Chapter 5: Prelude to the Separation
Outside, Wang Cuihua finished making lunch, Mu Qing just came back from the field, the meal was served on the table, Mu Qing sat on the top seat, no one went to call Kapok to eat, and even her father didn't think of it.
"Dad, Kapok slept all morning today, and didn't get up to cook, my mother went to call her, and she scolded her back, this meal is still made by my mother" Mu Lang said angrily, thinking that there was no food to eat today, and he was hungry for a while, so he got angry.
"Yes! Dad, you see that Kapok is simply disrespectful," Mu Xin added oil and vinegar to the side.
The two sang and said that the matter of Kapok not cooking became more and more serious, as if it had violated morality and ethics, Wang Cuihua was very smart on the side and did not speak, and her own pair of children said that she didn't need to speak at all, and what she said would only make Mu Qing think that she deliberately taught Mu Xin's sister and brother to squeeze Kapok, so Wang Cuihua kept silent.
Mu Lang said a few words, better than Mu Xin said a dozen words, because Mu Qing hurt Mu Lang the most, and he always obeyed Mu Lang's words.
After Mu Qing listened to the words of the two, he slapped the table hard and came to the firewood room where Kapok lived, and Wang Cuihua and others also came out to watch the show, "Kapok, you come out for your father" Mu Qing knocked on the door a few times.
The kapok in the house was depressed, and there was no end, this was the second time, although she had long thought that Wang Cuihua and others would sue, but she didn't expect to come to her so soon to trouble.
"What's the matter?" Kapok calmly opened the door and leaned on the edge of the door casually.
"You unfilial daughter, why don't you even call your father?" Mu Qing was already angry, and he was even more angry when he saw Kapok disrespecting him so much, but he didn't want to think about it, yesterday Kapok had already made it clear that it was the last time she called him Dad.
"I said a long time ago, from the moment you hit me, you are not my father, so why should I call you father, you are not worthy" Kapok said word by word, she had no feelings for her father in this life.
"Dad, look what Kapok is talking about!" Mu Xin stepped forward and said.
"Yes! Dad, she actually dared to talk to you like this" Mu Lang also came to intervene, for fear that the matter would be too small.
"I said old man, the stinky girl Kapok is becoming more and more disobedient now, it's just a big rebellion" Wang Cuihua also echoed the two, and after the three of them said this, the original strong * smell became more vigorous.
When Mu Qing heard them say this, he only felt that Kapok was too bad for him, so he stretched out his hand and slapped him, but this time he was dodged by Kapok, Wang Cuihua saw that Mu Qing didn't hit the flexible Kapok, so he asked Mu Xin and Mu Lang to pull her up, fortunately, Kapok was clever, and when she saw Wang Cuihua's motives, she ran away.
Wang Cuihua saw that Kapok was about to be caught, but she escaped, so she didn't give up and caught up, still holding a very thick wooden stick in her hand, Mu Xin and Mu Lang also chased over to help, Kapok didn't look very optimistic, the three of them chased her and beat her, and took the guy, so they ran out of the door.
Wang Cuihua and the others didn't think so much, and they also chased them out, so Kapok deliberately fell to the ground, "Come and see!" The stepmother beat people," Kapok shouted on the ground, attracting these neighbors next to the Mu family and people passing by who were about to go out to do farm work.
The Mu family is on the periphery of the village, and there are not too many people, so Wang Cuihua didn't care about it, and pulled the kapok and beat it down, so the kapok was hit hard.
"Ahh It hurts, Aunt Li, help me, my stepmother and younger siblings are going to beat me to death," Kapok pulled Aunt Li's sleeve next door and begged for help.
Aunt Li couldn't stand it anymore, "I said Mu Wang's family, she is just a half-old child, how can you do it?" Say something slowly, don't do it, I don't know and think that you, the stepmother, abused her! "Aunt Li Xiufeng! Li scoffed.
Li Xiufeng's words worked, and Wang Cuihua could only stop for fear of being gossiped by others.
Mu Xin and Mu Lang stood behind with unwilling faces, "Li, it's not that I insist on beating her, but this unfilial girl is so disobedient, she slept all morning, she didn't get up to cook, and she was disrespectful to me and her father, so she was disrespectful" Wang Cuihua didn't tell the truth, plus her voice was loud, and there were many people gathered around, and everyone blamed Kapok when they heard it.
Only Li Xiufeng helped Kapok speak, "Mu Wang's family, I live next door to your house, I can see clearly what kind of person Kapok is, she has been diligent since she was a child, what kind of housework in your family is not done by Kapok girl, it is really a lie and she doesn't blush" Li Xiufeng told what she had seen and heard next door for more than ten years, which made Kapok very moved, and someone helped her speak.
Kapok made a very aggrieved look, "Uncles in the village, I really can't live, how can my stepmother and my father and younger brothers and sisters let me work all day long, when the cows and horses are called, and I don't have to eat, I don't have to starve to death if I am tired to death, I didn't eat yesterday and today, I was really hungry, so I didn't cook, not because I didn't want to do it, but I didn't have the strength to do it" Kapok said while squeezing out some tears, the villagers listened to it and hugged Kapok, and some people who knew that Wang Cuihua was a person scolded Wang Cuihua.
"Kapok girl is so pitiful" Li Xiufeng hugged Kapok with a look of pity.
"It's not your turn to take care of my family's affairs, you outsiders, just take care of your own family, don't come to dogs, take rats, and meddle more" Wang Cuihua is a face-loving person, and she can't listen to others say that she is not good, so she makes a mess.
"Kapok, don't make trouble, why don't you close the door and solve the matter by yourself, don't be embarrassed outside" Mu Qing heard the commotion outside, and didn't want to come out, but Wang Cuihua made things bigger and bigger, and in order to prevent the villagers from gossiping, Mu Qing had to come out.
But Kapok is gone, such a great opportunity to get out of the Mu family, she won't let it go, "I won't go back, you beat me yesterday, and I won't be beaten to death by you when I go back now" The people in the village heard Kapok say this, and they all talked about Mu Qing below, but this is someone else's business, and they can only persuade on the side.
Zhang Yan heard the movement of Kapok's house, and also ran over to prevent Kapok from being bullied by Wang Cuihua and others.
"Aunt Wang, I have seen you beating and scolding Kapok many times, why are you bullying her again today?" Zhang Yan said indignantly, Kapok gave a grateful look, and Zhang Yan smiled.
"Zhang Yan, what nonsense are you talking about here! My mother is not so kind to Kapok, you still don't want to get involved here in my family's affairs, a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, be careful that you can't marry in the future" Mu Xin spoke harshly, everyone in the village knew that the Zhang family was poor, so no one came to the door to propose, Zhang Yan was seventeen years old and had not yet married, and the average woman was thirteen or fourteen years old and sixteen or fifteen years old, so Mu Xin's words were very hurtful.
Zhang Yan was so angry that she couldn't speak, "You ......" pointed at Mu Xin, she was a straightforward person, she really couldn't say anything about this, so she couldn't think of what to say for a while.
"Mu Xin, you are a thirteen-year-old girl who is really cheeky when she says these words" Kapok couldn't stand it anymore, and Zhang Yan was only infarcted by Mu Xin when she helped her speak, she couldn't do it if she didn't speak.
As soon as Wang Cuihua heard Kapok talk about her precious daughter, she pounced angrily and wanted to give Kapok a stick, but fortunately Li Xiufeng intercepted it, and Mu Qing was afraid of making a big fuss and dragged Wang Cuihua back, and Mu Lang was still shouting on the side, "Mother, kill her, kill this slut, Dad, what are you doing in your way!" ”
Kapok was a face of fear: "Ah! My stepmother is going to beat me to death, Sister Zhang Yan, go and help me invite Uncle Lizheng to preside over justice" Kapok made a look, Zhang Yan understood in seconds, and ran out of the crowd and ran to Lizheng's house.
Li Zheng is a village presiding over justice, and there is a village chief above, who manages a village, but they all belong to people who speak with authority.
Li Zheng's name is Li Qingming's house in the center of the village, the whole village is like a circle, the innermost part lives the prestige of the village rulers, the middle is the village people who have lived in the village for decades, and the periphery is a foreign household like the Mu family, the village is not big or small, Zhang Yan brought Li Qingming over in a while.
As soon as Li Qingming came, Kapok trotted over and knelt on the ground and said, "Uncle Li, you must help me uphold justice!" ”
Li Qingming was almost forty years old, and when he saw Kapok being pitiful like his own daughter, he immediately felt pity, "Kapok girl, what grievances do you have to say" Li Qingming helped up the kapok on the ground, and looked at Wang Cuihua and Mu Qing in a blink of an eye, "Mu Qing, Mu Wang, what's going on?" Li Qingming looked serious.
PS. It's written very down-to-earth, it's not very good, I hope you will include more, I will try.