Mrs. Cao's feet went weak, and her shyness suddenly lost its strength.
Go to the pavilion chief and say?
How dare she?
The Huang family has made it clear that they are related to the pavilion chief. If she really goes to a little old woman, who is the pavilion chief looking towards? Isn't it obvious?
Even if she begged the village chief to go with her, she might not be able to take advantage of her.
The word "official" has two syllables, but it's not up to him to say it?
When the time comes, I won’t be able to ask for help, so I won’t say anything. I might even bleed!
But where could she go to get Miao Xiang back?
Did you pay back the Song family's fifteen taels of silver?
This is asking for her heart and soul!
That won't work!
Mrs. Cao was in a dilemma. After thinking hard for a moment, she finally gritted her teeth and said, "I can't bring you back! I don't want the money I gave you back, and I won't go to the pavilion chief! I'm being reasonable! If you have the ability, just do it."
Take me to the pavilion chief! I want to see how the dignified pavilion chief can force someone to sell his granddaughter? Then I will go shouting to see if the pavilion chief is afraid!"
Having said that, he spread his legs wide and sat down on the small bench firmly, looking like a dead pig who was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water.
The wife looked at it, looked at the man and pursed her lips.
Her sister-in-law is related to the pavilion director, but she is already out of the fifth service and has not moved around for many years. She went to the pavilion director about this matter. Whether he can help or not, their family is probably going to bleed.
Bribery.
It's not worth it for this little thing.
If the Miao fragrance is gone, they can still buy other cinnamon and chrysanthemum fragrances.
But they couldn't accept this bullying and let Mrs. Cao become proud.
After a moment, the daughter-in-law held her breath and said, "Aren't you afraid? That's the dignified pavilion chief! She has the final say in the entire Panshi Town. You are so capable, how dare you go to the county government to sue the pavilion chief to force you to sell your granddaughter?"
Mrs. Cao shrank her mouth. She had never been to the county town in her life. She had only seen the pavilion chief twice from a distance. Where had she seen the county magistrate? How dare she go to the county magistrate to complain?
She just wanted to scare the Huang family.
Who knows that people are not afraid?
If he really wanted to escort her to the pavilion director, she would definitely be a coward.
Mrs. Cao felt bitter in her heart. She really regretted offending the Huang family. If Song Qiu was willing to buy Miao Xiang, she should have said it earlier! She would not have to offend the Huang family.
Now it's really true that the Huang family can't get rid of it if it's stained with brown sugar!
"I can't hand over the person anyway. My eldest niece, just tell me what you want."
The daughter-in-law heard that she relaxed, and she expected it in her heart, but her face fell for a long time, and then she said slowly: "I am not an unreasonable person. You really can't hand over this person, and I can't snatch him away, but
This is because you, Mrs. Cao, did not handle this matter honestly. So many of us are here today, and there is no reason to just leave like this."
"If you can't hand over the person, then give me another explanation!"
Mrs. Cao's heart skipped a beat, and her face became wary, "What do you mean?" Don't you want her to pay for it?
Just as I was thinking this, sure enough, I heard the daughter-in-law say: "If you don't surrender, I will give back five taels of silver. In addition, you have to compensate me ten taels of silver!"
"I'm afraid you're not a bandit who came down from the old mountain! Where are you going to steal money? Ten taels of silver? Just take my life!" Mrs. Cao immediately stood up from the stool, akimbo and pointing.
Yes, it exploded like a firecracker.
She received a total of fifteen taels of silver. If she really lost ten taels, she would only have five taels left. What was the difference from the beginning? It was so useless that her yard was smashed!
Seeing Mrs. Cao's reaction, she was really desperate for her money, so her daughter-in-law immediately shut up. She just wanted to make it difficult for Mrs. Cao, and if she really forced her to ask for ten taels, then both sides would suffer, and it wouldn't be cost-effective.
Then he took a step back and said, "Anyway, if we don't pay back the money, this matter will never be over! We don't get ten taels, let alone seven or eight taels! Otherwise, we will go to the pavilion chief!"
Mrs. Cao was also so angry that her heart and liver ached. She was old and couldn't stand this torment.
She knew that if she didn't give the Huang family some sweetness, it wouldn't be possible, so why did she get involved?
Forget it.
"Just two taels! Not much! If you want it, then you can smash it today! Smash my house to pieces! If you make me angry, I will hang myself with a rope in Huangjia Village. Let's see who is afraid!"
Mrs. Cao scratched her neck and said.
This is also her biggest concession.
The daughter-in-law listened and understood that it would be great if Mrs. Cao was willing to give out two taels of silver.
Seeing that he was good, he accepted it and said, "Okay, bring me two taels of silver and forget about it for now!"
Mrs. Cao immediately frowned, and reluctantly took out an ingot of silver that she had carried in her pocket, her hands trembling with distress.
The daughter-in-law grabbed the silver ingot, and there were broken pieces of silver on her body. She immediately made up for three taels, then picked up the five taels on the ground. With a shout, the people of Huangjia Village left Cao's house in a mighty manner and went out of the village.
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As soon as the person left, Mrs. Cao thought about the two taels of silver, as if a piece of her heart had been ripped out, and collapsed on the ground, howling and cursing.
Even though they were gone, they were not afraid. They gritted their teeth and scolded Huangjiacun for not being a human being. They gave birth to a son without an asshole and a rotten heart and lungs.
Then she cursed in a low voice, the Song family, and Song Qiu for not buying Miao Xiang earlier, causing her to lose two taels of silver!
Two taels of silver!
Her darling!
When the villagers saw that Huangjiacun left like this, they didn't know what Mrs. Cao had talked about with them or how.
I only vaguely heard that Mrs. Cao was asked to pay for the money.
Looking at Mrs. Cao sitting in the room, slapping her legs and scolding the Huang family, she couldn't help curling her lips, saying she deserved the curse.
Who told Mrs. Cao to sell her granddaughter without good intentions?
You deserve to be bullied by the Huang family!
Pay money?
It’s time to ask her to pay for everything!
But I also know that with Mrs. Cao’s temperament, if she really wants to pay all the compensation, I’m afraid she won’t be sitting here anymore.
After seeing enough of Mrs. Cao's jokes, everyone dispersed one after another. It was so early in the morning and they hadn't eaten breakfast yet.
Seeing that the matter had been settled by Mrs. Cao herself, the village chief got up and went home.
It is not his business to pay whether the money is paid or how much money is paid.
As I said before, Mrs. Cao did it herself, so she deserved it.
All the way back home, the village chief's wife and her daughter-in-law Meng had already prepared breakfast, and the family was waiting for him to come home for dinner.
He ate a few hastily, thinking about the Cao family, and felt a little unappetite.
After dinner, the village chief followed Mr. Tang into the east room. He and his father took the old cigarette rod, packed the tobacco leaves and handed it over, and lit it for him. Then he sat aside and took off the cigarette on his waist.
A big smoking stick.
"Look at what's going on today. The Cao family is so shameless. In our village for so many years, there has never been a case of selling children or daughters! They all escaped to the village alive after going through all the hardships.
How many people did we lose when we came here? It’s hard to find such a large population. Why are we willing to sell it?”
Mr. Tang took a puff of cigarette, and the smoke covered his face. He couldn't see his expression clearly and didn't listen to his answer.
The village chief continued: "Miao Xiang whispered to Mingde's mother yesterday, saying that she heard Mrs. Cao secretly tell Cao Daqiao that she wanted to buy Cao Daqiao a little wife with money."
"Just like Cao Daqiao, isn't it harmful to other girls?"
"Dad, do we really not care about this?"
"At first, I was able to hold it in check and tell the villagers not to spread rumors. But Mrs. Cao does not do good things, and the villagers look down on her. They are not willing to deal with her anymore. It has been a long time.
Yes, it won’t work.”
"If you ask me, just expel the Cao family and their son out of the village, lest they do anything else and ruin the reputation of our village!"