There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 6

Yang Baitian's eyes were sharp, and Yang Jingxuan's unhappy expression was only fleeting, but he was also caught, thinking that what he said just now missed the target, and if he said no later, his own calculations would fly It's useless even after a day.After a pause, while paying attention to his expression, he tentatively said: "Brother Jingxuan, what I mean is this. Since this woman is not a woman, she will have trouble sooner or later, so it is better to send her out. Neng Wu , I will take care of it. Although my family is not generous, if my child eats dry food, he will never eat thin. I will definitely raise him up, marry him a wife and give birth to a child, it is right Living with my dead brother and sister-in-law..."

"Bai Tian is Neng Wu's uncle, can he still be spoiled? I'll see."

Grandfather Yang, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly interjected, and several old men beside him nodded in agreement.

Yang Jingxuan thought for a while.

If it happened that there was no such thing today, he really thought that the woman was honest and responsible, and would deal with such things carefully.Now, he has concluded that she should indeed be like what the villagers say, not a good woman who obeys women's morals, let alone treat Nengwu sincerely.Instead of letting her make scandals in the future and tarnish the face of Lao Yang's family and ancestors, or even harm Neng Wu, who is invisible to the eyes, it is better to cut off the root of the trouble as soon as possible.Yang Baitian is Nengwu's uncle, so far, it seems that foster care with him is the only place to go, and he will have more snacks in the future.

"Alright, that's it."

He nodded.

Yang Baitian was surprised by his approval without hesitation, stunned, hurriedly thanked him again and again, and kept bowing to Mr. Yang and the people who agreed with him, a gushing joy gushed out of his heart, it was the wish that had been granted for many years at last happy.

The farmland of the Great Xia Dynasty, when the ancestors were children, the imperial court accepted the advice of a farming official and ordered people from all over the country to come down to survey and divide the land into four grades, A, B, C, and D, according to the conditions of land fertility, drought, flood, and drought, and tax and pay food according to the grade.When the family was separated back then, the big house had the upper hand and allocated three acres of first-class paddy fields next to the river, but I only got a fraction of one and two acres, plus five acres of dry land.His one-acre field was squeezed into a corner by the three-acre contiguous land of the big house, making him look so pitiful.In the past, it was just that the old man secretly felt that the old man was eccentric, and he and his mother-in-law nestled on the earth kang to complain a few words. Later, the man who waited for the long house did not disappear. Only Chunjiao, the daughter-in-law of the saw-mouth gourd boy who doesn't understand anything, and Nengwu, whose eyes are broken, are left. His small thoughts are like Qiu Yuan who has been ignited, and he can't hold back anymore.He made a good plan: the first-class field near the river is planted twice a year, as long as it is not a godsend, you can harvest whatever you plant, unlike his own few acres of sloping dry land, where it takes a lot of work and money to save summer grain for one season. receive.As long as I take Nengwu over, the three acres of his family's land will belong to me.This nephew has been as delicate as a girl since he was a child, and he has no temper at all. In addition, he is blind, so it is up to him to make it round and flat in the future?And since two years ago, their family has been going to the county government office every month to receive the [-] pension money that the whole village shares.Although three hundred yuan is not much, it is equivalent to three buckets of food, and people will not starve to death if they eat too little. It's just that they have been thrown into the bottomless pit of watching the doctor before.After receiving Nengwu, the three hundred dollars would naturally belong to him, and Nengwu's mouth did not need to be raised by himself at all.And in the eyes of outsiders, he still has a good reputation.This kind of business is hard to find even with a lantern.

Yang Baitian's thoughts swelled and fermented in his heart for a long time, until last month, he finally couldn't help but burst out of his chest.His mother-in-law Hu Lanhua doesn't have a good brain, but she can learn her natural cunning without a teacher.Lie on his ear and bite for a while, Yang Baitian understood, secretly went to Huang Erpi, counted twenty copper coins over, Huang Erpi slapped his chest loudly, and wrapped it on his brother.

Huang Erpi is a well-known lazy bone in the village, and his family is extremely poor.He wanders around the west with his boss in his pocket all day long, grabs a handful of peas while others are not paying attention, and doesn't take it seriously when he is scolded.The few acres of dry slopes in my house used to be pawed by my daughter-in-law alone. Later, the daughter-in-law left her son and disappeared. It is said that she ran away with a peddler.Huang Erpi scolded the sky and the earth for a while, but continued to dawdle, the verbena in the few acres of land grew taller than the ears of corn.There is an old man like this, whose son, who is only seven or eight years old now, is like a monkey. When he is hungry, he can’t find food at home, so he goes to other people’s fields to dig sweet potatoes. It is very annoying.This Huang Erpi had thought about Chunjiao long ago, and had deliberately bumped into her a few times before, but Chunjiao didn't raise her head when she walked during the day, and locked the courtyard door at night before it was dark. There was really nowhere to start, so she stopped. thought.Now that someone offered money, he naturally agreed, and that's how Chunjiao jumped into the river before.And Yang Baitian finally had enough reason to mention this matter to Mr. Yang.

Yang Baitian managed to suppress his joy, thanked her, pretended to sigh with grief: "Oh, my niece and daughter-in-law, it's not that we can't tolerate her, it's that she broke the rules of our Taohua Village for thousands of years. Grandpa, Brother Jingxuan, when do you think you will tell the clansmen about this?"

Taigong Yang paused on his crutches, and said majestically: "Since it's decided, the sooner the better, the sooner the better. Tomorrow, I will call all the people in the ancestral hall to announce in public, and drive her away immediately!"

Yang Taigong's decision was absolutely approved by Yang Baitian and the others, only Yang Jingxuan said: "Grandpa, that woman can be regarded as her own fault, but after all, she has stayed in Lao Yang's family for many years, and the family rules are based on benevolence and righteousness. I mean With a stone of grain from the ancestral hall’s public grain, she will have a buffer when she returns to her mother’s house, so as not to drive people to a dead end.”

As soon as Yang Jingxuan finished speaking, several old men in the seat looked at each other, and Grandpa Yang looked displeased.Yang Baitian stomped his feet and said: "How can the woman survive when she returns to her mother's house? Why don't she turn around and remarry! With so much food..." Suddenly, he realized that there were so many people here, and only he was talking, so he stopped talking.

Taigong Yang finally trembled and reluctantly opened his mouth: "Dahe, it is said that this woman's unethical behavior is the culprit. If she was caught and immersed in a pig cage, the heavenly king and I have nothing to do with it. But since you mentioned it like that, our Taohua Village's family rules will also be ignored." It is true that there is benevolence and righteousness, and it is not impossible to give some food. It’s just that in the past few years, natural disasters have never stopped, and the ancestral hall’s public land has only accumulated a little food, and there is no fixed number for this year’s harvest. If God doesn’t open his eyes, the whole village Thousands of people are pointing at that bit of public ration..." Seeing that Yang Jingxuan was still looking at him like that, he finally bit his cane and gritted his teeth, "Since it's mentioned like that, then we'll be benevolent if we give her five buckets of ration."

Everyone agreed, and Yang Jingxuan smiled slightly, agreeing.

Grandpa Yang still felt sorry for the Wudouliang, thought for a while, and said again: "Call that Mrs. Lin here while everyone is here. I must let her know what I have committed! lest tomorrow I will not know what to do and will rise up to seek death and life. Yes, as the saying goes, good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, so that other villages will think we are embarrassing a widow!”

Yang Taigong's wise decision was unanimously approved by Yang Baitian and several other elders.The Taigong ordered Zhaodi to call Chunjiao quickly.

When Yang Jingxuan came back this trip, he originally wanted to discuss with Mr. Yang about something big or small.It's just that it seems very inconvenient to speak now, and it won't be too late to talk about it after this matter has passed.As for the daughter-in-law of Lao Yang's family, since it was decided in the end, there is nothing wrong with her.He's not interested in scolding a woman with a straight face.And to be honest, when he sees this woman later, it will inevitably remind him of the previous scene, which is really a little shocking.He was about to get up, but just as he raised his feet, the sharp-eyed Yang Baitian stopped him again with a smile on his face: "Brother Jingxuan, don't rush away. Sit, sit, wait until you and your grandfather convince the woman before you leave." It's too late."——Lin Jiao hadn't been let out, but in his mouth, "niece and daughter-in-law" had quickly changed into "that woman" with various undetermined meanings.

Several other old men also spoke out to persuade them to stay.As if he wasn't there, the silent young widow, who made all the men in the village look twice and gnashed her teeth behind the women in the village, would turn into a goblin later, messing up the most dignified upper class in the village. The majestic air of the room.

Yang Jingxuan hesitated for a while, and finally decided to follow the crowd.The reason is simple, he suddenly realized that his idea of ​​avoiding the woman's eyes was very absurd and wrong.In terms of seniority, he is Nengwu's uncle, and now he, an elder, is speaking and doing things for Nengwu's interests, everything is justified and has a clear conscience.It is the irresponsible woman of the old Yang family who should feel guilty and reflect.

Thinking this way, he finally completely eliminated the unease that had been haunting him since he met that woman today, and became calm and serious from the inside out, just like he usually is.

Although it is the open room of the upper room, but when she stepped into the room covered with thick layers of tissue paper from under the sun, when Lin Jiao entered, her eyes were still a little uncomfortable with the light, and she squinted slightly before seeing Clear the posture inside.

The first one to jump into the line of sight was the thin old man with white beard who was sitting in the middle of the opposite side, with a pair of long hanging eyebrows, which made him look stern all the time, he must be the patriarch Taigong Yang.It's just that at this moment, he is leaning on a polished boxwood crutch with his hands folded, his eyes half-closed, his face pale, and he doesn't look very energetic.Then, Lin Jiao's eyes automatically skipped over the other people, and fell directly on the man sitting next to Mrs. Yang.

Lin Jiao didn't expect to meet him again here.In fact, he was sitting there, looking too different from others, so he couldn't help but take another look.

Wearing a familiar blue-gray half-worn coarse cloth robe, two big hands with distinct joints and slightly curved fingers are placed straight on the two separated knees at this moment.Even when he was sitting, his shoulders were straight, and his eyes showed a kind of calmness, but one could not help but believe that once needed, he would immediately become ruthless and ruthless.

Lin Jiao was good at reading people in her previous life.Today's first impression was purely accidental, but now she scanned it with her eyes and made such a judgment.

Compared with the general impression before, this man who puts on clothes, sits upright with no expression on his face, and looks a lot older is his real state, right?Moreover, he should be a very stubborn person.This can be seen from the arcs of the corners of his mouth that are used to drooping slightly when he purses his lips.

(End of this chapter)