Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Magic water? Sewage?
It looks like the one my grandfather rode away this morning.
Shen Miao was just about to go forward to confirm, when she saw a more familiar figure slowly walking towards her from the direction of the village dry toilet.
Grandpa! It's Grandpa!
Great! You told me to mind my own business, but I came here quietly, right?!
Big! Liar!
With his hands behind his back, Shen Wanshan was no longer as energetic as usual. He was slightly hunched over, and his legs were a little unstable when he walked. His thin body shook from time to time, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
Sick? No way.
When he got up in the morning, he did two rounds of Tai Chi in the yard. When he rode his tricycle out, he scared a goose strolling on the village road. He got off the tricycle and fought with it for several rounds. At the age of seventy, his body was stronger than many men in their thirties and forties, so he could not have been sick.
Wow, this acting skill is comparable to Li Guihua's.
Shen Miao even suspected that the older generation had studied acting, how could they pretend to be sick so naturally?
When he was almost in front of the tricycle, Shen Wanshan pretended to stagger and was about to fall. Fortunately, he was supported by several people around him in time and did not fall to the ground.
"Uncle, can you help me?"
"Why did you come alone? Where are your family members?"
"Come on, come on, sit here and take a rest. Do you want some water? I'll go home and get you a bowl."
They were all a group of sincere and warm-hearted people. Seeing the white-haired old man almost fall, there was no reason for them to stand idly by. They used their clothes to shade him from the sun and used palm-leaf fans to fan him. Everyone was thinking about his health.
After taking a few deep breaths, Shen Wanshan sat up a little straighter and forced a dry smile: "Something, I'm just a little tired. I'm old and I can't catch my breath after walking a few more steps, cough cough..."
The auntie next to him wiped his sweat with her sleeve and said, "I see that you don't look right. Where are you? I'd better ask someone to pick you up."
Shen Wanshan: "It's true, I just feel a little uncomfortable in my chest. I'll let Doctor Ma take a look and take some medicine."
When they heard that he was here to see a doctor, the people in front of him gave up their seats and moved his tricycle forward a few spaces.
Most of the people who come to see Ma Qiudong are just following the trend to buy some "miracle medicine" to take home. There are not many people who are actually sick. After all, if you queue up in such a long line, it may be afternoon already. Instead of wasting time here, it is better to go to the clinic.
So when they saw that Shen Wanshan was really unwell, they would give up their seats.
The health of the elderly is important. Since it is medicine, it should naturally be left to those who need it most.
Leading Shen Wanshan forward about ten places, they were about to walk directly into Doctor Ma's house, but unexpectedly they ran into people from the same village.
"Uncle Shen? Why are you here?!"
The person who was speaking was from Team 1 of Qinghe Village. Shen Wanshan remembered that her father's surname was Wang, and she married the second son of Chen Rong's family from Team 3. They had a son and a daughter, but he couldn't remember her name for the moment.
There's no way. There are too many people in the village. How can we remember all their names with more than 2,000 people? So we usually just call them by their surnames.
Shen Wanshan looked at her and thought she looked familiar, "You are..."
"My father is Wang Baoguo, and I am his third daughter, Wang Qiuju." The woman took the initiative to introduce herself. Seeing that he looked unhappy, she asked, "Uncle, what's wrong with you? Didn't Yan'erhei see you (last night) and you looked fine?"
It’s over, it’s going to be exposed…
"Are you from the same village?" asked the kind-hearted old lady.
"Yes," Wang Qiuju replied, "Uncle Chen is a famous doctor in our village. His ancestors have been practicing medicine for generations. By the way, uncle, you were fine a few days ago. What's wrong with you?"
Doctor? Or a doctor whose ancestors have been practicing medicine?
Why not just treat yourself? Why would you go all the way here?
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong.
After hearing what Wang Qiuju said, the person who was busy helping Shen Wanshan into the house suddenly wanted to take his hand back.
Seeing that his "torture trick" was about to be discovered, Shen Wanshan was ready to straighten his bent back, and the words of apology were already in his throat, but he was blocked by the shout behind him.
"Master!"
It’s Shen Miao.
Pushing her bicycle and hurrying over, she wanted to imitate Shen Wanshan's just now and stagger anxiously, but after all, she was not an experienced old actor, and she couldn't control the strength of her acting, and she fell down with a plop.
Shen Miao: …
No, the show can't stop.
Hastily getting up from the ground, Shen Miao rushed to him with a look of anxiety on her face: “You, why did you sneak here? Didn’t I tell you that we should go to a big hospital in the city? Even if we have to sell everything we have, we will definitely cure your strange disease!”
What is a close relationship between grandparents and grandchildren? What is a powerful relationship?
Just like them, the moment their eyes meet, they can instantly understand each other's intentions and continue to act according to what the other party suggests.
Pushing Shen Miao's hand away, Shen Wanshan's twisted brows became even more bitter, "It will cost thousands or tens of thousands to go to the hospital. How can our family have so much money?"
"You can't come here, there's no 'magic medicine', we're just short of people!"
With just a few words and a few exchanges, Shen Miao and Shen Wanshan, the grandfather and grandson, created a touching family drama: the grandfather suffered from an undiagnosed strange disease, and the whole family was willing to sell everything they had for him. Alas, God has pity on him!
Seeing their tears welling up in their eyes and about to hug each other and cry, the aunt beside them hurriedly comforted them, "You've made the right decision to come here. Doctor Ma is not short of people. His medicine can really cure your strange disease."
"Yes, I used to suffer from hysteria at night when I was a child, and no treatment could cure it. But after drinking Doctor Ma's medicine, I got better immediately." Not only her, but also the family members of patients who had drunk the "miracle medicine" before also chimed in.
"Just sit here and wait. If drinking it doesn't work, it won't be too late to go to the hospital then."
With Shen Miao's help, the play was finally performed to perfection. Originally they were in the middle and back, but now they were directly in the front row, and they only had to wait for two or three more people before it would be their turn.
Sitting side by side, Shen Wanshan finally took the time to blame her in a low voice: "Why are you here? I didn't ask you to come."
“You are also in need of me,” Shen Miao curled her lips, “What else can I say? If I don’t come, won’t you be exposed?”
Shen Wanshan saw that she didn't say anything, and subconsciously wanted to take out the ruler to teach her a lesson, only to find that his waist was empty.
Of course Shen Wanshan didn't have any disease. The reason he did this was just to cut in line and see what the so-called "magic medicine" was made of.
He doesn't have that much time to waste in queue, nor does he want more patients to be deceived, so he must expose Ma Qiudong's miracle drug lie as soon as possible.
He didn't believe there was any magic medicine. He was sure that Ma Qiudong was short of people, so the purpose of his visit today was to find evidence.
As for why she didn’t let Shen Miao come…her curiosity was too strong, who knows if she would forget the important things and go and listen to the gossips about the Zhang and Li families.
But sometimes, her curiosity was useful. For example, while waiting in line, she asked people around her about the raw materials for making this "magic medicine".
"Magic water? What is magic water?"
The lady in front of me explained in a serious tone, "It's the rootless water that fell from the sky."
Shen Miao: “Rootless water is just rain, it’s nothing special.”
"This is not ordinary rain water, it is blue and has turned into icy water."
The old lady was originally from Liulihe Village. She said that this "magic water" was discovered by Ma Qiudong in the fields a few years ago.
It was the middle of summer. When I got up early and went to work in the fields, I saw some blue ice. The ice had an indescribable smell. It smelled fragrant at first, but a bit stinky when you smelled it carefully.
The older generation in the village said that this was "heavenly ice", a "magic water" that could prolong life and cure all diseases. Ma Qiudong tried to give the melted water to the villagers who were watching. Unexpectedly, after drinking it, the villagers said that they felt much better and had more energy to work, so they confirmed that this was the "magic water".
I thought the "magic water" that fell from the sky was an accident, but I didn't expect that after a while, a few more pieces appeared on the ground.
They also said that this was a gift from God, a reward given to Ma Qiudong. He thought that he could not waste God's gift, so he opened a pharmacy and started selling this "magic water".
Magic water is not often available and it all depends on chance, but every time the "magic water" drops, Ma Qiudong can make a lot of money.
At first, he was just selling melted "magic water", but later he felt the smell was so bad that he added some medicinal herbs to the boil to make the "magic medicine" easier to swallow.
"You came at the right time. A few pieces of magic water fell the day before yesterday. Otherwise, you would have come here for nothing."
“Yes, yes, what a coincidence.” Shen Miao agreed with a silly smile, but she didn’t think so in her heart.
She didn't believe in anything like natural ice or magic water. She didn't think there was anything in the world that could cure all diseases.
After waiting in line for almost half an hour, it was finally their turn after the patient in front of them left with the glass bottle containing the miracle drug.
When the two entered the room, they saw the statue of the God of Wealth placed in the middle of the outer hall. Fresh fruits and vegetables were offered on the incense table, and under the incense burner were the banknotes donated by the patients.
Although it is a clinic that treats illnesses, looking around the outer hall, apart from a one-meter-high medicine box shelf in the corner, there is nothing else related to Chinese medicine.
Ma Qiudong sat upright on a chair, fiddling with the string of Bodhi seeds in his hand with his eyes closed. He was wearing a white coat and had a one-inch mustache on his chin. He looked more like a charlatan than a doctor, while his wife was helping him, collecting money and dispensing medicines were all done by her.
"Uncle Shen? Why are you here?"
Seeing that the person coming was Shen Wanshan, Ma Qiudong quickly stood up to greet him, "What's wrong with you?"
After all, he had some student friendship with Shen Shansheng back then, and his arrogant attitude towards other patients was immediately put away when he saw Shen Wanshan, and his action of helping him was also very respectful.
Since we are acting, we must act it out to the end.
After slowly sitting down, Shen Wanshan continued to pretend to be unwell, sighing and saying, “I’m old, my body is not in good shape, I always twitch all over when I sleep at night, and my memory is not good. Sometimes I forget what to do when I get the food in my hands.”
In order to highlight the "strangeness" of his illness, Shen Wanshan mixed the symptoms of many difficult and complicated diseases together. When he spoke, he would occasionally pause deliberately, and the corners of his mouth would twitch upwards. His appearance couldn't be more real.
When listening to Shen Wanshan describing his physical discomfort, Ma Qiudong had a worried look on his face, but he did not stop moving the beads in his hand.
"Alas, how could I get this disease..."
After Shen Wanshan finished speaking, Ma Qiudong first put his hand on the back of his hand, sighed to express his regret, and then sped up the movement of fiddling with the beads: "But don't worry, our medicine is very good. Go back and drink two bottles. I guarantee that you will be cured of your illness and have no problems at all!"
"Two bottles?"
"Yes," Ma Qiudong explained, "your disease is very difficult to treat. One bottle of medicine is definitely not enough. Two bottles may not even be enough."
Without taking his pulse or making a detailed diagnosis, it was determined that Shen Wanshan's illness was difficult to cure based solely on his own description.
Raising his hand to twiddle his thin mustache, Ma Qiudong returned to his seat and scribbled a few words on the prescription with a pen in hand: "Don't worry, we are all in the same business, we will definitely not need you. I will give you a few more herbs, you will get better faster after taking them!"
He said it sincerely, but when Shen Miao looked at his face, she always had the urge to slap him to death.
Having followed her grandfather in practicing medicine for a long time and seen many people, she can now distinguish some facial features.
Ma Qiudong has a pointed face and monkey cheeks, and at first glance he doesn't look like a good person, especially when he talks and smiles. The corners of his eyes and eyebrows reveal his shrewd and calculating mind, which makes people feel uncomfortable, as if in his eyes, they are just lambs to be slaughtered.
"Let me do the math," he said to himself, putting down the pen in his hand and picking up the prescription. "Two plus two equals four, four plus two plus seven equals fourteen, and three plus five equals eighteen..."
“Uncle, uncle, three-five is fifteen, not eighteen.” Shen Miao reminded in a low voice.
Ma Qiudong scratched his head and smiled, "Oh, yes, it was fifteen. I remembered it wrong."
After that, he respectfully took the calculated medicine list to Shen Wanshan:
Mugwort: 5 cents
Hay: 8 cents
Black beans: 3 cents
Star anise: 1
Ginger slices: 1 liang
…
Shen Miao came forward and took a quick look with Shen Wanshan. There were quite a few types of medicinal herbs, about ten in total, but they could not see any therapeutic effect of the medicine, and the combination of the medicines was unclear.
It does not conform to the principle of TCM in prescribing the main, secondary, assistant and guiding ingredients, nor does it conform to the principle of mutual dependence, mutual suitability, mutual promotion and mutual restraint. It is just a random mix of several herbs.
When they saw what was below, they both opened their eyes wide at the same time.
Seventy-six?!
Such a small amount of medicinal materials actually costs seventy-six?
Seventy-six can buy a tractor of mugwort and ginger. How dare he write down such a presumptuous number!
“Uncle, isn’t this medicine a bit too expensive…” Shen Miao tried hard to suppress the urge to scold him and make her expression look a bit more normal, “Didn’t you just say that we are in the same business?”
"Oh, I don't understand this."
Ma Qiudong pointed to the "magic water" at the bottom and explained, "The amount of magic water used is large. Others only put one ounce of it in a bottle, but I put two ounces in a bottle. How can it not be expensive?"
If you put one liang in a bottle, it will sell for 15 yuan. Even if you add two liang, it will only be 30 yuan. So two bottles will be 60 yuan.
This is 76, 16 yuan more expensive...
Shen Miao could see that it was not that he couldn't calculate, but that he was too good at calculating. On the surface, he said that they were all family, but in fact, he could only cheat his own people!
Shen Miao didn’t know how to reply him, so she could only look at the grandfather who was sitting there, and kept winking at him to ask him to say a few words.
She didn't bring much money with her when she went out today. There was only five dollars in her left and right pockets. How could she afford so much money for medicine?
Oh no, that's not right. Even if she had money, she couldn't possibly pay that much, unless she was being taken advantage of!
Slowly putting the prescription aside, Shen Wanshan said calmly: "I heard that your magic water was given by the gods in heaven. It's very mysterious. Can you let me take a look?"
Shen Wanshan was pretending to be sick, not really sick.
He came to Ma Qiudong today not to be a sucker and buy medicine, but to find out what this so-called "magic water" came from, so his purpose was naturally to see the true face of this "magic water".
"this……"
Shen Wanshan lowered his tone a bit more like an elder: “You know, my family has been studying medicine for several generations, and I have never seen such a rare thing. I also want to open my eyes and see the world.”
Seeing Shen Wanshan was so polite, Ma Qiudong couldn't continue to refuse, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I'll take you to see it."
In the past, when the "magic water" dropped, he would wrap it with straw or put it in a water tank to slow down the melting speed. Now that his family is getting better thanks to the "magic water", he bought a refrigerator to store the occasional "magic water".
Taking them to the kitchen, Ma Qiudong opened the freezer of the refrigerator.
I don’t know if it was because he was worried that they would see it clearly, or because he was afraid of wasting the electricity at home, but the freezer was only half opened, so Shen Miao and Shen Wanshan could only see half of it.
It was an irregularly shaped piece of ice, covered with a layer of condensed white frost on the surface, while its body was light blue.
This was the first time they had seen light blue ice. The largest piece was about the size of a pineapple, and the others were small pieces about the size of apples.
I don’t know if it’s because there are no medicinal herbs added, but when I opened the refrigerator, I didn’t smell any unpleasant odor, only a faint fragrance, which is not the fragrance of Chinese medicinal herbs.
Although I didn't look at it carefully, I can confirm that this is not some "miracle medicine". It should be something mixed with some chemical drugs. As for why it fell from the sky, it is not clear yet.
"Can you take it out so I can take a closer look?" Shen Wanshan asked.
"It won't age..." This time, Ma Qiudong chose to decline. "This magic water dissolves very quickly. It turns into water in a short while after I put it in my hand."
Since Ma Qiudong refused, Shen Wanshan couldn't insist any longer, so he had to go back to the outer hall with him.
He explained to Ma Qiudong that the money he brought was not enough to buy his medicine. Ma Qiudong did not force him and said that he could prepare the medicine and take it back first, and it would not be too late to send it to him when he had more money.
Shen Wanshan did not accept his kindness, but shifted the topic of conversation back to medicine.
"I think these medicines can't cure any disease."
"It's somewhat effective, but it mainly depends on the magic water."
"Doesn't the magic water fall from the sky? People say the air has been bad in recent years, so maybe it's not very clean."
"How could that be? Didn't you see it just now? It's very clean."
"Is it possible that some people's constitutions are not suitable for drinking this medicine, and they feel uncomfortable after drinking it?"
"No, I've been selling it for several years and I haven't had any problems from drinking it. Don't worry, this magic water will be fine."
As they chatted, seeing that Shen Wanshan had no intention of buying, Ma Qiudong's expression gradually became coping, not as enthusiastic as when he first came, and there was a hint of impatience in his words.
It's understandable, after all, he is a businessman, not a doctor.
A doctor is only interested in curing his patients, so he will answer any questions the patients ask. However, a businessman only wants to make money, and will not waste his time if he cannot make money.
Shen Wanshan saw his intention to drive the guests away, so he did not stay any longer, and after Shen Miao went to the toilet, they left together.
On the way back on the tricycle, Shen Wanshan asked, "Did you figure out what the secret of the magic water is?"
"No, it just doesn't look like ordinary ice, but it doesn't look like a real medicinal ingredient either."
With a long sigh, Shen Wanshan felt a little regretful, “It would be fine if I could get a little bit, and maybe I could figure something out if I think about it carefully.”
Looking back at the road behind him, and making sure that he was already some distance away from Liulihe Village, Shen Miao stopped the car and mysteriously took out a small cloth bag from his cloth bag.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the small cloth bag had been soaked by the things inside. In addition to the fragrance, there was also a familiar smell of feces.
"Look~"
The cloth bag was spread out layer by layer, and when Shen Miao took out the piece of "magic water" inside, Shen Wanshan was stunned.
"You, where are you from?!"
Shen Miao shrank her neck in embarrassment: “That…I just came out when I went to the toilet.”
Not only grandpa, she also wanted to find out what this magic water was made of, but she really had no money to buy it, so she could only...
After slamming the brakes on the car, Shen Wanshan jumped out of the car, took off his shoes and was about to beat her, "You bastard! Who told you to steal other people's things? This is what I taught you since you were a child?!"
You don’t have to buy it, but you absolutely cannot steal it. Even if you doubt the ingredients of something, you cannot have any bad thoughts. This is the bottom line of being a human being.
While protecting the magic water in the cloth bag, Shen Miao tried to explain: "I also paid, I put the five dollars in my pocket under the bowl in the kitchen, so it can be considered that I bought it."
Of course she would abide by the rules of life that her grandfather taught her since she was a child.
Although she knew that the item was not worth the price, she still left the money, just not that much.
"After we figure it out, if it's really that valuable, we can make up for it when we get back."
Shen Wanshan was angry, but what Shen Miao said made some sense.
It was her fault for not telling the man, but she did give him some money. And then again, he actually wanted to study the composition of the magic water, so his anger was quickly suppressed by her explanation.
Looking at the magical water melting in Shen Miao’s hand, Shen Wanshan then threw his shoes on the ground and put them on again.
Well, she is right. If it is really valuable, it will not be too late to make up for it later.
And now... let's go home quickly before the magic water completely melts.
*
The autumn harvest is the busiest time in the village every year.
In the early years, there was no weather forecast, and villagers relied entirely on the experience left by the older generation to predict the weather in the next few days. Nowadays, every household has either a television or a radio. The sun has been shining brightly in recent days, but when they saw the weather forecast saying it would rain the day after tomorrow, they all went to work in the fields these two days.
Shen Shansheng is the village chief, Wang Dongmei is the women's director, and Shen Wanshan and Shen Miao run a medical clinic. There is really no one in the family who can farm the land, so the two acres of land in the family are rented to other people in the village. However, during the busiest period, the couple will also go to the fields to help.
Busy from day till evening, when he was carrying his hoe home, Shen Wanshan had been discussing with Wang Dongmei about buying a refrigerator.
"I went to the city a few days ago, and someone told me that their mall has employee discounts for buying refrigerators. One refrigerator is only 850, which is 200 to 300 cheaper than usual. How about we buy one too?"
"Put some food there normally, and in the summer you can freeze some popsicles and eat them, how nice."
Wang Dongmei, who was holding the other end of the hoe, couldn't help but feel her hot throat boiling when she heard the word "popsicle", but she still chose to refuse it rationally: "It's almost autumn now, and I'll just keep it if I buy it. Let's wait until after the New Year."
Speaking of the refrigerator, Wang Dongmei then remembered the lunch. "By the way, did you put the leftovers from lunch in the house? It's hot today, don't let them get smelly."
"Ah! Someone!"
Dad and daughter didn't come back for lunch, so almost half of the food was left over. Before Wang Dongmei left, she specifically told him to put it in a cool place. Now it seems that it will be damaged by the sun.
Alas, what a pity for the few ounces of meat...
When I opened the door, I was hit by a foul smell, but it was not the sour smell of rotten food, but a strong smell of a toilet.
"Is the toilet at home clogged?"
Seeing Shen Wanshan and Shen Miao sitting around the long table in the yard, Wang Dongmei picked up a hat on the wall to fan away the smell while walking towards the "stink".
But when I passed by them, I realized that the smell was coming from the table.
Looking at the bowl of water, Wang Dongmei's brows furrowed even more: "What is this?"
This stench was not just that of a toilet, there was also a strange fragrance mixed in. What was even stranger was that when you were far away you could smell the stench, but when you were close the fragrance became more obvious.
“Ma Qiudong sells ‘magic medicine’.” Shen Wanshan curled his lips and snorted disdainfully.
Wang Dongmei glanced into the bowl again. "Miracle medicine? Isn't this just toilet water?"
Look, it’s the same familiar toilet smell. Wang Dongmei can tell at a glance that this is dirty toilet water. How come those people who spent a lot of money can’t see it?
It was past noon when Shen Wanshan and Shen Miao returned from Liulihe Village. Three or four o'clock in the afternoon was the hottest time of the day, and the cloth bag was very tight, so most of the "magic water" wrapped in the cloth melted.
The clothes soaked with the "magic water" smelled even stronger when exposed to the sun, and it was exactly the same as the sewage in the toilet.
Especially when Shen Miao put the remaining “magic water” in the bowl, and waited until it was almost melted, she saw a little bit of brown substance inside…
Haha, when he was at Ma Qiudong’s house, he said that it was mud that got stuck on the ice after he fell on the ground, but there is no way that mud would be inside the ice.
Shit, absolutely shit!
What else is there to study? This so-called "magic water" must be "shit water", no doubt about it!
If it really was a gift from the gods in heaven, how could there be such a dirty thing in it?
Although they didn't figure out why the "shit water" turned into ice and why the icy "shit water" fell from the sky throughout the afternoon, it was certain that this shit water absolutely could not have the effect of curing diseases, and it was considered good for their stomachs if they didn't get stomachaches and diarrhea after drinking it.
After telling Shen Shansheng and Wang Dongmei what happened today, the two of them also sat down, looking at the contents of the bowl helplessly and fell into deep thought.
"Does Lao Ma know that this is manure water?"
"I guess he doesn't know, otherwise how dare he sell it as 'magic water'?"
"Why don't you go and tell him the truth tomorrow and ask him not to sell it."
"What if he doesn't believe us and says we need him?"
"I think you should go to the police station. If he really is selling manure, then he is a fraud."
"No, no, no, we are all from the same village. Just ask him to return the money privately. There is no need to make things so ugly."
Shen Wanshan is a believer in making a big deal out of a small matter. According to his analysis, when Ma Qiudong picked up this piece of "manure water", he didn't know what it was, but when someone said it was "magic water", he believed it.
Later, he hid it alone at home and did not show it to anyone. He only put some of it into the pot when it was made into medicine. Those people had never seen it with their own eyes and had only heard about it. Naturally, they had no idea that there were some dirty things that had not been completely decomposed mixed in it.
He has made a lot of money from selling "magic water" over the years, but if he is willing to return all the money he earned, he can be forgiven this time.
No one is perfect. He should be given a chance to correct his mistakes.
But Shen Miao was not as soft-hearted as Shen Wanshan, she advocated calling the police.
The customers who came to buy medicine hadn't seen it, but hadn't Ma Qiudong seen the dirt left after the ice melted? There was a tiny bit in the small piece she took today, and who knows if there would be more obvious dirt in the big piece in the refrigerator.
So she felt that Ma Qiudong was knowingly committing the crime and deliberately using the gimmick of "magic water" to make money from the villagers. Such a profit-obsessed person would not cherish it even if given the opportunity.
It was getting late, so Wang Dongmei suggested eating first and discussing the matter after dinner. But just as she got up and was about to put the smelly bowl in the corner of the yard, she heard someone knocking on the door.
Bang bang bang!
The knock on the door was so loud that I could feel the other party's anger through the door.
BANG BANG BANG!!
The force increased a bit.
"Shen Shansheng? Old Shen! Open the door for me!"
It was Ma Qiudong’s voice.
And judging from the chaotic footsteps outside, there should be more than one person. I can also vaguely hear the sound of the weapons in their hands colliding with each other.
Shen Wanshan glanced at Shen Miao and sighed helplessly: I told you not to steal things, but look, they come here to settle the account in the middle of the night!
Chen Shansheng didn't know that the "sewage" was stolen by his daughter, so he went straight to open the door. When he saw six or seven men over 1.8 meters tall standing in a row outside the door, he was a little puzzled: "Lao Ma? Why did you bring so many people with you? What's going on?"
"What's wrong?"
Ma Qiudong rolled his eyes at him and walked straight into the yard. He didn't even need to ask someone to look for it. He could see the "evidence" Wang Dongmei was holding just by following the special smell in the air.
Pointing at the small bowl of "magic water", Ma Qiudong snorted coldly, and his voice instantly rose an octave: "Your daughter stole my medicine, and you still have the nerve to say what's wrong?"
"steal?"
Hearing this word, Shen Shansheng and Wang Dongmei’s eyes poked at Shen Miao at the same time.
Shen Miao knew that she couldn’t escape, so she timidly moved out from behind Shen Wanshan, and didn’t dare to speak confidently: “I, I didn’t steal all of it, I put money under the bowl in the kitchen, I should be able to buy a small piece like this…”
"A small piece? There were only twelve or thirteen pounds in total, and you stole half of it in one go. And you still say you only stole a small piece?"
With his hands on his waist, Ma Qiudong stared at her like a fighting cock, "You said you stuffed money into her pocket, but where is the money? Why didn't I see any money?!"
“It is indeed a small piece,” Shen Miao took the bowl from Wang Dongmei and handed it to him, “Uncle, look carefully, although we melted almost half of it on the way back, there is only the bottom of the bowl left, not even three taels.”
"Miao Miao, how much did you steal?" Shen Shansheng asked again.
Shen Miao replied affirmatively: "It is really just a small piece. My grandfather also saw it. It is a small piece wrapped in cloth. How could it be so heavy?"
Shen Wanshan walked forward slowly. Even though he was in the wrong, he believed that his granddaughter was not lying: "Xiao Ma, I can prove that Miaomiao only took this piece at the time. It was less than the size of a palm. It was really not as much as you said."
"How do you prove it?" Ma Qiudong insisted, "We lost so much at home. The only ones who came to see the 'magic water' today were you two. If not her, who else could it be?"
"I……"
Shen Miao wanted to explain, but just as she was about to open her mouth, her mind suddenly realized what was going on.
Blackmail, they are trying to blackmail!
"We are all family, let's talk it out," Shen Shansheng didn't know the price of this "sewage", so he lightly asked for compensation, "It's wrong for my family to steal your things, so you name the amount, and I'll pay for it."
"five hundred."
Ma Qiudong blurted out.
"What?" Wang Dongmei's tone changed. "How much did you say?"
Looking down at the semi-turbid liquid in the bowl, she could never imagine that this thing could be so expensive. No, how could he have the nerve to sell such a dirty thing at such a high price!
"Five hundred, not a penny less." Ma Qiudong put his hands in front of him and insisted.
Now, Shen Wanshan also understood what was going on, and the look in his eyes, besides anger, was more of disappointment.
After all, his family has been farming for generations, his father is an honest man, and he seemed to be a simple-minded person when he was a child. How come he has become so materialistic now?
Looking at Shen Miao beside him, his stance also changed when their eyes met.
What Shen Miao said at the beginning was correct. When dealing with such people, one must not be lenient. One should call the police and let them administer justice.
Bang!
When Shen Wanshan was about to call the police, a loud noise suddenly broke out in front of him...
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