Jiang Anan realized that she seemed to be in poor health, and hurriedly helped her to the chair and sat down.
"Don't worry, Aunt Wu. Comrade Wu Lingyu didn't want to escape the village because she was eloping. She just wanted to go to the capital."
"capital?"
"What's this damn girl doing in the capital?"
The couple was shocked. The Wu family has been living in a small mountain village for generations, and the furthest distance they can travel is to the county.
Wu Laowu was full of doubts and gritted his teeth fiercely: "You damn girl, you think you can escape from the clan by running to the capital? That's simply fantastic! She can't even leave the town without a travel certificate issued by the clan leader."
But then again.
If Wu Lingyu didn't elope but ran away, wouldn't it mean that the good reputation of the old Wu family has been preserved!
His family is no longer a sinner.
"Director Xiao Jiang, are you telling the truth?"
Wu Laowu put a smile on his old face, ran forward happily, and poked his palm flatteringly: "As long as I can restore Lingyu's innocence, I will do anything."
Able to bend and stretch, this person is also a talent.
As if he knew what she was thinking, Wu Laowu sighed: "You don't understand. The clan leader is responsible for allocating all resources, and only a very small number of people can participate in tea making. Every year, the clan will vote again. If my family's reputation becomes bad, Let alone making tea, all you get is definitely dirty work."
Jiang Anan was confused: "Have you never thought about being like other brigades?"
Wu Laowu: "You want to say why the clan is not dissolved?"
But why disband?
He looked at Jiang An'an as if he were a fool: "Not to mention that there was a famine in the past few years, and no one in the Xinghua Brigade, from old to young, died of hunger. The tribesmen help each other to overcome difficulties, and all resources are given priority to the elderly, women and children. child."
Clan.
This is something engraved in the bones and blood of our ancestors for generations. Protecting the interests of the clan is above all else. Similarly, when the clan members encounter difficulties, the clan will help the others in return.
Wu Laowu talked eloquently with a proud expression, which Jiang Anan could not understand.
Because she experienced little human touch in the later generations, she didn't know anyone next to her neighbors, and she might not be able to speak a word or two to each other in her entire life.
Jiang Anan gained a lot today.
If you want to solve Wu Lingyu's matter smoothly, you cannot just rely on legal means to solve it.
First, the dissemination of the law is not in place and there is a long way to go. The villagers are more aware of clan rules.
Secondly, the Xinghua Brigade was not unreasonable, but Wu Lingyu's crime of "eloping" violated the bottom line of the tribe. If he wanted to clear away the injustice done to her, Patriarch Wu would have to step forward.
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"Why are you climbing over my wall again?"
Patriarch Wu was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, not happy at all when he saw her.
Is the dead girl a cat?
You can easily climb through such a high courtyard wall.
Jiang Anan sighed: "You sent people to guard the front and back doors. I can only climb the wall. After all, when things are urgent, they will be slow, when things are slow, they will be smooth, and when things are round, they will be smooth."
Patriarch Wu mocked: "Are you quite educated?"
Jiang Anan puffed up her chest proudly: "I often write articles and submit them to newspapers, and I have received more than 20 yuan in royalties."
"..."
Who praised you?
Damn that was sarcasm! !
It was a pity that Jiang Anan inherited the old Jiang family's usual shamelessness and skillfully stepped forward to pour herself a cup of tea. Gululu drank more than half of the cup.
Patriarch Wu took a deep breath and boasted that in his decades of living, he had never seen anyone more shameless than her. However, he did not have enough self-control to beat someone with his own hands.
"It tastes great. It's truly a tea for cadres." Jiang Anan sighed, holding her chin.
Patriarch Wu narrowed his eyes: "Are you threatening me?"
Coldness came overwhelmingly, and Jiang Anan looked innocent: "I have not, and I will never participate in the tea dispute between your clans."
The Ma clan next door has long been unhappy with the Wu clan, which is a well-known fact.
Patriarch Wu did not dwell on this issue: "What did Lao Wu tell you?"
Speaking of this, Jiang An'an wrinkled her face and said, "Give me some knowledge about the history of the Wu clan. If I hadn't run so fast, I would have had to make up for it until tomorrow morning."
She drooped her head, with the word "mourning" written all over her body.
I didn’t expect Wu Laowu to be such a good teacher.
So scary!
Patriarch Wu didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he was a little bit disgusted by her vigilance.
Just when the old face's impatience reached its peak, Jiang Anan finally explained his purpose.
"I want to see Wu Zewei."
Patriarch Wu's eyelids twitched and he was very calm: "What are you doing seeing him for? Zewei has been copying a new genealogy recently and has no time to see outsiders."
"That's really unfortunate." Jiang Anan felt regretful: "Why don't you let the police talk to him?"
Patriarch Wu raised his eyes and met Jiang Anan's teasing gaze. His heart began to beat wildly as if he was struck by lightning.
The dead girl knows that the "adulterer" is Wu Zewei!
It must have been that little slut Wu Lingyu who revealed it. Fortunately, Zewei still defended her at every turn, going on hunger strikes every day to force her to death, so that he could be more lenient towards Wu Lingyu.
Jiang Anan: "Wu Lingyu didn't say anything."
Patriarch Wu snorted coldly in disbelief: "Then how did you know that?"
Jiang Anan opened her eyes and told lies: "Isn't it easy to guess? Wu Zewei has the best relationship with Wu Lingyu in the whole village, and he was the one who made the most fuss after Wu Lingyu's accident."
"..."
"You know very well that Wu Lingyu doesn't want to elope at all. It's just Wu Zewei's own passion."
It is precisely because of this that Patriarch Wu has a fire in his heart that has no place to spread.
His proud little grandson was so sentimental that he didn't take responsibility after the accident. He was not a man at all.
After a long while, he compromised: "I can clarify this matter in the clan." Other than that, he would not agree to anything else.
Jiang Anan faced the other party's burning eyes and asked the biggest doubt in his heart: "You are not confused. New culture will subvert the old system sooner or later. Why do you insist on reviving the feudal dross?"
Patriarch Wu narrowed his fierce eyes and sneered: "What is right and what is wrong? Why must ideas that have existed for thousands of years be wrong? Will the new culture be able to protect women?"
Besides, he himself was not wrong.
Only some women in the village have the opportunity to study. If they receive training resources from their families, they will lose their freedom of marriage and have to make sacrifices.
If the culture of our ancestors wants to continue, we must make sacrifices.
...At least the ancestral inheritance cannot be cut off in his hands.
"I did not oppress anyone. Everything was of their own free will, including Wu Lingyu."
This is the second time today that Jiang Anan has heard the statement "Wu Lingyu is voluntary".
They did not use violence to force Wu Lingyu and lure her with benefits. It was more terrifying to brainwash women generation after generation.
The reason why Patriarch Wu is confident is that the whole village is united to maintain this system. Once outsiders want to destroy it, everyone will resist.
Unless, the whole village is arrested and sent to be rehabilitated.
Not realistic at all!
Jiang Anan raised the corners of her lips: "You are right, women have the right to make their own choices."
Only when new ideas spread further and women see the advantages of the new society will they take the initiative to move closer.
