The words were reasonable, Village Chief Li couldn't refuse, so he had to agree to accompany Shubai to go, several of his sons and nephews were very angry and took the initiative to help, and the group returned to the village in a mighty way, the dog barked wildly, alarming many villagers, and when they arrived at the head of the village, the team had more than doubled.

Shubai stepped forward and snapped the knocker, and when someone inside asked who it was, he didn't speak, but continued to knock on the door, squeak, and the heavy door opened, revealing Mei Niang's little face, and she was soon stunned by the crowd at the door.

Shubai didn't care about her, pushed open the door and asked the village chief inside, Xiao Wang stood under the eaves and looked over here, and she was stunned when so many people came out.

"Second aunt." Shubai saluted casually, and said loudly: "The little nephew's family was robbed, and the loss was huge, and some villagers said that they had seen the second aunt in a hurry and picked up a basket of chickens out of nowhere, and the little nephew came to ask, but is there such a thing?" ”

That's interesting, do you still have chickens to pick up? However, considering the reputation of saying that she picked it up, whether she recognized it or not, the seeds of doubt were planted in the hearts of the villagers.

"What kind of bastard bullshit, who would be so stupid to throw chickens? That's what I bought! Xiao Wang patted his chest and said, but in the blink of an eye, she saw Li Changfu who came to the front, and she was a little panicked when she thought of the collision at noon.

Li Changfu was scolded for no reason, unconvinced, jumped up and said: "Mr. Mo lost the chicken and the basket at home, I saw that you had it in your hand at noon, did you pick it up or steal it?" You said you bought it, do you have witnesses? When did you go to the street, and from which village did you buy chickens? ”

"Well said son, the book is not in vain, hey." Li Daniu gave his son a thumbs up, and the village chief gave him a blank look, this is judging the case, what are you messing with.

Xiao Wang's family was suspected of stealing, and the people in the room couldn't sit still, so Mo Laoxiu came out with his hands behind his back, followed by Mo Wenrui and Wang, Lao Xiucai put up a shelf and asked slowly: "What's going on?" ”

Shubai glanced at the village chief, who understood that it was time to play by himself, but he really didn't want to go up, "Old man Mo, that's the case, just now Shubai came to report to me, saying that the family was robbed, and I and the big bull brothers and a few nephews went to the end of the village to see, oh, that miserable, the house was turned into a mess, the clothes and bedding were torn, the pot was smashed, twenty chickens were also stolen, and the entire loss was at least ten taels of silver, this is a big case." ”

Mo Laoxiu glanced at Shubai, "That's it?" If you are a thief, you don't go to the yamen to report the case and arrest someone, what are you going to do in our house? ”

There was a whisper in the crowd, they couldn't get used to Mo Lao Xiucai's indifference, Shubai's heart was more like falling into an ice hole, cold to the bone, he couldn't help but wonder, is this person really his flesh and blood relatives and his elders?

The village chief sympathized with Shubai, and his anger came up, and his voice was raised, "Why does it have nothing to do with your family, didn't you hear what my nephew Changfu said just now?" He saw with his own eyes that your second daughter-in-law was holding someone else's Liniang's chicken! ”

The village chief was even more cunning, and directly talked about Xiao Wang's body, Mo Wenrui was anxious, and stepped forward and said: "Village chief, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, what do you mean by my daughter-in-law holding Liniang's chicken, my daughter-in-law also said it just now, she bought it." ”

"Okay, let's talk about it, where did you buy the chicken, who will help you testify, and how did the Mo family's basket at the end of the village get to you, let's talk about it." The angry village chief was hard to deal with, and he squinted at Xiao Wang, his eyes full of contempt and disdain.

Xiao Wang's family has any witnesses, and hurriedly said: "I said it wrong just now, I picked up the chicken, just on the roadside at the end of the village, and the chicken was in the basket at that time, and I don't know anything else." ”

The villagers were in an uproar.

"One will say that you bought it, and the other will say that you picked it up, why don't you say that you hatched it?"

"Twenty chickens, how can they be worth a hundred dollars, who would be so stupid to throw them on the side of the road."

"Ha, heckle us all for fools."

"If you want me to see, Xiao Xiucai's house was smashed by her!"

"Hey, I remembered it, at noon I saw Wang's mother-in-law and Mei Niang go to the end of the village, wouldn't it be the one who smashed it at that time."

The village chief immediately called out the eyewitness, who was surnamed Qian, known as Qian Chuanzi, who was an outsider many years ago like the Mo family, and his family made a living by hunting.

The current situation is very unfavorable to the second room of the Mo family, and the Wang family couldn't help but jump out and shout: "What if you see us go to the end of the village, today is the festival, why don't we go to see the juniors?" ”

Xiao Wang hurriedly answered, "That's it, our mother is here to visit the juniors, who knows that they are not at home at all, we will come back, and then pick up the chicks on the road." ”

Speaking of which, Xiao Wang praised himself in his heart, how smart I am, it's all round, see what else you have to say.

Mo Wenrui hit the railway while it was hot: "Since I now know that the chick is Li Niang's, what, daughter-in-law, you take the chick out and bring it back to Shubai, the family conditions are not good, and we can't help with other help, fortunately, Shubai won the first place in the exam, and the county master rewarded him with twenty taels, so you can make up for the loss yourself." ”

Many people slander in their hearts, how can they still provide for three scholars if the family conditions are not good, and they should be thieves if they get some rewards for their books? What is the truth of this, is this what an uncle should say?

Next, Shubai silently took the basket containing the chicken, turned around and left silently, and did not say a word, but the tears in his eyes that were about to be uncontrollable deeply stimulated the villagers, some people scolded in a low voice, and some people followed behind Shubai, to see how miserable the Mo family was at the end of the village.

Li Xiaoniu nudged his second brother and stuffed a lantern over, Li Changfu hurriedly ran to Shubai's side and lit his way home.

Then, Li Niang hugged the chick and sobbed, crying and hiccupping The villagers remembered it, and the tragic situation of the Mo family at the end of the village being bullied by the Mo family at the head of the village was also remembered.

This time, the center of the topic was He Xiucai's house, and a big family in Beijing came to the door, and later brought many gifts, it is said that there is a large box full of silver alone, not to mention many rare things that money can't buy outside.

"Hey, have you heard? He Jiali Niang was taken by the big families in the city, saying that she was born well, and she wanted to be carried into the house as an aunt to give birth to a son, and pass on the family to the next generation. ”

"No, I heard that the son of a big family is seriously ill and wants to find a girl to be happy."

"What, you're not right, I heard it so well, it was Liniang who saved a son-in-law, and people came to thank her, Xie Yin alone has a hundred taels!"

Gossip like this circulates under the big locust tree every day, and after Li Niang learned about it from the microphone Li Duoer, she frowned secretly, could this be related to the son who was saved by the river last time?