Xie An, however, glared at Feng San with a cold face: "What, is what our Sister Xia said wrong?"
"Sister Xia, I'm so sorry!"
Feng San forced himself to apologize, then asked in a humble voice, "How much compensation do you think I should pay?"
He'd rather pay back the three hundred yuan that Brother He from Xicheng gave him than do anything more.
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia simply gave a cold "hmm": "Let's go into the backyard and take a look first. I don't know the exact extent of the damage right now."
Chen Qiuyu immediately shouted, "Sister Xia, in the backyard, let's go and assess the damage."
Under Xie An's watchful eye, Feng San dared not complain at all, and led four or five of his underlings into the backyard.
The backyard was planted with many fruits, vegetables and flowers, and a long grape trellis was built on the west side of the yard.
This is a shady haven designed by Ji Xia and his team. Next year, during the harvest or when the weather is too hot, people can sit under the grape trellis to cool off, look at the bunches of grapes overhead, and enjoy the comfort and joy of that moment.
At this moment, this beautiful landscape has been largely destroyed. Rows of grape trellises have been knocked down, and the grapevines that grew and climbed onto the trellises have been forcibly torn off and thrown to the ground, leaving the area in a mess.
Xie An turned around and glared at Feng San with a face full of anger: "Is this how you search the yard? What did this grape trellis do to you?"
Feng San didn't dare to speak, but turned around and kicked one of his brothers: "Bastard, if you're going to inspect the yard, just inspect the yard. Why are you kicking these grape trellises? You're asking for it!"
The young man who kicked the grape trellis lowered his head and apologized repeatedly, not daring to argue, in fact, he had no way to argue.
Could he possibly say that he disliked seeing this group of people living in such a large courtyard?
Xie An turned to Ji Xia helplessly: "Ji Xia, how are you going to compensate me for this?"
"How do you expect me to compensate you? With money? I don't need that little bit of money."
Ji Xia glared angrily at the dejected young men: "Brother Xie, as you know, every blade of grass and every tree in this yard was dug out by us girls, one plot of land at a time, with hoes."
"Now, let's restore it to its original state. Put the things that were kicked over back on and set them up properly. Buy new grape seedlings for us that were damaged and replant them. Also, the seedlings must be two or three meters tall."
Upon hearing this, Feng San looked troubled and turned to look at his brothers: "Who knows how to do this?"
A dark-skinned, older young man stepped forward: "I know how to do this. I grow grapes at home and have built grape trellises. I know how."
Feng San breathed a sigh of relief and then called the henchman who had kicked the grape trellis to stay and help clean up the place, determined to restore it to its original state.
Upon hearing this, Chen Qiuyu spat and turned to a colleague, who brought over two hoes from the kitchen: "Here are the tools. I'm telling you, you have to clean this place up."
Feng San nodded repeatedly with a forced smile, then turned around and kicked the underling who had kicked the grape trellis again.
The two underlings took the hoes and obediently agreed, then began to clear the grapevines.
When everyone went to the workshop again, Ji Xia saw that there was fabric scattered all over the outside of the workshop. There were cut fabric, semi-finished clothes, some scraps of fabric, clumps of sewing thread, and some parts from the locomotive, such as shuttles, sewing needles and scissors.
These items were carelessly thrown on the ground, some with numerous footprints on them, making it look like a garbage dump.
Not only did Ji Xia's expression change, but Xie An also stared at Feng San with a gloomy look: "Feng San, you guys are very arrogant!"
Feng San was filled with remorse. He should have realized it sooner. How could someone who could afford such a large yard and operate so many machines be an ordinary person?
I was completely out of my mind to be lured in by 300 yuan and two packs of cigarettes.
The grape trellis can be tidied up and fixed now, but the fabric is ruined like this, which is a real loss, no doubt about it.
He pleaded with Ji Xia in a fawning manner, "Sister Xia, please have someone take stock of the lost fabrics. We'll compensate you."
Ji Xia beckoned to Hou Xiaolian: "Go and count the value of these fabrics and come up with an estimate."
Hou Xiaolian led two or three female workers to clean up the fabric on the ground. Chen Qiuyu pointed to the workshop with dissatisfaction: "Sister Xia, they smashed several sewing machines inside. I don't even know what they damaged."
Feng San's eyebrows twitched. These sewing machines were not like fabric; even a single one cost over a hundred yuan. Damaging two or three of them would be a real problem for them.
He instinctively pulled a boy out from behind him: "Sheng, your dad's a car mechanic, right? Can you fix this?"
Ah Sheng nodded hesitantly: "I know a little bit."
"Alright, that's yours. And Adi, you'll work with Asheng on the car repairs."
Feng San kept giving Ah Sheng and Ah Di meaningful glances, signaling them to do their best to fix it.
Hua Hai, who was in charge of the wholesale and warehouse in the workshop, also knew a little about car repair. After telling Ji Xia, he also helped to sort out the motorcycles.
The remaining people began tidying up the yard.
Seeing that the matter was resolved, the group of female workers breathed a sigh of relief and quickly began to tidy up.
What these employees are most worried about is that the workshop will be shut down and they will lose their jobs.
The workshop was saved, and although the work that day was affected, at least their jobs were saved, so everyone was still very happy.
One by one, the sewing machines were inspected again. Apart from four or five machines having broken needles, some deformed parts, and minor damage to the frame, there were no major problems.
These cars are all brand new, bought less than three months ago. The sewing machines that were delivered also came with a lot of spare parts.
Hou Fang found the extra parts from the previous loading, identified the parts that needed to be replaced, replaced the broken needles, repaired the damaged frame, removed as many burrs as possible to avoid snagging the fabric, and then rearranged them neatly.
After two or three hours, all the sewing machines were finally checked, and the problematic machines were repaired.
The grape trellis outside was restored to its original state. Only some damaged seedlings were cleaned up and seven or eight new grape seedlings were planted. The damaged flower pots in the flower bed were replaced, and the pulled flowers were replanted.
The only real loss was in the materials such as fabric and needles; based on the cost of the fabric, it amounted to more than eighty-three yuan.
Xie An breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and beckoned Ji Xia and Chen Qiuyu aside: "If it's not a lot of money, then forget it. It's not good to offend people for a little bit of money."
Ji Xia had just heard that the money wasn't much, and she thought so too. Hearing this, she nodded and said, "Yes, I have no objection."
After a pause, she asked in a low voice, "Brother Xie, they've been here for most of the day. Should we invite them to have lunch together?"
"Are you still planning to treat them to dinner?"
"Hmm, I still want to ask them for help to get revenge." Ji Xia snorted coldly.
Xie An raised an eyebrow, thinking more highly of him. He was smart enough, though not as shrewd as Chen Jing, he knew how to make enemies on all sides.
However, a meal won't solve the problem of getting revenge through them.
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