After more than three miles, Yang Dongxu first caught up with a few uncle-level old people behind him, said hello, caught up with younger middle-aged people, and finally caught up with a group of young people who were not afraid of trouble and looked like they were in pain all day long.
When they arrived at Xiaodongzhuang, the first group of people that Yang's father came over were still some distance away from Xiaodongzhuang. There was no need to ask where the incident happened. It must be where the crowd was most concentrated.
"Give way, give way." Yang Dongxu, who was a little out of breath, pushed through the crowd and walked in.
The first thing I saw was the uncle whose clothes were torn and his face was bruised and swollen, and there was blood on the corner of his mouth, and then the aunt whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.
Xiao Wu was holding the youngest son born last year to his uncle who joined the army in his arms. A group of half-grown boys glared at the middle-aged man not far away who also had a bruised nose and face. Next to the middle-aged man stood a few glaring people. They were probably neighbors or young people from the same clan. people.
Yang Dongxu was furious when he saw his uncle's appearance. No matter who was blamed, he would definitely be angry when he saw his own uncle being beaten like this.
However, Yang Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his aunt and child were okay. Otherwise, if the woman and child were also beaten, the matter would definitely not be rectified. But just as he walked past, a pungent smell of alcohol came. Yang Dongxu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Aunt, what's wrong?" Yang Dongxu asked.
The aunt's eyes were red as she watched Yang Dongxu open his mouth to say something, but she didn't know what to say. Seeing her husband being beaten, she felt distressed and angry.
"What's going on?" Yang Dongxu asked Xiao Wu.
"I don't know. We were playing over there. When we saw something happening here, we ran over to watch the fun. We found him beating my uncle, so we beat him." Xiao Wu said loudly, as if we were occupying this place. Reasonable, the other party didn't seem to be interested in making trouble first, but after saying it loudly, Xiaowu rolled his eyes and leaned over and whispered: "Uncle seems to have drunk too much."
have to!
No need to ask, Yang Dongxu knows better than anyone how his uncle's wine tastes. I couldn't drink, but I still had to drink. If I drank too much, I would either cry for my father, scold my mother, or hit someone.
I went to my father-in-law's house today with a lot of rare gifts, and I must have drank a lot. Now my face was bruised and swollen after being beaten, and I snored and fell asleep.
Yang Dongxu, who roughly guessed what happened, even if he wanted to help his relatives or not, knowing his uncle's moral character when he was drunk, he couldn't help but think of the word "deserved" in his heart.
During the Chinese New Year, he would get drunk either at relatives' houses or on the way home, which was why he would make trouble several times a year in his previous life. Later, his relatives knew about his virtues, so he felt more at ease by not giving him a drink when visiting relatives at the end of the year.
But no matter how angry he was, he was still his uncle after all. Yang Dongxu first felt his uncle's pulse, then pressed it a few times, and then he was completely relieved when he found that it was just a skin injury.
"Uncle Zhang, are you okay? This is my uncle's fault. If you feel uncomfortable, let's go to the city hospital for a checkup." I didn't suffer much from the trouble caused by my uncle, and Yang Dongxu was nothing. He has the temperament of a bully, so he can only put on a smile.
Although the surnames of Dongzhuang and Xizhuang are different, their ancestors have lived here for generations, so they are somewhat related to each other.
"Who are you?" Zhang Kui, who was beaten by a few people called Xiao Wu, looked at Yang Dongxu and felt a little unfamiliar.
"My brother-in-law is responsible for this. My father is Yang Ruxi." He only comes back once or twice a year at most, and after coming back he doesn't go around much except visiting relatives. If Yang Dongxu, who is seventeen years old and 1.78 meters tall, doesn't introduce him, Outsiders really didn't dare to recognize that this was the naughty kid who ran around digging out bird's nests with a runny nose.
"Oh, when did you come back?" Zhang Kui was stunned for a moment before he realized who the unfamiliar child in front of him was, and at first glance, he didn't look like a child from the countryside.
Why has Yangjia Village become so shaken in recent years? Who among the eight villages in the ten miles away knows the difference? Everyone talks about Yang Dongxu who climbed a high branch to go to Beijing to study, and feels sad when talking about it. They secretly wonder why Zhou Yiren was not in his village when he was undergoing labor reform, and why they didn't help him generously when Zhou Yiren was down. Otherwise, it would not be popular to drink spicy food now.
Rural people are always a little afraid of being an official, especially those who are officials in Beijing. So once he recognized who Yang Dongxu was, the opponent, even the Reasonable Knight, was a little weaker.
"I just got home yesterday, so I've caught up with this." Yang Dongxu smiled awkwardly, "Uncle Zhang, do you feel uncomfortable there? How about we go check it out."
The young man's actions were not serious, and Yang Dongxu was really afraid that Xiao Wu and the others would break him.
"No, it's okay." Zhang Kui, who was a little timid at first, saw the other party's smiling face and quickly waved his hand to indicate that he was okay.
"Why don't you go check it out? It's almost the Chinese New Year, so don't let anything happen then." Yang Dongxu was still a little worried.
The two of them were talking here, and Father Yang's group of people were panting and knocked them down one by one. Suddenly, a group of people huffed and puffed around them, which made the other person tremble with fear even in the other person's village.
"Xu Zi, how is your brother-in-law? Who did it?" Although Father Yang usually seems to be responsible, he became angry when he saw his little brother being beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face. No matter who is to blame for this. , one of my mother's brothers was beaten and must be taken back.
"That's right, Dad..." Yang Dongxu said the story with a wry smile.
"Yeah, why don't you beat him to death." When he heard that his brother-in-law had drunk too much and was looking for trouble, Yang's father blushed and almost went up to kick his little brother. He was already married and had children, so how could he be so unreasonable? Peace of mind.
"I was just talking about taking Uncle Zhang to the hospital for a checkup. Don't hurt him anywhere." Yang Dongxu didn't mean to say any more polite words. The Chinese New Year was about to hit people like this. It was really strange for Dongzhuang and Xizhuang to look up and not see him when he looked down. embarrassing.
"I want to go and have a look. Kuizi is one code after another. Let's go to the hospital to check you out." In rural areas, having face is a matter of face, but if you bully others, you will be stabbed in the spine. People care about this very much nowadays. of.
"No, no, it's really nothing." Zhang Kui said hurriedly.
He was indeed fine. The injuries on his face looked scary, but in fact they were just superficial injuries like when Uncle Yang Dongxu joined the army. Although the young man's attack was insignificant, he was still a boy of fifteen or sixteen and was not very strong.
Moreover, when a child of this age fights, he usually greets someone in the face, with a bloody nose or an eye-sealing hammer. A slight concussion may be a problem, but there is definitely no hidden injury or anything like that.
After making sure that everything was fine, Father Yang apologized and asked Uncle Yang Dongxu to leave quickly. There were more and more people, and the shame really went to grandma's house.
As soon as they walked out of Xiaodongzhuang, Yang Dongxu's grandparents and Yang's mother also rushed over.
Grandma Yang Dongxu's expression changed when she saw her youngest son's bruised nose and face. Father Yang said hurriedly: "I don't blame him. He is fine. He drank too much and caused trouble. Ying Ma went back to prepare something to send to his house to keep him company."
Although both parties were injured, they also apologized just now. But to beat people like this at the end of the year and make them celebrate the New Year with panda eyes without giving anything to compensate will make people feel that Father Yang has become more prosperous in recent years and has begun to behave unethically.
"I'll go back and prepare. Why don't you keep an eye on him? You don't know that he makes trouble when he drinks too much." Yang's mother breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that he was okay, but when she heard that it was her brother-in-law who drank too much and made trouble again, The son was furious.
"I also tried to persuade him not to drink too much. My sister and the others happened to be there today. I was helping my mother cook in the kitchen before I came to the table. By the time I knew he was going to drink, he had already drank a lot." My aunt also looked aggrieved.
Today I brought a lot of seafood and other rare things to my parents' family. It just happened to happen that several sisters were giving some New Year's goods to their parents at the end of the year. As soon as the brothers-in-law met and the brothers of my own family met, wouldn't this be... Did you drink it?
Besides, among the New Year’s gifts given today, she gave the most and rarest ones. When she was a widow, although her sister didn’t say it with her mouth, she definitely looked down on her in her heart. Now she has found a capable husband and has made money in front of her parents. face.
Seeing that her husband was so happy, she was in a good mood and decided to drink some wine. Who knew that she would be fine all the way back after drinking. When she was almost home, her husband became drunk. At first, he scolded others and then the other party. When he saw that he had drunk too much and was not familiar with him, he kindly persuaded him to go home quickly.
When Zhang Kui tried to persuade him, Uncle Yang Dongxu said that Zhang Kui was scolding him and that when it came to his duties, Zhang Kui should call him grandpa. Then the aunt couldn't hold him back, so Uncle Yang Dongxu came over and gave him a slap. He also asked the other party to call him grandpa.
No matter how drunk you are, you will get beaten if you insult someone like this, not to mention that the other person is your equal and is still in the other village, so the two sides started to fight. Originally, the other party knew who joined the army and still kept his hands, but as he joined the army, the insults became more and more unpleasant. , slapped him with neither light nor hard, and Zhang Kui, who was carrying one head on two shoulders, was also very angry, so he started to fight like this.
"Okay, okay, let's go back first." Seeing his mother say a few words to my aunt, grandma's face looked a little wrong, and Yang Dongxu quickly tried to smooth things over. It was embarrassing enough to get drunk and cause trouble here. As a grandma, she prefers the youngest. If she gets angry and has a few words with her mother, it will be really hilarious.
He sent his uncle home and took off his clothes, which were all muddy and obviously unwearable. He checked his uncle to make sure there were no internal injuries. Yang Dongxu left the house and left him to be taken care of by his aunt.
Yang Dongxu shuddered when the wind blew out of the door. He was in a hurry and just thought of lying in bed for a while, so he rushed to Xiaodongzhuang in his underwear.
It's snowing heavily now when I go out, and a cool breeze blows into my body. My thin underwear has no effect of keeping me warm at all.
"Sister-in-law, please don't go and apologize. Tomorrow, when Jiang Jun wakes up, let him go and apologize in person." Seeing that her husband was okay, the aunt came out of the room and said quickly when she saw Yang's mother who was still in the main room.
"Send something over first, call Big Daddy and the others tomorrow, and then invite them to come to our house for a meal and let me join the army to apologize to others. If you drink too much during the Chinese New Year and beat someone up, you have to admit your mistakes and avoid being picked on. Talk nonsense." Father Yang opened his mouth to set the tone.
