Chapter 168: Joint Petition
Song Ziwu blushed, looked at his eldest brother and said, "Big brother! Don't blame me, it's because my brain is hot just now, and I'm full of nonsense without thinking, don't blame me, I'm just angry, the Miao family relied on their power to oppress the people, and they ruined the persecuted family for the sake of those four taels of silver, is there still justice to this? ”
Song Ziyu listened and said, "Second brother! I know you're in a hurry, but this is a confrontation with the corrupt officials of the government, and we must think of a perfect solution, otherwise we will be locked up like Aunt Liu's family. ”
Song Ziwu listened to it and felt that the eldest brother's analysis was reasonable, so he looked at Lu Caiqing, his sister-in-law, who was not very old, but had a lot of novel and strange ideas, to see what she could do.
Lu Caiqing saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, so he said, "Didn't that Gao Sheng care about his reputation? Then let's write a joint petition, for the sake of "the case of the Chen family being beaten to death after failing to ask for wages", the villagers of the entire Chenjia Village jointly petitioned to severely punish the murderer. ”
Song Zifei said happily: "That's it! With the backing of the entire Chenjia Village, he would not dare to do anything to us if he was promoted, so this joint petition asked the entire Chenjia Village to sign and detain, the population of Chenjia Village is almost more than 500 people, and no one wants to have anything to do with the government, it must be difficult for us to come forward in this joint petition. ”
After Song Zifei finished speaking, his mood became depressed, Lu Caiqing saw it, and continued: "It's difficult for us, but it's easier for the village chief. Second, he didn't ask me to save his daughter, since Chen Xiaoyan had been severely punished, then he would follow the wishes of the two of them, so that the village chief and uncle could spare no effort to do his best to help. ”
"Oh! Sister-in-law! You are so cunning, you didn't leave a living mouth to help before, but now you are thinking that one day there will be such a day, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. Song Ziwu pointed to Lu Caiqing and said with a sly smile.
"If it weren't for the fact that Brother Shuangzhu was still in prison and Aunt Liu needed help, I didn't want to use this matter as an excuse, although we begged the village chief uncle, he would agree, but with this reason, he would work harder. After all, Chen Xiaoyan is also the top of the hearts of the village chief and uncle. Lu Caiqing said helplessly.
Aunt Xia instructed a few people to go to bed quickly, and go door-to-door knocking tomorrow morning to sign the joint letter.
Lu Caiqing and Song Ziyu returned to the room, and Song Ziyu spread the quilt and greeted: "Little daughter-in-law!" It's late! Rest early, there are still things to do tomorrow, and you will definitely be tired from the day. ”
Lu Caiqing found a pen and paper, spread it on the table and said, "Brother Song! Tell Zifei early tomorrow morning that Yang Yibao will break off for a day or two, and then accompany him when I have time. ”
Song Ziyu got off the kang and came to her and said, "The third brother just told me, I won't go from tomorrow onwards, and I'll talk about it when I rescue people first." ”
Lu Caiqing looked up at him, his eyes were full of apologies and said, "I'm sorry!" If it weren't for the suddenness of this incident, I would never have given up helping Zifei study, and our plan has just begun, I am afraid that in the future, Mrs. Yang will say that our study path is not sincere, and I am a little sorry for Zifei, and I dare not face him, this is ......! ”
"Little daughter-in-law! Don't take it to heart, the third brother said, if Mrs. Yang uses this as an excuse, he won't apprentice, such a tricky and eccentric teacher is a person who is knowledgeable but too small-minded, he can't look down on it! Song Ziyu said the original words to Lu Caiqing.
"Nonsense! At a young age, he speculated about people in vain, after all, he was the emperor's teacher, and he was also a prestigious person in the imperial court, and he must have a bright future as his student, don't get used to him arbitrarily giving people conclusions, you should be the eldest brother and have a bit of his temperament, and you can't let him come nonsense. Lu Caiqing persuaded Song Ziyu like a senior eldest mother.
"Look at you! You are still educating people at a young age, look at you, you are a few years older than my third brother, don't forget that you are only twelve years old this year, I let you bear the burden of things that are not suitable for your age, let you worry about everything for the family, little daughter-in-law! Thank you for your hard work. Song Ziyu stroked the broken hair on her forehead and said distressedly.
"I do! I am willing to pay for you and this family, although I am young, but I am indeed the wife of your Song Ziyu Ming Media, I am willing to be busy for them, don't always be cautious, Brother Song! Since the accident, you have always carefully guarded me, loved me and even for me, you almost made your family misunderstand, you used to be a man with a full sense of justice and stood up to the sky, now you are always careful and cautious, I don't want you now, I don't want you to work so hard. Lu Caiqing looked at him with emotion and said.
"Little daughter-in-law! Don't you hate me now? I am so careful everywhere, always protecting you, caring about whether you care too much about you, then I can change it. Song Ziyu said cautiously.
"Don't! I'm not someone who hates you, I mean it's all my fault that you've become a complete coward, Brother Song! Why are you so good to me, I must have accumulated virtue and done good deeds in my last life, and I did a lot of good things before I met you, a peerless good man. Lu Caiqing stammered.
Song Ziyu listened, raised his eyebrows and pointed at Lu Caiqing's brain and said, "You girl!" You said that you are the daughter-in-law that my Song Ziyu Ming Media is marrying, and I am not good to you or to anyone. But what I said later, how can you praise yourself a little bit of virtue and do good, girl, you are not well-behaved! ”
Lu Caiqing "giggled" and said, "I said it deliberately to adjust the atmosphere, anyway, I just met a peerless good man, and no one wants to snatch it away." After saying that, he reached out and put his arm around his neck and did not let go.
Due to her height, Song Ziyu was hugged by her and had to lower her head, looking at the little daughter-in-law in front of her with a smile on her face, thinking that such a Lu Caiqing was the look that a twelve-year-old should have, but she was teased by her, how could she have an urge to kiss Fang Ze, so for a child, he suddenly felt a kind of guilt, how could he do it to a child.
But how can this happy girl in front of her, who has no heart and no lungs to laugh, make a man with strong blood hold back his desire, and while lowering his head, he thinks that a kiss will be done in moderation, and he will never do anything extraordinary.
Thinking of this, he was about to take action, Lu Caiqing seemed to feel something and suddenly let go, and said in surprise: "That's right! I almost forgot something important, Brother Song helped me grind me to draft and write a "joint petition", okay? ”
Song Ziyu was pushed away by her, her face suddenly became hot, how could she have such a mind about her little daughter-in-law at such a moment, when she was sad for Aunt Liu, she had such a dirty idea, she really felt ashamed of herself, seeing Lu Caiqing looking at herself strangely, she guessed that her little daughter-in-law had insight into her unstable breath, and she couldn't afford to be born, so she had to smile and say: "Ghost girl!" It's me who is bad! I'll grind it! ”
Lu Caiqing grimaced at him and said, "Brother Song! It's not that I'm hypocritical, it's that if a man has a desire in that regard, he is always holding back, I'm afraid you will suffocate ......! ”
The more Lu Caiqing said that her face became hotter, she lowered her head embarrassedly, the more she said that the business was weaker, and hurriedly sorted out the paper, Song Ziyu saw this, brushed her broken hair, and said, "Brother Song knows!" You're still young, I can wait! It is important to do the right thing now, and if it is done one day earlier, the iron pillar will have one less day of sin in prison. ”
Lu Caiqing was not making trouble, he spread out the paper and began to pick up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote: "The petition of 500 villagers of Chenjia Village to redress the grievances of Liu Shuangzhu, the son of Liu Dahai. ”
Lu Caiqing wrote concisely and concisely about how the Chen family was beaten to death because they failed to ask for wages, and Liu Dahai wrote concisely and concisely about how he was beaten and treated ineffectively, and finally asked the county government master Gao Sheng to release the innocent Liu Shuangzhu. In the end, the petitioner, Lu Caiqing, wrote his name in the most conspicuous position, and Song Ziyu saw this, and then signed his signature on it.
Early in the morning of the second day, Lu Caiqing took the four brothers of the Song family to the village chief's house, and after telling the intention, Lu Caiqing tactfully declared that he would go and let the Yan family release him immediately after Lin Huaijin came back. Chen Youwang and his wife nodded again and again when they heard this, and a hundred of them were willing to contribute to this matter.
The villagers of Chenjia Village did not know how to negotiate with the government office, but some village chiefs came forward, and some people took pity on Chen Chungen's family, some did not hesitate to press their handprints, and some were timid and afraid of things, for fear of angering the government and making trouble for the village, but for the sake of the village chief's face, they still agreed.
At the end of the day, Lu Caiqing took the four Song brothers to walk around Chenjia Village, from the eighty-year-old man to the talking doll, everyone pressed their handprints, and Lu Caiqing looked at the large and small red marks with emotion.
When the village chief and daughter-in-law were leaving, Lu Caiqing knew that the two of them spared no effort to help more or less for Chen Xiaoyan, in order to reassure them, she also specially stated that as long as Lin Huaijin returned to Jeju Mansion, she would immediately ask him to facilitate the matter, and the two left hand in hand as they wished.
After dinner, the Song family held a family meeting, and Lu Caiqing said: "Everyone is very tired after a busy day, saying that it is to help the Chen family Zhaoxue in the same village to settle grievances, in fact, everyone knows that I am selfish, I am for Aunt Liu and Brother Shuangzhu, who was wronged in prison, and now Zifei is also involved in following me to delay the progress of studying." ”
"Sister Caiqing! What do you call that, we are a family, we have to share the blessings and difficulties, we are not Da Luo immortals, just an ordinary little people, now the Chen family is ruined, the Liu family is in trouble, he is kind to you, you don't save who to save, your business is our business, there is something in your own family, and you can only let Xian go to school. Song Zifei said a lot, and Ziwu also nodded in agreement.
Lu Caiqing nodded gratefully and said, "That's good!" Then I won't say polite words, tomorrow I will go to the government with the petition to beat the drum and voice the grievances, I don't know what variables will happen, I don't know what the outcome will be, so I will only go with you two brothers. ”