The husband's son-in-law

After only a few days, the man Hua Niang couldn't stand it anymore and wanted Hua Niang to come back. Otherwise, whoever cooks, does laundry, and cleans the house, these few days are ice pots and cold stoves, and there is no hot food, so they can't spend money all the time. .

"Lazy man, do you want a wife? My aunt told you, if Huaniang comes back this time, you have to treat Huaniang well, and don't dare to do that again. How can this be possible?"

Seeing the lazy man squatting at the entrance of the yard, the neighbor's aunt in the village couldn't help saying a few nice words.

"Look at the people in the village, who doesn't say that Huaniang is good, and will work hard to serve you as a cow and a horse for your family. How can you do this? Auntie just said it is ugly. If you broke Huaniang, who will cook for you?" no?"

Auntie can only talk like this, otherwise lazy people won't listen.She has lived most of her life. If the matter is not her own, then no one will understand their hardships of being women. All they have to do is to make it clear that when a person is broken, who will wash the clothes, who will take care of the children, and who will cook?

The lazy man was still stubborn, "It's not that I can't find her, she is so dirty, where else can she go besides me? Who wants her, she will be beaten back when she returns to her mother's house, and she will lose face .”

The aunt knew that the lazy man had listened to what he said, and her mouth was majestic and pretentious.I just sighed in my heart, Hua Niang really has a hard life, and she has suffered such a disaster in this life——

"The villain has been arrested, and the thief who killed Mrs. Hua has been arrested."

A man in the village came back in a hurry, wiped off his sweat in a hurry, saw the big guys gathered around him, and told what he saw in Zhaozhou City today, "...that gangster said he stole the money. Do something else."

Everyone listened, and then looked at the lazy man.

"Tell me about you, talking nonsense."

"Isn't that right, Hua Niang's temperament is said to be gone, and you are still not innocent, isn't this forcing Hua Niang to a corner?"

"I've never seen any man ruin his wife like this."

The aunts and women in the village spoke harshly about the lazy man, and they also vented their anger on Hua Niang. Fortunately, the old man caught the thief, otherwise Hua Niang would have a hard time when she came back.

"It can't be like this in the future, it's better to treat Hua Niang."

The lazy man was irritated by all the talking, and squatted there in a wimpy manner, without saying a word, and finally choked out a sentence: "Let's talk about it when she is cured, I didn't beat her for nothing, I don't even care about money. good……"

At this time, the whole village, even the lazy man himself, didn't think about it. When people come back, they come back, but they don't come back to continue living a useless life, but——

"Heli." Hua Niang said to the man with a thick gauze wrapped around her head.

When she came back into the yard, the man rushed to meet him. Huaniang dodged in fear, thinking she was going to beat her again, but she didn't. He heard the man say that the house was dirty and starved to death, and asked her to wash and cook. Why? Come back late.

Hua Niang said to see a doctor and drink medicine——

No money, don't worry about my money, those noble people take expensive medicines, you poor life use such expensive medicines...

Hua Niang listened to the words in her ears, and let out a long breath in her heart. She was nervous and drumming along the way, but now she spoke solidly.

"Heli, I will take care of my aunt."

The lazy man doesn't know what reconciliation is at all, and he still wants to beat Hua Niang, so he stands there stupidly for a long time, so hurry up and cook.But as soon as he raised his hand, he saw that the person who had beaten him last time came in from the yard.

This this……

Lazy people don't know what reconciliation is, so let's make it clear.When Hua Niang came back, the neighbors came to greet her and say good things, but she didn't expect to hear such a frightening thing.

"What? Hua Niang has never been with a lazy man?"

"Who else does she want to live with if she doesn't live with a lazy man? Don't there really be—"

Li Chun glanced over, and the villagers who had just said that there were people outside Hua Niang immediately shut up, remembering that they were going to pinch their tongues.

There was no one outside Hua Niang, and she didn't lose her innocence, she just didn't want to spend time with lazy people.

The lazy man naturally refused, and the sky turned upside down again. If you are such an unclean and lowly person, who else can you be with if you leave me?

"I can live a good life without you. I have been with you for so many years. I do the field work, and I still do the house work. When something happens, I don't look like a man who can stand in front of me. He hit me and said Just talk about me, just tell me what kind of man you are!"

"Marrying a man, marrying a man, dressing and eating, I followed you, what did I follow?"

"I can't live with you, but I can still have wages and take care of my aunt."

Hua Niang was also forced, and the blood, tears and grievances of these years are shaking happily today.The people in the village heard this, and the reasoning is so, but how can they say that it is not enough, they have only heard of men divorce women, but never heard of women divorce men.

How did this happen.

The elderly woman also persuaded Hua Niang, saying that the lazy man knows what is good and bad, but you dare not say that you can't get away from it, you don't even have a tile to cover you when you leave here——

"Yes. There is an almshouse in the city of Zhaozhou, which is dedicated to sheltering married women, abandoned children, and Zhaozhou people who have nowhere to go. I manage this place and have a place to live. There are quilts to cover and food to eat." Li Chun looked around, "Who wants to ask questions?"

Everyone was stunned, speechless, but it was not wrong.The village elders and the village chief all pointed at the sky and cursed at the heavens, saying that Hua Niang was the one who was punished by the gods, and Li Chun was also called a ghost who came out of a bad house.

Today is naturally inseparable from peace.

If Wen's can't come, then come to Wu.That day when Li Chun went back with Hua Niang, being scolded by the villagers behind him, Li Chun held Hua Niang's hand and said, "This is the beginning."

"I'm not afraid." Hua Niang didn't feel afraid, "When I was beaten and starved, I planed food in the field and my aunt fell into the water. They didn't live like me."

Then the next day, people from the Yamen came, and the Yamen servants entered the village and directly tied up the lazy man.The lazy man was so frightened that his legs went limp and his knees were pulled up. After being tied up, he dragged him to the city.Naturally, the whole village followed suit.

Don't look down on the lazy people in the village, but the lazy people are from their Zhangjia Village, and they are men from Zhangjia Village. If they commit any crime, they deserve it. No way, even Master Qingtian wasn't so confused.

There was a lot of movement, and the people in Zhaozhou City naturally watched the excitement.

Outside the yamen, many people gathered around to watch the excitement.Mr. Gu, who was once loved by the people of Zhaozhou, became a muddled official who 'disregarded public opinion' this time. He sat in front of the hall with a solemn face, and with a slap of the gavel, the people became quiet.

Hua Niang, Zhang Laihan and Li Shi, the people of Zhaozhou—everyone who stands here knows that they are almost the same.Gu Zhao asked the master to read the whole story again, and the lawsuit was directly sentenced.

"The official announces that Zhang's Huaniang and Zhang Lazy will reconcile."

When Hua Niang marries someone, she takes her husband's surname.

Mr. Gu waved his hand, even if the master was reluctant, many officials crushed him to death. Of course, he took the written and leaving the book, and asked the two people in the hall to press their fingerprints - he lived so old, so there is no I have seen officials who forced couples to reconcile.

What is this all about.

The village head of Zhangjia Village cried out for grievances outside the door, saying loudly that he could not reconcile or leave.

"Who is calling for injustice? Are you a flower girl? Are you the one who deserves to be beaten? If not, why are you calling for injustice?" Gu Zhao gave a chance and quickly retreated.

But the village head couldn’t cry, it’s not a rule, there hasn’t been such a thing since ancient times——

"Come here, beat the whip ten times to disrupt the discipline of the hall." Gu Zhao was merciless this time, and he said with an iron fist, "This official is different from the officials you know. If you say leave, you will leave. To be reasonable, now you I don’t understand, I only recognize one thing, since I took office, how is the food in the field? How is the people’s harvest? How is the travel?”

That is of course good.

But, but this matter of breaking up the couple——

"Lazy Zhang beat Hua Niang at home and was seriously injured. She was hung outside the yamen for half a day and given thirty lashes." Gu Zhao threw away the token and ordered it to be broken quickly.

Now everyone was in an uproar, and some people were dissatisfied, but they knew that they would be like the village head if they complained for the man again, so they just asked, "What if the woman beat the man? Mr. Gu, don't help the woman."

"The husband and wife severely beat people to the point of being disabled or dying. As long as the sufferer sues the yamen, they will all be reconciled. The female brother can be whipped [-] times, and the male can be whipped [-] times. They will hang outside the yamen for a long time." Gu Zhao looked at the yamen seriously. The person outside the door said, "If you ask why a woman only has twenty whips, why don't you ask why a man pays more for building roads?"

A man can survive thirty whips, and he can survive even if his skin is bruised and bruised. Now it's the turn of a woman who may be in danger of her life.In the final analysis, it was a Heli case, not a criminal case, and it couldn't really kill someone.

"The execution is not yet quick."

Gu Zhao shouted at the yamen servant in the hall, no one is delaying now, don't care about your injustice crying, shut your mouth, hang it outside and whip it, the village chief of Zhangjia Village in the hall was also whipped, ten times, Not a lot at once.

The speed of the trial is simply too fast. When people are drawn, the sentence will be over in two or three strokes. Whoever denies it and who is not happy, then the fight will be over. The village chief's yelling is an example.

To put it bluntly, in Zhaozhou, the mountains are high and the water is far away, and the head of the government is the Tu Emperor. In the feudal era, if Gu Zhao had tirelessly used human rights to influence, if equality between men and women and domestic violence were wrong, then stop doing things, it doesn’t make sense.

Come up directly to judge, refuse to accept, hit.

The power is suppressed, the brains are uncivilized, as long as you obey, you will take your time in the future, there are many examples, it is not a rare thing, education is also available now, four or five years, keep up with each generation, you will always know of.

Even if the lazy guy outside the yamen is gagged, he will cry miserably. Hua Niang will be so frightened that her legs will be weak. I lived with a man, but I didn't expect to beat him.

Wait until she begs the old master to spare me and stop fighting.

Gu Zhao: "I see that you are the sufferer who gave you a chance. If you cry again and beg to disturb the judge's judgment, you will also hang the door and whip ten times. If you kill your daughter, you will not have to raise it."

Immediately Huaniang didn't dare to cry and beg for anything.

But when everyone saw it, they couldn't tell that Mr. Gu had favored Hua Niang.

Mr. Gu is 'red-eyed', and if he insists on doing it his own way, it will be useless to anyone.Everyone looked pitiful, but no one had the courage to say a good word for the lazy man, lest he hit the iron plate of Mr. Gu, and reward you with a few whips by the way, then it would not be a joke, it was a real hit.

Hua Niang Zhang Lazy Man and Li's case can be described as an anecdote through the ages, and it spread throughout the entire Zhaozhou City within a short time.Naturally, they can say anything, but in this environment, most of the comments are: Even if a lazy man should not beat his wife, that flower girl is too immoral, how can she get along with her.

There are also men who scold Huaniang, saying that Huaniang will be punished and destined to live a miserable life.

As a result, on the second day, the yamen issued a notice, and the yamen servants naturally beat the gongs and drums and began to read-the almshouse.

The almshouse was built by the Zhaozhou government to take in women and husbands who had nowhere to go, and babies who were abandoned on the side of the road. They are really Zhaozhou people who have no way to live, regardless of gender or age...

Chen Jie is the dean, Li Chun is the vice dean, and enjoys the salary subsidy of Zhaozhou Yamen.

This notice is not only read by Zhaozhou City, but also conveyed to the villages outside Zhaozhou City, the five prefectures below, and the villages and towns under the prefectures. Take Huaniang Lazy and Li as an example——

Chen Erniang said: "There is also me. Since the people of Zhaozhou want to scold me and I am not worthy of being a woman, then scold me first. I am the first to reconcile."

So he wrote the case of Heli, the county magistrate of Tongmufu, the daughter of Zhizhou.

Gu Zhao thought for a while, and decided to open the first issue of the report. Naturally, he came up with an idea and let the people below do it—find a teacher who works in the school.Naturally, they had encountered some problems. These five literati teachers had complicated eyes, not condemning them, but wanting to say something, but they didn't know how to say it.

"Are you leaving the case because of reconciliation?" Gu Zhaoxian raised it.When the five met him, they didn't yell at him and point at his nose, saying that he had lost face as a scholar, or violated the traditional rules of yin and yang in the world, that means there was something else to say.

Gu Zhao poured the tea himself, while the other five said they dared not.

"The five teachers have been teaching books at the school for a long time. How are the students doing? How does it compare to the students in the private school?" Gu Zhao asked.

Liang Jinshi said: "Most female brothers are quiet and elegant. Although the courses are not as heavy as those of the imperial examination scholars, they are also caring."

Let me say a word.

Du Ruoyong said: "These girls can sit still, they have more stamina than I imagined, they are not afraid of hardship, they like to be clean, and they can learn the simple principles from the book quickly."

"Your Majesty Gu, if you have something to say, you should speak up." Some people still disagree with Gu Zhaohe's case, and their tone is stinging, so they should beat him if they have the ability.

Gu Zhaoze said: "I thought the five teachers volunteered to come to the school to teach, and they brought the students for such a period of time, so they shouldn't care about the worldly eyes. They really want to spread knowledge."

"If Zhaozhou doesn't run this school, and travels all over Dali, there will be no place where girls can study. Not to mention private schools, you can see them everywhere, but boys go to school, whether it's literacy or imperial examinations. Walking is always more convenient than female brothers."

"Reading wisely, you should judge right from wrong, not just because you are a man, you should be right everywhere."

Gu Zhao asked: "If there are women and brothers in the five families, they will marry inappropriate people, work all day to raise their children, and are often beaten, and their husbands' words are slanderous and innocent. What about you? Advise your children to be patient, Get used to being beaten, and it will be fine when you are beaten to death?"

Self is indispensable.

These five can't empathize with Hua Niang, it's because of their status, how can I say that they are much better than the lazy family, their daughters and brothers, naturally won't marry so badly, although they are not rich, but they don't have to worry about food and clothing. There are people who serve you.

"If it has been passed down for thousands of years, it must be right." Gu Zhao sighed, "We Zhaozhou people can understand right and wrong, and there is still a long way to go for everyone to live happily."

He pretended to be so sad and sighed, although he didn't blame the five teachers, but this behavior naturally made the five teachers reflect on themselves, and agreed that there is no distinction between teaching and distinguishing right from wrong. case.

The five people immediately introspected, and then accepted the arrival report promotion work.

Since then, these five teachers, every time they encounter something, don't make a decision immediately, but think in another way and think more.

There are short stories about Huaniang, a lazy man and Li, and there are also stories about Zhizhou Qianjin and the county magistrate and Li.These two cases were written into short stories. Gu Zhao, as the editor-in-chief, reviewed them and said that to pass them on to the people in the prefectures and counties. The script is the same...

Mr. Gu personally came to a paragraph, for example, he wrote that Hua Niang is a bone-thin woman, because she doesn't have enough to eat, she works all day long, so what about her man?Men are too lazy to work all day and let Huaniang do it all.

One day, Hua Niang went to work in the field to collect food, and asked the man to take a look at the young girl at home, but it turned out that the young girl fell into the water and almost drowned, and the lazy man watched from a distance, too lazy to move——

When Du Ruoyong heard this, he was excited and indignant, and said how could he be such a father.

"This is true, I didn't arrange it." Gu Zhao asked Mr. Du to write it like this.Unexpectedly, Du Juren also used the weekend to interview Hua Niang and Chen Erniang, and the last article and story that Gu Zhao read would scold the animal and scumbag man in the article.

The effect is top notch!

Since I want to create public opinion for Huaniang Chen Erniang, there will be a long time in the future, and people will still be alive, so they can't be drowned in spit wherever they go. Of course, it is also to pave the way for women who want to reconcile in the future.

Heli is not your fault, it is really hard to live, there is no way.

As soon as the report came out, the yamen servants read it at the gate of the yamen when they had nothing to do. Later, people in the teahouses in Zhaozhou City also talked about it. Some masters asked the literate servants at home to read the report. It is filled with righteous indignation and indignation.

"...This life is simply not for human beings, and I don't blame the two of you. If you don't get along, your life will be ruined."

"If you want me to say, I will be clean after death, and I will get a good reputation, but what about the children who stay?"

"Yeah, if it weren't for the children, who would want to go this way, and be scolded by poking the spine."

"How is Hua Niang now? Where can I go with such a young child?"

"Didn't Mr. Gu say that there is an almshouse?"

"I know that, I'm still going." This person is very lively, I have inquired about it early, and seeing everyone staring at him, I said: "The almshouse is in the east of our city, and it's not too far away. Baishan Road is on the way." , through two alleys, it is at the top of Huangjia Road, there is a big yard with a pine tree at the door."

"The gate of the yard looks old. It was built with an old yard that no one wanted. The inside is clean and tidy. The cement road is paved. There are several houses in front and back, and there are also stove houses. I didn't go in and look. The roof tiles are new. Yes, it’s all complete, the yard is drying bedding..."

Inside, Miss Chen Er is in charge, it's all right, who dares to go in and watch the excitement?

Therefore, the person did not see the person, but only the environment.

Hua Niang went back to work and returned to the factory, and some workers asked her. The big ones were all concerned. , I was given quilts and rice grains, and said that I would not charge money for the first three months, but I would only care about food and drink, and if I stayed there after that, I would pay ten cents a month for a room.”

"Only ten pennies? It's so cheap."

"What about the bedding and rice grain?"

Hua Niang said: "There is no money for the first three months, and I also gave you two clothes, winter clothes and summer clothes. After three months, the rice grains will be counted as half. Take care of it, the aunt won't use a few, and maybe not much after a month."

"Then you go to work, what will the aunt do?"

"Vice-principal Li will help to watch, and take care of a meal for the aunt. The aunt is very good, and she will be fine if she doesn't run around in the yard." Medicine money."

The fellow villagers heard that it was really good. Now that Hua Niang is on her day off, she and Auntie will only open their mouths when they go back, washing clothes and cleaning the house. There is no need to be busy on the day off for not touching the floor and being scolded. good.

"Then this poorhouse is a good place to go." Someone said enviously.

I was teased that you want to go, and you can go if you leave Heli.Now the envious ones didn't dare to open their mouths anymore, spit out a joke, and said: "My family's life is not that difficult, and it's not like Tonghua Niang who can't live like this. A man is still needed in the family..."

Whose family's life is not good, and they are going to some kind of poorhouse to live under the fence.

Hua Niang swallowed these bitter fruits.She was working with her hands, and her face became silent again, and she stopped talking.With such a look and silence, it is as if a person has been drained dry, rotted and dead. After many days, spring and autumn come, and the slowly necrotic place is pushed open by new shoots, giving birth to tender leaves. , and slowly grow alive, it is even more beautiful than the half-dead tree before.

This is of course a later story, and it will take time and years to heal.

Chen Fuzhong.

Chen Weng didn't say anything, but Mrs. Chen cherished her daughter and asked Jie Niang why the rumor about you was spreading everywhere, aren't you afraid of going out and being talked about.It used to be hidden in the bottom, although all the merchants and wealthy merchants in Zhaozhou City knew about it, but no one raised it up and said, now it’s like this——

Chen Erniang said she was not afraid, "Mom, I have lost face to the Chen family, but I can't watch other women being beaten to death."

"What's the point of losing face? If you want to lose it, it's Mu. People in Zhaozhou call people Mu." Chen Weng, who was silent, said something first.

Mrs. Chen is not because of this.

"Auntie is worried about your body. You are still in good shape, so you can say what you say. It's okay, but you can go to the almshouse to be the director of some kind. Are you in good shape?"

Chen Erniang said: "When the day goes by—"

"You kid, talk nonsense." Mrs. Chen got angry with a straight face.

Chen Erniang is almost [-] years old, and she is still called a "child" by her mother, and she immediately feels a strong reluctance in her heart. If it takes a long time, she still wants to spend more time with her mother and father.

"Okay, I won't talk anymore, don't be angry, Aunt."

In fact, Chen Erniang knows that she has been reported since she came back, and her story has spread. The sisters-in-law in the house are afraid that they will be dissatisfied, and they also have some opinions on Linniang. He thought that she, a "married girl", had been staying in the mansion for a long time, and that she had hurt the reputation of the Chen family's daughter.

But everything in life can't be perfect. She thought about moving out and taking Linniang to live in the poorhouse. The conditions there are a bit worse, but she can always avoid the difficulties of her parents and the embarrassment of her elder brother and younger brother.But she wanted too much to get close to her family, so she could only pretend that she didn't know it, and just let it go.

... Anyway, there are not many days left.

No matter how deviant the Heli case was, it was unheard of at the time, and after only one and a half months, no one mentioned it, and they all lived their own lives.Otherwise, why don't you just chase after the excitement and just listen to the fun?

The housekeeper of Li's mansion has changed, and it was recommended by Li Chun, a young and skinny man.

Li Zhouzhou was slightly surprised when he heard that it was a man, thinking that Li Chun was wrong.

Li Chun said: "As soon as I leave the mansion, there must be someone who can hold me back. The local girls in Zhaozhou can't hold back those from the outer courtyard. They are used to obeying men. This man's surname is Zhou, and he is loyal to the mansion. The most important thing is It wasn't someone else who got in."

At that time, Gu Zhao was there, and they all looked at Li Chun more.

Li Chun has always been an inconspicuous existence in the mansion, trying to lower his sense of existence as much as possible.Later, Gu Zhao heard what Zhou Zhou said, and then realized that Li Chun's lowered sense of presence was in front of him and his father, and he had a different look towards his servants and Zhou Zhou Fubao.

When Li Zhouzhou met the surnamed Zhou, he decided on the position of housekeeper first, and looked at it more.

It was time for Li Chun to go to work, but he didn't leave for a long time, saying that he should pack up his things and handle the affairs of the house properly. Until Fu Bao's rest day after school, Li Chun didn't stay in front of Fu Bao to play with him, and he was still as usual. If you need to be close to wipe your face and sweat, if you don't need it, just look at it from a distance.

Li Chun left after Fubao went to school on Monday.

"It didn't say that you can't come back if you go to the poorhouse, this is still your place." Li Zhouzhou said to Li Chun, "You took my family name, and you are considered half of the family."

Li Chun remained silent, kowtowed three times on his knees, and hummed.

Later, Gu Zhaotong said to Zhou Zhou, "I think about it carefully, this Li Chun is quite capable."

"Yeah, when we were in Beijing, we didn't show our face. Knowing that Mother Lan was guarding her, she didn't stand in front of us, no matter what the reason was. When I came to Zhaozhou all the way, Li Xia was the housekeeper at that time, so she didn't say a word. It didn't make any noise, as Li Xia fell ill in the south, Li Chun took over and worked in an orderly manner."

In fact, Li Zhouzhou sees everything in his eyes. He is a housekeeper, and he is also a housekeeper when he dispatches and employs people.

"I just arrived in Zhaozhou, I have a child at home, I only believe that I brought it here, and then slowly, Li Xia went to the shop, Li Chun stayed behind as a housekeeper, and the front and back yards sent people, purchased, and distributed money, and did it meticulously , she has a hurdle in her heart that she can't get over, with hatred, but she is soft-hearted when it comes to children."

"The lazy man was beaten last time, and he was very gentle with Hua Niang's daughter. I wanted to transfer Li Chun to the poorhouse. She has a cold face and a soft heart. A child can also ease some of Li Chun's hatred."

Live life for a long time with hatred and bad memories, and you will not be able to live your own life. It looks good, but in fact it is still bad, and it hurts when you touch it.

Li Zhouzhou also wanted Li Chun to get better and live his own life.

"It's a bit like following Meng Jianyun, but Li Chun needs to be more calm and restrained." Gu Zhao chatted for a while, and stopped talking about Li Chun. Zhou Zhou's arrangement was very good, "That boy Su Shiyi should come back."

Li Zhouzhou said casually: "Looking at the time, it should be fast, there are only a few days."

In fact, what Gu Zhao wanted to say was that the first head-to-head confrontation between Dali and Huiguo should have a result...