Li Hehua was thinking about how to solve the problem. At this time, Zhang Tieshan spoke first, "Aunt Wu, this is not a good idea. Li Hehua injured your daughter's face, so she should be compensated, but the amount should have been decided at the time. You accepted three taels of silver and did not pursue the matter. Now it has been several years since the incident, and you are asking for money again. If it were you, would you be willing to do so?"
Li Hehua nodded inwardly, what Zhang Tieshan said was what she wanted to say.
Wu Fang's face turned a little bad when she heard this. She looked at Zhang Tieshan with a fake smile and said, "Tieshan, I remember you have divorced this woman, right? Now you have nothing to do with this woman, so this matter has nothing to do with you, right? But what do you mean by speaking for her now? Isn't this inappropriate? If your mother knew..."
Zhang Tieshan's expression did not change at all, and he did not show any emotion at all because of Wu Fangshi's words. He just said calmly: "Aunt, you don't need to worry about me. Let's talk about business."
Wu Fangshi was secretly annoyed by Zhang Tieshan's indifference. She almost couldn't keep the smile on her face. She endured it and said, "Okay, if you don't want to listen to your aunt's advice, I won't say anything about it, lest you think your aunt is meddling in other people's business. Let's talk about the compensation. Tieshan, tell me honestly, Li Hehua ruined my daughter's face and made her unable to get married now. Is only three taels of silver enough? If Li Hehua's face was ruined by my daughter, would you be willing to pay three taels of silver if we compensate her?" Wu Fangshi said, staring at Li Hehua and asked, "Would you be willing if it were you?"
Li Hehua frowned and asked Wu Fangshi rudely: "Since you think three taels of silver is too little, why did you accept it in the first place? After accepting it, you now say it is too little. This is unreasonable, right? Since you asked me, I will ask you too. If your daughter ruined my appearance and I asked you for money many times, would you be willing?"
Wu Fang was refuted by Li Hehua with her own words. She was choked and wanted to tear her mouth apart in anger.
Li Hehua has really changed. I didn't expect her to be so sharp-tongued now. Didn't she always start a scene after just three sentences? Then they could make a big scene for the people around them to see, and then win sympathy, so that the onlookers would condemn Li Hehua and gain benefits from it.
How come she has become so talkative now and no longer throws tantrums or is unreasonable?
Wu Fang was speechless and too angry to continue the argument. She simply threw the can down and said, "Don't argue here. You hurt my daughter's face, so you have to compensate. No matter how you argue, three taels of silver won't do. You must compensate us again. We don't want more. Just give us another fifteen taels of silver, and we won't pursue it in the future."
Li Hehua was almost laughing at this family. Fifteen taels of silver was not a lot, so how much was a lot? Although she could make a lot of money now, she knew that fifteen taels of silver was a lot of money for farmers. Farmers might not be able to save fifteen taels of silver in half a lifetime. Even she didn't have fifteen taels of silver in her savings now.
This family is clearly blackmailing.
She was a little soft-hearted at first, thinking that after all, she had ruined someone's reputation, so it was not impossible to pay a little more money to completely resolve the matter. However, the Wu family's attitude was simply too much, and they were not sincere in discussing the matter. She really didn't want to give it. Why should she bear such a heavy blame for the original owner? Besides, it was not necessary to bear this blame.
Li Hehua was rarely angry. If they continued to make trouble, she would join them.
After thinking it over, Li Hehua firmly refused, "I have already paid compensation, there is no reason for me to pay again. You want money, it's impossible!"
Seeing Li Hehua's firm refusal, Wu Meizi was both disappointed and excited. She was disappointed that she would not be able to get such a large sum of money, but she was excited that she would have the hope of marrying Brother Tieshan. Since she refused to give the money, she could ask for another kind of compensation! So, Wu Meizi secretly pulled her mother's sleeve.
Although she had thought before coming that Li Hehua would most likely be unwilling to pay such a large sum of money, Wu Fang still felt extremely painful at this moment. If Li Hehua really paid the compensation, then their family would become rich!
After her own daughter pulled her sleeve, Wu Fang came to her senses from the pain and immediately changed the subject: "Since you are unwilling to pay the money, then tell me, what should I do if my daughter can't get married because of this face injury? If it weren't for this facial injury, I don't know how good a son-in-law my daughter would have found for me. You have to take responsibility for this matter, right?"
Li Hehua frowned. Could it be that the Wu family wanted her to help Wu Meizi with her marriage? How could she solve it? Could she find a man to marry Wu Meizi?
What are the Wu family members thinking?
Seeing Li Hehua frowning and saying nothing, Wu Fangshi chuckled secretly, glanced at Zhang Tieshan standing aside, with a hint of smile in her eyes, and said: "It seems that you can't afford the money. In this case, we are not unreasonable people. Since you are reluctant to pay the money, then we will give you another choice: let Tieshan marry my Mei Zi, and forget about this matter. We will never look for you again in the future."
What? Li Hehua was confused and could not react to what Wu Fangshi was saying for a while. It took a long time for her to understand what she meant. Wu Fangshi was saying that as long as Zhang Tieshan married Wu Meizi, the Wu family would no longer cause trouble for her.
Wu Meizi likes Zhang Tieshan and wants to marry him, that's for sure, but what does this have to do with her? She has nothing to do with Zhang Tieshan, so why is she threatening Zhang Tieshan to marry Wu Meizi by paying him money? What kind of logic is this?
How did they think of using this to threaten Zhang Tieshan? If she and Zhang Tieshan were still married, it would be possible for them to say it, but now she and Zhang Tieshan have no relationship at all, what are they thinking?
Is there something wrong with your brain?
Li Hehua subconsciously looked at Zhang Tieshan, and saw that this man was staring at the Wu family with a gloomy face. His expression was not very good. Is he angry?
Li Hehua quickly said, "I think your thinking is too unreasonable, isn't it? Zhang Tieshan and I have no relationship at all now. What right do you have to use this matter to ask Zhang Tieshan to do anything?"
Wu Fang snorted coldly, thinking to herself, "You are really good at pretending. Aren't you good at seducing people? Since you can seduce Zhang Tieshan to help you with your business every day, why can't you seduce Zhang Tieshan to listen to you now? If you beg him, will Zhang Tieshan not help you? Since you are reluctant to pay the money, then ask Zhang Tieshan to help you solve the problem. It doesn't matter what you say now, ugh! You still don't want Zhang Tieshan to marry our Meizi."
Wu Fang cursed Li Hehua in her heart and spoke directly to Zhang Tieshan: "Tieshan, you can't be alone now, you have to marry another one. You and our Meizi know each other well and have been childhood sweethearts. Our Meizi is gentle, virtuous and considerate. If you marry our Meizi, you will definitely not suffer any loss. You see, as long as you marry our Meizi now, you can find someone who understands your feelings and can save Li Hehua from trouble. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone? What do you think?"
Wu Meizi glanced at Zhang Tieshan shyly, blushed and lowered her head, too embarrassed to look at him again, and waited shyly for Zhang Tieshan's response.
But with her head lowered, she had no idea that the coldness in Zhang Tieshan's eyes was almost freezing her to death.
Zhang Tieshan had been dealing with it patiently because they were from the same village, but at this moment, he could no longer suppress his anger. He did not want to be polite to the Wu family anymore, and said with a stern face: "Aunt, I have refused many times. I will never marry Wu Meizi, no matter what you say. As for compensation, that is even more impossible. If you have the guts, go to the government to sue us. Now you can leave. If you don't want to leave, don't blame me for forcing you to leave!"
"You! How can you talk like that!" Seeing Zhang Tieshan speak so mercilessly, Wu Fang was so angry that she pointed at him with a trembling finger.
When the two sons of the Wu family heard Zhang Tieshan speak so mercilessly about their Mei Zi, their faces turned ugly.
The one with the ugliest expression was Wu Meizi. She had never expected that Zhang Tieshan would embarrass her in front of so many people. Her face turned pale, and her eyes quickly turned red. She looked at Zhang Tieshan pitifully, as if she couldn't believe that Zhang Tieshan would treat her like this.
Li Hehua was speechless watching from the side. She felt that the mother and daughter of the Wu family were also top-notch people, the same type as the original owner. The way their brains worked was incomprehensible.
However, since Zhang Tieshan took action for her, she would just watch and not say anything at this time. She believed that Zhang Tieshan could solve the problem.
Zhang Tieshan's solution was to give an order and call out Heizi. Heizi immediately woofed and rushed out from behind, backing up slightly, ready to pounce and bite at any time. He stared at the Wu family with his eyes and let out bursts of roars from his throat. It was extremely scary, and even Li Hehua was startled. She didn't know Heizi could be so vicious.
The Wu family was so frightened by Heizi that they took several steps back, their faces turned pale and their eyes were full of fear.
"Zhang Tieshan, what...what are you going to do?" Wu Dazhui suppressed his fear and stood in front of others to question.
Zhang Tieshan looked gloomy. "I'll say it again. If you don't leave, I'll let Heizi ask you to leave. It's your choice."
Heizi cooperated and barked at the Wu family, scaring them so much that their legs trembled.
Wu Dazhu suppressed his fear and said, "You...you...you actually treated us like this, Tieshan. We grew up together."
Zhang Tieshan was not moved at all, and just shouted, "Heizi!"
Heizi seemed to have received an order. He suddenly pounced forward, his body stretched out instantly, and rushed straight towards the Wu family with a fierce momentum.
"Ah--" The Wu family screamed in fear and turned around and ran out the door. Heizi followed behind them, but always kept a distance.
It was not until the family ran out of the alley that Zhang Tieshan shouted "Heizi", and soon Heizi came back.
Zhang Tieshan patted Heizi's head and looked at Li Hehua, "It's okay. If they come to cause trouble again, just ask Heizi to take action."
Li Hehua nodded happily, squatted down, hugged Heizi, and rubbed Heizi's head vigorously, "Heizi, thank you, how can you be so awesome!"
Heizi whimpered twice as if in response, causing Li Hehua to hug him and kiss him again. He didn't notice that Zhang Tieshan's face turned a little dark.
Seeing that Li Hehua was about to kiss Heizi, Zhang Tieshan pursed his lips and said, "When the Wu family comes again in the future, don't pay any attention to them, just chase them away. If they dare to make trouble, report them to the authorities. I know the head of the police station in the government office, so just give them a heads-up when the time comes."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Tieshan knew someone in the yamen. Li Hehua let go of Heizi, stood up, looked at Zhang Tieshan with surprise and said, "Okay, I got it. If they come to make trouble in the future, I will trouble you." This is easy to deal with. She doesn't have to worry at all. If the Wu family dares to come to her stall to make trouble, she will report to the police to have them arrested.
Zhang Tieshan put his fist to his lips and said "hmm".
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As for the Wu family, they were so frightened by Heizi that they ran wildly, their clothes and hair were all messy. They looked so miserable that they didn't dare to stop until they ran far away from the town.
The family was gasping for breath on the road.
"Mom, that woman Li Hehua is really too much! She actually treated us like this." Wu Meizi said angrily while sorting out her clothes.
Wu Dazhui was also very angry, but he was angry at Zhang Tieshan. He originally thought that Zhang Tieshan would be polite to them because they grew up together, but who knew that he would be so ruthless and directly let the dogs bite them. However, he also knew how his sister felt about Zhang Tieshan, so he did not complain to Zhang Tieshan.
Wu Fang was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and cursed towards the town for a long time before she stopped. Then she spat on the ground and said angrily, "Let's go home! I'm going to talk to Zhang Lin and let her see what her good son has done!" She didn't believe that Zhang Lin would allow Zhang Tieshan to do this because she hated Li Hehua so much.
The Wu family members looked at each other and followed silently.
When Zhang Tieshan returned home, the Wu family had just left for a while, so Zhang Lin's face looked very unhappy.
As soon as Zhang Tieshan saw Zhang Lin's face, he roughly understood what had happened, but he didn't rush to speak. He put down his things and went to get a basin of water to wash his hands.
Seeing that he had no intention of speaking to her, Zhang Lin was the first to lose patience and asked, "Your Aunt Wu and the others just left a while ago. Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Zhang Tieshan washed his hands and asked casually, "What did you say?"
Seeing him like this, Zhang Lin slammed the table and said angrily, "I heard that you go to help that woman Li Hehua with her business every day, and you protect her everywhere. For her, you even let the dog bite your Aunt Wu's family? Is this true?"
Zhang Tieshan poured out the water and nodded, "Yes, that's true."
Seeing him admit it so frankly, Zhang Lin was so angry that her chest felt stuffy. She said angrily: "You still don't listen to me and you want to go find that woman, right? You hurt my heart so much! Do you think you can do justice to the hardships that your brother, Shulin and I have endured over the years? Have you forgotten how she bullied us? Woo woo..."
Seeing that his mother was about to cry again, Zhang Tieshan interrupted, "Mom, I have already said everything I should say last time. I don't want to say it again. Mom, I will definitely keep my word. If you really don't agree, then I can only separate you two."
Zhang Lin paused and looked at her eldest son in disbelief.
What does living separately mean? Does he mean that if she doesn't agree, he won't live with her as his mother, but will live alone with that woman? He actually gave up his mother for a woman?
This evil boy!
Zhang Lin pointed at Zhang Tieshan and cried, "You...you bastard! How can you treat the mother who raised you like this? You actually want to abandon your own mother for a woman! Why did I give birth to a bastard like you!"
Zhang Tieshan pinched his eyebrows. He didn't ignore his mother. He just didn't live under the same roof to avoid making his wife and mother uncomfortable. How could it be considered abandoning his mother? His mother's trick was still as annoying as before. His father couldn't stand his mother's trick before.
Zhang Tieshan listened to Zhang Linshi crying and cursing for half an hour. Seeing that she was still crying, he frowned and said, "Okay, mother, stop it now!"
Zhang Lin stopped crying and scolding, and seeing her son's face sullen, she really didn't dare to make trouble anymore. Zhang Lin was still afraid of Zhang Tieshan getting angry. Because it was said that she raised the two brothers, but in fact it was not true. When Zhang's father passed away, Zhang Tieshan was already a young boy. At that time, Zhang Lin was cowardly and incompetent, and only knew how to cry. Zhang Tieshan, who was still a child, took on the responsibility of the family, making money to support his mother and younger brother, and he was the one who worried about all the big and small things. It can be said that Zhang Tieshan was the head of the Zhang family, and Zhang Lin was a typical person who obeyed her husband after marriage and obeyed her son after her husband's death. She loved, respected and feared Zhang Tieshan.
Seeing that Zhang Lin stopped crying, Zhang Tieshan went straight to the kitchen. He was still hungry, and there should be leftovers from the evening in the kitchen.
Seeing her son go to the kitchen, Zhang Lin followed him. Seeing him sit in the kitchen and eat, Zhang Lin also moved over slowly and sat down next to Zhang Tieshan, looking at him without saying a word.
Zhang Tieshan ignored his mother and focused on eating his own food. His mother would tell him anyway.
Zhang Lin sat for a long while, rolled her eyes, cleared her throat, and said, "Tieshan, I won't say anything about this, okay? But you see, it's been so long since you sent Shulin to the town, and I haven't seen Shulin for a long time. I miss my grandson so much that I can't sleep. Can you bring Shulin back to me to see him, please?"
Zhang Tieshan paused chewing, glanced at his mother's pleading eyes, then lowered his head and continued eating.
His mother did miss Shulin, although not to the extent of not being able to sleep, but it was true that she wanted to see Shulin. Shulin had indeed not been home for a long time, and even Qingshan had said several times that he missed Shulin. Although his mother was picking on Li Hehua by mentioning this, there was nothing wrong with letting his mother see her grandson.
Zhang Tieshan did not object this time. He nodded and said, "Shulin will be on leave in two days. I will bring him back to you then."
Zhang Lin wanted Zhang Tieshan to bring Shulin back immediately, but she was afraid that he would not agree, so she could only wait until Shulin was on leave. However, she said, "Then let him take leave, but Shulin has to come back and stay for a few days. You can't take him away in one or two days. Then I won't be able to take good care of him. Isn't this too much to ask?"
Seeing Zhang Tieshan was about to speak, Zhang Lin interrupted him immediately, "Don't say it's inconvenient for Shulin to go to school. What's the inconvenience for those few days? You go to town so early every day, can it delay Shulin's schooling? Li Hehua, a divorced woman, can take care of Shulin for so many days, so can't I, a grandmother, take care of my grandson for a few days?"
Zhang Tieshan pursed his lips, thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll let you take care of him for three days, that's it."
Zhang Lin thought that three days was too short, but seeing her son's expression, she was afraid that after bargaining, she would not be able to see him, so she had to agree to three days.
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