Chapter 208: Relying On (2)_1
Lou Zheng noticed the sudden change in everyone’s faces and felt a secret sense of satisfaction. If it were before, he really wouldn’t have had the courage to refuse, as the position of village chief did bring quite a bit of income to his family every year. But now it was different; each of his relatives, excluding him and his grandchildren who were idle men, were bringing home more than one tael of silver every month.
If he really stopped being the village chief, he could find some work in the Lin Family and make two taels of silver at the least every month.
Reflecting about this, Lou Zheng began to think that it may be a good thing to relieve himself of these burdens.
"We just wanted to ask you to speak favorably for us; if you are unwilling, let it be." Pushed to the corners, the villagers finally backed off.
Everyone left Lou Zheng’s place without achieving anything. As they passed by the Ma Family compound, all of them thought that if it weren’t for the matter of the Ma Family, they would not have borne a grudge against the Lin Family. Hence, the Ma Family was once again cursed inwardly.
Aside from losing face today, Ma Zhicai was also beaten by men of the Lin Family, leaving him lying on his bed, harboring a deep resentment.
"They’re practically trying to beat someone to death!" Yan complained angrily as she applied medicine on Ma Zhicai’s swollen face, cursing the Lin Family. "They exerted such brute force, they clearly wanted to take a life. No, we can’t swallow this loss. Once the day breaks tomorrow, we’ll file a complaint at the government offices against the Lin Family."
"Shut up." Ma Dalang, tired of her squealing like a pig, was extremely annoyed. He was also upset about his son being taken advantage of and beaten, but what Ma Dalang was more worried about was whether today’s incident would have any influence on Ma Zhicai’s future scholar examinations. "You need to think more. The Lin Family has connections to the Wang Residence, Si Family, and Ding’an Temple, do you think the government offices would stand by your side?"
"So what are we supposed to do, just let it go?" Yan’s voice faltered a bit.