it?"
"In front of the cowshed, hurry up. I'm going to the mountain to call Uncle Qin Feng." After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.
Ke'er said to Li Shuwan, "Mom, I'll go first, you come after me."
After Ke'er left the house, Li Shuwan put out the fire, poured a bucket of water on the firewood to put out the fire, untied her apron and threw it on the stove, walked out of the yard, and ran towards the cowshed.
When Ke'er arrived, there was a group of people gathered in front of the cowshed. It was lunchtime and the villagers were all returning home from the fields, so they gathered around to watch the fun.
As he got closer, he heard a woman's voice swearing, "You bastard, wild child, no one wants you so you come to our village to make trouble. If you don't kowtow to my grandson and apologize today, I will beat you to death." As she spoke, she swung a stick in her hand and was about to hit Zhou Jinyan.
At this time, Zhou Jinyan's face was covered with red marks from being beaten. The half-sleeved, double-breasted jacket he was wearing had red marks on both arms, and the corners of his mouth were broken and bleeding.
The fourth child, Qin Muchun, was protected by Zhou Jinyan behind him. His little face was as black and red as a tabby cat, with traces of tears and dust on it. There were red marks on both his hands. The second brother was holding on to a chubby teenage boy and refused to let go. The old woman protected the fat boy with one hand and raised a stick with the other to hit him.
"Stop!" Ke'er yelled, and at the same time, the whip hit the old woman's hand holding the stick hard.
"Ouch, which bastard hit me? I'll beat him to death."
"Who do you want to kill? He Dajiao, you feel uncomfortable if you don't cause trouble for a day, right? Why do you, an adult, have to bother with a child?" The village chief squeezed into the crowd and scolded sternly.
"Village chief, you have to make the decision for me. The little girl whipped my hand and broke it. She has to pay compensation." He Dajiao raised his hand for the village chief to see.
The villagers around whispered, "How could this little girl be so cruel?" "That's right, look at how He Dajiao beat her. She won't be able to work tomorrow."
When Ke'er heard this, she said, "Humph, let me pay you, and I'll send you to where you belong."
Ke'er rubbed her eyes and immediately said to the village chief with tears in her eyes, "Uncle village chief, I was afraid that Aunt He Da Jiao would beat Zhou Jinyan up and go to jail. I was helping her, but she scolded me. Why is it so hard to be a good person?"
The village chief was thinking, "I don't trust you, you cunning little girl." But he didn't show it on his face. He said to He Da Jiao, "Did you hear that? The child was afraid that you would make a mistake, so he helped you. Now you are blaming me for it."
He Dajiao rolled his eyes and pointed at Zhou Jinyan and said, "Bah, what do you mean by helping me? This brat is just a wild child, a wild child without a father or a mother."
Ke'er said, "Uncle village chief, Zhou Jinyan's father, Comrade Zhou Wenhao, was a hero in the army who fought bravely and made great achievements. His mother, Chen Xiaoge, was also a soldier. Five years ago, Zhou Jinyan's mother gave birth to her prematurely during a battle. Zhou Jinyan's father tied him to his chest with a cloth. After the battle, Zhou Jinyan's father was injured. Zhou Jinyan and her father lived in the hospital for half a year. It was the nurses and doctors who fed him until he was six months old. When Zhou Jinyan's father went on a mission, he sent Zhou Jinyan back to his hometown.
This year, my father, who was on a road trip, was caught and beaten to death by his eldest brother and fellow villagers when he returned to his hometown to pick up Zhou Jinyan. The perpetrators have been apprehended and brought to justice. Three have been executed, and the rest who participated in the persecution have been sentenced. If you don't believe me, you can go to the commune police station and ask."
After listening to Ke'er's story, everyone was silent for a while. Suddenly, He Dajiao shouted, "Bah, who knows if this is true? You are just a little girl, you just talk nonsense. You are trying to scare people. You hit me, and I must settle the score with you today."
"Okay, let's settle the score. Come to the Shuiqu Commune Police Station and file a case for me. Say someone insulted the descendants of soldiers and beat up a soldier's child. Here's one dollar, whoever takes it gets it."
A half-grown child took the money and said, "Brother Qin Feng, I'll go find the police for you." Then he ran away and disappeared.
Qin Feng, a tall and strong man, stood there with his arms folded across his chest, and shouted loudly, "Come, now, let's settle the score. Speak!" The roar frightened He Da Jiao so much that he trembled and muttered, "Forget it, forget it."
He turned around and tried to run. Qin Feng shouted, "Stop! If you say you don't want to, then forget it! If you dare to run, I'll catch you and take you to the commune police station."
Seeing that He Da Jiao didn't dare to move, he shouted loudly, "Tell me how you want to settle the score with my daughter. As her father, I want to hear it. Tell me now!"
At this time, Li Shuwan also squeezed into the crowd and saw Zhou Jinyan and Xiao Si. They were both beaten like this and were so angry that tears came to her eyes. When Xiao Si saw Li Shuwan, he ran to her and cried, "Mother, ah~ Mother~, wuwuwu." Li Shuwan picked up Xiao Si with heartache and gently wiped his little face, rubbed his little head and hugged him tightly, "Xiao Si, don't be afraid, mother is here, and father is here too. Don't be afraid, don't cry."
Xiao Si whimpered in Li Shuwan's arms, "It was him, he beat Brother Jinyan, and also, he scolded him. My second brother and I tried to reason with him, but he beat me. Brother Jinyan, the head of the household, was beaten so hard that it hurt, wuwu~"
Seeing that her mother and father had arrived, Ke'er walked over to Zhou Jinyan, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped his face. "Does it hurt? Why are you so stupid? If you can't beat me, run back home to me. I'll help you vent your anger. See." After wiping Zhou Jinyan's face clean, she held his hand tightly and leaned on Zhou Jinyan's arm. Zhou Jinyan's tears flowed down, and he turned his head gently and wiped them clean, not wanting Ke'er to see.
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