"Yo, it really looks like millet, it's been more than a week, right?" asked the fourth aunt.

"Two years and two months. Zhang Hexi is in the shape of the color road.

"Well, take care of it, don't get used to it, don't be spoiled like your aunt in the future. The fourth aunt pushed away the phone and said casually.

"I said, can you all take a step back, can't we fight this lawsuit? This is all a family, why do you have to make such a fuss? You spit out, give them 35,000 yuan, and let them give you a note in person, and no one is allowed to find a back account in the future. If you're embarrassed to say it, I can help you say it, don't you think it?" Whether Zhang He was because he was indeed the closest to the fourth aunt among the four aunts, or when he had just "showed" his daughter, he reminded him of his grandmother. In short, he wanted to make one last effort to save the family, so that his grandmother could be at peace under the Nine Springs.

It's a pity that after his fourth aunt heard his words, she immediately raised her eyebrows, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "What are you talking about? What kind of place is this? It's all here, and it's still a family? You're really funny! What did they tell you, didn't they dare to fight, for fear of losing? Let you run to me to ask for a small amount of money? Tell you, don't you think! I've hired a lawyer here, and there is no way out. The fourth aunt's voice became louder and louder, and as she spoke, she deliberately walked to the staircase and raised her neck, as if she was afraid that the people upstairs would not hear her.

Seeing this, Zhang He had to sigh in his heart: "Just do what you love." Grandma, I did my best. Then I noticed that it was not a passer-by who had been standing next to the fourth aunt, but a lawyer hired by the two couples. His heart was completely cold, and since he was all tense, it would be useless to say more. So, Zhang He only mentioned: "Okay! You can do it, let's go up." With that, he took the lead and walked upstairs.

At 10 a.m. Beijing time on July 30, 2014, his family's lawsuit was heard.

I saw that in Courtroom No. 3, which was like a school classroom and also had two doors in front and back, Aunt Zhang He and her lawyer were already sitting in the plaintiff's bench against the wall on the west side, and the fourth aunt and the fourth aunt and the lawyer, as well as Zhang He and his aunt and third aunt, were sitting in a row in the defendant's dock by the window on the east side. Under the majestic national emblem on the "podium" to the north, judges and clerks in gray half-sleeved uniforms sat down.

Originally, on this solemn occasion, everyone's face should have been just solemn. But unexpectedly, Zhang He found that in addition to the judge, the clerk, the lawyer and him, his four aunts and one uncle-in-law were all showing "weird smiles" and were looking at each other. It's as if they're expressing their disdain to their "opponents" in a language that is unique to them. This can't help but make Zhang He feel that their performance and the clothes they are wearing today simply complement each other, that is called a casual arrogance, and he doesn't regard this place as a "public court" at all. And her fourth aunt's aura seems to be stronger than those three aunts.

So, it's not hard to imagine. The first procedure of the court, "mediation", was quickly rejected by these people with a smile, followed by the second procedure, "presentation of evidence".

I saw that the female lawyer who was the plaintiff opened the stack of papers on the table in front of her, and began to whisper expressionlessly: "The subject of this lawsuit is located in Zhushikou East Street, Chongwen District, Beijing... The registered tenant of the public housing is Li Xinyue, the plaintiff Zhang Liling and her defendant... mother. The property was demolished in 1999 when Liangguang Road was widened. However, the demolition money that should belong to the owner Li Xinyue was misappropriated by the defendant Zhang Liqing and purchased the house located in... of housing. Therefore, we hope that the Tribunal will be able to ....... ”

I don't know if it's because of this lawyer's personality, or if the lawsuit with only 240,000 yuan makes her not interested. In short, her voice was so weak and weak that it almost put people to sleep. In the process of reading the manuscript, the aunt frowned from time to time and quietly expressed her dissatisfaction.

"This room is four of us, and it has nothing to do with them. As soon as the lawyer's voice fell, the fourth aunt couldn't wait to reply.

"Defendant, please pay attention to the order of the courtroom. Wait until you're stating, and then you talk. The male judge said to the fourth aunt with a serious expression.

"Well, when can I speak?" the fourth aunt asked with a rich expression.

The judge ignored him, but turned his head to his aunt and asked, "Plaintiff, do you have anything else to add?"

When the aunt heard the sound, she immediately looked at the aunt's side, and the aunt immediately pouted at the aunt, and said, "The inner room where I live now." ”

Besides, with the obvious mouth shape of the aunt, who can't see it? Obviously, this is to start with the house she lives in now, which was bought with the demolition money and has now appreciated to 3 million yuan, how can the fourth aunt still sit still? Therefore, before the aunt could speak to the judge again, she glared at the aunt and the aunt viciously and scolded: "You are all poor and crazy, you all have cancer, right? I want to hurry up and make money to buy a cemetery!"

"Defendant, please calm down. If you do this again, I can only choose to suspend the elective retrial. The judge reminded with displeasure on his face.

The fourth aunt hurriedly pulled the fourth aunt's arm and smiled awkwardly at the judge. The lawyer sitting next to them shook his head helplessly.

Seeing that the fourth aunt was reprimanded by the judge twice in a row, the aunt felt that this time the fourth aunt must have lost all her impression points in front of the judge. So, she immediately showed a smug look, and slowly added to the judge: "The property she lives in Shijingshan now was bought with the demolition money behind my mother's back, and I don't know if we can change the subject of our lawsuit into this property." It seems that the three aunts still don't give up and want to fight for it one last time.

The judge replied simply: "No, because from the materials submitted, there is no evidence to prove that the property you mentioned was purchased by the defendant with the demolition money." ”

The fourth aunt couldn't help but smile when she heard this, like a spring-headed doll, and shook her head a few times at the little aunt and aunt in anger.

"Is there anything else you would like to add?" asked the judge again.

"It's gone. The aunt replied helplessly.

"Other stakeholders, do you have anything to add?" the judge said as he looked at Zhang He.

"Nope. The eldest aunt and the third aunt said in unison, but Zhang He only shook his head.

"Since there is none, now I invite the defendant to make a statement. The judge looked at the fourth aunt's lawyer.

The defendant's male lawyer straightened his body and was just about to "read the course according to the script", but unexpectedly he was preempted by the fourth aunt again. I saw the fourth aunt take out a stack of papers from her bag, and said directly: "The house in Zhushikou has nothing to do with them, there have always been only me, my husband, my children and my mother on the household registration book, and the demolition is according to the household registration, and one more person will have more money, so it can't be said that this demolition money only belongs to my mother." And the quarter that belonged to my mother, I also returned it to my mother during the seven years from '99 to '06, and I have a receipt to testify to. After the fourth aunt finished speaking, she stood up and directly put the stack of papers in her hand in front of the judge.

"Please pay attention to the order of the court, you are not allowed to walk around casually in the courtroom, if the court needs you to submit materials, the judge will ask your lawyer or clerk to help you, understand?" The judge gave the fourth aunt and her lawyer a serious look. Then he flipped through the stack of papers on the table, looked up and asked his aunt: "Does the plaintiff have any objection to the materials submitted by the defendant Zhang Liqing? If so, you can raise them now." ”

"My mom doesn't even know how to read. As early as the moment the fourth aunt stood up, the little aunt who immediately glanced at the aunt opposite immediately retorted.

"That's right, the old lady didn't go to school and couldn't read. The aunt continued.

"My mom doesn't know anything but mahjong. The third aunt should also be kind.

"Oh my God, this is a courtroom! This is still in front of the national emblem! How can you just talk nonsense for the sake of profit? Grandma can't read and write, but she knows her own name and Arabic numerals! And she can write it. Besides, you also know that in the years when the fourth aunt couldn't enter the door, every Spring Festival asked me to bring 5,000 yuan to my grandmother, and I helped my grandmother make a receipt and bring it back to the fourth aunt. How can you forget this? How can you do this? You don't take the court seriously?" Looking at the three aunts with firm expressions, Zhang He only felt that the "holy" court in his heart was being insulted by them, but he could only watch them insult, and he couldn't say anything for a while.

The judge saw that everyone else had spoken, but Zhang He, who was sitting in the corner, did not speak with red eyes, so he cast his eyes on him and repeated the question.

When Zhang He saw that the judge asked him personally, he immediately stood up and said: "My grandmother will write her name, and these receipts are all written by me and signed by my grandmother." A total of 7 tickets, a total of 35,000 yuan. ”

Zhang He's extremely serious and polite speech really made the eyes of the judge, who had long been accustomed to "Chinese-style trial of cases", and immediately showed a smile and said to him: "You don't need to stand up next time you speak, just sit and speak." ”

However, the reaction of his four aunts was the opposite of that of the judge, and almost before he could finish speaking, they all threw unkind glances at him, including the fourth aunt.

And the fourth aunt still took the lead in asking him: "Why is it thirty-five thousand? It's sixty thousand in total! You forgot that I later gave my grandmother another twenty-five thousand? At that time, I reconciled with my grandmother, so I didn't let my grandmother sign, and you were there at that time?" The fourth aunt's eyes were full of pleading, but her tone was full of threat.

"Cut, don't you know how you "went home"? Have you bowed your head to your grandmother in those seven years? If I hadn't persuaded my grandmother to stop asking her for money, would you have obediently gone home and confessed your mistakes? Why didn't anyone want to tell the truth? How could they all open their mouths and come?" Although Zhang He thought so in his heart, his face was still as calm as water, and he saw him look at the fourth aunt who was very anxious with an indifferent face, and then stood up and said to the judge, "Can I continue to speak?"

The judge glanced at the fourth aunt with his eyes and said to him, "Yes." ”

With the permission of the judge, Zhang He continued to stand and said: "My fourth aunt really wanted to give my grandmother 60,000 yuan, but since she reconciled with my grandma, my grandma has never asked for her money again, because my grandma promised in front of the whole family that the house that my fourth aunt bought will belong to my fourth aunt, and my grandma doesn't want it anymore, no matter whose money it belongs to." So it's the thirty-five thousand. ”

Zhang He's words were like a bomb, causing the otherwise quiet courtroom to explode all at once. I saw that the eldest aunt, the third aunt, and the younger aunt immediately shouted at the trial platform in unison: "This kid is talking nonsense! My mother didn't say that." Then he turned his head to Zhang He at the same time and scolded angrily: "When did Grandma say it? Why didn't I hear it, you can't say that you have a good relationship with your fourth aunt, just go to the court and talk nonsense, this is the court." ”

"Did the fourth aunt allow you something, you said that?" the aunt scolded angrily.

"Tell me nonsense, and the court will arrest you in a while. The third aunt said.

"Are you worthy of Grandma? Grandma really hurts you for nothing. Auntie said.

At the same time, the fourth aunt, who seemed to be supported by Zhang He, retorted without appreciation: "Grandma said no at first, but I still forced it to grandma, you were next to you at the time, watching grandma enlarge the money in the closet, how can you say that grandma confiscated it?

"I think you drugged it, it's all a thing that sees money. Auntie said.

"Why are you running here, asking for money to see a doctor? I don't think you can look at it, you will be hit by a car and die when you go out in a while." The fourth aunt said.

For a time, Zhang He turned out to be the trigger for the split in the family, and he was also the target of public criticism. It wasn't until the judge spoke again to maintain order that his four aunts shut up, and instead began to kill Zhang He with a look in a huff.

But who would have thought that the upright Zhang He did not show the slightest cowardice when the aunts "besieged" him, but at this moment, after the aunts all shut up, tears suddenly flowed from their eyes. It wasn't because he felt how wronged he was, the only one who told the truth, but because he never expected that those "vicious curses" that "bombarded" into his ears would come from the mouths of his own sisters, who were still fellow mothers. He was completely disappointed in the family he "was", and he finally gave up on the "legend" that "as long as you let go of yourself, you will still be a family".

So, when the judge asked again if there was any supplement, Zhang He stood up again and said with tears in his eyes: "May I ask where I should sign if I give up my right of subrogation?"

"Are you stupid? Why give up?"

"It doesn't matter how much it is, is it for nothing? Why can't you cheap her?"

"Hmph, Bei Bei is still rich!"

After nearly an hour of trial, the curtain finally came to an end, and Zhang He followed the judge to the office alone to sign the "waiver statement". His eldest aunt, his aunt, and his third aunt stopped him outside the court gate and carried out a wave of "wanton bombardment" on him.

"I can't see you like that. Zhang He replied as he looked into the distance with tears in his eyes.

"Are you afraid of losing this lawsuit?" said the aunt with a straight face.

Zhang He turned his head and glanced at his aunt coldly, and said with a little choked up: "Grandma has just been gone for a few years, and our family is like this." ”

"If you ignore him, you're a fool. Anyway, he didn't help us speak, it's good to give up! The third aunt stared at Zhang He with stunned eyes.

"Hmph-" Zhang He lowered his head and sneered, then raised his head and said to the three aunts in front of him with a serious face: "I will pay back the four of you, and when I get married, you will pay your share of the money." ”

"What are you talking about?" asked, he must have been bought by the fourth child. "What did your fourth aunt promise you?" the three aunts continued to "besiege".

Zhang He was completely speechless, he didn't want to stay in this venue that was about to suffocate him, so he just said weakly: "I'm going home." Then he turned and walked away.

But instead of taking the bus as he came, he wore his sunglasses that covered his eyes, and the two headphones that filled his ears, and walked home with heavy steps. At this time, the scorching sun was in the sky and the streets were inaccessible, but he still felt a biting chill in his heart.

"Beibei, did they give you anything? You tell the fourth aunt the truth, the fourth aunt doesn't blame you!" As soon as Zhang He walked into the community, his fourth aunt's phone called in again.

"Huh-" Zhang He, who didn't want to hear any of them anymore, picked up the phone after the phone rang "tirelessly" a few times, and after hearing his fourth aunt's question, he didn't speak, but breathed a sigh of helplessness into the phone.

"You kid is stupid, you don't want to think about it, if you talk to me today, can I treat you badly? Give up? Don't give up? Who are you rushing at? Rushing at me! I don't accept your affection, you give up, your share is divided equally between us, and you don't give me a penny. Eh, do you think that if you do this, no one will be offended? Let me tell you, you have offended us all by the way you behave today. I really don't know what you think? If you really don't want a lot of money, you can give me all your share? If you do this, you say, how touched I am with your fourth uncle, do we have to be twice as good to you, maybe I will give you an extra 350,000 yuan when I am happy. It's good that you're patting your ass and leaving, and you won't show up next time. Tell me the truth, did they promise you anything?"

"The money you divide equally is considered to be my share of the money. Zhang He hung up the phone after saying only that, and quickly put the phones of the four aunts on the communication blacklist. He had made up his mind that no matter what happened in the future, he would never have any more contact with them. At the same time, he secretly swore that he would never step into any court that would "devour Chinese families" in this life, let alone transform into a "money string" like his aunts for any reason.

Therefore, back to the present, Zhang He can naturally make up what kind of mood his mother with the same personality was when she witnessed her beloved husband in the court and spoke ill of herself and her family for the sake of profit. I can empathize with how the four-year-long divorce lawsuit will hurt my mother's heart. He will never let his mother face his father's lies, bad words and ruthlessness in this life, let alone participate in this seemingly fair, but absurd "drama". So, Zhang He immediately made a decision at the moment, that is, he didn't want to bother with the house anymore. As long as his mother can divorce his father in the shortest possible time, he is willing to do anything.