Chapter 33 Beating drums to complain
Qin Zhi was so angry that he almost laughed. He didn't expect Liu to step on him at this time.
"Old man, we only have five old hens left in our house. You see, she laughed when she heard that there was chicken to eat. Does she deserve it? Go back quickly. You have to compensate me with ten taels of silver for breaking my bed. Send it here before dark, otherwise I will go to your house and beat up your bitch mother." Liu said sinisterly, and her triangle eyes looked even more mean.
"You old woman, you can eat your own chickens. If you say anything bad about my mother, I will never forgive you." After saying that, he swung the axe and started chopping. All the wardrobes and tables in the room were chopped down by Qin Zhi.
Old Man Qin was so angry that his face turned pale. He hurriedly called Qin Erzhu to come and stop her, but Qin Erzhu remained unmoved.
"You are outrageous, you little bitch," Liu pointed at Qin Zhi and trembled, then turned to Qin Erzhu and said, "Erzhu, didn't you listen to me? I want you to ask them to vacate the house. If you can't do it, don't come back. I will pretend that I never gave birth to you."
Qin Erzhu's face was pale and he didn't say a word.
"You Qin family have such a big nerve to ask us to vacate the house for that beast Qin Wen. We worked hard to build this house, why should we give it up?" Qin Zhi has seen shameless people, but she has never seen such shameless people. The Qin family really opened her eyes.
"Bah, you're paying back the money you worked so hard for. Your father divorced your mother and you built a house two days later. What kind of business is so profitable? Isn't it just lying on the bed with your legs spread? Doing those businesses that require thousands of people to ride on and tens of thousands of people to oppress..." Liu kept talking non-stop. An axe cut through the tip of her head and stabbed heavily into the bed frame behind her. Half of Liu's hair fell off. A pool of yellow liquid appeared under Liu's feet, and Liu's hands couldn't stop shaking.
Qin Erzhu couldn't help it and shouted, "Enough, mother, how has Yulan ever wronged you? You are slandering her innocence with your red mouth and white teeth."
Liu looked at her second son in surprise. He had never disobeyed her since he was a child, but this time he was yelling at her for that bitch Shen Yulan.
"Erzhu, you beast, you are so disloyal. I should have drowned you in a urine bucket when you were born." Liu became more and more harsh in her words, wishing she could strangle that unfilial son to death.
Qin Zhi had no time to listen to Liu's dirty words. He just looked at the old man Qin and said, "Old Qin, I, Qin Zhi, have severed my relationship with the Qin family. You have repeatedly allowed these shameless things to come to my house. I told you not to seek a sense of existence in our house. Do you think I was joking with you? Mei hit my head before, and I almost met the King of Hell. You asked us to admit that it was my own fault. This time, the beast Qin Wen hit my mother's head with a stick. My mother lost so much blood and her life or death is unknown. You actually said it lightly, saying that he accidentally pushed her down, and you wanted to get rid of me with an old hen. I tell you, it won't be so easy this time." Qin Zhi said these words deliberately very loudly, and the people outside heard most of it and could guess the ins and outs.
Qin Zhi walked towards Liu again. "And you, a shameless old beast." Qin Zhi said this in a low voice to Liu. Then she wanted to shout loudly: "How dare you set your sights on my house. I have never seen anyone as shameless as you. Your son wants to get married but doesn't have a house, but you force your ex-daughter-in-law who broke off the relationship to give up the house. It's really disgusting. Your son is simply a loser. He spent so much money on studying but couldn't get a place. He has a lot of bad habits, such as gambling and visiting brothels. Unfortunately, he has no money in his pocket, but he has set his sights on his niece." Qin Zhi glanced at Qin Lian who was standing outside the room, and said, "You should be more careful. Your uncle is going to get married but has no money in his pocket. Maybe he will set his sights on you again."
Old man Qin's face was so dark that water seemed to drip out of it, and he raised his hand to slap Qin Zhi.
"Stop it," the village head came and said to Old Man Qin with a stern face, "You are really ambitious. You have set your sights on your ex-daughter-in-law."
Old Man Qin was still quite intimidated by this village head, and quickly denied it: "I don't know about this either, it was the old woman who was making trouble with the child."
"Hmph, they wouldn't dare to do that without your consent. Just go ahead and do it. You'll regret it later." The head of the village reprimanded Liu and Qin Wen again, telling them that Shen's mother and daughter had severed their relationship with them, and that it had been filed with the government. If they made trouble again, they would not be let off. After that, he waved his hand and left. This was the Qin family's family affair, and he couldn't interfere too much.
Qin Zhi walked out with his head held high like a victorious rooster, and did not forget to turn around and shout to the inside: "If Qin Wen wants to get married, let him go and earn money to build a house, and don't always have your eyes on my house. Just wait, I will come back to seek justice." Qin Wen was so angry that he kicked the table at home, but the table was fine, and his foot kicked the hard board, and he jumped around with his legs curled up in pain.
Qin Erzhu glanced at Old Man Qin and Liu, then turned back to his room. He didn't want to go out to eat anymore, and didn't care about anything. He couldn't eat it anyway.
Qin Zhi returned home and locked herself in her room. She tore a piece of white cloth, bit her finger, and wrote a petition. The petition was full of words, describing how she was hit on the head by Mei and almost lost her life, how Qin Wen owed gambling debts and used her to pay off the debts, how Liu took Qin Wen to force her to hand over the house, and how Qin Wen took out a stick and beat her mother.
Qin Zhi sued Mei and Qin Wen for premeditated murder, and Liu for attempting to embezzle the property of her former daughter-in-law, who was no longer related to her. Every word in the petition was heart-wrenching and moving.
After Qin Zhi finished writing, he took the petition and the original letter of severance of engagement, rode on his chestnut horse, and rushed to the county government office alone.
Qin Zhi walked into the county government office and saw a big drum at the door. Before coming here, she had learned that if the younger generation sued their parents or grandparents, they had to endure 20 big boards from the government office before they could submit the complaint.
Qin Zhi paused, picked up the drumstick and started beating the drum. The bang bang bang sound echoed all around, attracting many people to come and watch. In this era, people's entertainment activities were few and far between, and the people were allowed to listen to the trial, so once someone heard someone beating the drum, many people would come to listen.
Soon after, several yamen runners came over and took Qin Zhi to the court. At this time, there were already many yamen runners standing on both sides of the court. There was already an adult sitting at the desk in the court.
Qin Zhi knelt down in the hall as required.
The master in the hall suddenly slammed the gavel and shouted: "Who is kneeling in the hall, why are you beating the drum, and why are you complaining?"