Chapter 643 Handling and Explaining
Village chief Li Suozhu glanced at Gao Shunyi, "Then let’s slaughter this pig and sell the meat. When these dozen or so pigs are ready for market, we’ll take an average price, and Shunyi’s family will make up the difference."
Li Xiulan, who had hurried over, wasn’t having it, "Chief, you’re bullying us. It’s not like Rusen did it on purpose, and it’s not like my son is the only one at the pig farm.
They all have a responsibility. If we have to compensate, it should be shared. Why should only our family pay? This is too unfair."
As soon as Li Xiulan said this, it was like stirring up a hornet’s nest. The few families working at the pig farm were up in arms, someone said, "Li Xiulan, your son caused trouble, why should we all pay for it? You sure have some nerve, utterly shameless."
"Exactly, the division of work in the pig farm is clear. Cleaning the pigsties was a job your son took on himself, all to avoid the sun. Though the sties may be stinky, at least there’s some shade. And now you want everyone else to carry the can for your troubles, you really have some audacity."
Li Xiulan replied, "Even if my son Rusen did not secure the latch properly and let the pig escape, the pig farm is not staffed by my son alone. Weren’t other people there at the pig farm as well?"
"Li Xiulan, stop making a scene here. You know as well as anyone that in the pig farm, once you finish your job you can leave. What, you want others to stick around with your son?"
"Li Xiulan, we haven’t even seen a trace of your son until now, you have the gall to say such things, thinking we’re easy to bully?"