Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Compensation
Looking at Tang Yunyun’s appearance, Liu Zheng couldn’t help but let a smile curl at the corner of his lips.
With her acting without any care for the consequences, wasn’t she fully exposed to him once again?
However, at that moment, Liu Zheng wasn’t in the mood to tease her.
After all, jokes can’t be taken too far, otherwise, Tang Yunyun might not be able to face him afterward.
Thinking this, he planned to greet Tang Yunyun and leave.
But just as he was about to do so, a sudden burst of cursing came from the courtyard.
"Liu Zheng, you little bastard, you damned creature, get the hell out here."
After hearing this voice, Liu Zheng was taken aback.
"Damn, what’s going on? Didn’t they have no beef with me just now? Why have they come running over again?"
Furrowing his brow, Liu Zheng thought for a moment, then sighed and, without bothering to say goodbye to Tang Yunyun, he left immediately.
Listening to Liu Zheng’s footsteps gradually leaving the room,
Tang Yunyun finally stealthily stuck her head out from under the covers and, seeing that Liu Zheng was no longer in the room, her heart relaxed quite a bit.
But then,
as she looked down, she saw a large wet spot on the bedsheet and couldn’t help feeling a wave of shyness, her face burning red as fire.
Her gaze swept over to the window, and seeing Liu Zheng’s figure already at the neighboring courtyard, her heart settled down a lot more.
Turning around, she began to look for her clothes.
As she brought the clothes to herself, Tang Yunyun inexplicably stopped her movements.
She thought for a moment, then looked at her own body.
Next, she actually reached out her hand and, imitating what Liu Zheng had done, she began to check herself.
Only,
after a few minutes, she stopped her hands’ movements.
Frowning, Tang Yunyun couldn’t help but wonder inwardly, "What’s going on? Why don’t I feel anything when I check myself? Could it be that I can only get that feeling from Liu Zheng?"
...
At this moment, Liu Zheng had already arrived at the neighboring courtyard.
As he entered the courtyard, he saw Du Xiaohua standing at the door with a furious demeanor.
And Sister-in-law Wu Min, having heard the ruckus earlier, had come out of the house before Liu Zheng.
At this moment, Du Xiaohua was looking rather formidable, holding up two old hens like they were a pair of kites in her hands.
"Liu Zheng, look at the mess you’ve made. My two old hens were perfectly fine, but after eating the laxative from your house, they’ve had such diarrhea that they’ve even laid their insides out, and now they’re dead."
As she spoke, she waved the two old hens around once more.
Awkward.
Liu Zheng certainly felt awkward now.
He looked at the two hens, indeed seeing that in Du Xiaohua’s hands, they were motionless, no matter how she shook them, they didn’t move at all.
Moreover, it looked like their intestines were indeed coming out. It seemed like they truly were dead.
Just a while ago, Liu Zheng was still thinking that perhaps Du Xiaohua had come back to hassle him because she felt he had taken advantage of her and couldn’t bear it any longer.
But who would have thought that it was actually because of these two old hens that she had come looking for him?
The more he felt awkward, the less Liu Zheng spoke.
But the nearby Wu Min opened her mouth and said, "Aunt Du, it’s just about two chickens, right? It’s not like Liu Zheng did it on purpose; we’ll compensate you for them."
Wu Min was a woman with a very gentle disposition.
Upon hearing the curses from Du Xiaohua, she felt disgusted by such a shrewish display and wanted her to leave as soon as possible, which is why she mentioned the compensation.
Hearing that she was going to get paid, Du Xiaohua finally lowered her voice.
"Fine, compensation works, two hundred yuan for one hen,"
"What? Two hundred yuan for a chicken?"
Wu Min couldn’t help but widen her eyes in disbelief upon hearing the price.
In the countryside, the price of a local chicken indeed tends to be higher than that of farm-raised chickens in the city.
But even if it was a bit heavier, one would probably cost around a hundred or so yuan.
Now Du Xiaohua was asking for two hundred yuan each, effectively doubling the price.
"Are you serious right now? Have you gone crazy for money? You might as well go rob someone. It’s outright extortion."
Liu Zheng, standing nearby, heard this and immediately became annoyed, loudly retorting.
"I’m extorting?" Du Xiaohua was immediately up in arms upon hearing Liu Zheng’s words. She shouted furiously, "It was you who poisoned and killed my chickens, and now you accuse me of extortion? Your family truly has no shame. Let me tell you, two hundred yuan is me being lenient. If you really won’t pay, I’ll just call the police and see what you can do then."
The more Du Xiaohua argued, the fiercer she became, her voice rising sharply.
Seeing that the two were on the verge of conflict, ready to explode and possibly come to blows,
Wu Min quickly stepped forward, placing herself in front of Liu Zheng.
She knew very well that the other family was populous and wealthy, and if they decided to gather people for a fight, Liu Zheng would definitely be no match.
Therefore, in order to keep the peace and prevent the situation from escalating, Wu Min suppressed her own pain and finally took out her own money.
It was the several hundred yuan Liu Zheng had given her earlier.
She took out four big bills from it and handed them to Du Xiaohua, saying, "Alright, Auntie, here’s the compensation. Please go home now."
Seeing that Wu Min gave her the money, Du Xiaohua couldn’t help but glare fiercely at Liu Zheng.
Smirking disdainfully, she said, "Hmph! At least you have some sense. Otherwise, this matter wouldn’t have ended today."
After she finished speaking, she took the money and stuffed it into her own pocket.
Watching her take away the hard-earned money, Liu Zheng felt a surge of discomfort.
Isn’t this just too bullying?
But thinking about it, it was also his own fault.
With such a large courtyard at home, why on earth did he toss those two bags of medicine out on the street?
And the chickens from this virago’s home were oddly enough to eat those laxatives and die.
With the situation having escalated to this point, Liu Zheng didn’t want to keep arguing with her.
Thinking this over, Liu Zheng stepped forward to grab the two hens from Du Xiaohua’s hands.
Yet, before his hand could even touch a feather, Du Xiaohua pulled back her arm, hiding the two hens behind her.
She then shouted loudly, "What are you doing?"
Seeing her hiding the hens like that, with a ferocious look, Liu Zheng involuntarily frowned.
"You’ve taken the money, so these hens should be ours now."
"You got the money, these chickens should be ours now!"
Almost simultaneously, Liu Zheng and Wu Min spoke up with the same sentiment.
Surprise reflected in the eyes of both, and as they exchanged glances, confusion was apparent in their expressions as well.
