"Okay, okay, stop making trouble!"
When the situation became more and more tense, the village chief finally appeared. He had already listened to the whole story on the way here. In good conscience, he also believed that Mrs. Wei was dishonest and acted unfairly. But who called her an elder? Even if No matter how much you do, as a junior, you can only endure it.
So the village chief persuaded Wei Sangen and his family.
Wei's mother cried, "How dare we denounce mother? What we denounce is the uncle. It's not that we don't want to endure it. What have we complained about after enduring it for so many years? However, this time it is about the life of our family. If we continue to endure it, , I’m afraid that my whole family’s lives will be lost before my uncle is willing to let us go.”
"I won't say anything before the separation. After the separation, we all paid the due filial piety during the New Year and holidays. We never said anything when he came to visit us from time to time to hunt in the autumn breeze. This time, the uncle came to ask us about his experience and skills in hunting. We have no doubts about it. With him, I tried my best to teach him, but I didn't expect that he was not interested in drinking. He just wanted to defraud us of our money under the pretext of asking for advice on hunting. That was fine. If we encountered a blind bear, he would not warn us and would lead him to us. , didn’t even apologize afterwards and wanted us to give the blind bear to their home.”
Wei Dagen blushed and retorted, "Don't slander me! When will I defraud you of your money?!"
"Then why do you, a scholar, want to learn hunting techniques for no reason?"
Wei Dagen was speechless.
Mrs. Wei suddenly felt that her beloved and reliable eldest son was being bullied, and jumped out and said: "Sangen's wife! What nonsense are you talking about! Believe it or not, I asked Sangen to divorce you! Instigate the relationship between the two brothers, and let our Wei family The house is restless.”
"Am I the one who makes the Wei family restless? It's obviously the uncle who went too far!" Wei's mother didn't say anything bad about Old Mrs. Wei, she only said something bad about Wei Dagen, so that Old Mrs. Wei could not blame her, " If you really want to confuse right and wrong in this way, I have nothing to say, but I have done nothing wrong. I do not accept divorce and abandonment, only peace and separation."
"No! I don't agree!" Before Mrs. Wei could speak, Father Wei shouted excitedly, knelt in front of Mrs. Wei and begged, "Mom, I don't want to be separated from you. Yuko also needs your mother. Please don't force me." Let’s separate!”
Wei Zhenzhen knelt down and said, "Grandma, please don't drive me away, please don't separate our family."
The apparently happy family was suddenly torn apart because of the rude demands of the elders. At this moment, Mrs. Wei's image was once again dealt a devastating blow.
"Old Mrs. Wei has really gone too far. Does she want to force Sangen and his family to separate?"
"Don't tell me, I even doubt whether Sangen is her son."
"That is, it is completely exploiting one son to work for another son."
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Mrs. Wei was really furious this time!
Ever since Wei Dagen was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, how long had it been since she had been criticized like this? The neighbors could only envy and please her. After all, Wei Dagen was the most promising person in the village to become a scholar, so even if she was secretly criticized by the people in the village, No matter how dissatisfied people are with her, no one dares to point fingers in front of her like they do now.
"You bitch!" Mrs. Wei raised her hand and waved at Wei Zhenzhen.
Wei Sangen is her son. In the current situation, it is difficult for her to do anything to avoid being accused of favoritism. Wei Zhenzhen has no blood relationship with her. At best, she is her grandson's child bride, at worst, she is a servant of her family, so Mr. Wei Tai chose to be angry with Wei Zhenzhen.
Wei Zhenzhen seemed to be frightened. She stared blankly at Old Mrs. Wei who was rushing toward her. Her chubby body fell backwards with a slap from Old Mrs. Wei.
This time even Mrs. Wei was stunned.
Strange, am I so strong? ! How could he beat this little fat girl down with just one slap? !
"Zhen Zhen!"
However, Mrs. Wei was stunned for only a few moments before she was interrupted by a shrill cry. Mother Wei rushed over and hugged Wei Zhenzhen, who was knocked to the ground and looked very pitiful.
"My poor little girl, mother-in-law, if you want to hit me, just hit me. The child is innocent. If you are dissatisfied, just vent your dissatisfaction on us!" Mother Wei knelt down and cried.
"I don't want my mother to be beaten," Wei Zhenzhen shook her head violently and looked at Old Mrs. Wei shrinking, "If you want to be beaten, just beat me."
The lonely woman and the innocent child hugged each other shiveringly. This scene made Mrs. Wei even more cruel and terrifying.
"That's enough!" As the head of a village, he couldn't just turn a blind eye to the bullying happening in front of him, so the village head stopped him and scolded him, "Ms. Wei Li, no matter what, they are still your son-in-law's wives, even if the world is like this Filial piety is respect, and the person who is filial is Gao Tang, not the elder brother."
Ever since Wei Dagen was admitted as a child student, Mrs. Wei didn't even like to listen to the village chief's words, so she said forcefully, "If they are not filial to their brother, they are not filial to me!"
"You!" The village chief was displeased, and his dissatisfaction with Old Mrs. Wei reached its peak. He refuted him in public, causing him to lose all dignity in front of the villagers. This was a provocation to him.
The village chief pursed his lips tightly, remembering Wei Dagen's identity as a child, and finally suppressed his displeasure in his heart.
snort! Mrs. Wei had better pray that Wei Dagen will be admitted as a scholar as soon as possible, otherwise...
He will definitely pay back the anger he received today.
Seeing that the village chief didn't say anything, Mrs. Wei got more and more aggressive and wanted to continue beating Wei Mu and Wei Zhenzhen, but her raised hand froze because of Wei Mu's next words.
"So our family can only work hard for the uncle's family, and we can't complain even if we work like cows or horses, otherwise it will be unfilial. I want to ask Master Cangtian and the government whether such filial piety is necessary in this world! I still want to ask I would like to ask your lord, if a person who enjoys our sacrifices with peace of mind never stops the behavior of his parents, can such a ruthless and unjust hypocrite be admitted as a scholar? Can he also be an official and benefit the common people instead of becoming a disaster? ?"
"My wife, what are you talking about!? How dare you?!" Mrs. Wei's face was ferocious, her eyes widened and she glared at Wei's mother angrily.
"Third sister-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about?!" Wei Dagen said angrily. From the beginning of the dispute to now, Wei Dagen seemed to be not a party involved. He had been silently watching Mrs. Wei fight for his interests. However, Wei Dagen His mother's words made him unable to remain silent any longer, "Don't say slanderous words! I can sue you for slander! Don't forget that I am a child now, and you cannot slander me!"
"Then let's ask the officials to judge! Did I say something wrong?! You have never done farm work and have never earned any money for the family. The money for studying and passing the exams was all earned by my husband-in-law and my second brother-in-law. You two The big family only exploits our two families, especially your Wei Dagen family, who oppresses and exploits us the most. I just want to ask them, can someone like you, who is ruthless and unjust and only oppresses his brothers, be an official? Can you take the exam to become a scholar? ?”
Apart from knowledge, what is the most important thing for becoming a scholar?
It's reputation!
If Wei's mother really did this, it would be no less than ruining Wei Dagen's career as a scholar and as an official.
As soon as Mother Wei's words came out, Mrs. Wei and Wei Dagen suddenly no longer dared to be unscrupulous.
This is not something that Mrs. Wei can suppress with filial piety, because Wei's mother is suing Wei Dagen for his unkindness and injustice, not Mrs. Wei's.
"Did I make a mistake? If you think I'm wrong, let the officials judge."
Of course Wei Dagen, Mrs. Wei, did not dare to bring the matter to the government. No matter who was right or wrong, if the matter was brought to the government, half of Wei Dagen's reputation would be basically ruined. This was also the trump card that Wei's mother and Wei Cheyu discussed. Wei Dagen's reputation threatened Mrs. Wei not to oppress their family with filial piety.
And this trump card is very effective.
Mrs. Wei and Wei Dagen were frightened when they saw that Wei's mother seemed to be planning to break up and just wanted to die together regardless of the situation.
Mrs. Wei stiffened her face and said in a gentle tone, "Sangen's wife, please calm down. We are not forcing you to do anything for Dagen and the others. This is all your own conjecture."
"Really?" Wei's mother sneered, "Before we were separated, my family and my second brother-in-law's family were the only ones working in the fields and doing housework. You are like a wealthy young man who is a landowner and you don't have to do any work. He only waited for us to serve him. When his uncle got admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, he disliked our Yuko’s health and was a burden on the family, so he forced us to separate our families. Unexpectedly, after the separation, our family would be better off, and you would be worse off, so I thought You are trying to take advantage of our family. In the past, you came to attack Qiu Feng from time to time and took advantage of us. I didn’t expect that you actually wanted our lives!"
Wei's mother glared at Wei Dagen and said bitterly, "Uncle, I ask myself, our family is not kind to you. Back then, it was Sangen and his second brother who worked hard to earn money so that you could have books to read, but how did you repay us? You force us to separate our families, and you want us to continue to work hard for you, and even risk our lives! If a wolf-hearted person like you can be admitted as a scholar, I won't accept it!"
"Shut up! There is nothing wrong with Gen's moral character! Don't talk nonsense," Old Mrs. Wei scolded. She looked at the people around her and warned, "Da Gen is the most promising person in our village to pass the exam, and the village elders also know that If a candidate could be elected, it would be of great benefit to our village, but we cannot let others ruin his reputation."
The onlookers couldn't help but lower their heads, and even the village chief couldn't help but look away.
If the farmland is listed in the name of the juren, it can be exempted from taxes. For this benefit, the people in the village will not have trouble with Wei Dagen.
Wei's mother sneered: "It's a joke. I don't know if a scholar will pass the exam, but he actually wants to be a civil servant. I really let my uncle pass the exam. With his ruthless and unrighteous temper, I really thought he would benefit the people in the countryside." ? Everyone, please think about it carefully. Do you really think that you will get benefits from Wei Dagen if he passes the examination? Are you afraid that if you don’t get the benefits, you will be peeled off by him using his status as a candidate? Our family is a real example. ah!"
Everyone suddenly woke up after hearing this. That's right. Wei Dagen dared to treat his own brothers like this. How could he be expected to support the village elders?
impossible!
The village chief stood up with a serious face: "Okay, let's stop making trouble. Do you really want to bring trouble to the government and bring shame to our village?"
Without waiting for Mrs. Wei's reply, the village chief said sternly, "If anyone is dissatisfied, get out of the village. No matter what your status is, I am the head of the village now. I will own anyone and anything that will harm the interests and image of the village." The right to decide!”
Mrs. Wei knew that the village chief's words were directed at her.
She gritted her teeth and looked at Wei's mother, and finally left with a stiff face under the warning eyes of the village chief.
Wei's mother also returned to the house looking weak with the support of Wei's father and Wei Zhenzhen. Wei Cheyu followed silently. Seeing this, everyone onlookers also dispersed silently, but they would gather together again to discuss in private. The Wei family is unknown.
After Wei's father closed the wooden door to ensure that outsiders could not see what was going on in the house, Wei's mother immediately stood up straight, looked at Wei Zhenzhen worriedly and said, "Zhenzhen, where did you fall? Does it hurt? Come and let me see." Look! Where is the medicinal wine? My husband, please go and look for it."
Wei Zhenzhen immediately stopped Wei Sangen from looking for medicinal wine, "Mom, I'm fine. I'm just pretending. Otherwise, with my strength, grandma wouldn't be able to push me down."
After thinking about it, Wei's mother thought it was true, and couldn't help but praise, "My Zhenzhen is so witty! It's good that she wasn't injured."
Wei Zhenzhen's cheeks suddenly turned red, as if she was extremely shy due to the praise, she lowered her head in embarrassment, looking harmless and innocent. It seems like someone can scare her away by shouting loudly.
Wei Cheyu, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
For the first time in his life, he felt that he needed to get to know women again.
