Chapter 38: The price of being a thief
Qinghe Village is very lively today. There is a woman under the big willow tree.
"Ouch! Doesn't this belong to that family?"
The villagers ate the melons one after another. It turned out that the seedlings of Mr. Wang’s family were stolen by his own family.
The woman's eyes were swollen and she looked like she had been crying all night. Now that the scandal was revealed to the public again, she felt not only regretful but also uncomfortable.
Everyone's scoldings made her shameless to see anyone, and she didn't know if her father-in-law would beat her to death when she went back.
At this time, Wang Chang's family did not know that such a shameful thing had happened to their family.
Wang Yongcai didn't sleep all night, what should he do? Could it be that his mother-in-law was beaten to death? No, no, at most, she could bring someone to ask for an explanation.
"What evil things have you done? Look at how you are so cowed!"
Wang Chang couldn't bear to see his useless son. He was so timid that he couldn't achieve great things.
"Dad, it's okay, it's okay!"
As long as the matter has not been revealed and the delay is temporary, why don't you go out and avoid it?
"Dad, something big has happened. The head of Qinghe Village, the one named Cao, wants you to go out and talk about matters related to our family." The speaker was a fat woman.
She is the daughter-in-law of Wang Changben's second son. She is a bit lazy. She was the woman who secretly hid the candy last time.
Wang Chang was preparing to go to the town. He was holding a dragon-headed cane and was dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law's yelling: "Why are you panicking? Speak calmly. What do they want from me in Qinghe Village?"
The person who came forward this time was the mayor of Qinghe Village, who went directly to the mayor of Dakan Village.
The head of Dakan Village wants to keep things private. They can just handle the Wang family's affairs themselves, so why bother him.
"What do you want from me?"
Wang Changben acted as if he had something to say as soon as possible. He found a bench and sat down, placing his hands on the crutches, waiting for Cao Defa who was standing to speak.
Old Man Cao walked forward. What he couldn't stand the most was this arrogant old man.
"Even your family members don't even know that we caught a seedling thief in our village yesterday. Guess who it was?"
Old Man Cao is a swindler, and you can tell by the look of the person in front of him that he still doesn't know.
"Why did you catch a thief in your village and do me a favor? Are you asking my Yongji to do something?"
Wang Changben's first thought was to ask him to do something, because his son was in the sixth class of class three.
In the yamen, he is the one who has the right words, and there are many people asking him to do things.
"I do have something to ask for. There were two people who stole the seedlings last night, but unfortunately one escaped. The one caught now is still tied under the big willow tree in our village.
Yongzhi is from the Yamen, and he will definitely uphold justice and help us arrest the other one. You must know that the two of them committed a heinous crime of stealing seedlings and reselling them, and they only ruined other people's crops."
Wang Chang listened, but didn't express his opinion. He must know that you can't give something good when asking for help. This is because he doesn't understand the rules or he wants his help in vain.
"Yongzhi is just a minor official. He is in charge of financial matters. He is not responsible for arresting people. He is busy! Just go to the Yamen and report to the official. Then you can go to Yongzhi for everything."
Cao Defa sarcastically said: "This thief is an old acquaintance or a member of your family. How dare you report to the official? It's better not to do it privately."
Wang Changben reacted for a while, then stood up suddenly: "Nonsense! Nonsense! Whose thief! Don't try to build relationships with my family!"
Cao Defa is not used to this bad-tempered old man. Let's make it clear that your third son took his wife and became a thief in the land.
Now I'm waiting for your family to pick him up. If he doesn't pick him up, he'll go to the prison to pick him up.
Wang Chang didn't believe it. He was so angry that he coughed and his eyes bulged out of his sockets.
"You should hand over your third son. He abandoned his wife and ran away last night."
Wang Changben walked home angrily, and his daughter-in-law asked what happened.
"Wang Yongcai! Get out of here!"
"Dad, what are you doing to the third child? He just went out, and Mrs. Zhu is also missing. I don't know where to hide."
The person complaining is Wang Yongsheng's wife, Ma, who is doing all the cooking today.
Not to mention that Wang Chang was not feeling well at all, and his cane was making a clanging sound.
Father Wang sat under the big willow tree and waited. He needed an explanation.
This time more than one or two people from the Wang family came, and things got really big.
When the two parties meet, it can be said that they are jealous, and in the past they were concerned about face.
Now Wang Changyi did not give Wang Changben face at all and directly exposed the person to the public.
Now the two families are starting to fight, and Father Wang's family is taking the lead.
"Get out!" Wang Changben pulled his son Wang Yongcai out from behind and kicked him directly in front of Mr. Wang.
"Uncle Third, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was obsessed with money."
Wang Yongcai apologized and slapped himself in the face. He was so unlucky. If he had known better, he should not have been greedy and stopped in time. How would he be where he is now?
"Third brother, I leave this person to you. You can deal with it how you want. There is no way to discipline him.
This is a knife. If you become a thief, your hands and fingers will be cut off."
Wang Changben threw out a machete for chopping pig grass, which was still rusty.
Zhu didn't eat, drink or sleep all night. She was originally very haggard, but now she was frightened by the knife and fainted.
Fang Cuiying and the other women looked at the knife and then at their father-in-law. Do they want to chop it?
"Dad! I know I was wrong! Don't cut my hand! I know I was wrong!"
Wang Yongcai had already crawled to Wang Changben's feet on his knees, sobbing and kowtowing.
Father Wang looked at the knife on the ground. His eldest brother knew how to be a good man. If he cut it today and so many people were watching, it would be too cruel and ruthless.
Feng Caidan watched from the side, this Wang Yongcai was really stupid, he didn't even understand his father's trick, and he couldn't even ask for help.
The embroidered shoes lightly kicked Wang Yongcai, and the embroidered handkerchief in his hand signaled to beg his third uncle. The person who wanted to kill him was from over there.
Wang Yongcai was not too stupid. He crawled to Father Wang's feet and cried bitterly for mercy. His forehead was bruised and bleeding.
Everyone was sure that Mr. Wang would not dare to kill anyone, so he could only suffer.
Father Wang was picked up by the person opposite him. If he didn't chop him, he would be very upset.
Dad Wang picked up the knife on the ground and walked towards Wang Yongcai step by step.
Wang Changben's hand holding the cane began to tighten, as he really wanted to chop his son.
No way! No way!
The people in the village began to raise their hearts and really wanted to see blood. Everyone could see that Wang Chang was just showing off.
"Ah - no, no."
Wang Yongcai dared to beg for mercy, but now he just wanted to escape. Unfortunately, he was tied up and could not escape.
"father!"
Wang Yongan and others did not expect that their father would come for real.
"ah--"
Before anyone could react, especially Wang Changben, his crutches dropped in fright and he rushed forward.
A few finger joints rolled off in the dust, and blood splattered everywhere.
Wang Yongcai's howl of pain was so frightening that everyone covered their eyes.
Zhang Guihua and other women started shouting. They had never seen her father-in-law so ferocious, and he would chop him off whenever he asked.
"San'er, your body, hair and skin are all inherited by your parents. It's a pity that you are not good at what you do, want to be a thief, and do it so brilliantly. Those seedlings will be life-saving food for my family in the second half of the year. Since you have never thought about my family's life and death, now
Cutting off your fingers is also an explanation given to me by your father.
No matter you hate me in the future, you have to remember this lesson for me. I, Wang Changyi, have fought in battles, been through life and death many times, and no one has dared to bully me."
What Father Wang said was not only for Wang Yongcai, but also for his family, and also for everyone.
An Ran was so shocked by Father Wang like this that she never thought she would actually chop him down.
Chapter completed!