Chapter 344 Chapter 344: Don’t take chances (two chapters in one)

Author: The Secret in the Tree Hole

With such a big movement, people from the village came to see it. Before the Chen family showed up, Xu Yinyin simply asked everyone to call over everyone in the Chen family, including Chen Da and Chen Er who were working in Wumapo.

Chen Xiaotian was lazy and didn't do any work in Wumapo since the beginning of the new year. He slept at home every day, and when someone called him to go to the workshop with Mrs. Chen, he didn't mind.

When the Chen family arrived, Xu Yinyin asked someone to repeat what she had said before. Mrs. Chen immediately jumped up, "Two thousand taels of silver!? How can our family get it? Otherwise, you can just kill them both.

alright!"

She didn't expect it! The Xu family was really so competitive that even if they held a meeting in front of the entire workshop and fired someone, they really wanted someone to pay for it!

Two thousand taels of silver, even if their whole family was sold, they wouldn't be able to get that much, so they might as well just go and steal it!

Anyway, they were all fired, so their skin was completely torn, and the Chen family was also willing to go all out. Under the leadership of Mrs. Chen, and coupled with Chen Xiaotian's fan-favoring, the scoundrel's shameless face was really brought out to the fullest.

In short, it's just a sentence, do you want money? No! If you can, just kill their whole family!

You dare?

This arrogant arrogance caused the whispers below to boil. Old Zhou Shi and others on the side glared at the Chen family. They did not expect such a rogue person.

What to do now? Everyone couldn't help but look at Xu Yinyin's face.

What would Xu Yinyin do? She simply ignored the Chen family's behavior and immediately asked Xixin to go to the city to report to the official.

This is the first time that a worker has violated the workshop management regulations and done something detrimental to the workshop since the workshop started. If the other party is treated lightly because they can't get the money, everyone will feel like this if they follow suit in the future.

The contract is just a decoration. I can't get it out anyway, and the Xu family workshop won't do anything to me.

Then, when someone offers benefits to someone to do something to the workshop, they agree without even thinking about the consequences.

In this way, the workshop has become a leaky sieve, and anyone can get involved. So what is the purpose of signing the contract? Is it fun to play house?

Xu Yinyin made up her mind that if she wanted to scare the monkeys this time, she couldn't just let it thunder and not rain, just forget it.

Over there, the Chen family saw Xu Yinyin calling someone to report to the official. They looked at each other and were a little frightened. Is she really reporting to the official?

Of course it was a real report to the official.

Xixin went to the Jiangyang County government office to report to the official. When the county magistrate saw that it was someone close to Jiacheng Township who reported to the official, and then heard the case, he immediately ordered arrest without saying a word and led a group of people to Xiaohe Village.

If you take someone, it will be brought to trial, and other cases will be pushed back.

The county magistrate has made up his mind, regardless of whether the Xu family is responsible for this matter or not, he has to help the Lord of Jiacheng Township. Nonsense, instead of trying to please the Lord of Jiacheng Township, he is going after the common people?

Of course, this matter is reasonable. He has already heard about the Xujia Workshop's workshop management regulations and the signing of contracts in the workshop.

Therefore, this is a matter of handling the case impartially and selling it well in front of Lord Jiacheng Township. How could he not do it?

It only took half an hour from the time Xixin went to report the crime to the time the arrester and his men arrived at Xiaohe Village.

During this period, Xu Yinyin had asked the workers to return to their respective workstations and resumed production.

When the arrester came to take the Chen family back to the county government office, she asked Old Man Zhou to select some workers as representatives and go to the county government office to watch the trial together. When he came back, he could talk to other workers in the workshop about the process and results of the case.

These.

The county government office went to court in the afternoon to inquire about the case. Initially, no one came to the side. But as soon as the news spread, everyone heard that it was related to the Xu family workshop. They immediately rushed to the county government office whether they had something to do or not.

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How famous is Xu Family Workshop in Yiyang Prefecture? When we were recruiting workers on the fifth day of the lunar month, many people came to the city for interviews.

There weren't many people at the end, but there were some.

No, the aunt carrying a basket squeezed outside the court hall, and saw the neighbor across the door with sharp eyes, and asked curiously: "Damiao Niang! Aren't you working in the Xu family's workshop? Why did you come to the county government? I heard it was the Xu family's workshop

Something happened in the workshop that brought us to court, what was it?"

She spoke in a loud voice, and as soon as she spoke, everyone else looked over. They heard that there was a worker in Xu's workshop here, and they all looked at her curiously, waiting for her to answer their questions.

The woman called Dammiao Niang had just entered the workshop and had not worked for a few days when she encountered such a thing. Her heart was pounding. She was very curious about what would happen (liao) and whether it was true.

I have to pay a thousand taels of silver.

Old man Zhou looked at selecting some people to come, almost ensuring that there would be one or two people in each village. Dou Miao Niang was considered a member of this group in the city, and she was very excited to come and witness it with her own eyes. She met her neighbors again and couldn't wait.

Just want to gossip.

But at least she still remembered where she came from, so she couldn't help but glance at Old Man Zhou, and saw that he didn't seem to be looking at her, and was trying to stop her with his eyes. Thinking that this matter would be raised in court anyway, it wouldn't matter if she said it, so she

Things are about to be told.

When the people onlookers heard that it was a worker in Xu's workshop who stole things from the workshop and violated the rules of the workshop, he was fired from the workshop. He also had to compensate for the one thousand taels of silver that he had signed the contract with, but he couldn't pay it. So he reported it to the official and the matter was resolved immediately.

Very excited.

This is really exciting!

What will the great master say? A thousand taels of silver! That’s not something ordinary people can afford!

Amid everyone's excitement and anticipation, the county magistrate gave a slap in the face and ascended to the court.

Xu Yinyin brought Zhao Wenshan to court. Zhao Wenshan explained the cause and effect of the matter one by one. The county magistrate also understood it first. The evidence was conclusive, the case was clear, and there was nothing that needed to be verified. The verdict could be pronounced in court.

The county magistrate was stunned and said loudly: "Mr. Chen Dong, Mrs. Chen Liu, as a worker in the Xu family's workshop, stole things from the workshop and violated the workshop's regulations. The signed contract is a deed. This county magistrate pronounces the sentence, you two

You must pay one thousand taels of silver to each of Xu's workshops, and you cannot deny it!"

Deeds are protected by law. If not, why would people sign contracts whether they are buying or selling or discussing business?

Previously, Xu Yinyin said that money must be paid, so the Chen family could just take it for granted and not take it seriously. Now, the county magistrate pronounced the matter in court. The eldest daughter-in-law Chen and the second daughter-in-law Chen almost fainted, and Mrs. Chen and others also felt that it was heaven.

Collapsed.

Since ancient times, there has never been any ordinary person who is not afraid of seeing an official. This is the county magistrate. How can they not listen to what he says?

Mrs. Chen kowtowed and shouted to Mr. Qingtian to be accommodating. They really couldn't afford so much money!

"Can't take it out?"

The county magistrate doesn't care whether you can take it or not. If you want to cheat? Then do it as the old man does. There are laws to follow for the old man.

At that moment, the county magistrate asked the arrester to lead people to search Chen's house.

The Chen family is a stone house with few furniture inside. The only valuable thing is this piece of land. When we first settled here, this house was given to the Chen family, so it belongs to the Chen family.

After the current inspection, the county magistrate directly awarded the house and land to the Xu family workshop, plus the money found from the Chen family and the Chen family, which amounted to more than 20 taels.

Among them was a twenty-tael silver note.

These were also awarded to the Xu Family Workshop.

But there is still a gap of one hundred and eighty thousand miles away from the four thousand taels of silver.

As soon as the token was thrown away, the county magistrate directly sentenced everyone in the Chen family to sixty floggings, except for the two children.

Mrs. Chen, Chen Da, Chen and Chen Xiaotian were all dragged out.

Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she peed and shouted, "It is my two daughters-in-law who owe money! Sir, just beat them!"

The county magistrate chuckled: "Your family has not been divided, right? The laws of Dayan stipulate that if you do not repay the money you owe, the whole family will sit together! Let's fight!"

The caning method consisted of spanking the buttocks with a wooden board, in full view of the public, and the screams could be heard from all over the county office.

The spectators looked at it and clicked their tongues, especially the workers from Xu's workshop, who felt even more strongly.

Look, who told you not to work hard? If you don’t have money, you won’t pay it back. If you don’t pay it back, I’ll raid your house and spank you!

Some people couldn't help but mutter: "Isn't this too cruel? Then it is unfair that Lao Shizi's contract stipulates a compensation of one thousand taels of silver. This ordinary family will not be able to earn so much money in several lifetimes.

It’s not serious to borrow so much money, and if they don’t pay it back, just let it go. Then you have to go to court to punish them. Those who hire people to do work are not as harsh as his family!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, someone retorted: "You think it's unfair. If you don't do this job, just don't sign the contract. Since you signed the contract, you know how powerful the contract is, so what can you do?"

Do you want to violate it? If you do this, you are not to blame yourself?"

A workshop worker couldn't help but said: "That's right! You said other people's families are not as harsh as the Xu family? How can this be harsh? As long as you work hard, this contract is just a decoration. How can there be such a kind workshop in other places like the Xu family? The wages are monthly.

There are also rewards like this, and there are also annual rites and gifts during the New Year. People from the Xu family will come to visit you when you are sick. If you are pregnant, you will be paid for three months to give birth to your baby and be in confinement!

Where can you find such a good thing?"

Other workshop workers also echoed, "If you think it's harsh, just don't go!"

"That's right, I hope you all don't go. The next time Xu's workshop recruits workers, no one will compete with me!"

"The Xu family is so harsh, so don't go there! Leave the opportunity to me, I'm not afraid of harshness!"

"..."

For a while, ordinary people who were not workshop workers also joined the discussion. The person who raised the question at the beginning did not dare to speak anymore, and shrank back in despair, for fear of being drowned by the spit of these people.

The flogging inside is still in progress.

If the debt exceeds the price of one piece of cloth, the penalty is twenty lashes; if the price exceeds 30 pieces of cloth, it is even higher, and the maximum is sixty lashes.

Sixty floggings will not kill anyone.

But do you think that’s the end of it after being flogged?

No!
To be continued...