Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 171: Planning Retribution on the Strange New House’s Rafter (5)_1

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Planning Retribution on the Strange New House’s Rafter (5)_1

Aunt Cai was stunned for a moment, "They would drive it away, of course. No matter how much meat a family has, it doesn’t make sense to let a dog steal it every day."

Mo Yan continued to press, "Then would you scare the stray dog away with a stick, or would you beat it to teach it a lesson, so it remembers never to come back and steal meat again?"

At this point, Aunt Cai clearly understood Mo Yan’s intent. People like Wang Dali were envious of the Mo Family having silver and shamelessly came to demand compensation as if they were the wild dogs eyeing the meat.

He opened his mouth to demand five hundred pieces of silver, wasn’t that just pure greed? Such people needed to be taught a severe lesson once; otherwise, if he succeeded this time, he would stick to them like a mangy dog in the future, bringing endless trouble.

Having thought this through, a relieved smile appeared on Aunt Cai’s face, "Little boss, I misjudged you. Someone like Wang Dali deserves a lesson to remember."

A smile also appeared on Mo Yan’s face; she appreciated Aunt Cai and there might be a need for her assistance in the future. She did not want this incident to leave Aunt Cai with any grudges and affect their future interactions.

All this time, Lin Yong had refrained from giving his opinion, his gaze toward Mo Yan filled with satisfaction. He had always worried that Mo Yan was too kind, which might make it easy for malicious people to take advantage of her. He feared that her kindness would bring her harm, but now, it seemed he had been mistaken.

Once Mo Qingze returned, Mo Yan recounted the earlier incident in detail and explained the intention behind setting the trap for Wang Dali and the others.

Mo Qingze was silent for a moment, glanced over the few pages of paper, and finally let out a sigh, "It’s not good for a young lady to go to the Government Office; stay at home in peace, and leave this matter to your father to handle."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan smiled secretly; she was somewhat worried her father would disagree with her actions!

The next day, true to her word, Mo Yan stayed at home teaching Zhenzhen how to read. In the afternoon, when Lizhong returned, he reported that several officers from the Government Office had arrested Wang Dali and the other three, imprisoning them in jail, awaiting trial on a designated day.

In less than two days, Jingzhao Yin proceeded to trial for the case of Wang Dali and the others attempting to extort two thousand taels of silver from the Mo Family. Wang Dali and his group shouted ’injustice,’ claiming that the five hundred taels of silver were given by the Family Head of the Mo Family voluntarily and that there was no extortion.

But Jingzhao Yin paid no heed to their defense. The evidence on the note clearly detailed why the Mo Family would give them silver; only a fool would give away five hundred taels of silver to each of them for no reason, if not under threat.

Finally, with the presence of both witness and evidence, the crime of extortion committed by Wang Dali’s group was confirmed in court, and they were sentenced to thirty heavy floggings each.

Originally, because of the large amount of extortion, they would have to languish in jail for four or five years, but Mo Qingze, following Mo Yan’s wish, pleaded for them, explaining that their families had the elderly and children to care for and couldn’t bear to let their families suffer. As long as they returned the extorted silver, he would not pursue further charges.

Since the victim did not press charges, Jingzhao Yin was also happy to have the matter settled with ease. After the relatives of Wang Dali’s group returned the extorted silver to Mo Qingze, they carried off the four, who had been beaten so badly that their buttocks were a bloody mess.

There were quite a number of villagers at the Government Office to watch the excitement. Seeing Wang Dali and his group being flogged until they were wailing and eventually had no strength left to howl, the bystanders were left pale with fright.

Those who harbored ill intentions towards the Mo Family no longer dared to entertain such thoughts, afraid of becoming the next Wang Dali.

The reason Mo Yan did not pursue further was that these four men were the pillars of their homes. If they were truly sent to the big jail, the lives of their families would certainly be miserable.

Feeling sympathy for the underdog is human nature; if the villagers felt sympathy for them, they would inevitably harbor ill will towards the Mo Family. Since the Mo Family needed to settle in Liu Yang Village, Mo Yan naturally wouldn’t allow such a thing to

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