During the Spring Festival, the county government office is also on holiday, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. During this period, only a few officials are left on duty at the county government office, and the government office does not officially open until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.
Ding An's parents didn't have it early, and he and Yaya were the only two people left at home. During the New Year and the holidays, it was even more deserted. In the past, Ding An would usually take Yaya to pay homage to relatives and friends and then stay at home. He lives in his own small courtyard. He is busy with work on weekdays, but he also takes advantage of the hard-earned long vacation to spend time with his daughter.
This year is the same as before. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Ding An brought Yaya to Zhutun Village. He was going to take Yaya to his aunt Tian’s house to pay New Year greetings. He thanked the ox cart master who sent him here and Ding An took Yaya’s hand. Little hands, move forward.
When I walked to the courtyard of a house, I saw many people gathered in front of me, and some people were making noise in the crowd, so I stopped and looked over there.
In front of the gate of the Jiang family, Wang Tiecheng and his mother-in-law sat cross-legged on the ground, slapping the ground with their hands, crying: "My miserable son Tiecheng, everyone else is gone, Xiaobao is his only child. ! How could you, the Jiang family, be so cruel and cut off my iron-clad queen!"
Wang Tiecheng and his father were also sighing at the side: "Brother of the Jiang family, just do it. Let us, the old couple, take Xiaobao back. We are his biological grandparents, how can we treat him harshly?"
Jiang's father and Jiang Quan guarded the gate of their courtyard tightly, refusing to let the Wang family take another step forward at any cost: "It's useless whatever you say, Xiaobao will not go back with you! "
"That's right, your boss Wang has said that he doesn't agree with you taking Xiaobao back. Why are you here again? Besides, my sister has always taken Xiaobao by herself and raised him well. Why do you say that we should take him back?" Just take it away!"
As Jiang Quan said this, he cursed in his heart that the boss of the Wang family was really useless. It had been six or seven days since the last time Wang Tiecheng and his parents came to ask for Xiaobao. Why hadn't they given up the idea of taking Xiaobao back no matter what?
When Old Man Wang heard Jiang Quan talking about his eldest son, his tone immediately became angry: "Old man, I'm not dead yet. It's not his turn to make the decision in Old Wang's family. I have to take away the little treasure today. You have no right to detain him." Don’t let go of my Wang family’s grandson!”
When Father Jiang heard Old Man Wang's shouting tone, and Old Mrs. Wang's constant acting, he immediately became angry: "When my daughter and your family reconciled, your old Wang family promised well. , after Xiaobao is raised by our old Jiang family, we will no longer pursue the matter of Wang Tiecheng stealing money. What do you mean by making trouble today?"
Old Man Wang regretted what happened that day: "At that time, Tie Cheng, the father, was still there, but now that he is gone, naturally there is no way to do this!"
"I have lost all my strength. Besides, we have already paid him back the money he took from the Chu family. This matter has long been over. No matter what you Jiang family does, you still want to hold on to his previous affairs!"
Jiang Quan, who was always outspoken, said back to Mrs. Wang: "You old lady are still being unreasonable. Who is holding on to Wang Tiecheng's bad things? It's obviously your Wang family who is still haunting you, okay! I My sister has nothing to do with your Wang family anymore, but Wang Tiecheng is still coming up to you shamelessly all day long, either asking for money or stealing things. Who is holding on to her? This time, if it weren’t for him, Wang Tiecheng, and that guy named Huang If I have sex with Hu Shun, my cousin will not be wronged!"
What Old Mrs. Wang hates to hear most now is for others to mention Wang Tiecheng and the previous case of counterfeit banknotes. Her heart aches when she mentions it: "You! You still have the nerve to say that if it weren't for the tattered paper money your family got, I would How could Tiecheng get into a conversation with those two bitches, and end up being harmed to the point of losing his life? My poor Tiecheng! Did you see it in the sky? The old Jiang family is not a good person, and it doesn’t count your life as a trap. , and you want to detain your only son! Folks, please judge me for the old lady, the Jiang family is trying to kill my old lady!"
Jiang Juan and Aunt Cui had been standing behind the courtyard door. Father Jiang and Jiang Quan refused to let them show up. Now that the old lady was talking more and more outrageously, she didn't care and walked out of the courtyard: "What are you talking about?" Damn it! It was Huang Liang and Hu Shun who killed your Wang Tiecheng! Instead of going to the Hu family to cause trouble, you ran to our door to cause trouble. There is no way I can let Xiaobao go back to the Wang family. No one can compare to me. This dear mother-in-law treats him better!"
"Jiang Juan! How dare you say it's not because of
That piece of paper money I made for you, Huang Liang and Hu Shun just came to us to make it! It's all because of you that I, Tie Cheng, got into this unfortunate situation! You asked me to look for the Hu family. The Hu family was captured and driven away. Now there is still half a person in the yard. Where do you want me to look for it? "
As soon as Jiang Quan heard this, he took a step forward and said, "Stop throwing this shit basin at my sister's head! That guy named Hu has been looking for so many people, how come in the end only your Wang Tiecheng was involved?" He got in, not because he was a bad gambler, he was greedy for other people's money, and he had nothing to do with my sister!"
"If it weren't for her Jiang Juan, how would anyone named Hu know who I am, Tiecheng!"
There is a family named Qi next to the Jiang family. They have a good relationship with the Jiang family on weekdays. They also know a lot of things from Aunt Cui. Seeing that the old couple of the Wang family are really messing around, they can't help but come forward and say something fair: "I'm talking about the Wang family. You white-haired people make the black-haired people sad. All of you understand it, but you can't just throw dirty water on the Jiang family. We all live in the same village. No one knows who's family. What's the situation? It's almost done. I see that you have so many grandchildren, and Xiaobao is not the least of them. Just let him follow his mother-in-law. If you want children, wouldn't it be good to come over and have a look? Anyway, they are from the same village, so they are not far away!"
Seeing someone speaking out, other villagers who had been watching the excitement for a long time also started to come forward to dissuade the Wang family and the old couple: "That's right, it's the Chinese New Year, it's very unlucky to make such a fuss!"
"What do you know! My son is gone, why should I care about good luck or bad luck!"
Old Man Wang also said: "If something goes wrong with my grandson being raised in her Jiang family, you will all be responsible for it, right?"
The neighbor Qi's family frowned and asked in surprise: "What responsibility do we have for you?"
"If you can't take responsibility, just shut up! Anyway, today you Jiang family will either pay for my son's life or return my grandson. Otherwise, our Wang family will not be done with you. We will go to the county government to file a complaint. I have to go to the capital to file a complaint, even if I file the complaint to the capital, I still want to seek justice for my son, and I also want my Wang family’s descendants back!”
Old Man Wang didn't know when he heard someone tell him about going to the capital to complain, so he immediately said it to scare the Jiang family. They would take Xiaobao back no matter what they said today and leave one for Tiecheng. Finally, if this child stays in the Jiang family, he might change his surname to Jiang and no longer recognize them as his grandma!
"Who wants to file a lawsuit?"
Everyone heard the sound and looked behind the crowd. The person coming was none other than Ding An, who had just passed by. Just outside the crowd, Ding An recognized that this seemed to be the Jiang family. After hearing the noise inside, he guessed it. It was the Wang family who came to Jiang's house to cause trouble. He hurriedly picked up Yaya and sent her to his aunt's house. He explained the situation and hurried back alone.
Old Mrs. Wang couldn't recognize who Ding An was for a while, she frowned and said angrily: "Who are you? This matter has nothing to do with you. Come on, old lady, I'm just here to make fun of you!"
Jiang Juan looked at the person in front of her with some surprise, walked through the crowd step by step, and finally stood in front of her courtyard: "Brother Ding!"
Ding An nodded and smiled at the Jiang family.
At this time, some sharp-eyed villagers also recognized Ding An's identity: "Is this person the head of the official who came to the village a few times? What kind of official is he?"
Some people don't believe it: "What kind of chief arrester is this? It's nonsense. It's the Chinese New Year, and there's nothing big going on in the village. The official is on vacation and can't stay comfortably at his own home. What are you doing here in Zhutun Village!"
When the other older woman next to her heard this, she thought of something: "Don't tell me, it might be him!"
"What do you say?"
"Does the Tian family at the head of the village know that this catcher seems to be that wife's nephew?"
"It seems so, that lady's surname is indeed Ding!"
At this time, Old Man Wang also remembered the identity of the person in front of him. Although he was surprised that the person suddenly appeared in front of them and seemed to be familiar with Jiang Juan, he still replied honestly: "We, we said we would file a complaint."
"What are you telling me? I happen to be passing by here today to visit my relatives. You can tell me and let me hear it first."
When Mrs. Wang heard that the official wanted to give it to him
They made the decision, and they suddenly felt confident. They stood up from the open space in front of Jiang's house, walked up to Ding An and began to say: "Master official! My son Tiecheng died so unjustly! If it weren't for this, Jiang I have no doubt that those two shabby paper money made at home would have been found by those two evil men Huang Liang and Hu Shun. If it hadn't been for this matter, they wouldn't have been lost for no reason! Now that my son is gone, don't tell me. , the Jiang family insisted on keeping my grandson Xiaobao in the Jiang family and refused to return it. That is the grandson of our old Wang family, and he is the only flesh and blood of my tiecheng. We can’t just let him be deceived by the Jiang family. !」
Ding An nodded and said: "I am responsible for Wang Tiecheng's case, and I know the joints best. Although it is very pitiful for you two old men with white hair to give away the black hair, but the Jiang family is so innocent, how can you Wang Tiecheng’s death will be blamed on the Jiang family!”
"Lord Officer, you must be reasonable in what you say! If it weren't for the paper money Jiang Juan made, we Tie Cheng would never have known those two bastards from the Hu family. How could the Jiang family be innocent in this matter! "
Anyway, the case has been closed now, and Huang Liang and Hu Shun have been put on death row, waiting to be reported to the court for review. After Qiu Hou Wenzhan, there is nothing forbidden to tell the Wang family and the old couple about the case.
Ding An then picked something he could talk about and said sternly to Mrs. Wang: "Huang Liang and Hu Shun have already explained these things clearly. The reason why they met Wang Tiecheng was because they happened to meet Wang Tiecheng in the village that day. They pestered Jiang Juan on the road, they wanted to please Jiang Juan, and then they took action to teach Wang Tiecheng a lesson, so Wang Tiecheng was found by Huang Liang and Hu Shun, not because he was Jiang Juan's ex-husband, this was one of them."
"Can……"
"Secondly, Wang Tiecheng went to Huang Liang and Hu Shun on his own that day. He lost everything in the casino and wanted to extort some silver taels from Huang and Hu. He asked for five hundred taels. Huang Liang was furious. The fact that General Wang Tiecheng killed people and silenced them has nothing to do with the Jiang family."
Old Mrs. Wang was speechless by Ding An and turned to look at her wife in bewilderment. Old Mrs. Wang took a step forward and continued to ask: "Even if my son's death has nothing to do with her Jiang family, what about them?" The Jiang family has no right to hold my grandson captive and not let him go!"
"That's true."
