Novel Full Chapter 1156: Not willing to pay
The other village elders agreed as well. Ten taels was a big sum and even more so when the conditions were like this, the entire village was having trouble because the grain shops getting closed. They were now relying on wild vegetables and meat from the mountains to survive, if not for the fact that Yu Dong warned them and asked them to dig a few wells, then they all would have died out of thirst.
The stream in their village was about to get dried up.
If not for the four wells that were dug in their village they would have died out of worry.
The condition of the village was like this, how could they take out ten taels?
” Master Lin is right, since it was Old Master Ying’s fault then he should be the one taking care of it as well,” one of the elders said while rubbing the head of the cane that was in her hand. ” I am not saying this because I don’t want to take money out but because he has been unruly for a long time. It might teach him a good lesson and he will learn to stay quiet.”
The other elders nodded as well. Old Master Ying was indeed a bit too noisy, if he was not scolding Ying Nan then he was fighting with his brother-in-law who lived next to him and if he was not fighting with his brother-in-law then he was scolding the villagers.
Every day was noisy thanks to him, if he was made to take ten taels out, they were certain that he would stay quiet for the next three to four months.
It was good enough.
Da Qiao did not have any hope towards this matter but she still agreed with the elders. Old Master Ying needed to be taught a lesson, he had indirectly killed someone and yet he did not think that he was in the wrong. Ever since Ying Nan went missing Old Master Ying would make a fuss saying that he was unruly, shameless and a mer with no character.
It was hard to listen!
What was more Old Madam Ying did not even stop him which gave Old Master Ying even more courage to speak badly about Ying Nan. The wise ones often said that one should not speak ill about the dead but Old Master Ying was simply restless and he could not stay still!
Thus, the entire group of the elders and Da Qiao along with her husband went looking for Old Master Ying.
And as soon as they arrived at the Ying house, Lin Xing knocked on the door harshly and then called, ” Old Master Ying, come out! We need to speak to you.”
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Old Master Ying who was inside the house, raised his head from the pillow on which his head was lying and then looked at the front door of his house.
A part of him wanted to ignore Lin Xing but when he thought about how they might have gotten information on Ying Nan, he slipped off the bed and then headed towards the threshold before opening the door and looking at the crowd that had gathered outside his house.
” What … What is this?” He questioned when he saw the elders standing outside his house as well. ” Why are you all here?” He understood why Da Qiao and her husband were at his house but what were the elders doing at his house?
” Why are we here? It’s all because of you, you shameless bastard! You caused such a big trouble for our village, do you even know that the county magistrate asked us to submit ten taels as a fine?” One of the elders scolded Old Master Ying whose eyes widened when he heard that they needed to pay ten taels.
Though he was surprised he calmed down and then said, ” Okay…but what does that have to do with me?” Since the fine was implemented in the village then the village leaders should pay for it, why were they here?
Lin Xing looked at his wife with an expression of ‘ I told you so’ and then turned to look at Old Master Ying before sneering, ” What do you mean by that? You are the cause of this fine so of course you have to take it out.”
” WHAT!?” Old Master Ying felt like the sky had fallen on his head when he heard Lin Xing’s words. His scream alarmed Old Madam Ying and Ying Tuanzi along with Ying Bo who rushed out and looked at the crowd that was standing in front of their door.
A bad feeling rose in the heart of Old Madam Ying who asked, “What’s going on?”
” It’s like this, Old Madam Ying,” Da Qiao explained the entire matter to Old Madam Ying and then turned to look at Old Master Ying whose eyes were wide and his complexion pale.
” The county magistrate has asked us to bring ten taels as a fine to the county office but as you already know this matter has something to do with your family and not the entire village which is why you need to take out the sum to pay this fine.”
” We—-“
” I am not going to hand over those ten taels!” Old Master Ying refused before Old Madam Ying could say anything, he looked at the elders and then sold misery, ” How could you even ask me to take out ten taels? My daughter is going to get married our family’s budget is already stretched to the point that we are skimping on meat and rice and eating only soup, how can we take out ten taels?”
Da Qiao sighed. She knew this was going to happen.
Lin Xing sneered and said, ” So you want the village to pay this fine? For what? Is this something that happened because of the village?”
Old Master Ying pursed his lips, he did not say anything but he did not refuse either which meant that he wanted the village to pay the fine instead of his family!