Upon hearing the skinny monkey's words, Yun Dazheng's face immediately turned extremely ugly. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "According to your calculation, even if I were sold by weight, I still couldn't afford to compensate you for a clay pot like this. Young brother, aren't you going too far?"
Skinny Monkey glanced at Yun Dazheng and said, "What's the rush? I haven't finished speaking yet." He paused, then continued, "I'm not an unfeeling person. I know you old geezer can't afford to ruin my future, so I can only accept my bad luck. After all, I can't really sell you off by weight, can I?"
"So what exactly do you want?" Knowing that the person in front of him was genuinely trying to extort money from him, Yun Dazheng's tone became anything but pleasant.
Skinny Monkey nodded in a mocking manner and said, "Alright, I know you country folk are all dirt poor, with hardly any money at home. I'll be a good guy this time and won't go through with the formalities. I'll waive all the compensation for lost wages and the cost of the jar. Just give me a hundred yuan, and we'll call it even."
"Why don't you just rob it!" Hearing this, Yun Duo couldn't take it anymore and popped out from behind Yun Dazheng again, yelling loudly at the skinny monkey.
Yun Dazheng knew that this matter could not be resolved peacefully, so he nodded and said in a deep voice, "That's right, young man, even if your jar were made of gold, you wouldn't be able to pay a hundred yuan in compensation. What you're saying is really going too far."
Yun Duo, pulling Yun Dazheng along, said angrily, "Grandpa, he's not just bullying us, he's extorting us! That's illegal! If we report him to the police station, the officers will arrest him!"
"Heh? Arrest me?" Skinny Monkey sneered and said, "Little girl, go ahead and report me, go ahead and let the police arrest me. If you don't know how to get to the police station, I can even give you directions. You believe me? The way I go in, the way those policemen will bring me out."
"But you... if Leopard finds out that you were the ones who broke the earthenware jar that the old lady longed for, not only you... but your entire family, those not here, will all suffer the same fate. Broken arms and legs are minor matters; I'm afraid that if the old lady's condition worsens, your entire family's lives won't be enough to compensate for her death!"
"Fine! You're called Skinny Monkey, and you're a henchman of a guy called Leopard in Qingping County. Even the police don't dare do anything to you, right? Then I'm not going to the police station. I'm going straight to the county 'government.' I'm going to ask the county magistrate if Qingping County is still a place that upholds the law, and if it's still under Magistrate Cao's authority!" Yun Duo laughed in anger. She'd seen arrogant people before, but never anyone this arrogant. Just by brandishing a tiger's skin, he dared to threaten people with violence.
"Oh ho?" Skinny Monkey seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "Uncle Cao? You're calling him that so affectionately. Who is County Magistrate Cao? He might not be busy with a million affairs of state, but he's certainly very busy, right? How could he possibly know who you are? How could he possibly know who you are? Trying to act all high and mighty in front of your Brother Monkey? You're still too green!"
"Come on, come on, Brother Monkey, I'll personally take you to the county 'government'. I want to see if you country bumpkins can even get through the county 'government' gate!"
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