They had long harbored resentment towards the old Gu family, but they had no choice but to continue working for them for the meager wages.
But when something like this happened, they all knew that it was Gu Ping who cut corners and bought inferior materials to build the scaffolding for them, which caused Old Gong to step on the bracket and break it, causing him to fall from it.
The beams are about to be put up tomorrow, but such an unlucky thing happened. The craftsmen are most taboo about these things, fearing that once they start, they cannot be stopped.
Now Fan still has this attitude, which is really chilling.
"Our Lao Gong is the most reliable person. This kind of thing would never happen to him." Lao Gong's wife said, "If you don't compensate me, I will go to the government and see whether the officials will help you or us."
"Okay, go report to the authorities and see what they say. Anyway, my son-in-law has plenty of money, so I'm not afraid of you," said Fan.
Old Gong's wife covered her mouth and laughed: "What son-in-law? How dare you say that. You're not even married yet and you're following someone without any clear reason. You're really bringing shame to the people of Hexi Village.
I think your Gu family is just so shameless. Now that Old Gong is in trouble and his life or death is uncertain, if you don't give me reasonable compensation, I will stay here and not leave."
"Okay, if you want to blame me, I don't care anymore." Fan waved her hand and was about to leave.
She thought that since the person had been carried away, and didn't die at the construction site, it wouldn't be her who would be unlucky.
She wanted to leave, but a group of craftsmen surrounded her, holding work tools in their hands, looking at her ferociously.
Fan was just good at talking. If she were compared with the craftsmen who did the heavy work, she would definitely be the one who got beaten to a pulp.
"What do you want to do? Do you want to force me to death? Believe it or not, I will report to the police and have all of you black craftsmen arrested." Fan shouted with gritted teeth.
Her words worked, and the craftsmen were stunned for a moment.
Fan sneaked away while no one was paying attention. When everyone came to their senses and looked, Fan was gone. They were so angry that they cursed Fan for being cunning.
Everyone came to the old house of the Gu family to look for Fan, but the door was closed and no one answered no matter how hard they knocked.
They didn't dare to actually break down the gate and rush in, because in Kyushu Country, the punishment for trespassing into a private residence was quite severe if caught.
They don't want to get into trouble instead of getting justice.
There was really no other way, so they had to shout to the people in the room that if Fan didn't take care of Old Gong's problem, they would go on strike collectively.
Fan didn't care about them. She didn't believe that anyone would really think money was smelly.
When the craftsmen grew impatient and left, Fan sneaked out of the house and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they had all left.
Suddenly, the door of Gu Ping's house creaked open, and Gu Ping walked out of the house timidly.
When Fan saw him, she immediately flew into a rage: "You damn bastard, where have you been? Why weren't you there when the accident happened?"
Gu Ping looked at Fan and laughed dryly: "I had something to do, so I went to town."
"From day till now?" Fan said angrily.
Suddenly, she saw the rouge on Gu Ping's collar and immediately understood.
"You're going to die. How can you afford to go to a place like that?" Fan hit Gu Ping, but Gu Ping dodged her.
"Mom, these were all given by my sister." Gu Ping said.
He would not be so stupid as to tell Fan that the money he used to go shopping in the red-light district was earned from the construction site.
Something happened and someone almost died from the fall. He could only say that it was just bad luck for Old Gong.
"You think they are making such a big fuss, will they really stop working?" Fan said with some guilt.
She just cares about money.
Gu Ping thought for a moment and said, "I don't think they would have a problem with money."
Fan nodded. That was exactly the truth.
After Xie Yunjiao brought Old Gong back, she and Ye Baien were busy in the house for a long time, from dusk till dawn before coming out.
Ye Baien was too tired and just rested in the house.
Xie Yunjiao still had some energy, but her legs felt weak when she walked.
As soon as she came out, she saw Old Gong's wife rushing towards her with red eyes: "Mrs. Gu, is our Old Gong... okay?"
"His life was saved, but it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. His injuries were quite serious, so he needs to rest for a long time."
Fortunately, although Old Gong broke several ribs and fractured his hand, the broken ribs did not penetrate his lungs or other organs, otherwise even Hua Tuo would not be able to save his life.
Old Gong's woman knelt down in front of Xie Yunjiao and kowtowed to her.
"Thank you for saving our old Gong." Just before Xie Yunjiao came out, she was thinking, if old Gong was gone, what would she do? She still had three children to raise at home, and she couldn't go with old Gong. "Fortunately, old Gong is okay, otherwise I would have wanted to go with him."
It was Liu Xiuying who had been comforting her, saying that Ye Baien's medical skills were very advanced and that he would definitely be able to save Lao Gong's life. She also stayed with her outside all night.
"But the medical expenses, I..." Old Gong's wife looked at Xie Yunjiao in embarrassment.
Normally, it costs a lot of money to go to the pharmacy to see a doctor and take medicine when you catch a cold. Now that Old Gong has been rescued after falling like this, I'm afraid it must have cost a lot of money.
But she went to see Mrs. Fan last night but to no avail. She was short of money and really couldn't come up with any money.
"It's okay. There's no rush. Just go and ask the old Gu family for it and give it to me when you get it." Xie Yunjiao said.
They don't save people for money, but they can't waste their money and energy working in vain.
Especially since someone has to be responsible for this kind of thing.
If she said she would not accept Lao Gong's money, it would be unacceptable.
Old Gong's wife left with gratitude.
Gu Ping kept delaying until Fan scolded him, and then he went to the construction site with his head held high, but he didn't see anyone working.
When they saw him coming, they surrounded him and asked him to pay for Lao Gong's medical expenses.
Gu Ping was furious. He pointed at those people and said, "What does this have to do with you? If you don't want to work, get out of here. Don't even think about getting a penny from me."
"If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. Pay us the previous monthly salary, or we will report it to the police."
Gu Ping was stunned. He didn't expect these people to be so stupid as to not care about money.
"You don't want money anymore?"
How much wages can they get if their big house is completed!
"We can't afford to do your work, and our lives are at risk."
Apart from anything else, they get the least money, do the heaviest work, and have to work day and night. They are exhausted and when something happens, they don't get any reasonable treatment.
They were all disheartened, fearing that something might happen to them like Old Gong and no one would care.
Old Gong is lucky because he had saved Xie Yunjiao's son before, so people came to his rescue.
But what about them? They don't have such a close relationship with Xie Yunjiao. If something happens, who will save them?
Gu Ping? When something happens, their family members run away the fastest!
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