Chapter 24 Entering the provincial capital
Before dawn, smoke from cooking fires ignited in Hongshan Village.
There was a rustling sound from the next room, and a few slight sounds of pots and tiles. Lin Yanchao woke up from his sleep, knowing that it was Aunt next door, cooking for the man who was farming.
Fujian is close to the Tropic of Cancer, and the sun is very vicious. Even if autumn begins in August, people can still get rid of their skin at noon. Therefore, farmers usually go down to the fields at five o'clock, work until eight or nine o'clock, and at most ten o'clock, you have to return home, have lunch, and take a nap. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, ride the sun before the setting sun, and work for another journey.
For thousands of years, the people in the village have worked like this, so the third aunt next door has to get up early at 4 o'clock to prepare the meal.
As the housewife at home, Lin Qianqian also has to cook for her third uncle who gets up immediately at four o'clock. In the past, when the aunt was at home, she would sleep until the sun was exposed to three o'clock before getting up. Lin Qianqian stood in front of the stove to cook breakfast since she was nine years old.
Lin Yanchao also got up. Qianqian was like this, so he couldn't stay in bed.
Studying is also about the third update!
To change the current situation, going to school is the right way to advance. In addition, protecting the family's comprehensiveness and having a place to protect you when you are not yet rich.
Xie Laohu is the biggest threat right now, and this person is peering at the side. Lin Yanchao thought that there were only ones who were thieves for thousands of days, but not those who were thieves for thousands of days. It would be too uncomfortable to sit at home and wait for others to come to the door. He had to figure out a way to pull Xie Laohu off the horse from the inner length.
Lin Yanchao read until almost noon, and suddenly a voice came from outside: "Is Linpusi at home?"
"He went to the shop to be on duty. What can I do if I see you?" the uncle outside the door replied.
Lin Yanchao stretched his ears and guessed in his heart that it was a complicated matter of labor service, but it had not stopped. Mr. Xie tried on other methods.
"Who are you from him?"
"eldest son."
"Okay, you have your name here, this is the vote of the county government. The county magistrate has an order to ask you and your father to go to the county government for a question the day after tomorrow."
"What's the ticket?" The uncle's words were full of panic.
After hearing this, Lin Yanchao pushed the door open and saw a yamen runner with bird feathers in a brim of a hat, wearing a blue shirt with arrow sleeves, and a sword hanging on his waist, standing at the door and talking to his uncle.
When my uncle heard that he was about to see the magistrate, his legs trembled. In this era, people were afraid of the officials first, and what about this, they would cause lawsuits.
Now, the magistrate Zhou is known as the magistrate of the family. Uncle Qiang smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, how can you call me Huang Bantou. I am the one who works under him and I usually call him grandpa."
"Damn it, a gang member is worthy of making a relationship with me?" Uncle was nakedly despised.
"My brothers must be from the Zaoban. I can serve the county master's follower every day. I can't afford it. But don't you understand? I ask you for advice from my elder brother. What's wrong with me if you don't know the county master's follower?"
After hearing that my uncle flattered me so much and quietly stuffed some money, the yamen runner's face suddenly improved, "You can talk, tell you the truth, your family has committed a crime! The village chief handed over a complaint and went to the county master to sue you for swallowing their dowry."
"What, the aunt's dowry field? What's going on?" The uncle's face suddenly turned pale.
"You can tell me this to you, but I'd better tell your father and think about how to explain to the county master the day after tomorrow. Anyway, I've brought it."
After saying that, the yamen run away. The uncle held the ticket and looked worried, and kept saying, "What should I do? What should I do? No, I want to go to the shop and tell my father about it."
"What's the matter with uncle?" Lin Yanchao walked over.
The uncle gave Lin Yanchao a lie to give the ticket to Lin Yanchao, "Look at the stall's business."
Lin Yanchao looked at the ticket and said, "This is the official seal of the magistrate! It's so rare!"
The uncle complained: "Chat boy, at this time, you still have this leisure time."
Lin Yanchao smiled confidently and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I'm worried that I won't deal with General Xie. Now that he has come to his door by himself, he is seeking death!"
That night, Lin Gao rushed home from the emergency delivery shop.
The Lin family in Hongshan Village was lit with an oil lamp. The lights were slightly red, illuminating the faces of Lin Gao, uncle, third uncle, and Lin Yanchao.
Lin Gao was facing the oil lamp and smoking the hookah bite by bit, making the room full of smoke.
Uncle San said first: "Dad, I think Mr. Xie has made a decision this time."
Everyone was surprised. Why did Uncle San, who had always had no idea, feel so confident this time?
Uncle San smiled and said, "Listen to me, the court does not have laws. If the household marriage and land are not allowed to sue the officials, it is necessary to be punished by the old man Lijia in the management. Without the decision of the old man Lijia, the person who complained without asking whether it is false or not, he will first cut off the complainant by sixty. Xie Laohu asked the magistrate to seek justice, so we sued him before he found the old man in the village, so he came to the yamen and asked him to eat sixty boards first? Haha!"
Uncle San thought that the temple was successful, and one person smiled, but no one agreed.
Uncle San stopped and asked, "Am I wrong?"
Lin Gao blew the cigarette from his mouth and knocked on the table, saying, "Lao San, what's your idea? Xie Laohu is the village chief. If his family's marriage and land are not listed here, he can directly sue the official, not counting as a cross-border complaint."
The uncle also mocked the third uncle and said, "Xie Laohu himself is the general armor. He still doesn't understand the truth in it?"
Uncle San said with a grievance: "Brother, aren't I planning for the family? What are your good ideas if you say that?"
The uncle said, "Dad, third brother, isn't it just five acres of dowry land? It turns out that their Xie family is just giving it to her. I don't care about it. We made this matter privately, and let them withdraw their complaints, which makes it look bad. A couple has a hundred days of kindness, and I can't let the neighbors say that I don't care about the past couple's friendship."
"Boss, look at you like this. You have no prospects. If you break it, you will break it. What do you think about? Why don't you have a real man without a wife? I will just find someone better than an aunt." Lin Gao scolded with a stern face.
"Dad said, "My sister-in-law is like that, I don't think that dad is at all. There is something wrong with what happened that day." Uncle San also interfered.
After hearing what my father and third uncle said, my uncle also lowered his head. Lin Yanchao also saw that my uncle didn't care about it after his aunt left home, and he became much more haggard.
"Fifteen years of kindness cannot be cut off," said the uncle sadly. "I have been looking for my mother for the past month. I have not said anything. My father is at home, so I will go to Xie's house to apologize. If the aunt is willing to come back, we will not forget it. We will swallow the broken front teeth."
"No!" Uncle San firmly opposed, "I don't want to recognize this sister-in-law anymore!"
Lin Gao sighed, "All family is prosperous, I don't know this truth, but your wife is like this. If she comes back, she will make things difficult for Chaozi, what should Qianqian do? Now that we are willing, the Xie family may not be willing."
"Then give her five acres of land, and I will pretend that I don't have this wife, and I don't have this mother." The uncle gritted his teeth and said.
After hearing this, the third uncle immediately said, "Brother, this is wrong. I have spent so much effort on these five acres of land in the past few years. I don't know how many trucks of manure have been poured. I just treat it as my son. If you hand it over, I will not be willing to give it up. If he wants these five acres of land, please return the bride price we gave to them, and everyone will clear it up."
When the uncle heard this, he suddenly became angry and pointed at Uncle San and said angrily: "This is not OK, that is not OK, so what do you think?"
"Brother, don't be angry!" Uncle San smiled awkwardly and stopped responding.
Lin Gao picked up the hookah and looked at Lin Yanchao and said, "What do you think about Chaozi?"
The uncle first said: "Dad, Chaozi is a child, what do you know? Don't let him get involved in this matter."
Uncle San said: "Boss, although Chao Jian is a child, don't forget how our family escaped the tragic service this time, Chao Jian has been appreciated by the supervisor."
Lin Qianqian said on the side: "Yes, uncle, I think Brother Chao has become much better than before after he was sick." After that, Lin Qianqian gave Lin Yanchao a confident look.
After hearing this, the uncle said, "Cheng, Cheng, Chaozi, what do you think, just say it."
Lin Yanchao said, "Grandpa, uncle, and third uncle, if Xie Laohu wanted to make peace with us in private, he would not have told us that he would have handed us a complaint to the yamen. Xie Laohu did this to make a big deal and deliberately wanted to fight this lawsuit, not only to regain the five acres of land, but also to ruin our family's reputation. You said that he had been a village chief for so many years, and the yamen must have clear paths. Maybe there would be some minor officials to support him?"
"Then we can't fight this lawsuit!" said the uncle with a bitter face.
"Uncle, since Xie Laohu thought he was sure to win, would he let us go and make peace with us in private? Even if we returned all five acres of land to them, the Xie family would be useless. If we took the initiative to make peace, it would not only be looked down upon by the villagers, but Xie Laohu would also kill us again."
Lin Yanchao said this and everyone showed a deep thoughtful look, thinking that Lin Yanchao's words made a lot of sense.
Lin Gao asked, "Choi, what do you think you should do?"
Lin Yanchao said: "Grandpa, our Lin family doesn't cause trouble, but when things come, they are never afraid of trouble!"
Lin Gaozhe stood up and said, "Well, when things come to an end, I, Lin Gaozhe, have never been afraid of anyone in my life. Since Xie Laohu wants to fight, I will fight with him! Okay, go to bed early and go to the county government to sue Xie Laohu!"
"Dad, when I see the yamen's horoscope, my legs are weak and I can't help. I have a lot of work in the past few days. Can I not go?" Uncle San lowered his head and whispered.
"No hope!" Lin Gaozhao couldn't help but curse.
"Grandpa, the third uncle is busy with work, so let him go. I will serve the third uncle tomorrow! If the lawsuit cannot be won, I will go to the Xuedao Yamen and ask the supervisor to be fair!"
Lin Gao looked like Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Okay!"
On the day of going to the county government, Lin Qianqian got up early, made soup with duck mother, laid too much noodles, and put duck eggs. Lin Gaozhe, uncle and Lin Yanchao all had a big meal.
Because he wanted to meet the official, Lin Gaozhe and his uncle were both dressed very formally, while Lin Yanchao was just wearing an old dress. Lin Qianqian said, "Brother Chao, why are you wearing this old dress from the society?" Lin Yanchao smiled and said nothing.
Lin Gao glanced at the sun rising in the east and said to his uncle, Lin Yanchao: "Let's go, let's enter the provincial capital!"
Chapter completed!