The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 231: The Maiden Family Should Also Pay Compensation

Chapter 231: Chapter 231: The Maiden Family Should Also Pay Compensation

Xu Yong was drenched with water, his face smeared with makeup.

Swollen ankles were visible beneath the skirt.

He looked both pitiful and disheveled.

Tong Huaqiong sneered coldly in her heart, Xu Yong was trying to evade responsibility by playing the victim.

Dream on!

Don’t be fooled by Xu Yong’s pitiful appearance now; when he was making money selling fake pesticides, did he ever consider the consequences?

If his pesticide formula had succeeded, he would have been revered like a god, praised by the government, and he would have exploited the opportunity to profit massively from the pesticides.

Tong Huaqiong had reason to believe he would use pesticides to blackmail the farmers in the Yan Guan Town area, and rise above them all.

By then, everyone would have to depend on his mood for their meals.

He only thought of the glory of success, never considering the disgrace of failure?

How could anyone not pay a price and still want to gain all the benefits?

The situation he’s in now is just what Xu Yong deserves.

If you’re willing to gamble, you should be willing to lose.

Tong Huaqiong looked at everyone and said, "Xu Yong, you’re quite good at making excuses, even if Zao Hua made the formula, did you not sell the medicine to everyone? Didn’t you collect the silver? Shouldn’t you compensate everyone?"

"You keep saying you didn’t know the medicine would ruin the crops, and now you know. Everyone is here now, so why don’t you return the silver you got from selling your medicine?"

Fortunately, everyone was sensible and didn’t get swayed by Xu Yong’s victim act, thanks to Tong Huaqiong’s reminder.

"That’s right, why were you so eager to take everyone’s silver? Now, return the silver to us."

"You didn’t know if the medicine would ruin the crops and yet you dared to sell it to us?"

"Regardless of your good or bad intentions, we bought the medicine from you, and it was your medicine that turned the corn yellow. Who should we go to if not you?"

Everyone was talking all at once.

Not killing Xu Yong on the spot was considered merciful.

A few young men were ready to punch Xu Yong in the face.

They were stopped by Liu Tieshan.

As the Qinghe Bay Village Chief, Liu Tieshan hated Xu Yong for harming the neighboring villagers and tarnishing the image of Qinghe Bay; he wished he could punish Xu Yong severely.

However, he couldn’t do that because if someone died in a private village court, he would be the first one held accountable.

Xu Yong sat on the ground, trembling.

He regretted trusting Xu Zaohua’s words so quickly and selling the unverified pesticide to the villagers around Qinghe Bay.

These people, even if they didn’t kill him, would strip his house bare.

But that wasn’t the most troubling thing; he feared that he would never have a chance to recover in the Qinghe Bay area again.

How would he compete with Widow Tong now?

"Village Chief Hu, whether Xu Yong did it on purpose or not, it’s true that his medicine harmed everyone. I am a farmer too, and I know how it feels when corn is destroyed. Everyone relies on corn as winter food. Xu Yong harmed the crops, his crime can never be too much." Liu Tieshan confronted Village Chief Hu.

"You’re a village chief, I’m a village chief, and we all know how County Magistrate Liu strictly prohibits setting up private village courts. Even if we take Xu Yong’s life, it won’t make up for the corn losses. But letting things linger is not a solution; I propose that since Xu Yong caused everyone’s losses, he should compensate."

Liu Tieshan negotiated a compensation plan with Village Chief Hu.

Mrs. Tian almost fainted upon hearing about the compensation.

With so many corn fields damaged, demanding compensation could empty the grain they had stored for years.

"Village Chief, this medicine was formulated by Xu Zaohua; we shouldn’t be the only ones compensating," Mrs. Tian said.

Xu Yong agreed with his wife but dared not speak up, fearing the villagers might beat him to death if he did.

He was unwilling to bear all the losses alone.

Liu Tieshan was furious: "Everyone bought the medicine from Xu Yong, so of course, your family should compensate. Now everyone is still willing to accept compensation; if they weren’t, and reported to the authorities, do you think your man would escape punishment? Think about Xu Si, who is still in Lingnan, uncertain if he is dead or alive."

Mrs. Tian thought it was easy for him to say; if they compensated all their grain, then surely their entire family would starve to death in winter.

Why should their family solely bear the errors made by Xu Zaohua?

If no one dared to ask Zheng Family in Pingchuan County for compensation, then Zaohhua’s maiden family should also bear responsibility.

Mrs. Tian sneered, "We were tricked by Xu Zaohua; how can our family’s grain be enough for compensation? Since Zao Hua formulated the medicine, she cannot stay out of this. Zao Hua isn’t just the young mistress of the Zheng Family, she’s also the daughter of my brother-in-law’s family. If no one is willing to go to the Zheng Family in Pingchuan County for compensation, shouldn’t Zao Hua’s maiden family compensate?"

Mrs. Tian thought that with villagers from several places whose corn fields were damaged making a scene at her house, while her brother-in-law Xu Jin wasn’t home, how could her sister-in-law Yu not have heard the noise?

She stayed silent only because Xu Zaohua was her daughter, fearing associated responsibility.

If that’s the case, they should all be dragged into this mess together.

Xu Zaohua’s mother, Yu, stepped out. She had been standing under the big tree by Xu Yong’s house, listening to what was happening inside.

She dared not step forward rashly because this matter involved Zao Hua.

Yu felt bitter in her mouth, her daughter finally found a way to secure her position in the Zheng Family and now it’s ruined.

Her sister-in-law was too malicious; since Xu Yong couldn’t escape, why not take all the blame himself, so Zao Hua might look favorably upon him later and share any benefits she gains in the Zheng Family with Xu Yong?

Dragging Zao Hua down with them now, how would that benefit them?

What angered her more was her sister-in-law was practically pointing everyone towards their house, essentially suggesting they go raid their grain.

After Mrs. Tian said that Xu Zaohua’s maiden family should also bear the losses, both Village Chief Hu and Village Chief Zhang were pleased.

Truth be told, that was exactly the outcome they desired.

In recent years, Xu Yong’s family had accumulated a good deal of grain, and even with the corn in the field not harvested, distributing to each household would not mean much.

Now that Mrs. Tian proposed to involve Xu Jin’s family in the compensation, that was excellent.

Even if it’s just a little, it’s still meat, not to mention that Xu Jin’s family seemed wealthier than Xu Yong’s.

Village Chief Hu said to Liu Tieshan, "Village Chief Liu, I think Xu’s sister-in-law is right. Since the formula was made by Xu Zaohua, she should not escape blame, and her maiden family’s compensation is appropriate. After all, there are no two different families with the same last name Xu."

What Village Chief Hu said made sense.

Liu Tieshan couldn’t oppose it.

But Xu Zaohua’s mother, Yu, wouldn’t accept this. As they say, a married daughter is like spilled water.

Zaohua was now the young mistress of the Zheng Family, and by all means, her maiden family shouldn’t be responsible for compensation.

Besides that, when her daughter Zaohua gave medicine to her brother-in-law, who knows if he didn’t alter the formula for credit?

She knew her brother-in-law well enough.

He would absolutely do such a thing.

Thinking about this, Yu couldn’t just stand by and do nothing; she jumped out from behind the tree, went to Xu Yong’s house, and pointed at Mrs. Tian: "Zaohua’s uncle and aunt, you must be scheming something. Just because you say the formula was made by Zaohua, does that make it true?"