Chapter 445 - : Compensation? Life in Exchange?
As Zhang Shijiang was pushed to the front, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
Feeling his scalp tingle under their gazes, he struggled to force a smile, cupped his hands towards Wang Yongzhu and gave her a bow, "Miss Wang, we both know the truth about yesterday’s incident. We gave Song Chongjin two options, and he chose to take that pill himself, how can you blame us for it? Miss Wang, bringing your family here today to make a scene, isn’t this making trouble without reason?"
Wang Yongzhu sneered, addressing the onlookers, "Since Shopkeeper Zhang has come out today, let’s clarify things in front of everyone!"
"Yesterday, you gave two choices, one was to slave away for you for a lifetime, and the other was to take that pill which, you claimed, would just blur his vision. But shortly after Brother Song took the medicine, his vision started to blur, and I suspected there was something amiss with the pill. With a life at stake, I rushed Brother Song to see a doctor."
"The doctor said that the pill was outright poison, capable of not only blinding a person but also slowly destroying their body. After taking this pill, within ten years, the one who took it would suffer torment and die!"
"To think you are a learned man, with the words of Saints and sages always on your lips, yet you commit such filthy, despicable, shameless, and vicious deeds! Song Chongjin has served you for over a decade, all for refusing to be your slave, you resorted to such a poisonous scheme!"
"And now, you have the audacity to accuse us of making trouble without reason? Let’s have the public judge this, is there any master in the world like you? If all masters were like the two of you, who would dare to send their children into your hands, to learn skills from you?"
Wang Yongzhu’s eyes were practically spitting fire.
Zhang Shijiang was at a loss for words; neither he nor Old Qin could have imagined that such a capable doctor would exist in this rural area.
They had miscalculated!
The onlookers also showed their indignation. These two masters were too heartless. Thankfully, their own children had not apprenticed under such people. Apprenticeship was meant to acquire skills to provide for one’s family, but instead of making a living, the apprentice nearly lost his life. It was terrifying.
The families who once considered sending their children to learn under Shopkeeper Zhang and Hunter Qin felt a cold sweat break out on their backs.