"But, unless you, Uncle Zhenbang, give you an explanation, the people from Lijia Village will not leave." Yang Huazhong said.
"Your little grandpa wants us to come up with some ideas, saying that we can't write two characters for Yang in one stroke. Uncle Zhenbang is stubborn. We can't just stand by and watch. Our old Yang family will both prosper and suffer, and so on." , I don’t even know how to answer the call!” Yang Huazhong said again.
Old Yangtou took a few puffs of dry cigarette and smiled bitterly.
"I'm just a half-brother, and Zhenbang is my serious nephew. If I could help, would I not take action?" Old Yangtou said.
"Last time we had trouble like that with Fengzhi and Lin. The Lin family came to look for trouble. We all went over to help. We spared no effort." The old man continued.
"I originally thought that Zhenbang had changed his mind and finally understood how difficult it was for his parents. We were also willing to help him and prevent him from being stepped on by his father-in-law's family,"
"I didn't expect that he would not change his ways and get worse."
"Although he did not take away Fengzhi's life with his own hands, he still has a responsibility that he cannot shirk."
"This time, the death of the old lady in Lijia Village was really caused by him. As well as those who were poisoned in our village, all these accounts must be blamed on him."
"We've caused such a big disaster, how can we help?"
"It's our duty to help. We warned you before the incident happened. The table was knocked down and the rice was burned. We really have done our best! If Grandpa Qing'er complains, there is nothing we can do!"...
Yang Zhenbang has been hiding from returning to the village.
The Li family pretended that they would rather let the old lady's body rot in the main room of little old Yangtou's house than leave.
Wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety, they were stuck in the yard, crying and shouting. Little old Yangtou and the old lady were living a miserable life.
Unfortunately, Yang Zhenbang escaped and did not return to the village at all.
The villagers in the village who were suffering from vomiting and diarrhea also went to little old Yangtou's house to make trouble, demanding compensation from Yang Zhenbang!
Little old Yangtou's house was extremely lively.
Little old Yang is an old man. For the sake of his son, he has to kneel down, plead and say good words to the people in Lijia Village.
But my mother is dead, no matter how old Yang smashes his head, there is no way to retreat from this matter.
After two days of tossing like this, the body of the old lady from the Li family began to smell bad.
Little old Yangtou was almost driven crazy, and once again he had to bite the bullet and come to old Yangtou for help.
"Brother, it's not that I won't help you as an elder brother. This matter is about the people. My elder brother doesn't have such a big face!"
Little old Yang muttered: "The third child is Li Zheng, and he is also the father of the number one scholar..."
Old Yangtou was really unhappy when he heard this.
My brother is close, and my nephew is also close.
But in front of his son and grandson, there is no comparison.
"Zhenbang is confused, why are you saying stupid things too?" Old Yangtou tapped the knuckles of his fingers on the table and asked little Old Yangtou with a surprised look on his face.
"My cousin got killed by selling poisonous rice, so he let his upright cousin come to suppress him? He also moved the nephew of the top scholar out. If people find out about this, they will say that our old Yang family is bullying others and looking down on human life!"
"The third son has been working as a lieutenant for so many years. He works hard and doesn't complain. Everyone respects him and has a good reputation."
"After ten years of hard work, Da'an finally won the first prize in the examination. Now it is just a meritorious title. The court has not even given him an official title."
"Move the third child and Daan out. You are making it difficult for the third child, and you are ruining Daan's future. How can you say this?"
Old Yangtou's heart-wrenching questioning made little Old Yangtou so ashamed that he wanted to bury his head in his crotch.
The old man was in tears and said: "Brother, I am the one who has failed to teach my son well. I have always praised Zhenbang since he was a child for his clever mind and his ability to work in camps."
"When he went into evil ways, I turned a blind eye. I thought that as long as I could make money, I was really good at it."
"I was wrong, really wrong. Now that I want to discipline him, his wings have become stiff and he is no longer subject to my discipline..."
"Little grandpa, please forgive me for being blunt." Yang Ruoqing walked in and interrupted little old Yangtou's crying.
"When things have reached this point, you can't protect me no matter how soft-hearted you are," she said.
"Uncle Zhenbang simply doesn't care about you and my little grandma's situation. He hides outside and still lives happily when he gets into trouble. He leaves the mess to you. In this case, there is no need for you to run around for him anymore."
"Simply ask the Li family to send Mrs. Li's body to Uncle Zhenbang's own yard in the town. This is the only way to force him to show up and give everyone an explanation," she said.
"Well, I also want to say what Qing Yatou said, and I mean the same thing." Old Yangtou quickly expressed his position.
Little old Yangtou had a look of embarrassment on his face, "Zhenbang's yard in town is newly built, so if you let Mrs. Li's body pass, isn't that just seeking bad luck?"
Yang Ruoqing said: "There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor, and the person died because of him. Compared with his misfortune, when someone dies, I feel really sad. Uncle Zhenbang is so selfish and cold-blooded that I am speechless." "
"Girl Qing, is this really the only way?" Little old Yang asked with red eyes.
Yang Ruoqing said: "From the standpoint of a normal person with a moral bottom line, this is the only advice I can give."
"It's up to you, little grandpa, to adopt it or not."
"Now that everything has come to this point, let me say something unpleasant. If Uncle Zhenbang doesn't come back to deal with this matter, sooner or later the Li family will find out where Uncle Zhenbang's house in town is."
"When the time comes that they will come to the door on their own, it will have a different meaning than if you sent them there. That's all."
…
After all, little old Yangtou still couldn't bear to lure those people to make trouble at his son Yang Zhenbang's new house. The only thing the old man could do was to sell iron and scrape things together. Then he found Yang Ruoqing, who gave her four taels of silver and one acre of second-class land. He sold ten acres of silver in one go.
Finally, sixty taels of silver were collected, and forty taels of silver were first paid to the Li family who lost his life.
The remaining twenty taels of silver will be paid to the villagers who suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. One tael for your family and two taels for your family, depending on the severity of the illness.
Seeing how little old Yangtou was in such hardship, being a lowly child everywhere, and not even having a good tea bowl left at home, Old Yangtou still felt sorry for his only younger brother.
Not only did he spend his own money to sell a pair of teapots and bowls to little old Yangtou, but he also asked Yang Huazhong to come out and say a few words to appease the villagers.
Yang Huazhong went to comfort him, but his intention was to tell those people to go directly to the town to make trouble with Yang Zhenbang if they had any problems in the future, and not to embarrass an old man in this village.
If the old man can't control his son, the old man is almost making soup out of his own old bones. If there is an injustice, there will be a debtor. If anything happens in the future, don't go to the old man to make trouble. There will be no results if you make trouble.
Yang Ruoqing got the news that Yang Zhenbang transported tens of thousands of kilograms of poisonous rice to other places in Qingshui Town for sale. He sold them in each village, just like the modern scammers who send water purifiers to the countryside. The gun was moved to another place, and tens of thousands of kilograms of rice were almost sold out, making a huge profit.
