Da Niu saw the group and his expression immediately turned tense. Before Da Niu could speak, the man in front of him threw a bamboo pillow at Da Niu's face and cursed at him.
"You heartless bastard! What kind of harmful thing did you buy? It almost blinded my son! Give me my money back and compensate me for my son's medical expenses. I won't let this go until I have at least ten taels of silver..."
The man was very strong, and the bamboo pillow was smashed directly into Da Niu's face. Da Niu lost his balance and fell to the ground. When he stood up, Han Yiyi saw that there was a cut on his chin, and blood was flowing down.
Upon seeing this, Han Yi quickly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and pressed it against the wound. The man was also stunned when he saw the blood flowing from Da Niu's chin. He hadn't expected that his blow would actually draw blood. However, he still shouted, though his momentum was clearly not as strong as before.
"You can't blame me for this. Everyone saw it. You made this up yourself. It's a harmful thing. Look at my son's face. He was stabbed and is bleeding. The wound is so close to his eye. He could have been blinded. If you don't compensate me ten taels of silver today, I'll take you to the yamen..."
The man pointed at Da Niu and started cursing, but none of the others noticed that the vendor around the corner nearby hurriedly packed up his things and left.
Seeing Da Niu looking nervous and muttering, "I didn't make this up, I didn't make this up," Han Yi sighed and addressed the man opposite her.
"Brother, calm down and let's talk this out. If it's really our stuff that hurt someone, we'll compensate you. But did you really buy this from my brother?"
"Are you trying to renege on your promise? Of course, I bought it here..." The man became even angrier after hearing Han Yiyi's words, but he didn't see that the woman behind him lowered her head guiltily after hearing Han Yiyi's words.
The man didn't see it, but Han Yiyi did, so she asked again.
"Brother, you just bought this today..."
Hearing Han Yiyi asking all sorts of questions, the man assumed she was trying to make excuses and avoid paying compensation, which only fueled his anger.
"What do you mean by this? You don't want to pay compensation? My wife just bought this today, one for an adult and one for a child. My child tried sleeping on it when we got home and got a cut on his face. Stop talking nonsense and pay compensation..." As he spoke, he grabbed another bamboo pillow from the woman's hand and threw it in front of the two of them.
Han Yi picked it up and looked at it. There was no plum blossom pattern marking, so she spoke up.
"In that case, you should return the toy as well. As for the medical expenses, we will compensate you..."
Upon hearing Han Yiyi's words, Da Niu suddenly raised his head, about to say that he hadn't woven the two bamboo pillows. But then he saw Han Yiyi shake her head at him, so he shut his mouth again, though his eyes were red, whether from anger or something else, it was unclear.
The man was somewhat stunned by Han Yiyi's words and couldn't help but ask.
“What little toy…”
Hearing the man's words, Han Yiyi pointed to the two remaining bamboo dolls on the ground and said.
“This was made by my younger brother. He gives one to everyone who buys a children’s bamboo pillow from us. Some are rabbits, some are tigers. Since you have a boy, you must have received a tiger. Since you want a refund, please return the bamboo tiger to us. We will also pay for the medical expenses…”
At this moment, the people around saw that there was something interesting to watch, so they all gathered around.
The man had no idea that there were bamboo woven toys. Upon hearing Han Yiyi's words, he turned to his wife and asked for the toys.
At this moment, the woman had no dolls to take out, since she hadn't bought the bamboo pillow from Da Niu. However, when she heard her husband asking her for a doll, she quickly said yes.
"He lied to me. When he sold it to me, he didn't give me any dolls at all..."
Before Han Yiyi could even speak, an old woman standing nearby spoke up.
"That's impossible! I just bought two bamboo pillows for children here, and this little brother gave me two small toys as a gift..." As he spoke, he showed everyone the bamboo pillows and bamboo toys in his hand. It seemed that he had a boy and a girl at home, so Da Niu gave him a little rabbit and a little tiger.
Seeing that his wife couldn't produce any dolls and that others were speaking up for Han Yiyi and the others, the man became somewhat embarrassed and angry, pointing at Da Niu and cursing.
"Stop talking nonsense. What does a broken doll prove? This thing belongs to your family. Don't try to cheat me. Pay up now, or I won't let you off the hook..." As he spoke, he reached out and tried to tear Da Niu apart.
Upon seeing this, Han Yiyi quickly stepped forward to block the man's hand and spoke up.
“Brother, let’s talk this out. Since you can’t produce the doll to prove that you bought it from us, we have another way to prove it. If we can prove that this thing is ours, I am willing to compensate you with twenty taels of silver…”
Upon hearing Han Yiyi's words, the man immediately stopped what he was doing and asked, "What method...?"
Han Yi scoffed inwardly at the man's appearance, but still smiled and spoke.
“If this method can prove that the item belongs to us, I am willing to compensate you with twenty taels of silver. But if it proves that the item does not belong to us, then you must apologize to us…”
"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point..."
As soon as the man finished speaking, Han Yiyi bent down, picked up a bamboo pillow from in front of a large ox, pointed to the plum blossom mark, and said.
"My younger brother, to make sure he doesn't get confused with others, always weaves a plum blossom mark like this in this spot. If the one you buy has this mark, it's one of ours; if it doesn't, it's not..."
No sooner had Han Yiyi finished speaking than the old woman who had spoken earlier spoke again, pointing to the bamboo pillow in her hand.
"Oh, it really is true, both of the ones I bought have this mark..."
The man also picked up the bamboo pillows from the ground, examined them carefully, but found no markings. Undeterred, he picked up the ones in front of Da Niu, and sure enough, each one had one.
"Big brother, you see? The pillow you brought doesn't have any toys or markings. It's not our stuff at all..."
Upon seeing this, the man frowned. He looked around and realized that there was only one place selling bamboo pillows in front of him on the entire street. He figured his wife must have bought them there, but he didn't notice his wife's pale face behind him.
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