When Old Man Wang and Old Mrs. Wang heard this, their eyes instantly lit up. They hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Ding An's sleeves: "Sir, are you serious? You also think they shouldn't hold Xiaobao, that child It should be given to our Lao Wang family, right?"
"Brother Ding, Xiaobao has always been with me, they...!"
Jiang Juan hurriedly stepped forward to explain, but was interrupted by Ding An who stretched out his hand. He nodded to Jiang Juan and said, "No hurry, let's talk one by one."
After saying that, he turned around and continued to ask the old couple of the Wang family: "You just said that the Jiang family detained Xiaobao and refused to let him return to the Wang family. The child was snatched by the Jiang family? Has anyone seen it? Can you take it away? Witnesses called for confrontation?”
Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment: "This...that's not true, it wasn't a robbery."
Ding An nodded lightly and continued to ask: "Then it was stolen. When did you discover that the child was missing? What happened at that time? Please tell me in detail!"
Now Mrs. Wang was even more confused: "Yeah, no, it wasn't stolen."
"It was neither stolen from the Jiang family nor snatched from your hands. How did the child get to the Jiang family? Did you treat the child harshly and he came to the Jiang family on his own and refused to go back?"
"No, absolutely not! It wasn't back then, when my son Tiecheng and Jiang Juan reconciled. At that time, he...he made some mistakes and was caught by the Jiang family. There was nothing we could do about it. , let the child stay with Jiang Juan!"
As soon as Mrs. Wang finished speaking, Mr. Wang hurriedly stepped forward and added: "Yes, yes, we were forced by the Jiang family. We had no other choice, so we agreed to let them bring the child to the Jiang family to raise! "
After hearing this, Ding An turned to Jiang Quan and asked, "Is this the case?"
After Jiang Quan heard what Wang Tiecheng's parents said just now, he was very angry. Now he happened to see Ding An asking, so he poured out the ins and outs of the matter like beans from a bamboo tube.
"Obviously it was Wang Tie who ran into my cousin's yard twice in a row to pick the locks and steal money. Not to mention his bad gambling all day long, he also beat my sister! Fortunately, my cousin discovered it and notified us. Otherwise My sister may suffer much more in your old Wang family!"
Ding An had heard something about Wang Tiecheng and Jiang Juan from his aunt before. Now that he heard Jiang Quan mention it again, he still hated himself for not being able to fix Wang Tiecheng with his own hands. He looked at Jiang Juan with distressed eyes. .
How much perseverance does it take for a helpless woman to endure such a husband and life? How much courage did she muster up for Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu to dare to report the man who had been her life? The man in the shadow!
"Their family didn't care about my sister and Xiaobao at all. The wicked Wang Tiecheng even wanted to sell Xiaobao to us directly for a hundred taels. He was not worthy of being a father at all! In the end, it was my cousin who used Wang Tiecheng to go to the Chu family They stole it twice, and in exchange for not reporting it to the official, they got the condition that my sister could take Xiaobao back to the Jiang family. Now that Wang Tiecheng is gone, they want to go back on their word and even go to my house to make trouble. Son!"
Mrs. Wang didn't wait for Ding An to say anything, so she stepped forward and argued with Jiang Quan: "You were the one who forced me to do that. If you hadn't threatened me about Tiecheng going to Chu's house, how could we have given Xiaobao to you?" , you are lying, we were deceived by you into agreeing!"...
"Shut up!" After the routine questioning process, Ding An got down to the topic: "According to our laws, when a couple divorces, no matter what the reason is, the woman's dowry body must be carried back with the woman. Mother's family. If the woman is abandoned due to the woman's fault, she will not get any of the rest, and the child will be brought up by the man. If the woman is not at fault, she will need to share half of the husband's property. But if the man is at fault, not only that, but the child will have to decide whether to stay or leave. It’s the woman’s opinion.”
Daqian has always had a fair and open view on the matter of marriage between men and women, so it is common for men and women to remarry after divorce because of the uneven distribution of property after divorce, or the issue of who will raise the children, which can lead to trouble in the yamen. There are many people there.
Therefore, in the early years, the court specially revised some French texts to deal with such incidents. But families in the countryside rarely have such entanglements and troubles. Most of them do it to save their last face. No matter which party is at fault, they will end up in peace and divorce.
Whether the woman wants to remarry in the future or for financial reasons, most of the women will not fight over where the child will be raised. Therefore, some people have developed the illusion that the child should belong to the man.
"According to what you just said, Wang Tiecheng is addicted to gambling, steals money from everywhere, beats his wife, and has bad conduct. Any of these three points is enough to determine that the man is at fault and divorce him. In addition, it is your Wang family. I promised myself that the child will be raised in the Jiang family from now on, and there is no dispute about this matter at all. Then what you two are doing today can be regarded as provoking trouble!"
"Obviously they threatened me with the police report, so we had no choice but to agree!"
Ding An looked at Mrs. Wang who was still quibbling: "If your family has done nothing wrong or done anything illegal, why are you afraid of others reporting it to the government? Why don't you see anyone here who is afraid of me? How dare you You say that Wang Tiecheng has no gambling money, dare to say that he steals money from the Chu family every time, and beats his own wife and children every time? You two and other people in the family did not report the knowledge, and also tried to help him cover up the truth. This is cover-up. The same can be punished!"
"me……"
Old Mrs. Wang was speechless, but Old Man Wang seemed to suddenly realize something. He pointed at Ding An's nose and cursed: "You are in the same group! You are just targeting the Jiang family and deliberately doing this to the Jiang family." We're the one who set you up! I'm going to the Yamen Gate to file a lawsuit against you!"
Ding An looked at Wang's parents, who were obviously at their wits' end, and said word by word: "I have always only helped with marriages but not marriage. If you are dissatisfied, you can go to the county government and sue me directly. I will change my name or not." , my name is Ding An, and I am the chief catcher of Xing'an County Government. The county magistrate will officially start working on the 16th day of the first lunar month. I am waiting for you two at the County Government!"
"you you!"
"But before you sue me, Xiaobao still belongs to the Jiang family!"
"Jiang Juan, you are so cruel!"
Wang Tiecheng and his parents only left these words, and then completely disappeared from the front of the Jiang family yard in a state of embarrassment.
Ding An glanced at the Wang family couple who had already walked away, turned around and said to the villagers who had not dispersed yet: "Folks, what happened today is not just for the Wang family, but for all of us. It's illegal." Things must not be touched, and the children at home should be watched more carefully. If they don't learn well, they will be like Wang Tiecheng when they grow up, which will bring trouble to the whole family. Not to mention, they may even be lost. If you take your life, it will be too late to cry by then!"
"Guard, don't worry, we won't be like that Wang family!"
"That's right, that's right, we won't imitate the Wang family!"
Ding An thought for a while and then said: "Everyone should remember to report it to the official if they encounter such unsolvable problems in the future. The Yamen is the most reasonable place. You won't listen to someone just because you know someone."
"Yes, if we encounter such a scoundrel in the future, we will report him to the police!"
"Yes, report to the official, report to the official!"
Seeing that the problem that had troubled her family for several days was solved, Jiang Juan hurriedly hugged Xiaobao and stepped forward to express her thanks: "Brother Ding, thank you so much. If it weren't for you today, we really wouldn't know what to do about this matter. It’s not certain what the fuss will be like!”
"Anyway, I just happen to be passing by, and I can help with this kind of thing. No matter who sees it, I will help. It's just convenient."
"Although Brother Ding is easy, for me, Xiaobao is my life. No matter what, I still have to thank Brother Ding! By the way, Brother Ding came to the village at this time, but he has to visit relatives at their homes. We are I’m not delaying your business!”
"It's nothing serious. I did take Yaya to my aunt's house for a visit."
"Yaya is here too? Why didn't you see the little girl? But you went to Brother Ding's aunt's house first? Brother Ding helped me a lot last time, and this time he did a big favor to our family. Mother and father, why don't we invite Ding tomorrow? Big brother comes to my house to have a bar."
Jiang Juan turned to discuss with Aunt Cui and Father Jiang. Xiaobao was simply her lifeblood. She would rather die than let the Wang family take Xiaobao away, but they really had nothing to do with the Wang family. Fortunately, Ding An happened to meet him today, otherwise I really don’t know what to do.
Ding An accepted the Jiang family's invitation. Jiang Juan thought for a while and was afraid that Ding An would be uncomfortable at home, so she went to the Chu family's old house again, hoping to invite Shen Luzhu and Chu Yiming to have a drink at home, so that it would be more lively with a large number of people.
Shen Luzhu heard that Ding Baotou from the county government would go to Jiang Juan's house for a drink tomorrow, and was a little surprised: "Why is Ding Baotou in Zhutun Village at this time?"
"It's my cousin who's here to visit relatives."
Shen Luzhu glanced at Jiang Juan a few more times and continued to ask: "Well done, why did you invite him to drink? Is there something wrong? Last time on the 29th, you said that something was delayed and you said you would turn around. Tell me privately, the result has been delayed and now, tell me, did you encounter something difficult, and Ding An happened to help us? "
Jiang Juan also knew that sooner or later, Shen Luzhu would not be able to hide this matter. Fortunately, it had been resolved now, so there was no need to hide it anymore, so she simply told Shen Luzhu what happened in the past few days.
"What? The royal family actually dares to go to your house to act mischievously and ask for Xiaobao? You really don't even have half of your face, so how can you have the nerve to go to your house to ask for it!"
"Don't be angry, cousin. Anyway, the matter has been resolved. I guess they will never dare to come again this time. Tomorrow you and your cousin will go there with your third uncle, Ah Li and Xiuxiu. Xiaobao wants to You guys."
"Sure, I'll tell your cousin soon and we will definitely go there early tomorrow."
