You know, I actually have seen the kind of thing Lin Xian was talking about.

Supposedly, it's an old family tradition, but I've never thought much of it!

Some traditions just aren't worth keeping.

At that moment, I saw Lin Zhao gesturing behind Lin Xian's back.

She was telling me: Keep him busy for a while; we're not finished here!

I could only say, "Lin Xian, I don't know much about the Confucian school. Why don't you tell me about it?"

Lin Xian was thrilled. "Let me give you a bizarre example. This happened during the Ming dynasty, or maybe the Qing dynasty; I forget, but most likely the Ming."

He said:

A family was putting up the main beam of their house and invited some carpenters over. According to custom, they had to treat them to drinks after the work was done!

A helpful neighbor got drunk and went to the backyard to relieve himself.

Just then, the family's new bride was returning home through the backyard.

The young woman saw a man urinating and screamed in fright. The guy, realizing he'd been caught, quickly ran away.

The young woman went home and burst into tears! Her family asked what was wrong and learned that she had seen a stranger urinating.

The neighbor was too ashamed to stay and slunk away.

Who knew that the next day, he would be arrested by the authorities because the woman had hanged herself that night.

Why did she hang herself? Because she had seen something she shouldn't have and was no longer chaste.

The county magistrate was dumbfounded!

You see, the man didn't intend to be lewd. Besides, back then, there were no public restrooms, not even in the county seat, let alone in the countryside!

Wasn't it common to relieve oneself behind a house or in a field?

Besides, the man had specifically gone behind the wall to avoid being seen! It was just bad luck that she saw him.

If he convicted him, it would be a little unjust.

If he didn't convict him, someone had died.

Later, his advisor came up with an idea: Report it! Let the higher-ups worry about it!

The county magistrate thought it was a good idea and reported it!

The higher-ups looked at it and thought they couldn't handle it either! So, they kept reporting it!

Who did it finally get reported to? The emperor.

The emperor was bored out of his mind and actually acted as the judge, holding a debate among his ministers.

The opposition, who disagreed with beheading, quoted extensively from the classics!

An old minister on the pro-beheading side remained silent, chuckling coldly. When the opposition had finished, he stood up and said, "I just have one question: Was the woman who hanged herself a chaste and virtuous woman?"

"Yes!"

"If yes, then keep debating!"

The opposition heard this and thought, "What's the point of debating? She's already been declared a 'chaste and virtuous woman,' which means they have to erect a memorial arch for her!"

"How can we argue against that?"

"Oh well! Every temple has its unjustly dead ghost. Let's just get it over with!"

As a result, the neighbor was sentenced to immediate execution!

That's the story of how a single pee ruined two families. Relieving yourself is risky; urinate with caution!

Lin Xian finished speaking and took a sip from his teapot.

I heard Su Su say, "Oh my god!" When I turned around, her face was pale.

Su Su had pulled out Lin Xian's姻缘线 (yin yuan xian, thread of fate), but she had tied the other end to the leg of the table behind him!

Su Su said embarrassedly, "I was so engrossed in the story that I accidentally tied it! I can't untie it now!"

He had to be widowed!

While Lin Xian wasn't looking at the table, we quickly took it outside to burn it, burning it to ashes.

I couldn't imagine what it would be like to see a grown man hugging a Baxian table affectionately.

While I was frantically winking at Lin Zhao and the others, Lin Xian kept looking back, bless his soul. I grabbed Lin Xian's chin and twisted his head around, "Don't, don't look back. There's a big bad wolf behind you!"

"Bullshit!" Lin Xian insisted. "Are you guys doing something behind my back?"

"No, really!" Ye Yang also joined in. We both grabbed Lin Xian's neck and wouldn't let him turn around.

Turn around and encounter a Baxian table?

God, that would be the end!

Lin Zhao and Feng Ruoxing lifted the table and ran out, but for some reason, they couldn't get out the door.

Lin Zhao was so scared that her legs went weak. Wang the Butcher went up and chopped the table into four pieces with two swings. Several people carried the broken table away!

When I saw the table was gone!

I finally breathed a sigh of relief!

Before I could even catch my breath, I saw Su Su picking up Lin Xian's red string and running out!

I was so scared that I quickly stood up and shouted, "Don't mess around! If you connect it to just anyone, I'll kill you!"

Su Su shouted without looking back, "I'm going to find Xiao Ying!"

Before I could react, I heard Su Su shout "Ouch!" When I chased after her, I saw that it was a disaster!

Su Su was running too fast and ran into the wall. The red string in her hand flew back like a rubber band.

"Get down!" I grabbed Ye Yang next to me, and we both lay on the ground. The red string flew over our heads.

When I turned around, damn it!

The red string had wrapped around one of Ye Yang's cats.

Lin Xian was looking at the cat with deep affection.

Lin Zhao, who had hurried back, was almost crying, "It's over! Our Lin family is doomed!"

I rubbed my forehead and said, "Look on the bright side! At least it didn't wrap around Old Liu. You should be secretly happy!"

Old Liu was speechless!