Chapter 62: The Remnant of the Paralytic
Fang Shi took the oil lamp into the main room, and under the two oil lamps, he felt that the room was brighter.
Gu Chengli threw the thief on the ground, and Father Gu looked at the man covered with a black cloth in front of him and felt a little familiar. Thinking about it again, the man's shout just now, the more I feel that this is a person I know.
In the middle of the night, the family was robbed, and everyone was not that patient. Gu Chengyi stepped forward and ripped off the black cloth on the man's face, and the thief immediately lowered his head in a panic when he saw that his face was uncovered.
But the moment the thief lowered his head just now, it was enough for everyone to see who he was.
Father Gu exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you?" ”
Gu Chengyi is the closest person, and of course he can see clearly who this person is.
"Yu paralyzed! It's you? After Gu Chengyi saw his true face, he was taken aback.
Seeing that everyone had seen his face, Yu Paralytic stopped hiding.
Yu Paralytic raised his face, and Gu Chengyu saw a large eye-catching mole at the corner of Yu Paralytic's mouth. twitched the corners of his mouth, such an obvious sign, it's hard to know it!
It turned out that Yu Paralytic lived in the west of Shangling Village, and there was only one blind old lady and a sister at home. Yu is in his twenties, and he has not married a daughter-in-law. One is the big mole on the face, which really doesn't please the girl's family; The second is that the Yu family is poor and cannot afford a decent bride price.
The eyes of the old lady who was paralyzed once picked up thatch on the mountain and went back to use it as firewood, but when she went back, she didn't care about tripped over the roots of the tree and rolled down the mountain at once. When he rolled down, he happened to be poked in the eye by a tree stump, and there was a lot of blood at that time, and his eyes must have been unable to see with this poke.
Yu Paralytic's father died early, the family only had three acres of land, Yu Paralytic refused to work hard, the old lady's eyes could not see, and his sister was still young at the time, so the fields were much more deserted every year, and the fields were not well cared for, of course, not much food would grow, and after paying taxes, there was not much left.
The people in the village named Yu Paralytic because he was lazy, he lay down all day in the first few years, and he didn't care about everything at home, so that a teenage girl was busy, which was worse than the laziness in the village.
Now, the past two years have been better, and it is said that he is quite filial to his mother. Gu Chengyu guessed that this must be another story of a prodigal son. It's just that right now, I don't know why this blind man did this kind of thing again? Gu Chengyu expected that he must have been forced by forced labor, after all, he was gone, and only his mother and sister were left in the house, what should he do with this day?
"Hey! Are you really a paralytic? You kill a thousand knives, and you dare to come to my house to steal silver? In the middle of the night, our family didn't stop. Hum! Old man, such a thief will be sent to the British official. "The Lu family was disturbed in the middle of the night, of course, his mood was not good, not to mention that Yu Paralytic came to steal silver, of course, there was no good word. The money in the family is her lifeline!
"Uncle, aunt? I admit it when I am caught, I just beg you not to send me to the official. I also have no way to live, there is an official messenger above Ming'er, and my family can't make up the money, so I can only ......" Yu Paralytic heard that he was going to send him to the official, so he was in a hurry.
In fact, think about it, he is also backing! This was his first time being a thief, and if he hadn't really had no choice, why would he be like this? It's okay now, I've been caught, if it's sent to the official, how can it be good?
"Yu ...... Cough! Yu Lin! "Daddy Gu wanted to call Yu Paralyzed, but then he thought about it, it was not appropriate to call other people's nicknames like this.
"Uncle knows your family's difficulties! But that doesn't make it a reason for you to be a thief, who doesn't have a problem? Who can scrape together so much money? Then why didn't anyone come out and steal it? It can be seen that this is not a problem of lack of money, but a problem of conduct. Yes, our family got some silver some time ago, but it also cost seventy-seven, eighty-eight. Father Gu said earnestly to this paralytic.
"Uncle! I know you're right, and I know I'm wrong, I'm just confused. Uncle! You let me go! Don't send me to the official, I still have a blind old lady and a sister at home, if I go to the prison cell, then what will happen to my poor old lady and sister? Yu Paralytic said as he struggled, as if he wanted to kneel.
But soon, he was pressed by Gu Chengyi and did not let him move.
Yu was a little depressed when he was pressed, in fact, it was not far from serving conscription and entering the prison cell, both of them would almost die, the punishment for stealing in the Dayan Dynasty was extremely serious, and in the court, it was necessary to hit the top ten boards first. Don't underestimate these ten boards, those officials can beat you to the flesh, if you don't treat it in time, your life is also in danger.
Thinking about it like this, I became listless. Forget it, anyway, it's either a prison cell or a conscription, and the two are no different.
"Daddy! You can't just let him go, otherwise, what will he do next time? Gu Chengyi didn't want to let go of Yu Paralyzed like this.
"Uncle! How can I have a next time? Even if you don't send me to the official, tomorrow you will report my name to serve in the conscription, and I don't know if I will be able to come back. It's just a fluke back, why do you need to do this kind of thing again? Yu Paralytic smiled self-deprecatingly and said.
"Daddy! I don't think there's anything left to do about this paralyzed, why don't we send him to the official, right? It's also strange and pitiful! When Gu Chengli saw Yu Paralyzed's appearance, he also felt a little pitiful.
Father Gu originally saw that Yu was still a little filial, so he didn't want to send him to the official. However, if he wants to let him go like this, he is still a little unwilling. If in the future, other people will also learn to be paralyzed and sneak around Gu's house in the middle of the night, then their days will not be over? So punishment is a must.
Seeing that Daddy Gu was silent, everyone also looked at him, waiting for him to come up with an idea.
Gu Chengyu looked at Yu Paralyzed twice, and saw that he didn't look like a treacherous person, so he had an idea in his heart. However, this will be discussed later, when no one is around.
Father Gu thought about it, although the person was caught by their family, but in this matter, their family can't mess around, it is better to lock the person in the firewood room first, and when it is dawn, invite Li Zheng to come, and then deal with it.
"Boss, you and the second two will lock Yu Lin in the firewood house first, this matter will wait for tomorrow to dawn, please ask Li Zheng to deal with it." Father Gu said to the two of them.
Then I saw that the third and fourth children were staring at each other in a daze, and they were about to fall asleep, so I asked the two to go back to the house and sleep first.
"Little treasure! Still not going to sleep yet? You're still getting up early to go to school tomorrow, and you've been delayed for so long today. Alas! It's really one thing after another, and it's not over. I don't stop if I want to sleep well. After Lu Shi and the others left, they went to the kang, during which she yawned a lot, she was also sleepy, her brain was a little confused, and she always felt that there was something else she didn't think about, but at this moment, she just wanted to sleep.