The Hunter’s Lively Wife
Chapter 987 - Chapter 987 Chapter 987 Must Not Be Absolute

Chapter 987: Chapter 987: Must Not Be Absolute Chapter 987: Chapter 987: Must Not Be Absolute Since Su Yunjin’s shop was burned down by the Oil Shop couple, naturally, the couple had to compensate. The Magistrate ordered them to repay Su Yunjin the full amount of her losses in silver.

Upon hearing this,

the Oil Shop couple immediately collapsed to the ground.

Su Yunjin’s shop.

They simply could not afford to pay the compensation.

Only part of the money from their Oil Shop had been rescued from the fire. On the day of the blaze, they realized the fire had grown fierce. The couple fled, risking their lives just to barely escape with their lives.

Some silver was snatched from the flames, but the silver notes and other valuables were all destroyed by the inferno. Their children, standing by, saw their parents collapse on the ground.

They too began to wail loudly.

For a time, the courtroom was in chaos with the children’s cries.

It was indeed because of their Oil Shop that Su Yunjin’s shop burned, and it was only right to compensate the losses with silver.

The Oil Shop couple had nothing to say in their defense.

The woman approached Su Yunjin, “Lady Su, my husband and I really don’t have any silver. We will try our best to raise the funds for compensation. As for these children, I can’t support them anymore. Perhaps they would be better off if I sold them to someone else.” The woman was considering selling her children.

They would try their best to compensate.

The children, old enough to understand,

knew their parents were planning to sell them.

They were deeply distressed.

Su Yunjin, witnessing this scene, could not remain indifferent. She surely could not stand by and watch the couple sell their children, could she?

Furthermore, even if that couple sold all five children,

they would not fetch enough money to repay her.

In town, buying a maid cost only about twenty or thirty silvers, let alone these neither tiny nor grown children. Even if all five were sold,

it was estimated they wouldn’t fetch a hundred silvers.

“County Magistrate, since the fire was an accident, and I don’t wish to pursue this any further, let’s do this!

Just have them compensate us with the land deed of the burned Oil Shop instead!”

Though the Oil Shop was destroyed, the land remained. The plot next to theirs was about twice the size of Su Yunjin’s Zuixiang Restaurant. Claiming that piece of land

would serve as some form of compensation.

The County Magistrate was also well aware of the neighboring Oil Shop’s predicament and understood that the couple truly could not cover Su Yunjin’s losses.

Since Su Yunjin had already offered a concession, the County Magistrate had no objections, and so the matter was settled. Upon leaving the Governor’s Office, the Oil Shop family was immensely grateful to Su Yunjin and her group.

“Lady Su, Master Gu, we husband and wife will never forget your great kindness and debt,” the couple knelt before Su Yunjin and Gu Ya, knocking their heads on the ground in gratitude.

They even had their five children join them in bowing.

For Su Yunjin, acquiring just a piece of land meant not only could they avoid having to sell their children, but they also didn’t have to part with any silver. The money they had left was enough to sustain their family’s livelihood.

Su Yunjin was not accustomed to accepting such prostrations. Seeing them bowing, she urged them to rise, “Alright, take your children and go home!”

Su Yunjin did not insist on the Oil Shop couple paying compensation mainly because they could not afford it. She was going to be a mother herself soon.

She was expecting a child too.

There was no way she could watch the Oil Shop couple sell their children to repay her.

There should always be room for leniency.

One must not be too harsh.

Now, Su Yunjin rubbed her belly, which had yet to show her pregnancy, and decided to be a good person. She treated today’s incident as accumulating virtue for her unborn child.