Divorcing your wife might feel good for a moment, but seeing me make money will make you regret it f

Xu Qing said indifferently, "Since you don't trust the doctor I hired, then hire one yourself. I'll pay for it."

Regardless, this matter must be resolved today. If we can't resolve it privately, we'll go to the magistrate's office and let him decide.

And this compensation money, no matter what you say, not a single penny can be less.

"Village chief, please don't blame me for being disrespectful, but this Wang woman has gone too far. I can't swallow this insult without making her bleed."

After Xu Qing said this, the village chief couldn't say anything more, but he was secretly gloating.

Who told this Wang woman to be so ungrateful?

Let's see how she handles this.

Wang was in a dilemma. She wanted to continue pretending to have a stomachache, but the doctor was right in front of her and could tell whether there was a problem or not just by taking her pulse.

But she couldn't bear to get up like that and pay Xu Qing 40 taels of silver.

The issue now isn't whether she's willing to part with it or not; it's that she simply can't come up with that much money!

There were so many onlookers around, many of whom were people she didn't get along with. If she admitted defeat now, how would she ever be able to face people in the village again?

Wang was anxious and didn't know what to do, so she closed her eyes and pretended to faint.

This is the only solution she can think of right now, even though the doctor knew she was fine after taking her pulse.

But at least it dispersed the onlookers, allowing them to resolve the matter privately!

The village chief is a shrewd man. Although he wanted to see Wang suffer the consequences of her actions, I didn't want to push him too far.

"Everyone, disperse and go home. What are you all doing here? What are you all doing at home?!"

The village chief dismissed the onlookers and asked the doctor to help Wang back to her house.

Xu Qing remained noncommittal and followed them into the house.

Lying on the bed, Wang slowly opened her eyes. This time, she was obedient: "Qingmeizi, I..."

"Stop, I don't have a sister, don't try to claim relatives."

Xu Qing reached out and covered Wang's mouth with his hand: "What I said is useless. Hurry up and apologize, pay the money, and we can leave. We still have a lot of things to do at home."

The words Wang was about to say stuck in her throat, and she looked to the village chief for help.

The village chief turned his head to the side, pretending not to see.

The doctor who came in with her was still seething with anger after being slandered by Wang.

She sneered, "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Why did you have to be so sarcastic and mean-spirited just now?"

You were so talkative just now, why are you suddenly speechless? And why are you begging for mercy?

I see you're speaking with plenty of energy, and you seem to have nothing to do. I'll pass on this money; I'm leaving.

The doctor's words made Wang feel angry, anxious, and even more ashamed and annoyed.

When has she ever suffered such injustice!

But when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. She's about to give birth, and there are still many places where money will be spent.

The family had finally saved up some money, hoping to have a good postpartum period. If they lost it all to Xu Qing, everything would be over.

"Sister Qing, I was wrong just now. I apologize to you. Please forgive me, considering how difficult things have been for me too."

I've sent Cuihua to apologize to Baobao and Zhenzhen in person. As for the money... can we just let it go?

Xu Qing smiled slightly: "No."

"I just said that you have to pay back the money today no matter what, and you have to apologize."

Wang gritted her teeth and said, "Then can we get a smaller compensation? 40 taels of silver, even if we sold our whole family, we couldn't raise that much!"

"It's really not that I don't want to pay, but I'm about to give birth, and I need to have some money on hand. Sister Qing, you can ask the village chief if you don't believe me!"

The village chief confirmed, "That's the truth. Xu Dawang works as a porter at the ferry dock in Dukou Town, earning 30 coins a day."

Her eldest daughter works as a maid in town, earning half a month's wages. The family owns eight mu (approximately 8 acres) of poor land; besides this, they have no other income.

Xu Qing mentally estimated the Wang family's assets and gave a figure:

"Twenty taels of silver, and then have Cuihua apologize to my daughter in front of the whole village."

You promise not to do it again, or I will report you to the authorities immediately.

You should be glad Zhenzhen didn't hold it against you. Do you even know what kind of person her uncle is?

Her uncle was the Minister of Justice. You might not understand what the Minister of Justice means, but the magistrate of Datong Town was only a sixth-rank official.

Zhenzhen's uncle is three ranks higher than the county magistrate; he's a second-rank official in the capital. Think it through yourself.

Wang's heart was bleeding; her daughter was indeed a maid in town.

But ever since her daughter came to the city, she has refused to listen to her.

I don't know who he listened to, but now he doesn't take his monthly wages back, he only gives her 100 coins.

She only got this after begging and pleading.

She had finally saved up 25 taels of silver, hoping to repair her house so that she could live more comfortably when she gave birth.

This means we'll have to pay out 20 taels of silver!

You can't even try to renege on your debt!

Wang's voice was practically forced out through clenched teeth: "Fine!"

She felt completely exhausted and slid off the bed to take out the silver from the bottom chest in the inner room.

"for you."

Xu Qing took the silver, not forgetting to remind her, "Remember to have Cuihua come to the village entrance to apologize to my daughter tomorrow."

After saying that, he went out and led Xu Jian and his group away.

The village chief shook his head, sighed, and left, leaving Wang, who had fainted from crying, on the ground.

Cuihua had been hiding in the room, and she overheard Xu Qing and her mother's conversation through the window.

Hearing that her mother had lost 20 taels of silver, she trembled with fear.

But suddenly her mother's crying stopped again. Cuihua was worried because her mother was pregnant.

Cuihua suppressed her fear and came out of the room. She saw her mother lying on the bed crying, her face covered by the quilt, so her cries could not be heard.

She called out in a trembling voice, "Mother... how are you?"

I'll find a way to earn the money back for you, so don't be sad.

"I can go to town and work as a maid like my older sister, and I'll bring all the money back to you then."

Wang suddenly raised her head, her face so gloomy it looked like it could drip blood. Her eyes, which had just been crying, were bloodshot, and her whole face was contorted in pain.

"what!"

Cuihua screamed in fright.

Wang said in a sinister tone, "It's all because of you, you wretched girl."

If it weren't for the trouble you caused me, would I have to suffer this injustice?

Now look what's happened! Not only has my mother become a laughingstock in the village, but we've also lost so much money.

You say you'll earn it, but what will you use to earn it?

Cuihua was so scared that she kept backing away, trying to run away and hide.

She can at least get through tonight and come back after her mother calms down.

If her mother catches her now, she probably won't survive.

Wang got up from the ground and grabbed Cuihua's hair: "Trying to run away? I'll beat you to death, you good-for-nothing!"

It's all because of you that I've suffered so much ridicule from those despicable people in the village.

You're so immature, and you keep causing me trouble! You said you'd earn money for me? Well, Mother has an idea..."