Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Different Way
Xujiatang House.
Li is sitting on the main seat at the top, on the left is Xu Dahai and Chen, on the right is Xu Lan and Zhang, Xu Dawa is absent because it is inconvenient to get out of bed.
Outside the hall stood villagers who didn't want to leave.
Generally, the things that can be invited to come out to preside over the discussion are major events, and there has not been such a thing in the village for a long time, but I didn't expect to see it in the Xu family, and it is also a major event related to disrespecting elders.
Li Zheng looked around for a week before he said, "Chen, you can say it." ”
Chen had been waiting for a long time, and she immediately said: "Li Zheng, this dead girl Xu Lan is going to drive me away this morning, pointing fingers and disrespecting the elders, I am her grandmother, she talks to me like this, the big guy says should I not?" ”
The villagers listening at the door saw Chen's question, and they all pouted and didn't speak.
There are many villagers who followed Xu Lan into the mountains to pick herbs, and they naturally favored Xu Lan, not to mention how Chen had seen this girl before.
If it weren't for Li Zheng today, they might have stabbed Chen twice.
Seeing that no one took care of him, Chen gritted his teeth angrily, and cursed in his heart.
After listening to this, Li Zheng turned his head to look at Xu Lan, "Xu Lan girl, do you recognize what Chen said?" ”
"Grandpa Lizheng, I recognize." Xu Lan's face does not change color.
Zhang Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Lan'er, how can you admit it!" ”
Although they are a small village here, the rules are strict, and Li Zheng is a upright, black and white. Other times, it's okay, I'm here today, and once the crime of disrespecting the elders is convicted, it will be punished!
When Chen saw Xu Lan admit it, he almost jumped up for joy.
Xu Dahai frowned, always feeling that things would not be so simple. , did not speak.
Li Zheng didn't seem to expect Xu Lan to admit it so easily, "Xu Lan girl, once you admit it, this crime can be ......"
"Grandpa Lizheng." Xu Lan smiled, and smiled brightly, "I admit my crime, but she should also admit my grandmother's crime." ”
No one expected Xu Lan to say this, Chen's smile froze on his face, and then he said angrily: "What crime do I have, even if I am guilty, I didn't kill you in the first place!" ”
"Grandpa Lizheng, look, grandma admitted." Xu Lan's smile was even brighter.
"What do I recognize!" Chen found that she couldn't keep up with Xu Lan's thinking.
"Grandma confessed to the crime of beating me to death, the crime of bullying and scolding me, and the crime of selling her granddaughter!"
After several charges, not only Chen Shimeng, but also the villagers watching outside were also a little flustered.
"Nonsense!" Chen glanced at Xu Lan fiercely, "I didn't admit it!" Don't you think I'll admit these charges! ”
"Grandma doesn't admit it, that is, she indirectly admits that you beat me, scold me, and sell me." Xu Lan said lightly.
Chen suddenly fell back in anger, and pointed at Xu Lan with trembling fingers, "You ......"
Li Zheng, who was in the upper position, glanced at Xu Lan with appreciation, and said that she was smart and clever, and found another way, this girl was thoughtful, and knew from the beginning that she could not escape the responsibility of disrespecting her elders, so she simply did not run away, and directly admitted it, and then set up words to trap Chen to fall obediently.
This kind of wisdom really impresses Li Zheng.
"Grandpa Lizheng, everyone says that you are the most fair and upright, and you will not take sides." Xu Lan looked at Li Zheng and asked.
Li Zheng nodded, "Yes, if you make a mistake, you will be punished, no matter who it is." ”
"That being the case, Grandpa Zheng there will set a punishment for one thing and one thing today." As she spoke, Xu Lan looked at Chen and smiled sarcastically, "I think grandma will try her best to cooperate." ”
The Chen family has long been blinded by Xu Lan's words one after another, why didn't she figure it out, obviously she was reasonable, but the balance tilted over to Xu Lan's side.
Chen was so choked that she couldn't speak, and Li Zheng didn't give her a chance to speak.
"Since both sides have no opinion, let's get started." Li Zheng said, looking at Xu Lan.
Xu Lan immediately said: "I admit that I was a little rude to my grandmother this morning, and even said that it was she who came to my house, and the family began to be unlucky, and even the eldest brother's injury was caused by grandma." ”
What she said, Xu Lan admitted.
Li Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he didn't expect Xu Lan to be so bright, isn't she afraid of punishment afterwards?
The onlookers couldn't help but explain for Xu Lan, "Li Zheng, although Xu Lan said these words, we believe that she shouldn't have done it on purpose, and there must be extenuating circumstances." ”
"Yes, Li Zheng, Xu Lan, we all grew up watching this girl, and I usually said a heavy word to the Chen family there, there must be a reason in it."
Everyone was in a hurry to explain to Xu Lan, and Chen was so angry that he almost fainted again.
Look at who these people are, her resentful eyes swept over them one by one, as if she wanted to write down their appearance and take revenge in the future.
Li Zheng was not partial, and looked at Xu Lan, "Xu Lan girl, is there a reason for this?" ”
Xu Lan looked at Chen, who was pale, and smiled, "Naturally, there is a reason, last night, my mother took care of my eldest brother all night, and in the morning I was worried about my mother's body, so I asked her to go back to the house to rest for a while, who knew that grandma would scold." I won't say all the words that don't hurt my ears, but my grandmother first said that I was a disaster, and my eldest brother fell and injured his leg. I couldn't get out of my breath before I replied with the same words. ”
When you hear this, you still don't understand what is going on.
It was Chen himself who first said that Xu Lan was a disaster star, and Xu Lan was angry for a while before replying, as for what he said later to drive Chen out, it was naturally angry!
Everyone understood, and the eyes that looked at Chen were full of disdain.
"I'm so embarrassed to say that Xu Lan doesn't respect her elders, if I have such an elder, I can't stand it and want to reply with a sentence or two."
"But no, it's still Lan Yatou's grandmother, if it weren't for the genealogy, I really thought it wasn't biological, whose grandmother would treat her granddaughter like this!"
Everyone, you and I said one sentence, listening to Chen's ears, I was so angry that I almost vomited out a mouthful of blood.
"You, you ......"
Someone replied, "Since you did it, don't be afraid of what we say." Could it be that we are still wrong? ”
Li Zheng looked at Chen's crumbling body and said, "Okay, although Xu Lan's girl has a reason, but the rules are there, no matter what, as long as you insult the elders, you can't escape the blame." ”
said, looking at Xu Lan, "I will punish you for cleaning the stolen goods in front of the door for each household every day, can you recognize it?" ”
There are hundreds of people in the village, and it is not easy for every family to clean it carefully.
However, Xu Lan's face did not change color, "Okay." ”
Hearing this punishment, Chen's heart was a little more relaxed, as if he breathed a sigh of relief.
But before he had time to be happy, he heard Li Zheng say again: "Xu Lan's punishment is set, then let's calculate Chen's responsibility." ”