madman and kidnapper

Chapter 25
In late April, another meeting was held in the village, and this time the kidnapper also went, squatting on the ground of the village head's house, gnawing on the village head's pig's tail stick in his mouth.

At this time, there were not many people in the house, so the village chief took the time to hit the kidnapper on the head, and said anxiously:
"You're almost done, kid. I bought six in total. You've eaten three for me in a while!"

The kidnapper took this painlessly, but he didn't stop talking, and then he gnawed the fourth one, and stretched out his greasy hand to get the fifth one.

"Oh!"

The village head was so angry that he snatched the bag and stuffed the remaining two pig tails into the refrigerator.

"Look at your stingy look, what's the matter?"

Kidnap wiped the oil from his mouth contentedly, and stared at the refrigerator that had just been closed by the village chief.

"You boy, do you know that you have to go to the nearby village to buy any meat now. I bought it for two weeks at a time, and I will make you eat it for me."

The village chief tapped his knees with a crutch with a sad face. He is old and his legs and feet are inconvenient. He has to breathe after taking two steps. He also has rheumatism and his knees cannot see the wind. Therefore, going to another village is really exhausting.

"Ok?"

The kidnapper was just about to ask why he went to the neighboring village to buy meat, but as soon as the words came to his lips, someone next to him couldn't help shouting:
"You said that Li Zhuang was a domineering businessman when he was doing business, so that he was the only shop left in the village. He's done everything after running away. What can the people in the village do?"

The village head was also taken aback. Before he could say anything, another person turned his head and said to the person, "Hush your voice, what kind of honor is this? Besides, where can he go, what can he do?" Where are you going, you went in yesterday, okay?"

At this remark, the whole room was in an uproar.

"what?"

"Go in?"

"When did it happen?"

……

For a while, there was a lot of chatter in the room, talking about everything, but during this period, there were two people who kept silent, one was the village head, and the other was the kidnapper.

The village chief hadn't been able to get in the conversation, and the kidnapper was purely out of the situation and his brain was not working properly, so it took a long time to digest all these messy information.

"Okay! Be quiet! Be quiet!"

Seeing that the house was about to fry the pot, the village chief finally couldn't sit still, picked up the walking stick and knocked a few times on the lid of the cauldron. The sound was as lethal as knocking a gong.

"I'm here today to discuss this matter. See if anyone else hasn't come. Find someone to call! Everyone who has come, go outside! Let's have a meeting!"

The poor old man cried out at the top of his voice, and felt that he was dying.

The village head's house is right next to the village committee, and there is a small square in front of the village committee's house. After listening to the village head's words, everyone stopped messing around and sat down in the square with the little horses in their hands. The village head After counting the number of people, I felt that it was almost the same, so I raised the electric horn in my hand and said loudly:
"Everyone is here today. I called you here because I have something to tell you! Everyone knows what happened a few days ago! There was a fire on the mountain for a day, and four lives were gone in a blink of an eye! Before Qingming, I It’s thousands of reminders, don’t light the fire! Don’t light the fire! But some people don’t listen!”

At this time, a quick-talking person interjected: "The people sitting here are not burned, and the people who were burned are not here. Your old man should tell the people who didn't come."

As soon as the words came out, there was a lot of laughter.

The village chief was so angry that his beard jumped, he stuck his stick on the ground, and said angrily:

"What are you laughing at! What's so funny? Don't look at yourself and just get lucky if you didn't cause trouble. I know in my heart that not only during the Qingming Festival, there are people who have nothing to do and go to the mountains to burn paper at ordinary times, and there are also smokers! Don't think that you I'm just lucky if I didn't cause any trouble! I'm just asking you, it's just such a big incident a few days ago, this kind of consequences! Once something happens, none of you can afford it!"

Even though the village head roared so hoarsely, there were still people whispering and whispering. Hearing the village head's question, so many people gave a few sparse responses:
"cannot……"

The village head naturally knew that they were perfunctory, only to hear him sneer, then raised the horn and said:

"I know, you don't take my words seriously in your heart. If the fire doesn't burn on your body, you won't feel the pain! Didn't you ask me where Li Zhuang went? I'll tell you now that he was arrested Yes! I hid in the city for five or six days, thinking I was fine, and was arrested as soon as I went out! The city is full of surveillance, and he is still trying to figure out how long he can hide! Let me tell you, what he did , there is no one who can’t get out in 30 or [-] years, not only can’t get out, but all the family’s fortunes will be lost, just his shop, ten can’t pay enough!”

If there were people who didn't care what the village chief said just now, when it came to Li Zhuang's fate, their ears were all erect.

"Two, two thirty years?"

Just now that quick-talking man stuttered a bit after hearing such a number, even so, he still had doubts in his heart and said:

"Not so much, village chief. I've been thinking about it for five or six years. Don't make up nonsense just to scare us!"

The village chief hadn't spoken yet, but the kidnapper couldn't hold back anymore, jumped up and shouted:

"Five or six years? You're just talking nonsense! That's four lives! You didn't let him pay directly, and let him sit and eat in prison. It's been a long time for nothing. What are you dreaming about?" !"

The village chief looked at the kidnapper in amazement, and immediately knew what the woman had said to him, otherwise, with regard to this rascal's mentality, he probably wouldn't be much different from that man.

"Cough," the village chief resisted the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up, and nodded in agreement with the kidnapper's statement, "He's right, so I'll make it clear here today. Forbidden things, don't be a big deal, just listen to it and it's over. You don't think it's a big deal, just this thing, is it a big deal? Don't take chances, he Li Zhuang has to be in it for the rest of his life, his parents He is still alive, his legs and feet are weak, and he has to wait for someone to support him. His wife and children have to help him pay off his debts, so before doing anything, think about the consequences! Think about your wives and children, think about your own parents, and finally Think about other people's homes! Don't be so selfish!"

The people in the square finally calmed down, listening to the hoarse advice from the village head, sitting upright, and the village head said something, such as how the families of the victims are now, how the higher-ups are handling this matter, and what they plan to do in the future. To prevent such things, and so on.

Kidnapper's elm head finally turned around. Today's meeting is not only to warn those who are not enlightened like himself, but also to sum up lessons.

After the kidnapper returned home, he learned to listen to the woman, and he still read rather complainingly:
"You said, everything has happened, so is it useful to make up for it?"

"Why is it useless?" The woman glared at him. "At any rate, I'm a educated person. I've never heard of the phrase 'remedial after a dead sheep'? Things have already happened, losses have been caused, and now I can only get rid of ' We need to make up the hole to prevent similar situations from happening in the future, as long as everyone can learn from it in the future, then this remedy will be effective."

The woman educated the kidnapper solemnly, but she only said half of what she said, and kept the other half in her heart.

It is indeed useful to the village, to the mountain, and to the people who come later, but it is useless to those who have already sacrificed and their relatives. Everything needs a lesson to make progress, but it is the most painful. The lesson is that such tragic sacrifices and casualties have occurred, which cannot be undone no matter how they are remedied.

(End of this chapter)