"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let my neighbors know about this."
Citron leaned against the door and said nothing, while his wife, Zhong's sister Huanze, cried and pulled Zhong to tell the whole story.
Now, Li Zheng has led dozens of people to block the door of their home. From time to time, people stand on tiptoes and look inside. Most of them are village women who are watching the excitement and don't mind the trouble.
And those shouts, either filled with indignation or gloating about misfortune, were heard endlessly, making the ears hurt...
Zhong sighed and turned around. His two children, who were still young, were so frightened by the battle that they burst into tears. The mother quickly held them in her arms, covered their ears, and told them not to cry... but
This weak comfort still couldn't stop those shouting that made the tiles tremble:
"Zhong, you should come out and say something!"
"Why are you so annoying? Come out quickly and explain the matter clearly!"
Zhong has never been a person who likes to stand out. This month, he has even more confidently handed over the main pillar of the family to his middle brother Heifu. Watching Heifu make the life of the family better little by little, watching the originally ignorant third brother
Jing also stepped into the right path, and felt that as the eldest brother, all these years of hard work had not been in vain...
But now, one of his two younger brothers has gone to Banli and may be concentrating on reciting the laws. The other is carrying a copper ax and going to the mountain to chop firewood. Before going out, he boasted that he would carry a month's worth of firewood back.
Just his small body, okay?
Zhong shook his head. Now, he is the only one left in the family, and there is a more honest and kind person than him.
"Good man..."
Zhong's wife Kui came over tremblingly and said in a tearful tone: "If there is really no other way, then just agree to Li Zheng. It's just a stepping stone, and let Li Zheng and everyone else use it.
So what..."
Ever since she married Zhong, the Satsuma family has been resentful. In recent years, this kind of revenge has become more and more obvious. Aoi is really a little scared, and even thinks with shame that the family's predicament is all caused by herself.
"That's right."
Huan Ye wiped his tears, grabbed Zhong's arm and said, "Brother Uncle, although I promised Brother Zhong not to show this thing to outsiders, at this point, there is really nothing we can do, so let's hand it over first."
I have already smashed the one at home, which is considered worthy of my brother, but now, I really can't resist it. There are so many people outside, all from the countryside. If we insist on not giving it, what will they think of us in the future? I'm afraid that among the people here,
I can no longer stand..."
After listening to the advice of his wife and sister, he nodded heartily.
Another loud shout came from outside: "Zhongzheng, if you don't come out, we will go in by ourselves. Your mother and children will be frightened by then, but don't blame us for not being compassionate!"
Kui and Huan suddenly turned pale, while Zhongze frowned slightly, then returned to his usual calm state.
He turned around, glanced at his frightened mother and crying children, and then forced a smile to his wife and sister.
"I'm going out right now. Kui, Huan, you, take your mother, Yang, Yue, and Chen into the house. Close the door. Don't be afraid. Nothing will happen."
After his wife, sister, mother and child hid in the house and closed the door tightly, Zhong sighed. He waved his hand and asked Citron to get out of the way. He opened the thin wooden door with his own hands...
Creaking, the door opened, Zhong stepped on the threshold with one foot, and kept the other foot inside the threshold. He held the door with his left hand and covered his back with his right hand.
He raised his head and saw the familiar mulberry forest and the road outside, which were filled with people standing inside. It was so dark that there were probably dozens of people, most of whom were familiar faces, but at this moment, their faces and mouths looked so ugly and unfamiliar.
As for Li Zheng, standing in the middle of the group of people, with his hands on his waist and arrogant, he saw Zhong Kaikai slowly opening the door, and his face suddenly lit up.
"Zhong, I knew you would come out..."
Zhong is a person who doesn't want to stand out. On weekdays, even if eyes are focused on him, it will make him feel embarrassed.
He knew that at this moment, his face must be pale.
Zhong didn't dare to look at the crowd anymore, but turned his head and looked at the door.
The door of our house is no longer as shabby as it was a month ago. After brother Zhong came back, he and Citron found good wood and made a strong wooden door. They also found paint, and the three brothers spent half an hour to paint it.
Painted black and shiny, it looks very decent.
This door looks like their home. After being decorated, it takes on a new lease of life.
But today, the unscrupulous people outside threw clods of dirt at me and dyed the wooden door into a big painted face.
Feeling a little distressed, he stretched out his hand and brushed off the remaining dirt on the door. Then he gritted his teeth and hit his injured leg that couldn't stop shaking! Don't be afraid!
"You can humiliate me and bully me on weekdays, but if you want to humiliate my family and scare my family, don't even think about it!"
Then, he pushed all the wooden doors open with all his strength!
When the door opened wide, Li Zheng and everyone at the door saw that a wood-chopping knife appeared in Zhong's other hand!
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"Zhong, what are you going to do?"
Li Zheng saw the weapon in Zhong's hand, and his expression changed: "We can tell you, but you just don't want to take out that weapon and share it with everyone in the city? Why are you so petty!"
Sharing? It is not difficult for Zhong, but his brother Zhong once quietly told him that the family's Tashi might be rewarded with another meritorious service, which would bring the family's life to a higher level.
Zhong didn't understand this, but believed Heifu's words, as if they had never made rice cakes before, but under Heifu's guidance and working together to make it, it tasted really good.
The same goes for this matter, he just needs to trust his brother and keep the secret for him.
But now, the news has been leaked, and Li Zheng is inciting his neighbors to use the power of the crowd to threaten him by "sharing it with Li people" and forcing him to hand over the bucket.
He knew very well that once this group of people were allowed to cross the threshold and take away the treadle, what Brother Zhong was about to do would probably be out of the question.
If when brother Zhong comes back, he finds that the house is in a mess, the treadmill has been taken away, and the mother and children are frightened, how should Zhongdang explain to him?
As a brother-in-law, how could he have the dignity to say "An Xin is outside"?
Thinking about this, facing Li Zheng's question, he opened his mouth and finally responded.
"Upright!"
Zhong hadn't spoken loudly in front of so many people for a long time. His voice had a slight change in pitch and was a bit hoarse, but everyone could hear it clearly.
"Since you like sharing so much, why not take out your cattle, farm tools, and field slaves and let everyone in the city share them? Why do you want to take away my tools?"
In a word, Li Zheng was stunned, and the people there also looked at each other.
Is this still the honest, cowardly person they know, who dares not speak loudly to others?
Being robbed by Zhong in front of everyone, he couldn't lose any face, so he said angrily: "Zhong, I didn't expect you to be so stubborn. It seems you want us to go in and get it by ourselves!"
After saying that, under Li Zheng's order, several field slaves from Li Zheng's family walked forward.
Zhong pointed at them and warned loudly: "Let's see who dares!"
"He is a useless person, what can he do? Rush in!" Li Zheng kept urging from behind.
Several people came together and couldn't help but take half a step back. After hesitation, they took another step forward!
He tried hard to recall the words he saw when he was helping his brother recite the laws that day, the words that impressed him deeply...
Just when those people were about to reach the door, Zhong raised the hatchet with one hand and slashed it into the air in front of him, while shouting loudly:
"The law says that if someone enters a house without any business, the master will kill him at the right time. He is not guilty! Let me see who dares to come forward! Don't blame me for not recognizing the villagers with the knife in my hand!"
At this time, Citron behind him also stepped out of the threshold with a small hammer. The eight-foot tall man stood side by side with Zhong and gave out an angry rebuke to those people!
The field slaves were frightened and took a few steps back. They looked back at their master, trying to make sure whether this was true...
Li Zheng was also stunned. Just when he didn't know what to do, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly sounded from behind everyone.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
What followed was a roar like thunder!
"My uncle said it well! Anyone who breaks into a house without any reason will be shot without guilt! Let me see who dares to step even half a step across the threshold of my house without permission!"
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PS: Anyone who enters a house or a house without any reason, gets on a vehicle or a boat, or leads someone to commit a crime shall be killed immediately and is not guilty. --- "Two Years of Laws and Laws of Thieves", there will be an additional chapter at 12 o'clock in the evening.