Father Lin almost fainted from the pain. The carriage bumped into his back, knocking him down and then ran over his legs.
The carriage is not heavy, so the injury on the leg should be fine. But on the back... Anyway, there is only one feeling, which is pain!
I couldn't tell where it hurt, I just felt the pain all over my back. Chu Yunli stopped the carriage and turned around and said: "It's our matter. Although I hit you, I should compensate you. But we can't have the final say in this matter."
, if I gave you the money and you still come to trouble me in the future, I can’t explain it clearly. So, what should I do about this matter? I have to find someone to testify."
Father Lin didn't want to solve the problem at the moment. He just wanted to find a doctor to treat his back.
I heard the woman on the carriage say briskly: "You wait here, I'll call someone!"
Father Lin looked up again, only to see the carriage going further and further away.
It's strange, wasn't this road used to be filled with people returning home from work?
Father Lin had already planned to hit the carriage here.
After the collision, if she was willing to honestly compensate, everyone would be happy. If not, he would shout that there should be someone on the roadside, and if it was louder, people at the entrance of the village should be able to hear it.
But now, let alone shouting, he felt that even breathing was painful. It seemed that he would faint in the next moment and never wake up.
While waiting, Father Lin really felt that he might die here.
What a way to make money, at this moment, he really regretted it!
After Chu Yunli drove the carriage home, he looked at the two children, then went to the entrance of the village, informed everyone, and then went to find the village chief. A group of people rushed in the direction of Father Lin.
Seeing the people curled up on the ground unable to move, some people called for a doctor, while others blamed Chu Yunli: "You hit someone and didn't ask for help to find a doctor. How could you leave the person here?"
Some people wondered: "Could it be intentional?"
Chu Yunli suddenly turned to look at the speaker: "You must speak responsibly and don't open your mouth. If he is injured like this, he will have to pay for it with real money! If I did it on purpose, why should I bring you here? Anyway, he
No one here knows either."
Soon, the village chief and several respected elders of the Lin family in the village arrived.
Chu Yunli stepped forward and said: "I don't know why he appeared here. Anyway, I bumped into someone. I don't mean to shirk responsibility. I came to the elders because I sincerely want to solve the matter. To put it bluntly,
I mean, it’s just for compensation.”
"I said it bluntly in front of everyone. I was the one who injured the person, and I am willing to hire a doctor for him. I will pay for all the medical expenses and medical expenses..."
"What about the manpower to serve him? How do you calculate it?" Mrs. Zhou, who was supporting Lin's father, raised her head at this time: "Also, he is so seriously injured, he must need good things to replenish his body. Who will provide these?"
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "Then you mean, I can just pay the money?"
"Yes!" Old Mrs. Lin emerged from the crowd: "We don't want you to find a doctor. People don't tell secrets. With the hatred between our two families, we don't dare to drink the medicine you asked the doctor to buy!"
Chu Yunli nodded: "You can pay money, how much do you want?" Facing the Lin family's joy, she took the lead and said: "Think about it before you speak. If you talk nonsense, I will not only refuse to pay, but I will also go to the prefect."
Help me make the decision."
Then he explained: "How many people have been hit by oxen and horse-drawn carriages on our road? The horse-drawn carriages cannot go too far. Who is walking in the middle of the road? I admit that I was wrong, but he is not innocent either."
Everyone: "..."
Listening to her explanation, it sounded like she was deliberately blackmailing someone.
Let's put it this way, no matter the cattle or horses raised, they are all afraid of people.
When the horse saw someone on the road, he avoided it if he could. It was not late at this time, and the carriage should not be very fast. Under such circumstances, how could it hit someone?
There are so many oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages in the village, but they never hit anyone all year round!
The more I think about it, the more suspicious it becomes.
Father Lin was surrounded by everyone, and he felt suffocated. His body was in too much pain, and his ears were buzzing so loudly that he couldn't calm down and listen to what they said. He kept looking towards the town, only to
I hope the doctor will come faster, even faster.
Sensing everyone's gaze on him, Lin's father raised his head, and Mrs. Zhou beside him said quickly: "Luo Hongyue means that you are deliberately blackmailing people!"
Father Lin: "...she bumped into me on purpose!"
Chu Yunli raised his eyebrows: "Is there anyone in the world who thinks money is too much? I bumped into you on purpose, and I want to pay you with money! My two sons can't leave yet, and there will be plenty of places to spend money in the future. That money
Instead of giving you flowers, I might as well buy the meat myself."
That makes sense!
Father Lin was so angry that he scolded: "Who is not afraid of pain? I have been injured like this, who dares to say that I did it on purpose?"
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "We didn't mean it, how much compensation do you want?"
Old Mrs. Lin didn't want to delve into the reason, gritted her teeth and said: "Twenty taels."
Chu Yunli waved his hand: "Isn't this bullying? Let's ask the prefect to uphold justice."
As she said that, she took out her coins and prepared to find someone. Mrs. Zhou became anxious and hurriedly got up and pulled Old Mrs. Lin to the side. She whispered: "Mom, we can't look for you. The two of us discussed it before he went out today. It was originally
If you want to get hurt and get some money, who knows..."
Old Mrs. Lin's eyes widened and she wished she could strangle her new daughter-in-law to death. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's such a bad idea, why don't you come by yourself?"
Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "Mom, now is not the time to talk about this. It is important to stop the person quickly."
Indeed, someone over there had already stepped forward to take the money and wanted to go back to set up the cart. After a while of delay, the person left.
Old Mrs. Lin glared at her new daughter-in-law bitterly: "I'll settle the score with you later!"
After putting down her words, she returned to the crowd: "For the sake of the two children, ten liang."
Chu Yunli laughed angrily: "Just treat them as if they don't exist. I don't need you to look after them. I'll give you four taels to heal your wounds. Besides, I gave away four taels of wealth today when I went out. It's really unlucky.
.No more, if you are willing to ask the prefect to make the decision, I will accompany you at any time!"
The Lin family is now afraid of the government office. Besides, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law know very well that if this matter is not investigated, how can they dare to go to the government office?
Mrs. Zhou was a little reluctant: "Four taels is too little. You have so much money, you can help other families in the village, why can't you help the child's grandfather..."
Chu Yunli was speechless and sneered: "You are four liang less? Let me tell you how much less is less? Who can afford so much money to compensate for an accident? As for the child's grandfather, it is even more unreasonable.
.From the time those two children were born until now, have you ever asked them? Have you ever taken care of them? How can you be so embarrassed to be their elders?"
She took out four silver coins and said: "The Lin family pretends that they don't exist, and they also pretend that they don't have this family. People live with a face, so don't come here to get married in the future."
She handed over the money, and Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhou both reached out to take it. Chu Yunli collected the money: "Before giving the money, we have to write a deed. Otherwise, what will happen if you come to pester me again in the future? Besides, who will give the money to?"
, and you have to write it clearly. If you ask me for money again in the future because the money is not in his hands, who should I talk to to reason with you?"
Everyone also saw the lawsuit between the Lin family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and felt that Chu Yunli's concerns were reasonable.
The village chief found a pen and ink, and began to write the deed: Luo Hongyue's carriage hit Lin Li, and the four taels of silver were stolen. The letter was written as evidence.
Because so many people came, there were only six witnesses.
Chu Yunli gave the money, folded up the deed, and began to recall the past: "I still remember when Li and I were together, and my son's grandfather went to the town to find someone to write a letter of separation. Later, when we didn't finish it, he ran away again without bothering us.
I added it after a trip to the town... At that time, I thought no one in the village could write, but I didn't expect that you could also..."
Talking about the past again inevitably reminds people of the two bowls of medicine that the Lin family knocked over when they separated. At that time, the Lin family... didn't even want Luo Hongyue to come out alive, right?
People in the village didn't know about their reconciliation. If Luo Hongyue died, they would all think that she suffered too much loss in giving birth to a child.
Comparing the two, everyone felt that the Lin family was only interested in profit, and Luo Hongyue was particularly kind.
Mrs. Zhou was a step too slow to pay four taels of silver coins, and was taken away by Mrs. Lin.
After the matter came to an end, the people in the village continued to live their lives as usual, but they all subconsciously alienated the Lin family.
However, Lin has a large family and does not need help from outsiders.
The morning in early spring was extremely cold, and Chu Yunli usually got up late. Sister-in-law Li came over early in the morning and was busy. When she got up, breakfast was already ready.
"Hongyue, the old man over there fell down last night."
Chu Yunli was surprised that this was really not her fault. She asked out of curiosity: "How did you fall?"
Sister-in-law Li lowered her voice: "I heard from the fat aunt next door that the Lin family had a quarrel last night. It seems that the Zhou family sent their children to study in the town and asked the Lin family for money. The old man and the old lady were not willing, and the two parties somehow refused.
The fight started, and then the old man fell to the ground. I heard that he couldn't get up at that time. I just saw Mr. Zhou going out, so he should have gone to ask a doctor."
The Lin family used to be quite wealthy, but Chu Yunli found a way to dig out all that money. Now, the Lin family only has the four taels she gave them yesterday.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got it, Mr. Zhou would send his son to study. Father Lin risked half his life to get the money. How could the Lin family agree?
When the money was paid yesterday, Chu Yunli saw it clearly. At first, Mrs. Lin was unwilling to give up, but later she was pulled over by Zhou to whisper a few words, and then she planned to put an end to the matter. Such a change can only be attributed to Mrs. Lin.
I learned that my son was deliberately blackmailing me. In other words, Mrs. Lin didn't know that Lin's father came to blackmail me. She just learned about it.
However, Zhou had already learned about this.
So, could it be possible that before Lin's father took action, the two of them had already discussed how to use the stolen money to educate their children?
Listening to this, Chu Yunli finished his breakfast. Just as he put down his bowl, there was another noise outside.
Old Mrs. Lin ran out to ask for help and asked her neighbors to help her find Mr. Zhou.
After asking, I learned that Mrs. Zhou had been asking for a doctor early in the morning, but had not come back at this hour. Mrs. Lin felt strange and subconsciously looked at her money, only to find that the few taels of silver she had just received yesterday.
All the remaining copper coins were gone.
The thing is very clear. There was a thief in the Lin family, and Mrs. Zhou ran away with the money!
For such a big matter, everyone who got the news went to help find someone. Some even gave the Lin family advice and asked them to report it to the official.
The Lin family was afraid of worrying the government office, but the amount of money was not a small amount. Mrs. Lin hesitated for a long time and said: "Look for someone first. If you can't find someone, then report it to the official."
When others talk about it, it is easy to say it. What if this person is just delayed for something and reports to the official indiscriminately, he will also get a slap on the face.
The Lin family now... Lin Hecang and his wife closed the door with their children to shoulder their burdens. Basically, regardless of their side, the Lin family father and son were both injured. The old man fell down last night, and now the entire Lin family is the only one left.
If you give her a complete blow, you can't afford to be punished again.
Otherwise, the whole family would be lying in bed waiting to starve to death!
People in the village went out in large numbers to look for someone in the surrounding area. When it was almost noon, Mrs. Zhou came back.
She came back by herself without a doctor. She cried all the way and looked very sad. When she entered the door, she knelt down and said, "Mom, the money you gave me was lost. I searched all the way and couldn't find it... You can hit me. Ten million yuan."
Don't hit my son."
There is too much information revealed in these words.
First, Mrs. Lin was mean and often beat and scolded her daughter-in-law. Second, Mrs. Zhou almost said clearly that Mrs. Lin not only beat her, but also her son.
Everyone secretly winked, and when Old Mrs. Lin looked in her eyes, she was so angry that she fell down.
Some things still need to be explained. Mrs. Lin has lived her whole life. Because she is a stable mother, she is very respected by the villagers. She has not yet been poked in the spine. She pointed her trembling finger at Mrs. Zhou kneeling on the ground:
"When did I hit you? Did I ask you to kneel down? Just kneel down! What are you worried about?"
Mrs. Zhou's face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly kowtowed: "I was wrong, mother, please don't be angry. You are old. If you get angry, it will be my daughter-in-law's fault."
She was so scared, which made people more certain that Mrs. Lin was mean.
When Mrs. Lin saw everyone's suspicious looks, her head was buzzing with anger and her vision went dark. She held on to the wall to keep from fainting.
"Shut up!" she yelled sternly.
Mrs. Zhou was so frightened that she trembled.
Mrs. Lin looked in her eyes and became angry again. None of this mattered, what mattered was her money!
Father Lin had a beating yesterday. He just called a doctor and was only given medicine for two days. The doctor told him that he had broken the bones in his back and had internal injuries. He would have to stay in bed for at least three months.
During this period, the medicine cannot be stopped and the body must be replenished. If the money cannot be obtained... what should I do if my son is injured?
"Did you go to my house to get the money?"
When Old Mrs. Lin asked this question, at this moment she really hoped that her daughter-in-law was a thief and stole her money.
Mrs. Zhou looked surprised: "No, wasn't it the twenty coppers you gave me to hire a doctor for my father?"
Mrs. Lin was so anxious that her voice became hoarse: "What about my money?"
She rushed forward and reached out to search Zhou's body.
Mrs. Zhou let her search, and soon Mrs. Lin searched her whole body, but found nothing. She was so angry that she fainted.
There was another burst of excitement.
Things turned out like this, and with the current situation of the Lin family, no one in the village was willing to help. In the end, it was Lin Hecang who went to hire a doctor for the old couple.
Old man Lin broke his leg and had to have the bone reshaped. After old woman Lin woke up, her nose was crooked and her eyes were slanted. She couldn't even get out of bed, let alone work. The left half of her body was completely inoperable.
This is... paralyzing!
Everyone in the village said that the Lin family was having a bad time. They didn't know which evil spirit they had run into.
Mrs. Zhou worked hard and took care of the whole family, but... as a woman, she could serve her mother-in-law well, but she was powerless with her father-in-law and stepson.
Lin Heliang could only stand up and change his own clothes, and also changed his clothes for his grandfather.
Even before Chu Yunli made any move, the Lin family was already in such misery.
A few days later, on the third day that Chu Yunli Fucheng's roast chicken shop opened, Mrs. Zhou was limping when she took a large basin of clothes to the river to wash in the early morning. Not only that, her face and hands were all covered with
Bruises, everyone was surprised and immediately asked curiously.
Mr. Zhou hesitated and said that he had fallen.
Some people couldn't stand the fact that she was being wronged so much, so they immediately took her to the Lin family to seek justice.
But everyone in the Lin family denied it, saying they didn't do anything. They didn't even know how Zhou's injuries came about.
After that day, Zhou's injuries never healed. Finally, Zhou's natal family couldn't stand it and asked the village chief to go to Lin's house and insist on taking her away.
In the end, the Lin family failed to retain the "kind and kind" Zhou family.
After Zhou's death, the Lin family became even more miserable. Lin Hecang and his wife were also in trouble.
No matter what, this looks like a big pit. When will the end be revealed? No matter what, they are blood relatives, which can't be justified. In the end, the couple couldn't see or worry, and directly found a job covered by the city.
All moved over.
There are four people left in the Lin family's yard, and all four of them are bedridden. They can't get up, and they can't do any work.
At first, various families in the village helped them deliver meals, and the diligent woman even made an appointment to help with the laundry.
However, the clothes worn by normal people are completely different from those worn by bedridden people. Especially Mrs. Lin, she was seriously ill and could not control her bowel movements... Although the women in the village were diligent and willing to help with the work.
But that doesn’t mean they are willing to wash such clothes!
To put it bluntly, their own parents have not yet taken care of them like this.
So I hid whenever I could. In the end, no one wanted to go.
Chu Yunli still lived in the village and watched the Lin family's decline with cold eyes.
In her previous life, Luo Hongyue wanted to find her son, but the Lin family wouldn't let her. She ran away on her own and was beaten severely every time she was caught. She was also told that she was crazy... A lunatic was beaten and scolded, and even
If you lock him up, no one in the village will care.
Luo Hongyue was so concerned about her son's safety that she ran a few more times. The last time, she never woke up again.
It was a cool afternoon in early summer. Chu Yunli was helping her child walk in the yard when two women came over and passed by the yard talking in low voices. After they were far away, they turned around and came back, shouting: "Red Moon"
!”
Chu Yunli looked up and found that they were two women who often went to the Lin family to help. She asked suspiciously: "What happened to the two sisters-in-law?"
One of them said: "Your husband and your father-in-law have two children here. You should help them to some extent. You don't have to go by yourself. Didn't you hire Sister-in-law Li? Let her do it. Don't do more than just do it every day."
It’ll be fine in an hour.”
Chu Yunli: "..."
She really didn't expect that when she had such a tough attitude towards the Lin family, someone would dare to persuade her.
The woman next to her agreed: "Everyone gets old. Everything you do will be watched by your children. You don't want them to do the same to you when you are old, right?" She glanced at the house and cleaned it up.
He looked at the yard and the lush vegetable field there, and said: "The good life you have now is all given by the Lin family. As a human being, you must not forget your roots. As long as you give out a small amount of money, you can make the Lin family live a better life...
…”
Chu Yunli crossed her arms, straightened up and walked to the fence. She interrupted her rudely and said, "It's none of your business!"
Woman: "...Don't be so stubborn! Everyone in the village can't see you when you look up, so don't block your own road. Are you used to seeing me, an outsider, helping them wash their clothes?"
Chu Yunli sneered: "I'm used to it. I didn't ask you to help. We didn't know each other before. Why do you say these things to me?"
The woman gritted her teeth and said, "Don't force me! You are such an unfilial and disloyal person. The village should drive you out!"
Chu Yunli laughed angrily: "Then you should hurry up."
Whoever wants to be kicked out is not the decision of one or two people. After the woman returned, she visited various places for three days with the only purpose of driving away Chu Yunli, mother and son.
People in the village are not that mean. To be honest, Luo Hongyue is indeed a little cold to the Lin family, but they don't know the inside story, how can they force others?
Besides, if they are willing to help or not for a few days, that is their own business. Why should they ask others to help?
To put it bluntly, although the villagers felt that Luo Hongyue was wrong, they did not go to the extent of driving him out.
There was no result there yet, Chu Yunli had already moved, directly to the foot of the mountain in the town.
A large piece of wild forest was circled at the foot of the mountain for raising chickens. Anyone who was interested could find out that it was bought by the owner of the chicken shop in the town. The owner also wanted to build the yard in front for his own residence.
No one has moved in yet. People in the town think that the owner is a wealthy person from the city who wants to relax and just come to live there.
I never expected that she was actually from the village! She was also the unwanted daughter-in-law of the Lin family!
Where did she get the recipe?
No one knew, and no one asked.
The people in the village only regretted not having a good relationship with her in the first place.
If you get closer, people will ignore you at all. The high-walled courtyard made of blue bricks will not be seen by others, and you will not see it at all.
When the two children were one year old, they would both leave. After Chu Yunli moved to the town, she hired a new mother-in-law to help with cooking.
He didn't know much about the news in the village, but he asked Sister-in-law Li to keep an eye on the Lin family.
After Mrs. Lin was ill for a month, she never had sex in bed because there was no one to help her change her clothes. It was cold at night and she got cold. She soon fell ill. There was no medicine to treat her illness, and she developed a high fever, which lasted only a few days.
It's getting cold.
The funeral was organized with the help of the villagers.
A few days after she left, Lin's father passed away because he was too seriously injured and had not been properly treated. The villagers helped organize a funeral.
Old Man Lin didn't have enough money to hire a doctor for his bones. In the end, he couldn't heal them well and couldn't walk at all. At first, it was okay to have help from the villagers, but then the villagers stopped going, so he could only crawl on the ground and try to cook. After a few days
Months are gone.
On the other hand, Lin Heliang recovered from his injuries, but he was in a state of decadence and his legs were a little lame. He never got married again. He was hungry and satiated, occasionally stealing chickens and dogs, and became a well-known bastard in the village. People hate being idle.
, to be honest, in the end, some people even wanted him to die immediately. To avoid being stolen by him, there were many people in the village raising vicious dogs.
One night a few years later, when Lin Heliang went to steal something, he was bitten by a dog and died within two days.
People in the village helped the Lin family organize many funerals, all for the sake of being members of the same family. Although Lin Heliang was a member of the Lin family, after what he did, no one in the village was willing to help with the burial. In the end, one
The broken straw mat was rolled up and buried in the woods outside the village.
Chu Yunli's roast chicken shops are open all over Fucheng. Many people want to imitate the taste of roast chicken, but they always fall short. When mentioning Luo's roast chicken, everyone will praise it.
Luo Hongyue's life is legendary. After her two children grew up, they were quite talented in reading and eventually became officials in the imperial examination.
Many years later, people are still talking about the Luo family, which has a double scholarship. When Luo Hongyue is mentioned, everyone first admires her, and then some people say that the Lin family is blind and wants to give away a good child and a good daughter-in-law.
If you don’t know how to cherish, what is it but blindness?