Chapter 151: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 151: Exposing the Real Culprit (2)
Old Mo snapped back to reality, his expression changing instantly. "Yan'er, in the end, this is a family matter. Family matters should not be aired in public. Do you have to make everyone aware of it?"
That solemn expression was just short of pointing at Mo Yan's nose, accusing her of being ignorant and tarnishing the family's reputation.
Trying to trap her again? This old fox never gives up!
Mo Yan was completely immune to Old Mo's tricks. Now that she didn't have to consider her father's feelings, she didn't need to be polite to this family anymore.
"Grandfather, if your daughter had apologized to my father with Auntie Cai earlier, would this matter have become public knowledge? Even if we don't involve the village chief, it won't take a day for news of your daughter's deliberate harm to her cousin's family to spread throughout Liuyang Village!"
Old Mo's face turned green and pale alternately. "What do you want? No matter how precious those seedlings are, they're just plants!"
Is he trying to shirk responsibility?
Mo Yan smiled. "Even if they're just plants, they're still valuable plants. Considering our family ties, I won't even count the transportation costs for the seedlings. Grandfather only needs to compensate me with the money spent on buying the seedlings."
Old Mo breathed a sigh of relief. "How much do you need? We'll compensate!"
If Mo Yan knew what he was thinking, she would only laugh at his naivety. Since they arrived in Liuyang Village, their family had caused quite a few 'dramas.' Where could they find any reputation to salvage?
"What, compensation?" Upon hearing about compensation, Hong Shi, who had been scared stiff by Xiao Hua, jumped up. "Why should we compensate for just a few broken fruit trees?"
Mo Yan ignored her and began to calculate. "There are twenty-three destroyed seedlings in total. Each apple tree is worth five taels of silver, totaling four trees. Each longan tree is worth ten taels of silver, totaling six trees... Altogether, you need to compensate two hundred and thirty-five taels of silver."
With each type of seedling Mo Yan mentioned, the faces of the members of Old Mo's family grew paler. By the end, not only did their faces become extremely ugly, but the expressions on the faces of other villagers were also quite colorful.
Mo Yan wasn't satisfied yet. She added, "This is already a generous calculation. If we include the transportation costs, the amount would be far from enough. Grandfather, when do you plan to compensate for this money?"
She didn't know the exact price of the seedlings, but they were obviously not cheap to transport all the way from Nanfan. She didn't intentionally overprice them to deceive them.
Old Mo's face alternated between green and white as he stared at Mo Yan with resentment in his cloudy eyes. He was convinced that Mo Yan was taking advantage of this opportunity to harm their family.
Mo Yan stood there, indifferent to his gaze. After all, she wouldn't lose a piece of meat!
But Hong Shi couldn't bear it any longer. She sat on the ground and beat Mo Yongxi's back, crying and wailing, "You wicked creature! This will be the death of our family..."
Although she was cursing Mo Yongxi, she was actually blaming Mo Yan!
Watching her act, everyone saw through it. They grew even more disgusted with this family. They destroyed other people's things, then cried and cursed when they faced consequences. It would be better to keep their distance from this family in the future!
Under the scrutiny of such gazes, Mo Yonglu, who had remained silent, felt extremely embarrassed. He gritted his teeth and walked up to Mo Yan, saying in a deep voice, "Yan, we'll compensate for this money, but our family doesn't have that much. Can you give us some time?"
"Second Brother, what did you just say?"
"Are you crazy, Dad?"
Hong Shi and Niu Shi both screamed hysterically, rushing up to pull Mo Yonglu, hoping he would take back what he said.
Mo Yonglu looked steadily at Mo Yan, ignoring his mother and wife.
Mo Yan was extremely surprised. She didn't expect Mo Yonglu to be the one to acknowledge the compensation. She carefully observed him and found that he seemed to have really changed. He no longer had the ferocity and hostility he had before. Could he have truly reformed?
However, regardless of whether he had truly changed or not, as long as he acknowledged the compensation, it was enough. "Second Uncle, a delay is acceptable, but we must have a promissory note."
Mo Yan naturally knew that the money they were asking for was something the Old Mo's family couldn't come up with even if they dismantled their house. She didn't do this for the money; she just wanted to make the Old Mo's family wary and not to cause trouble for their family again. She didn't want to waste her energy and time on these people.
Mo Yonglu agreed to sign a promissory note. Apart from Hong Shi and Niu Shi, everyone else in Old Mo's family accepted it.
But Mo Yan wouldn't let Mo Yonglu be the only one to sign it. If only Mo Yonglu's name was on the IOU, and he later divided the money, to prevent anyone from causing trouble again, besides the younger generation, everyone else's names had to be on it.
The old Mo family was in the wrong and had no choice but to comply under the public eye. The group went to the construction site, where Mo Qingze wrote the IOU under Yang Bao's witness, and the old Mo family members signed and sealed it.
After that, Mo Yan had Mo Qingze write a promissory note, basically stating that the old Mo family shouldn't cause trouble for the Mo family anymore. Otherwise, they could take the IOU to the government office to demand repayment.
When signing the second promissory note, the faces of all the old Mo family members turned green.
With the matter resolved, the old Mo family had no face to stay any longer. As they were leaving, Mo Yongxi suddenly turned her head, glaring fiercely at Mo Yan, as if she wished he could kill her.
Mo Yan's heart skipped a beat. She quickly stepped forward to stop Old Mo, pointing at Mo Yongxi and said, "Last time, when the wood from our house was burned, someone saw her starting the fire. Although the wood didn't cost anything, we had to pay for labor. You should compensate us for the labor costs, right?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mo Yongxi rushed forward, angrily shouting, "You lying bitch! There was nobody around that night, it's impossible for someone to have seen anything."
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