??Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Compensation (2)_1
Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Compensation (2)_1
Lou Zheng was astonished. He had always thought of the Lin Family’s little girl as soft-spoken and timid. Unexpectedly, she had transford markedly after a knock to her head, her eloquence fierce and mind sharper than before.
“Tell , what exactly happened?” Lou Zheng’s authoritative gaze swept across Lin Ziyin.
“Lou Zheng, isn’t it obvious? The Lin Family has exploited their nurical advantage, so they should pay compensation for breaking Youcai’s arm,” said Mrs Yan, imdiately siding with her son.
“What do you have to say?” Lou Zheng surprisingly did not base his judgent on Mrs Yan’s one-sided account.
“Thank you, Uncle Lou Zheng, for giving us an opportunity to explain.” Lin Ziyin’s voice was calm and asured. “Ladies and gentlen, since all of you are here, I hope you can be the judge for us.”
Her modest yet firm deanor surprised those present, and they were eager to hear what she would say next.
“I went up the mountain with my grandfather today, just like everyone else here. I only returned a short while ago,” Lin Ziyin began.
“Don’t change the subject, who cares about your nonsense? Tell us why you attacked us!” Mrs Yan bellowed.
“Indeed.” Ma Zhicai echoed.
“Fortunately, he is only a scholar. If he were a governnt official, I’d wager he would be completely inept.” Lin Ziyin, having confird Ma Zhicai’s identity, disliked him even more.
Ma Zhicai’s face darkened. If word of her slurs against him spread, he wouldn’t stand a chance in the scholar examinations.
“You wretch …” Mrs Yan was furious, but quickly lost all her steam when she saw Lin Ziyin nacingly brandish a sickle.
“When I got back to the village, I saw him pinning down Changting, while that bastard Youcai was on top of Yanzhi. Considering the age and size of them, it’s clear who was bullying whom. What’s more infuriating is that these people sat by, watching the spectacle while eating lon seeds!” Lin Ziyin pointed to the high cheekboned woman and a few people from Mrs Yan’s camp.
The accused won all lowered their heads amidst the murmurs of the crowd.
“It was just children ssing about!” The high cheekboned woman retorted defiantly.
“So it was all fun and gas, huh?” Lin Ziyin, suppressing her anger, brought Changting forward, lifted his tattered clothes to reveal the bruises and lumps all over his body, causing gasps from the crowd.
“I only wanted to pull Changting away. Never did I expect that the child would try to hit . You all know about my health condition. Changting was worried for ; he held onto Youcai’s leg, and Youcai kicked him in his chest. If I hadn’t acted fast, Changting would be lying on the ground right now.” Lin Ziyin jeered. “What a joke indeed, my grandfather only pulled Yanzhi away, and now the Lin Family is accused of assaulting and murdering people? Would anyone care to explain this twisted accusation?”
She stared indignantly at Ma Family, leaving them flustered and embarrassed under the scornful gazes of the surrounding crowd, particularly Ma Zhicai, who felt thoroughly disgraced.
“Regardless, the one with a broken arm now is Youcai from our family. Morally and reasonably, you should pay compensation,” Ma Zhicai said, attempting to gather his composure.
Seeing the impudent behavior of Ma Family, Lin Changshu had the urge to assault them with a wooden cudgel.
He had just checked the wounds on his son’s body and found several bruises.
Lou Zheng was sowhat torn. Regardless of the context, the fact remained that the Ma Family had indeed suffered injuries.
“You also injured soone,” Lou Zheng understood that this situation had been provoked by the Ma Family.
“If we injured soone, we will compensate.” Ma Zhicai tried to appear reasonable.
“But how …” Mrs Yan disagreed.
“But you also have to compensate because Youcai’s arm is broken,” Ma Zhicai cut Mrs Yan off and then turned to Lin Ziyin.
“Okay.” Lin Ziyin agreed readily.
“Little sister.” Lin Changshu was tense. He knew that the Ma Family was shaless and shrewd. Getting entangled with them would likely lead to significant losses for the Lin Family. How could he have been so blind to not see the true faces of the Ma Family before?
No, the Ma Family had rely been pretending all along, their true colors only revealed upon seeing Ma Zhicai’s potential. On second thoughts, Lin Changshu felt relieved that Zige hadn’t married into the Ma Family.
“Be clear about the compensation,” Lin Ziyin said.
“For the injuries, our Ma Family will pay you 500 wen,” Ma Zhicai replied, “but your Lin Family must pay us 5 taels of silver.”
The crowd was abuzz. It was well-known how impoverished the Lin Family was. They were pushing the Lin Family to their limits.
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