Seeing that the seven or eight-year-old child was about to be punched in the face, Shen Qingyu shouted angrily, "Why aren't you stopping him!"

The guards stepped forward, grabbed the thin woman's wrist, and flung her backward, causing her to fall to the ground with a thud.

The thin woman then noticed that Shen Qingyu was actually there.

After a moment of stunned silence, she burst into tears, pounding her fists on the ground and kicking her legs incessantly: "Master, you must do us justice! This bastard, he's trying to kill us! He's trying to kill someone!"

"If I don't get an explanation today, I won't live anymore!"

Shen Qingyu's temples throbbed: In both her lives, she had rarely encountered such a shrewish woman.

"Shut up!" Shen Qingyu shouted, and the thin woman's crying stopped abruptly!

Exhaling, Shen Qingyu looked at the seven or eight-year-old child: "Your name is Gou Dan, right? Tell me, why did you hit him? What did he say to you?"

Dog Egg, his neck hunched, glared at Shen Qingyu, his fists clenched tightly: "He called me a bastard! He also called me... he also called me..."

The skinny little guy stubbornly refused to cry out, but his aggrieved expression and the tears he couldn't hold back betrayed him.

Shen Qingyu looked around at the people around her.

With so many people, surely someone saw the whole scene?

It was that same boy who spoke first: "Mendun'er mocked Gou Dan for his father being dead and his mother remarrying, saying he was an unwanted bastard."

Then someone who knew about Gou Dan's family affairs explained.

It turns out that Gou Dan's family became homeless two months ago. A month ago, his father was beaten up while trying to get food for Gou Dan and his mother. He couldn't afford medical treatment and died.

Two weeks ago, Gou Dan's mother couldn't support him anymore, so she secretly ran away with someone.

Dog Egg came to the prefectural city with his unmarried uncle when they encountered the Imperial Guards delivering steamed buns to shelter refugees.

Dog Egg's uncle now works in a soap factory.

Shen Qingyu looked at the door pier. When the boy saw Shen Qingyu coming over and realized that she was the owner, he didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore and only looked at his mother.

Hearing the crowd's words, the thin woman slammed her hand on the ground, kicked her feet, and shouted, "Even if my son, Mendun, said something wrong, you can't beat him to death! Besides, the child didn't say anything wrong, this is a bastard!"

Hearing this, Shen Qingyu could no longer tolerate it. She turned to the Dragon Guard and said, "Go tell the manager of the soap workshop to deduct ten taels of silver from Gou Dan's uncle's wages to compensate Men Dun for the cost of making soup medicine."

Upon hearing that her son was injured and she would receive ten taels of silver for medicine, the thin woman immediately beamed with delight: "That's exactly right! You bastard, you dared to hit my son!"

The door pier, still covered in blood, was no longer afraid of pain and grinned with a victorious smile.

Shen Qingyu added, “Tell the manager of the soap workshop that the ten taels of silver will be deducted from Gou Dan’s uncle’s wages on a monthly basis, leaving them with the necessary living expenses, and the rest will be deducted until the amount reaches ten taels of silver.”

Gou Dan's face turned ashen. He clearly hadn't expected that his anger, which led him to pick up a stone and smash the doorstep, would implicate his uncle!

Now that Gou Dan has no parents, he is very close to the uncle who is willing to take him in. He pursed his lips tightly, stared at Shen Qingyu, his face full of grievance and resentment.

Shen Qingyu glanced at Gou Dan, then looked at the smug, thin woman: "After giving this woman the money for the medicine, her whole family will be driven out of the soap workshop and Shenjia Village. We don't keep such shrewish women here."

Upon hearing this, the thin woman was immediately terrified: "Master, I'm not having this! Why should I be kicked out when my child was beaten?"

They finally made it here, where they can at least get some food to eat each day, and their husbands have work to do. Their lives can finally settle down. If they leave here, where will they find work? Where will they earn money to buy food?

Shen Qingyu glanced at the onlookers and knew that if this matter wasn't handled well, the people might not be satisfied.

She took a deep breath and spoke in a clear voice: "Dog Egg is definitely at fault for what happened today. No matter how wronged or angry you are, you can't hit people, especially not on the head, and make them bleed all over!"

"But isn't the door pier itself right?"

"It's not Gou Dan's fault that his father is gone."

"It's not Gou Dan's fault that his mother ran away."

"Gou Dan is completely innocent after losing his parents; he is the one who is most heartbroken!"

"Mendun is so young, yet he speaks so harshly instead of showing kindness to his companions. When Mendun's mother comes over, she also calls him a bastard all the time, throwing a tantrum. It's clear that the upper beam is crooked, and the lower beam is crooked too!"

"Keeping people like that around will corrupt the atmosphere of my Shenjia Village!"

“If Gou Dan makes a mistake and hits someone, and he can’t take responsibility, then let his uncle take responsibility. He should pay for the medicine.”

"The door pier is mean, and so is the door pier's mother. If it's time to leave, then leave."

"Now that we've covered this, is there anything else that you don't understand?"

After Shen Qingyu finished speaking, she looked at the people around her. They looked at each other and all felt that what Shen Qingyu said made a lot of sense.

But isn't this punishment a bit too harsh?

After all, the Mendun family had finally found a place to stay.

Someone hesitated before speaking up: "Master, if both of them know they're wrong, could you give them a chance to make amends?"

Shen Qingyu looked at Gou Dan.

The child, who had just been filled with resentment and anger, was now in tears after hearing Shen Qingyu's words. All the anger and resentment on his face had vanished, leaving only a deep sense of grievance.

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