"..."
Old Wang's wife was hurling insults so passionately that even Yu Mingxiang wanted to applaud her, but...
But things didn't go as she planned, because...
Neither of the two villages can afford to lose face like this.
Old Wang's wife was wrong to stab someone with scissors, but it is also a fact that Zhao Tiezhu sold his wife for grain.
Upon closer examination, neither side is entirely innocent.
Such a scandalous incident alarmed not only the village chiefs of the two villages, but also the elderly leaders of the two villages.
Several old men in charge arrived, being helped by others.
A group of old men huddled together and whispered for a while before finally announcing the outcome of the matter.
Wang Dahai's family compensated Zhao Tiezhu's family with ten yuan plus two hundred jin of grain, and that settled the matter.
Upon hearing the outcome, Old Wang's wife was the first to stand up and object.
"Why? Why should my family pay money and grain? I said I'd rather go to jail than pay a single penny!"
As soon as she said that...
The old man who was in charge of Wangjia Village angrily banged his cane and shouted, "No matter what, you stabbed someone, you saw blood, and your husband couldn't control his spineless bastard!"
"You think you can just go to jail and get away with it? Who the hell has tarnished the village's reputation, making it impossible for the men and women to find wives and marry well? I'll kick them out of the village!"
Old Wang's wife exclaimed upon hearing this: !!!
They immediately fell silent.
They could afford ten yuan and two hundred catties of grain, but if they were driven out of the village, they would become vagrants and be forced into labor reform.
Old Wang's wife remained silent, but Zhao Tiezhu and his son had objections.
Zhao Tengfei looked dissatisfied. "What can ten yuan do? It's not even enough for me to have a few good drinks..."
Zhao Tiezhu bargained, "Two hundred catties of grain isn't enough to feed someone for a month, let alone give it to a beggar. It has to be at least a thousand catties..."
Hearing the father and son's words, the old village chief also became angry.
"You two dare to have any objections? You shameful bastards! If you dare to utter another sound, I'll have your whole family drowned in the river!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tiezhu and his son exclaimed, "!!!"
Things quieted down immediately.
If the villagers don't report it, the officials won't investigate. Even if the village really drowned the whole family, as long as no one reports it, their deaths will be in vain. Even if someone does report it, the principle of "the law does not punish the masses" will cover it up.
The father and son dared not challenge the village rules and regulations, and the matter was resolved without even alerting the police.
Wang Dahai's family gave Zhao Tiezhu's family ten yuan and two hundred jin of grain mixed with stones as compensation.
The old village chief had the ten yuan sent directly to the town hospital to treat Li Guihua's eyes, while the two hundred jin of grain mixed with stones were given to Zhao Tiezhu and his son.
The father and son initially wanted to protest when they saw the pebbles mixed in with the grain, but...
Nobody paid any attention to them.
Seeing that the show was over, Yu Mingxiang called to her son, and the two of them walked out of the grove.
Behind them.
Zhao Tiezhu and his son, dragging two bags of grain, watched her graceful departure with a slight flicker in their eyes.
Some people, even when dressed in coarse cloth, don't look like village women at all.
Yu Mingxiang is just that kind of person. Her looks and temperament are outstanding, not to mention in Hedao Village, but even in the entire Baishan Town. The key is that she also has money to donate...
Yu Mingxiang was completely unaware of the scrutinizing gazes behind her. With a heavy heart, she went home with her son.
As soon as he got home, Qin Xiangdong went into the outer room of the east wing and began to tell his elder brother and sister-in-law his story with great emotion.
"It is said, it is said, it is said that when Li Guihua was arrested, her clothes were open. Do you think they were not afraid of getting cold in this freezing weather, in a place like a grove of trees?"
"And then there's Zhao Tiezhu and his son Zhao Tengfei, they're truly shameless!"
"Those two colluded, one selling his wife and the other his mother, completely disregarding Li Guihua's life or death, only thinking about demanding compensation!"
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