Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 7

Then came the excitement.

Diao Fu's natal family gathered a hundred or so people from the small cattle herd in Taiyanggouchuan, seventy or eighty miles away, to the Xiadi of Daxigouchuan.

This group of people smashed things when they opened the gate, killed animals when they saw them, cursed and bluffed, and vowed to seek justice for Diao Fushi.

This toss made the Diao's compound into a miasma of smoke and chaos.

"Ang! Diaogui, you bastard, get out!" the man shouted while smashing.

"Oh—my big sister, you died so unjustly—" the woman howled as she stuffed things into her pockets.

Everyone in Yingzi climbed onto the wall of Diao's courtyard to watch the excitement.

Some older girls and younger daughters-in-law murmured to themselves: "Ang, this time Sai Diao is finished, these people won't eat her!"

"Oh, the family has been messing around all day (flirty, flirtatious), this time it's over!"

"Oh, that's what happens with broken shoes! People, you have to go the right way!"

……

In the midst of this chaos, a woman suddenly screamed, and everyone present was shocked.

"Ang! Do you want to rebel? Is there any law? Ah?!" Everyone followed the voice and saw Sai Diao standing in the middle of the door as soon as the door of the main house opened.

This voice really calmed down a hundred or so people.

They had never seen such a charming woman, and they were all dumbfounded at the time.

A few good-for-nothings even drooled (saliva).

Most of these more than 100 people are tenants from the valley, and there are not many relatives of the real Diaofu family.

It's just that Diao Fu's elder brother begged everyone to come over for a personal show, and promised to go back to manage a meal of pork stewed vermicelli.

The two sides confronted each other for a while, and Fu Zongren, the eldest brother of Diao Fu's family, said in the crowd: "Oh?! Who are you? Why did you come to my sister's house? Who are you?"

Poor Diao Fu's natal family is seventy or eighty miles away, and they don't know about Diao Gui and Sai Diao's entanglement. They only heard that the girl died of a sudden illness, and they didn't have a good funeral (funeral). They wanted to take the opportunity to make a fuss. , extorting two money.

"Hmph! My old lady, I will not change my name or surname. Listen up! Ma Xiaochan! Let me tell you, this compound is called Ma's compound, not Diao's compound!"

Sai Diaochan said while holding a stack of documents: "Ang, open your dog eyes and see, this house, this place, the documents are all written with my name, Ma Xiaochan, and the official seal of the Liangchui County Government I will sue you at the magistrate of the county government for you trespassing on private houses, and not only will you accompany my family, but I will also arrest you one by one into the fence!"

"Oh?! I remember this is Diao's compound! Where's Diao Gui? Diao Gui! Where did you go?" Diao Gui's uncle, Fu Zongren, was a little dumbfounded, thinking that he had gone to the wrong door.

"Diao Gui! Humph, it's in the two shabby thatched houses next to the sheepfold on the west. If you want to find Diao Shepherd, go there and look for it. But don't try to run away. You have ruined so many of my possessions and killed me so much. There are so many chickens, dogs, and pigs, come to the ocean with me!"

Just then, the door opened, and two people came outside.

As soon as Sai Diaochan saw it, he rushed over, half coquettishly, half wronged, and said: "Oh, Mr. Gong Jia, you have to make decisions for the daughters of the people! My family encountered a beard (bandit)—"

As he spoke, he sat down on the ground and began to cry.

"Hmm-hmm! Well, where did they come from? There are so many people? You people are here? Huh? Is it a beard? Let me tell you--" the person known as Gong Jiachang spoke.

His name is Gong Yaozhong, and he is the chief armor here.

Because there was a black mole the size of a copper coin on his face, and a tuft of hair grew on the mole, and the hair trembled when he spoke, showing a fierce look from time to time. Howling, a bunch of hairs", privately gave him the nickname "匍 howling".

Xie Howao went on to say: "Ang! Let me tell you, if you want to leave relatives, I welcome you on behalf of the fathers and villagers who have gone to the ground. If there is trouble, I will arrest people. This is also for the county magistrate, that is, for the county magistrate. The old man should share some responsibility, appease Anmin, appease Anmin."

He turned around and asked the people around him: "Ang, have you sent a letter to my eldest brother? Have you sent a letter to Director Diao?"

"Om? Oh—send, send, send—ah, send, send—letter."

The one who answered was Xiaihao’s brother-in-law, everyone called him three stutterers, he stuttered by nature: "Ang, Diao, Diao, Diao—the director, already, already, already—come out, from, from, from—the grain catcher Mansion, come out, come out, come out—come out!"

"Ang! Everyone knows that my elder brother is the big treasurer of the Jujin pawn shop in Liangchufu. He and Diao Gui's brother Diao Jin both work in Liangchufu. He is familiar with the county magistrate, that is, the county magistrate. They are all from the village, and they take care of each other very well. Now, Director Diao has come from Liangzhufu. He came here on a foreign car, which is faster than a horse. I heard that, And bring two officials."

He turned around and said to San Jieba: "Oh, San Jieba, count all the smashed household items, and count them. When the time comes, it will be up to the officials to ask for compensation. Yes, look at the urinal, that, but It's not an ordinary urinal, it's the jade pot used by the Empress Dowager Lafayette, and it was taken by Director Diao from my brother's pawn shop for three hundred yuan. It’s an ocean. And that, that clay pot, it was from Kangxi’s east tour..."

"Om?! Ah?! Three hundred oceans?" Someone in the crowd whispered, "You want to accompany three oceans?"

"Oh, where did we get three oceans! If we have those three oceans, we might as well buy two acres of land."

"Ang, let me see, let's go back early, so as not to be misleading."

……

Just listen to the clamor, half of the 100 people ran away.

"Oh? Why are you running? Don't go, don't let them go!" Xie Howao said intentionally, "Stuttering three times, hurry up, stop them! Everyone is gone, who will pay?!"

San Jieba pretended to stop them, and the remaining group of people rushed out of the compound and ran outside the camp.

San stuttered and chased after him: "Oh, don't, don't, don't-run-ah! Pay, pay, pay, pay-money-lose money!" He chased all the way to the outside of the camp, and saw those people getting up. Avenue, before turning back to Diao's compound.

There were only five people left in the Diao family compound, Diao Fu's elder brother Fu Zongren, younger brother Fu Zongyi, and three cousins.It seems that this is a real relative.

"Oh, you have the right to blame, and the owner of the debt, go find Diao Gui." It seems that Fu Zongren is a clear-headed person, "We hit the wrong house, but it was all caused by the Diao family. You have to pay for it." The Diao family has to pay for it."

Everyone came to the sheepfold, walked into the two shabby cottages, and looked at Diao Gui and Diao Yingzi squatting on the kang trembling.

Brother Fu Zongren didn't smash things when they entered the house like they did in Diao's compound, and there was nothing to smash.

Apart from a broken pot, two bowls, and two broken quilts, there was nothing of value in the room.

In these two huts, Fu Zongren represented the Fu family, and Diao Gui represented the Diao family, with Jia Zhang Xiehao as the guarantor, signed a painting and pledged a contract.

The meaning is that Sai Diao's family will be compensated by the Diao's family for the loss, and the Diao's family will compensate Shi Dayang in order to comfort the Fu family's loss of their loved ones.

After the contract was signed, Diao Gui said that he could not afford that much money and could only wait for his brother Diao Jin to come to the field.

He promised that when his brother came, he would hand over a lot of land to Fu Zongren.

So everyone sat on the kang in the thatched cottage and waited for Diao Jin to come.

(End of this chapter)