farmer's wife

Chapter 65 Detention
Hearing that Fu Yan said that he would send Xiao Dabao to the government, Xiao Lie broke away from the hands of the people around him, and walked towards Xiao Dabao again.

Cui Xinghua threw herself on her son anxiously, hugged him tightly in her arms, and stammered to retort: ​​"Send it...to what government office. My son won't go there!"

Xiao Lie: "Since he dares to do it, he has to pay the price."

Cui Xinghua still refused to admit it.

But no matter how she denied it, anyone with eyes could see that this fire was caused by Xiao Dabao.

The night is getting darker.

Sun Changgeng ordered Xiao Dabao to be imprisoned in the Sun's ancestral hall first, and the specifics of how to convict him will be discussed tomorrow.

In addition to the village chief, some elders of the village were also on the ground.

Regarding Sun Changgeng's decision, even the elders of the Cui clan did not speak out to stop him.

"Let go of my son!" Cui Xinghua couldn't stop them from carrying Xiao Dabao away, crying and chasing after her.

After a day of worry and fear, everyone was tired.

Fu Yan and Xiao Lie thanked the villagers who would help in the future and sent them away.

At the end of the month, the fire had been extinguished, but the main hall and kitchen of Xiao's house were completely burned down.

The pungent thick smoke is still there, and it is impossible to live for a while.

Aunt Zhang invited Fu Yan: "A Yan, why don't you stay at our house for now, and come back tomorrow to clean up."

There is already a curfew in the city and they cannot enter, so there is naturally no inn nearby where they can stay.

Fu Yan thanked Aunt Zhang for her kindness, and carried Xiao Jian to the village chief's house with Xiao Lie.

Aunt Zhang tidied out the room of her youngest son, Sun Shisheng, and let them rest temporarily for one night.

"That boy Shisheng only comes back a few days a month. There are not many people living in this house, so you can live in it first. You can move back when the house is tidied up."

Fu Yan: "Don't be busy, Aunt Zhang, we'll make it together overnight."

Being hugged by her brother, Xiao Jian regained a sense of security, and now she was drowsy.

The bed in Sun Shisheng's room was not big, so Aunt Zhang said, "Why don't Ah Jian give it to me, and let him sleep with Daniel."

Xiao Jian was in a daze, hugging her brother and unwilling to be carried away by Aunt Zhang.

Fu Yan: "It's okay, the child is scared today, let him stay with us."

Aunt Zhang had no choice but to give up, she simply cleaned up and went back to the house.

Fu Yan brought hot water to wipe Xiao Jian's crying face and feet, and then put him on the bed and fell asleep first.

After the two of them also washed up, Xiao Lie lay down in the middle hugging Fu Yan, and he felt relieved.

Xiao Lie thought about the rules of the village, and asked, "A Yan, do you want to send Xiao Dabao to the yamen?"

"Can't you?"

"If you want to, I will definitely catch him and turn him over to the government."

"Then... will anyone stop it?"

"The village head and clan elders may not be willing..."

Xiao Lie explained the human relations in the village to her in detail: "In the village, if there is a major incident such as human life, it is usually dealt with by the village chief and the clan elders, and will not go to court. The people do not raise officials Never mind."

"Besides, the village pays attention to reputation. If it goes to court, our village will be famous in the ten miles and eight towns. Other villages watch the excitement, but they won't get to the bottom of it. They will only put this notoriety on the whole village. From now on, everyone in the village If people go out, they will be a dwarf, and even affect the marriage of their children. So this is why the village chiefs and elders may stop it."

Fu Yan sat up angrily: "Then we have nothing to do with the evildoers?"

"Don't worry, listen to me first." Xiao Lie held her back, "Whether it's sent to the government or resolved in the village, it depends on what kind of result you want."

"I want them to be punished as they deserve!" Fu Yan said angrily.

Xiao Lie: "Xiao Dabao set fire to the house, but no one was injured. If he was escorted to the government, he should be locked up for another two years, right?"

Fu Yan nodded: "It's not far away. I remember that there was a fire in the city during the Lantern Festival two years ago, and the person who was found out later dealt with it in this way."

"Well, I've heard of it too." Xiao Lie continued, "And if it's in the village, if we put pressure on him, we can beat him up again."

In fact, Xiao Lie had already beaten Xiao Dabao violently tonight, punching him to the flesh.

Xiao Dabao is probably still fainting now.

Fu Yan slowly reacted.

If Xiao Dabao is sent to the cell, Cui Xinghua's temperament will definitely pester them every day.Moreover, Xiao Dabao was only imprisoned for two years, so he was not guilty of death.When he is released, if a person with no reputation and no scruples retaliates...

Only a thousand days of thieves, no thousand days of thieves.

If they want to open a shop in the city in the future, there will always be disturbances, and the business will inevitably be affected.

If it is handled by the village, other requests can be made.

Fu Yan thought for a while, then changed her mind and said, "It's okay to deal with it in the village. In addition to beating him again, Xiao Dabao's family has to pay for our losses, and then write a letter of confession and apologize in front of the whole village. I Let them detour when they see us from now on, and never bother us again."

Fu Yan would rather not sue the government if he could get rid of this annoying family at once.

And this can also give the village a face, the two brothers Xiao Lie have been taken care of by the village head and others these years.

Even if they were going to move to the city, wouldn't Xiao Lie still have to go hunting in the mountains, and during festivals they would all have to come back to pay homage to their parents and grandma.

Why bother with the whole village because of that family.

Xiao Lie leaned close to her ear, and whispered: "In the past, their family didn't make any serious mistakes, and the Cui family could still turn a blind eye to it. Now that Xiao Dabao has caused this incident, maybe the Cui family will expel Cui Xinghua from the clan. Get out of the way."

The Li Dynasty had a strong sense of clan. For these people, expelling the clan was already a great punishment, and it was related to the reputation of the entire family for many generations.

The Xiao family is not well-connected, if Cui Xinghua is expelled from the family, she will no longer be able to be arrogant in the village.

Fu Yan was very satisfied with this punishment.

"Then let's say tomorrow that we will send him to the government, and then put pressure on the village to deal with it, so we can retreat!"

Xiao Lie nodded, and hugged her tightly again; "It's all up to you! You must be scared today, go to sleep."

After talking about the business, Fu Yan relaxed her mind, and the tiredness and sleepiness that had been suppressed surged up.

She yawned, and fell asleep in Xiao Lie's warm and peaceful arms.

**
The sky had just turned white, and after working hard yesterday, most of the villagers were sleeping soundly.

The Sun family is also still resting.

Suddenly, a shrill female voice wailed and slammed on the door of the village chief's house.

"Village chief! I beg you, please release my eldest treasure!"

Cui Xinghua chased after her to the ancestral hall last night. There was a widowed old man in the ancestral hall. He listened to the village head's order and didn't let Cui Xinghua in.

Cui Xinghua cried and begged for nothing, ran home again, and grabbed Xiao Qiang who was still asleep.

Xiao Qiang heard the whole story clearly, stopped Cui Xinghua who still wanted to be a demon, and smoked dry tobacco alone until dawn.

(End of this chapter)