"What's the matter, you've already beaten them, two clear!" The woman next to the five big and three thick shouted.

It's a family.

Tian Qingyang walked out of the house, he didn't want his sister to face these people alone.

But Tian Qingan pushed back to the room and closed the door with his hand, "You stay aside, these people will be handed over to me!" ”

Tian Qingyang: "......"

Sister Hercules can't be provoked!

Tian Qing'an is a scholar, and his reputation is very important, if he is for it, he is likely to end up with a reputation of persecuting his clan, which is not a good thing for the ancient times that paid attention to reputation.

She is different, she doesn't care, her reputation is not bad, she can't get married, she doesn't care, and her impact on Tian Qingyang is limited.

By comparison, it's more appropriate for her to play.

……

"Which eye did you see me hitting them? You ask them, did I hit them? "There's nothing in the way, Tian Qingan leaned against the door, his eyebrows were cold.

"I don't have to ask, I have long eyes, it wasn't you who hit me, I hit my son's injuries myself?" The woman pushed the boy forward and asked, pointing to the abrasions on his face.

"Did I get the wounds on your body?" Tian Qingan ignored her and looked at the boy.

The boy swallowed and foamed, remembering the dark room and the flickering knife, he couldn't help but shudder, his little face was miserable and white, and he tugged at the corner of the old lady's clothes, "It's not her-"

Before he finished speaking, he was rewarded with a chestnut by his own mother, and a warning look.

The boy just wanted to finish quickly, don't let this female devil look at him anymore, he still has weak legs, "We were standing at the door, someone knocked on the door, and we hit us, and then we fell." ”

The woman hates iron and steel, this unfortunate child!

"That's your fault too, if you hadn't locked up my son, would my man have been able to bang on the door?" The woman was arguing.

The corners of Tian Qingan's mouth hooked up with a touch of mockery, "I let your son into my house?" Or do I let your son tear up my brother's books and drop my things? ”

The woman was poor in words.

Old man Tian, who was standing at the back of the crowd, finally understood what was going on, he clicked on his cigarette holder and wrinkled his brows, not knowing what he was thinking.

Tian Qingan sighed deliberately and said: "If you only damage some clothes and bedding, forget it, although my family is poor, but everyone is a relative of the clan, we are embarrassed to ask for your money, but everyone has also seen it, what they tore up is books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, these things add up to no less than two hundred taels, if you don't believe it, you can go to the bookstore in the town and ask, to see if what I said is true, this is not a small amount, even our family is impossible to take out, especially the "Historical Records" that my eldest brother said, It's still a gentleman in the capital, and the value is immeasurable......"

Some knowledgeable people nodded their heads, "That's right, the book is very expensive, I heard that a thin book costs two taels of silver, these loser children have torn up a lot, and we have to go bankrupt!" ”

"That's right, I've heard from the scholars in the town that the guys who read are not cheap."

"What can I do, I don't have that much money at home."

"You said that this loser kid is too, what are you doing in someone's house?"

……

There was a lot of talking.

A thin woman with shrewd eyebrows and eyes in the corner suddenly muttered: "Who told you not to lock the door of your house, the children are naughty, how do they know if they can enter, what is useful?" ”

Her muttering voice was not small, and the people around her heard it, and her eyes lit up in an instant, yes, that's right!

"Who told your house to be unlocked!" Someone grabbed this one, as if they were grasping at a life-saving straw.

How expensive are books, dozens of books, not hundreds of taels of silver?

Even if they sell their family's house and land, they can't afford to pay for it, but fortunately, it's not their family's children, and Uncle Jiu's grandson, Uncle Nine is the village head, she can't let the village chief also pay for it, right?

"That is, how old is my child, what do you know?"

"You are also the red dates, since they are valuable things, why don't you lock them up, just put them outside, you deserve to be ruined, who makes you not optimistic about yourself, tell you, do you want money!"

Tian Qingan had a faint smile on his face, as if he hadn't heard these words.

After they finished speaking, they stopped, then looked up and said: "For the sake of our village, I don't mind answering your questions, why don't we lock the door at home, just enter if you don't lock the door, I also see that this kid is quite clever, wandering outside all day long, I don't know whose family, maybe it's an orphan, I'm in a good mood to find someone to buy it?" ”

"No way!"

"Why not? Who told you not to put your child in the house, but to let him out? ”

Most people were speechless, knowing that Tian Qingan was refuting their words of 'why don't you lock the door'.

There are also a small number of people who argue with reason, "Children are not things, they are living people, and they run away by mistake with a wrong eye, and they are not dead to watch." ”

Tian Qingan didn't argue with her, she just had to let the majority of people understand.

"Say that your child is naughty, according to what you say, this youngest, four years old, right, Ming'er burned down your house, who can say this - 'The child is small, forget it!'" , then I'm in charge, you, don't have to pay! ”

But no one dared to say.

Not to mention burning the house, which bear child pulls a vegetable at home, they have to come to the door and say.

If you don't say it, you can't say it!

"The last one, why don't I lock up my valuables. This is even more ridiculous, where do I put my things and have to report to you? Do I have to count the number of grains of rice I eat today and report it to you? ”

"As for asking for money, this is easier to do, first, my eldest brother is not joking, that "Historical Records" is the collection of Mr. Liu of the Beijing Huiwen Private School!"

"Second, I am a very kind person, so I want to remind you, please think carefully, why do your sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters come into my house, why do they turn my house into a mess and destroy our things?"

"We didn't know these children before, we didn't even talk to them, and we didn't offend you, so I believe that this matter should have nothing to do with you adults...... For everyone's sake, I didn't treat these children as well, but it doesn't mean that I'm easy to bully, after half an hour, I will post the compensation list on the big tree at the entrance of the village, give you half a day to prepare money, and tomorrow morning I will wait under the tree to collect the money! ”

There are still people who don't believe in evil, "If you don't want money, you want to die, and if you have the ability, you will take my life!" ”

Disgust flashed in Tian Qingan's eyes, "Whatever you want!" ”

Seeing that she really doesn't care, some people are panicked, those who have worked outside can be regarded as having seen the world, so they naturally know how valuable books are, if they sue the official, they will be finished.

"Uncle Nine, say something quickly!" Someone shouted in a hurry.

I don't want to lose money, and I don't want to see officials.

The shrewd woman shouted, "I just looked, more than ten babies, most of them are from Tian Lao's five families, red dates, you can't just ask us to compensate, you have already split up, don't the five uncles compensate?" ”

Old man Tian's brows furrowed even deeper, and he had to stand up and say: "Red dates, these people are not only from a village, but also from our old Tian family, and they belong to your uncles and grandfathers!" When you talk like this, do you still take your ancestors in your eyes? ”

Tian Qingan said: "It is precisely because I put the ancestor in my eyes and in my heart that I said something to everyone, everyone knows that the ancestor of our Tian family is a scholar and a person, who has been a big official, but his descendants and grandchildren tear the books as waste paper, if the ancestor knows, it should be sad!" ”

"If you really have ancestors in your hearts, you should respect the people who read and the books...... Our dynasty is quite good, you tear up the books, at most you will be compensated, I heard that in the previous dynasty, if someone disrespected the scholars and destroyed the books indiscriminately, they would go to prison! Tian Qingan said slowly, not at all that she was intimidating.

Now even Old Man Tian had to scruple about it, "I won't tell you, what about your father?" Call your dad over and I'll tell your dad about it! ”

"My dad is in town!"

Tian Qingan didn't want to tell him that this old man was very cunning, and he estimated that he had already sniffed out that the matter was related to the children in the family.

……

At this time, the village chief took a deep look at Tian Qing'an, his family's conditions are good, almost all the children in the family have gone to school, but they have no talent and can't learn.

Therefore, he knew that what Tian Qingan said was true, and it was also the reason why he didn't stand up and speak immediately, the torn books and papers all over the ground, his eyes hurt when he looked at it, and he couldn't wait to beat his grandson hard!

"Red dates, this matter is indeed not small, let's go back and discuss it." The village chief did not refute, which made the others very angry.

Immediately, someone shouted: "Uncle Nine, my family has no money to lose!" ”

The village chief was also angry, and turned around and said, "If you don't, leave the child to pay off the debt!" ”

The man shrunk his neck, not daring to say more.

The village chief pulled his grandson and prepared to leave, but when the grandson said something in his ear, the village chief turned back again.

"Don't go yet."

"Uncle Nine, what's the matter, we are anxiously waiting to raise money, my family has only one grandson, but we can't see officials." The shrewd woman with eyebrows and eyes has a strange aura of yin and yang.

The village chief ignored the woman and beckoned to the child under her hand, "Tiezhu, come here, big hair, peanuts, bench, second egg...... Come here, y'all! ”

As long as the children came out of the house, they were all called by the village chief.

"Stand in a row, now I'll ask questions, you all say one by one, starting from the second egg, tell the truth, don't tell the truth, turn around and lock you up, don't give you food, and don't see your father and mother."

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the younger children cried loudly, and their little faces were miserable, and they ran to their parents, "Mother (father, milk, grandfather) don't lock it up, there are ghosts, Grandpa Nine wants to let the ghosts eat me!" ”

The village chief is full of black lines, did he say ghosts?

"Uncle Jiu, you too, the child is so young, what are you going to do if you freak out to us?"

"That's it, Uncle Jiu, if you want to ask, just ask, what are you trying to scare the child, my child never tells a lie!"