Chapter 65: The Truth Comes Out
Aunt Cha's house was originally located a little east in the middle of the village, which was the most densely populated place in the village.
If it had been before, hearing Aunt Cha crying like this, everyone would not have cared. After all, she has this character, every once in a while, no matter how small a thing is, she has to make a big move.
But today, to say that Aunt Cha's shouting is a little too miserable, it doesn't seem to be the feeling of obviously fake crying on weekdays. And, apart from her cries, there seemed to be some other movement.
Could it be that there is another good show to watch?
Therefore, the little daughters-in-law and the eldest girls of each family put down their work and slowly walked out of the house to find out. There are villagers who love to watch the excitement and surround them a long time ago.
As for the one who came later, it was even more unclear and confused. Seeing a group of people crowding into the yard, thinking that something strange was happening, they all squeezed in.
For a while, Aunt Cha's small courtyard was really as she had just said to the Ye family, as if there was something to be done.
This is even more lively than the day she got married.
When everyone saw it, it was as if they had discovered a new continent. This time, Aunt Cha was really not pretending, but she was really miserable, with a cloak and drooling all over her face.
And the one who was in a stalemate with her and tormented each other was none other than Qianyan Niang, who had always been gentle and soft-spoken.
"This, what's going on? Why did these two people fight? ”
"Yes, I'm also very strange, to say that Qianyan Niang has always been honest, and she won't fight with Zha Yue'e if she is angry."
"It's hard to say, hehe, some people look cowardly on weekdays, but when they get angry, it's really hard to say."
"Yes, yes, the rabbit bites when it's in a hurry, and the clay man also has a three-point temperament, let alone a human. It's just that I don't know what Zha Yue'e did this time to lack of morality. ”
"Yes, I think so. Just now I vaguely heard them talking and scolding, as if it was for the sake of the land. ”
"Ground? What can the earth do? ”
Ye Feng was very uncomfortable when he heard the discussion of this group of mothers-in-law. I knew that I was watching the excitement here, but I didn't know how to come forward to help me dismantle the shelf, didn't I see that Ye and Aunt Cha were inseparable.
Forget it, it's true that there is no friendship, and people can't come forward to help. It seems that it was right to turn down so many people who wanted to join the Duck Duck Country Kitchen before. With their kind of performance, even if the Ye family agreed, he would never speak.
It's just that Da Niu's mother and Zhao are not there!
Chen Jixing has been gone for a long time and has not returned. I don't know if Qianyan can invite the village chief or even the clan elders, after all, she is too young, and what she says may not be believed.
Before this group of mothers-in-law came to watch just now, he could help Ye from time to time, but now that there are more and more onlookers, Ye Feng lost the stick in his hand and stopped helping.
It's just that I always pay attention to the movements of the Ye family and Aunt Cha. If the Ye family was really knocked to the ground, then he wouldn't care about his reputation or anything.
Chen Jixing is very aware of the distribution of land in the village, and he even knows how many cents of land each household has.
When he arrived at the wheat field halfway up the hill, Uncle Chen was hoeing grass in the wheat field. After all, after a few days of wheat harvesting, it's time to plant corn. Seeing this, Chen Jixing hurriedly said: "Quick, go back with me, your mother-in-law and my mother-in-law are fighting." ”
As soon as Chen Jixing said, Chen Wu hurriedly picked up the hoe, stopped wearing shoes, and walked home barefoot. While walking, the two chatted and talked about the cause of the incident.
When Chen Jixing talked about the boundary monument, Chen Wu's face darkened. Obviously, he didn't know about it. To say that this land is the lifeblood of the villagers, the Ye family is already very face-saving if they don't cut it directly with a knife.
It's just that he doesn't know what to say about this kind of thing, after all, it's too embarrassing. After holding it for a long time, Fang said with some hatred: "Don't worry, when the matter is over, I will go to the village chief to help measure it." If I did, I would have moved back. ”
Chen Jixing naturally persuaded Chen Wu not to mind too much, and said that he believed the other party and so on.
It's just that although there was no contradiction between the two, when the two arrived at Chen Wu's house, what they saw was a black and oppressive villager, pointing at the yard.
Seeing the two returning, the villagers spontaneously gave way to a way. The two hurriedly went up, each hugged their mother-in-law, and the mission began. To say that these two people are really too disagreeable, on a hot day, they originally wore few clothes. After tearing, now there are a lot of places on the whole body, which can see Chen Jixing and Chen Wu's hearts are angry.
Just like the two of them, I don't know how many men have looked at them.
Chen Jixing is sincere, and when he saw the two pulling each other's hair, he winked at Fifth Uncle Chen. The two of them each took the mother-in-law's hand again. How do you know that the Ye family is loose, but the fifth aunt of the investigation took the opportunity to pull the Ye family again, and pulled a handful of hair down.
Suddenly, Ye's scalp began to bleed.
The blood slowly flowed down Ye's cheeks, making the left side of Ye's face and neck bloody, which was really scary.
Aunt Cha didn't care about this, snorted, and walked to the back room with the attitude of a victor.
Seeing this, Fifth Uncle Chen was a little embarrassed, so he quickly took a cloth towel and made a basin of water, and asked Chen Jixing to help Ye clean it.
Seeing that the Ye family had suffered a loss, Ye Feng felt extremely uncomfortable. Although he can't help check on the fifth aunt at a critical moment, there are some things he can still do.
And, he's going to be the best today.
Looking at the crowd of black pressure in front of him, Ye Feng's corner mouth opened a sneer. The strength of the Ye family is indeed a little weaker, and one day he will find his biological parents and leave.
However, Chenjiacun is not only the fifth aunt's family.
The power of the masses is unlimited, and if he uses it, he doesn't believe that Aunt Cha can still resist.
Thinking of this, Ye Feng immediately opened his throat and shouted to the crowd who didn't know and only knew how to watch the excitement, "Folks, do you want to know what's going on today?" Everyone knows that my sister is notoriously gentle and easy to get along with, but why was she beaten like this by Aunt Cha today? ”
Speaking of this, he glanced at Chen Wu hatefully, then looked at the back room, and then continued: "This is because Aunt Cha Wu stole our family's land. ”
"Stealing land? How do you steal it? ”
"Yes, you tell me how to steal this land?"
Seeing that everyone was very concerned, Ye Feng knew that everyone was very concerned. Thinking of this, Ye Feng continued.
"I can't steal it. Although the ground does not have legs, some people have three hands, and they itch from time to time, and it is not possible to steal something. She was the one who secretly moved the boundary monument of the adjacent land of our two families to our side, and secretly stole a very wide area of our land. Looking at the boundary monument, it is estimated that it has been moving for several years. Ye Feng deliberately let go of his voice and said these words, so the villagers who were watching could hear them clearly.
Originally, I came to see the excitement, but now everyone looked at each other a little. Aunt Cha likes to go to other people's houses to steal things, and they know it. It's just three melons and two dates, and everyone basically endured it. It's good now, I'm so bold as to steal land.
This is really too much.
There is not much land for every household, especially since most of them are still rented. If it is stolen, there is no area, and no one will be happy to change it. For a while, the hatred for Aunt Cha became stronger and stronger. As soon as he saw Ye's face covered in blood who was helped by Chen Jixing to be cleaned, his heart became even more angry.
Stealing someone else's land, and being so arrogant.
"Oh my God, that's the case, this, this is too shameless, right?"
"Who's to say it's not, it's also a human thing?"
"How else to say that Chen Wuwo is a bag, soft bones, and he can't control his mother-in-law. It's okay to steal petty on weekdays, but now it's good that she started stealing land, and she can't figure it out. ”
"I see, Qianyan Niang was beaten lightly just now. If you want to change me and dare to steal my family's land, I directly took an axe and hacked her to death, and then went to the county lord to confess. I think that the county lord will pity me for a reason. ”
Hearing this, Ye Feng smiled with satisfaction. However, this is clearly not enough.
"As far as I can say, I suggest that whoever is next to her land should check it out for himself now. I have already called for the village chief and the clan elders, and if there is the same situation, the village chief will definitely make decisions for everyone in a while. ”
As soon as these words came out, those who had no land at home and Aunt Cha were relieved, as if this was some great luck.
And those who were next to the land of Aunt Cha's house suddenly panicked in their hearts, wondering if what Ye Feng said was true. If it's true, what to do.
Thinking about it, he began to run towards his own land.
If they don't check it out in person, they really don't feel at ease.
Aunt Cha had just finished cleaning up and changed into clothes, and as soon as she went out, she heard Ye Feng's words. Suddenly angry, his teeth itched, and his gaze at Ye Feng was also full of viciousness.
Although she couldn't help but fight with Ye, it was Ye who did it first, and now it seems as if she bullied Ye. And her original plan to quietly move the boundary monument back to its original position at night was also shattered, because everyone knew about Ye Feng's words.
This Ye Feng is really bad, this is to make her unable to gain a foothold in the village.
Sure enough, some villagers with a "sense of justice" have already begun to step forward to question Aunt Cha. There is the one who is anxious, and even wants to scratch her.
Aunt Cha Wu was not a vegetarian in the first place, so she naturally refused to suffer, for a while, you said a word, I said a word, this small courtyard is simply chaotic.
However, Chen Jixing and Fifth Uncle Chen didn't say a word, but they just watched their mother-in-law closely, for fear that the two would run together again and start fighting.
Seeing this, Ye Feng didn't know what to say, "The parties are the same as no one, but the onlookers are more excited", Ye Feng rolled his eyes in his heart.
On the other side, the village chief is eating melons with his family at home.
This muskmelon was given to him yesterday after someone begged him to approve a piece of land for homestead. This melon is golden in color, juicy and thin-skinned, cool in the mouth, and sweet makes people feel sweet.
Moreover, this melon was transported from other places, and Qingshan County did not produce this at all.
Because of the sweltering heat, the door to the house was not closed. From time to time, the mountain breeze blows, and it is cool.
The family was talking and laughing, when they saw Qianyan running panting, shouting for help as soon as they entered the door. There were still tears on his face, as if he had just cried.
The village chief suddenly felt careless, so he asked carefully. The village chief's wife, Ye Shi, also comforted Qianyan in a good voice, asking her to pant before speaking.
As a result, after careful questioning, I felt the seriousness of the situation. Encroachment on land, this is still worth it! This hasn't happened since he took office.
This fifth aunt Cha is uncomfortable if she doesn't make trouble for a day.
Originally, the village chief was going to take Qianyan with him, but the Ye family had to go with him on the grounds that he wanted to take care of Qianyan. The village chief thought about it for a while, and the Ye family came slowly behind with a thousand words, and he went to deal with the matter first. After all, I heard Qianyan say that the two have already fought.
If something really happens, he, the village chief, doesn't have to be the head. In his opinion, Chen Jixing is a well-known wooden, and Chen Wu is even less useful. With Ye's appearance, it is estimated that it will not be long before Aunt Cha will be beaten half to death.
When he arrived, it was no surprise that the courtyard of Aunt Cha's house had been surrounded by water.
When the villagers saw the village chief coming, they looked like "the show is coming". In fact, they were also curious about whether the fifth aunt had moved the boundary monument. After all, just now, those people who were next to Aunt Cha's house came back, saying that they didn't find anything abnormal after careful inspection.
But Chen Jixing's family insisted that they had moved, and the Ye family was still rarely angry and had a fight with Aunt Cha, which didn't look like a lie.
As soon as Chen Jifa entered the courtyard, he was a little unhappy when he saw so many people. He had to be cautious about this, otherwise so many people were watching, and if he didn't handle it well, what would happen to his reputation.
When the crowd got out of the way, he saw Ye Shi, who had half of his face covered in blood, and Aunt Cha who was wearing a cloak.
Originally, Aunt Cha wanted to change her clothes and comb her hair after entering the house. But after thinking about it, if he made it neat and tidy, and the Ye family was like that, wouldn't he be even more angry when he compared.
So, instead of combing his hair and changing clothes, he used his hands to knead his already messy hair even more, like a weed.
Originally, seeing the blood on Ye's face, Chen Jifa was a little unhappy, and his dissatisfaction with Aunt Cha was even worse. But when I saw Aunt Cha's deliberately messed hair, I was also shocked.
didn't show it on his face, but he thought in his heart: "This Ye family looks humble and gentle on weekdays, and she is also a shrew at critical moments." Woman, what a nuisance. ”
So, he swallowed back the words that he was going to scold Aunt Cha, but he decided not to help any of them and get down to business first.
Therefore, Chen Jifa asked Chen Jixing: "Tell me what's going on." ”
Chen Jixing was originally in a daze, he was really frightened by the combat power of the two women. But later, when he saw that Ye's face was bloody, and he also had some calf protection in his heart, he immediately clearly said the ins and outs of the matter.
Aunt Cha immediately quit when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Village chief, don't listen to him." Their family is crazy today, and they will beat me when they enter the door and catch me. Pity me alone, beaten like this by them. I have never moved the boundary monument. Village Chief, you have to call the shots for me. ”
After saying that, he began to howl again.
"Shut up and get down to business." Chen Jifa roared.
The village chief's words were still useful, and Aunt Cha immediately stopped howling.
"Why do you say that the boundary pillar was moved, and is there any evidence for it?" Chen Jifa asked.
In fact, he didn't know what to do for a while. This boundary monument has moved, unless it has moved too much, otherwise, if it is only a little, it will definitely not be visible to the naked eye.
In this case, how did Chen Jixing's family find out?
Seeing this, without waiting for Chen Jixing and Ye to reply, Ye Feng said: "Village Chief, it is indeed not up to us to decide whether the boundary monument is moved or not. It's just that this thing is not difficult, we just need to take a ruler to measure, isn't it clear? Or, let's go find Master Zhao, speaking of which, this is still his family's land, and he naturally knows how much he should have. ”
Ye Feng had already thought of a countermeasure. Chen Jifa's question is exactly what he wants.
The onlookers woke up to the fact that everyone had just been struggling with the "occupancy or not" thing, as if this was a multiple-choice question, and they had to choose one of them.
But in fact, as Ye Feng said, in fact, the easiest thing is to take a ruler and measure it, or ask Master Zhao, this matter is over.
Hearing this, Chen Jifa thought about it and felt that this was the truth, so he asked people to invite Master Zhao to come.
The village chief's wife, Ye, also came with a thousand words. Fortunately, the blood stains on Ye's face have been wiped clean, and the scalp has not continued to bleed. Otherwise, Qianyan would definitely be startled when he saw it.
This Master Zhao is an outsider from Chenjia Village, but he has been here for decades. Therefore, although it is a foreign surname, after two or three generations of integration, in addition to the surname, there is no difference between it and the native villagers of Chenjia Village.
His family was a wealthy family when he came, and soon after he came, he encountered a drought that was rare in a century, and even places like Chenjia Village were also affected. Therefore, many people could not survive at that time, so they sold their land to his family.
His family was also kind-hearted, buying the land at a very high price and then renting it to the villagers for farming. The next village and the next town all charge seven to eighty percent of the rent, but the old man Zhao's family has always insisted on five or six or four cents according to the actual output.
Therefore, although they are tenants, everyone also gives a thumbs up when they talk about Master Zhao.
Naturally, he has the details of this place in his house, and he only needs to compare it with each other, whether the boundary monument has been moved or not, and it will be revealed.
Immediately, Ye Feng thought that this place was now Chen Jixing's family. Originally, I wanted to tell everyone slowly after the wheat was harvested, but now I guess it won't work.
But it's nothing, it's better to know. Since it is private property, whoever wants to encroach on it in the future must weigh it carefully.
Chen Jixing naturally agreed with Ye Feng's suggestion very much.
Although he had already sentenced Aunt Cha to "death" in his heart, and felt that Aunt Cha Wu had indeed moved the boundary monument nine times out of ten, the procedure on the face still had to be followed. It's okay to do this, although it's a bit of a toss, but in front of everyone, it can convince everyone that it can be served.
Moreover, it can also teach Aunt Cha, an ignorant and stupid woman, a lesson.
After a while, Master Zhao was very cooperative with a thick ledger and ruler surrounded by the small servant. After some greetings, Chen Jifa asked each family to send a representative, and then a group of people walked to the Ye family's wheat field.
Things have developed to this point, and Aunt Cha is really panicked. If she could still play tricks just now, then now she really has to wait for death. Just use a ruler to measure it, and then compare it with Master Zhao's account book, and then it will really be exposed.
It's too late to stop it now.
Suddenly, my brain was running at high speed, trying to think of a countermeasure.
When they arrived at the wheat field, a man with a little insight volunteered to take a ruler and begin to measure objectively and carefully.
In order to ensure that the results were correct, the person in charge of the measurement measured three times, but the results of each measurement were that the area of the land was indeed less than recorded in the ledger.
When I got to check the land of the fifth aunt's house, there were some more.
As for why one of the two adjacent plots of land has more land and the other has less area, the answer is self-evident.
At this moment, the onlookers can be regarded as completely exploding. Because before that, everyone was skeptical.
When the news came out, those who were next to Aunt Cha's land were busy squeezing from the crowd to the front, and at the same time they were busy begging the village chief to help measure their own land.
Chen Jifa has no reason. Anyway, the ruler was brought in, the ledger was borrowed, and everything was ready, but it took a little time.
Counting up, all the tenants and villagers with their own land in Chenjia Village have a total of seven households next to the land of Aunt Cha's family. And these lands are not connected together, but in several places.
Everyone is not too tired, anyway, this kind of excitement is not every day, so I have been following. As for the parties, they naturally don't dare to be sloppy, and they wish everyone would follow along to be a witness.
In this way, a group of people went to several places and spent most of the hour.
As for the measurement results, everyone was a little emotional, and a little relieved: Aunt Cha had only moved the boundary monument of Chen Jixing's house.
For the rest, she didn't do anything.
Although they didn't speak, the women exchanged glances with each other, and then quickly came to a conclusion in their hearts, Aunt Cha Wu was a typical bully and afraid of hardness, and felt that the Ye family was soft and glutinous, and Chen Jixing was stupid, so she picked on their family's underground hand.
Seeing that the measurement had been completed, Master Zhao collected the ruler and the ledger and prepared to go home. Seeing that Chen Jixing was still drooping his head, he said gently: "You don't have to be depressed, go back and comfort your mother-in-law." Anyway, just now, the village chief has already made the decision to move the boundary monument back. As for past losses, I think it's better to forget it. I have sold this land to you, and when the wheat is harvested, and you pay the rent, the land will be yours, and the good days are ahead. ”
Hearing this, everyone knew that Chen Jixing's family actually bought land.
Chen Jixing's family has always been the poorest in the village, living on rented land, and the family is thin.
But now it's good, people have quietly bought land, and life is getting more and more prosperous. For a while, Chen Jixing cast many envious and jealous eyes. This made Chen Jixing, who was used to being low-key, at a loss, just lowered his head and didn't speak.
If there was such a good thing, he took the opportunity to ask Master Zhao: "How much land did Nerd Chen buy?" After saying that, I was inexplicably nervous.
Master Zhao didn't think this was a secret, anyway, everyone had to know sooner or later, so he said honestly: "A total of ten acres of land." ”
Hearing this, everyone was even more envious.
You must know that ten acres of land, just at the level of this wheat field, one acre of land will definitely not be less than seven taels of silver. This Chen Jixing bought ten acres of land at once, which was at least sixty-seven taels of silver.
It seems that since becoming a village cook, Chen Jixing's family has saved some money. Thinking of Ye's bravery today, he began to sigh in his heart, this person, with silver, it is different, and the little white rabbit can also become a big bad wolf.