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Chapter 153 Clan Conference, Uncle Joe was trained (2 more)
If there is a clan meeting, Uncle Qiao is naturally not worried. The most accomplished person in the entire Qiao clan is Yingbo's only son, Qiao Liangchen. He grew up in Qingxi Village, but few people in Qingxi Village saw him return home.

Not to mention that he can't even speak or understand his hometown dialect. Although the villagers admire this junior of Qiao's family, but more because of the sense of distance that cannot be approached. The child with the highest seniority among them, now only Yingbo returns to his hometown every year, and still maintains the family relationship.

In contrast, his achievements are really good.

Intellectuals and middle school teachers are people with high achievements in the Qiao family's generation.

If the Qiao family's children are admitted to the county, they may need to be entrusted with him to take care of them.

Although, so far, no child from the Qiao family has passed the exam.

When Qiao Zongming said this, he thought that Uncle Qiao would just let it go. After all, it was not a good thing to call the entire Qiao family to a meeting for this matter at home.

It's okay to be ashamed, but if you say it, you will be laughed at and say that the eldest son of the Qiao family has settled down in the city and wants to come back to compete with his younger brother for this bit of land.

It was spread that what others said and saw was also Uncle Qiao's joke.

This ruined his own reputation.

Qiao Zongming knew that the eldest brother still wanted to save face, and he always tried his best to be appropriate in front of outsiders on weekdays, and did not leave any excuses for others.

I don't want to, after he said that he would hold a clan meeting, Uncle Qiao just pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Alright, since Dad is gone, you don't agree, we can only let the elders of the clan come to help Deal with this matter and see if my request makes sense."

This means that they must come back to fight for land.

Seeing Uncle Qiao and Uncle Qiao's appearance, Qiao Zongming was completely chilled.

Qiao Churan watched this scene coldly, seeing Qiao Zongming's slumped look, but there was no ripple in her heart.

This is their room in Qiao's house.

In the eyes of outsiders, there is harmony, brothers help each other, and Mr. Qiao has raised two capable sons. Every Spring Festival, Qiao's family enjoys themselves happily.

But outsiders don't know how cold and heartless it is to look at a harmonious family.

But she knows best that her father's brothers and sisters are not easy-going lamps. They usually seem to be friendly with you, but they don't know how to look down on you in private.

Doesn't Qiao Zongming know this feeling of being looked down upon by his elder brother and younger brother? Can't he see it?
Of course not, he never said anything just for the sake of the so-called friendship between brothers and sisters, and to prevent the brothers from the Qiao family from becoming a joke to outsiders.

But this kind of tolerance over and over again, in return is not brotherly harmony, but greater exploitation.

Well, after this incident, it's best for her father to see the true colors of these uncles and aunts, otherwise, he will blindly want to maintain the relationship between brothers and sisters, and he has repeatedly backed down, only remembering that when grandpa passed away, he said Yes, if you want brothers to be harmonious and help each other, you don't understand at all. He wants to maintain the relationship between brothers and sisters, and wants to let his brothers and sisters live without worries, but his brothers and sisters may not think so.

Instead, he only wants to squeeze out all his interests and values, and only cares about his own comfort.

The entire Qiao family suddenly became very quiet. Perhaps both Uncle Qiao and Qiao Zongming understood that once this matter was raised in front of the clan, there would definitely be rifts between brothers.

In the future, I'm afraid it will not be easy to get along with, and I will completely tear my face apart.

"dad."

At this time, Qiao Churan suddenly said: "I take the initiative to deal with the matter here, no matter what uncle thinks, I should say something."

All eyes were on Qiao Churan.

At this moment, she seems to be the calmest person in the entire Qiao family.

Then I heard Qiao Churan say: "Since uncle means that and grandpa is gone, let's invite the elders of the clan to gather together and talk about this matter. This is the first time I have heard such a thing in the village." Say, let the elders of the clan handle it, it can be regarded as setting a precedent for later."

At this time, Uncle Qiao sneered: "Ranran is young, but she can speak with a gun and an arrow, and set a precedent. Why, does this mean that Uncle and your uncle are bullying you?"

Qiao Churan said indifferently: "Uncle probably judges others by himself. He thinks that I have a gun and an arrow, so maybe I came back with a gun to block the door first."

"You!" Uncle Qiao was too angry to speak.

Qiao Zongming took the last puff of his cigarette, stood up, and stopped his daughter behind him: "Since the elder brother and the younger brother said so, I will go for a walk while it is still early and it is not four o'clock. See if the elders of the clan are here, if they are, we will hold a meeting in the courtyard."

Now it is the beginning of June, before the busy season of farming, everyone is still at home at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the elders of the clan are naturally there.

Although the Qiao family has a large number of people, occupying half of the village, Qiao Zongming, Chen Mei, and the third aunt walked with Qiao Churan and Qiao Yiyao, and they passed each other to each other within half an hour. Gathered.

Of course, after such a battle, the news spread in the village.

The oldest elders of the Qiao family are several old men of the same generation as Mr. Qiao, and one of the youngest younger brothers of Grandpa Qiao. They can still speak a few words in this line of the Qiao family, but they are old and usually He didn't take much care of it either. Unless something major happened, all the affairs of the clan were handed over to a cousin of the Qiao family who was of the same generation as Qiao Zongming. According to his seniority, he was the head of the family, and Qiao Churan had to deal Call the big uncle.

In a row, Uncle Qiao's seniority in the clan has to be ranked fifth, while Qiao Zongming is ranked eighth, and Uncle Qiao is ranked nineteenth.

At this time, Yingbo, who returned to his hometown, ranked second.

The matter of the land is a major event, and the elders of the grandparents also came to observe it for the purpose of notarization.

After such a gathering, more than a dozen elders all gathered in the yard of Qiao's house.

Women rarely take the initiative to participate in this kind of thing. At this time, they are all sitting with Chen Mei and the third aunt, asking the ins and outs of the matter in a low voice. Aunt Qiao, who couldn't understand the local dialect, became more and more uncomfortable.

At this time, the uncle in charge said: "Old man, everyone is here now, tell me, what is going on with your family? When we landed, all the brothers present were there, and the lottery was drawn by ourselves, so what can go wrong with our own family now?"

The uncle in the hall voice was majestic, and he glanced at Qiao Churan again and said, "We all know about the matter of Ranran contracting the land, and the second child has already explained it clearly. The people in the clan do not object to this matter. , everyone can also see it, if it can lead everyone to live a good life, it will be a good thing, what else is unclear?"

Looking at this scene, Uncle Qiao suddenly became more uncertain on his originally confident face.

According to Aunt Qiao's intentions, everyone in the village scolded Qiao Churan for being a nuisance. How could the people in the clan be so supportive?

But the arrow was on the string and had to be sent.

Uncle Qiao was always polite and courteous to the people in the village. He completely lost the temperament of a patriarch in front of Qiao Zongming and Third Uncle Qiao, and said in a gentle voice, "This matter is mainly about me..."

After speaking, Uncle Qiao explained in detail, asking the elders in the clan to handle the matter of farming among the brothers in his family.

Finally, he said: "Although I am away, I am also a member of Qiao's family. I can't lose my share in the family's cultivated land just because I am not at home. If I retire in the future, or Ah Hui wants to return to his hometown to develop , it’s not like there’s nothing, this principle doesn’t work, does it?”

He had a big talk himself, and summed it up, he just meant one thing, that is, he wanted Qiao Zongming and Uncle Qiao's land to be re-divided, from two shares to four shares.

However, after he finished speaking, the elders of Qiao's parents present looked at him with a little more complicated eyes.

There is even contempt.

When Uncle Qiao saw it, his face became more and more uncomfortable. He always had a good face, and when he was looked at by this kind of eyes, he seemed to be running naked.

Even the boss in charge was a little strange: "Old Wu, are you coming back from retirement now, or is Ah Hui going back to his hometown to develop?"

The lobby uncle was taken aback: "That's not true, I still have a few years to retire."

The uncle hadn't spoken much yet, and the others were not very satisfied.

"What are you talking about? When Grandpa Ranran was still around, didn't you divide it up? The land on the other side of the old house belongs to you and Zong Zhao. Why, now the old eight is going to grab your land?"

Qiao Zongming said: "My father left it to my elder brother and younger brother. I can't have it, and I won't move it. Let alone I don't know how to do it now. Neither Ayao nor his future descendants will move it. After dividing it, it will be fine." After the division is over, I can't even grab the territory of my brothers, I can't do it."

Even Qiao Churan wanted to praise her father in her heart after hearing this.

I can't be bullied to the top anymore, and I still want to bear it again and again for the sake of the so-called brotherhood.

"What's going on? If you can't tell the difference, what's the problem now?" the lobby uncle asked.

Everyone here gave Uncle Qiao a little step and face, and didn't say clearly that he came back to grab his brother's farmland like this, which was really a bit of a bully.

But obviously, Uncle Qiao didn't quite understand the way of thinking of the people in the village, and he was still a little selfish. He thought that everyone didn't understand, so he said it more clearly: "At this moment, at that moment, there are so many things that my father is still alive. I can't think of so many things. I feel that Zong Zhao and I have settled down outside and don’t need land, so we gave Zong Ming and the third child our share, but the situation is different now, I can’t have a piece of land, if my father is still there, Definitely not what it means."

When I said this, I felt a little offended by the elders.

Uncle Qiao doesn't know it, but everyone can hear it. Doesn't this mean that the elders of the Qiao family present here are also wrong?
Are the rules set by the village and clan harmful?

As soon as these words were said, Grandpa Qiao's own younger brother, the little uncle, had a bad face in the first place.

The little uncle also had a tough temper, and looked at Uncle Qiao with a cold, wrinkled face: "If your father is still here, it's impossible to do things like this!"

The words were serious, and when Uncle Qiao saw the other party interjecting, he was about to explain in a good voice, when he heard the little uncle sternly said: "You are also over half a hundred years old, you are only ten years old, and you are about my age. You are still so confused, do you think it is a child making trouble?"

"When your father divided the land, the few uncles of yours who were present were all doing justice on the spot. You settled down outside, set up an urban hukou, had a meal with a middle school teacher, and retired with a pension, but You two younger brothers have to be farmers for the rest of their lives. The only thing that can make a living is the few acres of land in the family. These years, they have not been able to make a living. All the food they grow has sent a few children to school. Now you have not retired Well, but you came back and said that you want to take away your brother's job, how did you become your big brother, the words of your dead father don't exist, or were we uncles who were present at the scene and acted as shit witnesses?"

The most authoritative little uncle lost his temper, and Uncle Qiao opened his mouth for a while, "Uncle, that's not what I mean, I just... just want to get back my share. The land at home is my father's inheritance. I can't even pay for a piece of arable land." No."

Uncle blushed with anxiety: "Don't explain to me, your father really sent you to study for nothing. At such an age, even children understand the truth, but you don't know it. Children know it, so you can't grab it." My brother's thing, you are good! If you retire, you really want to return to your hometown to develop. If Zong Ming disagrees, everyone is still on your side, and you have to set aside a piece of land for plowing, but look now, you What's the situation, isn't Ah Hui also working in the county, and wants to come back and become a farmer like me? You, I scold him!"

Qiao Zongming sat beside him, watching Uncle Qiao's face turn red and then white after being reprimanded by his uncle, his eyes drooped and he didn't speak.

He had already expected this ending, not to mention the agreed rules, but also notarized the land. It was unreasonable for Uncle Qiao to do this. The clan of the Qiao family couldn't let him mess around like this.

In the future, if everyone makes trouble like this, wouldn't the sky be turned upside down, will the family still have a peaceful life?
Uncle Qiao was speechless for a while, and the younger uncle continued: "There is nothing to deal with this matter. If everyone is like you in the future, wouldn't it be a mess? The Qiao family settled here in Qingxi Village. In one generation, how many times have there been quarrels over arable land, there is no such thing as you, your family brothers, others seem to be in harmony, but the result is good, this dispute, you will kill your brothers! Zong Hua, you can't be so unkind."

Uncle Qiao couldn't speak a word.

After the little uncle finished speaking, he seemed to feel that there was no need to stay any longer, and he stood up smoking a cigarette: "That's what I mean, this is the rule set by the ancestors, both parties have taken care of it, and you are not ignorant of the rules People, if you still fight over this matter, go to the mountain to burn incense, ask your ancestors what he means, whether he will do this for you, and ask your father what he means, to see if he agrees with you as you said It's such a mess."

After the little uncle finished speaking, he left with his hands behind his back.

The other uncles who were invited also shook their heads and left with their hands behind their backs.

Qiao Churan sat on the periphery, watching the uncles leave with a look of disappointment on his face.

"How did Zong Hua become like this?"

"Hey, I didn't even spare my brother's life. After going out for more than 20 years, people have become powerful."

"If his father knew that his brothers still made such a fuss over this matter today, they might not close their eyes even if they died."

……

Looking out of the corner of Qiao Churan's eyes, he saw that when Uncle Qiao heard the last exclamation from his uncle, his back swayed slightly.

(End of this chapter)