Bab 31: Who Can't Extort Money?
Widow Li was a simple country woman. She didn't understand all this. After listening to Lu Jiao's words, she raised her voice and shouted.
"This kid's family is just joking. Whether we stole something or not, your four kids should compensate us with money for beating up our family like this."
Shen Xiaoshan, Widow Li's son, jumped in front of her while shouting, "Compensate us with money. Your family has four boys, whilst ours has four girls. Your family is stronger, so you should quickly compensate us with money."
Many people standing inside and outside the courtyard despised Shen Xiaoshan.
Shen Xiaoshan is the son of Widow Li. From childhood to adulthood, he has always been idle and roams around the village all day long stealing others' chickens, so everyone despises him.
Lu Jiao sneered at Widow Li, then slowly shifted her gaze to Shen Xiaoshan, and the corners of her mouth widened into a smile.
"Since time immemorial, it has always been the father's fault that children misbehave. Shen Daniu and Shen Erniu have been stealing things at such a young age. You, as their father, deserve a lot of credit for what they have done. Your daughter beat my children, and you have the audacity to come and ask me for money. Come, come, I'll give you money."
When Lu Jiao finished speaking, she reached out and grabbed Shen Xiaoshan's jacket.
She kicked Shen Xiaoshan in the knee, made him kneel, then held him down and hit him.
Everyone in the yard was taken aback. Widow Li was the first one to come to her senses. She screamed and rushed over to tug at Lu Jiao's hair. Lu Jiao slapped her away with such force that she directly fell to the ground on the side.
She continued to beat Shen Xiaoshan, "Your daughter isn't good at fighting, but that doesn't mean I won't beat you as her father. He-he, they beat my children, and you still have the face to come to our house and extort money. Let's see if you can. Come on, come on, do you sincerely want money? I'll cripple you first, then we'll talk about money."
While talking, Lu Jiao punched Shen Xiaoshan's sore spot with her fists.
She is a military doctor, so she naturally knows how to beat someone up without leaving any scars.
"Damn fat woman, let me go, you bitch. Ah, it hurts, let me go," Shen Xiaoshan scolded her as he cried in agony.
Widow Li cursed and wanted to rush over, but she was frightened when she saw the fierce Lu Jiao.
When she turned around and saw her daughter, Shen Xiu, she pushed Shen Xiu angrily, "Are you dead? Won't you go and hold her? Would you like to see your brother being beaten to death?"
Shen Xiu was afraid to take a step forward. At this time, Lu Jiao seemed too scary. Her face looked like she would eat flesh, and she was beating people with her hands like a yaksha. With a slap, her mother was swung so far. If she went near her to say something, she would definitely be beaten.
"Lu Jiao, let go of my brother. It is against the law for you to hit someone," Shen Xiu could only say from the side.
Lu Jiao simply ignored her and continued to beat him. Shen Xiaoshan was in excruciating pain, screaming incessantly, and finally cried out in agony.
"Damn fat woman, stop beating, don't want money, don't want money, don't want money, don't want money, just let me go."
Outside the courtyard, the village chief, Xie Fugui, rushed over. Xie Fugui was afraid of people dying, so he said, "Yunjin's wife, stop now."
Lu Jiao still gave face to the village chief. She stopped her movements and lifted Shen Xiaoshan, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog.
Shen Xiaoshan was in excruciating pain all over his body, and his pale face was covered in tears and snot. How embarrassing!
When he saw the village chief coming, he opened his mouth to reprimand her, but Lu Jiao reached inside her sleeve and pulled out a sharp, thin knife, which she pressed against his neck.
"Pay money."
Come on, let's see who can't extort money. Let's extort together and see who can extort whom.
Everyone in the yard looked at them stupidly and didn't dare to move, but they all had one thought in their heads: Yunjin's wife is too scary.
Everyone looked at Lu Jiao's current actions, and when they recalled the past, they realised that Lu Jiao's previous actions were not quite as scary as her current ones.
"Yunjin's wife, put down the knife quickly. I don't want money anymore. I don't want money anymore." Shen Xiaoshan, who was in Lu Jiao's hands, began to cry out in desperation, begging.
"What do you mean, Yunjin's wife?" The village chief, Xie Fugui, asked Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao looked up at Xie Fugui and said, "Today, the three children of their family came to my house to steal, and they beat up our four children like this. When they came to cause trouble and extort money, Yunjin was in a hurry and ran from the room. He struggled to get out of the bed. As a result, he got hurt even more now, and all the money I spent was in vain."
"He's unconscious right now, and I have no idea what's going to happen to him, so this matter can't be ignored. Will the Shen family compensate us with money or accompany me to the county office? I'm curious as to how the county magistrate will rule on this case."
Widow Li was taken aback when she heard that she had to go to the county government office, but when she thought of losing money, she didn't want to admit it, so she turned to Lu Jiao and screamed, "You beat my son like this, and you want our family to compensate you with money? We won't."
Lu Jiao sneered as she shook the scalpel in her hand, "Go to the county government office if you don't want to compensate us with money. Didn't you say our family's four little boys beat your family's Shen Daniu and Shen Erniu? Government officials can inspect it. From the results of the inspection, you'll know that our family's four little boys did not beat your children."
As Widow Li looked at her two granddaughters and then at the four chicken-like little beanies, she turned pale. It was only then that she realised something wasn't right.
But she was unwilling to pay them, so she plopped down and sat on the ground, like a shrew, "You beat my son, and you even asked us to compensate you with money. We have no money to compensate you. We won't compensate you. God, Ah, she won't let people live. I'll die."
Lu Jiao simply ignored her. Today, she will kill the chickens to scare the monkey. Let the villagers of the Xie Clan Village know that it is not so easy to bully her.
[T/N: Kill the chicken to scare the monkey refers to making an example out of someone in order to threaten others.
According to an old folktale, a street entertainer earned a lot of money with his dancing monkey. One day, when the monkey refused to dance, the entertainer killed a live chicken in front of the monkey and then the monkey resumed dancing.]
With a sneer, Lu Jiao said, "Go to the county government office if you don't have any money. Didn't you say I beat your son? Then have it inspected by the county government to see if there is any injury."
When Widow Li heard this, she leapt to her feet and rushed over to Shen Xiaoshan's side.
Shen Xiaoshan cried out. "Mother, I'm hurting. My whole body hurts. She has beaten me up. My whole body is swollen."
Widow Li tugged at her son's clothes, but no injuries were visible.
She continued to check with disbelief, but she still couldn't find any injuries.
With a sneer, Lu Jiao said, "I, as a wife, saw my husband vomit blood, and my children were beaten. I just beat him twice to let out my anger. He couldn't possibly be blue and swollen, could he?"
Widow Li, as well as the villagers who were watching, were taken aback.
Shen Xiaoshan, on the other hand, continued to scream in pain.
The village chief, Xie Fugui, squinted at Lu Jiao and noticed that she seemed different. She wasn't the same as she had been before. She was very strong. The village chief was able to guess Lu Jiao's intention.
In fact, she didn't really want to cause trouble with the Shen family at the county government office. Instead, she wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey so that the villagers wouldn't dare cause trouble for their family in the future.
Xie Fugui couldn't help but sigh in admiration when he thought about it. This woman is cunning and clever. Even if Yunjin is paralysed in the future, their family will be fine, so he should build a good relationship with him. Besides, he really didn't want the county government to get involved.
"You give Yunjin's family money," Xie Fugui said in a deep voice after giving it some thought.
How could Widow Li possibly agree to this? She screamed, "No, we won't compensate, our family has no money. She beat my son and told my family to compensate them with money. Our family has no money."
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