Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

"You, are you blind?

I don’t believe it. You didn’t see it, and no one else saw it either.”

Just as he finished saying this, he heard a loud noise.

"We saw it."

Xia Shengsheng turned around and saw dozens of workers coming towards him aggressively.

Just as Old Lady Liu was about to feel smug, she heard the person behind her continue speaking.

"Your eldest son and your grandson fell down by themselves. Not only did they run over to our place and cause trouble, they couldn't even walk steadily. They fell down like a dog, breaking their jaws and even their arms.

We were so scared that we lost our minds to work. You have to compensate us for our mental damages."

The person who said this was Ma Kui. Xia Shengsheng admired his ability to turn the tables, but this was not a bad thing. You had to use rogue methods against rogue people.

Old Lady Liu's hands were shaking with anger, while Boss Liu and Liu Zhongsheng, who were lying on the ground, were unable to say a word in rebuttal.

Liu Zhonghui, the only one who could speak, was scared like a quail. He hid behind and didn't make a sound.

"Old lady, you heard it too. If you still want to report it to the police, go ahead. Anyway, you won't be the one getting beaten up anyway."

Old Lady Liu knew from looking at everyone's expressions that it seemed she would not be able to report it to the authorities, and her arrogance immediately subsided.

"No, I won't report it to the police!"

"mother……"

"Stop talking, can't you see what's going on?"

Mrs. Liu Sun wanted to say something else, but was suppressed by Old Lady Liu.

"If you don't report it to the authorities, we will still settle the score.

You must have brought back a lot of things from me.

Looks like you guys have already done this?

I don't want anything you've touched.

Also, you have delayed my work for a day today, so you have to bear this loss.

I don’t ask for much, just three taels of silver will be fine.

Now, immediately, right away, don't waste our time."

Xia Shengsheng's eyes made Old Lady Liu's legs go weak.

She didn't know why she was suddenly very afraid of Xia Shengsheng. This was a feeling she hadn't experienced in the more than ten years since she married into the Liu family.

It's like he's become a different person.

But she is still the same Xia Shengsheng. Except that her complexion has improved a little, her appearance has not changed much.

As to why Old Lady Liu felt afraid, it is unknown.

"Three taels? Are you trying to rob me?

Why are so many of you surrounding my house?

Do you believe me, I will ask the official to make the decision for us right now?"

Liu Zhongqiang, the child that the Liu family valued most, came back from the town on a ox cart.

There were no ox carts going to Kaoshan Village from the town.

He hired an ox cart, which took half an hour to travel, and cost 20 cents for each trip.

Looking at his clothes, they were different from those of the villagers. He was wearing a long gown like scholars, and even the fabric was of excellent quality.

How is this book? No one knows.

Just by looking at the clothes and the style, you can tell that the Liu family really invested a lot of money.

"Hey! Another one who wants to see the official. It seems the door of the official's house is open for your family."

"That's right! You're a scholar! You come here and accuse me wrongly. Which eye of yours saw that we wanted to rob your house?"

"I think you have read so much that it is like a dog. You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth. You don't even understand the matter clearly, but you want to see the official. You are just a child, but you think you are so important!"

Every time Liu Zhongqiang returned to the village, the villagers seemed to be in awe of him and were always polite to him.

This was the first time that he was confronted by the villagers, and he felt a little embarrassed.

He really didn't know the whole story. He only heard the last few words of the conversation and knew that his second aunt was asking for compensation from his family.

The money from the Liu family was used to support his studies, so how could they just give compensation to outsiders?

I wanted to use the official's name to scare these country bumpkins.

Unexpectedly, not only were they not afraid at all, they were also not as polite to him as before.

"You, you guys..."

Old Mrs. Liu pulled Liu Zhongqiang into the yard.

"My dear grandson, you are a scholar, don't be like them, it will lower your status. Be good, go into the house first, grandma will take care of it!"

Although Old Mrs. Liu is a rural shrew and often acts unreasonable.

But she protected her grandson who was good at reading very well.

He was never allowed to get involved in the bad habits in the village.

"Old lady, I don't have time to wait for you.

Don’t you always talk about reporting to the police?

But you have no evidence, but I do.

I can find both human and physical evidence.

The law stipulates that anyone who breaks into a private residence will be fined 20 strokes of the cane, and anyone who robs another person's property will be imprisoned for five to ten years, depending on the severity of the offense.

If these two crimes are combined, then the crime will be serious..."

In fact, Xia Shengsheng had no idea what the laws of this dynasty said, and how these criminals were punished.

She was just saying it casually to scare people.

Anyway, apart from Liu Zhongqiang who is not very well educated, it is hard to find even a literate person here. Who would delve into what the laws and regulations say?

But this trick really works for Old Lady Liu.

He was so scared that he immediately went into the house and took out the silver.

"That's all. There's really no more!"

Xia Shengsheng weighed it over and felt that it was about right, so he took the silver and left the Liu family with a group of people.

He ignored the old lady Liu shouting behind him, "What should I do? My arm and chin are both broken!"

There was also the sound of crying and wailing.

Xia Shengsheng said something to Ma Laoer who was standing aside, and Ma Laoer ran back ahead of everyone else.

Go find Doctor Zhao.

……

"Let me go? I won't go!

The old lady from the Liu family is the most difficult to deal with. She has owed me money several times. Anyone who goes to treat them is a fool. "

Ma Laoer told Doctor Zhao about the situation of Liu Lao Da and his son, but Doctor Zhao said he didn't want to go to the Liu family again.

Over the years, whenever the Liu family had a headache or a fever, they would come to him for treatment.

Every time he prescribed medicine, he never paid for it, always saying that he was short of money.

But how could Dr. Zhao not know whether their family was short of money?

Doctor Zhao actually didn't lack this little money, so he always sold the prepared medicine at a very low price. If the patient didn't need the medicine, he wouldn't even charge for the visit.

If anyone in the village is poor and can't afford the medicine, Doctor Zhao will just say he will give it to them when they are better off.

Some people have indeed been in debt for many years and still cannot pay back the medicine money.

But the Liu family is different. Although the Liu family does not have a lot of land, they have a second son, Liu, who is able to make money.

Our family's conditions have always been among the best in the village.

Take Liu Zhongqiang's studies for example. The annual expenses of ten or eight taels of silver were considered small.

But he always owed several hundred coins for the medicine.

Not only did she default on the payment, but Old Lady Liu also went around in the village saying that the medicine prescribed by Doctor Zhao was not good, that his medical treatment was half-baked and that he was not even a qualified doctor, yet he charged so much for the medicine. He was truly unscrupulous.

Doctor Zhao is really afraid of her family and will never go there again.

Even when he treated Liu Shanshan last month, he was out of pity for the widowed mother and her child, not out of respect for the Liu family.