但是，农会议决，今天不给他戴高帽子。因为今天给他戴过了，这劣绅横了心，不畏罪了，不如放他回去，等日再戴。
但是，農會議決，今天不給他戴高帽子。因為今天給他戴過了，這劣紳橫了心，不畏罪了，不如放他回去，等日再戴。
dàn shì ， nóng huì yì jué ， jīn tiān bù gěi tā dài gāo mào zi ． yīn wèi jīn tiān gěi tā dài guò le ， zhè liè shēn héng le xīn ， bù wèi zuì le ， bù rú fàng tā huí qù ， děng rì zài dài ．
Then the association decided not to crown him that day. They argued that if he were crowned right away, he would become case-hardened and no longer afraid, and that it would be better to let him go home and crown him some other day.