Chapter 470: Asking for Lamb
Old Sheephead hurried back with a heavy heart. When he got home, he found a group of people gathered at the door of his house, but the door was tightly closed. However, Quanfu knocked on the door loudly.
"Open the door, we are here to carry the mutton. If you lock up my brother-in-law, you must give us the mutton."
The people outside stood behind Quanfu and pointed and talked. Anyway, it was winter and there was nothing to do during the farming season. If there was anything happening in the village, everyone would go and join in the fun.
Although Lao Yangtou's home is at the end of the village, far away from the village, it still attracts many people.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Quanfu, why are you howling at my door?" The old sheephead pushed through the crowd, squeezed to the front, and shouted at Quanfu.
It was after the old sheep-head roared that the door of their house opened and the woman came out with a happy face.
"Dad, you're finally back. Quanfu came to our house to ask for the sheep that was stabbed to death by Gousheng. He said that we have detained the person, so the sheep should be given to them so that they can sell it for money to save the person. He has been here for more than fifteen minutes."
The old sheep head glared at Quanfu, walked around him and came to the gate. Behind him was his own yard.
The old sheep-head sneered, "You haven't even brought the money yet, and you want to take the sheep away. How can such a good thing happen in the world? You are so shameless, does your father know?"
Quanfu's face froze. He hadn't told his father yet. His father would definitely not approve of him doing this. If he made such a fuss, everyone would know that there was a thief son-in-law in their family, and he had even sneaked into his father-in-law's village.
But Quanfu also had his own considerations. His father had asked the village chief to write a letter of severance of engagement, and now Gousheng had no relationship with their family. If a quarrel really broke out, it would just let everyone know that their family no longer had this son-in-law, and they would not be implicated then.
And he had to bring home the sheep that Gousheng had stabbed to death while Ronghua went back to collect the money. When Ronghua got married, her family did not ask for the betrothal gift back. Now that the engagement was going to be broken off, they had to get back the money they had spent on raising their daughter. Now that he only wanted this sheep, it was a bargain for Gousheng.
But he didn't expect that although his intention was good, the old sheep-headed man would not open the door to meet him.
He got so angry that he started yelling, attracting a lot of villagers to watch.
"Old Sheephead, Ronghua has gone home to sell her house and land. We will be able to collect the money for you in less than three days. But your dead sheep can't be kept for more than three days. If it dies by then, we won't compensate you for so much money. You should think it through."
When Quanfu came, he had already thought about what to say in order to scare the old sheephead, and he felt that this statement was the most appropriate.
But the old sheephead didn't buy it.
"What the hell are you dreaming about? Do you know what this is called? You're trying to get something for nothing. Are you still asleep?"
After the old sheep head finished speaking, he glanced at the villagers behind him. Everyone looked puzzled. They had been sitting here for a long time and still didn't understand why Quanfu came to the doorstep to ask for sheep. Now they were even more confused. When did these two families start fighting again? It even involved Ronghua's family. Could it be that Ronghua wanted to climb onto the old sheep head's kang again?
Before everyone could start to guess, the old sheephead told the reason himself.
"Everyone is here, so it's a good opportunity to judge for me, the old sheep head. Ronghua's man took advantage of our absence yesterday and unlocked my door, trying to steal sheep. I blocked him at home, and he tried to run, but I whipped him a few times. He even stabbed me. Look, my shoulder is still hurting badly. I just went to the clinic this morning to see a doctor, and the doctor spent five taels of silver to get medicine for me."
"What? Old Sheephead, what medicine did you take? Is this a magic medicine? If anyone of us gets hurt, we can just apply some pot ash on it. You spent so much money, you must be a wealthy family."
The old sheep had just said half of his words when someone in the crowd immediately started to challenge him.
This was followed by another round of laughter.
At this time, Quanfu immediately followed suit, "Yes, old sheephead, you are not deliberately blackmailing me, are you? In fact, you used pot ash to stop bleeding, but you insisted that you used golden wound medicine. I don't believe that you have golden wound medicine at home."
The old sheep head looked at everyone blaming him and his face looked very bad. At this moment, a voice came from behind him.
"The golden wound medicine is mine. I gave it to him. If you don't believe me, I'll take it out and show you."
Wan Laoer had somehow ended up holding Fubao and standing behind Lao Yangtou'er.
Fubao quickly let go of Wan Laoer's hand, turned around and ran back to the house, found the bottle of golden wound medicine from Lao Yangtou'er's kang and took it.
"Daddy, here."
Fubao handed the bottle of healing medicine to Wan Laoer, who smiled and touched Fubao's little head.
"Look, this is the golden wound medicine I used on Old Sheephead. The name of the clinic in your town is engraved on the medicine bottle, Tianci Clinic."
Wan Laoer held up a small white porcelain bottle and showed it to everyone.
The villagers' attention was diverted by the sudden appearance of Wan Laoer.
"Old Sheephead, when did you get a guest? Who is this person?"
The old sheep head didn't want to pay attention to their nonsense, and continued directly: "Do you still think that I used pot ash to stop bleeding?"
Now no villager dared to question Old Sheephead anymore. After all, judging from the way Wan Laoer was wearing clothes, his family should be well-off and could at least afford to buy medicine for wounds.
"We all live in the same village. If Gousheng can sneak into my house today, he can sneak into your house tomorrow." After saying this, the old sheephead looked at the villagers' reactions.
Since Quanfu doesn't want fame and insists on making it known to everyone, there is no need for him to save face for their family.
As expected, as soon as Old Sheephead said this, the villagers immediately pointed their spearheads at Quanfu.
"Quanfu, you don't even let your father take care of Ronghua, and you can't even keep an eye on a man. Look around the village and see which girl brings her son-in-law to her parents' house to eat and drink for free every half a month. Besides, you and your elder brother are lazy and greedy to begin with, how much wealth do you have in your family for them to ruin?"
"That's right, Quanfu. If your family hadn't married two good wives and hadn't had good weather and good harvests in recent years, your family would have starved to death long ago. How could you have leftover food to help Ronghua's family?"
"From now on, Gousheng is not allowed to set foot in our village again. Anyone who sees him will be kicked out."
I don't know who in the crowd suddenly shouted this, and everyone immediately echoed it.
"Yes, you are right. We hate thieves the most. I didn't expect that the son-in-law would steal it and bring it to my mother's house."
Quanfu saw that something was wrong and quickly turned around to explain, "Everyone, listen to me. Our family has severed ties with the Ronghua family. Gousheng is no longer our son-in-law. You can do whatever you want to him, but don't involve our family."
The old sheep head was waiting for Quanfu to say this, and he immediately continued: "Okay, since Gousheng has nothing to do with your family, and this sheep has nothing to do with your family, I will only ask Gousheng's family for money, and this sheep will naturally be given to Gousheng's family. Stop yelling at my door, and get out of here."
But Quanfu was not so easy to get rid of. "No, Ronghua hasn't put her fingerprints on the letter of kinship yet. Ronghua is still a member of our family, and the sheep is related to our family. You should move the sheep out to me quickly. The sheep is already mine."
The old sheep-head swung his whip and hit the ground in front of Quanfu, and a cloud of yellow soil instantly rose into the air.
Quanfu was so scared that he quickly stepped back.
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