Chapter 102 If you can take our lives, that’s your skill!_1
Lin Ming immediately said, "They won’t pay, they didn’t pay last time when they injured Zhuzi."
"This is outrageous!" the village chief couldn’t contain his anger, but he didn’t know what to do.
"Village chief," another parent whose son had been beaten spoke up, "Let me be ugly about this, my son suffered this for the sake of the village, so the village should pay for my son’s medical expenses. If you don’t, it’s as if you’re killing my son. I don’t have that much money for his treatment, and if you force my son to his death, then you’re also forcing me to mine. At that point, I’m capable of anything."
"Right!" other parents also declared their stance, "At that time, we are capable of anything!"
The village chief was scared, and so were those who were reluctant to give money. Simply because they knew these parents were serious—after all, weren’t sons their lifeline? Every family counts on having a son to take care of them in old age and to continue the family line!
Out of the twelve injured men, eight were only sons. If there wasn’t money for treatment and they died, it would mean the end of the family line, and the parents of these eight men would surely fight to the death.
The village chief steadied himself and then said, "Well, let’s go ask Xiao Changyi first, if we can’t get money from him, we’ll pool money from the whole village, okay?"
Those who were reluctant to give money were still reluctant, but they could only nod in agreement. The last thing they wanted was a fight to the death. But inside, they felt extremely aggrieved. It was clearly all Xiao Changyi’s fault, yet they might have to stump up the cash in the end!
"That’s more like it." The parents calmed down on hearing this.
The village chief heaved a sigh of relief and pondered for a while before saying, "Xiao Changyi, that wretch, is skilled in combat; twelve men were no match for him. So when we go to ask him for money, we need to bring more people."