continuation [farming]

The main seat that belonged exclusively to the patriarch was vacated, and Mrs. Li was only sitting on the left hand side of the main seat.Among the clan elders who were invited, two were her elders, and the remaining three were clan brothers of the deceased old master Li.After greeting each other, Mrs. Li asked Aunt Six who was kneeling in the hall: "What's going on, Old Six wants to divorce his wife?"

"That's right, didn't you say that the sixth mother was sick yesterday, why didn't you two take good care of the old man at home, and came here to make a fuss about opening the ancestral hall?" Fourth Uncle Li asked.

Li Laoliu said: "Oh, fourth brother, it's just for my mother!"

"You have explained the cause and effect clearly." Mrs. Li frowned.She took a look at Li Liu's family. Li Liu's natal family was in a neighboring village. After marrying into Anle Village for so many years, although she was a bit unforgiving and unpopular, she did her best to Li Liu. There has always been nothing to blame.

Li Liuhen said: "Yesterday I bothered Doctor Yu to see my mother. Doctor Yu said that the disease is not curable, and he doesn't have many medicines at his place. He has to ask me to go to the town to catch it. I was going to get it early this morning. I sent the money to the town, but it turned out that the silver was gone!" As he spoke, he kicked his wife, "This is the woman who took it!"

Mrs. Li hurriedly called out: "Lao Six! The ancestors are here, what are you doing!"

"Sister-in-law, my mother is waiting for help!"

The old lady Li thought for a while, and said: "Give me the prescription first." After taking the prescription, she asked the younger generation of the Li family who came to join in the fun, "Who of you is fast, go and grab the medicine first." , Auntie's illness is important, go to my house for money first, and ask the Lin family for it."

Not long after, a few people came forward, Mrs. Li selected two hard-working people on weekdays, and said, "Go and come back quickly. ——Lao Liu, do you have someone left at home?"

"Song San's family next door is taking care of my mother for me." Li Laoliu said.

"Okay, then trouble her to decoct the medicine first." Mrs. Li nodded, and after arranging the patients, she looked at Li Liu's family who had been crying since she was dragged into the ancestral hall, and sighed. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Lao Liu's family, Lao Liu said that you took the money, can you admit it?"

Li Liu's family didn't respond.

Then someone asked Li Laoliu: "Are you sure that the silver was not stolen by others?"

"This is not the first time for her!" Li Laoliu gritted his teeth, "I gave her face last time, but this time I can't tolerate it! It's mother's life-saving money!"

Li Liu's family suddenly turned their heads, and said viciously: "Yes, I took it, so what! Isn't Yun'er waiting for help!"

"You believe what that little bastard says!" Li Liu became even more angry when he heard this.He was not good at words, and it was not easy for him to express the cause and effect of the matter clearly. When he got angry, he didn't know what to scold, and he wanted to do it again.

Li Tongcai hurriedly shouted: "Look at your sixth uncle."

According to Li Liu's family, the money seemed to be given to their son Li Yun, and the old lady Li was surprised: "Brother Yun is not working in the town? Is he sick? When did you come back? " Mrs. Li asked, and felt that everyone around her was a little embarrassed, strange, "What's the matter? Although I tend to forget things these years, I still remember that in the old days, the old six's family boasted about Brother Yun Can do it."

Mrs. Li doesn't like to go out, and Aunt Lin and Xia He don't talk about these messy things in front of her, so even though Xia He accidentally revealed Li Yun's matter last time, it was widely spread in the village, and Li Yun The old lady didn't know a thing, and she still thought that Li Yun was doing his decent work.

Li Tongcai was quite embarrassed, and said: "Sister-in-law, brother Yun seems to be not working outside."

"No work? Then what is he doing outside?" Mrs. Li was surprised.

"This..." No one here knew what Li Yun was doing in the town. After all, they didn't often go to the town, and Li Liu's family had been keeping the truth secret all these years.

The big guys are these geniuses who heard that Li Yun didn't do any work at all, and the only ones who knew the details were the couple standing and kneeling in the hall.Everyone looked at Li Liu's family together, Li Liu sighed, turned his head away, and didn't look at others, Li Liu's family burst into tears and fell on the ground.

"Since there is no work to do, then call Brother Yun back. Farmers, keep the land and don't plant it, so why run around!" Mrs. Li shook her head.

Unexpectedly, after hearing what Li Liujia said, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Mrs. Li.

Stared at by this unkind gaze, Mrs. Li frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Why do you say that my Yun'er is from a farmer! He has studied well, the master has praised him! He should continue to study!" Aunt Li yelled.

"Is the old sixth family stunned? I remember that Brother Yun was driven back by the academy, right?" A clan elder said indifferently.

It is probably because the Li family has produced a lot of scholars, and now there are officials in the clan, as long as they are not too poor, the Li family will send their children to Kaimeng, but those who can be retained by the academy and continue to study are only rare. , let alone finally able to go to high school.

At the age of the clan elder, he had seen too many young men who entered the school with their heads held high and then came back in despair. When it came to Li Yun being driven back, he didn't feel much emotion.

"Brother Yun wasn't kicked out because he didn't study well!" Aunt Li Liu said.

"Shut up!" Li Liu scolded his wife.

"Let her talk." Mrs. Li said.

Aunt Li Liu was sobbing, and said: "Brother Yun was bullied by a son of an official, and when he ran back, his body was still stained with blood. At that time, Brother Yun was still young and could only cry. I asked the head of the family to go to the academy." Ask what's going on, and ask for justice for Brother Yun, but my mother-in-law still won't let him go. After a lot of hard work, I let him go, and when he came back, he didn't say anything, just said...just beat him After that, there is no need for Brother Yun to go to school."

It's all old things, but it's still shocking to listen to at this time.Several clan elders looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a while, someone asked: "Your family has never mentioned these things in all these years?"

"The mother-in-law and the head of the family only talk about embarrassing things, and they don't want to say something nice for Yun'er." Aunt Li was crying louder and louder, as if she had accumulated grievances for many years, and finally she had something to vent.

As a mother, Mrs. Li felt quite empathetic when Aunt Li cried, and sighed: "Well, I'll ask Mu'er to find Brother Yun, and then ask Mr. Li about what happened at that time. What, if possible, tell Brother Yun to continue studying."

"Sister-in-law, there's no need..." Li Laoliu said in embarrassment.

"Brother Yun is your son, why are you so happy to see him being delayed for nothing?" Mrs. Li said yes.

"My family's situation is not good. The last bit of money was stolen by this woman and posted to him. How can I afford him to study?" Those who deal with old debts also knelt down and said, "Ninth Uncle, Twelfth Uncle, Sister-in-Law, Brothers, ancestors and ancestors, I, Li Liu, must divorce this unfilial woman today! "

The old man of Xingjiu was the most respected among the people present. Seeing Li Laoliu kneeling down, he sighed and asked Li Liu's family: "When did Brother Yun come back?"

"Five days ago." Aunt Li replied, wiping away her tears.

"That was before Lao Liu's mother got sick." The old man nodded and said yes, "Brother Yun came back, Lao Liu didn't know?"

"He doesn't care, I'm afraid Brother Yun would die outside." Aunt Li Liu couldn't hide things at all. After holding back these words for so many years, now that she can finally say them, she doesn't bother to hide them any more. , and glanced at Li Liu bitterly, and snorted.

After asking, the old man knew what was in his mind, and turned to Li Liu: "Lao Liu, do you remember that there is a rule in the family that you are not allowed to divorce your wife? The sixth daughter-in-law should be punished, but you can't just divorce if you say so." He thought After some time, he asked others for their opinions, and said, "In this case, we will punish her to kneel in the ancestral hall for three months. What do you think?"

Kneeling in Sanyue's ancestral hall is not a multiple punishment.Seeing the clan elder, Li Laoliu seemed to want to let go of it lightly, and even defended it.However, Mrs. Li nodded first: "Forget it, if the money was used to help Brother Yun in an emergency, and it was taken before my aunt fell ill, it was not intentional to make my aunt run out of medicine. Old sixth, you are such an unfilial hat." It's too much, three months is enough. As for Brother Yun, hey, let's talk about getting him back first."

After the punishment was set, except for Li Liu's family who was still kneeling in the ancestral hall, and someone cooked and sent them over every day, the rest went home first.Li Laoliu was not convinced, and was forced back by Mrs. Li's call.After all this tossing, Mrs. Li was quite tired, so she didn't go to Zhang's house again, but asked Aunt Lin to go and see how Xia He was doing.

Xia He's illness really came and went quickly. When Aunt Lin sent Jinbao there in the morning, he was still resting on the bed. After another trip, he was already up, playing with Jinbao in his arms.

Seeing Aunt Lin coming over, Xia He greeted, "I heard that the ancestral hall was opened at home today? But what happened?"

"It's not about the old six's family." Aunt Lin said yes.

Xia He thought that he had caused some trouble by stabbing it out, so she coughed and looked down at Jin Bao instead of Aunt Lin.

Seeing that Xia He had recovered, Aunt Lin asked, "Madam, let's go back."

Xia He rubbed her nose and said yes, "Should we leave after dinner? My mother agreed to make pancakes for me today."

Lan Niang was busy working outside, after hearing what Xia He said, she said: "Go back quickly, who ate two big bowls yesterday and still hate it?"

"Mother, I don't dislike you! Didn't I just tell the truth..." Xia He said hastily.

"Okay, Li's family has meat and oil, what are you still doing here?" When Lan Niang said this, she was not really angry, but shoved Xia He.She originally wanted to tell Xia He to go back and wash the obscene pants quickly, but she couldn't say it outright in front of Aunt Lin.

It's a pity that Xia He didn't realize Lan Niang's intentions, but seeing Lan Niang repeatedly urging him to leave, he reluctantly hugged Jin Bao and left.