Hu Laosan hesitated.
Thirty taels of silver! If this succeeds, we'll be rich.
"Hu Laosan!"
Someone shouted something.
Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Jin Duobao and Dao San return, with a middle-aged man carrying a carrying pole rushing over and desperately hitting Hu Laosan.
"Ouch, Brother Bin, what are you doing? Ouch, stop hitting me!"
The Hu family immediately stepped forward to break up the fight, and they finally separated them. However, Hu Laosan was also hit several times with a carrying pole, and he was furious: "Brother Bin, why did you hit me?"
Hu Binzi threw down his carrying pole and glared at Hu Laosan: "Come over here right now and apologize to Master Cen and Madam Cen!"
"Huh?" The Hu family and the Jin family were dumbfounded again.
Hu Binzi respectfully said to Yang Cui and her husband, "I am Hu Binzi. I had the honor of meeting Master Cen and Madam Cen at the Star Gazing Tower Culinary Competition."
Hu Binzi was glad that he knew Cen Xiao and Yang Cui, and that he had suddenly returned today and stumbled upon this matter. He was even more glad that his cousin had not committed an unforgivable mistake, otherwise his cousin would have been in big trouble today.
Of all people to scheme against, why did you have to try to scheme against Yang Cui!
Who among those who offended Yang Cui ever had a good ending?
Yang Cui has such a powerful backer!
Hu Binzi said, "My cousin is a scoundrel and has offended us greatly. I beg you, Master Cen and Madam Cen, to forgive him this time." After saying that, he shouted at Hu Laosan, "Hurry up and kneel down to apologize to Master Cen and Madam Cen!"
Hu Binzi works in the county town, and in the eyes of many villagers, he is already a very capable person. After all, in this era, not just anyone can find a job in the county town. But now he is actually bowing and scraping to Yang Cui!
What's even more surprising is that they actually made Hu Laosan kneel down!
The Hu and Jin families exchanged bewildered glances. Was Yang Cui really that formidable? Wasn't she just an abandoned woman?
Yang Cui smiled faintly: "I am neither an official nor an elder. If someone were to kneel before me for no reason, wouldn't that shorten my lifespan?"
"Madam Cen, what my cousin has done is truly outrageous!" Hu Binzi said. "Hurry up and confess to what you've done!"
After Hu Binzi finished scolding him, he pinched Hu Laosan and winked at him. Yang Cui saw through his little actions.
Old Hu was a pragmatic man, and immediately admitted his mistake and begged for forgiveness, even slapping himself twice: "It's all my fault, I was blinded by greed. Please, Master Cen and Madam Cen, forgive my petty mistake and let me go."
Yang Cui and her husband remained silent.
Old Hu stammered, "The grave-digging was actually... something I did myself..."
"What?" The Jin family was taken aback.
Yang Cui and Cen Xiao remained unfazed, as if they had expected this.
"You son of a bitch, you actually framed me!" Jin Duobao angrily swung his fist and punched.
Hu Laosan didn't dodge and took two punches head-on. Then Dao San pulled Jin Duobao away.
Hu Laosan continued, "I heard Jin Duobao mention that Yang Juan's sister is rich. It's said that she got seventy or eighty taels of silver when she divorced Lin Tanhua. A while ago, I also heard my brother Bin say that Madam Cen is particularly smart and good at business. She has made a lot of money. I... that's when I got these ideas. It just so happened that my old man died, so I had Miao Jiu lure Jin Duobao into a trap. Jin Duobao did indeed fall for it. I caught him red-handed. Since he can't pay it back, he will definitely borrow from you."
As for whether Yang Cui would refuse to lend the money, Hu Laosan hadn't even considered that question.
"Seventy or eighty taels of silver?" The Jin family gasped in shock. Good heavens!
The Jin family now regards Yang Cui as if she were a god of wealth.
"That's utter nonsense!" An Dafu shouted. "I don't know where you heard that from, but when the divorce was finalized, the Lin family did give some money, but they were robbed that very night and stole it all, including seventy or eighty taels. You're really making this up!"
Jin Duobao said, "I heard it from someone else, but judging from your outfit now, you must have made a fortune."
Jin Duobao had previously been skeptical about Yang Cui having several dozen taels of silver, but now he was completely convinced.
He regretted not letting Yang Juan associate with them sooner, otherwise he could have benefited from it. He only blamed Jinshanchong for being too remote and having too little access to information.
Hu Binzi: "I admire Madam Cen's talent. I did mention your matter to my good-for-nothing brother a while ago, but I really didn't expect him to be so bold. Please forgive him, Madam Cen."
"You think you can just let this go? No way! You injured my husband, you have to pay compensation, you absolutely have to pay compensation!" Yang Juan rushed over, her aura fierce.
Jin Duobao: "That's right, we have to pay compensation, otherwise this matter is not over!"
"If you don't pay twenty taels, Juan'er's sister, don't let them leave this door!"
Yang Juan and the Jin family became more assertive, surrounding the Hu family and showing no sign of giving up until they received their money.
Old Hu San said with a bitter face, "Where would we get so much money?"
Yang Juan: "We don't care. If you don't pay compensation, we'll send you to the authorities and have you jailed!"
"So what if I go to jail? Anyway... anyway, I have no money!" Hu Laosan had no wife or children, and he had a look of resignation to his fate. "These things have nothing to do with my cousin. He just mentioned it when he came back a while ago. I did it all. It has nothing to do with them. They didn't know anything about it. I'll take responsibility for my own actions. If you want to hit or scold me, come at me!"
Jin's mother: "Aren't you afraid of going to jail? Aren't the others afraid too? If none of you are afraid, Juan'er's sister, you should ask the county magistrate to arrest them all and lock them up for three to five years. Let's see if their wives and children will be able to face anyone then."
Hu Laosan wasn't in a hurry, but the others were.
Ordinary people have a natural sense of awe and fear towards county government offices and prisons.
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