Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

Mrs. He fell down, and there was a riot in the courtyard. Everyone's attention was on Mrs. He, but the "thief" Qu Zhicai was put aside.

Under such circumstances, only the man who tied Qu Zhicai still held Qu Zhicai firmly. He was actually very embarrassed at the moment, because Qu Zhi was a scholar in the village, and he was different from them mud-legged people. , usually he dare not talk to Qu Zhicai.

But now Qu Zhi was suspected of being a thief, no matter what he didn't dare to let him go, he could only carry Qu Zhi and continue to wait outside, waiting for the village chief to deal with the matter.

The one who liberated this man was the doctor who was invited by the villagers. After the doctor showed it to Mrs. He, it was finally Qu Zhicai's turn to cry out in pain.

At this time, old lady Qu and old man Qu came out of Qu's house slowly, and walked towards the brightest place in the night.

When someone knocked on their door for the first time just now, the two of them didn't pay attention at all. Instead, they thought that the villagers had lost their nerves. Their youngest son was doing well at home, so how could he run outside and ignore him and continue to sleep.

But after a while, after someone knocked on the door for the second time, Old Man Qu and Mrs. Qu heard that there was a lot of movement in the village, and felt that something was wrong. They were completely unaware of what was happening in the village.

Qu Zhicai's legs were so painful that he couldn't feel it. It was the first time in his life that so many people pointed at him. Now he lost both face and face, his mind was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do.

Mrs. Zhong only told him how to scare Mrs. He, but did not mention that he might be discovered. After all, even Mrs. Zhong did not expect Mrs. He to be so "tough" and come out to beat people with a stick, and behind Mrs. He was another Qu Jiawang, Qu Zhi will be arrested.

Village head Qu stood in Qujiawang's yard, looked at the white clothes on Qu Zhicai, and the words Mrs. He said just before she passed out, but couldn't figure out the connection between them.

While everyone was looking at Qu Zhicai, Qu Jiawang pulled Village Chief Qu two steps back, and reminded in a low voice: "Grandpa Village Chief, my grandma heard someone pretending to be my father shouting last night. It hurts, I don’t want my grandma to recognize her as my son.”

After saying this, Qu Jiawang passed through the crowd like a slippery fish and returned to the house to take care of Mrs. He.

It was dark at night, and everyone was paying attention to Qu Zhicai, but they didn't notice that Qu Jiawang came out to talk to the village chief.

But this sentence alone was enough to explain Village Chief Qu's confusion. He stared at Qu Zhicai with heavy eyes, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

Qu Jiawang was a clever kid, he took the lead in naming Qu Zhicai a thief, although there were some things that didn't make sense, but it was more reasonable anyway, as long as those who knew him didn't reveal it, others would not easily think of it.

The trouble is how to grasp the severity, Qu Zhi is a scholar, his son Qu Yaowen is also a scholar, and both of them are children.

Qu Zhicai will not mention it. Now that he is old, he will let his son go to study and stay at home to do nothing. But Qu Yaowen is still very young, and he will definitely pass the entrance examination in the future.

Now that Qu Yaowen needs to make a personal confession in the imperial examination, I can still handle him a little bit. Once Qu Yaowen wins the scholar and gets the attention of the clan elders, not only can I not hold him, maybe they will turn around because of him. Now this matter is tripping him up in the village.

Being able to sit in the position of village chief for so many years, village chief Qu has to consider not only the present, but also the future.

After a while, Village Chief Qu's thoughts were interrupted by Mrs. Qu's crying. She pushed away the doctor who was treating Qu Zhicai, and threw herself on her son.

Seeing Qu Zhicai's distressed appearance, she seemed to be going crazy: "Zhicai, mother's Zhicai, what's wrong with you, whoever touches you, whoever is a bastard, the old woman will not let you go !"

"Oh!" Qu Zhicai howled, his whole body was in pain, after all, all the sticks hit him directly, his mother rushed over and touched other bruises on his body, he was in pain Unconsciously moving his lower leg, the injury on his leg hurt even more, tears and snot flowed down uncontrollably.

The appearance of Mrs. Qu and the others became even more chaotic. In the end, Village Chief Qu asked people to pull their mother and child away. The doctor who was pushed away fell to the ground and just hit the tailbone. , It's just that the fall hurts and there is no fall injury.

In the chaos, the doctor patted his butt and stood up, blowing his goatee angrily. He got up in the middle of the night to see a doctor and didn't thank him, but pushed him, it was really deceiving!

He has been treating people in this area for many years, and he also knows who this old lady Qu is. He simply left the medicine from Mrs. He just now, and also collected the consultation fee from Mrs. He, so the doctor is too lazy to talk to the unreasonable old lady Qu. After talking more, he carried his medicine basket on his back angrily and left.

Some people noticed Lang Zhong's departure, but some didn't. Anyway, by the time Mrs. Qu remembered asking Lang Zhong to show her son's legs, the doctor had already left Qu's Village.

The doctor left, and Mrs. Qu cried for her father and mother again, saying that the doctor had no conscience, and left without being seen by a doctor.

However, those who saw Mrs. Qu's pushing away just now didn't care, thinking that when you pushed the doctor away, why didn't you think about others treating your son?What's more, she still scolds others like that.

Old man Qu didn't make such a fuss like Mrs. Qu, he went to village chief Qu with a sullen face from the very beginning, and asked village chief Qu what was going on with a questioning meaning.

As a man in the family, old man Qu can't do the crying and fussing like old lady Qu, but in his heart his youngest son was beaten like that in the village, he doesn't care, anyway, it's impossible for his youngest son who is a scholar to do something wrong .

Village head Qu was irritated by old man Qu's attitude, and said coldly, "Qu Zhicai came to steal things and was caught by someone, that's all."

In fact, if old man Qu's attitude is better, don't act like a teacher asking for a crime, maybe village head Qu can sell his family Qu Yaowen's face and not deal with this matter in public.

But old man Qu flirted like this, and Village Chief Qu became dissatisfied. Your son has done something shameful and unconscionable. You still have the nerve to show others. What are you doing?

Now Qu Yaowen has passed the county examination, but there are far more difficult government examinations and hospital examinations in the future. Before he became a scholar, his nostrils were turned upside down. long?

After thinking about it, Village Chief Qu decided that no matter what happened to Qu Yaowen in the future, he would just deal with things as usual and do what he should do!

Old Man Qu's eyes widened in disbelief, and he shouted, "Impossible!"

Old man Qu's yelling attracted others' attention for him. Now everyone knew that Qu Zhicai was a scholar who was a "thief". The old man's words.

Since Village Chief Qu had already decided not to save some people's face, he didn't care about old man Qu, he directly stated his decision: "Qu Zhicai pretended to be a scholar, took advantage of people's danger to break into the house, and was arrested for stealing things. Stop, according to the family rules, whip twenty lashes, and compensate the sufferer for a tael of silver, as well as Mrs. He's consultation fee and medicine money, everyone should take warning."

This is a punishment for trying to steal but fails. If the person steals successfully and is later found out and then caught, he will have to pay twice the amount of money he stole. The lashing ranges from forty to eighty lashes. If it is too much, he may Will be expelled from Qujia Village.

This family rule was put forward by the first scholar of the Qu family after the ancestors of the Qu family settled here. It came from the laws of the Great Yu Kingdom. It is simpler than the laws. In summary, two words are losing money and being beaten.

As soon as Village Chief Qu's words came out, Old Man Qu wanted to object, but Village Chief Qu blocked old man Qu's words with one sentence: "If someone disagrees with my judgment, then ask the elders of the clan to come and stop it tomorrow morning, so many people have watched it. When Qu Zhicai was in this courtyard, the matter of the theft had been confirmed, and there was no possibility of any change."

There are few people studying in the countryside, so Qujia Village naturally has few, but there are some if there are few. For example, among Qu Zhicai's peers, there are two or three children who have passed the county examination, but they did not stay in the village. I found a job in the county seat.

In addition, there are others who are older or younger than Qu Zhicai. There are nearly ten of them in total, and there are even more people who have not passed the county test for literacy, and there are about thirty.

Therefore, although scholars are rare and rare, as long as they have not become scholars, in the eyes of the clan elders in Qujia Village, they are the same as ordinary clansmen, and they will not give you preferential treatment.

Even because those who can be clan elders are the older generation who have read books, they pay more attention to character while paying attention to reading, and they will not be soft on mistakes made by scholars. If this matter is left to the clan elders to decide, it will only more trouble.

No matter what Old Man Qu and the others thought, after Village Chief Qu spoke, Qu Jiawang, as the sufferer, had no objection, so the matter was settled.

So Village Chief Qu ignored Mrs. Qu's crying and old man Qu's black face, opened the ancestral hall overnight, and asked a few young men to carry Qu Zhicai, who had no doctor to treat his legs, and whipped him with the whip that was used by the clan. Twenty beats.

Then with a very strong attitude, he took people to Qu's house to get the money. Mrs. Qu couldn't be stopped by the wives. She refused to admit that her son was a thief. Naturally, she didn't want to give the money. Food of the same value will replace compensation.

That night, the whole Qujia Village could hear the old lady Qu’s cries as if her parents were dead. When all the dust settled, the sky turned pale, and the incident of stealing things spread throughout the whole village as the sun rose. Qujia Village.

Qu Zhicai, the "thief", was dealt with in front of everyone in Qujia Village. Because this matter was really embarrassing, the head of Qu Village severely warned everyone not to spread it.

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