We don't lend or rent milk goats. If you come, we'll give you some goat milk, but we're not always so lucky that we can milk you right away.
"If you don't mind the trouble, then come on over." Before leaving, Tao Changyi glanced at Niu Laosan.
"From now on, come to pump milk during the day. It's not appropriate for you to have someone in postpartum confinement bring the baby over in the middle of the night. Your intentions are too obvious, brother. I don't think you need to play these tricks. What do you think?"
Niu Laosan's hand holding the milk trembled slightly, and his face turned so red that he wished he could disappear into the ground. He gave Tao Changyi an awkward smile and then pointed outside.
"Well, bro, I'm getting back home, so I'll be going now! Thanks a lot."
After Niu Laosan left, Tao Changyi spat in the direction he went and said, "Pah, what a piece of trash, not even a man!"
Father turned and went home, saying to his family, "From now on, we should milk the goats more often. We're afraid we won't be able to keep up with the cow family's good fortune. It's not that we don't want to give them any, it's just that their attitude is really infuriating."
Actually, even if Dad doesn't say it, everyone in the family understands that everyone in the family, including Xiao Jiu, can milk the cows themselves, so they can help even if there are no adults in the family.
However, they underestimated the shamelessness of some people. The two little ones were still at home that day, while everyone else went to work in the fields.
The Niu family came knocking on the door again, but Grandma had locked it from the outside. They left after seeing this, and Xiao Jiu and Xiao An didn't think much of it.
As they were drying peanuts outside, they suddenly heard the sound of tiles breaking on the ground. When they ran to the backyard, they saw that Niu Laosan had climbed up the ladder into their house. The sudden appearance of the two little guys startled him so much that he fell off the eaves and landed on their big white goose. The goose let out a miserable cry and then fell silent.
The two children were terrified by the scene and started wailing. Unfortunately, the door to their house was locked. The neighbors heard the commotion and rushed to the fields to call their grandparents, father, and sisters. When everyone pushed the door open and came in, they saw Niu Laosan lying unconscious on the ground and the white goose that he had already crushed to death.
The two children were still crying, but they were just pretending, because only in this way could Niu Laosan appear to be deeply sinful.
The old man didn't want to argue with the Niu family, so he called the police on his way there. The Niu family tried to move the ladder away, but were stopped by the neighbors on both sides.
"In broad daylight, you climbed into someone's house with a ladder, Niu Laosan, what are you trying to do? Even thieves aren't this arrogant. Look at the state of their house, and the two children were so scared they cried all afternoon. You even crushed the white goose that was laying eggs. If you don't take some responsibility for this, let's see who dares to have any contact with your family!"
"Exactly, exactly! It's broad daylight! There are children in their house, and he dared to climb over the wall? He didn't succeed this time. He said he came to milk the goats, but who knows what he was really up to? He might have been trying to steal something while no one was home. Luckily, the children were home. If they weren't, they would have already stolen something by now, right?"
Niu Laosan has already been carried away by his family to the township health center. Judging from his appearance, he must have been seriously injured in the fall.
The old lady from the Niu family slumped down at the back door of her house, crying and demanding compensation from the Tao family. The police officers who saw this were also very impatient.
“How can you be so unreasonable, old lady? Your son committed theft, don’t you understand? So many people were watching. You damaged someone’s house and crushed their goose. You have to pay compensation for all of this. Instead of paying, you’re trying to extort money from them. And your reasoning is ridiculous. You’re blaming them for locking their own door. What were you thinking? What’s wrong with locking the door when they leave? How would anyone know your son came to steal something?”
"I'm innocent, comrade! My son really didn't come to steal anything. My grandson was starving, and no one was home, so we had to climb over the wall. The child was so anxious that he couldn't wait any longer. Who knew there were people home? Look how scared my son was! Was I wrong to ask them for compensation? I don't care. They scared my son so much that he had to be hospitalized, so they have to pay me!"
Upon hearing this, the police officer couldn't help but stare at the old woman and ask, "Your son hasn't woken up yet, and he doesn't even know what happened. How do you know so much? We haven't even calmed down the two little ones yet, and we haven't gotten any information out of them. How do you, an old woman, know so much? Were you waiting outside at the time? Or was this your idea?"
Xiao Jiu immediately realized what was happening and shouted at the police officer, "It's her! She was outside, cursing at my brother and me, calling us cowards, scaring her son, and saying that if the door opened, she would tear our mouths apart! She's a bad grandma, a bad person, don't come to my house, bad guy, big bad guy!"
Grandma Niu blushed and was about to retort when the police officers, not wanting to wait until they reached the township health center to check if she was awake or not, grabbed Grandma Niu, who was so frightened she wet her pants, and dragged her away as soon as they finished collecting the evidence at the scene.
After they left, Grandma cursed under her breath, "What a damn bad luck! What a waste of my big white goose!"
While tidying up the yard, Grandpa comforted her, "Maybe this is a good thing. The police will stand up for us. Her son is in the hospital, and her wife has no milk. She'll never have the face to come to our house for milk again. If they dare to come, we'll ask them for compensation!"
"My beautiful white goose was laying eggs, and now it's gone! Why should we have to lose a goose to pay for milk? No way! I'm not finished with this!"
Grandma used to be the head of the tavern, managing everything inside and out. If she were incompetent, their business wouldn't have been stable all those years. Even during the War of Resistance, their business didn't suffer, which is enough to prove how resilient the Tao family is. Would they really be stumped by a mere old woman? That's a joke.
Xiao Jiu also thought her grandmother was quite remarkable. She had managed to cultivate her mother's gentle nature. Her three older sisters had been here for a year, and she had also transformed them into independent and self-reliant individuals. Based on this alone, she believed that her family could not only get the money back for the white goose, but also recover the money for the roof repairs and all the milk they had given away, with interest. Who told this family to do bad things and take crooked paths?
Grandma wasn't one to suffer a loss, and this old lady from the Niu family, trying to gain an advantage, ended up kicking a hornet's nest.
Niu Laosan's wife looks like a simpleton, but she's actually quite shrewd. After her mother-in-law and husband both had accidents, she wrapped her head in a headscarf, carried her child, and headed towards their house. The grandmother simply closed the door, ignoring her crying and wailing outside. The Tao family pretended not to hear her.
Trying to morally blackmail them?
No way!
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