Play? What's wrong with someone who doesn't know how to count? Isn't this just trying to make him stand out? Then what real power does he have in Li Zheng?
Liu Laozhu immediately covered his head, lay on the edge of the kang and vomited.
Wang Yusheng patted Liu Laozhu on the back and said helplessly: "Uncle, you vomited at the right time." It was your turn to express your stance, and you started to vomit.
Liu Laozhu's behavior also made Guan Ertu very angry.
He pulled Wang Yusheng away and blocked Liu Laozhu's mouth with a rag: "It's okay, he can talk. Give me a stick of incense and I'll give him the needle." I'm sure he'll wake up with a squeak and don't dare to vomit.
The eldest brother of the Lao Wan family looked at Liu Laozhu like this and sighed.
Uncle Qi frowned and looked at Liu Laozhu, thinking: Lao Li is the blindest, he just didn't see that you are not kind at all.
On the other hand, the fourth uncle spoke his mind directly. He was always thinking about what was going on in his mind, and sometimes he didn't say it out loud. This was really making everyone think they were fools.
The fourth uncle didn't care whether Liu Laozhu could hear him when he was vomiting.
Said bluntly:
"When my niece helped you analyze who kidnapped the person named Lei, you didn't vomit and your eyes lit up.
Now if I ask you whether you want to form a village team, you will vomit. You are also fifty years old. Do you want to do this little trick?
Zhuzhu, since you became Li Zheng, I am the only one in the village who can call you by your name, so I will say some words.
Today I will explain it clearly to you.
It stands to reason that no matter how many difficulties you have, your loved ones at home will be in trouble.
But over the years, you used the common river surface of the whole village to make friends with the opposite village. After the friendship, you also got a lot of convenience and benefits from it. Do you admit it?
Just looking at the close relationship between you and Wang Lizheng over the years, I can tell. Is this true? "
The fourth uncle looked at Liu Laozhu with disappointment on his face and continued:
"Now you can't hold it any longer, no matter what the reason is, you just want to tell the truth.
After everyone listened, did anyone blame you? Is there anyone settling an old score? Didn’t everyone say that they don’t care about the past and only look forward to the future?
You don’t even need to ask anyone, I have already decided in my heart after hearing the truth. One day in the future, a new general will come and he will really decide to make decisions for the people. Even if I really learn something about you from the fallen Wang Lizheng, then I will also risk my old face to let everyone protect you.
Do you know why not? "
Liu Laozhu couldn't vomit anymore, so he lay on the edge of the kang and looked back at his fourth uncle.
"Because your grandfather, your father, and I have watched you grow up. If your meat is rotten in the pot, you don't want anyone to punish you outside. And because in the future, when we die, we will all be buried in the same forest. Our ancestors with different surnames are also one family." !”
The fourth uncle was really angry. After saying this, he stood up and wanted to leave.
Mrs. Xu and the others also hurriedly stood up and signaled Wang Yusheng to help them quickly.
Liu Laozhu's eyes were red and he was stunned for a long time. It wasn't until everyone reached the gate that he remembered and shouted: "Fourth uncle, I agree!"
But the fourth uncle stood at the door of Liu's house, shook his head, and said to Mrs. Xu and the others: "Let him think carefully again, lest he think that everyone knows his tricks and is threatening him."
Pepper hurriedly chased him out and wiped his tears and said: "Fourth uncle, don't be too angry. You said I was guilty before, and he is guilty again. Don't be the same as us. I will advise him to do more good deeds for the people in the village."
Pepper was so embarrassed by what Fourth Uncle said. When she was wronged before, she didn't know why, but all she could think about was her man's difficulties.
But it is true that her family has been living a good life these years. To put it bluntly, it is just to use everyone's Jiang to please Wang Lizheng.
Including the secret that she didn't dare to tell anyone, and why her eldest son couldn't go to the battlefield if he had the ability. Although she didn't know how her man operated, but thinking about it carefully, just because of this, she felt that she was shorter than the people in the village.
These village representatives looked at Pepper and thought:
How could I not be angry.
Even now, Liu Laozhu is still cunning.
Why do you want to hold on to real power? If you keep it in the future, it will be difficult for the people in your own village, right?
The people in his village protect Liu Laozhu, but he, Liu Laozhu, in turn, always thinks about making things difficult for everyone.
Mrs. Xu followed her fourth uncle, thinking:
He is so used to it that he must take this opportunity to oust Liu Laozhu.
Otherwise, look at this, this person is a petty person with a lot of petty thoughts, which is especially not suitable for her stable development during her entrepreneurial period.
There can be no fire in the backyard, it must be stabilized.
Only in this way, if she opens a factory or sells fish floss in the future, she won't be afraid of people from other villages coming to make trouble or people from the same village being jealous of us.
The establishment of a village committee is an organized way to suppress everyone, an organized way to lead everyone to provide various welfare benefits to each household, and an organized way to fight together when outsiders are jealous.
Without common interests and relying only on the remaining local affection in our hearts, can we hold on to the group for a long time?
Especially in this rural area, it is important to work as a group. Why are villages with clans more powerful than those without clans? Here's why.
But Erdaohe Village has mixed surnames and is very special. She can only persuade everyone to form a village committee. From now on, the village committee will be equal to the top of the clan.
…
This was not the day that gave Liu Laozhu the opportunity to make up his mind to give up his real power and do more good things for the villagers in the future.
On this day, although he was shocked, guilty, and embarrassed by his fourth uncle's words, and regretted that he always acted like he was superior to the villagers, but his mind was still in a state of confusion, dizzy, and unintentional. I didn't have the energy to go out and talk to my fourth uncle about my heart.
But the arrival of Lei Lizheng on the evening of the second day made Liu Laozhu feel better after sweating for a day and a night.
I heard a boy in the village say that a man named Lei came to see me again.
Liu Laozhu didn't put on his shoes properly and ran to the entrance of the village to pick up someone without waiting for anyone to pick him up. When he saw Leili Zheng, he quickly asked: "Did you let someone beat you?"
"without."
His face was uglier than eating shit, and he thought he had been subjected to various instruments of torture.
"How did you come to our village? Where's your bullock cart?"
"I don't know how I got here." Lao Lei thought to himself: He was covered with black cloth all the way, and when he opened his eyes again, he was the only one left, and he saw that he was not far from Erdao River.
"Your eldest son came here yesterday morning and asked me to ask Wang Lizheng. I sent him back. Have you seen him?"
"ah?!"
Lei Lizheng slapped his thigh first, then hurriedly grabbed Liu Laozhu's arm and walked quickly towards Liu's house, thinking he was going back to his own home.
The two of them closed the door tightly with their front legs, and spoke at the same time with their back legs:
"You didn't help me beg for it, did you?!" His stupid son was trying to trick him to death.
"Didn't someone named Wang arrest you?"
Liu Laozhu first gave Lao Lei some reassurance: "I have already offended that man surnamed Wang, so how can I ask for help? I am thinking and waiting, fearing that you are being raped by another group..."
Before Liu Laozhu could finish speaking, Lao Lei covered his mouth, and Lao Lei looked around in panic at the door and window.
That frightened look made Liu Laozhu break into a cold sweat: "You are not being followed, are you? Then why are you coming to my house?"
Isn’t it true that this place has three hundred taels of silver? It seems like he has something up his sleeve. Let me tell you, he doesn’t!
The two of them calmed down for a while before starting to communicate properly.
Liu Laozhu clicked on the word "王" written on the paper, made a capture gesture, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is that so?"
Lao Lei shook his head, climbed up to the kang in two steps and took off two bamboo hats, one large and one small.
He told Liu Laozhu that if his surname was Wang, he felt that the officer who captured him was a big hat with a bigger official name.
Even though the other party did not reveal his identity when he was interrogating him from beginning to end, but... Lei Li was standing straight and gesticulating with his body and head, trying to tell Liu Laozhu that official power was very important, official language was very important, and his temperament and eyes were also very important. upright. Although he is dressed as a rich man, if he doesn't restrain his striding steps wearing soap boots, he will feel that sharpness, and he can go on the field to kill the enemy with a helmet on his head.
He suspected that he was a subordinate of General Zhenbei, a deputy general, or a serious secret guard who specialized in working for high-ranking officials in the capital.
He punches twice in a row, which means he is highly skilled in martial arts.
That's why he was afraid, don't hide anywhere to hear them talking.
After all, he was robbed in the village without anyone noticing. When he woke up, he found a square room with no rats or cockroaches.
Lao Lei took another charcoal pen and drew a mountain shape on the paper. He gestured to Liu Laozhu and asked all about what happened to the mountain in Leijiawo. Since when was the villagers not allowed to go up the mountain?
He told the truth that some years ago several people disappeared in the mountain village, and it was only after more than a month that they found the bones that had been gnawed by wild beasts. He didn't know what was on the mountain, so he could only restrict the villagers not to go into the mountain. Even to cut firewood, they had to go two miles away to break off the branches.
"Are you sure?" Liu Laozhu was wearing a hat. How could he know the other party's identity without revealing his identity?
Lao Lei was extremely sure of this. Not to mention the ethereal aura, he told him to keep this conversation secret, otherwise... Also, if it weren't for the high official, how did he know that he was the last in paying grain every year? Just so that the people in his village could have enough to eat, he was scolded every year and still lived in the most miserable Datongbu where he paid a grain ration. They even have their village’s grain payment accounts. To be honest, it scared him, thanks to the fact that he never ignored the villagers. It felt like this was the only way he could come back alive.
As for why his identity was not exposed, he analyzed it himself. It may not be time, and it is not difficult to eradicate the small fish and shrimps, but if you want to uproot the officials behind it, I heard that it requires a lot of evidence.
Think about it, Wang Lizheng can back up the county magistrate and there are people in the city. Are there bigger officials behind those officials? Those high-ranking families also like to marry well-matched families, and there are many capable relatives. Anyway, it’s not like they’re arresting the common people, they’re chopping them up like chickens.
Seeing that Lao Lei was so sure, Liu Laozhu was so anxious that he opened the door and ran to the yard to catch chickens, an old hen and a squawking chick.
Before asking the question, he looked at the roof of his shed. There should be no leaks. He lay on it and looked down at what they were doing. Then he held the chicken tightly and asked, "Did you say this?"
Lao Lei nodded silently. He even told the story about his own son, not to mention his other upright sons.
"Old Lei, you are still not my brother!"
"You go ahead and beat me. I came here to let you beat me." Leili was squatting in the middle of Liu's house, holding his head.
I can’t hide it, can’t you understand this situation? Sooner or later.
Liu Laozhu immediately sat down on the edge of the kang. It's over. His son's matter has been missed. After he goes back to deal with Wang Lizheng's people, will his son be captured and executed? Together with their family.
What a waste of a gesture, he tore up the paper with the word "王" written on it and said, "Speak to me properly, and you will die sooner or later anyway." Pretending to be mute for so long was going to kill him.
Lao Lei whispered: "I feel that our family may not die, and there is still a possibility of survival. I guess I can be released. When I was explaining why I didn't dare to lead the villagers to cause trouble and go to the mountains, I gave you an example. I Say I'm not as bold as you, and you suffered a lot of harm because of Najiang."
"You stupid idiot, that's because I'm considering not letting you back, and I'm going to kill your whole family right now, for fear of making too much noise and causing serious problems."
Lao Lei held his head and whispered to Liu Laozhu: "What should we do, brother, do you think we can make meritorious deeds for the crime?"
"What is the method of establishing meritorious deeds?"
After a while, the two people suddenly knelt down and shouted into the air as if they were talking in cross talk:
"One: We will keep it strictly confidential. We will not mention being taken away for questioning to anyone. We will just say that I was running errands for Brother Liu these past two days.
Yes, it's definitely not a big deal for the officials. Lao Lei just helps me go out and do some errands. If we mention it to a third person again, our family will be struck by thunder and smoke will rise from our ancestors' graves.
Second, without revealing anything, we promise to be on call and tell all the information we know. If necessary, we brothers can also go out to collect evidence.
Yes, it's our honor to help the official run errands, and we can still do it without anyone noticing.
Third, from now on, my brothers must be good officials and do whatever is good to the villagers.
Yes, I will never be selfish again. From now on, I will serve the villagers wholeheartedly and strive to make up for my mistakes.
Fourth, regarding the big mistake my brothers made, for personal gain to protect their own children before they went to the battlefield, I beg you to give me another chance. If there is another war on the border in the future, if the village has to allocate quotas, our son will definitely be the first. Sign up.
Yes, sir, don’t just cut off your head when the reckoning is over. Give us a chance to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. If you feel that my son going to the battlefield alone is not enough to make up for it, I will go too! "
The two of them knelt on the ground again and loudly said: "If there is a war, we will be summoned!"
The emotions are exciting and the vows are resounding.
But only the old hen and the chick watched these two idiots the whole time.
Taking advantage of the opening of the door, the old hen and the chicks hurriedly escaped, fearing that they would be infected with the stupid disease.
Liu Laozhu pulled up his sleeve and took out a small piece of broken silver to pay for Lao Lei's travel expenses. He then opened the lid of the big pot and made six large dumplings for Lao Lei, saying: "Save it for the journey. Let's go. I'll give you more when I get back." The villagers are doing business. Did the adults say whether they can go up the mountain?"
"I didn't say it, but I plan to take the villagers up the mountain. If I really see some dark dens, I will risk my life and lead the villagers to confront them. If I don't see anything, I can also let the villagers hunt more and buy more food in late autumn."
"Okay, then our village is going to set up a village committee. I will take the lead in setting up a stall in the town to sell fish. I want to see if I am selling fish here myself. Do the government officials in the town dare to ask for more fees? Fool the villagers.”
That's it.
After Liu Laozhu saw off Lao Lei, he came to Xu's house and shouted:
“Sister, gather the villagers and let’s talk about the village committee.
In addition, sister, you will announce later that the money that the village committee wants to use for everyone’s benefit will be the money my eldest brother used to buy fish. From now on, the matter will be settled. If my eldest brother buys fish, he will use it from our village. .
I'll go find my fourth uncle first, and you'll be ready to speak. "
