Chapter 5: Wrongs
Another month has passed, it is the beginning of spring in March, Luo Xue has been here for a year and two months, looking at the mountains and fields are green, the roadside is full of unknown flowers, Luo Xue is digging a pit in the soil, sprinkling some cabbage seeds, but there is a sadness in her heart, when is this day a head.
After planting the vegetables and returning to the farm, it was already three poles in the day. Passing by Aunt Wu's yard, she saw Aunt Wu staring at her, that gaze was like a poisonous snake, Luo Xue was inexplicable, how could she provoke her?
Sure enough, for several days in a row, Aunt Wu was deliberately picky, increasing her daily work, and tossing her enough, but fortunately, her strength was amazing, and she finally didn't have any excuse to punish her.
But Aunt Wu didn't give up, this day, the day that made her regret it, and the day that changed her fate, came.
On this day, Luo Xue had just returned from herding cattle from the mountains, covered with grass clippings, and was about to go back to the house to wash it well, but saw a commotion in the courtyard.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she heard Aunt Wu's mean voice asking, "Where is Miss Luo!
"I heard that today I took over the work of herding cattle and went up the mountain. Uncle Liu next to him replied in a low voice.
Only then did Luo Xue see that there was a large group of people standing in the courtyard, and the people from the farm were all here, all of them standing there with their heads bowed in rows.
Aunt Wu stood at the front, with the posture of leading the boss to speak,
"Let the cattle go??, just you, go and call that dead girl back" Aunt Wu stretched out her hand and pointed to one of the young men in the queue, and was about to ask someone to call Luo Xue back.
"No need, Aunt Wu, I'm here. Luo Xue walked forward and stood in the line.
"Dead girl, you dare to pretend that nothing happened, look what this is!" Aunt Wu snorted, threw a package on the ground, and immediately spread it out, revealing some white gold and silver and some fine pieces of jewelry inside.
"I got up early this morning to make up, and found that my gold and silver jewelry were gone, so I gathered everyone to check which one dared to steal to the old lady's head, this door-to-door search, and actually turned out my lost objects under your bed, Luo girl, I really can't see that you are such a person, dare to steal from our farm, I really don't know whether to live or die!"
Aunt Wu couldn't help but convict Luo Xue, and then asked indisputably: "According to the rules of our farm, what should we do with stolen property?"
"The act of stealing property is a disgrace to our farm, and according to the rules of the farm, we should be expelled with a hundred boards," replied another man who looked like Xiao Si on the side.
"Come on, get on the board!" Aunt Wu shouted, and two strong men immediately stepped forward to escort Luo Xue.
Although Luo Xue has great strength, she can't break free from the shackles of these two strong men. Just as she was about to argue, at this time, Aunt Chen rushed out of the crowd, knelt on the ground, and said sadly:
"Steward Wu, Luo Yatou is still a child, this thing must be a misunderstanding, I watched Luo Yatou come over, she is self-conscious and kind-hearted, how can she steal, Wu Steward, please, check it again." You see that the girl is still so young, how can she withstand these hundred boards!"
After Aunt Chen finished speaking, she couldn't stop kowtowing to Steward Wu, Luo Xue was angry and anxious when she saw it, "Aunt Chen, you get up quickly, don't ask her, I haven't done anything, the clear person is self-purifying, we don't need to beg her!"
"The evidence of this matter is conclusive, and you can't deny it! I see that you are still a dead duck with a hard mouth, come and put this dead girl on the board and beat it! After that, you are not allowed to take medicine, and life and death depend on your life."
Aunt Wu didn't even look at Aunt Chen, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, her face was full of viciousness.
As soon as she finished speaking, the two big men holding Luo Xue dragged Luo Xue and put her on the board that had already been placed in the yard.
Two other men with wooden sticks walked up, and they couldn't help but say that the sticks fell on their bodies, Luo Xue's back hurt for a while, and the words that were just about to be scolded in her mouth were swallowed back, and she couldn't say a word in pain.
Aunt Chen was shocked, and hurriedly said, "Steward Wu, please, I beg you, let this child go, she is still so young, she can't stand it," she said and kowtowed harder.
In a blink of an eye, blood was seen on her forehead, Luo Xue was angry, but she was beaten with another stick and swallowed the words in her mouth again,
"Steward Wu, you can beat me. I will suffer for her, I will suffer for her, please don't fight anymore, don't fight again" Aunt Chen's voice was sad and begged bitterly.
Aunt Wu's expression was not moved, she couldn't hear it, she sat on the chair next to her leisurely and drank tea.
A few more sticks came down, Luo Xue snorted in pain, and there were already blood stains on her back, Aunt Chen was in a hurry, turned around and pounced on Luo Xue, and took a few sticks for her.
Someone next to her wanted to pull, Aunt Wu waved her hand to signal that they didn't have to pull, so Aunt Chen took a few sticks for Luo Xue, Luo Xue turned her head, and the wound on Aunt Chen's forehead that had just been knocked on her head was dripping with blood, dripping onto her face.
Luo Xueqi's voice was broken, and she struggled and shouted, "Auntie, why are you so stupid, hurry up and go away, you quickly pull her away, pull her away!!" But her struggle could almost be ignored under the suppression of the two big men.
I am young, and the chance of surviving on these hundred boards is much greater than that of Aunt Chen, if it is Aunt Chen, I can't withstand fifty boards.
Her body bones are not good, and after a serious illness, the weak wind can blow it down, and that kind of body can't stand it at all! Seeing that everyone didn't dare to pull Aunt Chen, Luo Xue turned her head and begged Wu to take care of things
"Aunt Wu, please, please, pull Aunt Chen away, please, don't beat her again, I will listen to you in the future, whatever you say, please, please!"
Steward Wu had a happy look on his face, and said proudly:
"Yo, Luo girl, please let me come, this is really not like your high-minded appearance in the past, but since you have done such a shameful thing, it is useless to beg me, the rules are the rules, the board must be beaten, since Aunt Chen is bent on blocking it for you, then it will fulfill her, you can ask for more blessings." So saying, she got up and left.
Luo Xue's eyes were red but helpless, she turned her head and struggled again, but unfortunately the two big men around her were caught too tightly, she was backhanded on the board, and she really didn't have much strength to make it, so she could only beg Aunt Chen again
"Auntie, the girl begs you, get up, the girl is such a person you care about, you can't have anything, auntie, please, get up, I'm young, my body is strong, I won't be okay with a little board, you believe me"
Luo Xue pleaded one after another, but the person on her back didn't say a word, only a faint muffled sound came, it must be so painful that she couldn't speak, Luo Xue was anxious, and tears fell one by one.
I don't know how many sticks fell, and gradually there was no movement on my back.
"Aunt Chen... Aunt Chen... Luo Xue called a few times, but she didn't get a response from Aunt Chen for a long time, the board still fell on her again and again, but there was no life on her back, it was a lifeless dead silence, and Luo Xue had a bad premonition in her heart.
She was afraid, really afraid, she had never been so afraid, she was so afraid that Aunt Chen would die here, and she was afraid that Aunt Chen, the only one in the world who was good to her, would leave her
She cried: "Stop, stop, Aunt Chen can't do it, stop, I'll fight again, I'll fight again, I'll fight again, please stop, stop." ”