"It's over, it's over. Jia Dongxu's brain must have been damaged. Otherwise, how could he dare to ask for a thousand yuan!"
"Well, if you ask me, he deserved the beating. Xu Damao was furious at the time, and he was even cursing about the family being wiped out. Anyone would be furious if this happened to them."
"That's right, and Xu Damao is infertile after being kicked by him. What are we going to do in the future?"
"If you ask me, the two sides are even. Xu Damao should stop causing trouble for the Jia family, and the Jia family should stop asking for any compensation."
"Tsk, look at what you said. If the Jia family didn't extort some money, would they still be the Jia family?"
Everyone in the hospital was more inclined to side with Xu Damao on this matter. After all, infertility is a lifelong problem, while Jia Dongxu just got beaten up and would be fine after a while.
But can Xu Damao be brought back to life?
It's probably quite bad.
Xu Damao glanced at Jia Dongxu and sneered, "One thousand yuan? Your life isn't even worth a thousand yuan, how dare you ask for that?"
What he expected was that, apart from the money he spent on the hospital, he would just have to pay two or three hundred yuan in compensation and that would be the end of it. Then he would find a way to deal with the Jia family and vent the anger in his heart.
In Xu Damao's view, Jia Dongxu's exorbitant demands were not only an extortion attempt, but also a provocation.
You kicked me out of my house and you want me to pay you a thousand dollars?
"Jia Dongxu, you're going too far. There's no way Xu Damao can afford a thousand yuan. Just ask for thirty or fifty."
No one expected that Sha Zhu would stand up to speak up for Xu Damao.
Now the people in the courtyard were at a loss. Even the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Bugui couldn't help but look towards Sha Zhu.
Forehead......
Feeling so many eyes on him, Sha Zhu pretended to be calm and explained, "It's not like there haven't been fights in our courtyard before. We always paid a few dozen yuan in compensation. Besides, Xu Damao had a reason for beating him up. I can't stand Jia Dongxu blackmailing me like this anyway."
"Sha Zhu, shut up. Does this have anything to do with you?" Jia Zhang glared at Sha Zhu viciously.
Sha Zhu was not angry either, he spread his hands and said: "Why doesn't it matter? We are holding a general meeting, and I am also a member of the Siheyuan."
"Do you believe I can tear your mouth apart?"
When Jia Zhang saw Sha Zhu jumping out to interfere, she was so angry.
"Come on, come on, I just don't believe you dare to hit people here?" Sha Zhu was not afraid of Jia Zhang. Even if the four members of the Jia family surrounded and beat him up, he would not be intimidated.
"Okay, everyone, don't get excited yet."
Seeing that things had gone off the rails, Liu Haizhong said, "Jia Dongxu, one thousand yuan is too much. Even if we sell Xu Damao, we can't come up with that much money. Name a real price, or we should just send him to jail."
Xu Damao works as a projectionist in a steel mill. His salary is a little higher than that of ordinary workers, but it is only a few dozen yuan a month. He can save 300 yuan by not eating or drinking for a year, and it takes more than three years of not eating or drinking to save 1,000 yuan.
The problem is, how could their family possibly go without food and drink? So even if they save for ten years, they might not be able to save a thousand yuan.
This amount of compensation is indeed outrageous, and Xu Damao would never give it.
"That's right. At worst, you can call the police and send me to jail, but you have to pay me back the money the hospital paid in advance." Xu Damao understood that Liu Haizhong was cooperating with him, so he agreed.
"Return your medical expenses? Xu Damao, are you still human?" Jia Dongxu slapped his thigh excitedly.
But Xu Damao acted indifferent, raised his chin and looked at Jia Dongxu through his nose.
"Five hundred, five hundred at least!"
Jia Dongxu stated the bottom line that they had agreed on before. Five hundred yuan was enough for their family to live comfortably for two years, so the beating was worth it.
With this money, Jia Zhang could stew an old hen for him every month.
And it's the kind that one person eats alone.
"Then you should call the police!"
Xu Damao was so desperate that he didn't even bother to bargain.
Not only did he not bargain, he even took out a dime from his trouser pocket and handed it to Liu Guangfu who was standing beside him: "Guangfu, go run an errand for me and call the police. I, Xu Damao, want to surrender myself!"
"I admit to assaulting someone, but if you ask for an exorbitant price, I might as well be sitting in a hut."
Um?
Liu Guangfu looked at the ten cents handed to him and rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Okay, Brother Damao, I'll go right away."
After saying that, he put the money in his pocket and ran to call the police.
But before he took two steps, Jia Zhang pulled him back by the collar.
"Xu Damao, what do you mean? You beat my son Dongxu like this, and you won't pay a penny?"
"I don't have that much money, so I can only go to jail." Xu Damao searched his trouser pockets and took out only a few dozen yuan.
This scene made Jia Zhang's eyelids twitch.
If the family didn't have much money, Jia Zhang really wanted to send Xu Damao in jail.
"What's the most you can pay?"
Jia Zhang was so angry that she didn't realize that she had said the wrong thing.
By asking Xu Damao how much he could compensate, you have already given the initiative to Xu Damao.
Xu Damao thought for a moment and held up a finger: "It's just one hundred yuan, whether you want it or not."
"you......."
"Don't worry. One hundred yuan is compensation for medical expenses. I will additionally compensate Jia Dongxu for mental damages of fifty yuan. Together with the money paid by the hospital, it is almost two hundred yuan. If you agree, I will go home to get the money now. If you don't agree, release my brother Guangfu and let him call the police." Xu Damao felt that the compensation he gave was reasonable.
Paying two hundred dollars for a fight is already very painful.
Even though he almost beat Jia Dongxu to death, he deserved it because he kicked himself and made him infertile.
One hundred and fifty dollars?
Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu looked at each other, both dissatisfied with the compensation.
It's far from what I expected.
But Xu Damao's desperate look made them feel uneasy.
If I really went in, all the 150 yuan was gone.
After hesitating for a moment, Jia Zhang nodded reluctantly: "One hundred and fifty is one hundred and fifty. I only want so little because we are neighbors living in the same courtyard. Otherwise, it would have to be at least five hundred yuan."
"Okay, Xu Damao, you go get the money." Liu Haizhong smiled with satisfaction and arranged for Xu Damao to get the money.
After the money was paid, the matter between Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu was settled.
"Here, one hundred and fifty yuan. Count it carefully. Don't wait until the meeting is over to complain that you don't have enough money." Xu Damao threw the money to Jia Zhangshi.
Jia Zhang ignored him, but took the money and counted it honestly. She counted it three times before putting the money in her pocket.
"Xu Damao, you haven't kowtowed to me and apologized yet!"
Just as Xu Damao turned around to leave, Jia Dongxu suddenly shouted.
"Fuck? Do you believe I will beat you up again?" Xu Damao was furious.
Kneeling down to apologize is an insult to his personality!
Liu Haizhong patted his head helplessly: "That's enough, let's adjourn the meeting."
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