Chapter 49 Send the beggar away
Village Chief Lin was angry at Shang Wan's aggressiveness and said angrily: "My family just lost thirty taels of silver and it hasn't been recovered yet. Where can I get the eighty taels to compensate you?"
He took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and threw it at Shang Wan's feet, "I only have this much left at home. Please make amends to Lu Xiucai on behalf of my boy."
Shang Wan glanced at the small silver piece at his feet, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
How can anyone apologize with this attitude? Father Wu and others were so angry that they opened their mouths to help Shang Wan, but Shang Wan was faster and grabbed Village Chief Lin's right arm. Under the stunned gaze of Village Chief Lin, he pressed it in with money and mud.
The pig-like screams went straight into the sky, traces of blood flowed down his arms, and Village Chief Lin was shaking in pain.
Everyone was stunned. How could it still be like this?
After the Lin family members were surprised, they rushed forward to save them. Shang Wan kicked them all aside.
Village Chief Lin's face was twitching in pain, but Shang Wan was too strong and couldn't even withdraw his arm.
His pleading glances glanced at Father Wu and the others, his lips were trembling, and when he was about to speak, another cry of pain came out of his mouth.
Zhang Er couldn't help but wanted to give some advice, but when he thought that Village Chief Lin had humiliated the talent like a beggar and brought trouble, he gave up the idea of persuasion and turned his face away.
Father Qiu, who had just dared to point his finger at Shang Wan and scold him, saw Village Chief Lin's bloody arm. His legs trembled with fear. He looked at Shang Wan with a look as frightened as if he had seen Yama, and did not dare to say a word.
"The apology must be sincere. I believe the village chief understands this." Shang Wan pressed hard, and the silver was even more embedded into his flesh.
Village Chief Lin's face was distorted, he screamed repeatedly, and his clothes were soaked with cold sweat again.
The small ring and the stone, one covered the round eyes and the other covered the round ears to prevent the little guy from having nightmares.
As for Lu Chengjing, not only did he not wake up, he tilted his head and seemed to be sleeping more deeply.
Shang Wan stared at Village Chief Lin's distorted face with a kind smile on his face, "I am the most reasonable person. Chief, go home and think it over first. I believe you know what is best."
She let go of her hand, and Village Chief Lin fell to the ground weakly. The two brothers of the Lin family ran forward to help him. Only then did Lin Jianshan's hand touch Village Chief Lin's right arm, which was embedded with silver. Village Chief Lin suddenly let out a miserable howl, frightening both of them. Brothers dare not touch him.
Shang Wan reminded you: "Send it to Dr. Yuan now and your arm can still be saved. If it's too late..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone understood that if it was too late, her hand would be useless.
Lin Jianshui immediately stopped delaying, balled up the hem of Village Chief Lin's clothes and stuffed it into his mouth, blocking his voice, and ran quickly towards Yuan's house with the man on his back.
Mrs. Liu was overstimulated and fainted. Lin Jianshan picked up Ms. Liu and was about to run to Yuan's house. Shang Wan stopped him and said, "Jade pendant."
Lin Jianshan gritted his teeth with hatred, but he didn't dare not give it. He asked Zhou to take out the jade pendant from his arms and hand it to Shang Wan.
Zhou's hand was shaking as she handed the jade pendant. If Shang Wan hadn't picked it up quickly, the jade pendant would have fallen to the ground.
Lin Jianshan ran away with Mrs. Liu on his back, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly followed. Chen Guifang helped Father Qiu to follow, her head lowered and she did not dare to look at Shang Wan.
"Sister, wash your hands." Li Xiaoshan diligently fetched water from the well in a small wooden bucket, smiling so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes.
Shang Wan knelt down and looked at him while cleaning the blood on his hands. After witnessing the scene just now, this kid was not afraid of her at all.
Not only was Li Xiaoshan not afraid, he was also very proud.
Ever since Shang Wan rescued Father Li, Li Xiaoshan has long regarded Shang Wan as his own sister. It was all the Lin family's fault just now. He could see clearly that if his sister hadn't been so powerful, it would have been his sister who was bullied. Shang Wan washed the blood on his hands, and Li Xiaoshan immediately offered his clothes to wipe the water on Shang Wan, acting like a coward.
Shang Wan didn't wipe it on his clothes. After shaking off the water drops on his hands, he rubbed his head and said, "Let's go play with Yuanyuan."
"Okay." Li Xiaoshan agreed and ran away.
Shang Wan then turned around and looked at Father Wu and others who were standing aside, thinking that Lu Chengjing's guess was quite accurate.
Father Wu and Father Liu looked at each other. After a confrontation, Father Wu was defeated.
"Ms. Shang, I have something to ask you."
Shang Wan waved his hand: "I can't bear to ask. Uncle Wu wants to ask if the Wu family and the Liu family can continue to stay in the village?"
"Exactly." Father Wu nodded. He glanced at the sleeping Lu Chengjing. It was obvious that the person he really wanted to ask was Lu Chengjing.
"My husband told me before he went to bed and asked me to tell you." Shang Wan said, "The household registrations of the Wu family and the Liu family are in Yushu Village and are under the jurisdiction of the government. The village chief has no right to drive you away. If you really leave, Yes, that’s illegal.”
The faces of the Wu family and the Liu family were all happy. Father Wu couldn't help but confirm: "The village chief really can't drive us away?"
Shang Wan directly reassured the two families, "Not only the village chief can't do it, but he can't even be upright. If the village chief does this, you can go to the Yamen and sue him. Every complaint will be accurate."
Ordinary people would go to the government office if they had nothing to do, but after Shang Wan said this, knowing that even the government was on their side, the Wu and Liu families felt a lot more at ease and could go back to work.
Father Liu came forward and said, "Mrs. Shang, did Mr. Xiu Cai tell me whether the method of recording points according to work can still be used?"
"Of course, it's agreed upon by the village." Shang Wan said, "The village is everyone's village. If the Lin family is dissatisfied, they can just join in. We don't stop them from working."
The Lin family's house was well built and was in a good location in the village. It was basically undamaged by the earthquake. Who would want to work when he could just sit and receive money and food? This is part of the reason why Village Chief Lin opposes the work-related credit points.
Shang Wan understood this, and so did most people in the village. Those families that have been severely affected by the disaster will firmly choose to stand on the side of the labor credit point, even if it is for their own benefit.
Doesn’t Village Chief Lin know that he has no right to drive away the villagers? Shang Wan felt that he should know. The reason why he said this was just to scare the monkeys and deliberately intimidate the villagers to do as he said. After all, there was no precedent for this before, and the villagers did not know whether the village chief had this right.
But now that the scholar Lu Chengjing is here, the villagers want to ask him first when they encounter problems, so Village Chief Lin's plan naturally comes to nothing.
"Then let's go back and get on with it." Father Wu waved his hand to encourage everyone, "Let's all help each other and restore our village to its original state as soon as possible. The good days are still to come."
Everyone agreed in twos and threes. Li Dashan scratched his head and said, "Mrs. Shang, I also want to ask you something."
Shang Wan looked at him, waiting for him to say.
Li Dashan said: "No one in the village can write. Can you please help me keep the accounts? If the scholar is willing, we have discussed it. Bookkeeping is also labor, and I will also record two points for the scholar."
Except for Yuan Musheng, no one else in the village knew that Lu Chengjing's right hand was disabled and could not hold a pen. They only thought that he was accustomed to using his left hand.
Shang Wan did not agree directly on Lu Chengjing's behalf. He only said, "I will ask you questions when he wakes up."
"Sure." Li Dashan smiled naively.
(End of chapter)