Chapter 139 Peace Negotiation Conditions
This is a blatant threat!
The villagers looked at Gu Jingzhe and started to talk.
"Didn't they say Jingzhe is not allowed to study? Then how can he take the exam to become a scholar or the top scholar?"
"You are listening to Tong Da Jiao's nonsense. How could she not let her youngest son go to school? Jingzhe must have been working at home during this period because he had no money to study. Now that Tong Da Jiao's pastry shop is on the rise, I don't believe that she will not let Jingzhe continue to study when she makes money."
"You are really insightful, Auntie. Auntie Tong has been working so hard to make money these days, it must be to support her youngest son's education. Every family does this for their sons!"
"Don't tell me, even if the Xu family has many children, they are all treated like a stick. If we talk about the most promising one, it has to be Jingzhe. He is a student at a young age. He might even pass the exam. If he doesn't get the top prize, he might even get the juren. He is better than all the children of the Xu family put together. When he becomes an official in the future, will he not avenge his mother? Will you avenge her if I ask you to?"
These discussions entered the ears of Xu Yong and Xu Kun, and naturally also entered the ears of Xu Dayan Pozi and others.
The uncle and nephew Xu Kun and Xu Yong had uncertain looks in their eyes.
Tong Da Jiao actually used Gu Jingzhe to threaten them.
They also admitted that Tong Dajiao's threat was well-founded. If Gu Jingzhe continued to study, he could really become the first scholar in Qinghe Bay.
Not to mention other things, just say that a scholar would not even bow when he meets an official, so what is Xu Yong, a village chief?
With Tong Da Jiao's vengeful character, if she doesn't seek revenge for the loss she suffered today, Gu Jingzhe will help Tong Da Jiao get it back sooner or later as long as she and Gu Jingzhe are not killed.
"The doctor is here." The Liu family's young master invited the doctor.
Xu Kun, the head of the Xu family, had a way out, so he signaled the Xu family members to carry Xu Si to the back of the haystack and let the doctor treat him on the spot.
"Tong Da Jiao, we all live in the same village, and we are all from the same village. It's Xu Si's fault that he has feelings for you, but your innocence has not been tarnished, and Xu Si has also learned a lesson. Reporting the incident to the authorities will not be good for your reputation, and you are still doing business in the town. Why don't we both take a step back and tell me what conditions you want in order to let Xu Si go." Xu Kun softened his tone and said to Tong Huaqiong, "As the head of the Xu family, I will satisfy all your conditions as long as they can be met."
"Yes, as the village chief, I will definitely not let you, Dashu Niang, suffer any injustice." Xu Yong said.
These words contain some contention, some threat, and some attempt to calm things down.
But it also depends on whether Tong Huaqiong cooperates.
It's already this late, and the head of the Xu family and the village chief are still acting so arrogantly.
"My dear relative, just tell me your conditions." Liu Tiechui said to Tong Huaqiong on the side. He hoped that Tong Huaqiong would take the opportunity to put forward more conditions now. Since she had already suffered a loss, she should take the benefits first.
Before Mrs. Yan could say something, Xu Da pulled her to see Xu Si.
Tong Huaqiong glanced from her son and daughter, clearly looking embarrassed.
"Mom, you don't have to worry about us. We should report it to the authorities." Gu Dashu said.
"That's right, mother, don't listen to their nonsense. They say this will affect my marriage. At worst, I won't get married in the future." Gu Taohua said, "If I meet someone as disgusting as Xu Si, I might as well shave my head and become a nun."
Gu Taohua was so angry that she threw aside Fan Tong, whom she had been thinking about all the time, but Tong Huaqiong was still quite touched.
Tong Huaqiong hesitated for a moment and said, "My children feel sorry for me and want me to seek justice for me. They want me to report to the police, but what the head of the Xu family said just now is right. We are from the same village and we will meet each other sooner or later. I don't want to make things so ugly."
The corners of Xu Kun and Xu Yong's mouth twitched. Everything sounded so nice, but now things have become so ugly.
"But it's not appropriate for you to use my innocence as a condition for reconciliation. Now the whole village knows that Xu Si is going to bully me. I don't know how this will spread out. In the end, my reputation will be damaged. I still have to do business in the town. What if customers don't come to buy my cakes because my reputation has been ruined?"
"That's one reason. Secondly, my youngest son is going to be an official in the future. If he becomes an official of the imperial court and someone uses his mother's tarnished reputation to attack him, who will compensate him for the loss?"
"Third, Taohua is my own daughter. If I have a bad reputation, it will damage the reputation of my daughter. She said she doesn't care about marriage, but I do. My daughter Taohua could have married into a wealthy family and become the mistress of the house. If the road to marrying into a wealthy family is blocked by my reputation, wouldn't my daughter Taohua's happiness also be affected?"
When everyone heard this, their mouths began to twitch.
Especially Xu Kun and Xu Yongqi wanted to curse.
Tong Da Jiao is blaming Xu Si for everything that didn't happen.
Gu Jingzhe has the potential to become an official in the future, but which wealthy family would be interested in Gu Taohua?
"In addition to Jingzhe Taohua's future marriage being blocked, my Man'er and Yaozu will also be affected. Take my Man'er for example, maybe she can marry into the royal family. Didn't the previous dynasty have a queen who was a peasant girl? Why can't my Man'er do the same? My Yaozu is not bad looking either, maybe he can marry into a wealthy family in the future. If my reputation is ruined, if Man'er and Yaozu are implicated by me, the loss will not be a financial one."
"Fourthly, I am not old. I am only 38 this year. They say that a woman is in her prime at 38. I still have a chance to get married. Now that my reputation has been ruined, who can I marry?"
Tong Huaqiong clapped her hands and listed clearly all the losses her family had suffered because of Xu Si's harassment.
Everyone stroked their foreheads and sighed.
Tong Da Jiao is really good at talking nonsense.
Even Gu Dahan, Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e thought Tong Huaqiong was exaggerating.
But you can't say she's wrong. If you think about it carefully, what she said could possibly happen.
"Then tell me how you want the Xu family to compensate you?" asked Xu Kun, the head of the Xu family, with a gloomy face.
He will give Xu Si and Yan Pozi, mother and son, a good lesson when he gets back. Why did they have to pick on Widow Tong when there were so many people to pick on.
Widow Tong is like donkey dung, once you get it on you, you can't wash it off.
"Such a loss cannot be measured by money, but since you, the clan leader, have already said how to compensate, I can't say anything. Just let Xu Si compensate me five hundred taels of silver." Tong Huaqiong said.
He added: "I don't want more."
Five hundred taels of silver. Xu Yong and Xu Kun both breathed a sigh of relief.
The lion's mouth is wide open. How long would it take a farmer to save up five hundred taels of silver?
Even more families cannot earn 500 taels in their entire lifetime.
The richest person in the Xu family is Xu Yong's second brother Xu Jin. He owns a small kiln factory in the mountains, but even so, Xu Jin could not come up with 500 taels.
"Compared to the Gu family's losses, five hundred taels is not much, and Dashu Niang really didn't ask for more." Liu Tiechui said, "Since your Xu family sincerely wants to reconcile, you must pay this silver."
"Village chief, Uncle Kun, Dashu Niang really didn't ask for much. She has suffered so much injustice, and it is magnanimity of her to be willing to settle with silver. As the leaders of Qinghe Bay and the leaders of the Xu family, you must understand this." Liu Tielian said to Xu Yong and Xu Kun.
"Take it out, take it out for nothing. I won't give Widow Tong a single cent."
Old Lady Yan came running from behind the haystack, jumping and clapping her hands. She wiped her tears and snot and said to Xu Kun, "Uncle Kun, Si'er will be completely inhumane from now on. The fourth son hasn't married yet, so who will continue the incense for my fourth son in the future?"
Just now, the doctor checked Xu Si's crotch, shook his head and said, "Fortunately, your Xu family has many children. You can adopt one to carry on the family line in the future."
Although she knew that Xu Si's family line was cut off, Yan Pozi still had illusions. It was not until the doctor pronounced a final death sentence that she could no longer bear the pain and burst into tears.
Xu Kun moved backwards. This niece-in-law was really unstable. Why was she leaning so close to him?
I guess Widow Tong is going to spread gossip about them again. His reputation is also very important, okay?