Patriarch Xia was really furious. In front of the county magistrate and the Zhou family, with so many neighbors around, Xia Yi's family just acted like this.
Although when he was in the village, he didn't rarely see them behaving badly, but that was in the village, there were not many people doing such things, and everyone's second child didn't feel ashamed if he didn't call him the boss.
But this is the county seat, in front of magistrate Zhai!
Goro and Qilang will have to meet the county magistrate Zhai in the future to take the exams.
Patriarch Xia was so angry that his nose was about to smoke, but the Zhou family didn't feel much. Even Man Bao, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were sitting or standing. Not intimidated.
After all, although things like Qili Village are rare, they have been seen.
Even the three young ones were like this, let alone the old Zhou who was always on the sidelines when he was young, Qian just raised his eyelids and glanced at Xia Yi's family who was still crying on the ground.
The county magistrate Zhai calmed down besides being startled. Seeing that she was howling in disgrace, he turned his head and asked Zhou Man, "What does Master Zhou want to do?"
Man Bao sighed, and said regretfully, "I see that Aunt Tang is very excited now, why not let her calm down."
The county magistrate Zhai was about to ask how to calm her down when he saw Zhou Man staring at the yamen servant he had brought.
County magistrate Zhai was silent for a while, and really wanted to ask her "Are you serious?", but under the eyes of everyone, he couldn't ask. He stared at her for a while, and when she saw her look at the yamen servant, he turned his head and nodded slightly at him. , he knew she was serious.
The county magistrate Zhai had no choice but to shout at Xia Yi's family who was still slapping his legs and crying on the ground: "Quiet! If you act violently again, don't blame me for using punishment."
When Xia Yi's family heard this, they just lay down on the ground and rolled around, shouting in grief: "It's terrible, it's terrible, the officials are protecting each other and bullying others—"
The veins on Zhai County Magistrate's forehead couldn't help but twitch, then he turned his head to the waiting yamen servant and said, "Such groundless rumors are causing trouble, arrest her and let her calm down in prison for two days."
The yamen servants immediately rushed up like wolves and tigers, and the two pressed their hands and were about to tie him up. Xia Yi's family was terrified, and immediately struggled fiercely. She wanted to be violent, but she didn't want to go to jail. .
The strength of the struggle was so great that the two yamen servants couldn't control her and almost let her run away. Seeing this, the other yamen servants stepped forward to help one after another. What, just holding down her hands and feet...
He glanced at the ashen-faced magistrate Zhai, and couldn't help but ordered: "Quickly shut her mouth."
For a while, the yamen servants couldn't find a cloth to gag, so one yamen servant took off his shoes, pulled his socks and stuffed them in her mouth.
Man Bao's eyes widened at once, and Bai Shan and Bai Erlang both leaned back in shock, and took two steps back in shock—it was too scary!
Seeing that his daughter-in-law was about to leave after being detained, Xia Yi finally stopped standing in a daze, and rushed up to stop him. Seeing that he couldn't stop him, he knelt down in front of the magistrate Zhai, confessing his mistake with tears and snot, "My lord Forgive me, my lord, forgive me, but the little lady doesn't understand anything, I'll teach her a lesson, and I'll teach her right now."
After saying that, he turned around and swung his arms to hit his wife. Both Man Bao and Bai Shan Bai Erlang couldn't help frowning. Daji, who was standing close, grabbed his hand and pushed him back.
The county magistrate Zhai was also a little angry, he slapped the table and said, "Bold, where are you as a yamen, and who are you as an official?"
He looked sharply at Patriarch Xia, squinted his eyes and asked, "If Patriarch Xia can't restrain the clansmen, I don't mind helping you restrain one or two."
Patriarch Xia took a deep breath, then pointed at Xia Yi with shaking fingers and said, "If you and your wife don't talk honestly, you will leave the clan for me. Don't forget what I just said to you outside!"
Xia Yi couldn't help shrinking his neck when he saw patriarch Xia gnashing his teeth.
He was afraid of County Magistrate Zhai, but in fact he was even more afraid of Patriarch Xia. If he was expelled from the clan...
Xia Yi's knees softened, and he knelt directly on the ground, crying sadly and angrily, but this was his home, his home.
Man Bao frowned, and couldn't help asking Patriarch Xia, "Is his house gone?"
Patriarch Xia immediately said: "Of course they are, every year they occasionally return to the village to live for a while during the Chinese New Year."
It's just that it hasn't been repaired for many years and it's very dilapidated.
Man Bao didn't understand this kind of thing, but the old Zhou Tou did. He curled his lips and whispered to Man Bao: "I guess they think their family is in the city, so the houses in the village are abandoned."
Old Zhou thought of something, and said to her: "I have to write a letter to your second brother later. Although we are not at home, our room should be cleaned from time to time, so don't let it go bad."
Man Bao looked confused, could a house made of stone be broken
The father and daughter whispered to each other, and Man Bao said to Patriarch Xia: "What's the problem? If the young and strong in the clan do something, the house will be repaired with everyone's help."
Patriarch Xia: ... What about the wages
And where did the repairs come from
Man Bao didn't think these were problems. Her brothers would help some people in the village to repair their houses every one or two years.
It’s all for nothing, the thatched grass is prepared by itself, and the young and strong in the village help repair some walls and roofs, and it’s almost enough. Basically, there is no wages, and they only eat one meal.
She judges others by herself, and thinks that the Xia family is the same.
So Zhou Man comforted Xia Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, condescendingly, "Uncle Yi, you and I are the closest bloodlines, thanks to you helping to guard the house these years, how about it, you will repair the house tomorrow, Let us know and we will all help you."
"I have already agreed with the patriarch that I will give you a part of the field left by my grandfather. This is my gratitude to you over the years."
Xia Yi was taken aback for a moment, it was obviously the first time he had heard about this, so he couldn't help but look up at patriarch Xia.
Patriarch Xia said expressionlessly: "I'll discuss it with Wufang and the others later, and ask them to free up the land they're currently cultivating for you."
Although Xia Yi became quiet, and Xia Yi's family was also forced to be quiet, the magistrate Zhai still didn't intend to let Xia Yi's family go just like that. Yi's family was still imprisoned for two days.
Xia Yi didn't even think about worrying about the house anymore, fearing that she wouldn't be able to get out after being locked up, so she took the child and cried all the way to the prison door.
Patriarch Xia and the clan elders couldn't stop him.
Man Bao didn't move, just sat in the main room and waited for Xia Yi to come back, and while waiting for others, he carefully walked around the front and back yards.
In addition to the kitchen, there is also a small vegetable garden in the backyard, on which some green onions and side vegetables are planted. Man Bao walked around the backyard, and then pushed open the hidden back door. As soon as he opened it, he found that it was another alley , there is only one door in this alley, and there is a street not far away, and you can hear the bustling voices over there when you stand here.