Luo Huo's face turned red from holding it in for a long time, and the crabs in his hands had been turned into crab paste by him. Finally, he couldn't hold it in any longer, "Come on, even if you punish me, I have to speak today!" Prime Minister, I don’t think there’s any need to be so pessimistic, we all seem to be pissed off by those fools at Xishuimen today…”
"Speaking of this change in people's hearts, I remembered what happened in the fourth year of Tongzhi. In that year, after I had just completed a mission to escort privately cast Yingyang to Tanggu, the Lord saw that I performed well in Ryukyu and gave me a month's leave. I’ll go back to my hometown to see…”
"My hometown is in an ordinary small village in Suning County, Hejian Prefecture. There are about a hundred households in the village. I guess you don't know where it is..."
"When I was a child, I was called a poor man! My father is an honest man, and I am not afraid of you laughing at him. My father can't even kick out a fart, and he has no ability to study or work. His only advantage is that he is honest, kind and filial to his parents... …”
"My father is the third eldest child. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. They are all better at running a business than my father, and their lives are better. Unlike my father who only digs food in the soil..."
"Later, before my grandfather passed away, the family property was divided. He knew that the third family was incompetent, but he was also grateful for my father's meticulous filial piety over the years. As a result, when the family property was divided, it was biased towards my family... Fifteen acres of land, three sons and one family, five acres of land. It can’t be changed, but grandpa gave my family an extra three-thirds of the irrigated land along the river during the distribution..."
"It was the three-thirds of water used to water the vegetable fields that caused trouble for our family. From the day my grandpa got angry, my two aunts smashed pots and bowls every day to find faults. In the end, the dirty water used to wash the pots was intentionally directed at grandpa. The door was splashed with water... My father was so angry that he muttered a few words, but the two aunties were rolling on the floor crying and yelling, pointing fingers and cursing Huaibo like crazy!"
"Hey... From then on, the hatred was forged! My grandfather didn't have much time to live, and he died three months later after being so angry... On the day of the funeral, the eldest uncle and the second uncle's family were called a What a grievance! I cried so hard that everyone told everyone how wronged their family had been, as if they had never been blessed in this life!"
Recalling the scene at that time, Luo Huo was still trembling slightly with anger, "The villagers live just to show off their faces. Weddings and funerals are important opportunities for each family to show off their family. On such occasions, let them publicize our family's reputation." Yeah, that really stinks..."
"Sir, you don't know that there are more than a hundred households and even more folks in neighboring villages. How can our family identify each household? Do you think it's true? Do others believe it? My parents are stupid and are just cowards. I admit it..."
"The reputation is not over yet. After my grandfather died on May 7th, two uncles came to the house and decided to divide the land without saying a word... I really didn't expect that just three pieces of land would be given to the whole family. I have to say My father took advantage of my grandfather’s confusion and tricked him into making a will. They will never recognize it..."
"What a coward! I'm wronged! I was learning martial arts from the masters in the countryside at that time. It was when I was young and vigorous. I couldn't bear to see the two uncles bullying people like this. If you want to divide the land, you can tell me clearly. My family's reputation has been tarnished during the funeral, and now I can't even clean it up, so how can I still have the dignity?"
"If we had discussed it carefully from the beginning, how could we not give it to them based on our family's character? Now we have ruined our reputation and want to give it to them. This is like bullying others... I saw that my father was going to be weak. I agreed and immediately became anxious!”
The crab dregs in Luo Huo's hand made a clicking sound. "I rushed out of the house and ran to the door of the eldest uncle and the second uncle's house. I went up and kicked their two doors into pieces... Not only that, The little brothers who practice martial arts with me also gathered together to support me, and now the family dispute has changed..."
"My eldest uncle and my second uncle knew that I was too hard-fisted and didn't dare to fight, so they paid off the master of the county government office, and then filed a complaint against me in the lobby, saying that I was disobedient, unfilial, and disrespectful to my elders..."
"Hey... I was only seventeen years old at that time, and I was still a child without any ideas. My father and mother didn't understand the ways of the government. When an honest farmer heard that he was suing the government, he was scared to death. ! I escaped that night and fled all the way to the west. Finally, by chance, I joined the Fan family’s caravan as a guard..."
"You all know what happened after that. I met the Prime Minister and formed a musket formation in the mountain temple. Little by little, I have now become a general with five people and six people. It is really ridiculous to think about it!"
Xiao Letian didn't stop him from talking this time. Instead, he poured him a cup of tea to moisten his throat. "The story is really exciting. Now, what happened when you returned home in the fourth year of Tongzhi?"
"I'm so timid when I'm close to my hometown. I haven't been home for ten years. I really don't know what happened at home. At this time, I am no longer the stupid young man I used to be. I took off my military uniform before entering the county town. , left the war horse and a dozen guard brothers in the inn, changed into ordinary clothes and entered the city..."
"My aunt married in the city. She has been the best to me since I was little, so I went to seek refuge with her first. When my aunt saw me coming back, she hugged me and cried. My uncle and cousin also shed tears while cooking. Complain me and scold me..."
"Only at the dinner table did I find out that not only did my two feet lose three-thirds of the vegetable land, but my father also compensated for an extra acre of dry land. This was in exchange for the withdrawal of the lawsuit by the two families, which meant that grandpa shared My family has five acres of dry land and three-thirds of irrigated land, and in the end only four acres are left..."
"I was so angry that my teeth were itching. I really wanted to rush up and take out a gun... Me, me, me!" Luo Huo blushed and snarled for a long time. "In the end, I suddenly changed my mind, thinking that I was just following the prime minister's lead. Do people who have a big career still care about this three-thirds of an acre of land? So what if I give it to them?"
"But I can get this breath, I must get this bad breath..."
This is really a good show. Xiao Letian's eyes lit up when he heard it. Isn't this a typical counterattack script? Looks like Luo Huo is going to show off and get slapped in the face? I’m really looking forward to it.
Luo Huo suddenly laughed, and his smile was very sinister. "I lived in the county for three days and made a lot of preparations. Through my aunt, I learned everything about all the changes in the village in the past five years. Wait for everything. Everything was arranged. I specially changed into a tattered cotton-padded jacket and wore a drab gray tattered melon-skin hat on my head. I looked like an unlucky guy who had made no money..."
"I'm going back step by step like this. I will completely get back the face my parents have lost today! It doesn't matter whether I want a third of an acre, but I can't give up face..."
"I have to do this for my father, and I have to do this even more for the prime minister. I can't let people poke their spines and joke, 'Look at that silly son of Luo Laosan's family, he is still so stupid and cowardly after following Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai.'" I have to earn some face for you, sir!"
