Chapter 54 Female Hero
When the old man heard that the other party was willing to pay compensation, he quickly stretched out his hand to gesture.
When the onlookers saw this, they started talking again.
"It costs five dollars. The examination will cost more than one dollar. If it's a serious injury, it may cost six or seven dollars! Last time, my husband..."
"This old man is honest and doesn't ask for much..."
The third brother smiled at the old man and said, "Old man, do you want to take five dollars and not go to the hospital?"
"Five dollars! No way! You can't leave if you have less than fifty!" The old man waved the hands of the two young men away fiercely, with a look on his face that showed he would not give up.
Fifty?
Not five bucks?!
The onlookers were talking about it. Fifty yuan in that era was equivalent to a rural family's total income for half a year, and it was equivalent to several months' salary in the city. Seeing that the old man could talk and move, and did not seem to be seriously injured, it was really a huge opening.
"Oh! I see!"
The third brother dusted off his sleeves and stood up nonchalantly, saying to Quanzi, "Quanzi, go to the trunk and get that big wrench."
Quan Zi looked confused, "Third brother, why do you need a big wrench at this time?"
The third brother raised his chin towards the old man on the ground and said with a half-smile:
"This old man wants fifty dollars to see a doctor. If we don't treat his injuries worth fifty dollars, it will be embarrassing when he goes to the hospital later."
The old man was startled and simply lay on the ground, shouting, "Someone, come and see! I bumped into someone and acted like a scoundrel! Young people are bullying an old man like me! Rich people are bullying a poor old man like me! This is unforgivable!"
Seeing the old man throwing a tantrum, Quanzi panicked, "Third brother! What should we do?"
"Go get a wrench!" The third brother's expression did not change at all.
The onlookers were immediately in an uproar, but the young man looked elegant, but his words were so harsh. He bumped into someone and didn't try to persuade the other person properly. Now the situation has become awkward and it may not end well.
Su Tong stood at the edge of the crowd and smacked her lips. She had never expected that there would be people committing fraud in this day and age. It was quite something new for her.
The young man named Quanzi has already taken out the wrench. It is really big. To be more precise, it should be a 90 wrench, which is nearly one meter long. Quanzi has a hard time holding it with one hand.
When the old man saw the big wrench, his face changed obviously. He knew that he had met a tough opponent this time, but he didn't want to give up just like that. He gritted his teeth and continued to lie there, but his screams became louder and more miserable!
He bet that the other party wouldn't dare to do anything to him in broad daylight in front of so many people.
Quanzi looked at the old man, then at his third brother, "Third brother, what should we do?"
The third brother raised his chin towards the old man. His tone was light, but his words were cold. "Smash it! Pick any arm or leg, and smash it hard! The kind that can spend all the fifty dollars..."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, with more and more people gathering around. Seeing that an ordinary accident was about to turn into a bloody incident, the gossip factor began to stir.
Su Tong sighed secretly. He wanted to watch the fun, but unexpectedly one of them was a deadbeat and the other was a tough guy. It seemed that he had to get involved, otherwise it would be a bad ending...
She took out a silver needle from the needle bag in her arms and held it in her hand. After Qiuyu gave her the needle bag last night, she put all the silver needles in the box into it so that it would be easier to carry.
She patted the shoulder of the person in front of her and said loudly:
"Hey, please make way! Make way! I heard that someone is bullying an old man in broad daylight here, so I came to take a look!"
The atmosphere was tense, and when everyone saw someone coming out to fight for justice, they immediately stepped aside to make way.
The old man lying on the ground was nervous. When he heard someone speaking up for him, he immediately raised his voice, "Look at this! What kind of thing is this? It's a different era now. Not only do they not take responsibility for hitting someone, they also commit murder in public! Is there any justice in the world?"
Su Tong smiled, "Grandpa! Don't worry! This is a new society, there are many reasonable places! Come! I'll help you up first!"
The old man waved his hands when he heard this, "Girl! Thank you for speaking up for me! But I can't get up right now! I was hit so hard! Just let me lie here, and they can drive the car over me if they can!"
Su Tong said with a hint of doubt on his face: "Oh?! You can't stand up! It can't be that serious!"
As he spoke, the silver needle in his hand quickly pierced several exposed parts of the old man's neck and wrists.
"ah--"
The old man screamed and jumped up like a spring. Not only did he jump up, he also stomped his feet and jumped a few times on the ground, "You, you stinky little girl, what did you use to stab me!"
The onlookers were shocked, and then they came to their senses and started talking.
"Just now you were in so much pain that you couldn't move, how come you're jumping so high now!"
"What a rip-off! I wasted my time speaking for him!"
"You are old and you don't learn your lesson. How can you do such a thing?"
The old man felt bored, jumped up and down, cursed a few words, then ran away like a gust of wind.
The onlookers talked for a while and then gradually dispersed.
Quanzi put down the big wrench and breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Tong also found it funny to see the old man running so fast.
In this era, even if someone tried to scam someone, they would do it in a simple way. If they saw that the situation was not good, they would just run away. It was not like the deadbeats nowadays who have endless tricks and will not stop until they are punished.
She didn't want to stay any longer, so she put away the silver needle and was about to leave with the backpack on her back when she heard someone shout, "Hey! Lady, stay!"
Su Tong turned around and saw the third brother, who was looking at her with interest with his arms crossed, saying, "Tsk! You're willing to help the weak when you see them? You're also planning to do good deeds without leaving a name? You're waving your sleeves without taking a single cloud with you?"
Look, even Xu Zhimo has come out. Who said that there is a lack of cultural life in this era?
It’s just that although this young man looks gentle and handsome, his actions and words are quite ruffian.
Su Tong didn't want to deal with these people anymore, so he lifted the shoulder strap of the backpack and said calmly:
"It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning! But there are so many people coming and going on this street, so you really need to drive more carefully."
After saying that, he didn't plan to pay any more attention to him and just walked forward.
"Lady——Girl——"
Seeing that Su Tong had no intention of stopping, the third brother hurried a few steps and stood in front of her, smiling, "Miss, you have helped me a lot, how can I let you go like this? You should at least let us show our gratitude!"
"No need! I'm not trying to help you. I just happened to see that old man deliberately fell in front of your car, so I just respected the facts."
"The fact is that we were almost blackmailed by that old man! This is a great help to us! If the girl hadn't appeared in time, I don't know how this matter would have ended today! Look, you are a girl, and you saved two grown men from the dire situation. If we don't even express the least bit of gratitude, how can we feel at ease!"
The other party spoke with a firm tone and a sincere look on his face, and he spoke without pause, as if he had prepared a draft in advance.
Su Tong found it funny, looked up and carefully examined the third brother, and said:
"Don't know how this will end? If I hadn't shown up, your big wrench would have really smashed down. You wouldn't want to see the old man lying in the hospital for three or two months, right?"
Quan Zi had just put the big wrench back into the trunk. He was relieved when Su Tong showed up to mess things up. Otherwise, he really couldn't continue the performance with the wrench in his hand...
When he came over and heard what Su Tong said, he looked at his third brother in surprise, "Third, third brother! Were you really going to let me hit that old man just now?! Not... to scare him?!"
"How could that be possible? I'm not such a cruel person, right..."
The third brother glanced at Quanzi, turned around and smiled, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by another person.
"Third brother! It's really you! Why are you in Jiangping?"
Su Tong turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Shanzi from "Ji Fu Tang".
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