Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 649 - 647

Chapter 649: Chapter 647

One of the women who came over spoke up, "Ma’am, you’ve misunderstood, they aren’t human traffickers, they are good people. They were the ones who took the old woman to the clinic. The old woman was selling apples on the street when your son bumped into her basket, causing her to lose her balance and fall. She injured her waist and couldn’t get up. The apples also scattered everywhere. These two people each carried the old woman and the basket of apples to the clinic. You’re blaming the wrong people, they are good people."

"Nonsense! If they were good people, why is she holding onto my son like this? Why should I pay the medical fee? So-called ’good people to the end’. If they took the person to the clinic, then they should also pay the fee!"

The woman was shocked to hear this and her eyes widened in surprise, "Your son knocked the woman over. If you can’t teach him, it’s your own fault! You should definitely be the one to pay the medical fee! There is no logic in expecting someone else to pay this for you! They showed kindness in taking the old woman to the clinic, and you’re making things difficult for them by wanting them to pay the medical expense. Isn’t that too unfair?"

"Nonsense, I’m not sick or pained. I don’t need them to cover my medical expense! You said that my son didn’t bump into the old woman but only into her basket! What does my son have to do with the old woman falling down? Did the basket break? If it is broken, I’ll cover the cost! It’s not my son’s fault if someone gets hurt! I won’t cover these medical expenses! Besides, my son is so small, how much force could he possibly have exerted? How do we know she didn’t fall down purposely, hoping to cheat us out of our silver? For all we know, these two people might be in cahoots with the old woman, one’s her son, and the other her daughter-in-law, and they scheme and cheat people!"

The woman was so angry at this that her face turned red! Her own son was already eight or nine years old, and was already taller than the old woman who was hunchbacked due to her old age! Since the old woman was a bit slow and unsteady, how unreasonable was it to imagine her being knocked down!

The woman was at a loss for words and her face turned even redder.

Zhu Yan heard her statement, touched her own hair, and looked at her own attire. She was clearly dressed like a young lady, how could she become someone’s daughter-in-law?!

Zhu Yan smirked, "Madam, if you think we are professional thieves and fraudsters, then why don’t you report us to the authorities? I’m sure Lord Qingtian will do you justice!"

Report, authorities? No way! Her argument was unreasonable and wouldn’t hold up against Lord Qingtian’s sense of justice! What if she got corporal punishment and was fined?

The boy’s mother stepped back two steps with the boy in tow, "Forget it, I won’t bother with you all. You’re lucky to have met someone as magnanimous as me today. If it had been anyone else, they wouldn’t have let you off so easily."

The boy’s mother was trying to escape with the boy.

"Thanks for your magnanimity, but I don’t need it. If you don’t want to pay the medical costs and the silver for these two baskets of apples, then let’s report it to the authorities! Being parents, you let your child run recklessly in the streets, almost running into a pregnant woman first, then later knocking over the old woman. If we go according to what you’re saying, it’s their fault. Let’s report it to Lord Qingtian and find out who’s right!" Zhu Yan blocked the path of the mother and son.

To deal with such an unreasonable person, it was not wrong to report to the authorities.

"Right, report it! Let Lord Qingtian punish such a person who’s fending off accusations. One who hits and injures people but refuses to pay compensation! You won’t find any grounds for this anywhere in the world! We all saw what happened, we can all be witnesses!" Another bystander began to speak.

"Report it! Those kids run wild in the street every day and no one tries to control them. Last time, one of them knocked over my produce, scattering it all over the ground without apologizing! I knew they would cause trouble sooner or later! Let’s report it, so their parents can learn from this and discipline their children, to avoid disrupting the peace of the neighborhood!"

"Right, report it! Once, they even nearly knocked over the stove in my shop, nearly scaring me to death! If they did knock it over, having to deal with such unreasonable parents, I’d end up losing a fortune! Report it! If neither the father nor mother know how to discipline such a naughty child, let Lord Qingtian do it!"

"I’m going to report it right now!" Someone agreed with this plan of action, deciding that actions spoke louder than words, immediately took action!

The group of kids was quite unruly. Sometimes when the storekeepers and street vendors who couldn’t stand it anymore scolded them a few times, those kids would go home and tell their parents, and their parents would come back with the child to counter-scold! Over time, no one dared to discipline these naughty children anymore.

Letting kids run around in the streets, it was only a matter of time before an accident occurred! Therefore, when Zhu Yan mentioned reporting it to the authorities, a lot of people responded.

"Stop, don’t go! Can’t I pay the silver?" The woman, seeing someone really about to go report to the authorities, hurriedly stopped him.

"Well then, injuries to muscles and bones take a hundred days. The old lady is old, so recovery will be even slower. You pay ten taels at the clinic first, let the old lady fully recover, and then we can discuss how much more to add or subtract!" Ten taels of medical fees would definitely be too much, Zhu Yan was worried that this woman would only give one lump sum and then ignore the rest, so she thought of this solution. The silver would go to the clinic anyway, and when the old woman fully recovers, the leftover money would be returned to the woman.

It was clear at a glance that the old woman came from a poor family. If this woman did not pay the medical expenses, it would without doubt add insult to injury for the old lady. Having done both good and bad already, why not go all in?

Jingrui looked at Zhu Yan, who was completely different from yesterday, and there was an unnoticeable appreciation in his eyes.

"That’s a good idea, so we don’t have to worry about this woman refusing to pay! Miss, you really are smart!" The woman sincerely praised.

"Yes, that’s a good solution! Tongde Hall has a good reputation and wouldn’t artificially charge extra." Someone else agreed.

"Ten taels of silver? Why don’t you go robbing people?! I don’t have ten taels of silver! At most two taels, no, one tael of silver!" The boy’s mother flared up when she heard this. Ten taels of silver was enough for her family to live on for two years!

"If you can’t afford it, then let’s meet at the Government Office! Then whatever Lord Qingtian says you should reimburse, you reimburse!"

The boy’s mother:...

Good heavens, what kind of person have I stumbled across today? She instantly resorts to reporting to the authorities!

"You don’t need to scare me with reporting to the authorities! Even if we do go to the authorities, I can’t raise ten taels of silver!" If she really gave out ten taels of silver, her husband would kill her.

Seeing this, Jingrui turned to ask the clinic’s doctor about the estimated total cost for the old woman’s complete recovery.

The doctor made some quick calculations and said, "Probably a bit above five taels. Usually if more food helps to heal bone and muscle is consumed, it would recover faster."

Jingrui came out and relayed what the doctor had said. He added, "Madam, if that’s the case, please compensate with six taels, and the remaining silver can be considered the price for the two baskets of apples."

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