Chapter 5: The Secret of the Village (3)
The men of this village went out to work as merchants when they were young, and the women and old people worked at home, and they were richer than the surrounding villages. At the same time, because men are in laymen's business, accidents will inevitably occur, and a few women will be praised by the imperial court and given plaques. The land is also exempt from the husband's tax, so in order to make his village more famous and get more benefits, this Renyi Village invited a widower Xiucai in his forties from the county seat to sit in the museum, teach his children to read, and look forward to a few middle moves, promotion and wealth to make the village more prosperous.
The teacher's surname is Xie, he is in his forties, and his daughter married after his wife died, and he is alone and helpless. Teaching children here was originally a beautiful thing, but I didn't expect to be killed because of helping Lanzi.
Lanzi was humiliated all day long, her mother completely let it go, there was silver in the item, a cheap daughter should be broken jar and broken, the big deal is to marry a few more in the future in exchange for silver money for the elderly.
She called every day not to be silent, according to the standards of the time, she was already an adult, fully understood what this matter meant to herself, shame and pain tormented her, one day passing by the private school, heard the children inside reciting the Analects, what kind of sage did Mr. say, Lanzi tears fell out, she thought that this gentleman was a scholar, must be a person who understood things and knew benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, so Lanzi thought of trying to get close to this gentleman, while Mr. was walking alone by the lake to stop him, kneeling on the ground and asking for help.
Mr. Xie was frightened, what did this young woman want to stop her? It's not etiquette.
He turned around to leave, Lanzi suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes and begged bitterly, and told his story briefly, Mr. Xie was shocked, and scolded Lanzi for not knowing that shame was so rebellious to say such a thing, how could there be such a ridiculous thing in the world? Lanzi kept kowtowing, saying that everything he said was true, and begged Mr. to help him think of a way to go.
Mr. Xie still didn't believe Lanzi's words, pushed Lanzi to the ground, turned around and ran. Back at the place where he lived, Mr. Xie always felt that things were a little strange after thinking about it.
The girl looked clear-eyed, not like a crazy person, how could she say such a terrible thing, if she was true......
No, it can't be, there can't be such a ridiculous thing in this world, all the men in a village are like this, how is it possible?
Mr. Xie thought about it and finally decided to verify it himself.
From that day on, when talking to the students, he deliberately guided him on some personal matters, and found that several children had unspeakable contempt for the girl named Lanzi, and the expression between his words made Mr. Xie suspicious.
At night, he quietly stared at Lanzi's house from a distance in the village, and found that there were always a few men going to her house in twos and threes, and then some strange screams came from his house,
After observing it a few times, Mr. Xie suddenly understood that everything that the girl named Lanzi said was true! There really is such a great rebellion in this village that deserves to be damned.
Mr. Xie also has a daughter, and he is even more heartbroken when he thinks of his daughter. In his teaching, he asks his students what they should do if they know that their parents have done something bad.
The student replied with the disciple rules: pro-have, admonish, Yiwuse, soft voice, admonishment, reprimand, joyful reprimand, crying, tart without resentment.
Mr. Xie said that your answer is good, if you know that your parents have done something wrong, you should persuade them well and let them realize their mistakes.
Mr. Xie was very pleased that the purpose of teaching had been achieved, so he waited for the change in the style of the village. He waited for a while, and secretly observed at night, and found that the men's humiliation of Lanzi had not stopped, and even the older and teenage children among his students began to bully Lanzi.
Mr. Xie was angry, he thought that this village could not be educated, and he wanted to take Lanzi to the county to complain and expose the behavior of the village. He found Lanzi to explain his thoughts, which was really great news for Lanzi, she said to Mr. Xie that she understood the etiquette very well, and knew that women should keep chastity, but there was really no way for her to be tortured like this, everything was forced, and she was willing to commit suicide after exposing the dark behavior of this village, so as to make her own reputation. Mr. Xie was amazed and made up his mind to take Lanzi out of here and go to the county to complain.
"Didn't work out in the end?"
The land grandma asked.
"Yes, Mr. Xie is a decent gentleman, and he is determined to save Lanzi out. It's just that they didn't expect that when they were discussing the matter, they were discovered by Lanzi's younger brother, this child was only seven or eight years old at the time, and he was a student of Mr. Xie, he thought that Mr. Xie was a hypocrite, and even instigated his sister to betray his parents. If your parents don't listen to persuasion, you have to bear beating and scolding you, how can you be resentful because of your parents' abuse? It is wrong for Lanzi to do this, it is not in line with the teachings of the saints, and it is an unfilial act. “
So the younger brother told his father about it, asking him to stop Lanzi's unruly behavior. When an aunt said this, she sneered repeatedly, "Grandma Land, look at it, this etiquette turns out to be like this, parents can be unkind, children can not be unfilial, how ironic." ”
Land grandmother Chen Feiyang nodded again and again: "Yes, it's complete bullshit." ”
The women were surprised to see that Grandma Land agreed with their words, and continued to speak.
Mr. Xie and Lanzi made an appointment to abscond together late that night, but Lanzi came to the lake but waited for the villagers who escorted Mr. Xie to come, her eight-year-old brother, who walked in front with confidence, and at the same time righteously pointed out that Lanzi was unfilial and deserved to die, and actually listened to the instigation of outsiders to go against the will of his parents.
Lanzi was completely devastated, she cried and accused the men in the village of behaving like this, and asked the women, your father, husband, and son have done these things, you know and pretend not to know, you must know that you are also women, and one day your daughter will suffer a fate like mine.
Her brother scolded, "Kill you, you unfaithful and unfilial." ”
As he spoke, he took the lead and lifted a large stone and smashed it at Lanzi.
The villagers also said that Lanzi was talking nonsense, obviously she had an affair with Mr. Xie first, and she had to go to the county to falsely accuse the villagers, so that the disloyal and unfilial people would have to be stoned to death.
In order to show that they had drawn a clear line with Lanzi, the villagers present, regardless of men, women and children, picked up the big stones on the ground and threw them at Lanzi. When a child hits it, he shouts for joy: "Okay, good, I hit this big villain!" ”
In this way, Lanzi and Mr. Xie were beaten to death by the villagers with one stone each, you kick me and I punch each other. Before he died, Lanzi swore a poisonous oath that the bullying he had suffered would be repaid by everyone in the village from generation to generation.
"Do you think you will be spared if you know everything, but you acquiesce to the actions of the men in your family? No, you will taste my suffering from generation to generation, and I will curse you until you all go to the eighteenth layer of hell! ”
Lanzi was hoarse, and blood and tears flowed from her eyes.
"So, we are all cursed, the curse of Lanzi. Since then, the men in the village have gone crazy and started to abuse other people's girls, and later they have developed into their own women. ”
My aunt said weakly.
"What kind of curse, it's clear that the dog can't change eating, and the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked. Those men have done bad things and tasted the joy of bullying Lanzi, and their sons have also been exposed to Lao Tzu, and they have learned from each other, and the little rabbits have also followed and not done good things. Chen Feiyang scolded, "What the hell, such a village doesn't dare to exist, Lao Tzu will kill them with a fart." ”