Chapter 141 The county magistrate is here
"Okay, let's do it." Xu Yong gritted his teeth and accepted Tong Huaqiong's conditions.
At this time, no matter how much Yan Pozi objected, it was useless because the village chief was holding Yan Pozi and he did not want to report to the police.
"Do you want to report to the authorities and have your son exiled?"
Xu Yong's roar made Mrs. Yan dare not say a word.
What Xu Yong didn't say was that he was still worried that Gu Jingzhe would take revenge if he became successful.
The Xu family wanted to carry Xu Si away, but Tong Huaqiong's three sons, Gu Taohua and Liu Yue'e stopped them and insisted that the Xu family pay money before they would let Xu Si go.
Seeing this situation, Xu Kun, as the patriarch, went to organize the Xu family to raise money.
Xu Zaohua gritted her teeth and took out one hundred taels from her home and handed it to the clan leader in front of Tong Huaqiong and others. On the one hand, it was to shut Xu Si up, as she was afraid that Xu Si would say that she had instigated Xu Si to harass Lu Zhaozhao. On the other hand, it also wanted Gu Jingzhe to see her strength.
Xu Yong, Xu Kun and other members of the Xu family collected a total of fifty taels.
Uncle Xu, who was pulling the ox cart, was unwilling to join in. He cracked his whip and shouted that Yan Pozi and Xu Si should be exiled together. He also cursed Xu Yong and Xu Kun, saying that they had led the Xu family's nephews and nephews astray. If that didn't work, he would be the patriarch.
For the remaining thirty taels, Xu Kun asked the three sons of Yan Po's family who were still alive to give Tong Huaqiong two pigs, a cow, four sheep and an acre of wheat in the threshing ground as compensation.
Xu Da and others were very reluctant, but still did as they were told.
Xu Da's wife scolded Xu Si to death.
Tong Huaqiong took the 150 taels of silver without batting an eyelid, and asked Gu Dahan, Gu Dashu and others to drive Yan Pozi's pigs, cattle and sheep back to their own pens. He also asked Gu Taohua to shovel the new wheat that Yan Pozi had just threshed in the threshing ground.
Qin Qingyou, Liu Shan and others helped to quickly shovel the wheat from Mrs. Yan's one acre of land on the threshing ground to the Gu family's side.
Mother Yan was so angry that she fell backwards.
Then Gu Jingzhe personally wrote the IOU for Yan Pozi. Witnesses Xu Yong, Xu Kun, Liu Tiechui, Liu Tielan, and Tong Huaqiong signed their names to pledge their loyalty as creditors. Yan Pozi was also forced to sign her name to pledge the debtor by her hand.
Mrs. Yan had her hands covered in ink. She felt sorry for the silver, pigs, cattle, sheep, and wheat in her family, and she also felt sorry for Xu Si who was lying on the ground with his life cut off.
She screamed and threw herself towards Tong Huaqiong, but was pulled away by the crowd.
Tong Huaqiong patted his buttocks, pocketed the silver and the IOU and was about to go home, when a child shouted, "The county magistrate is here, the county magistrate is coming to the village."
Tong Huaqiong and Gu Jingzhe looked at each other and thought, good boy, he is really a black-hearted person. He calculated it so accurately that after paying the silver, the county magistrate happened to come to the village.
Xu Yong and Xu Kun's expressions changed. They didn't know who had reported the case to the authorities.
Tong Huaqiong reacted quickly, sat down on the ground, pounded the ground and cursed: "Which bastard reported this to the authorities? Do you want me to lose face in the town and the county? Can I still do business? I have no face to live..."
Since County Magistrate Liu became the local magistrate of Pingchuan County, he would come to the fields to walk around and take a look during the summer and autumn harvest seasons every year.
Gu Jingzhe must have known in advance that County Magistrate Liu was in the next village, so he asked Liu Tong to invite County Magistrate Liu.
Tong Huaqiong had guessed it when Liu Tong quietly left.
Today's battle with Yan Pozi and her son will definitely make her a thorn in the eyes of Xu Yong and Xu Kun.
Maybe they will use their power as village chief to retaliate in the future.
Tong Huaqiong naturally hoped that County Magistrate Liu would come, because she not only wanted to get rid of Xu Si, but also wanted to remove Xu Yong from the position of village chief and severely crush the arrogance of the Xu family.
She and her family still live in the village, and she still has her land in the village. Only in this way can she and her family gain a foothold in Qinghe Bay.
However, she had to act as if she hated reporting to the police so as to get herself out of this situation.
"Who reported this to the authorities?" Gu Jingzhe, who planned all this, said with a serious face, "Are you trying to ruin our family's reputation?"
Tong Huaqiong clapped her hands and said to Xu Yong in a shameless manner: "Even if the county magistrate comes, you can't take back the money you paid me as compensation. Anyway, it's written in black and white."
Tong Huaqiong held the silver tightly, looking worried that it would be taken back.
It’s good that County Magistrate Liu came, and the timing of his arrival is perfect.
Tong Huaqiong had already received the money from Mrs. Yan, so there was no way she could give it back.
Besides, isn't Magistrate Liu's son her god-grandson? She can shamelessly go to the county government office to try to establish a relationship with him. Magistrate Liu has already come to the door, so it's not too much for her to try to establish a relationship with him.
"No matter who reported it to the police..." Xu Kun said to Tong Huaqiong, sweating profusely, "When Magistrate Liu asks about it later, you should just say it's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding..."
He didn't want his nephew to be removed from his position as village chief.
Xu Yong didn't care about anything else and walked out to the threshing floor to meet him.
Liu Tiejian carefully looked at the people followed by County Magistrate Liu, and found that his son Liu Tong was not there. He breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Xu Yong and said, "Village Chief, don't worry. County Magistrate Liu has been here before, and this time he must be here to go deep into the fields. You have to stay calm."
Xu Yong shook off Liu Tielian's hand.
Whatever the hell, just come and pull him.
Did he think that after what happened today, the Xu family was at a disadvantage and he, Liu Tielian, could become the village chief?
dream!
"Sister Maner, Sister Maner."
A fat boy rolled out of the sedan chair like a meatball and ran wildly across the field towards the threshing ground.
Tong Huaqiong took a closer look and realized that this was Liu Yanhong, the adopted grandson she had adopted from Mr. Huang's family.
"Sister Maner, I followed my father here secretly." Liu Yanhong ran to the threshing floor and held Maner's hand.
The villagers of Qinghe Bay were all surprised. Who else could this fat boy who rolled down from the sedan chair be but the son of County Magistrate Liu?
But the young master of County Magistrate Liu actually called Maner his sister.
Everyone looked at Gu Dahan with a bit of envy.
"Grandma." Liu Yanhong ran to Tong Huaqiong, grinning until his teeth were showing. He suddenly stopped laughing and asked, "Grandma, what's wrong with you? Why are you covered in dirt?"
Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "Hello, Young Master Liu."
Lu Zhaozhao, who had been standing next to Gu Jingzhe without saying a word, smiled, grabbed Liu Yanhong and said, "Why don't you call me aunt when you see me?"
Liu Yanhong was surprised and asked, "Aunt, why are you here too?"
Lu Zhaozhao was also surprised. Why did Liu Yanhong call Tong Huaqiong "grandma"?
Tong Huaqiong was also surprised. She didn't expect that Lu Zhaozhao was related to County Magistrate Liu's family.
From what they said, Lu Zhaozhao calls County Magistrate Liu his cousin?
Tong Huaqiong searched Tong Dajiao's memory for a long time and found out the relationship between Lu Zhaozhao and County Magistrate Liu.
It turned out that County Magistrate Liu's mother, Han, was the niece of Lu Zhaozhao's grandmother.
"Tong Da Jiao, why did you quietly acknowledge the son of the county magistrate as your godson?" someone asked, expressing the doubts of the villagers of Qinghewan.
Xu Kun, the head of the Xu family, also wanted to know.
At this time, Xu Kun learned from Liu Yanhong's call of "cousin" that the girl from the prefectural city standing next to Gu Jingzhe was a relative of County Magistrate Liu.
After a few thoughts, Xu Kun understood that Tong Da Jiao must have gotten to know Magistrate Liu through this girl.
He had some suspicion that County Magistrate Liu was called by this girl to provide support.
"Tong Da Jiao, County Magistrate Liu's son is your godson, so doesn't that mean County Magistrate Liu is your godson?"