Chapter 45: Reparations
It didn't take long for Li Zheng to send someone to ask Jiang Saburo to go to the township hall for questioning.
Jiang Dalang went with the third brother, and asked the second brother to stay behind to take care of Yingbao and Dalu.
The township hall is where Li Zheng and the township officials work, and Li Zheng will handle the interrogation of the offender today.
At this time, it was already dark, and the lanterns in the courtyard of the village hall were hung high, and several torches were planted around it, illuminating the whole courtyard.
There were a lot of people squatting by the courtyard wall, all of whom were the heads of the joint protection households of the three offenders, and there were twenty or thirty of them.
Some of the heads of the households were too old, so their sons were punished in their place, and each of them was punished with twenty boards.
Due to the limited number of villagers, they have to queue up for this board.
For a moment, the courtyard was filled with the sound of crackling wooden planks hitting the flesh and skin, and the sound of oops, oops,
Jiang Saburo walked into the main hall with the support of his eldest brother and saw Li Zheng with his fists in his hands.
Rizheng asked him to tell the whole story, and also asked a document to record in court and check the confessions of the three robbers.
After confirming that it was correct, Sun Lizheng sentenced the three offenders to compensate Jiang Sanlang for a total of 15 taels of silver. These fifteen taels of silver must be delivered within a limited time, otherwise they will be severely punished.
Tu Da was refreshed, and immediately asked his family to send five taels of silver, and personally held it in front of Jiang Sanlang, "It's all a little old man's godson, and I ask Jiang Langjun to forgive me." ”
Jiang Saburo took the silver with an expressionless face, and said lightly: "It doesn't matter if I forgive or not, the public will make a decision." ”
Anyway, he won't forgive these people, and if he dares to do something to his father and daughter, he will have to pay the price.
The remaining ten taels were left by Chen Thirty and Chen Donkey's house.
But Chen's thirty families are surrounded by walls, and the mother-in-law still has a big belly, and she can't take out a penny.
Sun Lizheng asked the ten households of his family to jointly pay the money, and whoever dared to fail to pay the deadline would have to come over and be beaten until it was paid.
Chen Ergou, who was squatting at the door, saw that he could do this, so he moved his mind.
He also claimed that his family had no money and could not even come up with a penny.
Sun Lizheng sneered, slapped the table and said, "Okay, let the ten households of your family jointly pay for it." ”
When the ten households heard this, they hated Chen Ergou so much that they all secretly gritted their teeth, and they would definitely not let his family have a good time in the future.
Among these ten households, there is Chen Changping's father, Chen Laoshuo.
Chen Laozhuan is also fifty years old this year, and he was beaten on the bench with his pants off in public, and he felt that he had lost all his face, and as a result, he had to take out another 500 yuan, and he was so angry that he vomited blood.
But it doesn't work if you don't come out.
So he asked his youngest son to go home and get the money and hand it over to Sun Lizheng.
was beaten and fined money, and Sun Lizheng was released as a matter of course.
Chen Laozhuan was carried home by his youngest son Chen Changhai.
Along the way, he was scolding angrily, scolding Sun Lizheng for not being affectionate with Murazheng, and scolding Chen Ergou for not being a thing.
"Sure enough, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door, look at what he Chen Ergou has done! Stealing chickens and dogs, and now becoming a robber, are all good examples for him to be a father! ”
Speaking of which, this Chen Ergou is still a little related to Chen Laozhuan, but he didn't expect him to be so shameless and let his family pay for his family.
"It took eight lifetimes for our family to have blood mold and his family to jointly insure, Changhai, Ming'er, you will go to your cousin's house and ask him to change us to a joint insurance account." Old Chen snorted angrily.
Chen Changhai said angrily: "Dad, you can change it if you want to, who dares to have anything to do with Chen Ergou's family now?" I see, let the uncle quickly drive his family out of the village. ”
It's really a scourge for thousands of years, that Chen Ergou's father is a habitual thief, so old, he actually went to steal the chicken simmered in the neighbor's pot during the New Year, and was caught red-handed.
Alas, his own family is still insured with someone like him.
When Chen Laozhuan returned home, he lay on the kang, and Chen Fengshi gave him medicine.
"You said that Chen Donkey'er can't think about it, and he will be mixed with the street ruffian Chen Thirty, this is good, Chen Ergou finally gave birth to a son, and before he left one, he was going to be sentenced, tsk..."
Chen Fengshi muttered, but did not forget to complain: "Your cousin is too, how can you let people beat you like this, you won't be able to get off the kang for several days." ”
Chen Laozhuan's cousin is Chen Changsheng, the village leader of Xichen Village, and he is also the one who pushed them out.
For this reason, Chen Laozhuan was also very angry.
doesn't talk about it at all, causing him to lose money and lose people, what kind of relative is this?
Hum! When it's his turn to be Mushimasa, he must also let him taste what it means to be unkind.
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At the time of the war, Jiang Saburo returned home with his sleeping daughter.
Chunniang hurriedly stepped forward to pick up her daughter and put her on the kang.
"How are you? Is the injury serious? Chunniang touched her husband's head.
"It's okay, it's out of the way." Jiang Saburo took out a bag of silver money from his arms and handed it to his wife, "This is the compensation silver that Li Zheng awarded to me and Bao'er, a total of fifteen taels." ”
Chun Niang took it, put it aside, and asked, "How are the people who hurt you judged?" Shouldn't you be fined and let go? ”
"I didn't let it go, Li Zheng said that it would be sent to the county government early tomorrow morning and punished by the government."
After all, Li Zheng is not an official of the public office, and he does not have the right to sentence criminals, but it is still okay to fine some money or beat someone.
Chun Niang put her mind at ease, put the money away, and asked:
"Have you eaten, then? I'm warming dinner in a pot, would you like to have some? ”
"I've eaten the chicken porridge at my eldest brother's house."
Jiang Sanlang said to his wife again: "Bao'er is not in good spirits today, Li Langzhong said that she may have been frightened, so he prescribed a pair of tranquilizers to feed her to drink."
Let Bao'er sleep with you tonight, you take care of some, and I'll go to the Westinghouse. ”
"Okay." Chunniang picked up the oil lamp and led her husband to the Westinghouse, "You sit down first, and I'll bring you hot water." ”
Jiang Saburo nodded, took off his shoes and sat on the edge of the kang, only to feel that his head was heavy and he wanted to sleep.
After a while, Chunniang brought hot water to wash his face, and went to fetch a basin of footwater for her husband.
After Jiang Saburo finished washing, he lay down and fell asleep directly.
Today, he lost too much blood, only felt cold all over his body, his eyelids trembled, and he might faint if he didn't sleep again.
At this time, Chun Niang brought another bowl of golden ear porridge and insisted that he drink it before going to sleep.
Chunniang covered her husband with a quilt, then returned to the east house, brought a basin of water to her daughter to scrub her little face and hands, and then fetched water to wash her feet.
Sakura's eyelids moved slightly, and she was falling into a dream from her past life.
In the cold winter, when she came back from washing clothes by the river, her biological mother Han, who had always been unkind to her, was unusual, and actually beckoned her into the house, took out a gorgeous dress, and a pair of footbells for her to wear.
Sakura took the skirt and shook it open, her face slightly gloomy.
The fabric is thin, the skirt only reaches the calf, and there is a long tassel hanging from the waist, which is a dance skirt worn by Huxuan dancers.
"Ying'er, there are distinguished guests at home today, haven't you learned Huxuan dance in the Dance Spring Courtyard, just demonstrate it to the guests."
Han shouted "Ying'er" on her lips, and it is estimated that even she felt awkward, and the motherly smile she pretended to be very fake.
"Whether your father can be an official or not is up to this distinguished guest, so you must behave well and don't offend the distinguished guest."
Sakura Bao threw the skirt in her hand on the table and sneered, "Why don't you let your second daughter go, I'm small and ugly, I'm afraid of staining the eyes of distinguished guests." ”
She had chilblains on her hands, feet and face, and she was asked to wear such a thin dress on such a cold day, not to mention dancing to men, even if she walked on the street, she would be scolded.
What a demo, it's just to sell her again.
What kind of person has she not seen in Wuchun Courtyard all these years? Fortunately, I was good friends with Sister Wen, and I was young, so I was not pushed out early by the head of the dance team.
Unexpectedly, her mother ransomed her back in order to please the nobles.