At this moment, Xiaoxiang, who had gone into the house to calculate the damages, came out with a notebook, stood in front of the police, Zhong Chuchu, and Ruan Wanxin, and said in a strong voice.
"Sister Chuchu, Sister Ruanxin, I've calculated the losses in our clinic. The total value of the medical equipment and precious Chinese medicinal materials that were smashed is RMB."
As Xiaoxiang finished speaking, Zhong Chuchu, Ruan Wanxin, and the police remained silent. Lin Cuihua was the first to lose her patience and shouted at the top of her lungs.
"What? It's just some scrap metal and a few baskets of Chinese herbs. If they want a dollar, why don't you just rob them? Do you think they're gold?"
Didn't she just smash a few medical instruments and a few baskets of Chinese herbal medicine in the clinic? They weren't inlaid with gold, so why were they so expensive?
Lin Cuihua seriously suspected that Zhong Chuchu and her employees wanted to blackmail her.
Lin Cuihua's anger grew. She didn't expect that she had originally intended to blackmail Zhong Chuchu, but in the end, because she smashed some things, she was blackmailed by the other party. She really had no way to explain herself!
For the first time, Lin Cuihua experienced what it felt like to shoot oneself in the foot.
Seeing Lin Cuihua's face turning pale with fear and her jumping around, Zhong Chuchu's eyes flashed with coldness and she kindly reminded her.
"Those scraps of copper and iron and a few baskets of Chinese herbs you smashed are not ordinary items, Lin Cuihua. Let me tell you, those scraps of copper and iron you mentioned were all bought from the capital, and the prices were ridiculously high. And those baskets of Chinese herbs you mentioned are not ordinary Chinese herbs either. They were picked from the primeval forests of Changbai Mountain and transported to all parts of the country by water. They are ridiculously expensive. We gave you a dollar for it, which is already a consideration for you raising me. Otherwise, if I were to sell these Chinese herbs alone, I could get more than a dollar."
Zhong Chuchu was indeed not lying. Those medical devices were not bought from second-hand dealers, but brand new medical devices purchased from Beijing.
Medical equipment in those days was not as common as it is in later generations and was ridiculously expensive. Some of the Chinese herbal medicines that Lin Cuihua had stolen were indeed precious medicines from the Changbai Mountains. The rest of the herbs were not cheap either. Charging them for one yuan was a huge discount for her.
Otherwise, those Chinese herbal medicines could be sold for 10,000 or 20,000 yuan just by keeping them.
The police officer on the side heard Zhong Chuchu's explanation and realized the seriousness of the matter. He stepped forward and said to Zhong Chuchu and Ruan Wanxin.
"Since your clinic's losses have reached over 10,000 yuan, this matter cannot be settled privately. You must take the people back to the police station to file a case. After all, a case involving an amount exceeding 10,000 yuan is considered a criminal act."
In the 1990s, if the amount involved was more than 5,000 yuan, it was considered a criminal case and could not be settled privately.
What's more, the loss in this case has reached more than 10,000 yuan, so they must bring Lin Cuihua back to the police to slowly review the case and then discuss compensation.
After hearing what the police said, Lin Cuihua's face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye. Her fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly. She wondered in her heart, she just smashed things in Zhong Chuchu's store, how could it be so serious that she had to be taken back to the police station?
Ruan Wanxin, who was standing by, also saw the fear in Lin Cuihua's heart and sincerely wanted to teach the old woman a lesson. She stepped forward, shook Zhong Chuchu's hand, motioned her not to speak, and turned to the police.
"Yes, our clinic has suffered such a huge loss. We must bring Lin Cuihua back to the police for a thorough trial. It would be best if she were sentenced to ten or eight years."
After hearing Ruan Wanxin say that she would be sentenced to another ten or eight years, Lin Cuihua could no longer hold back. She rushed to Zhong Chuchu, tears streaming down her face, and held Zhong Chuchu's hand with a pitiful expression.
"Zhong Chuchu, you can't let the police take me back to the police station. I'm the one who raised you. Even if I don't have any credit, I've worked hard for you!"
Zhong Chuchu looked at Lin Cuihua, who was crying and sobbing. A trace of disgust flashed in her eyes. She quickly shook off Lin Cuihua's hand and said mercilessly.
"You raised me? For all those years, you treated me like a slave, squeezing every penny out of me. In the end, I was useless and you kicked me out of your family. And you still have the nerve to say you raised me? I grew up this big thanks to all the food I've received from the hundreds of families in the village. And what's more, I've already signed a severance agreement and have no ties with your family anymore. Why should I help you?"
Lin Cuihua staggered a few steps after being thrown by Zhong Chuchu, and struggled to avoid falling to the ground. She looked at the indifference on Zhong Chuchu's face and realized for the first time that there was really no family affection between her and Zhong Chuchu. This adopted daughter had grown up and had grown up, and she was no longer someone she could easily control.
Thinking of this, Lin Cuihua lowered her posture for the first time, softened her tone, looked at Zhong Chuchu with a pleading attitude, and whispered.
"Then you can't just watch the police take me away and sentence me to ten or eight years."
Zhong Chuchu ignored the despair on Lin Cuihua's face and said coldly.
"When you came to my clinic and made a scene, tarnishing my reputation and smashing things in my clinic, did you ever consider that we had already signed a severance agreement and that we still had any family ties? Now you want to use family ties to trap me."
When someone wanted to gain benefits from her, Lin Cuihua never imagined the family affection between them. When she was about to be arrested by the police station and might be sentenced, she finally remembered to show off the family affection between them. This is the hateful thing about Lin Cuihua, a profit-seeking old woman who never treats others as human beings.
"this……"
Lin Cuihua was choked by Zhong Chuchu's words and was speechless, because what Zhong Chuchu said was indeed the truth. From childhood to adulthood, she had never regarded Zhong Chuchu as a human being, but only as an extra cow or horse in their family.
She just wanted Zhong Chuchu to work like a slave for their family until her son married into a wealthy family. She then abandoned Zhong Chuchu without any regrets. However, she never expected that this slave would one day become successful and live a better life than her. Her inner imbalance was broken, and she wanted to gain some benefits from Zhong Chuchu.
Unexpectedly, the cattle and horses she raised would one day bite her back, and even turn against her. The hatred in Lin Cuihua's heart spread like wildfire. She wanted to tear Zhong Chuchu into pieces and feed her to the dogs, but now she had something to ask Zhong Chuchu for, so she could only suppress the anger in her heart. After Zhong Chuchu pleaded for her and the police released her, she escaped back to the countryside and thought of a way to bite off a piece of meat from Zhong Chuchu.
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