Chapter 3 Old Zhou's Murder
Speaking of being buried alive, it is also a well-known thing in the local area, which has been circulated for nearly 50 years, becoming a model for the elderly to educate their children, and also the worst metaphor for those who do not honor their parents.
There is an old Mr. Zhou in the neighboring village, his family is good, and he is also a rare big family, he is upright, bold, good at giving to his neighbors, and his prestige is high, and everyone respectfully calls him Zhou Lao. Zhou Lao has six sons and three girls, among which the younger five Zhou Ping is idle, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and has made friends with some bandits and indiscriminate people, and the people in ten miles and eight villages are all afraid of him. Zhou Lao gave him "confinement" many times, but he did not change after repeated teachings, and it was not good for a few days, his bad habits were difficult to change, and he caused trouble everywhere. Later, he asked someone to tell him a family and married a daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law Li is a large local family, dignified, knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, and has a son, which is a good thing in ordinary people. But Xiao Wu's habits for many years and the habits he has developed have not changed because of his wife and son. Li often tried to persuade him to behave, but to no avail, and often punched and kicked Li when he disagreed. Li was helpless, three days with bruises all over his body, holding the child back to his parents' house, he followed to his mother's house either scolded or beaten, making his mother's chickens and dogs restless. After a long time, no matter how much he was wronged, the Li family did not dare to return to his parents' home. This qiē, Zhou Lao saw it in his eyes, felt pain in his heart, and was often angry and bedridden.
Zhou Lao felt that it was really a scourge, corrupting the family style and door style, making everyone worry and fear, and sooner or later it would bring disaster to the family. After many days of repeated deliberation and fierce ideological struggle, I finally gritted my teeth and made up my mind to get rid of this scourge. In the middle of winter, the cold hits people, and the snow is too big, and every family turns off the lights early and goes to bed. Zhou Lao was very conflicted in his heart, feeling cold in his heart, smoking dry cigarettes, pacing back and forth in the house, thinking about Xiao Wu's affairs over and over again, what should I do, after all, the father and son have lotus hearts, mother and son add meat, really ruthless, or soft hands, but do not remove, I am sorry for the ancestors and ancestors, the villagers, and the descendants of future generations, and I can't explain to the world, there is no way back for this. He suddenly stopped, turned his face to the child's mother and said: "Liu's mother, you prepare a rope for me, two shovels, except for Xiao Wu, call all the other five sons, I have an important thing to do."
"Daddy, child, it's so late, what do you want these things to do, can't you say it again?"
"Don't ask, you'll know when the time comes, this matter is very urgent and can't be delayed."
Xiao Liuniang was helpless, so she went to the courtyard to prepare the shovel and rope, and then notified her son.
"Big, what's the matter, it's snowing so hard and calling us all here?" The eldest son, Zhou Chun, asked eagerly as soon as he entered the door.
At this time, Zhou Lao was lying on the bed facing the inner wall, smoking non-stop, without saying a word. Zhou Chun asked three times, but Zhou Lao never even looked at it.
After a while, the second Zhou Xia came in a hurry, shook the snow on his body and asked, "Big brother, what's the matter, what's wrong with us, calling us here so late?" ”
"I don't know, I asked just now, let's not say a word, wait until it's all here, let's see what's going on." It didn't take long for everyone else to arrive.
Zhou Lao finally turned around, did it, and yelled at Xiao Wu, staring at Xiao Wu fiercely with wide eyes. That look made Xiao Wu shudder, goosebumps rose all over his body, and he couldn't help but feel sudden, and lowered his head. Zhou Lao scanned everyone with his eyes very strictly, took a puff of cigarette, let out a long breath, and said in a humming voice: "Child, you go to another room, I have something important to tell the five of them." ”
Xiao Liuniang is a typical woman's family, men are not allowed to listen, it must be a major event between men, women can not inquire and ask, so they went out to the little daughter Zhou Qiaowu in the side room without saying a word, and closed the door gently.
Zhou Qiao saw his mother coming over, and asked in surprise: "Mother, why haven't you slept so late, what are you doing in this house?" ”
"Look at you so mysterious, it's snowing so heavily, except for Xiao Wu, call your other five brothers, I don't know what's going on, and you won't let me listen."
"Mother, I must have something going on, I don't know what's wrong, I always feel that this time I'm a little abnormal, often go to the river in the south of the village, sometimes I go there in the afternoon, I don't know where there is."
"Alas, it's not all your fifth brother's trouble, his heart is not clean all day long, and he can't raise his head when he goes out, I'm afraid he will sulk in a place where there is no one by the river, so let's recuperate."
"Maybe that's the case, I hope I won't get sick, mother, go to bed early." The two talked for a while, then blew out the lamp and fell asleep. Don't they know that on this snowy night, in this family, a major event is about to happen quietly.
After Zhou Lao saw Xiao Liuniang leaving, he said sternly and deeply: "These comes, you have also seen and heard what Xiao Wu has done, not only has he harmed many villagers, but he has also not let go of his own daughter-in-law and children, and he is not even as good as a beast." If he left it alone, his entire home was ruined by him. The villagers dare not speak out, they are very afraid, and they have everything behind their backs, which is really unbearable. During this time, I didn't even dare to go out of the door, and I was afraid all day long, lest one day he would do something crazy and lack of morality, and harm others and himself. What to do, all the tricks have been used, and they still don't change. After thinking about it, I thought about it a lot, but I couldn't help it, just when I didn't have this son, I would be removed from the family, so as not to violate morals. These days, I have prepared a home for him by the small river in the south of the village. I have called you today to deliver him where he is to go. His child Zhou Shibo, you should take care of him more in the future and raise him well. ”
When everyone heard it, they all understood, it was the old man who wanted to get rid of Xiao Wu. Although Xiao Wu has done a lot of evil, and everyone hates him, but when he comes to this point, he is a sibling, and he has not had Lao Tzu uniting his son to kill his son since ancient times. Everyone was stunned, their whole bodies trembled, and it was difficult to accept it for a while, and they always felt that it was inappropriate.
Boss Zhou Zhong trembled and said slightly: "Big, this thing can't be done, no matter how bad Xiao Wu is, no matter how bad or bad Xiao Wu is, after all, he is your biological son, and he can't do this no matter what, not to mention, what will the Li family and his mother do in the future?" We can't just watch Xiao Wu die. ”
"Yes, big, it's too cruel to do this, although Xiao Wu did something to hurt the villagers and their families, after all, there were no lives, even then, we will send it directly to the official and be disposed of by the government, which is better than our own disposal." The third Zhou Xiao excitedly persuaded Zhou Lao.
After hearing this, Zhou Lao was speechless for a long time, lowered his head and pondered for a while, smoked a cigarette, coughed twice, and said: "What you said has a certain truth, and I have considered all this, but you must know that nowadays, the army is in chaos all day long, the government is dark, and the government is investigated, not only our whole family will be implicated, but also the family will be bankrupt, and the children and grandchildren will be inferior to others for several lifetimes, and they can't raise their heads. ”
Zhou Ren, the second child who had been squatting on the ground and listening to the cigarette all the time, suddenly stood up, "In our place, reputation and honor are the most important, and the good reputation earned by our ancestors from generation to generation cannot be ruined in our generation, let alone affect the next generation, the next generation." Long pain is better than short pain, I think, our big idea is correct, we should do this, after all, I can win everyone's respect, clean up the family style, and set an example for future generations. ”
"Don't talk about it, this matter is settled, take advantage of the heavy snow outside, and do it tonight without realizing it, so as not to alarm the government and the villagers in ten miles and eight villages." Several sons know that the old man is short-tempered, and the things he decides are all things that have been carefully considered and determined, and no one can change them, and they will definitely not work if they don't implement them.
Zhou Lao got out of bed gently, put on cotton boots, cotton clothes, and cotton hats, and opened the door, "You bring the rope and shovel, and go to Xiao Wu's house together, and like this, call Xiao Wu to the small river in the south of the village." Everyone stood up, took their belongings, and followed behind Old Zhou silently.
Outside, the cold wind howled, the ears were biting, the exhalation turned into ice, the cotton wool-like snow danced wildly in the cold wind, the branches kept shaking, and the sound of colliding and slapping against each other was endless, which was terrifying. It was snowy and half a foot thick.
Out of the courtyard gate, Lao Zhouxiao and Xiao Liuzhou and the two of them supported Zhou Lao, one foot deep, one foot shallow, and walked forward slowly. After passing through the two alleys, I came to the door of Xiao Wuzhouping's house at the intersection of the village center, and the courtyard was dimly lit, and I heard the sound of scolding and crying inside. Zhou Lao motioned for Zhou Zhong to step forward and call the door. "Stick, stick, stick, Zhou Ping, open the door, Zhou Ping, open the door, I'm your eldest brother Zhou Zhong."
After a while, the door of the courtyard sounded, Xiao Wu came out, he had the loudest voice and the loudest movements, shouting: "Big brother, what's the matter, it's still making people live, the child is crying, the daughter-in-law is making trouble, and the whole day is not peaceful, and the cold day is what kind of chaos is added." ”
"Xiao Wu, open the door, let's look for you for something, come out."
"Wait a minute, I'll get dressed."
After a while, Zhou Ping opened the door, looked out, dumbfounded, why were there six snowmen standing outside, four brothers, a younger brother and the old man were all there, "What are you doing here?" Why are they all here? ”
"Zhou Ping, there is an extremely important thing to do tonight by the small river in the south of the village, it will be too late to be late, and none of the six of you can be missing." Zhou Lao looked at his son, his heart was full of helplessness, anger, and hatred, and at the same time he was reluctant and pitiful, but the matter had come to this point, and he said to Zhou Ping calmly and calmly.
"It's not too early, so as not to have too many dreams at night, let's leave quickly." Zhou Lao said. Zhou Ping saw this situation, although he had doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to follow them to the outside of the village.
Although the river is not very far, due to the snow and slippery roads, on the last journey to send his son, Zhou Lao can still walk for a while. Walking and walking, slowly, Zhou Zhong, Zhou Ren, and Zhou Xiao held the rope tightly in their hands, walked behind Zhou Ping, and formed a semi-encirclement for Zhou Ping, and Zhou Ping didn't care.
When he was less than ten meters away from the river, Zhou Lao suddenly stopped and yelled, "Zhou Zhong, take Zhou Ping down for me." ”
When Zhou Zhong heard this, he stepped forward at the same time. Zhou Zhong hugged Zhou Ping's waist with both hands, Zhou Ren took advantage of the situation to throw the rope from the side, and wrapped Zhou Ping's neck, when Zhou Ping struggled to raise his legs, Zhou Xiao bent down and used the rope to cover his left leg, and pulled hard, Zhou Ping fell to the ground in response. The three of them were thunderous, three times and five divided by two, and before Zhou Ping could react, they were trapped tightly and couldn't move on the ground.
"Big, you, you, what are you going to do?" Zhou Ping is second monk was confused, and asked hoarsely.
"What are you going to do, you should be clear, sue you, today is going to bury you alive." Old Zhou turned his back to Zhou Ping, he didn't want to see Zhou Ping's struggling and painful movements, and said in a deep voice.
"What's wrong with me, you're going to bury me? I'm your son! Zhou Ping said eagerly earlier.
"You are disloyal and unfilial, corrupt the door, do many evils, harm the villagers, hurt morals, beat your wife and abandon children, affect future generations, it is difficult to raise your head, and the bad things you have done are countless, the villagers see you as if you are hiding from the plague god, several brothers dare to be angry but dare not speak, and the wife and children are frightened, which is an alternative for the whole family. If you are not removed, I am sorry for my ancestors, I am sorry for my fellow villagers, and I am sorry for my descendants, from now on, you are no longer my son, let alone a brother of several of them, you have been removed from the family. Old Zhou spoke sharply and told the truth so that he could understand his death.
"Big, brother, although I'm a little muddy, but you do this, it's too inhumane, too cruel, don't you even read it if your flesh and blood are blocked, besides, I still have children. I beg you, let me go, and I'll live a down-to-earth life in the future. Zhou Ping pleaded bitterly.
"If you knew this was the case, why bother at the beginning, it's too late. Zhou Zhong, I have dug a tomb for him five meters ahead, you should quickly lift him up and send him over. Zhou Lao said.
"Big, the fifth brother already knows that he is wrong, give him a chance, after all, he is your son and our brother." Zhou Zhong and several other brothers said.
"Give him enough opportunities, has he given others a chance, will I forgive him, will others forgive him? Don't say anything, do it. ”
Zhou Zhong and the others are still hesitating, you said that you want to scare and scare, but it's okay, if you want to come to the real thing, it's really difficult to start for a while, after all, this is Lao Tzu uniting his son to kill his son, which has not happened since ancient times.
Seeing that they were hesitating, Zhou Lao stood still, and shouted: "Zhou Zhong, do you still want me to do it myself." ”
Zhou Zhong and the others knew the old man's temper, it seemed that it was really impossible to understand, so they had no choice but to drag Zhou Ping and throw him into the tomb, shovel up the frozen soil, so that Zhou Ping disappeared in hoarseness and despair, and got the sad end he deserved.