I walked all the way to the community office, and before I even entered, I heard bursts of quarreling coming from inside.
"Secretary Jiang, you have to speak with conscience. On what basis? Oh, they're asking for money for some crappy appraisal. Who knows how they got it?"
"That's right, Secretary Jiang. This has never happened before. Have you ever seen anyone pay for it? Besides, she wasn't there at the time. We think she didn't want the tofu anymore, so it would be a waste to leave it there..."
"Anyway, I definitely won't pay, whoever wants to pay can do so!
Aunt Cheng pushed the door open and walked in, only to find quite a few people already sitting in the community meeting room. More than a dozen people, arguing non-stop.
Next to Secretary Jiang from the community were several other people, including two lawyers, a man and a woman, who had come to his house that day, and a young man he had never seen before.
Jiang Minjie was already rubbing her forehead. Seeing Aunt Cheng come in, she stood up and said, "Aunt Cheng is here too. Everyone is here. Please stop arguing and let me explain the situation clearly.
Aunt Cheng didn't say anything and just sat down next to her.
She did remember Old Man Liu and the young man; they were the ones who first went up to get it. Jiang Minjie said, "Let me introduce everyone first. This is the grandson of the old woman selling tofu, Wan Hai. This is the boss of Wan Hai Company, Mr. Zhou Yi. And this is Lawyer Zhou Xinran."
"It's not a big deal. We're all neighbors. Wanhai's grandmother has been selling tofu in our neighborhood for many years. There's really no need to make a fuss about this."
"I communicated with everyone yesterday, and everyone was saying, 'Look, there are so many people who have taken it, why are you only looking for me?' So I called everyone over now. This is not just about one person. Wan Hai's grandmother is in trouble now and is being treated in the hospital.
Before Jiang Minjie finished speaking, Yue Zongwei's mother beside her said, "It's yesterday. You want medical expenses again, right? I still say the same thing. What does her illness have to do with us?"
Wan Hai, who was standing next to him, was obviously a young man who couldn't hold his temper. Moreover, because he had seen his grandmother go to the hospital out of anger and even committed suicide, he directly retorted: "How can it have nothing to do with you? If it weren't for what you did, would she have gone to the hospital for no reason?"
Facts have proved that everyone has their own expertise. When it comes to quarreling, young men should avoid quarreling with middle-aged women and aunts easily.
You can't win an argument with them.
Yue Zongwei’s mother stood up and pointed at Wan Hai and shouted, “What have we done? What have we done? She didn’t want these things anymore, and my son picked up two yesterday. And she asked you to come to her house specially, right?
"I still need medical expenses. That's not the way to extort money!"
"That's right. Now he's in the hospital. Who knows if it's the same problem he had before!" someone next to him said.
"These days, there are all kinds of people. Look at this guy, a nice-looking guy, trying to blackmail people? What's wrong? Just finding a lawyer makes him right, right? My nephew's friends have a lot of lawyers..."
Wan Hai felt like he was going to explode after hearing these words.
But he still managed to hold back and said, "We have a special appraisal report here, it's you..."
"What do you mean by ours and yours? What's the matter? Are you going to blackmail that old woman when she dies someday?"
Yue Zongwei next to him was a young man after all, and he thought what he said was a bit too much, so he quickly pulled him away.
"Why are you pulling me? What did I say was wrong? Everyone, please judge for yourself. What I said was harsh, but it's the truth. Why should I be compensated?"
Aunt Cheng was also there shouting, "That's right, if you don't pay, whether they live or die, it's none of our business. If you have the right, go ahead and sue them. If you have the guts, go ahead and sue them. Don't you have a lawyer?"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Xinran.
As for the others, those who had some shame kept silent, those who were shameless joined in the discussion, and some were trying to make sense.
"We're not being unreasonable. Look, you can sue us. If you win, we'll pay you. But if you just ask for compensation for no reason, then we definitely won't pay you!"
Wan Hai was about to explode with rage, and when he was about to swing his fist, Zhou Yi stopped him. "Boss Zhou, they are..."
"Calm down, it's okay. What they said makes sense. It's only natural to ask for money after winning the lawsuit. Now, the lawsuit hasn't even started yet."
Zhou Yi said this naturally.
I shouldn't have gone to discuss compensation before. No matter how professional the appraisal report he produced was, it would be useless if no one would read it.
So, since it has been handed over to the law, let the law speak.
The Civil Code usually doesn't speak much, but the Criminal Code will definitely speak loudly! Although Wan Hai didn't understand, he still sat down.
After seeing this scene, the others became even more arrogant and started saying all sorts of things.
Jiang Minjie couldn't get a word in now, and it was even harder for other community staff to speak, because as soon as they spoke, these people would think that the community was bullying them in collusion with others.
Mr. Zhao, who had previously spoken to Xiaolin, was chatting with the person next to him.
"People nowadays are really worse than the previous generation. Look at us back then, who would come to my house for such a trivial matter? It's so shameful!"
"That's right, these young people nowadays have terrible tempers."
Aunt Cheng has stood up and packed her things. She is ready to pick up her grandson.
"You guys can do whatever you want, sue wherever you want, but I'm definitely not going to pay any compensation. I don't have time to waste on you guys, I have to go pick up my grandson."
After saying that, he pushed open the door of the community office and was about to leave, but ended up bumping into someone at the door.
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