Chapter 21: The Neighbor's Eyes Are Red
It doesn't matter if Mrs. Liu is splashing and rolling, this is the time to be free, there is a lot of commotion, and the women who are not far away have come over: "Mrs. Liu, what's wrong?" Why are you still sitting on the ground and crying? ”
Some village women began to step forward to pull Mrs. Liu, and some were already standing by to watch the excitement.
Mrs. Liu became more and more energetic the more she spoke: "Hey, I really can't live, I didn't expect that I, an old bone, would let Shen Qingqing, a widow, ride on my head." ”
When the people next to him heard this, they looked at Shen Qingqing's unscrupulous posture and began to say: "Qingqing, this is your fault, you can't beat Mrs. Liu no matter what." ”
"yes, she's got a lot of bones, how can you hit someone."
Seeing the limelight like this, Cuihua also kicked her nose and said: "Who doesn't know that Shen Qingqing did dirty things before, this clothes can be stripped and taken to other men's houses, and the shameless reputation is known in ten miles and eight villages, and today I beat my mother again, where is the reason?" ”
When a sentence came out, the onlookers all looked at Shen Qingqing with strange expressions, muttering something in their mouths.
Every time he talked about the Chen sesame seeds and rotten grain, Shen Qingqing's ears were calloused.
Shen Qingqing looked at the pitiful appearance of Xiao Douding being beaten, and this time he had to get justice back.
She snorted coldly, her tone was neither high nor low, but the words were sharp: "Mrs. Liu, Cuihua, I did a good job before, but even if I Shen Qingqing killed people and set fire to them before, this is not aimed at you, and the previous things have nothing to do with you." ”
Mrs. Liu was afraid that she didn't expect Shen Qingqing to say this, and gritted her teeth: "Yes, the previous incident has nothing to do with us, but you widow ......"
"Mrs. Liu......" Shen Qingqing directly interrupted her. Since the previous events have nothing to do with you, then you can't count them. ”
Mrs. Liu and Cuihua were both surprised, they didn't expect that Shen Qingqing's attitude would be so tough, but the tougher ones were still to come.
Shen Qingqing continued: "Today's matter, black is black, white is white, we said it 1510, if my child does something wrong, I will definitely not be partial, but if you are wrong, then we have to talk about it well." ”
This Mrs. Liu is an unreasonable person, and she can only be a shrew: "Shen Qingqing, what are you talking about?" You mean I'm an old woman bullying you? ”
Shen Qingqing looked at Mrs. Liu's virtue, and just when she wanted to be sarcastic, she saw an extremely thick male voice coming from behind: "What are you yelling here?" ”
The crowd of onlookers automatically moved out of the way, only to see that the person who came turned out to be the village chief.
This village chief is in his fifties, dressed as a Confucian doctor, and his gray beard looks even more fairy-like, and this village chief Shen Qingqing also knows that he has a lot of prestige in the village and does things impartially.
was worried that Mrs. Liu and Cuihua were unreasonable, so there was a person who presided over the reasoning.
The village chief glanced at Mrs. Liu, who was sitting on the ground, and said, "You are also a lot old, what's the matter with sitting here and rolling?" I hear you shouting from afar. ”
Mrs. Liu stood up, beat the soil on her body and just wanted to speak, Shen Qingqing took the lead in speaking: "Village chief, you came just in time, I came back from the town, and saw Mrs. Liu and her daughter-in-law Cuihua beating and scolding my family's Haohao, I was anxious for a while, so I drove them away with rattan." ”
Things are taken seriously, and there is not a single lie.
"Yo, I see that Hao Hao's body is full of bruises, and this Mrs. Liu can't beat clearly."
"This kid is so small, how can an adult be either?"
The onlookers still have clear eyes, and they can see the bruises on Xiaodouding's body at a glance.
The village chief glanced at it, and the crutches in his hand were beating: "Mrs. Liu, what the hell is going on?" How did you beat the children of Shen Qingqing's family? ”
Although he didn't know what happened, Shen Qingqing still believed that Xiao Douding would not make a fuss about nothing, and his voice was gentle and reassuring: "Haohao, what is going on, you tell me, the village chief will definitely uphold justice for us here." ”
"Yes, Haohao, you name it." The village chief also spoke.
Xiao Douding covered his arms and glanced at Shen Qingqing, as if he had made up a lot of determination before he spoke: "After my mother left, I was the only one in the house, I came back from playing by the river and saw Dabao stealing things in our house, Dabao beat me, and I fought back." ”
"And then?"
Wow, Xiao Douding cried, pointed at Mrs. Liu and said, "Dabao couldn't beat me, so he went back and called his grandmother and mother back, and they beat me." ”
When I said it, everyone was embarrassed, how could this be said wrong, but it was Mrs. Liu.
Seeing that Xiao Douding told the facts, Mrs. Liu's heart was empty, her eyes were floating, but she still had a hard mouth: "What are you talking nonsense about this kid?" ”
Shen Qingqing's expression sank, and he suddenly remembered a few things.
In the past, every time she came back from the market and passed by the entrance of the village, she could meet Mrs. Liu, who was gossiping, and this Mrs. Liu wanted to find out what Shen Qingqing was doing in the market several times, and once she even put her hand directly into the back basket.
The village woman was stupid and ignorant, but she didn't expect this mind to be so vicious, I was afraid that she sold chestnuts for silver taels because of her eyes, so she made today's show.
Thinking of this, Shen Qingqing asked directly: "Haohao, is this big treasure stealing sugar-fried chestnuts?" ”
Xiao Douding nodded heavily: "Yes, it's sugar-fried chestnuts!" ”
"What kind of fried chestnuts with sugar...... "Mrs. Liu's dead duck has a hard mouth, and she scolds when she opens her big mouth." What is sugar-fried chestnuts, I haven't heard of it, this kid with green mouth and white teeth wronged me. ”
"Yes, what good can you teach a shameless widow?" Cuihua also followed.
Shen Qingqing ignored them directly, and said to the village chief: "Village chief, you know what kind of child this Haohao looks like, if you make up lies, he won't be so complete." ”
"This ......" The village chief touched his white beard, as if he was very embarrassed. I also know that this Haohao is not a bad boy, but there is no evidence to say that Mrs. Liu instigated Dabao to steal things. ”
Seeing the village chief say this, Mrs. Liu's round figure was relieved: "Yes, what your child says is what?" Where is the evidence? ”
The villagers also came one after another, and the original owner had not offended people before, and at this time they all began to make peace with the mud: "There is no evidence for this, Qingqing, can you just listen to Haohao." ”
"That's right, where does what a child says count."
No way! This matter must not be counted like this, if there is such a big movement today, then tomorrow she Shen Qingqing will not let more people pinch and rub the circle?
This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Shen Qingqing is really distressed to see Xiaodouding suffer so much grievance.
Just when he was at a loss, Shen Qingqing glanced at his eyes, and suddenly saw that Mrs. Liu's grandson, Dabao, was looking around under the old locust tree, not daring to come over, and his body was bulging, as if he was carrying something.
Shen Qingqing didn't think about it so much, and directly pulled Dabao into the crowd: "Dabao, what's in your arms?" ”
Da Bao is not as clever as Xiao Douding, he has long been scared, Liu Pozi saw that when she just wanted to pull Da Bao back, Shen Qingqing's eyes were quick, and she directly took out the things in Da Bao's arms.
A round ball like a pearl spilled on the ground, isn't this sugar-fried chestnuts?
As soon as this thing was taken out, the expressions of the people watching the excitement next to him changed.
Mrs. Liu just hit Dabao's head, and Cuihua opened her mouth to teach: "You rabbit cub, didn't you let you hide things at home?" Why did you take it out again? ”
Cuihua deliberately lowered her voice, but helplessly, her gong-like voice was heard even if it was lowered by the people around her.
Shen Qingqing took the sugar-fried chestnuts in her hand: "Mrs. Liu, didn't you say that you didn't know what this thing was at all?" Why does Dabao have it? I'm afraid you're lying. ”
"This ......" Mrs. Liu was completely speechless.
The village chief saw this farce in his eyes, and the crutches in his hand were beating: "Mrs. Liu, you are too disagreeable, Dabao, did you say that you stole this thing?" ”
Dabao was so frightened that he peed his pants, where did he dare to lie, crying and crying, and told the story.
is similar to what Xiao Douding said, this Mrs. Liu is red-eyed Shen Qingqing is making money, so she asked Dabao to steal things.
"Alas!" The village chief sighed heavily after hearing this. "You are a lot old, it is really unreasonable to do this kind of thing, and the matter of you giving Qingqing thirty yuan is in the past."
If you do something wrong, you will be beaten upright, and what the village chief said is also fair, but as soon as she heard that Mrs. Liu was unwilling to pay the money, she directly learned from the shrew and scolded the street: "What if this thing is taken by Dabao?" The villagers take some things from you to look up to you, what's the matter? How dare you, a widow, ask me for money? ”
This sentence made Shen Qingqing laugh angrily, but he didn't expect that the villagers who watched the excitement would still help Mrs. Liu, and said sentence by sentence: "Qingqing, forget it, and Mrs. Liu are from the same village, it's not worth it." ”
"These mutual borrowing things are all there, why is it that things are so big when they come to you? Not really. ”
How did this become Shen Qingqing's fault? To be honest, she didn't like these thirty wen, but she didn't steam steamed buns to fight for breath, she laughed: "This stealing is stealing, if you don't want to take out these thirty wen, we can report to the government and see how the yamen treats you, a thief who steals things and beats people." ”
When he said this, the people around him were so frightened that no one dared to speak.
Mrs. Liu is also a paper tiger, and she didn't mean to help her when she saw that the village chief didn't mean to help her, so she took out thirty yuan from her pocket and threw it into Shen Qingqing's arms.
As soon as Shen Qingqing let go, all the copper plates fell to the ground, and she didn't pick them up, but just said: "While everyone is here today, I will also say a few words, I Shen Qingqing did do something wrong before, but it was all before, I will not be stupid again in the future, but you don't have to look at our orphans and widows who want to bully us, whoever has bad intentions and harasses our mothers, I will not be polite." ”
The villagers looked at Shen Qingqing's unusual bearing, and they were all secretly surprised.
Shen Qingqing didn't pay attention to the eyes of others, and pulled Xiaodouding home to see the injury.