Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 358 He is really a thief

As the village chief, Li Erfang had some understanding of the villagers. He knew Zheng Linsheng. He could not be found when they were doing things, but he was indispensable when they were having meals.

Li Erfang asked himself, if he had such a brother, he would definitely draw a clear line. Only this Zheng Jiasheng, for some unknown reason, spoiled his brother to such an extent that he would bring his whole family to serve such a blood-sucking worm.

Now there is finally someone in this family who has come to his senses.

"Here, the residential land and farmland are divided according to the number of people. It's very easy for you to divide the family." Li Erfang said this first, and then said, "But to divide the family, both sides must be willing. It's not something you can do just because you want to. It depends on what your father thinks. Zheng Jiasheng, your daughter said she wants to divide the family. Are you willing to share with her?"

"No." Zheng Jiasheng refused. "That doesn't make sense. It's always been brothers who divide the family, but they're both already a family. The parents are gone, so when did a daughter ever divide the family from her father? I've never heard of such a thing in the world."

Li Erfang chuckled twice, "Don't say such things. If you ask around the world, you won't find a place like our Beishan County where women own land. Isn't this unique in our Beishan County? So your daughter's desire to separate from you is not a rare thing in Beishan County.

Think about it carefully and then give me your answer."

Zheng Xidong stood behind the village chief and shouted, "If you don't agree, I will make trouble with you every day. If I catch him moving grain again, I will go to the county government to sue him for theft!"

Zheng Jiasheng felt ashamed and angry after hearing this. Most of the people in the village were standing outside the fence. If she shouted about such a small matter at home, the whole village would know about it. "You act like a daughter! Who will want you in the future if you are like this!"

Zheng Xidong shouted back without any hesitation, "Don't worry about it, it's none of your business!"

Seeing that she was not listening, Zheng Jiasheng started to vent his anger on Zhou Erya, "Look at the good daughter you raised."

Zhou Erya looked unhappy, with her head hung down as if she couldn't raise it up.

Zheng Xichun interrupted, "My sister is right. Uncle has stolen all the food in our home. What are we going to eat in the future? Should we wait to starve to death, or wait until Uncle sells all the food and then sells us? I want to split the family property, too."

Zhou Erya suddenly raised her head and looked at her son who was speaking in shock, and her heart seemed to be touched.

"You are so rebellious!" Zheng Jiasheng raised his hand and slapped Zhou Erya, "Look at what kind of creatures you have raised."

Zhou Erya's head was hit to the side, and a slap mark instantly appeared on his cheek.

Zheng Xidong took half a step toward that direction, but then stopped abruptly.

"Hey!" Li Erfang quickly stepped forward and grabbed Zheng Jiasheng's hand. "She didn't say a word, why did you hit her?"

“It’s all because she didn’t teach me…”

"Alright, alright!" Li Erfang didn't wait for Zheng Jiasheng to finish his words. "Don't talk about these things. Just talk about the current situation. Now your daughter and son want to separate the family property. Just tell us whether you are willing or not."

"I won't divide it! It's impossible to divide it!" Zheng Jiasheng said loudly.

Li Erfang turned to look at the siblings, "Your father doesn't agree, and I don't have the power to force him to split the family. There are only two options now. Either you give up on this idea and continue to live as a family."

Zheng Xidong: “That’s impossible.”

"Then we have no choice but to go to the government office and see how the people there decide." Li Erfang said, "The government office will also handle cases like yours. Find some time to file a complaint."

"I am going to sue." Zheng Xidong stared at Zheng Jiasheng and sneered, "I will not sue the government for the division of the family when I go to the government." Zheng Jiasheng took a few steps forward, and it looked like he was going to hit Zheng Xidong, but his hand was still held by Li Erfang, so he failed to hit him in the end, "Those are the crops I planted, I am willing to give them to him to eat, no matter what you say, it is not stealing."

"Hey!" Li Erfang sighed, "Why do you always say such things? You never attended any of the night classes? If your family's situation is reported to the county government, Zheng Linsheng is really a thief. Everyone in our village can testify that Zheng Linsheng does not work, and your family's food has nothing to do with him."

"You..." Zheng Jia said angrily: "What does my family's affairs have to do with you!"

"How can it have nothing to do with me? I am the village chief!" Li Erfang still felt unsatisfied after saying this, and continued: "According to what you said, your house is closed, no matter if you kill someone or set a fire inside, if you come out and say something about your family affairs, we can't do anything about it? The county magistrate can't do anything about it either!
Zheng Jiasheng, let me be fair. You should be reasonable in what you say and do. Beishan County is different from where you came from. It is a place with reason and laws. If what you did is wrong, everyone can intervene. "

The people standing outside the fence all agreed, "Yes! What the village chief said makes sense!"

"Zheng Jiasheng, you are being unfair!"

"You are wronging your son and daughter and giving advantage to your brother. No one can stand this!"

"He is not a person who can live a good life. If you spoil him like this, sooner or later your family will be in trouble."

Everyone was talking to each other, and Zheng Jiasheng's old face turned red with embarrassment.

It's not that he hasn't thought about many things, but he has his own logic. According to his logic, no matter what anyone says, it will be useless. He will just do it that way.

When you meet this kind of person, don't expect him to wake up, because he has been sober from beginning to end, but just pretending to be confused.

Otherwise, why didn't he agree to split up the family? Could it be that such a person would still care about the relationship between father and daughter?

Zheng Xidong saw through this point, so he took a firm stand.

She was so determined that she picked up the axe and started chopping at her father.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Li Erfang's legs were shaking, and he quickly turned around to stop her. "You have such a bad temper! Someone come and take away the axe, or someone will get killed!"

The people outside immediately jumped into the yard, some blocking the way and some holding axes.

"Zheng Jiasheng, look at what you've done to your daughter." The aunt next door knew more than the others in the village, and angrily scolded the others in the family, "You are all dead men! You didn't know how to hide or stop something when you saw it was about to happen? If the village chief wasn't here, that axe would really have fallen down."

Li Erfang is still scared and yelled at Zheng Xidong: "You are really incredible! You really want to kill someone!"

"If I don't kill him, they will kill him sooner or later. Why can't I take action first? Why should I wait to be killed?" Zheng Xidong asked back.

When people deal with conflicts, they often let the person who seems easy to talk to compromise. But Zheng Xidong is not easy to talk to right now.

"Zheng Jiasheng." Li Erfang said, "You saw what she looked like just now. She really wanted to kill you. Do you want to keep your life? With things going on between father and daughter, there is no need for us to stay together.

Are you going to wait for her to kill you, or are you going to kill her first? There's no need, you still have time to live at your age.

Since she doesn't want to live with you, then separate from her. It's the same thing if you separate. When you are old and can't work anymore, she will still have to provide food to support you."