Chapter 44: Suffering the consequences
Su Changxi saw the people and began to complain, "Oh my lord! You have to make the decision for us! That Sang Yong relied on the fact that he was the head of Fufeng Township and the brother-in-law of the town's horseman. They didn't take ordinary people like us at all.
It is said that a dowry is something that a woman will have for her whole life. My daughter has not even married yet, and the Sang family has calculated her dowry! That’s it, we haven’t married yet, so the worst we can do is not get married. But do you know how much the Sang family goes?
There was a big cabinet and a big dressing table in my daughter's dowry, but they were all gone, gone! The Sang family also accused us of vacating their home.
What a joke! How many people were staring at such a big and heavy object? Yesterday we had to run away from Sangjia Village. If we really carried those things, could we not be discovered?
Go and ask, who saw us stealing things from the Sang family? As long as they can identify it, we will know how to deal with it! If they can't tell us, they must compensate our family for the damage!
I can't let my daughter's reputation be ruined and her dowry be lost! Woo woo woo.”
The two yamen officials looked at each other and hurriedly comforted them, "Village Chief Su, don't get excited yet. We are mainly here today to understand the details of yesterday. You said you didn't touch the Sang family's things at all?"
"I swear! We definitely haven't touched anything from the Sang family!" Su Changxi looked sincere and wanted to guarantee it with his life.
Su Chunlin stepped forward to greet the two gentlemen, and said in a good voice: "Two gentlemen, let's not talk about other things, but let's just say that two grown men can't lift the dresser? Even if two grown men can lift it, can't they? You can't go very far! You have to use a bullock cart to pull it! Yesterday we walked all the way there and back.
There is only one road out of Sangjia Village. We will know if we have taken anything from Sang's family and asked the people in their own village. I think Sang Yong must have planned the dowry failure of his daughter-in-law and held a grudge. In turn, he designed to harm us. His purpose was to hide his ignorance. Pay your daughter-in-law’s dowry! "
"Yes! That's it!" Other villagers agreed.
The Yamen also agreed with this statement in his heart, otherwise this matter would not make sense at all.
Su Chunlin saw that the two people's attitude was biased towards them, so he immediately brought wine and food, and let the two government officials have a meal before leaving.
As soon as the official left, the villagers and the Han family attacked the Sang family for a while before helping to clean up.
Shen Yi looked at the sky and said goodbye to Su Tai's family, "I've been here for two days and it's time to go back. I will definitely send grain seeds here before spring."
"Okay, okay, I'm really troubling you!" Old Man Han held Shen Yi's hand, his eyes full of joy and expectation.
Mrs. Han went back to the house and took out a rattan basket, filled him with ten white flour buns and some rough flour pancakes, "Take it back and share some with your second aunt's family, and tell us how much you appreciate it."
Shen Yi was not polite, took his things and submerged them into the wind and snow and left quickly.
As soon as Shen Yi left, Old Man Han's family also said goodbye, and Mrs. Han packed some white flour buns and pancakes for them.
After all the guests left, Su Tai's family could finally slow down and take a breath.
Although there was a strong wind and snow in the courtyard, the couple only closed the courtyard door and opened the door of the main room. They sat in the main room and stared at the falling snow in the courtyard for a long time, laughing from time to time.
Su Zhan felt goosebumps all over his body when he heard this, "Mom and Dad, are you okay?"
"What can happen!" Han laughed and cursed, and sighed: "Mom, I think all this is too unreal! Think about it, our family was worried about food at the beginning of the year, how could we think about anything else, but at the end of the year, not only We built a big house, saved enough food, and looked very proud in front of our relatives. Our family is really proud today!"
"Your mother is right! Dad is happy, let us have another drink!" Su Chunlin poured wine for Su Zhan.
Mr. Han muttered a few words on the side but did not stop him. He even got them some food and drinks. Two days later, Su Changfu suddenly came to talk about the Sang family.
"The county magistrate has official business and ordered the Yamen to come to our Dongmen Village and their Sangjia Village to interrogate. Our village is honest. Say whatever you want, but Sangjia Village is different. Sang Yong asked the villagers to tell lies and perjury. Unfortunately, Sangjia Village They are not as united as he thought, and the government officials are not that easy to fool.
After several interviews, some villagers couldn't hold back and revealed their secrets. The county magistrate was furious and ordered his family to be taken to the county government for interrogation. He also slapped Sang Yong ten times and removed him from the position of township head.
If Ma Yuanwai hadn't spent money to take care of it, I'm afraid Sang Yong's family would have had to stay in the cell for a while. "
Su Chunlin was particularly relieved when he heard this, "Yes! This is their retribution! But we can't just forget about our losses! The cabinet and dresser that Su Yan used as her dowry must be returned."
Su Changfu agreed, "I definitely won't give them any advantage. It's just that the things can't be found yet, and the board is too big. Sang Yong has been bitten to death and doesn't know where the things have gone. The government officials also searched and found nothing, but they are sure The things are still in Sangjia Village, so we asked the Sangjia to accompany us with the money.
Chang Xi meant that the cabinet and dressing table were originally dowry, but now that Yan'er couldn't get married, it would be bad luck to get them back, so it would be better to exchange them for silver, so he agreed. "
"That's fine." Su Chunlin looked happy.
Su Tai, who was staying in the back room, listened to their conversation and sneaked back into the room.
The things she got from Sang's house were still at the transfer station. Before, she didn't dare to dispose of them immediately for fear of causing complications, but now she can sell them.
These large pieces such as cabinets and dressers are all made of solid wood, using a mortise and tenon structure. They are exquisite in craftsmanship, strong and durable, and must be valuable.
She first took out the contents and used the media tool to place them on the automatic trading cabinet to scan.
After a while, item information and quotations appear on the screen.
Su Yan's dowry cabinet and dressing table are brand new and made of ordinary wood. The price is 6,000 yuan.
On the other hand, the price of some old furniture from the Sang family was as high as 18,000 yuan, which really surprised Su Tai.
In addition to these large items, there were also fifty taels of silver hidden by the Sang family in the cabinet and bed board. She did not touch this for the time being. She sold the remaining clothes, quilts, and jewelry worn by Sang, and received 2,580 coins.
Finally, there was the Sang family’s food, which totaled 1,800 kilograms. She rented an automatic flour grinding machine, which produced 1,440 kilograms of white flour and 360 kilograms of wheat bran. She saved these for next year. If you raise chickens at home, you can use them as feed.
With so much white flour, Su Tai no longer wants to wrong herself.
Anyway, now that the house is so big, Mrs. Han has built another warehouse to store grains. She no longer has to guard these things day and night. She has plenty of opportunities to fish in troubled waters.
So, she found an opportunity to sneak into the warehouse, mixed a large amount of white flour into the rough flour, and then took the initiative to take over the cooking job.
Even if Han found it strange, he would not get to the bottom of it.
(End of chapter)