After hearing what Shen Baiqian said, Wu Ergou's mother, Mrs. Wu, said sternly, "Stop slandering us. What evidence do you have to prove that our family stole your water?"
"Stop talking nonsense. You know whether you stole something or not. Either give me food or money. You can choose one." Chen Chen said directly after hearing what the old woman said.
People who do wrong will never admit their mistakes, so stop talking nonsense and just fight if they don’t give you money.
The damaged seedlings this time covered one acre of land. The rice yield of one acre of land in Dongliguo is about 400 jin, and the price of brown rice is 10 wen per jin. If compensation is required, either 400 jin of grain or 4,000 wen, which is 4 taels of silver, is required.
When Mrs. Wu heard what Chen Zhen said, she spitted and cursed, "Who are you? It's not your turn as a young man to speak here. A young man who hangs out with a bunch of men all day long, do you still have any shame? Bah, you vixen, shameless."
When Chen Zhen heard the insults, he couldn't stand it. No one had dared to insult him like that for many years, so he immediately wanted to find something to hit someone.
But after turning around, he found that he didn't even have any tools with him, so he couldn't help but complain to his cousin in his heart: Didn't we say we were here to fight? Why didn't we even bring any tools?
But it didn't matter that he had no tools. He just took off his shoes and threw them directly at Mrs. Wu's face.
Shen Baiqian and the villagers who followed him couldn't help but twitch their lips when they saw Chen Chen's behavior. It was just a fight, why would such a huge sacrifice be necessary?
The shoe flew straight towards Mrs. Wu, and with a light "pa" sound, a shoe print appeared on Mrs. Wu's face.
Mrs. Wu screamed miserably, and the prelude to the "war" began.
Not long after, the dozen or so men on the opposite side were all knocked to the ground, and some of their own men were injured as well.
Of course, Chen Zhen was fine, he didn't even take a breath, and most of the men who fell to the ground were Chen Zhen's fault.
Because he was such a good fighter, even if the villagers didn't take action, he could still knock them all down.
Shen Baiqian found Chen Zhen's shoes and handed them to him, asking him to put them on.
After Chen Zhen put on his shoes, Shen Baiqian said to Mrs. Wu, "Today we must get back what we lost. Do you want to give it to us, or do we do it for you?"
After hearing this, Wu Ergou endured the pain in his leg and ran to Mrs. Wu and said, "Mom, please compensate them."
The beating from that young man was so painful, he didn't want to go through it again.
Mrs. Wu had a gloomy face and said nothing, but she eventually turned back to her room and took out two taels of silver and a silver hairpin, throwing them directly at Shen Baiqian's feet, and said coldly: "That's all, take it or not."
Shen Baiqian didn't care about her attitude. He picked up the money and silver hairpin and looked at them. It was barely enough to make up four taels of silver, so he put them away and then prepared to return to the village with everyone else.
When he walked outside Wu Ergou's yard, he happened to meet Village Chief Wu and a group of villagers.
Mrs. Wu seemed to have found a savior. She cried and begged the village chief to save her, cursing the Shen family villagers for being inhuman and robbing their money.
The people of Shenjia Village scoffed at her behavior. Chen Chen even walked directly to Village Chief Wu, gave him a provocative look, then raised his fist and said to him, "Watch out for the people in your village. If you dare to bully us in Shenjia Village again, I will come and beat you up."
After hearing this, Village Chief Wu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He was a man in his 40s, but he was threatened by an 18-year-old boy, and he couldn't resist.
But Chen Zhen didn't care whether Village Chief Wu had a bad face or not. After threatening him, he followed Shen Baiqian back to the village.
When I walked out of the entrance of Wujia Village, I met a young man wearing a green robe and walking elegantly.
The man's hair was tied up high, half of it was fixed on top of his head with a headband, and the other half was loose on his shoulders.
He has a tall and slender figure, a fair and cold face, phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, thin lips, an aloof expression, and an outstanding temperament.
What a graceful and elegant young man, Chen Chen admired in his heart. He could even walk so noble and gracefully, and even this most ordinary scholar's robe made him look aristocratic.
He Jinshu, who was about to return to the village, noticed that many people were walking towards him. He just raised his eyes and glanced in that direction casually without paying much attention. After passing by these people, he went straight back to the village.
But the cold look in his eyes that he casually gave him pierced Chen Zhen's heart directly, causing his heart to instantly thunder and his heartbeat to accelerate.
Chen Zhen couldn't help but stop, holding his hand to his rapidly beating heart, staring blankly in the direction where He Jinshu left.
When Shen Baiqian and the others saw Chen Zhen stop, they also stopped, looked at the direction he was looking at, looked at him again, and then asked in confusion: "Brother Zhen, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Chen was brought back to his senses by Shen Baiqian's question, but his eyes were still looking in the direction where He Jinshu left. He nudged Shen Baiqian, who was standing next to him, with his arm and asked, "Cousin, who was that person just now?"
He seemed to have never seen this person before.
Shen Baiqian listened to his question, glanced in the direction the man left, and then said, "I heard that Wujia Village had a scholar before. Could it be this person?"
"What's his name?" Chen Chen asked.
"I heard his name is He Jinshu, but I don't know if he is the scholar." Shen Baiqian replied.
Although it is just a guess, the answer should be pretty close, because Wujia Village is the poorest village nearby, and no one should have extra money to send their son to school.
Only the He family, who had arrived in Wujia Village ten years earlier, had the money to send their son to school. However, that man rarely left his home, spending most of his time in private school, so Shen Bai had never met him before.
After hearing what Shen Baiqian said, Chen Zhen whispered He Jinshu's name twice, and then suddenly said loudly: "I have made up my mind."
Shen Baiqian looked at him yelling like a lunatic, and asked in confusion, "What have you decided?"
Unexpectedly, the man had a serious face, shook his head and said, "I'll tell you about this later. I have to go home first." After that, he turned around and ran home quickly.
Shen Baiqian was completely confused by his sudden situation. He could only shake his head helplessly and follow his pace to Shenjia Village with the villagers.
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