Zhang Tieshan repaired the broken tables and chairs one by one, and bought new ones for the broken bowls and plates. The next day, Li Hehua reopened his business.
Many people saw what happened that day, and many people in the town knew those hooligans, so most customers knew that they were deliberately picking on him, not that there was anything wrong with the boss's food. Everyone felt sympathy for Li Hehua, after all, those hooligans often bullied street vendors, and most people had no choice but to accept the consequences.
Seeing that Li Hehua had opened a shop, many old customers came to greet him, and expressed their comfort to him, asking him not to worry, etc., which made Li Hehua feel warm inside.
She was originally worried that this incident would cause customers to question what she did, thus affecting her business. However, things turned out to be beyond her expectations. Not only was business not worse than before, it was even better.
Li Hehua looked at Zhang Tieshan who was helping her, and guessed that it was Zhang Tieshan's fault. Zhang Tieshan had knocked down the gang of hooligans that day, and everyone saw it. Now that Zhang Tieshan was here, the guests would feel at ease and would not be afraid of being hurt by another riot, so they dared to come again. In addition, she had a bodyguard, Heizi, so everyone was even less afraid.
When she sent Shulin to school in the morning, she took Heizi with her. Shulin liked Heizi very much. He grabbed Heizi's fur and rubbed it with his little hands the first time he saw him. Last night, he even played with Heizi until he fell asleep. Although the man and the dog didn't talk, they got along very harmoniously. When he entered the school this morning, the little guy was reluctant to leave. His eyes showed that he wanted to take Heizi to school as well. She had to coax him a lot before he was done.
Li Hehua thought that there was no one at home and Heizi would feel lonely if left alone at home, so she brought it to the stall. Fearing that it would scare the customers, she let it lie quietly at her feet. It looked like it had no lethality, so the customers would only be curious when they saw it, but would not be afraid.
In this way, the stall was extremely busy for a while, and the business was so good that the mother and daughter of the Wu family who were watching not far away were very jealous.
Wu Meizi stamped her feet in anger, "Mom, she's opened her business again, and business is going great. Brother Tieshan is still helping her!"
Wu Fang was also very angry. She had originally thought that she would see that slut Li Hehua having a miserable business, but she didn't expect that it had no effect on her at all. She was happy for nothing.
Originally, she racked her brains to think about how to deal with that woman Li Hehua, but before she could think of a solution, someone else took care of it for them first. She didn't know where this gangster came from to cause trouble for that woman.
When they saw that the tables, chairs and benches were smashed and the woman was almost beaten, they were so happy that they had hoped that those guys would teach Li Hehua a lesson so that she would never dare to do business here again and would leave in disgrace. But who could have thought that Zhang Tieshan would mess up a good thing and those gangsters would be beaten away instead.
It's so infuriating!
Wu Meizi looked at Li Hehua's smiling face and wanted to tear her face apart. Why did this woman ruin her face and make her be laughed at by others for the rest of her life, while she was living well and making tons of money. Even Tieshan, who used to hate her, didn't hate her anymore. Why did this woman get all this!
"Mom, you have to think of a solution quickly. She is fine, and Brother Tieshan has been helping her with her business since early morning. If this continues, I really won't be able to get married!"
Wu Fang was also anxious. She had shamelessly gone to Zhang Lin twice, but was rejected every time. What could she do? What an ungrateful family!
Seeing that Wu Fangshi didn't say anything, Wu Meizi's eyes turned red with anxiety. She pulled her mother's sleeve and said, "Mom, why don't we go find someone to cause trouble for her? I don't believe she won't be afraid. If the customers see that her stall is smashed every few days, no one will be willing to come to her to eat." By then, she will have no business to do. Let's see how she can ask Brother Tieshan for help and how she can make money and live a good life!
Wu Fang knew that her daughter was so anxious that she had lost her sense of propriety, but she was not. She was still clear in her mind and shook her head, "No, mother knows that you hate Li Hehua in your heart, but this method really won't work. Think about it, if you don't have a few taels of silver to find a few hooligans, how can you persuade them? Where can we get so much money to hire those people to cause trouble? Besides, don't you see that Zhang Tieshan is now unconscious and has been staying here? Even if we have the money to hire someone, the hired person will be beaten away and can't hurt that woman at all. It's all a waste of effort."
After hearing what her mother said, Wu Meizi had to admit that her mother was right. How could her family get the money to hire people to mess up the place again and again? Even if she had the money, she couldn't do it with Brother Tieshan around.
But can we just watch that bitch Li Hehua being so proud? It's not fair!
Seeing her daughter's frustrated look, Wu Fangshi couldn't bear it. She sighed and patted her arm, "Meizi, don't worry. Mother didn't say there is no other way."
Wu Meizi's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly grabbed Wu Fang's hand, "Mom, tell me quickly, what can you do?"
Wu Fangshi lifted Wu Meizi's hair that was covering her scar, and said with resentment, "Have you forgotten that this injury was caused by that woman Li Hehua? She has ruined your life and made you unable to marry until now. Doesn't she have to compensate for this injury?"
Wu Meizi widened her eyes slightly, "Mom, you mean, ask Li Hehua for money? But...but she has paid compensation before."
Before, Wu Meizi was injured on the face by Li Hehua, and the Wu family was furious. They all went to Li Hehua's house to make trouble. No matter how shameless Li Hehua was, she could not escape the Wu family's pursuit. In the end, Li Hehua had no choice but to pay compensation. At that time, she paid three taels of silver, and she could not pay more. However, three taels of silver was not a small amount, so the Wu family let Li Hehua go.
Wu Fang snorted coldly, "Your whole life has been ruined by her, and you're just paying her three taels of silver? It was fine if she couldn't come up with it at the time, and we couldn't beat her to death, but now it's different. Isn't she doing business? Seeing that her business is booming, she must have made a lot of money. Shouldn't she compensate you more now?"
Wu Meizi's eyes lit up. She felt that what her mother said was right. Now that the woman had made so much money, she should be compensated more. But... "Mom, what if Li Hehua refuses to compensate? Are you going to let my brothers and the others beat her up?"
Wu Fang raised her lips and said, "If that woman refuses to pay, we will let Zhang Tieshan marry you. If Zhang Tieshan is willing to marry you, we will write off the matter completely. If Zhang Tieshan does not marry you and Li Hehua is unwilling to pay, then we will go to the government to file a complaint and see if she is afraid!"
Wu Meizi was shocked. "Mom, are we really going to file a complaint with the government? I'm afraid..."
Wu Fang patted her hands and said, "Of course not, I just want to scare her. She will definitely be scared and will pay the money obediently. But we want more, and she can't afford it, so she can only let Zhang Tieshan marry you."
Wu Meizi's eyes gradually became bright and her heart was beating with excitement. She thought this was a great idea. Brother Tieshan would definitely be willing to marry her by then. Even if... even if he wasn't willing, it would mean that the woman didn't mean much to Brother Tieshan. Then she could get more money and she wouldn't suffer any loss.
"Mom, this is a good idea. Let's do it. When do we take action?"
Wu Fang thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry. It's definitely not possible for the two of us to go. We have to call your two brothers along. Then we won't have to be afraid of anything."
Wu Meizi nodded, already impatient.
On this side, Li Hehua didn't know that she was going to be in trouble again. She was busy all the time. There were too many people today and she couldn't rest for a moment. What's more, someone she didn't want to see came at this time.
Gu Dafeng smiled and said, "Give me a bowl of soy milk and two roujiamo."
Li Hehua nodded, took the things and handed them to him swiftly, took his money and asked the next person what he needed.
Gu Dafeng took the things, his eyes flashed, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "Um...were you okay that day?"
Li Hehua shook his head. "I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."
Gu Dafeng pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. He stood there for a long while and finally walked away in frustration.
He didn't know what else to say. He happened to be there when that incident happened that day, but those thugs came to smash the stall and drove away all the customers. He left the stall with them. At that time, he was really afraid of being beaten, so before he could react, he followed the crowd and hid away. When he reacted, he thought about going to help her, but that group of people was smashing things too fiercely, and they were all tall and strong. He was no match for them at all. If he went up, he would just be beaten, so he didn't move until the man appeared and saved her.
He was very upset, upset at his own cowardice. If only he could stand up at that time, it would be better. But there is no if. If the same thing happened again, he still wouldn't dare to step forward to help her.
He also felt ashamed to come to her place again, but he couldn't control his heart. For some reason, he came here again. He just wanted to see how she was doing.
So far, she seems fine.
She must be disappointed in him, right? Did he have no chance?
In fact, Li Hehua didn't have any opinion about Gu Dafeng in her heart. To her, he was just an ordinary diner. It was normal for him to run away when he encountered danger. She would not ask a diner to help her when she was in danger. Therefore, in her heart, Gu Dafeng was still an ordinary diner. Gu Dafeng really thought too much.
Li Hehua started working in the morning and didn't get a break until all the customers left in the afternoon. She was so tired that she had to lie down on the bench and couldn't get up.
Zhang Tieshan saw this and a subtle hint of heartache flashed across his eyes. He went to pour a glass of water and brought it to Li Hehua.
Li Hehua took it and said with a smile, "Thank you. I'm thirsty."
Zhang Tieshan said nothing more and started to pack up the things on the stall.
Li Hehua gulped down a large bowl of water, then stood up and prepared to cook a pot of noodles for everyone, as everyone had been busy and had not yet eaten.
Zhang Tieshan put down what he was holding and stopped Li Hehua who was about to cook noodles. "Don't move. Take a break."
Li Hehua shook his head. "It's alright. I'll cook some noodles for us. We must be hungry after all this time."
Dahe on the side nodded silently. He had been hungry for a long time, and it was the food Aunt Hehua made that kept him going until now.
However, Zhang Tieshan pushed Li Hehua back onto the bench and said, "Don't move. I'll cook." He rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the stove.
Li Hehua was shocked. "You want to cook? Do you know how to do it?"
Zhang Tieshan nodded and said calmly, "I will still make noodles next time, but they won't be as delicious as yours."
Seeing him say this and having already started to do it, Li Hehua didn't want to interrupt him forcibly, so he had to let him do it.
Facts have proved that Zhang Tieshan did not lie. The noodles he cooked were indeed not delicious. It can be said that they were just cooked. As for the taste, it can only be said that it would not kill people.
Da He was eating, but in fact, he was already in tears. Why was he so busy that he couldn't eat Aunt He Hua's food until now? Instead, he had to eat such a disgusting food? He really couldn't eat it! If it was before, he could still force himself to eat it, but after eating Aunt He Hua's food for such a long time, he really didn't want to eat it.
But he couldn't say what was in his heart, so he could only eat in silence with his head down, hoping that Aunt Hehua would cook for them herself tomorrow.
Li Hehua also felt that the noodles made by Zhang Tieshan were unpalatable, but he meant well, and she couldn't be so ungrateful, so she ate with a smile on her face the whole time, finishing her bowl without leaving any soup, to express her encouragement.
Zhang Tieshan was very happy to see that Li Hehua had eaten everything. He quickly packed up the stall and helped Li Hehua push the cart back to the courtyard. Just as he was about to leave, a group of people came to the door.
Looking closely, it was the Wu family.
Li Hehua looked at the uninvited people and felt a pang in his heart. He immediately had a bad premonition.
This family was probably here to cause trouble for her.
This was indeed the case. Wu Fang led her two sons and Wu Meizi directly into the yard. After taking a look around, she said with a fake smile, "You are living a really good life. You have the money to live in such a nice yard. It seems that you have made a lot of money."
Li Hehua didn't want to pay attention to this person. She still remembered that when she first came here, it was this woman who caused trouble for her and injured her hand. So she didn't want to be polite to this person at all. She frowned and said, "What are you doing here! You are not welcome in my house. If you have something to say, please say it. If you don't have anything to say, please leave quickly."
Wu Fang snorted and laughed, showing no intention of leaving. She patted her sleeves and said, "Since you are so straightforward, we won't bother you. We are here for something. Do you still remember my Mei Zi?"
As Wu Fang said this, she pulled Wu Meizi in front of her so that Li Hehua could take a good look at her.
Seeing Wu Meizi, especially the scar on her face, Li Hehua felt inexplicably uneasy. She had seen this girl before, and she had also vaguely guessed from their previous conversations that the scar was most likely the work of the original owner.
Did this family come to settle accounts with her today for this? If it was really the original owner's masterpiece, then she really couldn't escape responsibility. After all, she was Li Hehua now, and all the responsibilities and obligations of the original owner were hers to fulfill.
So, is she going to take the blame again? She finally had some peace and quiet for a while, but now she can’t rest again. Sometimes she really wondered if she had been too unfair to the original owner in her previous life, so she came to pay off her debt in this life.
Seeing that Li Hehua didn't say anything, Wu Fangshi pushed Wu Meizi closer to her and said, "How could you not remember my Meizi? My Meizi got this scar because of you. Her life has been ruined by you. She can't get married until now. Take a good look at her!"
It is indeed so.
Li Hehua's heart sank to the bottom. She didn't have the original owner's memory, and didn't know what happened at the time, nor how the follow-up was handled. She only knew that according to the original owner's personality, it was very likely that she did it, and this family couldn't have falsely accused her, so this matter was probably true.
Then she...
Zhang Tieshan had heard the intention of the Wu family. Although he was not at home at the time, his mother had told him the cause and effect of the incident after he came back. The fact was indeed as the Wu family said, it was Li Hehua who scratched Wu Meizi with the sickle when she had an argument with Wu Meizi, but later the Wu family made trouble, and Li Hehua paid three taels of silver.
So the Wu family is now thinking that three taels of silver is not enough and are planning to ask for more?
If it was the Li Hehua from the past, he would not care about this matter. After all, it was her own fault. She ruined the face of a good girl and delayed her life. She should indeed be compensated.
But now, he knew clearly that she was not Li Hehua, and she had done nothing wrong. She had already borne too much for Li Hehua, including the trouble she had suffered from Wu Fangshi and his disgust for her. These were things she should not have endured. It would have been fine if he hadn't known it before, but now that he knew, he no longer wanted her to suffer because of the mistakes Li Hehua had made.
Zhang Tieshan looked at the Wu family and asked, "So what do you want to do now? I remember that Li Hehua already paid you three taels of silver as a settlement, right?"
When Li Hehua heard Zhang Tieshan's words, he suddenly understood what was going on. He guessed that the Wu family wanted to ask for money again, so he said, "Yes, I have already given you three taels of silver before, and that matter is over. Why are you bringing it up again now? Are you trying to blackmail me?"
Wu Fang twitched her lips and said in a bad tone, "Oh, you are so shameless. You ruined my daughter's life and made her unable to get married now. You only paid three taels of silver. Do you think three taels of silver is enough to compensate my daughter's life? At the beginning, we had to give up because we saw that you really had no money. Now your business is so good and you have a lot of money. Shouldn't you compensate us a little more? Ask your conscience and ask, is our request excessive?"
To be honest, if you look at it objectively, three taels of silver is not enough to destroy a woman's face. It's okay to pay more, but the Wu family is obviously deliberately making trouble for her and doesn't want her to have an easy life. Since the three taels of silver were paid at the beginning, and the Wu family has never asked for money again, the matter should be over, but now they are asking for money again, which doesn't make sense. Just because she is making money now, she has to pay more. If she makes more money in the future, will she have to pay more? Judging from the Wu family's behavior, they might really do this.
But if she doesn't give it to her, the Wu family might come to make trouble with her every day, and then she would have an uneasy life. If the trouble made it so that she couldn't do business, then she wouldn't be able to make money.
Li Hehua felt very torn. Should she take the blame again this time, pay some money on behalf of the original owner and sign a deed to resolve the matter once and for all, or should she resolutely not be a sucker and just not pay the money?
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