Chapter 61: Evil Neighbors
The person named Hu Wei is named Feng Chuang, and he is a neighbor of Hu Wei's family, and it is a coincidence that the two of them met here.
The reason why Hu Wei disliked Feng Chuang was because the two families were not only neighbors, but also the fields of the two families in the village were next to each other, and the two fields were divided by two boundary monuments, which formed a straight line, the east side of the boundary monument was the field of the Hu family, and the west side of the boundary monument was the field of the Feng family.
The two families have been neighbors for many years, although they can't talk about how deep the neighborhood love is, but they are also peaceful, but one spring there was an accident.
In the spring of that year, when the Hu family went to reclaim the fields, they found that the boundary monument had been moved to their own field, which caused the Hu family to lose at least two ridges of land.
Of course the Hu family refused, so they asked the Feng family to theorize, the Feng family's parents were inexplicable, saying that they had never touched the boundary monument, and said that this was a criminal thing, how could his Feng family do such a thing, this field is the treasure of each family, who is missing two ridges of land, who can still find it, this kind of advantage can't be taken advantage of at all, so why bother to occupy it, so these two boundary monuments are not moved by them.
When the two families arrived at the field site, the Feng family found that the boundary monument had indeed been moved, and they were also surprised, so they moved the boundary monument back to its original position, but the Feng family's parents said that the boundary monument was indeed not moved by them, and they really didn't know about it.
If you don't want people to know, unless you don't do anything, some villagers see who moved the boundary monument, it is indeed not the head of the Feng family, but it is the son of the Feng family, that is, Feng Chuangyi!
The parents of the Feng family were taken aback, and hurriedly found their son to ask, of course Feng Chuang did not admit it, but there were several villagers who identified him, even if he did not admit it, the parents of the Feng family were furious, beat Feng Chuang hard, and apologized to the people of the Hu family.
The neighbors, and the parents of the Feng family did not mean it, and they also punished their son, so the people of the Hu family did not pursue it, after all, there is no need to make things difficult to make a mess of it, so even if this matter is over, the people of the Hu family have not mentioned it again.
But the people of the Hu family don't want to investigate, but this Feng Chuang refuses to give up, his brain is a little not very bright, just thinking about taking advantage, but he never thinks about whether this advantage can be taken advantage of, what kind of consequences will it cause, after being exposed, he hates the Hu family again, and always thinks about revenge.
So from then on, the Hu family either lost a chicken today, or there was a bundle of firewood tomorrow, or someone peed at the door of the house, and someone threw dirty things across the courtyard wall, all of which were done by Feng Chuang.
Of course, the Hu family was angry, so they asked the Feng family to theorize, the parents of the Feng family are all reasonable people, and they also know that their son did stupid things, so they naturally have to discipline them strictly, but after Feng Chuang was beaten, he repeatedly taught him not to change, and still went his own way, and the Hu family continued to do bad things, although it was not to the point of setting fire to the house, but it was not too much.
At that time, every time Hu Wei came home from the academy, he would hear his parents complain, but no one could do it, not that the parents of the Feng family didn't care, but Feng Chuang was too bad, so Hu Wei hated Feng Chuang very much, and hated him so much from the bottom of his heart!
Finally one day, even the parents of the Feng family couldn't bear Feng Chuang anymore, and they also wondered if this bad breed was their own after all, not at all like either of the two of them, except for their appearance, their personalities and tempers were not similar at all.
The parents of the Feng family decided to send Feng Chuang out to learn a trade, hoping that Feng Chuang would be able to mature after knowing the difficulties of surviving in the world and no longer do such childish stupid things!
After Feng Chuang was sent away, the Hu family was immediately quiet, and there were no more disgusting things.
Hu Wei came to Huxian this time, but he didn't want to see Feng Chuang here, he had the intention to ignore it, but Feng Chuang enthusiastically held the wine glass and ran to this table, he had to sit with Hu Wei and chat and drink together!
Hu Wei was bored and had the intention to drive him away, but Feng Chuang sat still with a dead face, and said that he had learned the craft, and when he returned from Yicheng, he planned to go home, and he would work at home in the future, and he would earn some pocket money by learning the craft in his spare time, and he also knew that what he had done before was wrong, so after returning home this time, if the Hu family had any work, he would help to do it, just to atone for the mistakes he had made before.
Speaking of which, Hu Wei couldn't drive Feng Chuang away anymore, wouldn't it have become his small-bellied chicken intestines, killing people was not enough, not to mention that Feng Chuang had never killed anyone, at most, he had stolen a few chickens from his family and killed them to eat meat, and apologized to this extent, almost enough.
But Hu Wei still doesn't like Feng Chuang, no matter how much he apologizes, he just feels disgusted in his heart, Feng Chuang talks to him, and he also hums and copes.
Feng Chuang blew a few words to Hu Wei about what he had seen and heard in the field, and said: "Brother Hu, we have also known big friends since childhood, I have gained knowledge in the field in the past few years and understood many things, so I decided, when Brother Hu you go home, you will definitely not farm much just by studying all these years, so I planted your family's land for you, and the output of each mu of land is five or five points!" ”
At the beginning, what Feng Chuang said was okay, just annoying, but it couldn't be regarded as a bad word, but this sentence was not annoying, it was simply a curse!
Hu Wei just listened to other words, but he studied hard, isn't it just to get into the Jinshi, although he himself knows that there may be no hope for the imperial examination, let alone the Jinshi, he may not even be able to pass the state exam, but he thinks about himself, if others say so, then he can't listen to this!
Hu Wei was furious, slammed the table, and said angrily: "What are you talking about, how do you know that I will fall off the list, are you cursing me!" ”
Feng Chuang hurriedly said: "Don't be, don't be like this, what kind of temper, I just said it casually, it's just kind, in case you fall off the list, isn't there still me planting it for you in this land, how can this be said to be a curse!" ”
He said again, Hu Wei was furious, if it weren't for Feng Chuang's much stronger than him, he really wanted to beat people, heroes don't suffer immediate losses, scholars don't fight uncertainly, so Hu Wei didn't plan to do it, he just wanted to convince people with reason, the ancients said: A gentleman doesn't do anything.
Hu Wei pointed at Feng Chuang's nose and said, "Then why do you say that I want to fall off the list, not that I want high school, if I want to go to high school, you can also rent the land, isn't the result the same!" ”
Feng Chuang smiled, the more angry Hu Wei was, the happier he became, he said these words just to be angry with Hu Wei, Hu Wei annoyed him, how could he not see the reason, he was also annoyed by Hu Wei, and even he wanted Hu Wei to die, for example, when walking on the street, he was hit by a carriage, broke his leg, could not be treated, and died in pain and wailing.
Feng Chuang shook his head and said, "There is no doubt that you will not be on the list, you can't be in high school." I have traveled to the north and south for so many years, and the officials I have seen are all ruthless people, and they are very reasonable on the surface, but they are in the dark in private, and they kill people without blinking, what does this mean? This shows that if you want to go to high school and become an official, you have to be ruthless and kill people without blinking, can you? I dare say you don't even dare to fight, or you can beat me up! ”
Feng Chuang really wanted to repair Hu Wei, but he had been wandering outside for a few years, and he had already learned to be treacherous, repairing others does not have to be beaten, it can also be beaten!
He only needs to provoke Hu Wei with words, wait for Hu Wei to make the first move, as long as Hu Wei can't bear it and starts to beat him, he only needs to hit him, then he can lie on the ground, pretend to be seriously injured, pull Hu Wei, and let Hu Wei pay for the soup and medicine, then Hu Wei will have bad luck.
There are a lot of people eating in this store now, everyone can look at it, who moved first, who only moved, who was only beaten, beaten and injured, but someone will see it, this is a human witness!
Feng Chuang has seen this kind of thing, he has seen a scoundrel in a big city, squeezing a passing merchant with words, and shouting: "You fight, there is a kind of you beat me, if you don't dare to beat me, your whole family is a bastard!" ”
After shouting, the merchant was furious, and hit the splash, and then splashed the skin to the ground, claiming to have suffered a very serious internal injury, and wanted to report to the official, but the merchant was pulled by him, so he had to see the official to fight a lawsuit, the result can be imagined, the official tried the case, how could he have the time to ask what the reason, only look at the result, not ask the process!
In this era, although officials shout for fairness in the trial of cases, the most important thing is to deter others and use heavy punishments to deter others, so that others are afraid, dare not break the law, and dare not go to court.
Even when some officials see the person who is fighting a lawsuit, they don't ask about the case first, and directly hit the defendant ten times to kill the board, Diao Min makes you break the law, and if the plaintiff shouts injustice, his voice is louder, he also has to hit the board three times, Diao Min makes you sue, it is troublesome, hateful, depending on the mood, sometimes you may fight more, and even the plaintiff will be worse than the defendant.
As a result, unless it is an insurmountable hurdle, the people are generally reluctant to file lawsuits, and the defendant is often severely punished for a small mistake, and is even more reluctant to go to court, preferring to find an elder or someone with status to make peace with the plaintiff and settle it privately.
In this way, ordinary people are honest, they are afraid of seeing officials, there are fewer cases, the place is peaceful, and officials are rewarded by their superiors, and they are promoted and rich!
When he sued the merchant, he happened to meet such an official, and the merchant pretended to be pitiful, and the merchant shouted that he was wronged, and the result can be imagined, the merchant was taught a good lesson, which was regarded as a long experience, and he lost a large amount of money and medicine to the scoundrel, which was considered to be ruined and avoided disaster!
After so many years outside, Feng Chuang didn't learn anything else, but he thought he had learned a little bit of the craft of blackmail, and he was now waiting for Hu Wei to beat him, as long as Hu Wei beat him, then wait to pay for the soup and medicine, I dare not say more, more than a dozen dollars can still be knocked out.
However, Feng Chuang played so wishily, but Hu Wei didn't even play the trick and didn't beat him!
Hu Weitie's face was blue, his eyes rolled, he was extremely angry, he had to teach Feng Chuang a lesson, at least he had to scare him so much that he couldn't sleep for a few days, this matter today is too hateful, he must take revenge!
Hu Wei said: "You say that I am not a ruthless person, then you are wrong, tell you, I have also killed people, if you dare to talk to me again about uselessness, then I will take your head tonight!" ”
Feng Chuang was stunned, he didn't expect Hu Wei to say such a thing, he didn't believe that Hu Wei dared to kill people, he sneered and said: "You have killed people, brag, you don't even dare to kill chickens!" ”
Hu Wei's eyes widened, and he said: "Tell you, I killed a person yesterday, robbed him of more than a hundred taels of silver, and then threw his body into a big tree hole, if you dare to say that I am not on the list, then I will kill you too, let you go to that unlucky thing, go to the underworld to be a companion!" ”
Feng Chuang laughed and said: "As far as you are virtuous, you dare to kill people, what kind of bird skin is bragging, if you have the ability, you will beat me, you dare to beat me, even if you have a kind, if you don't even dare to beat me, how dare you kill someone, there is a kind of you who beat me, if you don't beat you, your whole family is ......."
Before Feng Chuang finished speaking, he heard a bang, and saw Hu Wei throw a small package on the table, Hu Wei sneered and opened the small package, which contained more than 100 taels of silver!
Hu Wei let Feng Chuang take a look at the silver, then rewrapped the small package and took it with him.
Hu Wei said: "Now, you believe it! With that, his eyes widened, staring at Feng Chuang viciously.
Feng Chuang was frightened, his eyes widened, and he looked at Hu Wei in disbelief, he was just a person who wanted to play a scoundrel and hadn't done it yet, he was neither a hero nor a great character, Hu Wei was so frightened, of course he was afraid.
He stood up and said stupidly: "Brother Hu will definitely go to high school, will definitely meet high school, junior brother still has something to do, say goodbye first, Brother Hu doesn't need to send it, don't send it!" ”
Hu Wei snorted and said, "I'm leaving, you haven't paid for the wine yet, I don't plan to invite you!" ”
Feng Chuang took out a small string of money, threw it on the table, and walked out of the small store quickly, as if he had fled, and ran away without a trace in a moment.
The guys and guests in the store all felt a little funny, and they all had a lively attitude towards the behavior of Hu Wei and Feng Chuang, and the shopkeeper was settling accounts with a vendor, so they all stopped, watched their liveliness, and waited for Feng Chuang to leave, and then continued to settle accounts.
The shopkeeper said, "A man is more obedient than a donkey, and he runs away when he is frightened!" He shook his head.
The merchant snorted twice and shook his head, and now the people start talking nonsense after two sips of wine.
Hu Wei's mood has become a little better, it seems that this Feng Chuang's temper has not changed, a bad person, if he is a good person, he will definitely be angry, but once he pretends to be fierce and becomes a ruthless person, he is afraid of a bad person like Feng Chuang.
Good people are afraid of bad people, bad people are afraid of ruthless people, ruthless people are afraid of officials, officials are afraid of officials who are bigger than him, in this world, the most powerful person is still an official, so he has to be an official!
Hu Wei sighed, ate dinner, and went back to his room to sleep, he thought that if he scared Feng Chuang away, it would be fine, but sometimes, trouble comes, and it is not easy to get rid of it.