Chapter 424 You Really Have a Thick Skin
The village leaders discussed the matter and, after obtaining the names and addresses of the other two accomplices, called their parents to explain the situation, giving them two choices.
The first was to replenish the money from the sale of the old machinery, and to share the penalty fee among the five families, and for a lesson to be learned, the cost of repairing the mill would also be split equally between the five families, otherwise it would not be acceptable to the community.
The second option was, if they disagreed, to report the case to the authorities for them to handle, with everything proceeding according to the judgment.
After discussing among themselves, the adults from all five families certainly couldn’t let the matter go public, so they had to grit their teeth and accept responsibility, with each family needing to pay four hundred and eighty yuan.
The person who bought their items also didn’t dare to make a scene, since what he purchased was stolen goods; if the matter went public, he too would be unlucky, thus he personally found someone to return the new machinery.
Now in the Luo family’s second branch, only Luo Tianming had a salary, and the household did not have any savings. A whole day had passed and they only managed to gather a bit over thirty yuan, with most of their neighbours politely declining to lend them money.
The thirty yuan they had was borrowed from Yao Chengxuan when they encountered him on the road; they had originally planned to borrow some from the main branch of the family this morning, but Big Brother and his wife still remembered the past incident that spoiled the promotion, so the quarrel ensued without them getting the loan.
After receiving her new books, Luo Qiao thought of staying in Ji City for a while to get Lu Yichen’s leg treated before leaving. This time she had a plan, first to head south for a while, then to make a trip to Inner Mongolia, to exchange for some calves and lambs to bring back to the mountains in her space.
After school, while walking out with Xiao Ya and carrying her backpack, Luo Tianming and Feng Hui did not recognize Luo Qiao. If it were not for Zhang Xiao calling out to Luo Qiao from behind, they might have waited in vain.
Zhang Xiao ran over and said, "Luo Qiao, my mom asked me to bring you something, I came late this morning and didn’t have time to deliver it to you."
As he spoke, he handed over a netted bag: "These are all nutritional supplements, take it with you."