Zhang Laizi spent four days on his way to the county seat.

When he returned on the fourth day, Zhang Xiangzi had been locked up in the ancestral hall for three days.

At first, he was still making trouble inside, shouting, roaring, and even smashed the tablets in the ancestral hall about the two earliest ancestors of the village.

The two ancestors are said to be a pair of fishermen brothers who escaped from pirates on the southeast coast a long time ago.

They reached the Mianniu Mountain area and stopped here, cultivating land, building houses, marrying wives and having children.

The children grew up and spread their branches. Many, many years passed. Their children and their descendants merged with other residents nearby, and then gradually formed the current Changping Village.

Changping Village was originally called Changping Village, which means long-term peace and prosperity.

To this day, although there are many surnames in the village, the memorial tablets of these two brothers have always been placed in the most conspicuous place in the ancestral hall. Every year during the Qingming Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival, and Chinese New Year, they receive incense offerings from the whole village, old and young. This is called

Don’t forget your roots, don’t forget your roots.

However, during the three days that Zhang Xiangzi was locked up in the ancestral hall, he actually threw the two brothers' memorial tablets to the ground, vented his anger and refused to eat the food sent by Xiangzi's mother, and deliberately ate the offerings.

At this time, several village elders who had not done anything for many years got angry. They immediately led people into the ancestral hall, gave Zhang Xiangzi a severe scolding, and then tied Wuhua Da to a pillar in the ancestral hall, just facing the two

The brother's tablet is kneeling.

Just like the Qin Hui stone statue kneeling before Yue Fei...

So, when Zhang Lezi came back from the county town on the fourth day, this was the scene that greeted him.

Zhang Laizi was shocked and angry when he learned the ins and outs of all this. He was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of black blood and fainted.

When he woke up again, he walked to each village's hometown carrying cigarettes and wine. Then, carrying gifts in both hands, he went to the fifth room of the Yang family and apologized to Bao Suyun and Mian Mianna in person.

"Mianmian Niang, that beast of mine is so obsessed with her that she deserves to be beaten to death."

"Please, for the sake of our fellow villagers, please be merciful and help me beg Lao San for mercy. Say a kind word and ask him to let him go first. I will definitely discipline him strictly when I take him back. Please...

"

Bao Suyun looked embarrassed, "This matter has reached that level. I, a woman, can't just say a few nice words to get rid of it."

"Besides, this matter is a matter for men. The village elder and Li Zheng have the final say. I, a woman, will not get involved in that."

Bao Suyun invited Zhang Lezi out with a cold face, but also refused to accept the gifts he brought.

Looking at the closed courtyard door, Zhang Laizi was helpless. Xiangzi's mother, who was waiting at the door with her shoulders hunched, came over and looked at the courtyard door resentfully, with a look of panic on her face.

"It's over, it's over. Even a good-tempered person like Bao Suyun won't speak for us anymore. Xiangzi is really hopeless this time..."

"Shut your mouth!" Zhang Laizi suddenly turned his head and gouged the woman viciously.

"Why can't you remember the lesson learned some time ago? It's obvious that everything is over, but I went to the county to find an errand for him, so you can watch him at home."

"You encouraged him to do bad things again. Are you, mother and son, deliberately trying to trick me to death? Ah?"

Xiangzi's mother was very afraid of Zhang Laizi losing his temper, but at the same time she felt aggrieved.

"I didn't encourage him. He came up with the idea on his own. I just didn't stop him..."

"Thank you for being able to speak out!" Zhang Laizi stamped his feet.

He pointed at the woman's nose: "What a loser a loving mother is, if you had stopped him in time and said some words of instruction to him, he would not have come to this point. You are such a scourge, you have killed us!"

Xiangzi's mother opened her mouth and cried, "Why am I protecting my own son? Who will it hurt if I love him more? You know how to be mean to me. Everyone in the village bullies me these days. How can I survive?"

Life is worse than death..."

Zhang Laizi slapped the woman on the face and said, "Then you go and die, I won't stop you!"

After saying these words, he picked up the gifts on the ground and turned around and left angrily.

At night, Zhang Lezi came to Yang Huazhong's house carrying rich gifts.

Standing at the door, timid, with a fawning smile on his gray face, he no longer had the same atmosphere as when he came before.

Yang Huazhong sighed secretly and asked Xiaohua to take the two children to the backyard. Even the Sun family was sent away. This was also a courtesy to Zhang Laizi.

Zhang Laizi naturally understood Yang Huazhong's intention. When Yang Huazhong invited him to come and sit at the table, he nodded gratefully and came over with his things.

"Third brother, I know your family is in need of everything. This is a little thought from me. Don't dislike it..."

He put the things on the table and said these scene words carefully.

Yang Huazhong frowned and shook his head: "Brother Legg, you also know what kind of person I, Yang Huazhong, am. I don't like these phonies."

"Come here to see me. I also know what you are here for. You will take the things back later. Now sit down and we will discuss the matter."

Zhang Laizi's face turned red, he nodded, came and sat down in front of Yang Huazhong.

If Yang Huazhong, like several village elders, had changed his attitude toward him because of the gift, he would have been able to express his plea for mercy that he had planned for a long time.

But Yang Huazhong didn't play his cards according to the routine, which made Zhang Laizi immediately confused. He didn't know what to say or do next, so he had to follow Yang Huazhong's instructions and sit down opposite him, and lowered his head.

Seeing Zhang Xiangzi's dejected look, Yang Huazhong had no choice but to get straight to the point: "Zhang Xiangzi's matter is no longer as simple as ordinary petty theft. The nature of this is too bad and the impact is too bad.

If you want to go out of your way to plead with me and let him out, I won't go around in circles with you. This is impossible because he is already an extremely dangerous person and the black sheep of our Changping Village, and must be severely punished!"

After Yang Huazhong's words, Zhang Laizi was directly thrown into the basin of cold water. From his fingers to the soles of his feet, it was completely cold.

Zhang Laizi raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Lao San, I will kneel down for you, is it okay for me to kneel down?"

He made a gesture to slide down, and Yang Huazhong roared.

"What are you doing? You're crying and kneeling. Are you relying on me? If you don't sit down and talk, I will fall out with you!"

Zhang Laizi was frightened by Yang Huazhong's majestic look and quickly sat back.

"Lao San, I, I, to tell you the truth, I have found a job for Xiangzi in the county these days. My original intention was to send him out of the village. I didn't expect that he would make a mistake when I stepped in front of him.

,I, I have really been thinking of ways to deal with this matter!"

Zhang Lezi and Yang Huazhong were talking to each other in tears, which made Yang Huazhong frown.

"Don't cry, just tell me how you plan to handle this matter next!" Yang Huazhong said, "I can tell you, it's not okay to send him to the county town to do errands now. He may return to the village at any time.
Chapter completed!