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Chapter 142: Bad things on New Year’s Day

The moment you enter the mouth, the refreshingness of the lettuce and the greasiness of the barbecue are well balanced, and the sour kimchi adds some flavor.

Cang Xiuxuan swallowed everything in his mouth and handed the empty bowl to Song Chen, "I want more."

This time, Song Chen didn't think he was being pretentious, and quickly got another one for him.

While he was eating, Song Chen picked up all the roasted meat and put it on an empty plate aside. He also put some meat on the stone board and then brought it to the table.

A plate of lettuce, a plate of meat, and a small plate of kimchi.

Cong Hai and the others were eagerly waiting for Song Chen's barbecue. Fortunately, Song Chen delivered the second batch to them.

The barbecue is as amazing as the hotpot.

Shopkeeper Cui and Shopkeeper Zhong are very glad that they came here, it is really worth it.

That night, most of the people were drunk.

Shopkeeper Cui and Shopkeeper Zhong had their own carriages and were taken back by their servants. Only Cang Xiuxuan was unwilling to go back. There was no reason to talk to someone who drank too much, so Song Chen had no choice but to keep him.

New Year's Day.

There is a New Year custom in the village. Every household will open the door early in the morning, and the children in the village will visit the house. According to the custom, children who enter the house must get red envelopes before leaving. In previous years, everyone had difficulties, so if you can get Children who come to eat are also willing to go.

But this year is different. Many people in the village have earned some money. Although they still can't make many red envelopes, they can still prepare some good food.

But this year, the children’s favorite place to go is the Song family.

Everyone knows that Song Chen's family is rich now, so they must be quite generous when giving out red envelopes.

Almost as soon as the door of Song Chen's house opened, there were children rushing inside with a smile. Under this normal custom, everyone watched happily.

Mrs. Song Wang prepared the red envelope early.

When a child comes, he will give a red envelope and get some snacks and fruits. When the children receive the red envelope, they will say some auspicious words.

After leaving the Song family, the children would quietly find a place to open the red envelopes. Each red envelope contained three pennies.

The children were very happy. These years were their pocket money for the coming year. When they went to other people's houses, they would get either a little snack or a copper plate. The Song family gave them three at once, and they were very satisfied.

Of course, there are also people who are dissatisfied.

Children over seven years old are not allowed to participate in the New Year celebrations.

But these children also like to join in the fun. Although they can't go to other people's homes to get red envelopes and snacks, they can still get some food by following the children.

This group of children came out of Song Chen's house and read the red envelopes before going to other people's houses.

A little girl came out, "Let me tell you, how much money did you get from going to the Song family? The Song family is so generous, so the red envelope should be very big."

"Song Yanyan, what do you mean? You are talking about us as if we are beggars. Didn't you go around celebrating the New Year the same way last year? Are you jealous that you can't go there this year?"

Song Yanyan is the daughter of Mrs. Song. Every time Mrs. Song Zhao got angry because of the affairs of Song Chen's family, she would talk nonsense in front of the children. As a result, the two children are now quite hostile to Song Chen.

They also believed that Song Chen was to blame for everything their family was like now.

"Tch, who's jealous? I'm just curious about how much money you can get from the richest family in our village."

Most children's thoughts come and go quickly. When Song Yanyan said this, their desire to show off came to light, "We got three pennies. How about it? I'm envious. It's been the first time in several years that we've gotten money." "

"What! Three cents, hahaha, you are so happy for just three cents, and you still thank others. I think you are really beggars."

When Song Yanyan heard this number, she burst out laughing, and her words didn't sound very good.

The children who got the red envelopes were originally in a good mood, but when Song Yanyan said this, they immediately became unhappy. Especially the word beggar that Song Yanyan said made people even more angry.

Several children beat Song Yanyan without saying a word.

Song Yanyan didn't expect that they dared to beat people up and couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

The children didn't know the severity of the attack. By the time they reacted, Song Yanyan's face was already covered in bruises.

Several children knew that they had done something wrong, so they dispersed and ran to their homes.

Song Yanyan also cried and limped towards her home.

Mrs. Song Zhao was originally unhappy when she saw other people's families having a good time during the Chinese New Year. Now when she saw her daughter coming back like this, her anger suddenly rose in her heart.

Putting aside everything else, just pulling Song Yanyan away was just a beating.

Poor Song Yanyan was beaten to the point where there was no good part left, but her brother Song Fu just watched from the sidelines, without saying a word for her or interceding for mercy.

By the time Song Zhao finished venting her anger, Song Yanyan had already lost consciousness.Mrs. Song Zhao realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly took her children to find Li Langzhong.

In any case, it is very unlucky to find a doctor on New Year's Day. In previous years, Doctor Li did not accept patients on New Year's Day. Now Mrs. Song Zhao was knocking on the door anxiously, so Doctor Li had no choice but to open the door.

As a result, when he opened the door and saw Song Yanyan being beaten like that, Mr. Li didn't dare to delay any longer.

"What's going on? Why is the child like this?"

No matter how unpleasant Mrs. Song Zhao is, the child is still innocent.

Facing Li Langzhong's question, Mrs. Song Zhao hesitated, "I, I don't know what happened. The child fell to the ground as soon as she came back, so I quickly brought her to you. Please hurry up." Please help me see what happens during the Chinese New Year, otherwise it will be very unlucky."

Dr. Li paused to check Song Yanyan's pulse, "What are you talking about!"

A mother doesn’t want anything to happen to her child just because she doesn’t want to cause bad luck. Is this still what people say?

Mrs. Song Zhao curled her lips indifferently, she didn't have the final say in this matter of life and death.

When Mrs. Song Zhao took Song Yanyan to Mr. Li, many people saw it, and some of the children who had beaten Song Yanyan before were frightened to death.

The brave ones can't help but recruit the adults in the family.

When the adults in the family heard that the matter was serious, they didn't care that it was the first day of the first lunar month and hurried to Li Langzhong's place with their children.

As a result, several children ran to Langzhong Li and took a look at Song Yanyan's appearance, and they all denied it.

"We didn't beat her like this."

"Yeah, we just hit her in the face."

"I kicked her in the leg, but neither of us had much strength. Song Yanyan was still cursing when she walked back. Why is she like this now?"

Mrs. Song Zhao was also still there with Mr. Li. When she saw them coming and heard what they said, she pointed at their noses and started scolding them.

"You little bastards are so cruel. You beat my Yanyan like this. Is this how your family teaches you?"

It is true that their children did something wrong, but they believe that their children will not lie. They say that they would not have done such a heavy hand.

Now that Mrs. Song Zhao said this, the parents were also shocked, "Ms. Song Zhao, don't be too bad-mouthed. You have eyes. You can see that the injuries on Song Yanyan's body are definitely not caused by children. What do you mean by saying that now? .”

"Hey, what you said is true. They all admitted that they beat someone. Could it be that there were other people beaten? It's normal for children to not admit it when they did something wrong. I won't send you there either. See the official, but I have to pay for the money."

Several of the family members of those who beat their children worked in Song Chen's workshop, so paying a little money was not something that would bankrupt the family, and they didn't want to make things too ugly on the first day of the new year.

"We accept the compensation. The children are also ignorant. You can tell us how much the compensation will be."

This is what Mrs. Song and Zhao was waiting for, "I don't want much, just let your family pay a hundred cash. Once the money is paid, it will be over, and I won't pursue it in the future."

Mrs. Song Zhao's wishful thinking was very loud in her heart, and her family's total of [-] coins amounted to half a tael of silver. Although it was not as good as the money Song Chen gave to others, she could still eat meat with this money.

Several families were shocked when they heard what Song Zhao said. Song Zhao was taking advantage of the situation. They always believed that their children would not beat Song Yanyan like this.

It's their intention to give more, but it's absolutely impossible to compensate a hundred cents.

"One hundred coins is impossible."

"Then I will report to the officer."

"as you like!"

The two parties refused to give in, and Li Langzhong shook his head helplessly, "You are arguing endlessly, so why not invite Li Zheng here? Li Zheng will make his own decision on how to resolve the matter."

After saying that, Langzhong Li went to prepare the medicine. The injuries on the child's body were indeed strange. When he took her pulse just now, he found that her pulse was a little unstable, as if she had injured her internal organs.

Logically speaking, even if a few children hit someone hard, they wouldn't be able to beat someone like this.

Mrs. Song Zhao didn't want Li Zheng to come. After all, no one knew what was going on better than her. But when the other family members heard this, they thought it was true and quickly sent someone to find Li Zheng.

On the way, he went back to his house to pick up some things. On the first day of the new year, he couldn't come empty-handed.

As soon as Li Zheng heard what happened, he didn't waste any time and hurried to Li Langzhong's place. Li Zheng, the children who beat him, all knew that although they were usually naughty, they were not the kind to do it. Trouble maker.

Lin Maofeng decided to ask them what happened first.

"Huzi, why are you beating people?"

Huzi's eyes were a little red, "We didn't mean to beat her. It was she who first said that we were beggars and that we went to the Song family to beg for money. We got so angry that we beat her a few times, but we definitely didn't hit her. No matter how beaten she was, I didn’t pick up anything to beat her.”

Several other children nodded along.

(End of this chapter)