Before going to Yucun, Long Zaitian first called Long Xiaochuan to the ancestral hall, saying that he wanted to give an explanation to the people in the village.

He only called Long Xiaomei to follow: "Help your brother back in a while." ”

Not allowing outsiders to come to see the implementation of the family law is by no means that Long Zaitian wants to keep his hands for personal gain, but he does not want anyone to intercede and obstruct corporal punishment.

Long Xiaomei had tears in her eyes, and she pleaded with her brother vigorously, but was blocked back by Long Xiaochuan's remorseful "I deserve it".

Indeed, today's matter was originally taken care of by Lei Zhai, if there was no such thing as Long Xiaochuan agreeing to play without authorization and beating Shi Lang, it should be Long Zaitian sitting at home, waiting for Shi Zhenxing to prepare a generous gift to come to the door to intercede.

It was precisely because of Long Xiaochuan's impulsiveness that not only made Lei Zhai lose face, but also was extorted by Yucun, and even the broken basketball hoop was not compensated.

Long Zaitian is the leader of the stockade, and if his own son makes a mistake, he can only deal with it according to "causing heavy losses to the stockade, and the spine cane is twenty".

Long Xiaomei has a pungent temperament, and she wipes her tears and argues: "Why! That Shi Lang is not a good thing, he not only destroys our public property, but also plays hooliganism with his hands and feet on me, if he dares to go to the government to complain, we will go to court with him, my brother is banned, and he will not want to play basketball in the future! ”

Long Zaitian glared and stomped his feet: "What do you know, you think it's a lose-lose situation?" In fact, the soldiers in Yucun are strong, the horses are strong, and the people are prosperous, and they can afford to lose; It's your brother who can't afford to lose, and his future will be ruined if he is banned; Lei Zhai can't afford to lose, and the 'village BA' that misses these two years will only be thrown away by other villages, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger! ”

"That can't ...... either"

"Don't say it, Abba's right!"

Long Xiaochuan interrupted his sister's words, quickly took off his shirt and knelt in the main hall of the ancestral hall, kowtowing to the ancestral tablets of the ancestors of Lei Zhai.

He already had a skin wound on his knee, and when he knelt down, the bandaged wound immediately cracked, and the blood bubbled red to the blue brick floor.

Long Zaitian was so distressed that he almost shed tears, but he still endured his son's mistakes, and then brought an old ink-colored stool and asked his son to lie on his stomach to be punished.

Long Xiaomei stepped forward again to beg for mercy and stopped, but was retreated.

Long Zaitian looked at the black and heavy wooden staff in his hand, and his heart was actually uncomfortable, this cane was swollen and bruised, and the skin was open and fleshy, and he couldn't walk on the ground for at least two months after twenty canes.

Just as he was raising it high and preparing to fight, the fifth grandfather suddenly walked in from outside: "Stop!" ”

"Fifth uncle, why are you here?"

"Can't I come to the ancestral hall? Put the staff down! ”

"Don't stop me, I said I'd give you an explanation."

"What age are you still engaged in these feudal methods? I say it one last time, put the rod down! ”

The fifth grandfather was angry, and Long Zaitian didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he could only throw the wooden staff on the ground in anger.

The old man walked up, picked up his clothes and asked Long Xiaochuan to put them on: "It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, you can change it, what I'm afraid of is that I will make mistakes again and again, and I will not be obsessed." ”

Long Xiaochuan had stubbornness in his eyes: "Fifth Grandpa, thank you for your kindness, I am willing to accept the punishment." ”

"You know the, you think I mean you made a mistake? I mean, you're obsessed, and you're wrong again and again! Think about it, your father broke you, who went to the basketball game for Lei Zhai? I heard about your idea of going back to the village, this basketball game is very important, you play hard for me, and make meritorious contributions! ”

The fifth grandfather smiled and sent the brothers and sisters to go first, and he wanted to have a good talk with Long Zaitian.

The two sat under the patio of the ancestral hall, and Long Zaitian hung his head dejectedly: "Fifth uncle, if you do this, I can't explain to the people in the village." ”

"It's all your own people, who would gloat over you to break Xiaochuan? If you go and deal with the outside affairs, it is the best explanation to the village! ”

"Hey," Long Zaitian nodded, more or less finding a step for himself.

He took out a tobacco bag and pot and filled it with tobacco leaves, and asked again: "What should I do when I go to Yucun?" ”

The fifth grandfather laughed dryly: "It's just a loss of face, you can't see it at your age?" ”

"My face is worth a few dollars, but I'm still worried that Shi Zhenxing's lion will open his mouth and damage the interests of our village."

"For the sake of the future of the stockade, it is understandable to make some trade-offs. As long as it is not a benefit condition that crosses the bottom line, you can accept it, and I will comfort you at home, and no one will gossip. ”

This is a reassuring pill, which means plenty of trust and a lower bottom line.

Long Zaitian replied gratefully and handed over the packed cigarette pouch.

The fifth grandfather didn't answer: "I heard that a person can smoke a lot of cigarettes in this life, and he will leave early after smoking." I want to keep it for a few more years. You should also smoke less, Xiaochuan is still young, and you can't be separated from the stockade. ”

Long Zaitian was very obedient and immediately put away the dry tobacco pouch.

Leaving the ancestral hall, he first went home and took two 10L white plastic square barrels, filled them with home-brewed Baogu Shochu, and went to Yucun for a walk.

It was destined to be a humiliating trip.

Long Zaitian rested at the entrance of the village for a while, bowed his head and walked quickly to the compound of the village committee, but was told by the person on duty: "Secretary Shi has something at home, so I have taken leave." ”

He knew that Shi Zhenxing was deliberately making things difficult, if it was himself ten years ago, he would definitely go back in anger, if it was twenty years ago, he would not have made this trip at all.

But now that he has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he has to think about his son and Lei Zhai, and is forced to bow to the feuding Shi family.

He went to Shi Zhenxing's house with his neck and knocked on the door, but found that the door was closed for a long time and no one answered.

The neighbor instructed him to go to the basketball hall to find someone, so he had to carry two barrels of wine around the rainy village.

All the villagers of Yu Village recognize Long Zaitian.

At every street corner and alley, there are village women with broken mouths, who don't know anything inside, but they don't prevent their eyebrows from dancing and foaming all afternoon.

Long Zaitian walked with heavy steps for a while, only to see the stadium building with the words "Thundering MVP" and various basketball sticker advertisements hanging at the door.

Pushing open the door of the arena and looking at the deliberately polished wooden floor under his feet, he felt more and more uncomfortable, feeling out of place here.

Before he could open his mouth to ask the staff, Shi Zhenxing had already greeted him from afar, laughing and walking quickly to greet him, looking extremely enthusiastic, as if he had reunited with an old friend.

The two village party secretaries stood together, forming a stark contrast.

Shi Zhenxing is tall and thin, with a red smile on his face, wearing an executive jacket, trousers and leather shoes, and a watch on his wrist.

Long Zaitian is short and stout, wrinkled and sullen, wearing traditional homespun clothes and yellow rubber shoes, with two white plastic buckets at his feet.

"Look at you, come here, what kind of gift do you get," Shi Zhenxing was polite, but beckoned Liu Dingding to come over and "laugh" at these two barrels of wine, and he pulled Long Zaitian to visit the basketball hall, never mentioning Shi Lang's beating in Lei Village.