Chapter 84 A Cup Worth Fifteen Taels of Silver
Little Fubao was held in Old Lady Wan's arms and walked out of the house. Liu followed behind Old Lady Wan. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw Mrs. Wan San being pushed to the ground by the other party, who was about to attack her.
"Stop! What are you doing? How dare you act wildly at my doorstep? Have you forgotten what happened to Widow Wang's family?" Old Mrs. Wan shouted from afar, which frightened Shen Lao Er, who was about to take action. As a neighbor of the Wan family, he witnessed the whole process of Widow Wang's family being beaten. Shen Lao Er stopped embarrassedly, but Feng pointed at Shen on the ground and started to make a scene.
"Your family injured my sister-in-law, so hurry up and pay the money. If you don't, we will go to the county to file a complaint."
Feng still had some brains. Knowing that the mayor favored the Wan family, she threatened to go to the county town to file a complaint.
How could Old Lady Wan be afraid of this paper tiger? If Feng had spoken nicely, Old Lady Wan could have explained a few reasons to her. However, Feng behaved in a way that Old Lady Wan despised from the very beginning, and even wanted to blackmail Old Lady Wan. Old Lady Wan snorted in her heart.
"Okay, go ahead and sue me. I'm waiting here. If you can't invite the county magistrate's detectives here today, I'll sue you for blackmail."
As soon as Old Lady Wan finished speaking, Zhao followed Wan Xingmo out of the yard.
The commotion here has alarmed the Zhao family.
When the Shen family saw Wan Xingmo coming, they shrank their heads in fear. The reason why they were not afraid of Old Lady Wan was that they knew it was Wan Xingmo who was powerful, not this old lady. Now seeing Wan Xingmo coming over with a gloomy face, the men of the Shen family subconsciously stayed away from him.
"Grandma Wan, what happened?" Wan Xingmo walked to Grandma Wan, while Zhao helped Mrs. Wan San up.
Old Lady Wan snorted coldly and said, "Someone wants to blackmail me and wants to go to the county to file a complaint. Do I look like a clay figure? Am I so easily bullied?"
Feng was not very afraid of Wan Xingmo. She felt that she did not do anything physical but just talked. Wan Xingmo could not hit a woman, right?
So Feng continued: "Which eye did you see me blackmailing people? But I saw my sister-in-law came out fine, and now she fainted at the door of your house. We have evidence, and this cup is the evidence." Feng said proudly, holding the cup taken from Mr. Shen.
Old Lady Wan glanced at the cup in Feng's hand and said to Wan Xingmo, "Mo'er, how are theft and robbery crimes sentenced in our Da Qi?"
Wan Xingmo sneered and said, "At the very least, you will be sentenced to five years in prison, at the worst, you will be exiled for life."
Grandma Wan said to her eldest grandson Wan Quan, "Quan'er, go call your father back. Our cup is missing. Ask him to go to the county to report the case."
Wan Quan agreed and was about to run, but when he passed the door, Feng grabbed him.
"Where are you going? You are not allowed to go." Feng looked at Old Lady Wan in the yard with an anxious look on her face and said, "I didn't steal. Here is the evidence."
Wan Quan was already a grown-up boy, and Feng was completely unable to stop him. During the struggle between the two, the cup in Feng's hand fell to the ground with a bang.
There were still some unmelted ice cubes on the ground, and the cup fell right on the ice and broke into pieces.
However, Feng did not take it seriously, but held Wan Quan tightly and did not let him leave.
At this time, Old Mrs. Wan called Wan Quan back.
"Quan'er is back, you don't have to go."
Because Old Lady Wan had already seen Jinniu walking quickly with the village chief on his back, followed by several of the Wan family's sons.
The eldest and second oldest Wan were the first to see the situation at the door. They were both shocked and thought that this matter was of considerable importance.
The group soon arrived at the gate of the fence.
At this time, Shen had slowly woken up. Seeing Shen's wounds, Zhao felt a little pity for her. This woman was really pitiful.
Zhao wanted to go forward and help Shen up, but was secretly stopped by Wan San's wife. Zhao then knew that now was not the time to act rashly.
The village chief felt a headache when he saw the people from the Shen family, because this was not the first time that Shen was beaten by the Shen family. There was another incident that was even more serious than this one, and someone almost died. Shen had to lie in bed for half a month before he could get out of bed.
"What are you doing?" The village chief asked the Shen family in an angry tone.
When the Shen family saw the village chief, an unnatural look of shame and anger flashed across their faces. They lowered their heads and said nothing. Even Feng kept silent.
"Why aren't you talking? Are you mute? Didn't I just hear you were going to file a complaint, Feng? Who are you going to file a complaint against?"
Feng shook her head. "Uncle Village Chief, you misheard me. I didn't say I was going to file a complaint. How could I dare to file a complaint? The government office is not a place where people like us can enter."
The village chief snorted coldly, "You still have some self-awareness. Since you are not going to complain, why don't you quickly take your sister-in-law back to recuperate?"
Feng was so scared that she nodded repeatedly. She bent down and was about to pick up Shen and prepare to slip away. At this time, Old Lady Wan spoke.
"Wait, did I tell you to leave?"
The village chief looked at Old Lady Wan in confusion and asked, "Big sister, is there anything else you haven't dealt with?"
Old Mrs. Wan handed little Fubao to Wan Ersao who had just returned, walked to the door on her small feet, bent down, picked up a piece of broken porcelain on the ground and handed it to the village chief.
"Village Chief, can you tell me how much this cup of mine is worth?"
The village chief took a piece of porcelain and looked at it for a long time before saying, "Big sister, this doesn't look cheap. I have never used such a fine porcelain cup in my life. I only saw it once at the former mayor's house. Such a valuable thing is not something that people like us can afford, let alone its value."
Wan Xingmo, who was standing nearby, suddenly spoke up, "Village Chief, if you want to buy a set of cups like this, it will cost at least fifteen taels of silver per set. Moreover, they are sold as a set, not individually. If one cup is broken, the whole set of tea sets will be ruined."
Old Lady Wan glanced at Feng calmly, then looked at the village chief and said, "Village chief, this cup was broken by Feng. If she doesn't compensate my family with fifteen taels of silver today, I will take her to court. I have witnesses and evidence."
Feng was shocked when she heard this. Fifteen taels of silver! My God! Even if I sold her, she wouldn't be worth that much money.
The village chief was also shocked by the astonishing price. What kind of person is worthy of using such expensive tea sets?
After hearing what Wan Xingmo said, although Old Lady Wan didn't show it on her face, her heart was bleeding. Fifteen taels of silver were gone just like that. She cursed Feng again in her heart.
The people of the Shen family were also frightened by the staggering price.
Shen Lao Si was so frightened at this moment that he dared not even fart. After all, the cup was tempered by his wife. If there was any compensation, it should be paid by their fourth branch. His mother would definitely separate them from the Shen family because of this.
Shen Laosi's eyes rolled, and he immediately ran to the village chief and said, "Village chief, Feng is no longer a member of my Shen family. I will divorce her now. She has to bear the consequences of her own mistakes. It has nothing to do with our Shen family."
Feng's already tense nerves snapped immediately after hearing this. If she was divorced by the Shen family, where would she go? She couldn't go back to her parents' home, and she couldn't stay at her husband's home. It was freezing outside, wouldn't it drive her to death?
With a roar, Feng pounced on Shen Laosi, and her sharp nails left several bloody marks on Shen Laosi's face. Shen Laosi was attacked by surprise, and his face was burning. He grabbed Feng's arm and threw her to the ground.
The couple fought fiercely in front of everyone.
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