Chapter 241 No Good Intentions
Xu Zhichun: “.”
I know quite a lot, but the more I listen, the more greasy it becomes.
Xu Zhichun took two steps back. "I've never taken the initiative to pick a fight with the Zeng family, but I'm not afraid of them causing trouble. If you have so much money that you don't know where to spend it, why not donate it to charity in the county? The Zeng family and I are even. As long as they can keep their distance, it will be a blessing for both of us."
"Madam Xu——"
"Equinox, help me stop him."
"oh."
Young Master Qi wanted to chase Xu Zhichun, but Chunfen was like a mountain, blocking him tightly. He couldn't get through. He looked at Chunfen in surprise and could only watch Xu Zhichun leave.
Xu Zhichun yelled at the driver to give way, and left with Yang Xiaoan and Chunfen.
Young Master Qi watched the ox cart leave and smiled. Instead of being angry, he became even more interested.
"That's quite interesting, haha."
He seemed to suddenly realize why his friend did not like delicate young girls in their twenties but preferred young widows.
The young widow really has her own advantages. Look at her charming and coquettish appearance. How can she be compared with a young girl?
Xu Zhichun felt disgusted, but fortunately, Chunfen knew nothing and Yang Xiaoan was not a talkative person. She gave a few words of advice and didn't want to cause any trouble, believing that both of them could keep their mouths shut.
The next day, Xu Zhichun planned to go to the market to see if there were any suitable cows for sale. If there were any, he would buy them quickly. He also wanted to buy locks and send them to Zhang Quan and others.
The trading place for large livestock such as cattle, mules, and donkeys is not in the city, but in an area near the dock in the west of the city.
It was still Yang Xiaoan who drove the carriage, taking Chunfen with him. They went out with Zeng Xiaoyan and the others, and parted ways outside the city.
Large livestock are difficult to sell. Some are livestock owners who have family misfortunes and bring them here to sell, while others are middlemen who have driven their livestock here from other places.
Second-hand dealers often temporarily keep their livestock here and live nearby.
Although Xu Zhichun and his friends arrived early, they were still able to see the goods.
As winter was approaching, it was the off-season for the livestock trade. Xu Zhichun took a short look around and felt that nothing caught his eye.
Xu Zhichun was about to leave when he suddenly noticed that a lot of people had quickly gathered not far ahead, making a lot of noise. He could also vaguely hear someone shouting and arguing.
Yang Xiaoan and Chunfen couldn't help but stretch their necks to look over there. Xu Zhichun couldn't help but feel a little curious as well, "Let's go over and take a look."
“Okay, okay!”
The two people did the same thing.
The three men approached and through the gaps in the crowd, they saw a man who looked like a manager yelling at a guy sitting on the ground, telling him to get out!
The guy was almost crying. His leg was injured and he couldn't stand up even if he tried hard. Xu Zhichun and the others could even see blood on the ground, which was shocking.
A worker working with him on the dock couldn't help but plead for the clerk: "Manager Zhang, Xiaoman's leg seems to be seriously injured, and his arm and shoulder are also injured. How about we take him to the hospital?"
Manager Zhang sneered, "Who can we blame for his injury? It's his own fault for being blind! I don't think he can stand up, he's just pretending to be so he can extort money. Humph, dream on! What can possibly be hidden from my eyes? If you want to deliver it, just deliver it. It has nothing to do with the warehouse. If you've delayed the work, forget about getting your wages today."
He then yelled at the guy, "Why are you pretending? Get out of here right now! You're fired, crawl out of here!"
The young man was in pain, panic, and felt wronged. He couldn't help crying, "I can't walk. I really can't move. Manager Zhang, please have someone take me to the hospital!"
"Oh, send you to the infirmary? You're a bit of a jerk? You were so blind that you knocked over a cargo box, breaking a whole bunch of stuff. I didn't ask you for compensation, which was already the most righteous thing I could do. How dare you make such a demand?"
"I didn't hit it, it was obviously——"
"Shut up, you still dare to be so stubborn?"
The guy didn't dare to say anything and just wiped away tears in pain.
"Bah, what a despicable fellow. Pretend, pretend as hard as you can, and get out of here!"
The guy lowered his head, wiped his tears and cried.
He also wanted to leave, to go to the clinic. After all, it hurt so much, and he was afraid his leg would break. He was only fifteen, and he didn't want to be a cripple for the rest of his life.
But he really couldn't walk, and couldn't even stand up.
The guy was scared, in pain, and felt wronged, but no matter how scared, in pain, and wronged he was, the only person he could ask for help was the manager in front of him. He begged and pleaded, but all he got in return was the manager's impatient scolding and coercion.
Xu Zhichun heard it clearly. Of course, the manager could see that the waiter was unable to move on his own. He scolded and blamed the waiter in order to force the waiter to admit his mistakes in person and take the responsibility on his own initiative. Only then would he be willing to let someone send him to the clinic.
Unfortunately, the young man was frightened by him. He was afraid and in pain, and could not understand what the manager meant at all. He never took the initiative to admit his mistake and take responsibility, and the stalemate continued.
Xu Zhichun couldn't help but glance at the waiter, feeling a bit sympathetic. She hesitated whether to remind him or not, then heard Yang Xiaoan beside her whisper, "Sister-in-law Zhichun, I, I saw clearly, this waiter seems to be Xiaoman."
"Xiao Man? Do you know him?"
"I know him," Yang Xiaoan was a little puzzled by Xu Zhichun's words, but without thinking too much, he quickly said, "He's the eldest grandson of the village chief, the eldest son of Brother Minghai and Sister-in-law Liu."
"What!"
Xu Zhichun knew that the eldest grandson of the village head worked as a waiter in the city, but she was not a person who liked to ask questions, so she did not ask in detail. She did not expect it to be such a coincidence today.
"Let's help him out and get to the infirmary."
"Um."
Xu Zhichun squeezed in with Yang Xiaoan and Chunfen.
"Please make way, please make way, the family members are here! Please make way."
"Xiaoman!"
"Xiaoman!"
Liang Xiaoman looked up quickly when someone called her. After a moment of hesitation, her eyes lit up: "Uncle Xiaoan? Aunt Chunfen?"
He looked at Xu Zhichun and was stuck. He felt that the face seemed familiar, but he didn't know him.
Xu Zhichun said, "I'm Mingxuan's sister-in-law. You can just call me Aunt Zhichun. We'll take you to the clinic now."
"Well, thank you, Aunt Zhichun." Liang Xiaoman felt a piercing pain in her heart. Seeing the acquaintance, she seemed to have found her backbone. She forced herself to burst into tears again.
Yang Xiaoan and Xu Zhichun wanted to help him up, but the steward refused and sneered, "Want to leave? Solve the problem first! This kid has no eyes—"
"How much silver do we need to pay as compensation?"
"You—what?"
"We'll pay."
"Oh, twenty taels, are you going to pay me now?"
Xu Zhichun decisively took out a twenty-liang silver note and said, "Twenty liang, right? Can the steward please give me a receipt to show that you have received the silver and the matter is settled? It's not too much, right?"
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