After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

Ye Xunqing was overjoyed. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the money, he just didn't want to waste it. Besides, if he paid the money, wouldn't it prove that he and Jin Mazi were having an affair? Putting everything else aside, Ye Xunqing didn't want to admit that he liked Jin Mazi's style. How strong would that be?

"You, you, you're talking nonsense!" Ye Dayong grabbed Jin Mazi's shoulders and shook him hard, "Tell the truth!"

Jin Mazi intends to stick to this path until the end, and with so many people here, including the village chief, he has the advantage.

"It was you two who did it. You two brothers attacked me when I wasn't paying attention." Jin Mazi cried and said, "Uncle Hongsheng, you have to take care of this for me!"

Although Ye Hongsheng disliked Jin Mazi's personality, he was now also a member of Yejia Village after all. As the village chief, he had to uphold justice, otherwise he would not have come here.

"Dayong, can you brothers provide evidence to prove that you did not hurt Jin Mazi?" Ye Hongsheng asked.

Ye Dayong was extremely anxious. How could he prove his innocence for something he had not done?

"We didn't do it!" Ye Eryong was anxious.

But he was dumber than his brother and couldn't say anything to refute it. He just said that he didn't do it.

Ye Xunqing added fuel to the fire, "What a misfortune for our family! How could I have such a vicious brother? When my father was alive, he taught us every day to value harmony, courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame! As soon as my father left, these two children changed!"

Who in Yejia Village didn't know Mr. Yang? Although he was a boy, he was literate and often taught the children in the village to read. He also charged very low fees and even offered credit.

When talking about his father, Ye Xunbai started crying. He had never seen his father and didn't know what he looked like. He only heard from his brother and villagers that his father was a good man.

"Dad..." Ye Xunbai opened his mouth and started crying, "Brother, Xiaobai misses Dad..."

Those who heard it cried, and those who listened to it were sad. Many grown men secretly wiped away their tears.

Ye Xunqing was moved. Although Yang Shu was not his biological father, he felt that if Yang Shu was alive, Ye Xunqing would not have to take Ye Xunbai to jump into the river.

"My little Bai, you lost your father not long after you were born!" Ye Xunqing cried, "My poor little Bai..."

People have always sympathized with the weak, which is an eternal truth. The brothers Ye Xunqing cried their hearts out, which made many people feel distressed, especially Ye Hongsheng who favored the brothers Ye Xunqing.

Ye Hongsheng was furious. "Ye Dayong, Ye Eryong, you can't produce any evidence to prove your innocence, and Jin Mazi has pointed out that you did it, so it's you who did it. Jin Mazi, how much do you want to ask them for?"

Jin Mazi opened his mouth and said, "Ten taels of silver!"

Ye Hongsheng disagreed. "His family can't afford that much money. Six taels of silver plus two bags of rice. I'll give the rice to your family after the autumn harvest."

Jin Mazi agreed, and he would take as much as he could.

Brother Ye Dayong disagreed. It wasn't them who did it, so why should they pay?

"I don't agree!" Chen Jinhua came out from the crowd. She had gone outside to spread the story about Ye Xunqing and Jin Mazi, but she didn't expect that when she came back she heard that the village chief had ordered Dayong and others to pay compensation. How could she accept that?

"This incident was clearly done by Ye Xunqing. Why should my son pay compensation?" Chen Jinhua felt that the village chief was being unfair.

Ye Hongsheng said, "Your son couldn't produce any evidence to prove his innocence, and now Jin Mazi is accusing them of doing it. If it's not your family that has to pay the compensation, who else can it be?"

"Ye Xunqing!" Chen Jinhua looked at Ye Xunqing with a vicious look, "It was him and Jin Mazi who did this shameful thing!"

Jin Mazi denied it, "I didn't. I just saw Qing'er and the others fishing and wanted to ask them how many fish they caught! Qing'er and the others misunderstood, so they hit me with reed leaves."

Ye Xunqing immediately responded: "Brother Mazi, we are sorry for this matter. We shouldn't have been prejudiced against you. Xunqing apologizes to you here."

Jin Mazi said, "Okay, I accept it, but I will never forgive Brother Ye Dayong for stepping on my vitals! Pay me, your family must pay me!"

That was none of Ye Xunqing's business. He would soon be gone from this house anyway. He felt they had to move out in the next couple of days, or else Chen Jinhua and his two sons would do something to him.

"We don't want to pay compensation!" Chen Jinhua did not admit that it was her son who did it. Dayong had already told her that it was Ye Xunqing who did it.

Ye Hongsheng didn't want to listen to their quarrel and said, "If you don't want to pay compensation, go to court."

Feng Jingheng said: "If they go to court, the Ye Dayong brothers will not only have to pay compensation, but they may also have to spend several months in jail."

"No, I don't want to go to jail!" Ye Eryong was so scared that he started crying. "Brother, Mom, let's pay the money!"

Ye Dayong wanted to sew his stupid brother's mouth shut. "Why are you so stupid? We didn't do this."

"I'm willing to trust Qingge'er as a human being," a young man said. "My younger brother fell from a tree and broke his leg. It was Qingge'er who carried him back home."

Someone else said, "Yes, after Mr. Yang passed away, Qing Ge'er wrote all the letters in the village, and he didn't charge us for it, so I believed in Qing Ge'er."

Ye Zongchun immediately changed his tone: "Qing'er, I am sorry for you. I shouldn't have doubted you."

Ye Xunqing also started to show off his acting skills. He wiped his tears and said gratefully: "Thank you everyone for believing in us..."

At this point, the Ye Dayong brothers had no way to defend themselves. They were forced by several villagers to sign an IOU. The IOU was written by Ye Hongsheng. As the village chief, he naturally knew some words, and he represented fairness. Only the IOU written by him would be recognized by everyone.

Chen Jinhua cried until her voice became hoarse, but no one paid any attention to her.

"If a child is not taught well, it's the parents' fault." Ye Hongsheng gave her a cold look. "You gave birth to two sons, but did you teach them well? After Mr. Yang left, your family has been getting worse day by day!"

Ye Hongsheng felt very sorry about Yang Shu's death, because it was not easy for a village to have an educated person. Mr. Yang was a scholar, and Mr. Yang was also a cultured person. Now that they were gone, it became a problem for the children in the village to go to school. Ye Hongsheng had been worried about this.

Chen Jinhua lost her temper after being scolded by Ye Hongsheng, and she didn't dare to refute because she felt guilty. She and Ye Laosi didn't even dare to mention anything about Yang Shu.

After the farce ended, the villagers went back with torches, and Jin Mazi was carried back by Ye Zongkuan and others to recuperate.

Ye Dayong and his two brothers were dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to go to Ye Hongsheng to make trouble. They only dared to go to Jin Mazi to make trouble, and Chen Jinhua also went.

"What smells so good?" Ye Hongsheng had wanted to ask for a long time.

"Didn't you say you were going fishing?" Ye Xunqing smiled and said, "Uncles, if you haven't had dinner yet, bring some fried fish back to eat. If it tastes good, tell Xunqing. If it doesn't taste good, tell Xunqing and he will make some changes."

The other people were waiting for Ye Hongsheng's opinion. To be honest, fish is something that only people who have no food to eat would eat. It is too easy to get stuck.

Ye Hongsheng was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "I guess Qing Ge'er has made some delicious food again. Let's take some back to try."