Chapter 34: The Confrontation at the Ancestral Hall
At the beginning of the new year, it is a rare time for farmers to relax, and families begin to prepare Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
The mountain family was dead and silent, and Du Shi stood in the courtyard with angry hands.
Sanzhu, who was abducted by Shan Saburo, who roared Siya, went home and was whipped by her with a broom, scolding Sanzhu for talking nonsense.
Dafang's three sons, Sanzhu is the youngest, only half a year older than Shan Tao, is the meat on the tip of Jin's heart, seeing that the child was angry by her mother-in-law, she grabbed the broom and opened it directly, "Mother, you feel sorry for your son, and you can't treat my son as a person!" Sanzhu is only six years old, what should I do if it is broken? ”
"Whew! You're not good at discipline as a mother, but I'm a grandmother, do you have such a arrangement from your parents!? After listening to Sanzhu's words, Du Shi knew that Shan Saburo and her conspired to steal and sell mountain peaches were mostly exposed, but now he was beating a drum in his heart, but he pretended to be imposing.
"Don't talk about beating your son, just a shrew like you, I can let the boss take a break from you!"
Jin's maiden family is thin, she is the eldest sister in the family, and there are a bunch of younger brothers and sisters below, when she first married into the Shan family, the Shan family's family background was also better.
Therefore, even if Du's mother-in-law has a hard time with her, she can only endure it, thinking that it is not good for her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to be in any family, but she has asked herself in her heart for so many years, and she is worthy of the identity of the daughter-in-law of this mountain family.
"My shrew? Mother, you're confused. Jin sneered, she is a person who understands everything, she was born to a mother in the second room of the big house, and now she is also a member of the same spirit, Du Shi is not a serious mother-in-law, usually forbearance is filial piety, but it is not for people to on their heads.
"I married into a mountain family, and my son gave birth to three, whether it is at home or in the field, I don't want to divorce me? Dream! ”
When Shan Tao and a group of them escorted Shan Saburo back to the village, what they saw was the scene of Jin and Du scolding each other.
Shan Dalang stopped the Jin family, Shan Chunhua dragged the Du family, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't have to move, but even the scene of moving their mouths was very exciting.
Shan Tao, who had really seen a shrew scolding the street for the first time, was dumbfounded when he looked at the Jin family who was talking dirty without repeating it, and felt that he still underestimated this lady with quick hands and feet, and this eloquence was not lost at all.
In order to stop this scolding battle, Shan Tao decisively pulled out the dirty cloth stuffed in Shan Saburo's mouth, and Shan Saburo lived up to expectations and begged for help to Du Shi, "Mother, the second brother wants to murder my own brother!" ”
As soon as he saw that Yama Saburo was surrounded by a group of big men, Du Shi couldn't care about scolding and fighting with the Jin family, so he rushed up and wanted to pull Yamazaburo over, but was stopped by Shan Erlang reaching out, "What are you doing!" Old lady ......"
"Mother, don't worry, the third brother is just for a quick decision." As soon as Shan Erlang lit up the deed of sale that was torn off by the young master of the Zhao family, Du Shi froze, "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, they all say that the new year is new, and our family should also have old grievances, and then cross the New Year, right?" The clan elders are all invited, waiting for us at the ancestral hall. ”
"What ancestral hall, what are you doing at the ancestral hall, I won't go!" Du Shi looked at the bright red fingerprints on the paper and felt dazzling, put aside his eyes and stepped back, leaning on the mountain spring flowers to cover his heart and began to pretend, "Ouch, I'm dizzy, flowers, help my mother to go in and rest......"
Shan Tao glanced at Du Shi, stuffed the dirty cloth in his hand back into Shan Saburo's mouth, looked up and said to Shan Erlang, "Dad, let's take the third uncle with me, he kidnapped me left and right, maybe grandma was also deceived." I've seen the clan elders, so I just took it to the government. ”
"Siya has a point." Shan Erlang looked like he thought it was true, and motioned to Uncle Sun and the others, and Uncle Sun went to the ancestral hall with Shan Saburo alone and the big guy.
In the end, Shan Saburo was Du's heart, and when a group of them rushed to the ancestral hall, Du was held by Shan Chunhua and couldn't wait to catch up.
The clan elder who had strict rules saw that Yama Saburo was tied up like this and couldn't look at it, but when Shan Erlang took out the deed of sale of Shan Tao, he was speechless.
Shan Tao, the bitter master, did not grind, bowed to the clan elder and the villagers who came to hear the news, and then raised his head with tears in his eyes, "Uncles and aunts, grandpa and grandma, I went to Xishan with my third brother to play during the day, and was put in a sack by the third uncle, and when I woke up, I heard him tell someone that he was going to sell me to some lord Chongxi." If it weren't for the third brother looking for my father and Uncle Sun to help, I would have been sold now! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Yamajiro showed the patchwork deed of sale to the literate among the clan elders, and the clan elders took the deed and read it word by word.
It is clearly written in the contract that the Shan family voluntarily sold Shan Tao to Zhao Mansion as a concubine, regardless of life or death, the payment was made by the Du family, as well as her fingerprints.
"Du Shi, you said, this deed of sale was really signed by you?" The village chief pointed at Du Shi and asked.
In less than two months, the mountain family started one after another from the Du family, Qingshan Village has few households, and the people are simple.
This year, the land is only slightly drier than in previous years, and the official family has reduced part of the grain tax, and life is not unbearable, but Du has repeatedly wanted to sell his granddaughter.
At first, it was because of Yamajiro's gambling debts, and he could still say that his father's debts were repaid, but this time it was Yamazaburo, who was an uncle, and Du's grandmother who was making trouble.
Du Shi was stared at by countless pairs of eyes from a circle of people, his legs trembled, and he shook his head and denied it, "It's not me, I'm an old woman and illiterate, what is the deed of sale, I don't know, nonsense, Siya's cheap bones are used to lying." ”
"Okay, you don't admit it, Yamazaburo, you say." The village chief ignored Du's words and turned to Yamazaburo, who had been untied.
In front of everyone's eyes, there were so many villagers to testify, Shan Saburo knew that his quibbling was hopeless, so he sat on the ground and began to cry, "I wanted to sell Siya, but I was also helpless!" The second brother owes a lot of money, and the people in the casino thought he was dead and came to me to ask for a debt, and I couldn't afford to pay it back as a scholar......."
In the end, the twenty taels of silver are still gambling debts, Yamazaburo insisted that he was not selfish, and he was confident as he spoke, and his back was straight.
"Besides, the Zhao family, although they are concubines for Master Zhao, they just want the good fortune of Siya. Marrying into the Zhao Mansion as the master, isn't it fragrant and spicy? Not only has she paid off her father's debts, but she can live a good life, I am doing this for her good! ”
"Since the third uncle is so envious of the Zhao family, then why let me go, you are not more blessed than me as a dignified scholar, you marry yourself and become a man, your aunt and grandmother eat fragrant and spicy food."
Shan Tao's words made the surrounding villagers laugh out loud a few times, and her next words made everyone indignant.
"Grandpa the village chief, the third uncle sold me, not to help my father pay off his debts, but because he conspired with the people in the casino to lure my father to gamble."