The mud baby heard Qiao Shuangxi say to his mother--- "Think about yourself before talking about others, don't make jokes", his mother didn't say a word, and walked out of the ancestral hall angrily, he felt that the sentence seemed to be reflected, but he couldn't figure out what it was reflected, so he asked puzzledly: "Brother Shuangxi, what do you mean by that?"

"No, it didn't mean anything, it was just a casual remark. Qiao Shuangxi explained.

"You think I can't hear it," the mud baby stood up, walked to Qiao Shuangxi's side, stared at him and said, "There is something in your words." Don't lie to me, there's no one else here, say, what do you mean by that?"

"It's not interesting. Qiao Shuangxi looked at the mud baby and nodded.

"Forget it," the mud baby left Qiao Shuangxi in disappointment, came to Qiao Xiaojing again, and said, "If you don't say it, I won't ask you, I'll look for Sister Xiaojing, she will definitely not deceive me." Sister Xiaojing, I think you must have heard Brother Shuangxi's words, please tell me what he meant by that, why did my mother turn around and leave?"

"This ......" Qiao Xiaojing paused, took a deep breath and said, "He may just say it casually, Aunt Hongxing may not want to argue anymore, so she left here." You, don't think about it, it's just an ordinary sentence. ”

"Then I ask you," said the mud baby, "Qiao Baocai was going to beat me for thirty boards at first, everyone in the ancestral hall heard it clearly, my mother and son were anxious, and came out to stop it regardless of the punishment of the clan rules, he didn't even exercise the power in the hands of his patriarch, on the contrary, he retreated, and really gave up beating me." Why, you say?"

"This ......," Qiao Xiaojing said hesitantly, "I can't know this situation, why this is the case, maybe only the patriarch himself knows what he thinks." ”

"Don't you see?" said the mud baby as he became more and more disappointed and grumpy, and he spun around the stage and said angrily. At that time, the old guys on the stage got up one after another, they all felt that it was ridiculous for Qiao Baocai to change the rules set before because of my mother's words, and the people in the audience were full of incomprehensible expressions, and some even showed extremely contemptuous looks, as if they felt that Qiao Baocai gave up punishing me because my mother had his ulterior secret in her hands. You say, is there something hidden in this?"

"Mud baby," Qiao Xiaojing waved her hand, her back injury made it difficult for her to turn around calmly, she gritted her teeth, tilted her head, and frowned to persuade, "You, don't think nonsense, what can happen?" Maybe, maybe the patriarch changed his mind because you were still young and couldn't stand the board. It's a good thing that you didn't get a board, but do you really want to taste it?"

"But, I always felt that something was wrong. When I was a child, I heard people chew the root of their tongues and say that I was the evil seed of my mother and Liu Mazi, but I saw that Liu Mazi was a monster who ate raw and slept cold, with little human nature and more animal nature, and I didn't think so. Then I heard that my mother and Qiao Baocai had an unclear relationship, but I questioned my mother many times, and my mother categorically denied it. ”

"Look at you," Qiao Xiaojing beckoned the mud baby to sit down, and said to her, "You are not a big person, but you have more ideas than adults." Don't worry about these things anymore, let the adults deal with the matters between the adults themselves, and we should be juniors, don't pay attention to those gossip. Take me, for example, the adults treat me like a rag, lest they throw me away and dirty their hands, and you are not like them, so why bother with these things?"

"But," said the clay baby, sitting on the ground, sighed, "but in my heart, alas, if you had seen the faces and expressions of the people on and off the stage at that time, I don't think you would have said so." Avoiding the board is not a shameful thing in the face, but it makes me feel like my backbone is poked by countless fingers, and I would rather be hit with thirty boards than see their faces. ”

"Hmph," that Qiao Shuangxi held on to the stool beside him, slowly got up, and said to the mud baby in pain, "You are, but it is very light, when you are hit by the board, your whole body is rotten like a sore, your buttocks and back are hot and painful, every joint in your body seems to be broken, and you will have the pain of heartache and bone breaking, you know how lucky you should be if you don't suffer from these dozens of boards!"

"I don't talk to you," the mud baby glared at Qiao Shuangxi and said, "You obviously know that there is something in between, but you have to pretend to be stupid there, do you think I'm a fool and can't see anything?"

"If you don't say it, don't say it," Qiao Shuangxi was in pain all over, and naturally he didn't want to say more, seeing that the mud baby treated him like this, he shook his head and said, "Do you think I love to talk to you so much?" Since you care so much about these things, you can go home and ask your mother, if there is anything, your mother should know better than anyone else......

"Shuangxi," Qiao Xiaojing interrupted Qiao Shuangxi's words and roared angrily, "You, what are you talking nonsense?

"Just ask, do you think I don't dare to ask?" the mud baby turned and walked towards the gate of the ancestral hall.

"Mud baby, mud baby, you come back to me, don't listen to Shuangxi talking nonsense, he is a fool, his brain is not bright......" Qiao Xiaojing tried her best to dissuade the mud baby, trying to get up and drag the mud baby back, but she didn't succeed, and unfortunately heard the sound of slamming the door.

"Open the door, open the door quickly......" The door of the ancestral hall was locked from the outside, and the mud baby slammed the door panel, shouting incessantly.

"Mud baby, don't smash it, come back quickly, come back quickly......" Qiao Xiaojing called the mud baby weakly, but where could the mud baby hear her words, in anger, his mind was full of questions he wanted to figure out, and he couldn't care about the rest.

"Double happiness," Qiao Xiaojing saw that her shouting did not have any effect, so she complained about Qiao Shuangxi who was lying on the side, "I usually see that your brain is full of melon seeds, and I thought that your brain was enough, but I didn't expect that when it was critical, there would be a problem with your brain." You said you, you are such an old person, why do you have to compete with a child, this child is already angry and impulsive, and now he has a stomach full of anger, so it is strange to go out like this, if nothing happens?"

"Don't worry," Qiao Shuangxi said disappreciatively, "Young and careless, emotional changes quickly, and it will be fine in a while." Besides, he just really knew something, and he didn't have the guts to really do anything, so he just sulked a little in the end. ”

"I hope so!" Qiao Xiaojing disagreed with Qiao Shuangxi's judgment, she said with a little melancholy, "You listen to this kid's fierceness in knocking on the door, I hate to break the door panel." Also, the look on his face when he got up to leave just now, didn't you see that those eyes were full of murderous aura, a murderous aura that sent chills down the spine. So I think this kid thinks he's a ruthless character, and if he were to be pushed into a hurry, he might be able to do anything. ”

"I don't believe ......"

The door of the ancestral hall opened a few minutes later, and Qiao Laohan, who was guarding the ancestral hall, stood at the door of the ancestral hall and said to the mud baby who was smashing the door: "Gua Wazi, what door is smashing? Do you really want to be beaten by the board?"

This old man Qiao is older than Qiao Baocai, older than Qiao Baocai's qualifications, only blame him for not controlling his lower body when he was young, raped a widow in a neighboring village and was convicted, it was the previous patriarch of the Qiao clan who worked hard to save him from the prison, although the death penalty has been spared, but the living crime is difficult to escape, in order to make him atone, and in order to let the young people of the Qiao clan take warning, the old man in the clan discussed and decided to let him guard the ancestral hall for the rest of his life, without the patriarch's order, he must not leave the ancestral hall for half a step.

According to the request of the patriarch Qiao, this old man Qiao locked the gate of the ancestral hall and guarded it at the gate. He heard the sound of slamming the door, and at first he didn't want to bother, thinking that the people inside were messing around, and he would stop after smashing twice, but what he didn't expect was that the slamming of the door not only did not stop, but became louder and louder, and there was a great posture of smashing the door panel, so he opened the door without help.

"Get up!" The mud baby pushed the old man Qiao, then went out of the gate, and said to him as he walked, "Hmph, kneel, if you want to kneel, you go and kneel, there are all the ancestors of your Qiao family, what does it have to do with me, why do you kneel to them?"

"This melon baby," the old man Qiao muttered to himself, "It's really a melon baby, if you don't listen to the old man, you will let the patriarch arrest him again, so it's strange if you don't beat him to death!"

"Double happiness, nothing will happen, right?" Qiao Xiaojing always felt flustered, as if something ominous was about to happen.

"I said," Qiao Shuangxi shook his head and said, "You better worry about yourself! I have a back injury, and I haven't treated the wound yet, let alone take medicine, what if the only wound is rotten and inflamed? Now, I have to stay in such a dark and damp place, and I really don't know when I can get out." Alas, it's hard to think about it......"

Qiao Xiaojing glanced at Qiao Shuangxi, did not interrupt his emotional words, and lay on the ground sideways......

"Mother, mother......" Hongxing seemed to hear the cry of her son's mud baby.

"How could it be your son?" Qiao Baocai grabbed Hongxing's hand and said calmly, "He is locked in the ancestral hall, the door of the ancestral hall is locked, who would dare to let him out without my order?"

"Of course," that Hongxing looked at Qiao Baocai coldly, and wanted to pull out her hand, but she didn't think that Qiao Baocai clenched tightly and didn't let go, and gave up after struggling a few times, and said coldly, "How powerful and majestic is your Qiao patriarch, in this Qiaojia Village, you are the Emperor of the Soil, you can do whatever you want, you can do whoever you want, who dares to go against your will?"

"That's a nice thing to say," Qiao Baocai sneered, "But it's not the case when things really come into trouble, take the matter of the ancestral hall as an example, embarrassing me in front of everyone, is this also what you call powerful and domineering?"

"If you want to beat my son, how can I be indifferent?"

"Didn't my son get boarded too? and beat him for fifty boards. It is precisely because of your feelings that I ordered the clay baby to be beaten for thirty boards. I didn't expect you to threaten me in front of the whole village, I'm really ......"

"You ......" At this moment, the mud baby rushed into the house, happened to see Qiao Baocai and her mother holding hands, and roared, "What are you doing?"