manynovel Chapter 66 Don’t judge people by their appearance
Chapter 66 Don’t judge people by their appearance
"I was also dragged into this trap by someone. They set up traps for me step by step. In just a few days, I lost more than twenty taels."
Gao Shan regrets it very much now, but there is no turning back.
"The people at the gambling house asked me to pay back the money, but I didn't. They said they would chop off my hands and feet if I didn't pay back the money within three days."
"What? Twenty taels?" Jiang Fugui didn't expect it to be so much. He really couldn't imagine how he could lose twenty taels to someone else. Twenty taels! Wouldn't he be heartbroken?
Gao Shan burst into tears, "Fugui, you know my family is poor. I can't be without hands and feet! I have a family to support."
"Why would you gamble if you knew you had a family to support?"
Jiang Youzhen just looked at him with a cold face. He originally thought that this man was honest, but now he saw that he was full of bad intentions.
There really are people who have an honest face but actually have a lot of ulterior motives. Don't judge a person by his appearance!
Gao Shan cried so hard that his nose was covered with snot and tears. "Fugui, I was blinded by greed. But I had no choice but to take this path. Just let me go, I won't dare to do it again next time."
Seeing him begging like that, Jiang Fugui suddenly softened his heart.
They had worked together for seven or eight years! They had been scolded together, and had eaten dry and inedible steamed bread together. They talked about everything, and helped each other while working, but now...
Jiang Fugui sighed deeply, not knowing what to do for a moment.
"Then why don't you ask my father for help when you are in trouble, but steal instead? You said you want to borrow money, I believe my father would lend it to you if he really has it."
Jiang Youzhen doesn't buy it. This man looks pitiful, but what he does is very strange.
"Yes! Gao Shan, you know best who my rich family is. If he has it, he will definitely lend it to you!" Shen also shook her head and sighed. Gao Shan was really thinking wrong.
Given Fugui's personality, if Gaoshan came to borrow money, he would really lend it to him.
"I..." Gao Shan suddenly hesitated, not knowing how to start.
"What do you mean by 'I'? I guess you don't want to pay back the money, right? Maybe you can steal more. Gambling is addictive. Don't you need capital?"
Suddenly another strange voice was heard, and everyone looked over and found that it was another thief.
At this moment, he was lying on the ground unable to move, but his face was frank. No! It should be said that he didn't care at all, which showed how thick-skinned he was.
"Although what you said makes sense, that's what he thought. But who are you? You won't forget where you are now, right?"
Jiang Youzhen thought that this guy was interesting, but she didn't have that much patience for thieves.
"Gao Shan, do you really think so?"
Jiang Fugui was very sad now and had no intention of paying attention to that person. He just looked at Gao Shan and asked.
"I didn't, I wasn't, he slandered me." How could Gao Shan admit it?
"I just didn't think straight for a moment. I was afraid you wouldn't lend it to me. After all, it's twenty taels of silver, which is too much. I was in a hurry, so I did this."
"How do you know my dad won't lend it to you without even asking? Shouldn't your first thought be to ask first?"
Jiang Youzhen sneered, then turned to look at Jiang Fugui.
"Dad! No matter what he did in the past, he thinks this way now. Maybe he was sincere to you before, but now it's gone. He doesn't want to pay back the money, but he wants to steal some capital. This is his purpose."
Looking at Jiang Fugui's painful expression, Jiang Youzhen still chose to speak out the truth.
"And he has developed a bad habit of gambling. If you really want to do good for him, you can't let it go this time.
He must be brought to the authorities to stop him from gambling, or his family will be ruined in the future."
"Send him to the government?" Jiang Fugui was shocked. "This?"
When the two thieves heard this, they also panicked.
"Fugui, please don't do this, I won't do it again. Please forgive me for the sake of my blind mother! Anyway, I didn't steal anything. I will definitely repay you for your kindness in the future."
Gao Shan was so scared that his face turned pale. He glanced at Erlang, and he didn't expect that this usually taciturn boy could be so cruel.
Shen felt a little sorry for the situation. "We are from the same village. Aunt Gao Shan is also a poor person. Can we just hand her over to the government?"
"Mom, if this matter is left unresolved, then anyone can come to our house in the future. I want to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Who told them to bump into it first?"
Jiang Youzhen is not that sympathetic towards Gao Shan. If Gao Shan really cared about their past friendship, he would not do such a thing.
Hearing about killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, the two men immediately begged for mercy.
"Uncle, aunt, I am the brother-in-law of the eldest son of Jiang Dayou of our Jiang family, and we are also one of our own! I will never dare to do it again, I promise, please let me go today!
I have a lame father and a paralyzed mother at home, and life is hard, otherwise I wouldn’t do such a thing.”
Seeing that mountaineering suits are pitifully useful, this person also followed suit.
They had been caught stealing before, but everyone was honest and simple. As long as they didn't steal anything valuable, they would let it go.
This was the first time that someone said he would be handed over to the authorities, and he started to panic.
"Jiang Dayou's family? His eldest son has indeed just married a daughter-in-law."
Jiang Fugui was in a dilemma again. Although this kid had nothing to do with him, if such a person appeared among the Jiang family's relatives, it would damage the Jiang family's reputation if the news got out.
"Then let Jiang Dayou's family come and pick him up and give us an explanation."
Jiang Youzhen underestimated the degree of clan unity in ancient times, especially in this dynasty, when sometimes the head of the village had to give face to the patriarch of a large clan.
"Dad! Since this is our Jiang family's business, we have to ask the clan leader to come over." Jiang Youzhen had no choice but to take a step back.
Anyway, it's for deterrence. If the clan leader comes, making things bigger can achieve the goal.
"This kid is not a member of the Jiang family, so we can't use the family rules." Jiang Fugui hesitated.
"He's not a member of the Jiang family, but he's my brother-in-law, right?" Jiang Youzhen refused to give in. "I'll go and invite him!"
"As for Uncle Gao Shan, if Dad really can't bear it, then invite his family over and ask the clan leader to make the decision."
Jiang Youzhen was just threatening. It was not realistic to send him to the government. If he was really sent to the government, the villagers would definitely say that Jiang Fugui was too heartless.
Jiang Youzhen was about to open the door to invite the clan leader, but Jiang Fugui said, "Let's wait until dawn! The clan leader is old."
"We have arrested these two people. If we don't deal with them in time, it will be bad if someone accuses us of this."
The next day, when the sun rose, Aunt Ya was about to go to Shen's house to ask about Erya's marriage proposal and to help Shen make clothes.
But before reaching the door of Shen's house, he saw a lot of people gathered in three layers inside and outside the door.
"Huh? What's going on? Could it be that the old man and the old lady are making a fuss again?" Aunt Ya asked in surprise, pulling a woman from the same village.
"This time it wasn't the old man and old lady who were causing trouble, but the second Jiang's house was robbed yesterday."
"What?" Aunt Ya was shocked.