Chapter 54: If you don't pay the money, you will go to the authorities
The tall woman was still chattering away.
Gu Xixi's face had already turned gloomy.
"Shut up!"
She suddenly let out a low roar, shaking the entire audience.
The tall woman didn't expect that the seemingly weak girl could have so much strength. She was so shocked that she was stuck and quiet for a moment.
Gu Xixi was so angry that she shouted, "Ke si ke si, you keep saying these two words all day long. We have been neighbors for such a long time, but why haven't I seen anyone die in a cooking fire or have the whole family blown up during the New Year's firecrackers?"
As a father, he couldn't save his face and asked, "How can you talk like that, girl?"
Gu Xixi sneered, "Aren't you afraid of death? Why did you come here?"
"And your little sons at home, if you're worried that they might be killed, tie them up and don't let them run around all day."
"Shi Tou hid whenever he went out, but they were the ones who wouldn't give in and had to come and bully Shi Tou!"
The tall woman recovered and said unconvincedly, "Why do you say that it was our child who was looking for him?"
"My eldest child is the most obedient. I tell him not to play with stones, and he always listens to me."
"Be obedient?" Gu Xixi sneered and pulled the stone forward.
"Can obedience make a stone like this?"
When the five people saw Shi Tou's face clearly, they were stunned.
Gu Xixi said, "Your son just hurt his buttocks, look at our faces and eyes!"
"A damaged eye is a lifelong problem. I'll take Shitou to a doctor for a checkup. If there's any damage to his eyes, I'll see who should pay the compensation!"
As Gu Xixi spoke, she pulled up Shitou's sleeve and showed them the bruises on his arm.
The tall woman stepped back guiltily, and the other four men looked at her with shimmering eyes, not daring to look directly at her.
At this time, Gu Xixi and Shitou had already gained the upper hand in momentum.
Gu Xixi raised her head and glared at those people, "Shitou, tell these uncles and aunts now, what was the reason for the fight this morning?"
As she spoke, she quietly squeezed Shi Tou's little hand.
Shitou looked up at Gu Xixi. Although he couldn't explain the reason, he was not afraid at all now.
In the past, when he saw the contemptuous looks of his neighbors and heard their disgusted discussions, he could only cover his ears and run away quickly.
But now he mustered up the courage to look them in the face. "This morning when I went out, Dabao and Shuanzi blocked my way and wouldn't let me pass. I took a detour and they surrounded me and laughed. They also called other people to scold me and throw stones at me."
"They, they said my father was a short-lived man." Shi Tou choked a little, but he gritted his teeth and held back his tears.
Then he said, "I told them not to curse my daddy! Then Dabao said I was a jinx and not worthy of him speaking loudly, and asked them to beat me together."
Gu Xixi waited for Shi Tou to finish speaking, then looked coldly at the five people in front of her.
"Did you hear that? It's clear who started it and who hit the person first."
"Do you have anything else to say?"
The tall woman turned her back and winked at the others.
Although it was her eldest son who took the lead, everyone was involved and no one can escape if the matter is really investigated.
So, Shuanzi's father changed his previous fierceness, put on a smile and said, "Oh, what can I say."
"It's common for children to fight with each other, and boys are very naughty. In my opinion, since nothing has happened, we adults should stay out of it, okay?"
Gu Xixi sneered, "I heard you say you must pay for the medical expenses before I opened the door."
"He also said that if they don't have money to pay compensation, they can sell the Zhang family's trees."
"Why do you change your tone when it's your turn?"
She lowered her eyes to glance at the stone, and said calmly, "According to the laws of this dynasty, if you injure or maim others without reason, you must be responsible for seeking medical treatment for the injured. In minor cases, you must take care of the injured until they recover."
"In serious cases, the perpetrator will be punished with 20 to 50 strokes of the cane and three to five years in prison, depending on the severity of the injury."
Dabao's mother, Shuanzi's father and the other three people all looked pale.
Now it was their turn to be afraid.
Dabao's mother's lips were trembling, but she still managed to speak, "How can you, a woman, know the rules of the government? You must have made it up to scare us."
Gu Xixi smiled and said, "I forgot to finish. If a child under the age of ten commits a crime, the parents will take over the caning."
She looked into Dabao Niang's eyes and her smile deepened, "You have never tasted the taste of a stick in your life, right?"
Ordinary people are instinctively afraid of seeing officials.
Dabao's mother had never experienced such a threat before. Her legs immediately went weak and she knelt on the ground uncontrollably.
Shuanzi's father also turned pale and dared not speak.
Gu Xixi finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw these people bullying even children.
"I'll be waiting here today."
"If Shitou can't get the money for medical treatment and medicine, I will go to the county government this afternoon. This poor child without a father or a mother was beaten up. Is there really no one to uphold justice?"
She left these words, took the stone back and closed the door.
Only when he walked into the nursery did Shitou come back to his senses from the shock.
"Sister Xixi, let's not ask them for money. I took your medicine and it doesn't hurt anymore."
Gu Xixi said, "Why not?"
She squatted down and looked into Shitou's eyes. "We don't want money that doesn't belong to us."
"But they hurt you, and they should pay the price."
"Besides, those adults wanted to continue bullying you when they came."
"If they were not in the wrong and had no way to refute it, why would they let us go today?"
Shitou nodded, not quite understanding.
He secretly made up his mind that he must be brave and be a person like Sister Xixi in the future.
During lunch time, five families sent medical expenses one after another.
The amount is not high, only about one hundred and forty cents in total.
According to Shitou's own wishes, Gu Xixi did not care about the amount of money, but just asked Shitou to receive it personally and count it in front of him.
Is it important to ask for this medical expense? Of course it is.
Shitou lost his parents and money is very important to him.
Will those bad neighbors become good? Not necessarily.
But the cost of money can make them remember their lesson, and at least they will discipline their children and stay away from stones in the future.
On the official road outside the county town, a little black donkey was pulling a cart at a trot.
Mu Nanzhao looked back and said, "Don't worry, after this incident, he won't be bullied so easily anymore."
Gu Xixi smiled, "I hope so."
Just now, Mu Nanzhao drove to the nursery. As soon as Gu Xixi saw his face, she knew that he was making good progress in the Meng family.
However, the two of them tacitly understood that one of them did not mention it, and the other did not ask.
When we passed by Shitou Village, it was still early in the morning before dark, but we saw a big bonfire outside the village.
A few people stood a little further away and threw something into the fire, which burned.
Gu Xixi was curious, so he asked an old man standing on the roadside, "Old man, what are you burning?"
The old man looked worried. He glanced at Gu Xixi and Mu Nanzhao and said weakly, "Rat."
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