”You slut, you brought your man into the house. If I hadn’t come back by chance today, what would you two be doing?”

　　”No, Wang Ergou, don’t talk nonsense. Li Zhouzhou is a brother, and we have nothing.” Uncle Wang explained hurriedly.

　　The noise was so loud that Wang Ergou’s parents and Xiaotian, who were resting in the house, got up. The old couple came out with an oil lamp. Wang Ergou cursed and said he would arrest Uncle Wang and put him in a pig cage for being shameless and stealing men. Uncle Wang explained.

　　The old couple took the oil lamp and saw that it was Li Zhouzhou, also a boy. It was a misunderstanding. But Wang Ergou would not let him go. The old couple cried, feeling sorry for their son who had disappeared since New Year’s Eve. “My son, where have you been these days? You must not have eaten well outside in the ice and snow, and you look thinner.”

　　Wang Ergou’s father said, “If he wants money, just give him money. The whole village can hear the noise.”

　　”Did you hear me? Give me the money quickly, one or two taels of silver.” Wang Ergou asked Uncle Wang for money.

　　When Uncle Wang heard about the one tael of silver, he said that there was not that much money in the house. The old couple were also stunned. Even Wang Ergou’s father wanted to give money to his son, and now he stammered, “One tael of silver, this is too much. Your mother, Xiaotian and I can’t spend that much in a year.”

　　”If you don’t give it to me, I’ll make a scene. I’ll go to the village chief and ask the whole village to judge. Wang Xue eats and drinks at our house, and his life was given by the Wang family. Now he’s cheating on me and even harassing my brother.”

　　Wang Xue is Uncle Wang’s name because he found the baby on a snowy day.

　　”Don’t talk nonsense. When did I cheat on someone? Li Zhouzhou is a boy, and so am I. My parents are still in the house, and he came to borrow something—”

　　”Who knows if you’re borrowing something or something else.” Wang Ergou pouted and pointed at Wang Xue’s face and cursed, “You are shameless. You’re itching and want to find someone, but you don’t even look at the place. Who knows who Xiaotian is–“

　　”Wang Ergou, what are you talking about!”

　　Wang Xue couldn’t help but rush to Wang Ergou, but even though he had been doing hard labor for many years, he was not as fat as Wang Ergou who had been eating and drinking meat. He was blocked by Wang Ergou before he could move for two times. Not satisfied, he wanted to kick him. Li Zhouzhou really couldn’t help but kick him.

　　Just when Wang Ergou raised his foot, Li Zhouzhou kicked him on the other leg. Wang Ergou lost his balance and fell to the ground. Wang Ergou’s parents cried and cursed, but they were not cursing Wang Ergou, but cursing Li Zhouzhou for hitting them.

　　Gu Zhao came over and heard something about paying compensation and beating people from a distance. He frowned, quickened his pace, and pushed open the wooden door of the Wang family.

　　”What’s wrong with Zhou Zhou?” Gu Zhao saw Zhou Zhou in the messy place.

　　Li Zhouzhou found his husband, his face turned red and blue with anger. He was so furious that he didn’t know what to say. Wang Ergou was a scoundrel. He took advantage of the kick he had just received and was determined to extort money from their family.

　　It’s all his fault for being too impulsive.

　　To choose between paying their own money or paying the Li family’s money, the old couple of the Wang family would shamelessly choose the latter. Anyway, if Li Zhouzhou hadn’t come to their house, this matter would not have happened.

　　Gu Zhao understood, and held Zhou Zhou’s arm, saying, “It’s New Year’s Day now, and the government office is closed. After the Lantern Festival, since Wang Ergou wants to sue my Zhou Zhou for assault, then we will go to the prefecture and county to beat drums to appeal.”

　　”Now that everyone is here, why not ask the village chief to come over as a witness? I’ll write a post and after the fifteenth day, both families can go there immediately without delay.”

　　Wang Ergou was trying to scare Wang Xue by suing the government and the village chief. He knew that this boy who had been raised in his home since childhood was afraid of causing trouble, and would usually give money when asked about these things. So he was shouting that he owed a lot of money in the town this time, so he wanted to get more. Of course, it was impossible for him to really sue the government.

　　”Who are you trying to scare? Li Zhouzhou broke my leg. No matter what, you have to pay me two taels of silver.”

　　”Article 38, Case 2 of the Dali Civil Code: If a woman or a man is falsely accused of having an affair, but there is no evidence, the man or the woman’s husband can sue the person who falsely accuses him of having an affair. The person will be punished with 30 strokes of the cane and a fine of 500 coins. In serious cases, the person will be imprisoned for one month.”

　　Gu Zhao said this confidently with a serious face. He asked Zhou Zhou to go home and call his father, and asked his father to invite the village chief to come. “Now it’s not you, Wang Ergou, who gives up. It’s my Li family who disagrees.”

　　Li Zhouzhou believed his husband. Seeing that he was so sure, he couldn’t suppress his anger and said, “I’ll go back and ask my father to ask the village chief to come over.”

　　”By the way, bring my pen, ink, paper and inkstone.” Gu Zhao reminded.

　　At this moment, the old couple of the Wang family were scared. How serious could a kick from a boy like Li Zhouzhou be? They knew very well that their son was trying to extort money. If he really reported it to the authorities, what would they do since the son-in-law of the Li family was a scholar who could speak and write?