Chen Weidang was speechless for a moment. He knew that what the second-rate guy said was true, but what was originally a simple matter became difficult now that the second-rate guy got involved.
He turned and entered the ward, looked at Cheng Qiao, tried to put on a kind smile on his face, and gently asked Cheng Qiao how he planned to deal with the matter.
Cheng Qiao looked at Chen Weidang with tears in her eyes and choked up as she said, "Village Chief, the day before yesterday Xu Laidi pushed me down and I sprained my ankle. Today Chen Chunhua pushed me down again and I almost lost my life. Why on earth did this happen?"
Chen Weidang: “…”
It's because you are naive and easy to bully.
"Village head, I'm going to report to the police. I want to go to another place to be an educated youth. Otherwise, I won't know when I will die in Xiangyang Village."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Weidang was shocked and his face immediately became serious. If Cheng Qiao just reported to the police, at most Chunhua would go to jail, and their Xiangyang Village would lose the advanced honor this year.
But Cheng Qiao wanted to change the youth cadre point, and his reasons were so convincing, so his tenure as village chief was really over. No, Chen Chunhua could not go to jail, and Cheng Qiao could not change the youth cadre point.
"Cheng Zhiqing, I will seriously investigate this matter and give you an explanation when the time comes. You should take good care of your injuries first and don't have to participate in the autumn harvest. The lost centimeters will be compensated by Chunhua's family."
"Thank you, village chief. I feel much more relieved now."
"Cheng Zhiqing, there is one more thing. Erliuzi, no, that Li Huan said he wants to marry you."
"Village chief, now you know why I want to move to another place, right? Not only did I almost lose my life, but today I was also beaten up by a second-rate guy, no, by Li Huan... What should I do?"
When Chen Weidang saw Cheng Qiao's red eyes, he felt guilty. This second-rate guy had a bad reputation. Not only the educated youth, but even the girls in the village were unwilling to marry him.
Chen Weimin, who was outside, turned pale after listening to the conversation between Cheng Qiao and Chen Weidang. He had not expected that things would become so serious. His daughter was in big trouble this time.
"Second-rate guy, no, Li Huan, tell Cheng Zhiqing that I am willing to compensate him. As long as Cheng Zhiqing does not report to the police and does not change the educated youth point, I am willing to compensate Cheng Zhiqing for all the centimeters of Qiu Shou."
"Accountant Chen, it's not compensation, it's damages, and you have to pay twice. One is, well, let's call it the shelter fee, and one is the hush money. Of course, there are also medical expenses, lost wages, nutrition fees, and disfigurement fees."
Chen Weimin swallowed his saliva. He knew that what Erliuzi said was right. It seemed that the compensation this time would be quite high. He hoped that he would not ask for too much.
"How much did you say?"
"As for shelter fees? Let's say 200 yuan. If we report this to the police, Chen Chunhua will have to spend at least three years in jail. 200 yuan for three years is not a lot.
As for the hush money, just take a little less, fifty yuan. After all, I also hope that Cheng Qiao will stay in our Xiangyang Village. As for the other expenses, especially the disfigurement fee and nutrition fee, you can give fifty yuan. "
"What? You are just talking nonsense. You are trying to extort money from me. I won't give it to you. I don't have any money."
Chen Weimin's voice suddenly became louder. This second-rate guy was indeed not a good person. He took advantage of Cheng Qiao's help and even asked him to pay 300 yuan out of his own pocket. It was really unreasonable.
"Accountant Chen, you don't have to worry. Anyway, the incident has already happened. It's up to Cheng Qiao whether to pay the money or not. Of course, it's up to me whether to let Chen Chunhua go."
Chen Weimin's heart trembled. He looked into Li Huan's eyes and a chill rose from the soles of his feet. Although Chunhua was not a good girl, she was his only daughter and she must not be ruined by a second-rate guy.
"Give me some time to think about it. I can't take out this much money all at once."
"I don't care whether you can come up with the money or not. I'll give you one day. If you don't come with the money by this time tomorrow, I'll take Cheng Qiao to report it to the police, and Chen Chunhua must apologize to Cheng Qiao."
Cheng Qiao finally understood why Li Huan wanted her to be hospitalized. It turned out that he wanted to force the Chen family to pay compensation and apologize. Yes, this was a must. Chen Chunhua always targeted her intentionally or unintentionally, and she didn't know why this was happening.
Chen Weimin left in dejection, forgetting all about Chen Weidang in the ward. All he was thinking about was where to get the three hundred yuan.
Chen Weidang quickly said a few polite words to Cheng Qiao and chased after Chen Weimin. The money must be compensated. Cheng Qiao was really wronged this time. Not only did she lose her face, but she also had to marry a second-rate guy.
The two met Han Chunmei and other educated youth at the hospital gate. Seeing their anxious looks, Chen Weidang felt even more depressed. You know, these educated youth are not so easy to get rid of. Alas, Chunhua was really ruined by her brother's wife.
She was not good at anything, she ate everything she had, and she spent all day in front of the mirror either applying lotion or braiding her hair. She always thought she was pretty, but when Cheng Zhiqing came, she was not even half as pretty as him.
"Weimin, I think Erliuzi is right. Chunhua must be jealous of Cheng Zhiqing's face, so she wants to disfigure her. This money must be compensated, otherwise it will be against my conscience."
"Brother, I know in my heart that Cheng Zhiqing is from the city, and city people have exquisite faces, but I really can't afford three hundred yuan."
"How much money do you have at home? How about we two brothers pool our money together?"
"My family can only afford a hundred dollars at most, and that's the money I saved desperately to renovate the house."
"I have a hundred dollars here. I'll give it to you first."
"But there's still a hundred dollars short."
"How about writing an IOU first and we'll pay it back slowly."
"That depends on whether the second-rate guy is willing to do it. This guy is used to being a scoundrel and he is very talkative. I can't argue with him."
"Let's go talk to his mother. No matter how bad this second-rate guy is, he is still very good to his mother."
"What a bullshit! If he was really good, he would let his mother work in the fields. I don't know what he is doing every day. He runs away without a trace."
"Ah... that's true, but I still have to go and try my luck."
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"Cheng Qiao, what's wrong with you? Did some scoundrel beat you up?"
Han Chunmei and a few others finally found the ward number according to the village chief's instructions. Seeing that Cheng Qiao's head was wrapped in white gauze, they asked anxiously.
"Ahem, ahem..."
Li Huan started coughing at the side, and only then did they realize that the second-rate guy was actually sitting in the corner, peeling an apple in his hand.
"Sister Chunmei, Sister Yuefang, why are you here?"
When Cheng Qiao saw the people at the educated youth site, she was stunned. Didn’t they leave first? How did they know that I was in the hospital
Oh, by the way, Sister Chunmei saw me sitting on the back of Li Huan’s bicycle just now, and she called me several times.
"Cheng Qiao, you were not injured so badly that you forgot you saw me just now. I came to find them because I saw you with blood all over your head and sitting behind those scoundrels."