Jiapingguan Chronicle

"How can it be that simple?" Liang Jieque shook his head helplessly, "Although your second uncle is not a retaliatory person, he is not a tolerant and generous person either. Think about it if you occasionally offended him when you were a child, would you be punished? Come back with revenge?"

"It seems to be true." Shen Zhonghe thought for a while, "I remember several times, I dragged him outside and refused to let go, sitting on the ground crying, what did he say? Ah, yes, bullying children seems to be , which made the uncles and aunts in the town read a lot of jokes. Although he didn't seem to care much at the time, but later... probably a long time later, I almost forgot about this matter, and he was Revenge is back.”

"How did you get revenge?" Shen Jiu didn't know when he woke up. He looked at Shen Zhonghe curiously, "Master Shen was still a child at that time. Is it possible that Mr. Shen would pick you up and beat you twice?"

"Of course not. My second uncle is not so uncivilized. His revenge leaves no trace, but you know he is taking revenge on you."

"Yes!" Liang Jieque smiled and glanced at Shen Zhonghe, "I know you are embarrassed to say it, so let me tell you that every time this kid offends his second brother, he will find it on his desk after a while. What little green snakes, little bugs, these are the kind of things that children would be afraid of when they see them. One time, I remember that he somehow provoked his second uncle again, and his second uncle put a nest in his quilt. Those that are so thick..." She stretched out her little finger and gestured, "There are probably seven or eight small green snakes that are so thick."

"More than that!" Shen Zhonghe rolled his eyes, "How could there be seven or eight? There must be more than ten! Just imagine, when you are tired for a day, wash up and prepare to go back to sleep, when you open the I was in bed, and I found more than a dozen small green snakes lying on the bed. Even if they can't bite, would you be frightened? Especially when I was only four or five years old at that time, I was very frightened. .”

"It was not that I was frightened. In the dead of night, I heard a scream coming from his yard. Everyone was frightened. They thought something had happened to him. They hurried over to take a look, with disheveled hair. He sat down by himself. He was shivering on the ground, and there was a nest of little green snakes lying on the bed. That night, this kid slept with my eldest brother and sister-in-law. I heard from my eldest sister-in-law that he didn’t sleep much in the first half of the night. He kept tossing and turning, and he fell asleep in the second half of the night. , and it was not very stable. My eldest brother and sister-in-law kept looking at him that night, for fear that something would happen."

"Master Shen's joke is indeed a bit too bad. How can you treat children like this?"

"Really?" Shen Zhonghe still feels lingering fear when he thinks about it now, "Let me tell you, not only that night, but also for the next seven or eight days, I didn't sleep well, and every time I lifted the quilt, I still had lingering fear. , for fear that there is something unknown inside.”

"This is the root cause of the disease."

"After joining the army, this problem gradually got better." Shen Zhonghe sighed, "It was really scary when I was young."

"In other words, Mr. Shen is actually a very vindictive person." Xue Ruitian touched his chin and thought for a while, "He will definitely take revenge on Mr. Shen for throwing him into the water tank, right?"

"Yes." Liang Jieque nodded, "Even if he might have apologized to my eldest brother and said it was his fault, in his eyes, it is one thing that he was sorry for my eldest brother. My eldest brother threw him into The water tank is another matter, and the two have nothing to do with each other, so he will definitely find a suitable opportunity and come back with revenge. This is the character of the second brother."

“And it’s the kind that pays double dividends.”

"Yes!" Liang Jieque sighed softly, "For example, if you damage the big brother's boat so that he can't see it, it will sink in the middle of the sea."

"What?" Shen Zhonghe's eyes widened in surprise, "He wouldn't really do that, would he?"

"No, no." Liang Jieque saw his look and quickly denied, "I was just making an analogy, he had no chance to do this. Don't forget, at that time, your second uncle was still a child!"

"Fortunately, I thought these two people in the family were going to commit murder!" Shen Zhonghe patted his chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "But my second uncle came back with revenge after all, didn't he? ?”

"How should I put it? Your second uncle's revenge was all done secretly, and no one would notice it at all, especially the person involved." Liang Jieque helplessly spread his hands, "This revenge against your father is indeed as small as A child's prank. You know that there is a plant in the desert of the Western Regions that has thorns all over its body, right?" Seeing a few people nodding, she continued, "I have that thing at home, and I heard it is easy to grow, so, Yi My mother liked it very much. The second brother took a few small balls, about the same size..." She gestured, and then continued, "Put them in the cushion where the eldest brother often sits. The eldest brother ouched twice when he sat down. The thorns on the ball pricked him."

"I think I've heard this before. My mother said it." Shen Zhonghe thought for a while, "But my mother didn't say why. She just said that my grandfather had found a doctor to remove thorns for my father, and nothing else. explain."

"Yes." Liang Jieque smiled, "Your grandfather told my father that when he saw the second brother's appearance, he knew that this boy was taking revenge on his elder brother. He couldn't say anything. Anyway, his elder brother After a person is thrown in, he will always be retaliated against, so that everything is settled."

"But now that the revenge is over, why does he still care about it?"

"If someone threw you into a water tank when you were young, you would remember it even if you came back with revenge, let alone someone as petty as your second uncle, right?"

"That's true." Shen Zhonghe nodded, "I'm not petty, but if I really feel like I'm on the verge of death, revenge may not be enough once. As long as I think about it, I will take revenge one after another."

"That's alright, you are just like your second uncle, don't talk about anyone else. But..." Liang Jieque sighed, "I didn't expect that your second uncle would take revenge and end up taking his own life in revenge." It's gone." Shen Zhonghe looked at Liang Jieque and said nothing, and sighed. He also didn't expect that the truth behind his second uncle's death would be like this.

"However, this is all for later. Let's talk about it later. Let's continue talking about that interrogation."

"Didn't we send her to the government office after we found out how she instigated the relationship between my father and my second uncle?"

"Of course it's more than that. The wet nurse saw that the whole situation was very unfavorable to her, and her plan was completely in vain. There was no way to make peace with the Shen family. The two sides were definitely at odds, so she started to fight against each other. , pointed at the adoptive father’s nose and started to curse, without even concealing it at all, he personally revealed all the things she had done in the past.”

"It means that before she instigated the relationship between Uncle Shen and Second Master Shen, she also did other tricks to other members of the Shen family?"

"Yes." Liang Jieque nodded, "My mother is always shocked when she talks about what happened that day. She never thought that there would be such a vicious person around her. She had no idea that this wet nurse She has done so many dirty things in the Shen family, and it turns out that those things they knew were not coincidences, they were all her doing."

"Then..." Shen Zhonghe thought for a while, "What has she done?"

"In addition to crawling into your grandfather's bed, she also put something in your grandfather's food. Originally, she wanted to take the opportunity to become your grandfather's concubine, but she didn't expect that although your grandfather ate the food with something in it, Food, but did not give her any chance, but instead helped the birth of your second uncle. At this point, your second uncle really has to thank her properly, otherwise, he would not have a chance to live in this world. .”

"Your days were actually like this..." Shen Zhonghe didn't know what to say. He looked at the other people and saw the smiles on their faces, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Aunt Liang, this kind of thing Don’t say it openly, there are children here!”

"Master Shen, don't worry about us." Shen Jiu, who was named a child, yawned and continued to sleep on the table. "Although we are young, we have seen and heard a lot. The tricks of this nanny, That is to say, it may be rare in the border areas of the south. In Jiangnan or Xijing City, these methods are not on the table at all. Not to mention the wealthy families, even those with a little money will not use them sparingly. It is too simple and crude. , it’s too low level.”

"The young general is right." Liang Jieque glanced at Shen Zhonghe, "This is not a new thing. It can happen in anyone's backyard. That is to say, our inexperienced adult, after listening to Only when you are confused will you feel that you are making a fuss. In the past few years in Beijing, I have seen a lot of this kind of thing. Compared with them, the wet nurse's methods are indeed not very good. But at that time, in that time when the folk customs were still In a simple town, she is a very thoughtful person."

"I'm not making a fuss, it's just..." Shen Zhonghe retorted feebly, "I just can't believe it. I thought our family had always been very peaceful and peaceful, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen. It was completely beyond me. It’s unexpected.”

"There is no real peace or tranquility. It's just that we try our best to cover it up so that kids like you can spot the clues." Liang Jieque chuckled, "Who lives in a city without being noisy? When I have disagreements, I just don’t show them in front of you.”

"Yes, so do my parents. They never quarrel in front of us." Xue Ruitian nodded towards Liang Jieque, "If we hadn't met by chance, I wouldn't have believed they would have quarreled, and they would have quarreled so fiercely. Only later did I know that parents don’t quarrel in front of their children because they are afraid of being bad to them, making them think that there is something wrong with their relationship, and making the children more likely to be frightened or something like that.”

"That's right." Liang Jieque smiled at Xue Ruitian and glared at Shen Zhonghe, "Especially when the children are very young, adults tend to avoid conflicts in front of the children. Even if there are any differences, If you want to quarrel, you will always choose it when the children are not around, because you are worried that if you quarrel in front of the children, they will misunderstand and feel that these people in the family have a bad relationship, which will leave a deep impression on them. "She picked up the tea cup and took a few sips, then continued, "It's not just the quarrels, there are other things, such as what big things happened at home, what accidents happened, etc., we won't let the children know, no. I will tell them in front of them, because even if they know it, what's the use? It won't help, and it might even cause trouble."

"That's true." Shen Zhonghe sighed softly and said, "What happened next? The nanny repeatedly failed to attack my grandfather, so did she target the second uncle?"

"No, the second target is your father."

"My father?" Shen Zhonghe was stunned and frowned slightly, "She didn't want to get rid of my father from the beginning, right?"

"No, she just doesn't like your father, because as I said before, your father has resisted her approach since he was born. Later, she was married off by her adoptive mother and did not come back for a long time. She did not come back until your second uncle was born. However, before she got married, she secretly abused your father."

"Abuse? Was it when my father was still young, before he grew up?"

"Yes!" Liang Jieque nodded, "My mother said that when my eldest brother was three or four months old, she often saw very small and very fine needle-prick marks on his body. It's really hard to find. Occasionally, you can see purple marks on his arms or legs, which look like he has been pinched. My mother mentioned these to my adoptive mother, and she also She took it to heart, but after observing for a long time, she found no problem. However, during the time when the adoptive mother was observing, these marks on the eldest brother basically did not appear, which is also very puzzling. "

"Probably when your father-in-law told Mrs. Shen about this matter, the wet nurse was right in front of her. When she heard this, she probably knew that Mrs. Shen would investigate carefully, so she stopped to avoid getting into trouble."

"It should be, my mother said the same thing, but the wet nurse did not stop completely, but used other methods." Liang Jieque sighed softly, "I just won't touch my eldest brother again. The feet left no traces, but started to do other hands and feet. Children, if they are not careful, they may get sick, such as headaches, brain fever, diarrhea, rashes, etc. She admitted that her eldest brother had ten times when he was a child. Seven or eight times when he got sick, it was her fault. From this, we can judge that when the second brother got sick, she was suspected of being behind the scenes."