dognovel Chapter 220 Losing Money
Chapter 220 Losing Money
As soon as he went out, he saw his son lying on the road, almost tied up like a bamboo pole.
"What's going on? Xiongdan, Xiongdan, Daddy will untie it for you." Li Shuanzi and his wife stepped forward to help Li Xiong untie the rope.
Zhou Laosan pulled Li Xiong aside and stopped them from untying him.
"Li Shuanzi, look at what your son has done. He stayed up late at night, ran into my house to steal things, and pushed my mother down. Now he is lying in bed and can't move. We must send him to the county town to see the officials!"
"Yes, he will be brought to justice and sent to prison. Our Lianglin Village cannot tolerate such a wicked man."
"See the official and send him to jail"
"See the official and send him to jail"
The village chief didn't find so many men for nothing. With more people, the momentum is strong.
They were making so much noise at the gate of Li's house that they soon attracted many people from Lijiagou to stop and watch.
Knowing that Li Xiong had gone to Lianglin Village's territory to steal things last night, and not only did he not get anything, he was also caught, everyone felt a little embarrassed.
Li Xiong's grandparents came in from nowhere, hugged Li Xiong and cried for his parents, calling him "good boy" in pain.
"If the person is not dead, don't cry here. Your son beat up the old lady in the family yesterday. Now she is lying in bed and can't get up. The autumn harvest is coming soon. If you delay the harvest, you will either pay money and work hard, or go to jail! There are witnesses and evidences. You dare not deny your debt. I don't know if you have heard the wind. Yesterday, the county magistrate came to Lianglin Village to inspect the people's conditions. The food they ate was made by the old Zhou family. Now at night, your kid sneaked into the old Zhou family to steal chickens and dogs. He is really lawless and daring. If I report it to the county magistrate, your Li Xiong will never come back!"
Wang Fugui held the gong with his hands on his waist and spoke in a majestic manner. After he finished speaking, the scene was quiet for a moment, with only the crying of Li Xiong's grandparents.
"Who dares? Who dares? If you dare to touch my testicles, I will... I will die here!" The old lady trembled and pretended to bang her head against the wall.
Can that earth wall kill people?
"Old lady, I think you should save your energy. Our people didn't touch you at all. If you really die here today, it can't be blamed on us. The constables in the government office are not there to eat and we won't tolerate your unreasonable troubles."
Wang Fugui had no intention of chatting with these two old men who were acting like scoundrels by relying on their age. He stared at Li Shuanzi and asked for an explanation.
Not long after, Mr. Zhou came over in a donkey cart carrying Mrs. Zhou.
When the people in Lijiagou saw, they saw that old lady Zhou was really lying on the cart and couldn't get up.
His face was as yellow as paper, with air coming out and coming in.
"If anything happens to Mrs. Zhou, it will be related to your Li Xiong. It will be a matter of life and death. How is this different from murder?"
Li Xiong was really scared now. "Dad, give him money, give him money quickly, I don't want to go to jail, I will die if I go to jail... wuwuwu..."
He shouldn't have listened to the advice of those brats, and he shouldn't have sneaked into Old Zhou's house.
This group of evildoers from Lianglin Village almost skinned him alive!
"Shuanzi, give us the money quickly. If you continue like this, our Xiongdan will be dead soon." Li Xiong's mother pulled Li Shuanzi's sleeve and asked him to find out what was going on.
She just took a look at the old lady in the car and she did look a little haggard.
Old Mrs. Zhou: She didn't sleep all night, her waist hurts badly, and she's rocking back and forth on the road. How can she not look haggard? Who is cursing her to death?
Li Shuanzi was a little hesitant. He felt that there was still room for easing the situation and wanted to delay it a little longer.
But he really couldn't bear the begging of his wife and parents, and with so many people watching, his heart softened and he agreed.
"Okay, how much do you want to pay?" Li Shuanzi's eyes were full of pain. He really didn't want to part with the little money at home. He also wanted to drink more wine.
"Five taels! We want cash. If you don't give it to us, we will take him to see the authorities immediately!" Wang Fugui shouted, and his momentum was just right.
Li Shuanzi shook his head after hearing this. How could his family have so much cash? He had to go to the money house to get it.
"No, we have to find out about this this morning. Don't delay our trip to the county government office."
Li Shuanzi had no choice but to take out the silver in his home and collect some from his neighbors.
"After we give you the money, whether the old woman in the car is dead or alive has nothing to do with us. Let our son go immediately."
"Oh, whether he's dead or alive is none of your business. Just take good care of your son and don't let him get lost and run to our Lianglin Village again."
As soon as he got the money, Wang Fugui took the men from his village back home.
After they walked a little further away, Wang Fugui asked about Old Mrs. Zhou's condition.
"It's okay. Mr. Chen said that I just need to get a few injections and apply some plasters. Thank you for taking the trouble. We carried several pounds of meat on the street. You can bring a few heads of the family to have lunch at noon, and the other guys can come to my house to get two eggs. Do you think this is appropriate?"
"Hey~sister-in-law, why are you so polite? You don't need to treat us. You lead us to burn straw, and at least we can increase the grain harvest in the fields by several hundred kilograms. You usually take care of everyone when there is work at home. No one thanks you. We just helped you a little, but you thank us instead. Go back and take good care of your injuries. We are old, and our bodies are old, so we have to take good care of ourselves, so as not to worry the children."
"Okay, that's fine." Old Mrs. Zhou was too weak and fell asleep while swaying on the cart.
Although the family is not short of the five taels of silver, some of it must be spent on the medical expenses for Old Mrs. Zhou's injuries and the suffering she endured.
Besides, that boy had bad intentions, and the five taels of silver he extorted from them was already too little.
He remembered that Sha Gang had kicked and broken someone else's child's leg, and his mother had paid six taels of silver as compensation.
But we started worrying about this matter in the middle of the night and no one slept well.
I came home, had a quick meal, and then started to catch up on some sleep.
Except for Zhou Mingshu, Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi in the backyard didn't know what had happened and just thought that a thief had really sneaked into their house.
But everyone tacitly kept silent about the real reason.
Not to mention how vicious this evil man's mind is, just mentioning it would scare the little girl.
It's time to harvest corn in two days. Everyone is busy with household chores and has no time to go to town to make a living.
The adults in the family took care of the tools, sharpening and washing the hoes.
After Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Mingqi got rain boots, they became braver.
I spent the whole day carrying a basket and catching snails in the river.
The meat of the big snails can be pried out and cooked on the same day, while the small ones can be kept to spit out the sand and mud and made into stir-fried snails.
Everyone ate with relish, but this made things difficult for old Mrs. Zhou, as she had to eat something light.