As the birthplace of common law, Britain in the 17th century was actually somewhat similar to the native Qin Dynasty to some extent:
The relevant laws are defined for all possible things that may happen, which can almost be said to be an exhaustive approach.
It can range from triggering a war to being a quarrelsome parent, and you can find relevant punishment regulations even if you call you a stupid person.
Right is right, wrong is wrong, mistakes must be punished, there is no room for the word "reason".
But as a modern person in the 21st century, Xu Yun's concept of "punishment" is obviously different from that of the British in the 17th century.
He is not a holy mother, but from a normal person's point of view, it is a bit too harsh for a five or six-year-old child to be whipped twenty times with sea buckthorn for throwing cow dung.
In other words, the sentence is too harsh as the saying goes.
But if he chooses not to do anything and directly forgives her, leaving aside whether Xu Yun can relieve his anger, will Lilani repent?
This is obviously impossible.
Don't forget, in the real historical line, there was another unlucky guy who was once pranked by this naughty kid. At that time, Leilani was two years older than he is now.
Therefore, this behavior cannot be explained by the so-called 'unintentional mistake'.
So after some thinking, Xu Yun finally made the decision he made before.
There are degrees of evil, and the three blows of sea buckthorn that struck Lilani represented Xu Yun's judgment of the extent of her mistakes.
And hitting himself three times with sea buckthorn is the attitude expressed by Xu Yun:
In any case, Leilani is just a child after all, so out of his own moral quality, he chose to be punished together with Leilani.
Of course.
In fact, Xu Yun could also use the so-called "cousin to suffer the whipping" reason and let Xiao Niu be whipped on behalf of the little girl, and at the same time avenge the critical beating he received.
But after all, he is not Wang Qiang, so he cannot say such shameless words.
all in all.
After the ideas and concepts of the 21st century were bombarded time and again by the society and humanities of 400 years ago, Xu Yun finally made his own voice in this era.
Even if this voice is actually very small, so small that no one may hear it from now on, its significance cannot be ignored.
At least at this moment, everyone present was stunned by Xu Yun's performance.
Of course, everyone's situation is different.
The eyes of Mrs. William and the two twins were pure. They simply felt that Xu Yun's actions were a bit unexpected, and they were surprised out of their inherent cognition.
Lisa Askew's expression was a little more complicated, with a hint of deep thought that seemed to understand but not understand.
As for William Askew and the Mavericks...
Their expressions are not exaggerated, but the amount of information revealed in their eyes is much more than that of several women.
At present, British thought is at a point of intense collision and change. Therefore, although Xu Yun's approach is a bit over the top, for people like Mavericks, Lisa, and William who have received intellectual enlightenment (William is also a top student who graduated from Cambridge)
), but there will be no situation where he cannot be understood or even be secretly called "idiot".
After a while like this, William took a deep look at Xu Yun.
Walked to Lilani and rubbed her head:
"Lilani, why don't you say thank you to Mr. Fat Fish?"
Lilani was silent for a while. The five-year-old girl's limited mind was filled with question marks and an emotion she couldn't understand, but in the end she said dullly:
"Thank you, Mr. Fat Fish."
Xu Yun nodded with a teachable expression, and at the same time put his hands behind his back calmly, with an extremely strong thought in his mind:
Damn my cock, I pumped it too hard, it hurts like hell...
.........
Seeing that a prank that might have had bad consequences was solved relatively satisfactorily, William breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time regained his majesty as the head of the family.
He coughed lightly, turned to Mrs. William and asked:
"Honey, are today's lunch ready?"
Mrs. William pointed to the wild vegetables on the table:
"The wild vegetables and lentils have been almost cleaned and can be stewed in ten minutes at most - the lentils today are very fresh, and they are perfect for sandwiching bread."
William nodded with satisfaction:
"Okay, then you hurry up and get ready. I'll sit with Mr. Fat Fish for a while."
Mrs. William agreed, wrapped her apron again, picked up the handful of wild vegetables and returned to the kitchen.
William Escue led Xu Yun to sit by the fireplace, pointed to his four daughters and said:
"Mr. Fat Fish, you already know Lilani and Lisa, they happen to be my youngest and eldest daughters.
The remaining two are Elura and Andrea. As you can see, they are twins who are exactly 12 years old this year.
Elura, Andrea, please say hello to Mr. Fat Fish."
Compared to the liveliness of their eldest and younger sisters, Alula and Andrea were much shyer. The sisters bowed to Xu Yun in a low voice:
"Hello, Mr. Fat Fish."
Xu Yun responded with a nod:
"Hello, nice to meet you."
Elura and Andrea were very thin and looked like two small bean sprouts, not growing at all.
The reason for this is actually very simple:
Their growth stage highly overlapped with William's period of losing money, and they didn't have much opportunity to absorb nutrients.
And unfortunately, this situation also affected their future life trajectories - due to malnutrition, the two sisters died at the age of 38 and 41 respectively.
Of course.
There are also certain emotional factors involved, which will not be mentioned here for the time being.
After introducing his daughter, William started chatting with Xu Yun curiously - like Mavericks, he knew about the existence of Orientals, but had never come into contact with them.
Although there is a four-hundred-year difference in worldview between the two parties, William is still a college graduate from Cambridge University, and his vision and IQ are actually among the top of the group.
In addition, although I haven't made much money in recent years, I have been traveling around a lot, so when we talk, we are like a man from a fishing club, knowing a little bit about everything.
So after a chat, Xu Yun found that he and William unexpectedly clicked together.
What, you ask, what is Maverick doing at this time?
Of course it's blah blah blah...
About twenty minutes passed like this.
Mrs. William walked out of the kitchen with thin steps, holding a steaming crucible in both hands.
