Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Four

When the people from Zhoujiazhai caught the pair of cheating lovers, they were in a panic.Zhou Ligong was naked, wearing only a pair of shorts. Although Yinwa was wearing pants, her upper body was half naked, and Zhou Ligong's pants were wrapped around her chest.The villagers are jubilant, this is much more lively than watching a play, what else is there to do! Zhou Kewen was furious.He couldn't believe that his son would do such a shameful thing, but the scene before him forced him to believe it.He yelled, pull him back, and tie him to the ancestral hall!The ancestral hall is the place where clan affairs are dealt with, and this incident has become a big deal.

This is of course a big deal.Brother and sister have an affair, which is not only against ethics, but also contrary to human ethics, which has never happened in Zhoujiazhai since ancient times!Zhou Kewen knew that there was no way to hide this matter, he couldn't cover up his son, otherwise how would he establish himself in Zhou's village in the future?Why do you have the face to speak in front of people? Shanyan and his father took the lead, twisting Zhou Ligong's arm, Zhou Shuancheng pulled his daughter's hair, and a crowd of villagers surrounded the two offenders and escorted them to the ancestral hall.There are exactly two pillars in the hall of the ancestral hall, one on each side.

Zhou Ligong struggled and yelled, why do you tie me up?What law did I break? Shanyan's father smiled and said, what law have you violated? Ask your father, is your father the patriarch? Zhou Kewen's face was livid, and what he said made his face embarrassing.He yelled at Zhou Ligong, you bastard! Zhou Ligong said, I didn't do anything, we were just rehearsing outside. Zhou Shuancheng shook the two clothes, saying that he was going to take off his clothes for rehearsal?Shame on your ancestors, what kind of drama are you arranging for!Zhou Shuancheng was too carefree, he said that he wanted to make Zhou Ligong look good, today is the day.

Everyone laughed and said with one eye, I'm afraid it's a play on the kang. Zhou Ligong said, you only take it off after heat dissipation, you ask your daughter, we didn't do anything! Zhou Kewen was very strict with his son on the surface, and he had to do so under such circumstances, but he still had doubts in his heart, thinking that his son could not be so confused.The only one who can clean up this matter is Yinwa. He hopes that she will speak up, but he can't ask Yinwa directly about this matter. If he asks, he will be suspected of apologizing for his son. Others will say that he used the patriarch to scare people.Zhou Kewen was waiting for Zhou Shuancheng to ask. After all, Zhou Shuancheng was the father of the baby, so he must care about his daughter and find out what happened to her.But Zhou Shuancheng didn't ask, he knew that Yinwa and Zhou Ligong were wearing panties, and if he asked, she would definitely excuse Zhou Ligong, it's not cheap!

Zhou Shuancheng didn't ask Zhou Kewen, so he had to ask himself.But he still didn't speak, he asked with his eyes, staring at Yinwa majesticly.Yinwa looked at her uncle and said hesitantly, "We...have...have.She wanted to discredit them. Only in this way could they become grasshoppers on a rope and force Zhou Ligong to leave here. It was worth suffering for it. what!There was a blast at the scene, and everyone cursed. You whore!Zhou Shuancheng slapped his daughter happily, and cursed, animals don't do such things. Zhou Kewen's head buzzed, almost untenable. Yinwa, what nonsense are you talking about!Zhou Ligong shouted.

Yinwa said, it's not my second brother's fault, it's my fault that provoked my second brother. Zhou Ligong was jumping up and down with anger, if he hadn't been tied up, he would have rushed over to beat the baby.He cursed loudly, Yinwa, who are you, why did you hurt me like this! Zhou Kewen slapped his son across the face, cursing, how can a man dare to act bravely, how can he push things on women?Five red marks immediately appeared on Zhou Ligong's face, this was the first time in his life that he was beaten by his father. Zhou Ligong still wanted to talk about it, Zhou Kewen said sharply, Zhou Ligong, if you are a man, you will be responsible for the matter, and if you evade it, you will be looked down upon!

Zhou Ligong said, I told you to die unjustly! Zhou Kewen asked someone to untie Yinwa.It is said that women are victims of such things, and Yinwa did not hide it, so she should be dealt with lightly.Zhou Kewen's doing this is obviously righteous and killing relatives. Everyone knows that cheating can't be slapped with a slap, but now he let his son carry it alone. Everyone can't help but have some respect for him. Fang's contempt.But Yingwa didn't know what was good and bad, and said that if she wanted to let go, the two of them would let go together, and if she didn't let her go, she would stay here with her second brother, and she still held the pillar tightly after the rope was untied.Zhou Kewen yelled, "If you don't have tutoring, this matter is up to you!"He asked Maowa's daughter-in-law to wait for a few women to pull Yinwa off the pillar, saying that you should send her back to me, and don't be ashamed here.Maowa's daughter-in-law snatched Yinwa's clothes from Zhou Shuancheng, put them on for her, and then forced Yinwa out.

The following is to discuss how to punish Zhou Ligong.Zhou Ligong yelled, it is against the law for you to do so, don't say I didn't do that kind of thing, I just did it, both men and women are willing, no one has the right to interfere.You tied me up and lynched me, which is against the laws of the Republic of China! Zhou Kewen sneered and said, it’s okay for you to mess around, but we broke the law by tying you up. What kind of shit is the law of the Republic of China?It doesn't matter if you don't want this thing, it doesn't care about the Republic of China, and in Zhoujiazhai, you have to follow the clan rules of Zhoujiazhai!

Zhou Ligong's heart was completely cold.He has been carrying out rural transformation for more than a year, and these foolish people have no civic awareness at all. He is simply playing the piano with a cow. Zhou Kewen called several elders of the clan together to discuss matters.There is no precedent for this matter, and there is naturally no relevant penalty clause in the family regulations, so it can only be proposed temporarily.However, due to Zhou Kewen's face, everyone was not good at talking, and no one wanted to offend others.In fact, it is best for the person involved to avoid such an occasion, so that others can talk easily.It's not that Zhou Kewen doesn't understand this truth, but he refuses to leave.Of course he has his own reasons: Zhou Ligong is the person involved and not me. Although I am his father, I am still the patriarch, so I have to preside over this matter.Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhou Kewen called names one by one. The people who were called had no choice but to speak out the punishments one by one. Naturally, these punishments were understated. Who would want to be a villain in front of their faces?Zhou Kewen denied these punishments one by one, saying that they were light, too light, and he had to deal with this thing severely to make him have a long memory!He told everyone to be ruthless, and also reminded that don't look at his face, he is going to kill his relatives righteously today!So everyone was silent again.It took a while, and Zhou Kewen had to urge them one by one. Others were rushed, so let's just say that you are the patriarch and you are in charge.This time, the problem was thrown to Zhou Kewen, but Zhou Kewen immediately shirked it. He said, how can I be the master of my son's affairs?Isn't this favoritism?I can't convince people with heavy punishments and light punishments, I still need you to set rules!

In the end, everyone was so exhausted that they yawned together, Zhou Kewen had no choice but to say, forget it, it's already late at night, people are exhausted, and everyone's heads are in a mess.How about this, the prisoner is here, let's all go back to sleep, and discuss tomorrow. Zhou Kewen asked the two Hei Ugly and Maowa to guard Zhou Ligong by name, and warned them not to slack off, and the prisoner ran away to settle accounts with them.Shanyan volunteered to be a guard. Zhou Kewen said that you have bad eyesight and you will make mistakes at night. You have already done meritorious service in catching this adulterer and adulterer, so this matter will not trouble you.

Everyone was really sleepy after tossing all night, so Zhou Kewen left the ancestral hall with the villagers and went home to rest. After the people left, Heichou and Maowa untied Zhou Ligong, after all he was their teacher.They also thought about letting the teacher go, but they didn't dare. Zhou Kewen is a bad-faced Baogong, and it is ruthless to punish someone.It's a pity that they made meritorious deeds for Zhou, saying that he shouldn't have committed such foolishness.Zhou Ligong didn't argue with them, he knew that even if he did, others might not believe it.Everyone knows that women are most afraid of ruining their reputation. Now that he even recognizes the baby, what else can he say?He just regretted that if he knew this, he would have listened to Yinwa's words, and nothing would happen if he ran away.He didn't know how he would punish him next, so he asked Heichou and Maowa, they said it was hard to say, the year before last, Mazi's sixth child messed with his sister-in-law, was caught and beat him, and he was beaten by fifty. The shiriko blossomed and lay on the kang for three months.This matter of yours is more serious than his. Yining a baby is your sister, so the punishment will probably be more severe than his. Zhou Ligong's legs softened immediately. At this time, someone knocked on the door suddenly, Heichou and Maowa quickly tied Zhou Ligong up again, and then asked, who is it? The outside replied, I, Zhou Kewen. Heichou and Maowa stick out their tongues. Fortunately, they are fast, and the patriarch is still checking the post.They opened the door, and Zhou Kewen walked in, carrying a bundle in his hand.He asked Heichou and Maowa to untie Zhou Ligong, took out a set of clothes from the bag for Zhou Ligong to put on, and said, "You can go now, while it's dark." Zhou Ligong was stunned. Heichou and Maowa were also stunned. Zhou Kewen raised his voice and said to Zhou Ligong, what are you still doing, hurry up!As he said that, he hung that burden on Zhou Ligong's shoulders. There were entanglements in it, and the farther he walked, the better. Heichou and Maowa asked timidly, Uncle Xiucai, what are you... Zhou Kewen glared at Heichou and Maowa, and those two dared not speak.He sternly said to Zhou Ligong, let's go! Zhou Ligong walked out of the ancestral hall hesitantly, he couldn't believe it, when he went out of the ancestral hall and saw no one stopped him, he knew that his father really let him go.He immediately ran wildly towards the outside of the village.But just after running for a few steps, he turned back again, Zhou Kewen was taken aback, and saw his son kneel down in front of him with a plop, called daddy, and kowtowed deeply.I didn't want to kowtow during the first month, but now I kowtow. Zhou Kewen helped his son up, wiped off the dirt on his forehead, and said that you shouldn't have come back from the city in the first place, and you came back to make trouble for others. Zhou Ligong cried.He wiped away his tears, nodded and walked out of the ancestral hall, into the dark night. Watching his son leave, Zhou Kewen said to the two stunned guards, tie me up. Heichou and Maowa were even more surprised, they didn't dare to move.Zhou Kewen said, what's the matter, can a patriarch not be as good as his son?He walked up to the pillar by himself, put his hands behind his back, and yelled at the guards, tie! The next day, the whole village gathered in the Zhou family ancestral hall again. At this time, everyone was dumbfounded. It was not Zhou Ligong who was tied to the pillar, but Zhou Kewen!Zhou Kewen said, a saint does not teach his father's faults, and the responsibility for his son's mistakes lies with Lao Tzu. If you want to punish, punish me. The big head sneered and said, changing the civet cat for the prince is a clever plan, you just protect your son like this! Zhou Shuancheng said that this man has been playing tricks all his life, and this time he tricked the whole village. Who said I was playing tricks?Zhou Kewen said sharply, am I not standing here?Could it be that I, a well-known patriarch, can't stand up to a brat fart doll?I am willing to be punished, no matter how powerful the king's law is, I will admit it!He shouted, "Old Ba, you seniors, continue to discuss and set a penalty clause, and I will wait." Lao Ba smiled and said, Brother Xiucai, is it really a punishment?You are obviously using your big belly to beat others, you are the patriarch, who dares to punish you?Besides, you are so old, who has the heart to punish you?If there is something wrong with the penalty, who will bear the responsibility? Everyone laughed, they saw Zhou Kewen's scheming. But Zhou Kewen doesn't allow others to look at him like that. If so, who would he be?Opportunistic, cheating, can the patriarch be such a person?He said, if you don't punish me, well, I will punish myself, and the emperor has issued an edict to punish himself.He asked Heichou and Maowa to untie him. Everyone formed a circle with great interest to see how Zhou Kewen punished himself.The sinner ordered them to watch it in the Qin opera, but which emperor didn't understate himself and put on airs?They thought that Zhou Kewen had committed a serious crime this time. Not only did he want to take the blame for his son, but he also committed the crime of releasing a prisoner without permission.He shouldn't be playing everyone like the emperor on the stage, right? Zhou Kewen said, if I set a clause to punish myself, everyone will definitely say it is unfair, then I will let God set it, and I will punish me whatever God says.Everyone was wondering where he was going to invite God, only to see him come to Lao Ba and play with Lao Ba's grandson.This baby looks like three or four years old, his grandfather brought him to watch the fun.Zhou Kewen took out a handkerchief for wiping saliva from his pocket, folded it into a little mouse in two or three times, and hopped around in his hand, making the doll greedy and wanting it.Zhou Kewen said, Gousheng, I will ask you a few words, and I will give you this prank after you say it.The doll nodded happily, and Zhou Kewen asked, what if a person did something stupid?Gou Sheng opened his mouth and said, Hit the buttocks.How much do you play?Zhou Kewen asked again.Smash the buttocks, Gou Sheng said.These words were originally the mantra used by the adults to scare the dolls, and the dolls memorized the mantra. Zhou Kewen gave the mouse to Gousheng, and said loudly to everyone, you heard it, Tongyan Wuji, this is God's will, punish according to God's will. Everyone didn't expect Zhou Kewen to get God's will in this way, but Zhou Kewen's words were definitely not taught by Gou Sheng, so God's will is acceptable. Since there is a penalty law, someone must carry out the penalty.Zhou Kewen asked Heichou and Maowa to bring over the door handle of the ancestral hall, and the two of them took turns hitting it.As soon as the two men heard this, they slipped away.It's none of their business whether they are punished or not. The door bar is as heavy as an iron bar. They don't want to be executioners if they lose their lives.Zhou Kewen ordered several people one after another, but they all shook their heads and refused.Shan Yan squeezed forward from the crowd, he was willing to use the stick, but Zhou Kewen just ignored him.He couldn't resist raising his hand to sign up, but the big head following behind forced his arm down.Datou felt that if his son did this, the intention of revenge would be too obvious, and he would be scolded. Seeing that no one was willing to enforce the law, Zhou Kewen had no choice but to call out his long-term worker Chang Gui from the crowd.Chang Gui had no choice, he had to listen to the shopkeeper.Chang Gui weighed the top door handle in his hand, and said repeatedly, "No, no, no, as long as this guy hits it, his iron waist will be broken!"Zhou Kewen told him to go home to fetch the shoulder pole and bring a stool along the way. As soon as Chang Gui came home, Zhou Liang and Chun'e hurriedly followed.These two women have been too ashamed to go out since Zhou Ligong made a fool of himself, and now they can't care less.Zhou Kewen is the pillar of the family, and an old man in his fifties and sixties, how can he stand up to such a toss?They have to come out to dissuade them! Zhou Kewen asked Chang Gui to put a stool outside the gate of the ancestral hall, and he would lie down there and be punished.In the ancestral hall, the ancestors are above, so it is not allowed to be naked.After Chang Gui arranged the stool, Zhou Kewen came up to him, and he blew the surface of the stool once. Only then did Chang Gui realize that he had been negligent. The shopkeeper is a fastidious person, so how can he lie on the wooden board naked?He quickly took off his waistcoat and dusted the stool, and then put it on top.Zhou Kewen got on the stool and was about to take off his pants when Zhou Liangshi and Chun'e rushed over.Mrs. Zhou Liang said, you old lunatic, you still think you are an eighteen or nineteen-year-old stunned young man. How much can you afford at your age?Zhou Kewen yelled, "Go away, you have to suffer if you can't afford it, who told you to raise a good son!"Mrs. Zhou Liang pointed to everyone and said, I see if anyone dares to beat my old man today, he will be carried to his room if he hits Ma Da! Hearing this, Chang Gui's hand softened, and the pan fell to the ground with a clatter. Zhou Kewen scolded, you don't understand the truth at all, you indifferent wife.He called Chun'e to take your mother back!Zhou Liang was still entangled, Zhou Kewen took off his pants with a swipe, revealing his asshole.Chun'e was so ashamed when she saw it, she lowered her head and dragged Zhou Liangshi out desperately. Zhou Kewen's buttocks were exposed to the sunshine of April.Fat and fluffy, with shiny white tiles, the whole village couldn't help but groan, surprise mixed with excitement.The excited voice pierced Zhou Kewen's heart like a knife, and he closed his eyes in shame.What a shame!Expose a person's most shameful part to the public. When has he ever lost such a person since he was a child?But today he gritted his teeth and did this, for the sake of his son and his face in Zhoujiazhai, he went all out! Zhou Kewen said to Chang Gui, hit! Chang Gui didn't dare to carry a shoulder pole.Zhou Kewen said, Chang Gui, listen carefully, if I tell you to hit me, hit me up, or if you don't hit me, I will fire you right away.Chang Gui had no choice but to pick up a shoulder pole.He didn't want to leave the shopkeeper. It took half his life as a long-term worker to meet such a good boss. Was it easy? Although Chang Gui hit him, it was very light.Zhou Kewen said, if you work hard, it doesn't count if you can't break it. If you break it, let's go home.Hearing this, Chang Gui had no choice but to grit his teeth and swing the pole, the pole was stained bright red. Zhou Kewen gritted his teeth and said nothing, feeling the pain in his heart, but he didn't complain at all.He felt that he was ashamed of all the elders in Zhoujiazhai, and he was ashamed of all the sage books he had read, so he should be beaten.Compared with the glory of riding and singing a month ago, the old man is really ashamed now! Yinwa was locked in the house by his father when she came back from the ancestral hall that night.Zhou Shuancheng said, for doing such a shameful thing, if the family does not punish me, the family will punish me, or is there still a rule? Yinwa died of panic in the house.She didn't know how the village punished her meritorious brother. How is he doing now?She couldn't get out, and even feces and urinated in the footbath of the house, and the only way to see outside was to open the crack of the door.Seeing his father passing by the door, she hurriedly inquired about the news, only to get a mouthful of spit.She knew that this was the only way to go, but for the sake of meritorious service, she couldn't care less.After finally waiting for her younger brother to pass by the door, she called him to stop, and only then did she learn that Zhou Ligong had run away.This news made Yingwa happy, sad and worried. The happy thing was that he was safe and sound, the sad thing was that he left her and left alone, and the worried thing was that Zhou Ligong ran away without being punished. As far as her father knows, he will definitely pass his anger on to her.She doesn't know what to suffer! Yinwa's guess is very accurate.Come together the next day, Mrs. Zhou Guo made breakfast and brought it out on the stone table in the courtyard. Zhou Baogen brought a bench for his father, and the whole family was waiting for him to eat.Zhou Shuancheng came out from the back room, instead of going to the dining table, he walked aggressively towards the cave where Yinwa was imprisoned with an ax in his hand, and said viciously, raising such a slut would make me lose face, look at me Break her leg and risk it all to support her for the rest of her life!Zhou Baogen hurried over to stop his father and dragged him over. Yinwa heard it clearly inside, and her heart was completely cold.She knew that her father didn't love her in the first place, and this time he hated her even more.He has a very hard heart, and he can do anything that hurts nature and reason.That day, she took advantage of the situation and called her younger brother to stop, telling him to go to Zhou Kewen to find a solution, but now he can only rely on his uncle.She knew that although the uncle resented her, he would not let her die. Zhou Baogen found Zhou Kewen who was recuperating at home.Zhou Kewen said I got it, your father's voice was as loud as a donkey, and I couldn't hear him swearing when I was next door?You go back and ask him what he wants to do, why doesn't he have any heart to protect the calf? Zhou Baogen went back and told his father this.Zhou Shuancheng snorted and said, he is shameless in protecting the calf, but I am shameless!Zhou Baogen asked his father, then you really plan to beat my sister to death?Zhou Shuancheng said, if I don't clean her up, where will I put my face?How can I speak in front of people with such a woman who steals people and raises a man like this? Zhou Baogen hurriedly consulted with his uncle again.Zhou Kewen said, let it go, even if the baby is my daughter, she should be kidnapped by bandits, and I will redeem her back, so go back and ask your father what he wants.Zhou Kewen knows that his brother loves money, so he can negotiate anything as a business. Zhou Baogen passed the words to his father.Zhou Shuancheng scolded, who is the bandit?His son is the bandit!He will be fine if he ruins my daughter. How can there be such a cheap thing in this world?Ask him to compensate!Zhou Baogen asked his father, why should he pay?Zhou Shuancheng said, tell him to return the four acres of ancestral land that he lied to us last year! Zhou Baogen went over and said, Zhou Kewen immediately gave him the title deed of the four acres of ancestral land.When Zhou Shuancheng saw Tian Qi, he burst into tears with laughter. He snorted triumphantly, and said in his heart, Zhou Kewen, Zhou Kewen, don't look at you as an adulterer, you are far worse than your brother. Zhou Shuancheng used bitter tricks! Of course, Zhou Shuancheng knew that someone would talk about him behind his back, saying that he was cheating.He thought it was a urinal being pushed over his head.The four acres of land belonged to him in the first place. Although he didn't know that Zhou Kewen had played tricks in buying the land, he concluded that he had been cheated just because the land ended up in his brother's hands.Now that he wants back the land that was cheated, why is it a scam?Besides, it was his son who harmed someone in the first place, and he deserved it for bleeding some blood! On the day Yinwa was released, she came to the uncle's house and asked where Zhou Ligong had gone.Zhou Liang and Chun'e ignored her, Zhou Kewen said, we don't know, even if we knew, we wouldn't tell you, don't pester your second brother, he made you suffer! After hearing this, Yingwa's eyes immediately filled with tears.She sat for a long time under the grape arbor in the uncle's yard.Last year was the season when the grapes were in bloom, and his second brother came back in a hurry. At that time, the courtyard was full of people. She used the reputation of a bandit to scare away others, and only then did she meet that high-spirited foreign student.Today, the grape trellis is covered with silk-like white flowers again, but the yard is empty, without the vigorous popularity of the past.Yinwa understands that all of this is because of her, she is sorry for her second brother, sorry for her uncle, and sorry for this family.But she didn't want to apologize, she felt that she loved Zhou Ligong rightly, and she would do everything possible to repay all the debts she owed. Yinwa left Mingde Hall silently. The next morning, Yingwa went out with a small burden on her back, saying that she was going back to Beishan.Zhou Baogen felt strange, why did his sister suddenly think of going back to her husband's house?He asked her to stay, and the baby said, I am ashamed of my parents, and I have no face to stay in Zhoujiazhai anymore.Zhou Shuancheng also kept his daughter, saying that his father was saying it out of anger. How can parents not protect their calves?Zhou Baogen retains his sister because he loves her, and Zhou Shuancheng retains because he is reluctant to give up a good laborer. Although their purposes are different, they are both sincere.The decision to attract the baby has been made, and no one can keep her. She is going back to her husband's house, and there is no reason for others to force her to stay. Yinwa was walking on the street, and people behind her kept spitting, and what was even more ear-piercing were the cheerful greetings of the women, ouch, is this going back?Good to go back!Go back and be a good wife!Oh, you go, the village won't be lively if you go!Yingwa didn't talk to her, she could hear the meaning behind the words of the women, they were glad they had the thorn in their eyes removed. Yingwa quickly walked out of the village and climbed up Huanglongyuan.Standing on the top of the plateau, she took a last look at Zhoujiazhai, knelt down slowly, and kowtowed towards the village. She was saying goodbye to the village.She doesn't know where she was born, but she has always been here.Here is full of her joy, her bitterness, her hope, her suffering.She loves it and hates it.Nostalgia here, but also look forward to leaving here.Once left here, and then came back here.But this time she was going to leave completely, and she would never come back again, and she would have no face to come back again.Tears swirled in her eyes, and she wiped them away with her sleeve, so that her eyes were not blocked, and she looked at the big locust tree at the gate of the village, the arched bridge on the moat, the bluestone slabs on the street, and the tied horses in front of the ancestral hall. The piles were deeply engraved in her heart, and from then on she only met them in her dreams. Yinwa stood up, patted the dust off her knees, and ran eastward with big strides.She didn't go back to Beishan at all, but went to Xi'an to look for Zhou Ligong there.She inquired from Heichou, and Zhou Kewen told his son to go far away.Where can it be far away?Certainly not the county town in front of me.That is the big city in the distance, Zhou Ligong should be from a big city.Yinwa heard Zhou Ligong talk about two big cities: Xi'an and Beijing, and described the beautiful life there.She doesn't know where Beijing is, but she knows that Xi'an is to the east, so go to Xi'an first to find him.She has never been to Xi'an, and she doesn't know how far Xi'an is, but she is sure that as long as she walks east, she will always get there.