Chapter 475 Extortion
At this time, the crowd gathered at the gate of the courtyard after hearing the news included not only the Xia family's tenants, but also migrant workers from Qingping Town.
Everyone stared at Song Liyun, wanting to see who she would side with.
Seeing that he was in such a mess, Song Liyun said to Wu Dan who was following her, "Wu Dan, help him up first."
Wu Dan pouted and went forward to help Xia Pu.
But Xia Pu sat there without getting up, and kept yelling, "This job is impossible to do. Either he or I, or I or him."
This is just straight up being shameless.
Qin Huai's face turned dark. Song Erlang turned his head away and sighed to the sky. It was the first time he had seen such a shameless person.
Song Liyun didn't force Xia Pu to get up. After Wu Dan brought him a stool and sat him down, she said, "How about this! Spring plowing has already begun in Songfeng County. I can't let a small job like mine delay everyone's harvest for the year. I'll have everyone paid right away. If you want to leave, you can leave now!"
Since everyone is a boss, I won’t invite anyone myself.
As soon as these words were spoken, the migrant workers surrounding the yard suddenly became agitated.
Especially the people in Qingping Town, they had rented out their land long ago and planned to earn money outside for two years before returning home.
Now that this has happened, I have no land to farm when I go back. What should I do?
Qin Huai frowned, he didn't understand what Song Liyun meant.
In the afternoon, Song Erlang told him that Miss Song wanted to open up land by the river and needed help from others. Now...
He didn't say anything, but just winked at the group of people he brought with him to the yard, asking them to be quiet for a while.
The migrant workers in Qingping Town were panicking, but the tenants of the Xia family were not. They all looked at Xia Pu.
Xia Pu frowned and said earnestly, "My niece is right, farmers should still focus on growing crops.
My Xia family still has farmland to take care of. If it weren't for the fact that you're a relative and you're pressing me, I wouldn't want to come all this way to earn a few bucks."
This means leaving!
Xia Pu sat on the ground and began to count on his fingers: "Uh! Let's put it this way! We are only a few days away from two months. You can't deduct my wages."
Song Liyun raised her eyebrows. The difference of a few days or two months that Xia Pu mentioned was actually a difference of twenty days.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
"Yes, thank you for your help. How can I deduct money? Including the round trip, of course it will be calculated based on three months."
When Xia Pu heard that it was calculated based on three months, his eyes suddenly widened.
Because the second branch of the Xia family was in charge of the family accounts, he often defaulted on payments and took advantage of others.
Now, hearing Song Liyun say that even the time spent on the road was counted as money, he immediately began to calculate in his mind: "Niece, we have a group of people who need to eat and stay in hotels on the road, and this expense..."
Song Liyun waved her hand and said in front of the Xia family tenants, "There are forty of you here in total, and you will receive one tael and five cents of silver per month, which is sixty taels in total.
Three months is one hundred and eighty taels of silver, plus travel expenses, I will give you two hundred and fifty taels of silver."
When Xia Pu heard about so much money, he couldn't help but pinch his thigh. He thought he was dreaming.
In fact, he thought that he would be most satisfied if he could get 100 taels of silver, but he didn't expect it to be doubled.
Haha, this young lady is really a good boy, she is so generous when she makes a move. I must come here every year in the future.
Although he said he came to work, he actually wandered around Mida City every day and did nothing.
Apart from the fact that the road was longer, the wind was stronger, and there were no women around, staying on the grassland was not hard. Moreover, he had been eating beef and mutton for a month.
But he still didn't want to stay any longer.
It's so desolate here.
He likes to go to the winery in Songfeng County every day, but he feels so bored here.
Resisting the urge to grin from ear to ear, Xia Pu continued, "Qin Huai just beat me up, and my arm hurts. I have to ask Qin Huai to pay for the treatment..."
Song Liyun had just been talking about wages, and Qin Huai couldn't say a word. But when he heard Xia Pu blaming him, he couldn't hold it in any longer and stood up and said, "You were the one who threw the bone in my face first. You deserve it!"
I just kicked him a few times, and he was fine just now, but now he says his arm hurts!
Xia Pu looked up at him and said, "What's the matter? Is your face made of tofu and fart? Will it break if a bone is dropped? Why do you hit someone when you are not hurt or in pain?"
"You..." Qin Huai swung his fist again, but was hugged by Song Erlang: "Old Qin, calm down, calm down, let's part ways in peace!"
The work couldn't be done, so he had to leave immediately. It wasn't worth it to cause any more trouble. Anyway, he would draw a clear line with the Xia family when he returned.
Qin Huai stood aside angrily, waiting for Xia Pu to continue speaking to see how he would extort money.
It was really inappropriate for Xia Pu to sit on the ground like this, so two tenants from Xia Village came over and persuaded Xia Pu to get up.
Xia Pu kept humming with his arm hanging!
Song Liyun frowned and said, "You are so seriously injured, you must get proper treatment."
Xia Pu's eyes rolled around, and he slowly held up two fingers. "It takes a hundred days for a broken bone to heal, and I have farm work to do. What will I do if my crops are delayed? This place is remote and there's no place to get treatment. So let this Qin guy pay for it."
Song Liyun lowered her eyelids and asked nonchalantly, "How much do you think is appropriate?"
Xia Pu raised two fingers and gestured, "At least twenty taels of silver. I don't want the money for the supplements either."
The people around gasped. Ten taels of silver was half a year's wages, and twenty taels could buy two strong and healthy cows.
Song Liyun nodded: "Okay, this money should be given!"
Seeing that Song Liyun agreed like this, Qin Huai said anxiously: "Miss Song, Xia Pu is extorting money. He is not injured at all. I just kicked him a few times on the buttocks."
If he were to be extorted of twenty taels by this scoundrel, he would not be able to get any money back this year!
Song Erlang ignored Xia Pu's glare and pulled Song Liyun aside, whispering, "Xiaoyun, Xia Pu was the one who started this incident today. Old Qin was just furious. He only hit her a few times, so she wouldn't break any limbs. Find a military doctor to take a look and stop him from talking nonsense."
Song Liyun waved her hand at him, signaling him to stop talking, and turned to everyone in the courtyard and said, "Everyone has come from far away to help, so naturally, if they get hurt, I, the host, should be held responsible."
"Uncle Qin, don't worry."
When Qin Huai heard that Song Liyun was going to suffer for him, his face suddenly wrinkled and he felt ashamed.
He sighed and rushed out of the crowd, squatting by the courtyard wall, feeling extremely regretful.
I am so impatient at my age. I could endure Xia's torment for so long, but I chose to take action today!
Miss Song lost twenty taels of silver in vain.
On the other hand, when Xia Pu heard that Song Liyun would bear the medical expenses, he immediately regretted it.
I was still soft-hearted. I should have said that my arms and legs were broken, and my ribs were broken. I would have to lie in bed for a year or two, and I could at least get another 250 yuan.
There is no reason to extort more money now.
Song Liyun didn't give him much chance to think about it and directly asked the person in charge of the financial management of the migrant workers in Mida City to come over.
It turned out that the person who came was Fang Zheng, an acquaintance.
Fang Zheng and Guo Tong had served as guards for Song Liyun in Suijin Town for a period of time. When Lin Qingyuan encountered a disaster, they followed him to Hecheng.
Things are done safely and reliably.
Fang Zheng can read and write, and he studied in Lin Qingyuan's shop for a while. Now he is in charge of the financial account books in Mida City.
When he saw that Song Liyun wanted to withdraw 270 taels of silver, he took out a box of silver ingots without saying a word.
The silver is bright white, it is official-cast snowflake silver, ten taels each.
After paying the money, Song Liyun immediately asked someone to arrange a carriage and did not let anyone from Xiajiazhuang stay overnight.
When Xia Pu saw the silver, he didn't care about Song Liyun chasing people away overnight.
Anyway, there is a rest stop ten miles outside the city. Now that everyone has eaten and drunk enough, they can spend the night at the rest stop after leaving the city.
He was actually worried about sleeping in the work shed in the city.
The eyes of Qin Huai's group were full of murderous intent, and he was afraid that he would lose his head if he lay down.
(End of this chapter)
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