It was a cry, very sad, extremely desolate.

Liangchen subconsciously closed his eyes, and his heart ached.

For a long time, there was a long sigh.

Second Brother Hou, this is fate, you can go with peace of mind and go all the way.

I raise your wife, and you have no worries.

Thinking of the scene of suffering outside Zuo'anmen, Liangchen's cheeks twitched constantly, and he felt indescribably sad in his heart.

Brother Dao can also suffer, and he didn't breathe until his sister-in-law came back, and the love between husband and wife was shocking and crying, which made people moved.

Alas!

Liangchen sighed again, what can he say, I just hope that Hou Er will have a smooth journey.

Thinking about Taoist friends, I always have to express it, so I want to ask someone to buy some paper money to come to the door to condole, so that the Taoist brother can eat and dress over there without worrying and chatting about his heart. I don't think Baba will object.

Xiao Tian put his head up and asked with a puzzled face: "Father-in-law, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Laugh?!" Liangchen was furious, "Nonsense, when have our family ever laughed!" ”

Xiao Tian was so frightened that he didn't dare to squeak, but he muttered in his heart, just now the angel little father-in-law was grinning at the corners of his mouth.

"Who's..."

Liangchen beckoned to a Flying Tiger Army, wanting him to buy paper money, but there was another shout of scolding from the village.

It sounded like a man's voice.

Accompanied by the scolding was the cry of a group of women, faintly listening, as if there was also the sound of Baba.

Wouldn't it be that as soon as people died, the villagers would be wiped out, right?

Liangchen snorted.

"Eating out of households" is not uncommon at the moment, and in some places it is a customary custom.

At first, when the family died, there were no children and no daughters, and the people of the village and his relatives came to divide up the family property that was left behind. Like tables, chairs, benches, fields, broken copper and iron, these are all rushed. The seven or eight aunts who usually can't be seen when they are sick are all here at this time.

The powerful people of the clan often took away the land, because in the old society, the people considered the land to be the most important. In addition, some family property will be exchanged for money, and the banquet will be held until the money is spent. The poor have enough money to eat for a few days, and the richer enough to eat for a month.

This matter can't be said to be a bad trend, after all, people are gone, and things don't do anything. However, it later developed to the point that some women's husbands died, and even if the man still had children, as long as he was a minor, the villagers would seize his family property and bully orphans and widows.

There is a widow Zhang in the next village to Liangchen's hometown, and her husband is less than forty gone. Widow Zhang has two sons, and the family is not bad, and it stands to reason that the two sons have the right to inherit their father's property. The people in the village didn't do it, and the eldest uncle of the two sons actually led a group of people to grab the furniture. Seeing this, the rest of the village came to move one after another, and finally did not even let go of the tiles on the roof. The people in the village also divided the land of the orphans and widows, which was not very happy.

Widow Zhang took her son to the county, but the county was responsible for this matter, and no one was killed, and the law did not blame the public, so it was not easy to manage, so she only called Liufang to come over and talk to the village elders to leave some for orphans and widows. Li Zheng and the villager agreed at that time, but as soon as the people in the sixth room left, their faces changed again. Widow Zhang had no choice but to take her two children away in the end, and no one knew whether she was alive or dead.

This is true for ordinary people, and it is also true for the famous.

Liu Ru, who married one of Qian Qianyi's "Qin Huai Bayan", encountered such an encounter.

After Qian Qianyi's death, the Qian family came to rob things, the hatred of the deceased husband and the country was a double blow, goodbye to the Qian family so ruthless, a generation of beauties finally committed suicide.

After the husband and child of Xianglin's sister-in-law written by Lu Xun in Liangchen's previous life died, the clansmen not only did not help her, but also robbed her of her house and land. In short, the evil trend of "eating out of households" continued until the founding of New China in the 20 th century, running through the entire feudal society.

Human nature is evil.

It may not be very common in some of the more affluent places, because the local people live more comfortably and do not compete for that little thing. Second, because of education, the rural style and literary style suppressed people's selfish interests. The third is reputation, after all, the squires are all from the clan, and if the clan is allowed to do something desperate, their reputation will not be good.

However, in the poor countryside corridors and where the clan is more powerful, this trend is very popular, and the people are not ashamed, but take it seriously. It seems that it should be so.

Perhaps, this is also due to the poor living conditions.

Liangchen's hometown Suning and Dingxing County are both poor places, and Hou Er just died, so Liangchen naturally thought of "eating out of households".

The quarrel in the village became louder and louder, more than one man scolded, and indirectly there was the crying of a child, it may be the son of Hou Er and Ke Yinyue, the Hou Guoxing who later won the title of Jinyi Wei with Liangchen's father.

Liangchen didn't think much about it, waved his hand, and ran to the village with all his entourage.

Regardless of whether it is "eating out of households" or not, good ministers must intervene. It's a big deal to take Hou Guoxing, a cheap son, away with his mother, anyway, he can't live up to his brother Hou Er.

The Hou family is also easy to find, and the place where the voice comes from must be.

When I arrived outside the small courtyard of the Hou family, I saw a lot of people outside the courtyard, looking at the villagers of the village, but they were not all competing for the things of the Hou family as the good minister thought, but they were watching outside one by one, and many people had anger on their faces. But he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, it seemed that the people in the courtyard were fierce.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

A few Flying Tiger soldiers opened the way in front, and the villagers saw a large group of people, thinking that they had come to the Hou family to force debts, and they retreated to both sides in fright.

The appearance of the villagers made Liangchen realize that something was wrong, and he rushed into the courtyard to take a look, and his eyes were green.

In front of him, his beloved Baba was being dragged out by two big men, and a four- or five-year-old child on the side was tightly tugging at the corner of Baba's clothes, crying and shouting: "Don't arrest my mother, don't arrest my mother!" …”

"Please, don't arrest my daughter-in-law, please..."

Not far away, two middle-aged men and two women were stopped by several men, their faces were full of anxiety, and they looked like relatives of the Hou family.

"Xing'er, Xing'er!"

Ke Yinyue struggled hard, but she couldn't break free from the two big men, so she had to beg the other party to let her go. But the more she begged, the more fierce the people who tied people up.

"When everyone is dead, what debt do you have to pay!" A middle-aged man who was stopped was filled with grief and indignation.

Hearing this, a big man with an IOU in his hand and a black mole on his brow suddenly laughed and scolded: "Still thinking about people dying and paying off debts? I'll tell you, no! … Hou Er is gone, his wife is here, we use his wife to pay off debts, it is justified! ”

As soon as Dahan's voice fell, a weak voice came from behind him: "I said this eldest brother, you used Hou's second wife to pay off the debt, have you asked me?" ”