Chapter 82 For Your Own Good
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Chen Kangshu's wife screamed.
Feng Lan didn't even bother to look at them again. She took out some copper coins from her pocket and handed them to the butcher: "Boss, check."
Then he took San Ya and turned away.
"Stop! Leave the meat!" Uncle Chen Kang became furious when he saw Feng Lan was about to leave.
The filial piety was fake, but he really lost face in front of the old lady! If he went back empty-handed today, he would definitely be laughed to death by those brothers!
He got hot-headed and roared, then rushed towards the piece of meat in Feng Lan's hand, trying to snatch it away!
"Ah!" San Ya screamed in fright.
Feng Lan subconsciously turned sideways to avoid Chen Kangshu.
Uncle Chen Kang missed his target and tripped over the high threshold of the butcher shop. He immediately lost his balance and rolled down the three-story stairs with a scream!
With a dull thud, he fell heavily to the street.
Then, there was a teeth-grinding "crack" sound.
Chen Kangshu lay on the ground, holding his right arm, rolling on the ground in pain and howling like a pig being slaughtered.
"Oh my! Murder! Feng Lan hit someone!" His wife reacted, sat down on the ground, slapped her thigh and started crying and wailing, "Where is justice? The rich bully us poor people! They even broke my boss's hand! Everyone, come and see!"
The earth-shattering howl of Chen Kangshu's wife instantly attracted the attention of the entire street.
The onlookers gathered around like flies smelling blood.
"Murder! Feng Lan relied on her wealth to break my boss's hand! This is outrageous!"
She cried and pointed at Feng Lan, her expression as if Feng Lan had dug up her family's ancestral grave.
Feng Lan looked at Uncle Chen Kang, who was lying on the ground grimacing in pain, and the woman rolling around in a tantrum, and felt nauseous.
She clearly didn't even touch Chen Kangshu's finger. He rushed over to grab the things and fell down because of his unstable footing.
Now, she was the one hitting people.
"You're talking nonsense! My mother didn't touch him at all!" San Ya's face turned red with anger, and she stood up and retorted loudly.
"Would he have fallen down on his own if I hadn't touched him? Would his arm have broken on its own?" Chen Kangshu's wife immediately found her target. "You little bitch! Just like your black-hearted mother! You two are teaming up to murder us! My poor boss!"
The people around didn't know the truth and were talking about it.
"It doesn't look like it. The Cumber family doesn't seem like the kind of people who would resort to violence."
"That's hard to say. You can't judge a person by his appearance. Look at that man. His arm is twisted and in so much pain. He doesn't look like he's faking it."
"Tsk tsk, now we're going to have a good show."
Feng Lan knew that it was impossible to reason with such a shrew. The more she tried to explain, the more violent she became.
She had a cold face and said nothing, just watching their performance quietly.
Sure enough, not long after, everyone from the West Courtyard who had received the news came in a mighty procession.
The leader was none other than Old Lady Chen, who had just recovered from her “illness” and whose face was flushed with joy.
She was leaning on a crutch, supported by Qian and another daughter-in-law, looking heartbroken and determined to seek justice.
"My son!"
As soon as Old Mrs. Chen saw Uncle Chen Kang lying on the ground, she immediately burst into tears and banged her cane on the ground.
"Who is this black-hearted idiot who has brought you to this state? Oh, God, you are blind!"
Her acting was so heartfelt that if you didn't know her, you would really think she loved her son so much.
When Chen Kangshu's wife saw the backbone coming, she immediately rolled and crawled to the feet of Old Lady Chen:
"Mom! You have to stand up for us! It was Feng Lan! She was the one who pushed Kang Ji down the stairs! She also scolded us, saying that we are not worthy of being filial to you! She is just jealous of us being nice to you, and she deliberately did something bad to us!"
As soon as these words that distorted right and wrong came out, Mrs. Chen's face immediately darkened.
She turned around and stared at Feng Lan with her cloudy yet gleaming eyes.
"Feng Lan! Do you still have any conscience? Kang Ji is your biological brother! How could you be so cruel!"
Feng Lan looked at this family of actors and sneered in her heart.
"I repeat, I didn't touch him. He fell on his own."
"Bullshit!" Old Mrs. Chen slammed her cane. "With so many people watching, you still want to deny it? I'm telling you, this matter today is not over! My son's hand is broken, you must give us an explanation!"
"Explanation? What explanation do you want?" Feng Lan asked back.
"Pay me compensation!" Old Mrs. Chen finally revealed her true colors. "My son's injury cost him medical attention, care, missed work, and physical injuries. He's also suffered tremendous mental trauma! Without twenty taels of silver, this matter won't go through!"
Twenty taels!
The onlookers all gasped.
This is not medical treatment, this is clearly robbery!
Before Feng Lan could speak, Chen Kangshu's wife beside her added sharply:
"How can twenty taels be enough? My boss is the mainstay of the family. If his hand is crippled, how will we all survive? I think just paying him money won't be enough. You have to hand over your Fenggu Embroidery Shop to us! Just consider it as compensation to our family!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood.
After all this time, it turns out that he had his eyes on someone else's shop!
Feng Lan looked at their greedy faces and laughed in anger. She finally understood that there was no point in reasoning with these people.
She nodded and said unexpectedly, "Okay."
Everyone in the west courtyard was stunned.
Feng Lan continued, "Since you say I injured him, then I will take full responsibility. The best doctor in our county is Doctor Wang from Jishiditang. I will go and ask him to come and treat Chen Laosan's injuries. No matter how much it costs, including the consultation fee, medicine, and subsequent supplements, I, Feng Lan, will cover it all. Is that all right?"
Her proposal was reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it.
But the expressions of Old Lady Chen and Chen Kangshu's wife changed instantly.
They wanted money! They wanted the shop! Who wanted him to see a doctor? If his hand was cured, what else would they use to extort money?
"No!" Chen Kangshu's wife refused without a second thought. "Who knows what you're up to? What if you've colluded with that doctor and ruined my boss's hand? We don't trust you!"
"Yes! We don't trust you!" Old Mrs. Chen also insisted.
At this moment, Chen Kangbo, along with Daya and Erya, also rushed over after hearing the news.
As soon as he arrived, he saw the ugly faces of the people in the west courtyard. He did not attack immediately, but walked to Feng Lan and whispered a few words in her ear.
After hearing this, Feng Lan curled up the corner of her mouth into a sneer.
Chen Kangbo cleared his throat and shouted to Chen Kangshu, who was lying on the ground, "Third brother! Don't be afraid! Mother just sent someone to the East Courtyard to tell you that she's worried about you and is afraid that your injury will be delayed. She told me to take you to see the best doctor in the city, Dr. Wang! Come on, I'll carry you there right now! If you're any later, the bone will grow crooked!"
As Chen Kangbo spoke, he pretended to carry Chen Kangshu on his back.
At this moment, everyone was stunned.
Especially Old Lady Chen and Chen Kangshu's wife, their faces turned green.
Chen Kangbo's words directly put them on the fire.
If you agree to go, forget about the money and the shop.
If they don't go, wouldn't that be equivalent to admitting in front of everyone in the county that they don't care about Chen Kangshu's injury at all and just want to extort money?
"I...I didn't say..." Old Mrs. Chen was so anxious that she was incoherent.
Chen Kangshu was lying on the ground, dumbfounded.
Although he was in pain, his brain was not damaged.
He understood that his elder brother was setting a trap for him!
If he follows her, all the drama between his wife and mother will be in vain!
"I'm not going! I'm not going anywhere!" Chen Kangshu crossed his arms and shouted loudly.
"Why don't you go?" Chen Kangbo asked with concern, "Third brother, this is what mother wants. She is doing this for your own good!"
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Old Lady Chen.
Old Mrs. Chen's scalp tingled when she was looked at. Her old face turned the color of liver and she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Feng Lan walked up to her and said coldly in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Old lady, I advise you to quit while you're ahead."
"If you continue to make a fuss about what happened today, don't blame me for revealing your family's precious secrets to your filial sons and daughters-in-law. By then, you might not even be able to eat a warm meal, let alone chicken soup and meat bones."
This threat, like a bolt of lightning, struck Mrs. Chen's vital point precisely.
She shuddered all over, and her arrogance was extinguished in an instant.
For her, nothing could be more terrifying than returning to the days of hunger, cold and being despised.
She looked at Feng Lan's cold eyes and knew that this woman could do what she said.
"Let's...let's go!" Old Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and squeezed out three words. She didn't care about her son who was still lying on the ground. She turned around and walked away with her crutches. Her steps were more than twice as fast as when she came.
Upon seeing this, Qian and the others hurriedly supported her and fled in disgrace.
When Chen Kangshu's wife saw that her backer had run away, she could no longer stay. She glared at Feng Lan fiercely and no longer cared about pretending to be pitiful. She got up, supported Chen Kangshu, who was still groaning on the ground, and limped after him.
It was a farce that ended so anticlimactically.
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