There were seldom any new things happening in the village, and it was considered a big deal that someone openly dug a hole to harm others. At the moment, many villagers had no intention of working and just wanted to go and see the excitement.
In that era, the village head and the team leader of the production team were the main people in the village. They had strong credibility. Generally speaking, all matters big and small in the village would be handled by them, and they would only report those that they could not handle.
Old Zhou first asked for leave from the team leader, and then told the village chief about the matter. The village chief immediately called a few villagers to follow him, and the group walked towards the pond.
Not long after, the strange man was tied up with ropes by the villagers and taken to the village courtyard for questioning. Several villagers stayed behind to fill the road.
"Chengming, thank you for your help. Come to my room for a drink later." Old Zhou patted Zhou Chengming on the shoulder and greeted him. When he saw Zhou Chengming nodded, he looked at the strange man viciously: "Bah, where did you come from, you toad? You look so ugly and you want to eat swan meat."
As he said that, Old Man Zhou looked at the village chief again and said, "Sixth brother, these two people think that there is no one in our Zhoujia Village and they have come to our village to bully Mingyue. You can't take this matter lightly!"
Most of the villagers in Zhoujia Village are related. Old Man Zhou and the village chief have the same great-grandfather. Since he was a child, he has called the village chief "Sixth Brother" according to his generation and ranking.
The village chief was also furious when talking about this. Why did the people from other villages treat the people from Zhoujia Village as soft persimmons? Did they really think that the people from their village wouldn't get angry
Let’s not talk about the He Daqiang incident before. After all, it happened so long ago and it’s hard to bring it up.
But what's the matter with this person? Is he just trying to fleece a sheep? Even if he is interested in the benefits of Old Man Zhou being his wife's son-in-law, he doesn't think about whether he is willing to fleece him
With the previous experience of He Daqiang, even if Zhou Mingyue really fell into the water this time, the Zhou family would not marry her to this strange man, right? Who knows if he will be the next He Daqiang
The village chief said with a serious face: "Don't worry, I will give you an explanation on this matter."
Things have gotten so serious now, I can’t not give an explanation!
Besides, as an uncle, he felt very uncomfortable hearing about the bad things that happened to Mingyue.
Then the village chief began to ask for information about the strange man. The man did not expect that the matter would become so serious. He just acted on impulse and did not think about the consequences of failure at all.
There was no need for the villagers to threaten him at that moment. As soon as the village chief opened his mouth to ask, he told him everything.
It turned out that this was a second-rate guy from Shijia Village in the neighboring Yunhe Township. A few days ago, when he was going to the market, he accidentally heard the villagers from the He family talking about the He family and Zhou Mingyue.
However, the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Just hearing about the subsidy the Zhou family gave to the He family made the man unable to help but be moved, not to mention that the villagers also said that Zhou Mingyue was beautiful and had a good personality.
If a man like him who does not work has such a good wife who subsidizes his parents-in-law's family, he won't have to worry about where to eat.
After the man thought about it, he felt like killing the cat.
Under the pretext of gossip and curiosity, he took the initiative to approach the villagers of Hejia Village and asked them about the whole story.
The villagers of Hejia Village were not on guard. They just thought that he thought this was a strange thing, so they blew the news out of the village in no time, just like they were bragging in the village.
What about the dowry that cost three turns and one ring? The whole house was filled with household items sent by the Zhou family, and the cabinets were filled with grain...
The man was deeply moved and took immediate action.
Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he had been quietly squatting in Zhoujia Village for the past few days. He also talked to several aunts in the village by asking for directions and got a lot of information.
Seeing that Mingyue had to deliver water these days, he had an idea and planned to learn from He Daqiang's method to force Zhou Mingyue to marry him. Unexpectedly, his idea was beautiful, but things did not develop according to his expectations.
The village chief was furious after hearing this. He pointed at the man's nose and cursed him: "Do you know that you are committing the crime of hooliganism? How can you date like this? You are harassing a lesbian. You, you are simply outrageous!"
The crime of hooliganism is a law that was only promulgated this year. It refers to acts that openly disregard national laws and social morality, gang fights, provokes trouble, insults women or disrupts public order, and other serious behaviors. It is currently a key area of crackdown. [Source: 360 Baidu]
The sanctions for hooliganism are also very severe, with the most likely being several years in prison, which is no joke.
When the man heard what the village chief said, he was so scared that his body trembled, and a bright yellow liquid actually flowed out from his body, and soon a smell of urine came out.
The man didn't care about being embarrassed at all. He just shook his head frantically and said anxiously, "No, Zhou Mingyue didn't fall into the trap. I, I didn't hurt her. Yes, I didn't even touch her. How can you accuse me of being a hooligan? You can't do this in Zhoujia Village!"
The villagers held their breath in disgust and took two steps back without making a sound, thinking that this man's urine was too smelly.
The village chief also felt disgusted, but his face was still serious: "Comrade, your behavior has already committed the crime of hooliganism, and you have not realized your mistake at all. I have decided to hand you over to the public security comrades for handling."
As the village chief spoke, he looked at Old Man Zhou. As long as Old Man Zhou was willing to forgive this man, he would not have done such a cruel thing. After all, the sentence for hooliganism was too severe.
"Yes, you should hand it over to the public security comrades. If you dare to harm others, you must be prepared to be punished. Now you know you are wrong? It's too late." However, Old Man Zhou only clapped his hands and did not show any intention of forgiveness.
After all, in Old Man Zhou's opinion, if Zhou Chengming hadn't happened to come and help today, not only would his precious youngest daughter have suffered, but she would also have been criticized by the villagers.
Even though everyone in the village sympathizes with Mingyue on the surface, there are always a few villagers who secretly mutter: A fly won't bite an egg without a crack.
In any era, there are always people who think that the victims are guilty, and there are always people who speak for the perpetrators. After all, it’s just that they don’t feel pain because the knife didn’t fall on their bodies!
Having said that, the village chief looked at Mingyue again, but he didn't expect that she just lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.
In desperation, the village chief could only ask two villagers to escort the man to the town’s public security bureau.
Old man Zhou was also tactful, and immediately asked everyone to come to Zhou's house to drink in the evening. "Today, thanks to the help of all the villagers, please come to my house to drink in the evening. We can't afford big fish and meat, but I just bought some wine a few days ago, so there will definitely be enough wine."
This is also the unspoken rule in the village. If someone helps you, you must treat them to a meal and drinks. This is called give and take.
A good relationship requires give and take in order to last long.
A few days later, news came from the town's Public Security Bureau that the man was convicted of hooliganism and sentenced to three years in prison.
The price was indeed quite high. Now, those who wanted to take advantage of Mingyue had to give up their evil thoughts.
However, the Zhou family’s peace was broken again within two days.
(End of this chapter)