The originally bustling courtyard suddenly fell silent, and the village head who followed him had his heart skip a beat, and subconsciously looked at Old Zhou Tou.
This question was asked so suddenly that Lao Zhou couldn't control his facial expression for a while, twitched and didn't speak.
After a while, there was a sobbing sound next to him.
Old Zhou turned his head stiffly to look, and saw that the old wife was covering her face and crying, he finally came back to his senses, and wiped his tears with his head down, but his hands trembled slightly.
Mrs. Qian raised her hand to beat him, laying on top of him and said, "It's all because of your incompetence, otherwise my uncle wouldn't be able to sell himself. Why do you have so many children if you don't have the ability? How do you ask me to see you in the future?" In-laws..."
The more Qian talked, the angrier she became, and she used more and more strength. Old Zhou Tou didn't resist, just squatted on the ground with his head in his arms and let her beat him.
"Before my mother-in-law left, she repeatedly told me to take good care of my uncle..."
Zhou Dalang and others followed suit.
Man Bao, who knew nothing, was stunned, and then came back to his senses, and hurried to stop his mother and help her father block some attacks, "Mother, don't hit your father..."
But Man Bao did not stop Qian Shi for the first time. Qian Shi, who had been bedridden for a long time, suddenly became very strong. He pushed Man Bao aside and slapped Lao Zhou on the head. Two slaps were directly drawn on his face. His cheeks turned red immediately, and the palm prints were clearly visible.
But the three people who asked the question were indifferent, and their brows were tightly frowned.
One of them couldn't help shouting: "Stop, I'm asking you something, answer honestly, where did your brother named Zhou Yin go?"
The village chief also came back to his senses, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, my lord, I know Zhou Yin, he sold himself as a slave when he was fourteen years old, and he doesn't know where he has been living for so many years. Didn't you suddenly mention it to stab a knife in the heart of my uncle and aunt?"
His eyes fell on the face of the village chief, and he asked calmly, "Really?"
"Yes, yes, everyone in the village knows about this, and what's there to hide about selling one's body?" The village head said, "You don't know, the drought in our area in the eleventh year of Dade, it's not only One or two months of drought, it went directly from the beginning of the spring drought to the beginning of autumn, the fields had no crops, and everyone had no way to survive. As you can see, Uncle Jin’s family has a lot of people, so he was desperate at that time? Zhou Yin saw that everyone in his family was going to live If it’s gone, I’ll sell myself for a bag of grain and come back.”
It was the first time that Man Bao knew that she had an uncle, and he was such a poor uncle.
Selling himself as a slave, the uncle doesn't know where he is suffering now, no wonder mother is so sad, no wonder dad doesn't even hide for a while.
Seeing that the three of them were still aggressive, Man Bao was not happy. He stood in front of the village chief, raised his head and asked, "Aren't you here to count the number of people and give subsidies? Why do you ask so many if there are any?"
Man Bao also faintly felt something was wrong, and asked Ke Ke in his heart, "Are they from the government?"
Koko paused and said, "Yes."
Man Bao was overwhelmed with surprise, "Are you really here to give the subsidy? They won't stop giving my family a subsidy just because I quarreled with them, right?"
"No, so no."
"Ah?" Man Bao pondered for a while before she understood the meaning of the words. She widened her eyes and jumped up. When she was about to shout something, she remembered what Master Bai had taught her just now. "Are you liars? Otherwise, why don't you go to the field to check the disaster situation, but only come to see at home?"
In fact, there was no need for Man Bao to shout. From the time they asked Zhou Yin, the villagers knew that they were probably deceived by someone, and they were not from the government, let alone to check the disaster situation.
They don't know what drunkards mean by drinking, they only know that their purpose is not pure, so everyone's complexion changed, and they were looking at the three of them warily.
At the same time, the news here quickly spread. The villagers who were waiting for the official to come to the door, or had already been checked, and had already gone home to prepare dinner, put down their work and drove the women and children back to the village. At home, the middle-aged men rushed to Zhou's house with hoes.
Some old people who heard the news also rushed to Lao Zhou's house with a sullen face.
The three of them, who originally wanted to overwhelm others, couldn't help but pause when they saw the villagers quickly gathering outside the wall.
The three of them know kung fu, but two fists are no match for four legs. Besides, this is not just four legs. The men from the whole village came and surrounded them outside the wall in a dense crowd.
Even the big donkey who was not in harmony with Manbao's family came over with a hoe.
The atmosphere was stagnant, and neither side spoke for a moment.
Mr. Zhuang pushed aside the crowd and walked to the front, frowning and asked them, "You said you were ordered by the imperial court to check the disaster situation, do you have official documents? Who appointed you?"
"Who are you, do I need to tell you?"
"I'm just an idiot, but unfortunately I once studied in a government school, maybe I know the person you mentioned."
Of course the three of them knew Mr. Zhuang, they had checked before coming, but it didn't mean they would answer his words.
Seeing that the three of them didn't answer Mr. Zhuang, Zhou Dazhu led the others to step forward and said aggressively, "Aren't you really liars?"
"I'm afraid it's a liar. Let me tell you. Why is there such a good thing? Everyone can get subsidies, even dolls. It's obviously a lie."
"We're all in such a miserable situation, and it turns out that you still come to deceive people, which is too unconscionable."
"That's right, arrest him and send him to the county government!"
Seeing that they were about to lose control, the three of them immediately put their swords in front of them and said, "What do you want to do? Let me tell you, we are officials ordered by the imperial court. If you dare to hurt you, the imperial court will send a large army to kill you."
"Who are you lying to? You said that your court appointed officials, but you tell Mr. Zhuang, what kind of officials are you, but you have official documents, and who appointed you?" Zhou Zhoulang wanted to make things big, and Mr. Zhuang said it again and again. He memorized it, and used it again, and then encouraged everyone, "Folks, let's arrest them first, maybe the county government has wanted them, and if we catch them and send them away, we may receive a reward."
As soon as everyone heard it, the eyes looking at the three of them changed from anger to light, rewarding you~~
The three of them were startled, they pushed away from the crowd and were about to run away, but everyone quickly stopped them, and the scene got out of control for a moment.
Qian finally stopped crying, and hugged Man Bao into her arms, protecting her to stay away from the battlefield, when she saw Bai Shanbao standing stupidly beside her, she pulled her over, Little Qian and others immediately took their own The child stuffed into the house.
Mrs. Liu didn't expect to lose control so quickly, and hurriedly went to find her grandson, and saw Mrs. Qian shoved Man Bao into the house with one hand and Shan Bao with the other.
She breathed a sigh of relief, clenched Mammy's hand, and said in a low voice, "Let's go outside and let them go."
At this time, the old Zhou Tou was grabbing Zhou Dalang's hand, secretly gritted his teeth and said, "We can't let them go, we have to keep them."
Zhou Dalang's hands and feet trembled, "But what about after staying?"
"Leave it alone, you must keep the person."