Chapter 231: My wife's family should also participate in the compensation
Xu Yong was splashed with water, and the makeup on his face was washed away by the water.
A pair of swollen ankles were revealed under the skirt.
Looks both pitiful and miserable.
Tong Huaqiong sneered in her heart, Xu Yong tried to evade responsibility by playing the victim.
What a dream!
Even though Xu Yong looks pitiful now, why didn’t he think about the consequences when he made money with fake pesticides?
If his pesticide formula is successful, he will be worshipped as a god and praised by the government, but he will be terrified and will take the opportunity to make huge profits by using pesticides.
Tong Huaqiong had reason to believe that he would use pesticides to threaten the farmers in the Yanguan Town area and gain an upper hand over everyone.
By then, everyone will have to depend on his mood for their meals.
He only thought about the glory of success, but never thought about the embarrassment after failure?
How can a person get all the benefits from both sides without paying anything?
The current situation is what Xu Yong deserves.
If you are willing to gamble, you should accept defeat.
Tong Huaqiong looked at everyone and said, "Xu Yong, you are really good at making excuses. Even if this medicine was made with Zaohua, did you sell it to everyone? Did you collect the money? Should you compensate everyone?"
"You kept saying you didn't know the medicine would ruin the crops, but now you know. Now that everyone is here, why don't you return the money you earned from selling the medicine?"
Fortunately, everyone was a sensible person, and after Tong Huaqiong's reminder, they were not misled by Xu Yong's pity-selling.
"That's right. Why are you so eager to collect money from everyone? Pay us back now."
"You don't even know whether the medicine can destroy crops, and you dare to sell it to us?"
"No matter whether you have good intentions or bad ones, we bought the medicine from you. Your medicine is the reason why the corn turned yellow. Who else should we look for if not you?"
Everyone was discussing it at once.
It was considered merciful that Xu Yong was not beaten to death.
Several young laborers waved their fists and were about to hit Xu Yong in the face.
He was stopped by Liu Tielian.
As the village chief of Qinghewan, Liu Tielian hated Xu Yong for cheating the villagers in the neighboring village and bringing negative impact to the image of Qinghewan. He wanted to kill Xu Yong.
But he couldn't do that. If someone died in the village, he would be the first one to be held accountable.
Xu Yong sat on the ground shivering.
At this time, he regretted believing Xu Zaohua's words and sold the pesticides to the villagers next to Qinghe Bay without verifying the effectiveness of the pesticides.
Even if these people who were eyeing him covetously could not take his life, they would at least empty his house.
This was not the most uncomfortable thing for him. From now on, he was afraid that he would never have a chance to turn things around in the Qinghe Bay area.
How could he compete with Widow Tong?
"Village Chief Hu, no matter whether Xu Yong did it intentionally or unintentionally, it is true that his medicine has harmed everyone. I am also a farmer, and I know how it feels to have corn destroyed. Everyone relies on corn as their winter food. Xu Yong has harmed the crops, and his crime is not excessive." Liu Tielian came forward and said to Village Chief Hu.
"You are the village chief, and I am also the village chief. We all know that County Magistrate Liu has repeatedly warned that no private courts can be set up in the village. Even if we kill Xu Yong, we can't make up for the loss of corn. But leaving things deadlocked is not a solution. What I mean is that since Xu Yong has caused losses to everyone, he should pay for it."
Liu Tielian discussed the compensation plan with Village Chief Hu.
When Tian heard that she had to pay compensation, she almost fainted.
So many people whose corn fields were damaged came to claim compensation, and I'm afraid all the food they had stored for several years will have to be emptied out.
"Village chief, this medicine was prepared by Xu Zaohua. If we have to pay compensation, it can't be just my family." Tian said.
Xu Yong agreed with his wife's opinion, but he had no chance to speak up at this time. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, the damaged villagers would beat him to death.
He was unwilling to bear all the losses.
Liu Tielian said angrily, "We bought the medicine from Xu Yong, so your family should compensate for the loss. Now we are willing to accept the compensation. If we are not willing to accept it, we can report it to the police directly. Can your man escape punishment? Think about it, Xu Si is still in Lingnan and we don't know whether he is dead or alive."
Tian thought that it was easy for you to say that. Even if they paid off all the food in the house, it might not be enough. The whole family would starve to death in the winter.
Why should our family bear the consequences for Xu Zaohua's mistakes?
Since everyone doesn't dare to go to the Zheng family in Pingchuan County to ask for compensation, then Xu Zaohua's parents' family should share the responsibility.
Tian smiled coldly and said, "We were cheated by Xu Zaohua. How can my family's grain be enough to compensate us? Since Zaohua prepared the medicine, she can't stay out of it. Zaohua is not only the young lady of the Zheng family, but also the daughter of my brother-in-law. Since everyone is unwilling to go to the Zheng family in Pingchuan County to ask for compensation, shouldn't Zaohua's family pay for her?"
Tian thought that villagers from several villages whose corn fields were damaged came to her house in large numbers to make trouble. Her brother-in-law Xu Jin was not at home, so how could her sister-in-law Yu not have heard the noise at home?
The reason why she kept silent was that Xu Zaohua was her daughter and she was afraid of being held jointly responsible.
In that case, let's drag them into this together.
Xu Zaohua's mother, Yu, did not stay out. She did come out.
I stood under the big tree in front of Xu Yong's house and listened to the noise inside.
She didn't dare to show up rashly because the matter involved Zaohua.
Yu felt bitter. Her daughter had finally found a way to gain a foothold in the Zheng family, but it went wrong.
Her sister-in-law is so vicious. Since Xu Yong can't escape, why not take all the responsibilities on herself? This way, Zaohua can still share the benefits she gets from the Zheng family with Xu Yong out of kindness.
What good will it do for the sisters-in-law to drag Zaohua into the water now?
What’s even more infuriating is that the sister-in-law is pointing the gun at their house. Isn’t this a hint for everyone to go to her house and steal food?
After Tian said that Xu Zaohua's parents' family would also need to bear the loss, Village Chief Hu and Village Chief Zhang were happy.
To be honest, this is exactly the effect they wanted.
Xu Yong's family has accumulated a lot of grain over the years. Together with the corn that he has not yet brought home from his fields, it is estimated that only a few kilograms can be distributed if he distributes it to every household.
Now Tian proposed that Xu Jin's family be involved in compensation, which is simply great.
Even if it is a mosquito leg, it is still meat, not to mention that Xu Jin's family seems to be richer than Xu Yong's family.
Village Chief Hu said to Liu Tiejian, "Village Chief Liu, I think what the Xu family's sister-in-law said is right. Since the prescription was prepared by Xu Zaohua, she cannot escape, and her family should also pay compensation. After all, there cannot be two Xus with one stroke of the pen."
What Village Chief Hu said actually made a lot of sense.
Liu Tielian couldn't refute it at all.
Xu Zaohua's mother, Yu, was not happy about it, as the saying goes, a girl who is married off is like water spilled.
Zaohua is now the young mistress of the Zheng family. It is neither reasonable nor moral to ask her natal family to compensate her.
Besides, the medicine that her daughter Zaohua gave to her uncle, who knows if her uncle changed the formula in order to take credit.
Yu knew her eldest uncle very well.
He could definitely do it.
Thinking of this, Yu couldn't sit still any longer. She jumped out from behind the tree, came to Xu Yong's house and pointed at Tian, "Zaohua's uncle and aunt, you two are up to something. You two are saying without any evidence that the prescription was prepared by Zaohua, or was it prepared by her?"